UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2013
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Utah | 001-12307 | 87-0227400 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One South Main, 15th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah |
84111 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(801) 524-4787
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders |
Upon issuance of the Series H Preferred Stock (defined in Item 5.03 below) on May 3, 2013, the ability of Zions Bancorporation (the Registrant) to declare or pay dividends on, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, shares of its common stock will be subject to certain restrictions in the event that the Registrant fails to pay dividends on its Series H Preferred Stock. These restrictions are set forth in the Articles of Amendment establishing the terms of the Series H Preferred Stock, a copy of which is listed as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On April 30, 2013, the Registrant filed Articles of Amendment to its Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, setting forth the terms of its Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the Series H Preferred Stock). A copy of the Articles of Amendment relating to the Series H Preferred Stock is listed as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On April 29, 2013, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the pricing of its public offering of depositary shares (the Depositary Shares), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Companys Series H Preferred Stock. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Additional exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Depositary Shares under the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173299) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated April 29, 2013, between Zions Bancorporation and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters. | |
3.1, 4.1 | Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation with respect to the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated April 29, 2013. |
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.2 | Form of certificate representing the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. | |
4.3 | Form of Deposit Agreement among Zions Bancorporation, Zions First National Bank and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts described therein. | |
4.4 | Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.3). | |
5.1 | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. | |
5.2 | Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough, a Professional Corporation. | |
99.1 | Zions Bancorporation Press Release dated April 29, 2013. | |
99.2 | Information relating to Item 14 of the Registration Statement. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ZIONS BANCORPORATION | ||||||||||
Date: May 3, 2013 | By: | /s/ W. David Hemingway | ||||||||
Name: | W. David Hemingway | |||||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President |
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated April 29, 2013, between Zions Bancorporation and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters. | |
3.1, 4.1 | Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Zions Bancorporation with respect to the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, dated April 29, 2013. | |
4.2 | Form of certificate representing the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. | |
4.3 | Form of Deposit Agreement among Zions Bancorporation, Zions First National Bank and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts described therein. | |
4.4 | Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.3). | |
5.1 | Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. | |
5.2 | Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough, a Professional Corporation. | |
99.1 | Zions Bancorporation Press Release dated April 29, 2013. | |
99.2 | Information relating to Item 14 of the Registration Statement. |
Exhibit 1.1
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
5,048,846 Depositary Shares
Each Representing a 1/40th Interest
In a Share of
Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock
April 29, 2013
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters) an aggregate of 5,048,846 depositary shares of the Company (the Depositary Shares), each representing a 1/40th interest in the Companys Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock) and collectively representing 126,221.15 shares of Preferred Stock (the Preferred Shares and, together with the Depositary Shares, the Securities), pursuant to this underwriting agreement (this Agreement). Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as representatives (the Representatives) of the Underwriters.
The Preferred Shares shall have the rights, powers and preferences set forth in the Articles of Amendment relating thereto (the Articles of Amendment). The Preferred Shares are to be deposited against delivery of depositary receipts (the Depositary Receipts) evidencing the Depositary Shares that are to be issued by Zions First National Bank, as depositary (the Depositary), under the Deposit Agreement to be entered into among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the Deposit Agreement).
Section 1. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Offering Documents. An automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173299), with respect to the Companys preferred stock and depositary shares (including the Securities), debt securities, common stock and other securities, including a form of prospectus, was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the
Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the Basic Prospectus; the various parts of such registration statement, excluding any Form T-1 but including all exhibits thereto and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the Registration Statement; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the Pricing Prospectus; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) specifically relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a Preliminary Prospectus; the form of final prospectus specifically relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, is hereinafter called the Prospectus; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus).
(b) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Basic Prospectus and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through any of the Representatives specifically for use therein.
(c) Pricing Disclosure Package. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Time means the time at which bids may no longer be submitted to Zions Direct, Inc., as auction service provider (the Auction Service Provider), in connection with the auction relating to the Securities (the Auction), such time being referred to in the Pricing Prospectus as the submission deadline, as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus (including any extension of such deadline); the Pricing Prospectus and any applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to such Applicable Time and listed on Schedule II(c) (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) or Schedule II(c) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or
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the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through any of the Representatives specifically for use therein.
(d) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through any of the Representatives specifically for use therein; no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commissions close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(b) hereto; and the financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown in such financial statements and, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, such financial statements have been prepared or will be prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.
(e) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through any of the Representatives specifically for use therein.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing
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Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than (i) repurchases of common stock of the Company in an aggregate amount that is less than 2% of the number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the time this representation is given or deemed given and (ii) issuances of or other transfers of capital stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Companys employee benefit plans or awards issued thereunder or its dividend reinvestment plan) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as disclosed, set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus.
(g) Organization, Qualification and Good Standing. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus. The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction.
(h) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of common stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, and except with respect to equity awards issued under the Companys equity incentive plans, there are no outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company.
(i) The Securities and the Deposit Agreement. The deposit of the Preferred Shares by the Company in accordance with the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company; subject to the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code of the State of Utah, the Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when the Depositary Shares are issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Preferred Shares will have been duly executed, issued and delivered and will be fully paid and nonassessable; assuming due execution and delivery of the Depositary Receipts and the Deposit Agreement by the Depositary, each Depositary Receipt will be duly and validly issued and will entitle the holder thereof to the benefits provided therein and in the Deposit Agreement; the Deposit Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and, at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4(a) hereof), will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities conform and the Deposit Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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(k) Articles of Amendment. The Articles of Amendment have been duly and validly authorized by the Company.
(l) Fair Summary. The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions Description of Series H Preferred Stock, Description of Depositary Shares, Description of Preferred Stock We May Offer and Description of Depositary Shares We May Offer, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, The Auction Process, insofar as they purport to describe the auction process used to determine the public offering price of the Securities and under the captions Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences, United States Taxation, Plan of Distribution and Underwriting, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair.
(m) No Registration Rights by Others. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.
(n) No Brokers Fees. Other than the Underwriters, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finders fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) No Conflicts; No Consents or Approvals Required. The issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Deposit Agreement and this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, constitute a default under), (i) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (ii) the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or the Restated Bylaws of the Company or (iii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, except where, for purposes of clauses (i) and (iii), such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the current or future financial condition, results of operations, shareholders equity, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect); and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Deposit Agreement and this Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Deposit Agreement or this Agreement, except (x) such as have been obtained under the Act, (y) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters and (z) the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code of the State of Utah.
(p) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission) (each, a Significant Subsidiary) is (i) in violation of the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or the Restated Bylaws of the Company, or the charter or bylaws of such Significant Subsidiary, as applicable, (ii) in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
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deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries, except where, for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii), such default or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Legal Proceedings. Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Companys knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(r) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Pricing Prospectus, will not be an investment company, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus) and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities, the Company was not an ineligible issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
(t) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and have audited the Companys internal control over financial reporting, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(u) Organization, Good Standing and Capital Stock of Significant Subsidiaries. Each Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each such Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for directors qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(v) Accounting Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Companys internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2012, and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no
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change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(w) Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, the scope of which includes interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(x) Financial Holding Company. The Company is a financial holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended; and each of the Companys banking subsidiaries holds the requisite authority from its respective banking regulatory authority to do business as a national banking association under the laws of the United States or as a state-chartered banking corporation under the laws of such subsidiarys jurisdiction of incorporation, as the case may be.
