0000893220-05-000136 Sample Contracts

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT Dated as of January 19, 2005

Rights Agreement • January 24th, 2005 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York

• Contract Type
  Rights Agreement
• Filed
  January 24th, 2005
• Company
  Sovereign Bancorp Inc
• Industry
  Savings institution, federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  New York

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 19, 2005 (this “Agreement”), between SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania business corporation (the “Company”), and MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (the “Rights Agent”).