14,000,000 Shares First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • December 14th, 2011 • First Niagara Financial Group Inc • National commercial banks • New York
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