(y) OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (in their capacity as such) is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(z) Compliance with Regulators. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws administered by and regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and any other federal or state bank regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary, other than where such failures to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, licenses, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, license, authorization or permit, in each case except for such certificates, licenses, authorizations and permits which the failure to have or the revocation or modification of which would not, individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) No Agreements with Regulators. There are no written agreements or other written statements as described under 12 U.S.C. 1818(u) between any federal banking agency and the Company or any of its subsidiaries (whether or not such federal banking agency has determined that publication would be contrary to the public interest) and there are no agreements, memoranda of understanding, cease and desist orders, orders of prohibition or suspension or consent decrees between any federal or state regulatory authority and the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case other than such agreements, memoranda of understanding, cease and desist orders, orders of prohibition or suspension or consent decrees as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(cc) Anti-Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) FCPA. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (in their capacity as such) has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the FCPA); made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office in contravention of the FCPA; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment prohibited under any applicable law or regulation equivalent to the FCPA.
(ee) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(ff) XBRL. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(gg) Officers Certificate. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby as of the date or dates indicated in such certificate.
Section 2. Sale and Delivery of Securities.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per Depositary Share of $24.375, the number of Depositary Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto. The total number of Depositary Shares to be purchased by all the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement shall be the aggregate number of Depositary Shares as set forth in Schedule I hereto.
Section 3. Offering by the Underwriters. Upon authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Securities.
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Section 4. Delivery of the Depositary Shares.
(a) The Depositary Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Depositary Receipts in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Depositary Shares to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Depositary Shares to the account of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at DTC. The Company will cause a certificate representing the Preferred Shares and the global Depositary Receipt, representing the Depositary Shares, to be made available to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to any Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the Designated Office). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on May 3, 2013 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the Time of Delivery.
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Depositary Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(j) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006 (the Closing Location), and the Depositary Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. New York Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Section 5. Covenants. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) Required Filings; Notice to the Representatives. To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commissions close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof; so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other
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prospectus in respect of the Securities, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such reasonable steps as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Securities by the Underwriters, which may include, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at the Companys expense (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement).
(b) Rule 430B(h). If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof.
(c) Qualification of Securities. Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided that in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(d) Delivery of Copies; Ongoing Compliance. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and thereafter from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities and at such locations as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as they may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the request of such Underwriter but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as such Underwriter may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act.
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(e) Earnings Statement. To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(f) Exchange Listing. To use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Depositary Shares for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
(g) Filing Fees. To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Depositary Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds.
(i) NYSE. In connection with the offering and sale of the Securities, to file with the NYSE all documents and notices, and make all certifications, required by the NYSE of companies that have secondary listings on the NYSE.
(j) No Stabilization. To not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) Company Lockup. The Company will not, without the prior consent of the Representatives, offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, for a period of 30 days after the date hereof, except as provided hereunder and except with respect to any such transactions relating to the Companys Series A Floating-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, 9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Series G Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (other than any new issuances of such securities that are not pursuant to an offering or issuance exempt from the registration requirements of the Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Act), any depositary shares or preferred stock, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any depositary shares, any preferred stock or any such other securities of the Company which are substantially similar to the Securities; provided, however, that the Company may issue and sell shares of preferred stock and depositary shares representing an interest in preferred stock of any series outstanding or new, pursuant to the Companys previously announced 2013 capital plan.
Section 6. Free Writing Prospectus.
(a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(ii) each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission; and
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(iii) any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives (including the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof) is listed on Schedule II(a) or Schedule II(c) hereto.
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending.
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriters and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter specifically for use therein.
Section 7. Payment of Expenses. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(c) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and Legal Investment Surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Depositary Shares on the NYSE; (vii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (viii) the costs and charges of the Depositary, any transfer agent or registrar or any dividend distribution agent; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Section 8. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that (i) all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct (ii) the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed and (iii) the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the form of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
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(b) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letters of Counsel to the Underwriters. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(c) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letters of Counsel to the Company. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Callister Nebeker & McCullough, a Professional Corporation, counsels for the Company, shall each have furnished to the Representatives their written opinions, each dated the Time of Delivery, substantially in the form of Annex I(a), Annex I(b), Annex I(c) and Annex I(d) hereto, as applicable.
(d) Comfort Letters. On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and their counsel, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(e) No Material Adverse Change. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(f) Listing. The Company shall have applied for listing of the Depositary Shares on the NYSE.
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(g) No Ratings Downgrade. On or after the Applicable Time, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Companys debt securities or preferred stock by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Companys debt securities or preferred stock.
(h) No Market Disruption. On or after the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ); (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Companys securities on the NYSE or NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Washington, Idaho, Arizona or Texas State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(i) Prospectus Delivery. The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(d) hereof with respect to the timely furnishing of prospectuses.
(j) Officers Certificates. The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters, at the Time of Delivery, certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such time, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such time, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section 8 and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(k) Deposit of Preferred Shares. The Depositary shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate evidencing the deposit of the Preferred Shares underlying the Depositary Shares.
(l) Articles of Amendment. The Articles of Amendment shall have been validly filed with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code.
Section 9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any
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such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use therein or (ii) result from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Auction Service Provider.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Notice and Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection except and then only to the extent such indemnifying party is materially prejudiced thereby. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
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indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Depositary Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the directors and officers of each Underwriter and to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act, each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter and each officer and director of such affiliate; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
Section 10. Default by Underwriter.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Depositary Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for the Underwriters or another party or other parties to purchase such Depositary Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange
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for the purchase of such Depositary Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Depositary Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Depositary Shares, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Depositary Shares, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Company and the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Depositary Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Depositary Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Depositary Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Depositary Shares, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Depositary Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Depositary Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Depositary Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Depositary Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Depositary Shares to be purchased which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Depositary Shares, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Depositary Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
Section 11. Survival of Provisions. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Depositary Shares.
Section 12. Termination. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, the Depositary Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out of pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Depositary Shares, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
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Section 13. Representatives. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.
Section 14. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Representatives at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: DCM Syndicate, Facsimile: 212-469-7875, with a copy to the attention of the General Counsel, 36th Floor, Facsimile: 212 797-4561 and Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
Section 15. Parties. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company or any Underwriter and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Depositary Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 16. Time and Business Day. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term business day shall mean any day when the Commissions office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
Section 17. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Depositary Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
Section 18. Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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Section 19. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement and any counterparts thereof may be delivered by any party by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
Section 21. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph, or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
Section 22. Disclosure of Tax Matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, tax structure is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
ZIONS BANCORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ W. David Hemingway | |||
Name: | W. David Hemingway | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President |
Accepted as of the date hereof:
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Anguel Zaprianov | |||
Name: | Anguel Zaprianov | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Adam Raucher | |||
Name: | Adam Raucher | |||
Title: | Director | |||
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. | ||||
By: | /s/ Adam T. Greene | |||
Name: | Adam T. Greene | |||
Title: | Vice President |
On behalf of all of the Underwriters
Exhibit 3.1, 4.1
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE
RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (the Corporation), by and through the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the Articles of Incorporation), of the Corporation, as permitted by Sections 16-10a-602, 16-10a-1002 and 16-10a-1006, et seq. of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (the UBCA), the Board of Directors of the Corporation hereby adopts these Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, without shareholder action, dated effective as of April 29, 2013. Shareholder action was not required.
1. | The name of the Corporation is Zions Bancorporation. |
2. | By this amendment (the Amendment), Article VIII of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: |
Section 1. Authorized Shares. The aggregate number of shares of capital stock which this Corporation shall have authority to issue is 354,400,000, divided into two classes as follows:
(A) | 350,000,000 shares of Common Stock, without par value, which shares shall be entitled to one vote per share; and |
(B) | 4,400,000 shares of Preferred Stock, without par value. |
The Board of Directors of this Corporation is expressly vested with the authority to determine, with respect to any class of Preferred Stock, the dividend rights (including rights as to cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative dividends) and preferences, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preferences of any such class of Preferred Stock. As to any series of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors is authorized to determine the number of shares constituting such series, and to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of that series.
The Board of Directors of this Corporation is expressly vested with the authority to divide the above-described class of Preferred Stock into series and to fix and determine the variations in the relative rights and preferences of the shares of Preferred Stock of any series so established, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) | the rate of dividend; |
(ii) | the price at and the terms and conditions on which shares may be redeemed; |
(iii) | the amount payable upon shares in event of involuntary liquidation; |
(iv) | the amount payable upon shares in event of voluntary liquidation; |
(v) | sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of shares; |
(vi) | the terms and conditions on which shares may be converted, if the shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion; and |
(vii) | such other variations in the relative rights and preferences of such shares which at the time of the establishment of such series are not prohibited by law. |
Section 2. Definitions.
As used in this Article VIII:
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency means the appropriate Federal banking agency with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
Business Day means any day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in Salt Lake City, Utah or New York City generally are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, together with its successors and assigns.
Junior Stock means (i) with respect to Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized and issued over which Series A Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, (ii) with respect to Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized and issued over which Series C Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any
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liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (iii) with respect to Series F Preferred Stock, the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized and issued over which Series F Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (iv) with respect to Series G Preferred Stock, the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized and issued over which Series G Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and (v) with respect to Series H Preferred Stock, the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized and issued over which Series H Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
London Business Day means any day in which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank market.
Nonpayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(vii)(A) hereof.
Parity Stock (i) with respect to Series A Preferred Stock, means Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on par with Series A Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, (ii) with respect to Series C Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on par with Series C Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, (iii) with respect to Series F Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on par with Series F Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, (iv) with respect to Series G Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on par with Series G Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, and (v) with respect to Series H Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on par with Series H Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
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Preferred Directors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(vii)(A) hereof.
Representative Amount means, with respect to the determination of Three-Month LIBOR, an amount that, in the Series A Calculation Agents judgment, is representative of a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
Series A Calculation Agent means Zions First National Bank or such other bank as may be acting as calculation agent for the Corporation with respect to Series A Preferred Stock.
Series A Depositary Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(iv) hereof.
Series A Determination Date means, with respect to any Series A Dividend Period, the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such Series A Dividend Period.
Series A Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(i) hereof.
Series A Dividend Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(i) hereof.
Series A Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.
Series C Depositary Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(iv) hereof.
Series C Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i) hereof.
Series C Dividend Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(i) hereof.
Series C Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
Series F Depositary Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d)(iv) hereof.
Series F Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)(i) hereof.
Series F Dividend Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)(i) hereof.
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Series F Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
Series F Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d)(i) hereof.
Series F Regulatory Capital Treatment Event means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of the Series F Preferred Stock; (ii) any proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series F Preferred Stock; or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series F Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of the shares of the Series F Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 Capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of Federal Reserve Regulation Y, 12 CFR 225 (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency), as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of the Series F Preferred Stock is outstanding.
Series G Calculation Agent means Zions First National Bank or such other bank as may be acting as calculation agent for the Corporation with respect to Series G Preferred Stock.
Series G Depositary Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(iv) hereof.
Series G Determination Date means, with respect to any Series G Dividend Period, the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such Series G Dividend Period.
Series G Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i) hereof.
Series G Dividend Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i) hereof.
Series G Fixed Rate Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i) hereof.
Series G Floating Rate Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i) hereof.
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Series G Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
Series G Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(i) hereof.
Series G Regulatory Capital Treatment Event means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of the Series G Preferred Stock; (ii) any proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series G Preferred Stock; or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series G Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of the shares of the Series G Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 Capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of Federal Reserve Regulation Y, 12 CFR 225 (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency), as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of the Series G Preferred Stock is outstanding.
Series H Depositary Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d)(iv) hereof.
Series H Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i) hereof.
Series H Dividend Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i) hereof.
Series H Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.
Series H Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d)(i) hereof.
Series H Regulatory Capital Treatment Event means the good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of the Series H Preferred Stock; (ii) any proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series H Preferred Stock; or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is
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announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series H Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of the shares of the Series H Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 Capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of Federal Reserve Regulation Y, 12 CFR 225 (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency), as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of the Series H Preferred Stock is outstanding.
Telerate Page 3750 means the display page so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Interbank Offered Rate for U.S. dollar deposits).
Three-Month LIBOR means:
(i) with respect to any Series A Dividend Period, the offered rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period commencing on the first day of such Series A Dividend Period that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Series A Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750 or if Telerate Page 3750 is not available on the Series A Determination Date, Three-Month LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period commencing on the first day of such Series A Dividend Period and in a Representative Amount are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Series A Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Series A Determination Date. The Series A Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of such rate (expressed as a percentage per annum). If at least two such quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR with respect to such Series A Dividend Period will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR with respect to such Series A Dividend Period will be determined on the basis of the rates quoted by three major banks in New York City selected by the Series A Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Series A Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars in a Representative Amount to leading European banks for a three-month period commencing on the first day of such Series A Dividend Period. If at least two such quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR with respect to such Series A Dividend Period will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR for such Series A Dividend Period will be the same as Three-Month LIBOR as determined for the immediately previous Series A Dividend Period, or in the case of the first Series A Dividend Period, the most recent rate that could have been determined in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph
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had Series A Preferred Stock been outstanding. The Series A Calculation Agents determination of Three-Month LIBOR and calculation of the amount of dividends for each Series A Dividend Period will be on file at the principal offices of the Corporation, will be made available to any holder of Series A Preferred Stock upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error; and
(ii) With respect to any Series G Dividend Period, the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as that rate appears on Reuters screen page LIBOR01 at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Series G Determination Date. If no such rate appears on Reuters screen page LIBOR01 on the Series G Determination Date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the Series G Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Corporation, will select four major banks in the London interbank market and will request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the Series G Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Corporation, will select three major banks in New York City and will request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by it at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Series G Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable Series G Dividend Period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. If fewer than three quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR for the next Series G Dividend Period will be equal to Three-Month LIBOR in effect for the then-current Series G Dividend Period. Absent manifest error, the Series G Calculation Agents determination of Three-Month LIBOR for a Series G Dividend Period will be binding and conclusive, and the Series G Calculation Agent will notify the Corporation of each determination of Three-Month LIBOR and will make the dividend rate for a Series G Dividend Period available to any stockholder upon request.
Voting Parity Stock (i) with respect to Series A Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and each class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and has voting rights similar to those described in Section 8(b)(vii), (ii) with respect to Series C Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and each class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with Series C Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and has voting rights similar to those described in Section 8(b)(vii), (iii) with respect to Series F Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred
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Stock and each class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with Series F Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and has voting rights similar to those described in Section 8(b)(vii), (iv) with respect to Series G Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and each class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with Series G Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and has voting rights similar to those described in Section 8(b)(vii), and (v) with respect to Series H Preferred Stock, means Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and each class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with Series H Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and has voting rights similar to those described in Section 8(b)(vii).
Section 3. Series A Preferred Stock
(a) Designation of Series A Floating-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. A series of Preferred Stock shall be hereby designated Series A Floating-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as Series A Preferred Stock). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series A Preferred Stock. Series A Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock, in each case with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 140,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the then total number of authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the filing of Articles of Amendment pursuant to the provisions of the UBCA stating that such increase or reduction, as the case may be, has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Rate. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends under the UBCA, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing March 15, 2007; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will
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be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) (each such day on which dividends are payable, a Series A Dividend Payment Date). The period from and including any Series A Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series A Dividend Payment Date is a Series A Dividend Period; provided, however, that the first Series A Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the date of original issuance of Series A Preferred Stock to but excluding the next Series A Dividend Payment Date; provided, further, that if additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued subsequently, the first Series A Dividend Period with respect to such shares shall be (A) if the date of such subsequent issuance is a Series A Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including such Series A Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series A Dividend Payment Date and (B) if the date of such subsequent issuance is not a Series A Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent Series A Dividend Payment Date preceding the date of such subsequent issuance to but excluding the next Series A Dividend Payment Date. Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be payable, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share at a rate per annum equal to the greater of (A) Three-Month LIBOR plus 0.520% or (B) 4.000%. The record date for payment of dividends on Series A Preferred Stock shall be the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the respective Series A Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series A Preferred Stock on each Series A Dividend Payment Date shall be calculated by multiplying (A) the per annum rate described above in effect for the related Series A Dividend Period by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the actual number of days in such Series A Dividend Period and the denominator of which shall be 360, and by (C) $1,000. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(ii) Non-Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock on any Series A Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Series A Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not accrue or be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Series A Dividend Period, whether or not dividends on Series A Preferred Stock are declared for any future Series A Dividend Period.
(iii) Priority of Dividends. During any Series A Dividend Period, so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless dividends in an amount computed in accordance with Section 3(c)(i) for each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Series A Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Series A Dividend Period have been paid, or declared and funds set aside therefor, and the Corporation is not in default on its obligations to redeem any shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (B) no shares of Junior
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Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares by the Corporation, and (C) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock. On any Series A Dividend Payment Date for which dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for payment on such Series A Dividend Payment Date shall be declared on a proportionate basis. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock or Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
(d) Redemption.
(i) Optional Redemption. Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to December 15, 2011. On and after such date, the Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 3(d)(ii) below. The redemption price for shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the redemption date. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any right to require the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(ii) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail to the holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption (provided that, if depositary shares representing Series A Preferred Stock or Series A Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give notice in any manner permitted by the DTC). Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 3(d)(ii) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption
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shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Each notice shall state (A) the redemption date, (B) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder, (C) the redemption price, (D) the place or places where the certificates for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price and (E) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(iii) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.
(iv) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of the holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Series A Depositary Company) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date (A) all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, (B) all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accrue, and (C) all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Series A Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Series A Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
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Section 4. Series C Preferred Stock
(a) Designation of 9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. A series of Preferred Stock shall be hereby designated 9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as Series C Preferred Stock). Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series C Preferred Stock. Series C Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock in each case with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be 1,400,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the then total number of authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the filing of Articles of Amendment pursuant to the provisions of the UBCA stating that such increase or reduction, as the case may be, has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Rate. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends under the UBCA, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series C Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing September 15, 2008; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) (each such day on which dividends are payable, a Series C Dividend Payment Date). The period from and including any Series C Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series C Dividend Payment Date is a Series C Dividend Period; provided, however, that the first Series C Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the date of original issuance of Series C Preferred Stock to but excluding the next Series C Dividend Payment Date; provided, further, that if additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock are issued subsequently, the first Series C Dividend Period with respect to such shares shall be (A) if the date of such subsequent
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issuance is a Series C Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including such Series C Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series C Dividend Payment Date and (B) if the date of such subsequent issuance is not a Series C Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent Series C Dividend Payment Date preceding the date of such subsequent issuance to but excluding the next Series C Dividend Payment Date.
Dividends on each share of Series C Preferred Stock will be payable, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share at a rate per annum equal to 9.50%.
The record date for payment of dividends on Series C Preferred Stock shall be the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the respective Series C Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series C Preferred Stock on each Series C Dividend Payment Date shall be calculated by multiplying (A) the per annum rate described above in effect for the related Series C Dividend Period by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the actual number of days in such Series C Dividend Period and the denominator of which shall be 360, and by (C) $1,000. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series C Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(ii) Non-Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock on any Series C Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Series C Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not accrue or be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Series C Dividend Period, whether or not dividends on Series C Preferred Stock are declared for any future Series C Dividend Period.
(iii) Priority of Dividends. During any Series C Dividend Period (other than the first Series C Dividend Period), so long as any share of Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless dividends in an amount computed in accordance with Section 4(c)(i) for each share of Series C Preferred Stock as of the Series C Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Series C Dividend Period have been paid, or declared and funds set aside therefor, and the Corporation is not in default on its obligations to redeem any shares of Series C Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (B) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies
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be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares by the Corporation, and (C) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or in exchange for Junior Stock. On any Series C Dividend Payment Date for which dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for payment on such Series C Dividend Payment Date shall be declared on a proportionate basis. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock or Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
(d) Redemption.
(i) Optional Redemption. Series C Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to September 15, 2013. On and after such date, the Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 4(d)(ii) below. The redemption price for shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 per share and an amount equal to the dividend for the then-current quarterly dividend period (whether or not declared but without accumulation of any undeclared dividends for prior periods) accrued to but excluding the date of redemption. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any right to require the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock.
(ii) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail to the holders of record of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption (provided that, if depositary shares representing Series C Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give notice in any manner permitted by the DTC). Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 4(d)(ii) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Each notice shall state (A) the redemption date, (B) the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder, (C) the redemption price, (D) the place or places where the certificates for such
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shares of Series C Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price and (E) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(iii) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series C Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Series C Preferred Stock held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.
(iv) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of the holder of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock so called for redemption, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Series C Depositary Company) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date (A) all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, (B) all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accrue, and (C) all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Series C Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Series C Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
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Section 5. Series F Preferred Stock
(a) Designation of Series F Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. A series of Preferred Stock shall be hereby designated Series F Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as Series F Preferred Stock). Each share of Series F Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series F Preferred Stock. Series F Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock in each case with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall be 250,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the then total number of authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the filing of Articles of Amendment pursuant to the provisions of the UBCA stating that such increase or reduction, as the case may be, has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series F Preferred Stock.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Rate. Holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends under the UBCA, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series F Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing June 15, 2012; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) (each such day on which dividends are payable, a Series F Dividend Payment Date). The period from and including any Series F Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series F Dividend Payment Date is a Series F Dividend Period; provided, however, that the first Series F Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the date of original issuance of Series F Preferred Stock to but excluding the next Series F Dividend Payment Date; provided, further, that if additional shares of Series F Preferred Stock are issued subsequently, the first Series F Dividend Period with respect to such shares shall be (A) if the date of such subsequent issuance is a Series F Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including such Series F Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series F Dividend Payment Date and (B) if the date of such subsequent issuance is not a Series F Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent Series F Dividend Payment Date preceding the date of such subsequent issuance to but excluding the next Series F Dividend Payment Date.
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Dividends on each share of Series F Preferred Stock will be payable, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share at a rate per annum equal to 7.90%.
The record date for payment of dividends on Series F Preferred Stock shall be the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the respective Series F Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series F Preferred Stock on each Series F Dividend Payment Date shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in any period of less than one month. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series F Preferred Stock on each Series F Dividend Payment Date for each full dividend period will be calculated by multiplying the per annum dividend rate described above in effect for the related Series F Dividend Period by 1/4, and multiplying the rate obtained by $1,000. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series F Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(ii) Non-Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series F Preferred Stock on any Series F Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Series F Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not accrue or be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Series F Dividend Period, whether or not dividends on Series F Preferred Stock are declared for any future Series F Dividend Period.
(iii) Priority of Dividends. During any Series F Dividend Period (other than the first Series F Dividend Period), so long as any share of Series F Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless dividends in an amount computed in accordance with Section 5(c)(i) for each share of Series F Preferred Stock as of the Series F Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Series F Dividend Period have been paid, or declared and funds set aside therefor, and the Corporation is not in default on its obligations to redeem any shares of Series F Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (B) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares by the Corporation, and (C) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for
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consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of Series F Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or in exchange for Junior Stock. On any Series F Dividend Payment Date for which dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series F Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series F Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for payment on such Series F Dividend Payment Date shall be declared on a proportionate basis. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock or Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
(d) Redemption.
(i) Optional Redemption. Series F Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to June 15, 2017. On such date and every day thereafter ((hereinafter referred to as a Series F Redemption Date), the Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 5(d)(ii) below. The redemption price for shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the Series F Redemption Date; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then any shares called for redemption will be redeemed on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and any payment otherwise payable on the Series F Redemption Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay). Holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall not have any right to require the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series F Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days following the occurrence of a Series F Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of the Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the date of such redemption, upon notice given as provided in Subsection (ii) below.
(ii) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail to the holders of record of Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption (provided that, if depositary shares representing Series F Preferred Stock or Series F Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give notice in any manner permitted by the
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DTC). Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 5(d)(ii) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series F Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series F Preferred Stock. Each notice shall state (A) the redemption date, (B) the number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder, (C) the redemption price, (D) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series F Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price and (E) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(iii) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares of Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series F Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Series F Preferred Stock held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.
(iv) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series F Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series F Preferred Stock so called for redemption, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Series F Depositary Company) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date (A) all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, (B) all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accrue, and (C) all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Series F Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Series F Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid
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to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
Section 6. Series G Preferred Stock
(a) Designation of Series G Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. A series of Preferred Stock shall be hereby designated Series G Fixed/Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as Series G Preferred Stock). Each share of Series G Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series G Preferred Stock. Series G Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock in each case with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be 200,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the then total number of authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the filing of Articles of Amendment pursuant to the provisions of the UBCA stating that such increase or reduction, as the case may be, has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series G Preferred Stock.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Rate. Holders of Series G Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends under the UBCA, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series G Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing June 15, 2013; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day during the Series G Fixed Rate Period (as defined below), then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) and, if during the Series G Floating Rate Period (as defined below), then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and dividends will accrue to, but excluding, the date dividends are paid; however, if the postponement would cause the dividend payment
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date to fall in the next calendar month during the Series G Floating Rate Period, the dividend payment date will instead be brought forward to the immediately preceding business day (each such day on which dividends are payable, a Series G Dividend Payment Date). The period from and including any Series G Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series G Dividend Payment Date is a Series G Dividend Period; provided, however, that the first Series G Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the date of original issuance of Series G Preferred Stock to but excluding the next Series G Dividend Payment Date; provided, further, that if additional shares of Series G Preferred Stock are issued subsequently, the first Series G Dividend Period with respect to such shares shall be (A) if the date of such subsequent issuance is a Series G Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including such Series G Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series G Dividend Payment Date and (B) if the date of such subsequent issuance is not a Series G Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent Series G Dividend Payment Date preceding the date of such subsequent issuance to but excluding the next Series G Dividend Payment Date.
For each Series G Dividend Period commencing with the initial Series G Dividend Period up to and including the Series G Dividend Period ending on March 14, 2023 (the Series G Fixed Rate Period) the dividend rate will be a rate per annum equal to 6.30%. For all Series G Dividend Periods thereafter (the Series G Floating Rate Period), the dividend rate will be an annual floating rate equal to Three-Month LIBOR plus 4.24%.
The record date for payment of dividends on Series G Preferred Stock shall be the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the respective Series G Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series G Preferred Stock on each Series G Dividend Payment Date for the Series G Fixed Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in any period of less than one month. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series G Preferred Stock on each Series G Dividend Payment Date for the Series G Floating Rate Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of the actual number of days in such Series G Dividend Period. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series G Preferred Stock on each Series G Dividend Payment Date for each full dividend period will be calculated by multiplying the per annum dividend rate described above in effect for the related Series G Dividend Period by 1/4, and multiplying the rate obtained by $1,000. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series G Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(ii) Non-Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series G Preferred Stock on any Series G Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Series G Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not accrue or be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Series G Dividend Period, whether or not dividends on Series G Preferred Stock are declared for any future Series G Dividend Period.
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(iii) Priority of Dividends. During any Series G Dividend Period (other than the first Series G Dividend Period), so long as any share of Series G Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless dividends in an amount computed in accordance with Section 6(c)(i) for each share of Series G Preferred Stock as of the Series G Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Series G Dividend Period have been paid, or declared and funds set aside therefor, and the Corporation is not in default on its obligations to redeem any shares of Series G Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (B) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares by the Corporation, and (C) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of Series G Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or in exchange for Junior Stock. On any Series G Dividend Payment Date for which dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series G Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series G Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for payment on such Series G Dividend Payment Date shall be declared on a proportionate basis. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock or Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
(d) Redemption.
(i) Optional Redemption. Series G Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to March 15, 2023. On such date and every day thereafter ((hereinafter referred to as a Series G Redemption Date), the Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series G Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 6(d)(ii) below. The redemption price for shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the Series G Redemption Date; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then any shares called for redemption will be
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redeemed on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and any payment otherwise payable on the Series G Redemption Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay). Holders of Series G Preferred Stock shall not have any right to require the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days following the occurrence of a Series G Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of the Series G Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the date of such redemption, upon notice given as provided in Subsection (ii) below.
(ii) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail to the holders of record of Series G Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption (provided that, if depositary shares representing Series G Preferred Stock or Series G Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give notice in any manner permitted by the DTC). Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 6(d)(ii) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series G Preferred Stock. Each notice shall state (A) the redemption date, (B) the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder, (C) the redemption price, (D) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series G Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price and (E) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(iii) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares of Series G Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series G Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Series G Preferred Stock held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.
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(iv) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock so called for redemption, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Series G Depositary Company) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date (A) all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, (B) all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accrue, and (C) all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Series G Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Series G Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
Section 7. Series H Preferred Stock
(a) Designation of Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. A series of Preferred Stock shall be hereby designated Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (hereinafter referred to as Series H Preferred Stock). Each share of Series H Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series H Preferred Stock. Series H Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock in each case with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall be 126,222. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the then total number of authorized and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series H Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the filing of Articles of Amendment pursuant to the provisions of the
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UBCA stating that such increase or reduction, as the case may be, has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series H Preferred Stock.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Rate. Holders of Series H Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends under the UBCA, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series H Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year commencing June 15, 2013; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay) (each such day on which dividends are payable, a Series H Dividend Payment Date). The period from and including any Series H Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series H Dividend Payment Date is a Series H Dividend Period; provided, however, that the first Series H Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the date of original issuance of Series H Preferred Stock to but excluding the next Series H Dividend Payment Date; provided, further, that if additional shares of Series H Preferred Stock are issued subsequently, the first Series H Dividend Period with respect to such shares shall be (A) if the date of such subsequent issuance is a Series H Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including such Series H Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Series H Dividend Payment Date and (B) if the date of such subsequent issuance is not a Series H Dividend Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent Series H Dividend Payment Date preceding the date of such subsequent issuance to but excluding the next Series H Dividend Payment Date.
Dividends on each share of Series H Preferred Stock will be payable, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, on the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share at a rate per annum equal to 5.75%.
The record date for payment of dividends on Series H Preferred Stock shall be the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the respective Series H Dividend Payment Date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series H Preferred Stock on each Series H Dividend Payment Date shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in any period of less than one month. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series H Preferred Stock on each Series H Dividend Payment Date for each full dividend period will be calculated by multiplying the per annum dividend rate described above in effect for the related Series H Dividend Period by 1/4, and multiplying the rate obtained by $1,000. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series H Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
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(ii) Non-Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series H Preferred Stock on any Series H Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Series H Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not accrue or be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Series H Dividend Period, whether or not dividends on Series H Preferred Stock are declared for any future Series H Dividend Period.
(iii) Priority of Dividends. During any Series H Dividend Period (other than the first Series H Dividend Period), so long as any share of Series H Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless dividends in an amount computed in accordance with Section 7(c)(i) for each share of Series H Preferred Stock as of the Series H Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Series H Dividend Period have been paid, or declared and funds set aside therefor, and the Corporation is not in default on its obligations to redeem any shares of Series H Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (B) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares by the Corporation, and (C) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of Series H Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or in exchange for Junior Stock. On any Series H Dividend Payment Date for which dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series H Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series H Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for payment on such Series H Dividend Payment Date shall be declared on a proportionate basis. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock or Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
(d) Redemption.
(i) Optional Redemption. Series H Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to June 15, 2019. On such date and every day
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thereafter ((hereinafter referred to as a Series H Redemption Date), the Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series H Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 7(d)(ii) below. The redemption price for shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall be $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the Series H Redemption Date; provided, however, if any such day is not a Business Day, then any shares called for redemption will be redeemed on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and any payment otherwise payable on the Series H Redemption Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay). Holders of Series H Preferred Stock shall not have any right to require the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series H Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days following the occurrence of a Series H Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, through but not including the date of such redemption, upon notice given as provided in Section 7(d)(ii) below.
(ii) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall be mailed by first class mail to the holders of record of Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption (provided that, if depositary shares representing Series H Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give notice in any manner permitted by the DTC). Any notice mailed as provided in this Section 7(d)(ii) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series H Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series H Preferred Stock. Each notice shall state (A) the redemption date, (B) the number of shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder, (C) the redemption price, (D) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series H Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price and (E) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date.
(iii) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series H Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Series H Preferred
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Stock held by such holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions of this Section 7(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series H Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.
(iv) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series H Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series H Preferred Stock so called for redemption, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Series H Depositary Company) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date (A) all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, (B) all declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares shall cease to accrue, and (C) all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the Series H Depositary Company at any time after the redemption date from the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Series H Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
Section 8. General Terms of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and Series H Preferred Stock
(a) Liquidation Rights.
(i) Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and Series H Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors and
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subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock, as the case may be, before any distribution of assets of the Corporation is made to the holders of Junior Stock, a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, to the date of liquidation. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of Series C Preferred Stock, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock, the holders of Series G Preferred Stock and the holders of Series Ho Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any other amounts from the Corporation after such holders have received their full liquidating distribution.
(ii) Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends to the date of liquidation to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock to the date of liquidation.
(iii) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends to the date of liquidation has been paid in full to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(iv) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 8(a), the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock, as the case may be, receive cash, securities or property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation for cash, securities or other property shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) Voting Rights. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and Series H Preferred Stock will have no voting rights and will not be entitled to elect any directors, except as expressly provided by law and as provided in this Section 8(b). Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock, each holder of Series C Preferred Stock, each holder of Series F
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Preferred Stock, each holder of Series G Preferred Stock and each holder of Series H Preferred Stock will have one vote per share on any matter in which holders of such shares are entitled to vote, including when acting by written consent.
The voting rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock provided in this Section 8(b) shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote or consent would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds have been set aside in accordance with Section 3(d)(iv).
The voting rights of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock provided in this Section 8(b) shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote or consent would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds have been set aside in accordance with Section 4(d)(iv).
The voting rights of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock provided in this Section 8(b) shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote or consent would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds have been set aside in accordance with Section 5(d)(iv).
The voting rights of the holders of Series G Preferred Stock provided in this Section 8(b) shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote or consent would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds have been set aside in accordance with Section 6(d)(iv).
The voting rights of the holders of Series H Preferred Stock provided in this Section 8(b) shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote or consent would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series H Preferred Stock have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds have been set aside in accordance with Section 7(d)(iv).
(i) Supermajority Voting Rights Priority. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock that is Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting together as a class, shall be required to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or to issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into
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or evidencing the right to purchase, any additional class or series of stock ranking senior to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock, as the case may be, with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(ii) Supermajority Voting Rights for Series A Preferred Stock Amendments. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, shall be required to authorize any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or of any articles of amendment creating Series A Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of Series A Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect any power, preference or right of Series A Preferred Stock: (A) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the amount of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other class or series of Common Stock or other equity securities ranking equally with and/or junior to Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (B) any change to the number of directors or classification of or number of classes of directors of the Corporation; and (C) the occurrence of a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, so long as any of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or new shares of the surviving corporation or entity are issued with the same terms as Series A Preferred Stock, taking into account that upon the occurrence of this event the Corporation may not be the surviving entity.
(iii) Supermajority Voting Rights for Series C Preferred Stock Amendments. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, shall be required to authorize any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or of any articles of amendment creating Series C Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of Series C Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect any power, preference or right of Series C Preferred Stock: (A) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of Series C Preferred Stock or the amount of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other class or series of Common
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Stock or other equity securities ranking equally with and/or junior to Series C Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (B) any change to the number of directors or classification of or number of classes of directors of the Corporation; and (C) the occurrence of a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, so long as any of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or new shares of the surviving corporation or entity are issued with the same terms as Series C Preferred Stock, taking into account that upon the occurrence of this event the Corporation may not be the surviving entity.
(iv) Supermajority Voting Rights for Series F Preferred Stock Amendments. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, shall be required to authorize any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or of any articles of amendment creating Series F Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of Series F Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect any power, preference or right of Series F Preferred Stock: (A) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of Series F Preferred Stock or the amount of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other class or series of Common Stock or other equity securities ranking equally with and/or junior to Series F Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (B) any change to the number of directors or classification of or number of classes of directors of the Corporation; and (C) the occurrence of a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, so long as any of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or new shares of the surviving corporation or entity are issued with the same terms as Series F Preferred Stock, taking into account that upon the occurrence of this event the Corporation may not be the surviving entity.
(v) Supermajority Voting Rights for Series G Preferred Stock Amendments. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, shall be required to authorize any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or of any articles of amendment creating Series G Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of Series G Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the
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following shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect any power, preference or right of Series G Preferred Stock: (A) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of Series G Preferred Stock or the amount of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other class or series of Common Stock or other equity securities ranking equally with and/or junior to Series G Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (B) any change to the number of directors or classification of or number of classes of directors of the Corporation; and (C) the occurrence of a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, so long as any of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or new shares of the surviving corporation or entity are issued with the same terms as Series G Preferred Stock, taking into account that upon the occurrence of this event the Corporation may not be the surviving entity.
(vi) Supermajority Voting Rights for Series H Preferred Stock Amendments. Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, shall be required to authorize any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or of any articles of amendment creating Series H Preferred Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of Series H Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall be deemed not to materially and adversely affect any power, preference or right of Series H Preferred Stock: (A) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of Series H Preferred Stock or the amount of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock of the Corporation or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other class or series of Common Stock or other equity securities ranking equally with and/or junior to Series H Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation; (B) any change to the number of directors or classification of or number of classes of directors of the Corporation; and (C) the occurrence of a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, so long as any of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or new shares of the surviving corporation or entity are issued with the same terms as Series H Preferred Stock, taking into account that upon the occurrence of this event the Corporation may not be the surviving entity.
(vii) Special Voting Right.
(A) Voting Right. If and whenever dividends on Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock,
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Series H Preferred Stock or any other class or series of Voting Parity Stock have not been declared and paid in an aggregate amount at least equal as to any such class or series, to the amount of dividends payable on such class and series at its respective stated dividend rate for a period of six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not for consecutive dividend periods (a Nonpayment), the number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be increased by two. Holders of all classes and series of any Voting Parity Stock as to which a Nonpayment exists (including, if applicable, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock) will be entitled to vote together as a single class for the election of the two additional members of the Corporations Board of Directors (the Preferred Directors), provided that the election of such directors must not cause the Corporation to violate the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (or other exchange on which the Corporations securities may be listed) or the rules and regulations of any other regulatory or self-regulatory body. At no time will the Corporations Board of Directors include more than two Preferred Directors.
(B) Election. The election of the Preferred Directors will take place at any annual meeting of shareholders or any special meeting of the holders of Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment exists (including, if applicable, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock), called as provided herein. In the event of a Nonpayment, the Secretary of the Corporation, upon the written request of any holder of record of at least 20% of the outstanding shares of any Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment exists (including, if applicable, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock) addressed to the Secretary at the Corporations principal office, must (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the shareholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of shareholders), call a special meeting of the holders of all Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment exists for the election of the Preferred Directors to be elected by them as provided in Section 8(b)(vii)(C) below. So long as the voting rights granted pursuant to Section 8(b)(vii)(A) have not ceased, holders of any and all Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment exists (including, if applicable, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock), voting together as a single class, will continue to elect such directors at each subsequent annual meeting. The Preferred Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(C) Notice for Special Meeting. Notice for a special meeting will be given in a similar manner to that provided in the Corporations bylaws for a special meeting of the shareholders. If the Secretary of the Corporation does not call a special meeting within 20 days after receipt of any such request, then any holder of Series A Preferred Stock, any holder of Series C Preferred Stock, any holder of Series F Preferred Stock, any holder of Series G Preferred Stock or any holder of Series H Preferred Stock may (at our expense) call such meeting, upon notice as provided in this
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Section 8(b)(vii)(C), and for that purpose will have access to the stock register of the Corporation. The Preferred Directors elected at any such special meeting will hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders unless they have been previously terminated or removed pursuant to Section 8(b)(vii)(D).
(D) Termination; Removal; Vacancy. If and when full dividends have been paid for at least four quarterly dividend periods following a Nonpayment on any class or series of Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment exists or existed, the voting right granted pursuant to Section 8(b)(vii)(A) will cease with respect to that class or series (subject to revesting in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment). If and when full dividends have been paid for at least four quarterly dividend periods on all classes and series of Voting Parity Stock as to which a Nonpayment exists or existed, the terms of office of the Preferred Directors will immediately terminate and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation will be automatically decreased by two. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment then exists voting together as a single class. So long as the voting rights granted pursuant to Section 8(b)(vii)(A) remain in effect, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Director (other than prior to the initial election of the Preferred Directors) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Director remaining in office or, if none remains in office, by the vote or consent of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of Voting Parity Stock with respect to which a Nonpayment then exists voting together as a single class, with the successor to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders.
(c) Conversion; Exchange. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of Series C Preferred Stock, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock, the holders of Series G Preferred Stock and the holders of Series H Preferred Stock shall not have any rights to convert such Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock, respectively, into, or exchange such Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock for, shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.
(d) Other Issuances. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles of Amendment establishing the rights and preferences of Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote or consent of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of Series C Preferred Stock, the holders of Series F Preferred Stock, the holders of Series G Preferred Stock or the holders of Series H Preferred Stock, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 8(b), any class of securities ranking senior to Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock or Series H Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.
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(e) Repurchase. Subject to the limitations imposed herein, the Corporation may purchase and sell Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock and Series H Preferred Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent.
(f) Unissued or Reacquired Shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Series C Preferred Stock, shares of Series F Preferred Stock, shares of Series G Preferred Stock and shares of Series H Preferred Stock not issued or which have been issued and converted, redeemed or otherwise purchased or acquired by the Corporation shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock without designation as to series.
(g) No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Series C Preferred Stock, shares of Series F Preferred Stock, shares of Series G Preferred Stock and shares of Series H Preferred Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund.
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The undersigned does hereby acknowledge, under penalties of perjury, that this document is the act and deed of the Corporation, and that the facts herein stated are true.
DATED this 29th day of April, 2013.
ZIONS BANCORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Thomas E. Laursen | |||
Name: | Thomas E. Laursen | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
[Articles of Amendment]
EXHIBIT 4.2
NUMBER | SHARES | |
***** | ***** |
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
TOTAL AUTHORIZED: 126,222 SHARES
Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
WITHOUT PAR VALUE
THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the registered holder of Shares of Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed this day of A.D. 20 .
UPON REQUEST, AND WITHOUT CHARGE, THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY STOCKHOLDER A FULL STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK (INCLUDING ALL SERIES THEREOF) OF THE CORPORATION.
For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto Shares represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said Shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated A.D. 20
In presence of
Exhibit 4.3
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
among
ZIONS BANCORPORATION,
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
as Depositary,
and
THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF
THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN
Dated as of May 3, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINED TERMS | ||||||
Section 1.1. |
Definitions. |
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ARTICLE II | ||||||
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS |
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Section 2.1. |
Form and Transfer of Receipts. |
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Section 2.2. |
Deposit of Series H Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. |
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Section 2.3. |
Registration of Transfer of Receipts. |
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Section 2.4. |
Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock. |
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Section 2.5. |
Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. |
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Section 2.6. |
Lost Receipts, etc. |
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Section 2.7. |
Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. |
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Section 2.8. |
Redemption of Series H Preferred Stock. |
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Section 2.9. |
Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form. |
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ARTICLE III | ||||||
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION |
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Section 3.1. |
Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. |
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Section 3.2. |
Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. |
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Section 3.3. |
Warranty as to Series H Preferred Stock. |
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Section 3.4. |
Warranty as to Receipts. |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||||
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES | ||||||
Section 4.1. |
Cash Distributions. |
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Section 4.2. |
Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges. |
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Section 4.3. |
Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. |
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Section 4.4. |
Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts. |
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Section 4.5. |
Voting Rights. |
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Section 4.6. |
Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc. |
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Section 4.7. |
Delivery of Reports. |
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Section 4.8. |
Lists of Receipt Holders. |
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ARTICLE V | ||||||
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARYS AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION |
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Section 5.1. |
Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. |
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Section 5.2. |
Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositarys Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation. |
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Section 5.3. |
Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositarys Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation. |
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Section 5.4. |
Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. |
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Section 5.5. |
Corporate Notices and Reports. |
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Section 5.6. |
Indemnification by the Corporation. |
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Section 5.7. |
Fees, Charges and Expenses. |
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ARTICLE VI | ||||||
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION | ||||||
Section 6.1. |
Amendment. |
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Section 6.2. |
Termination. |
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ARTICLE VII | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 7.1. |
Counterparts. |
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Section 7.2. |
Benefit of this Deposit Agreement. |
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Section 7.3. |
Invalidity of Provisions. |
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Section 7.4. |
Notices. |
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Section 7.5. |
Depositarys Agents. |
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Section 7.6. |
Appointment of Registrar and Transfer Agent in Respect of the Receipts. |
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Section 7.7. |
Holders of Receipts Are Parties. |
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Section 7.8. |
Governing Law. |
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Section 7.9. |
Inspection of Deposit Agreement. |
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Section 7.10. |
Headings. |
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Exhibit A | Form of Receipt | |
Exhibit B | Articles of Amendment | |
Exhibit C | Form of Officers Certificate |
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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 3, 2013, among ZIONS BANCORPORATION, a Utah corporation, ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States, and the Holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.
WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Series H Preferred Stock of the Corporation from time to time with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock so deposited; and
WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1. Definitions.
The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement:
Articles shall mean the Articles of Amendment filed with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code establishing the Series H Preferred Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Corporation shall mean Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation, and its successors.
Deposit Agreement shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Depositary shall mean Zions First National Bank, a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States, and any successor as Depositary hereunder.
Depositary Shares shall mean the depositary shares, each representing one-fortieth of one share of the Series H Preferred Stock, evidenced by a Receipt.
Depositarys Agent shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.5.
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Depositarys Office shall mean the principal office of the Depositary in Salt Lake City, Utah, at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Event means with respect to any Global Registered Receipt:
(1) (A) the Global Receipt Depository which is the holder of such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts notifies the Corporation that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations or that it is no longer eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act, and (B) the Corporation has not appointed a qualified successor Global Receipt Depository within 90 calendar days after the Corporation received such notice, or
(2) the Corporation in its sole discretion notifies the Depositary in writing that the Receipts or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts shall no longer be represented by such Global Receipt or Receipts.
Global Receipt Depository means, with respect to any Receipt issued hereunder, DTC or such other entity designated as Global Receipt Depository by the Corporation in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, which entity must be, to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
Global Registered Receipts means a global registered Receipt registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.
Letter of Representations means any applicable agreement among the Corporation, the Depositary and a Global Receipt Depository with respect to such Global Receipt Depositorys rights and obligations with respect to any Global Registered Receipts, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor agreement thereto.
Officers Certificate means a certificate in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto, which is signed by an officer of the Corporation and which shall include the terms and conditions of the Series H Preferred Stock to be issued by the Corporation and deposited with the Depositary from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Receipt shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, whether in definitive or temporary form, and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock held of record by the Record Holder of such Depositary Shares.
Record Holder or Holder as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.
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Registrar shall mean the Depositary or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided and if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed, references herein to the books of or maintained by the Depository shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such Registrar for such purpose.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Series H Preferred Stock shall mean the shares of the Corporations Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, designated in the Articles and described in the Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER
AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.1. Form and Transfer of Receipts.
The definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided and shall be engraved or otherwise prepared so as to comply with applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange Inc.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary; provided, that such signature may be a facsimile if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed and such Receipts are countersigned by manual signature by a duly authorized officer of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned by manual signature by a duly authorized officer of such Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.
Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement all as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Corporation or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.
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Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.3, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
Section 2.2. Deposit of Series H Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation may from time to time deposit shares of Series H Preferred Stock under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for such shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and an executed Officers Certificate attaching the Articles and all other information required to be set forth therein, and together with a written order of the Corporation directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Series H Preferred Stock. Each Officers Certificate delivered to the Depositary in accordance with the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Deposit Agreement and shall be binding on the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders of Receipts to which such Officers Certificate relates.
The Series H Preferred Stock that is deposited shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositarys Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine. The Depositary shall not lend any Series H Preferred Stock deposited hereunder.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Series H Preferred Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the Series H Preferred Stock on the books of the Corporation (or its duly appointed transfer agent) in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series H Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositarys Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.
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Section 2.3. Registration of Transfer of Receipts.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.
The Depositary shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Receipts for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days next preceding any selection of Depositary Shares and Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of notice of redemption, or (b) to transfer or exchange for another Receipt any Receipt called or being called for redemption in whole or in part except as provided in Section 2.8.
Section 2.4. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock.
Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositarys Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered, and shall deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Holder of the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.
Any Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositarys Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such Holder, or to the person or persons designated by such Holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Series H Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the Holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.3 upon such Holders order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares.
Except as provided in Section 6.2, in no event will fractional shares of Series H Preferred Stock (or any cash payment in lieu thereof) be delivered by the Depositary. Delivery
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of the Series H Preferred Stock and money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.
If the Series H Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of such Series H Preferred Stock, such Holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such Holder for withdrawal of such shares of Series H Preferred Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.
Delivery of the Series H Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositarys Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the Holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the Holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such Holder.
Section 2.5. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts.
As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositarys Agents or the Corporation may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Corporation shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the Holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.7, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature, and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Corporation may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and/or applicable law.
The deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Series H Preferred Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of shareholders of the Corporation is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositarys Agents or the Corporation at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.
Section 2.6. Lost Receipts, etc.
In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of such Holders ownership thereof and (ii) the Holder thereof furnishing the Depositary with reasonable indemnification satisfactory to the Depositary.
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Section 2.7. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts.
All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositarys Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled.
Section 2.8. Redemption of Series H Preferred Stock.
Whenever the Corporation shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Series H Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Series H Preferred Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Corporation stating that such redemption of Series H Preferred Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Corporation shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed, plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid dividends thereon (without accumulation of any undeclared dividends) to the date fixed for redemption, in accordance with the provisions of the Articles, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Series H Preferred Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of the Corporations redemption of Series H Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, in accordance with the Articles, of such Series H Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares (the Redemption Date), to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed at their respective last addresses as they appear on the records of the Depositary; provided, however, that neither failure to mail any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders. Each such notice shall be prepared by the Corporation and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such Holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such Holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable.
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Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Series H Preferred Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) declared but unpaid dividends on the shares of Series H Preferred Stock so called for Redemption shall cease to accrue from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to one-fortieth of the redemption price per share of the Series H Preferred Stock so redeemed plus all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have been declared on the shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the Holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.
Section 2.9. Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form.
If the Corporation shall determine in a writing delivered to the Depositary that the Receipts are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts, then the Depositary shall, in accordance with the other provisions of this Deposit Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered Receipts evidencing such Receipts, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate number of, the Receipts to be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts and (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its nominee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise provided in the Global Registered Receipt, a Global Registered Receipt may only be transferred in whole and only by the applicable Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt to a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository to such Global Receipt Depository or another nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by such Global Receipt Depository or any such nominee to a successor Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt selected or approved by the Corporation or to a nominee of such successor Global Receipt Depository. Except as provided below, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Receipts represented by such Global Registered Receipt. Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or indirect participant of a Global Receipt Depository shall have any rights under this Deposit Agreement with respect to any Global Registered Receipt held on their behalf by a Global Receipt Depository and such Global Receipt Depository may be treated by the Corporation, the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, the Depositary or any Depositarys Agent as the holder of such Global Registered Receipt for all purposes whatsoever.
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Unless and until definitive Receipts are delivered to the owners of the beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt, (1) the applicable Global Receipt Depository will make book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit all payments and distributions in respect of the Global Registered Receipts to such participants, in each case, in accordance with its applicable procedures and arrangements, and (2) whenever any notice, payment or other communication to the Holders of Global Registered Receipts is required under this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation and the Depositary shall give all such notices, payments and communications specified herein to be given to such holders to the applicable Global Receipt Depository.
If an Exchange Event has occurred with respect to any Global Registered Receipt, then, in any such event, the Depositary shall, upon receipt of a written order from the Corporation for the execution and delivery of individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt, execute and deliver individual definitive registered Receipts, in authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms in an aggregate number of Receipts represented thereby equal to the number of Receipts represented by the Global Registered Receipt surrendered in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt.
Definitive registered Receipts issued in exchange for a Global Registered Receipt pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt shall instruct the Depositary in writing. The Depositary shall deliver such Receipts to the persons in whose names such Receipts are so registered.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deposit Agreement, should the Corporation determine that the Receipts should be issued as a Global Registered Receipt, the parties hereto shall comply with the terms of each Letter of Representations.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF
HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION
Section 3.1. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information.
Any Holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Corporation may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares and evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
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Section 3.2. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges.
Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends or other distributions (including of any liquidation preference) may be withheld or any part of or all the Series H Preferred Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the Holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such Holder prior to such sale), and such dividends or other distributions (including of any liquidation preference) or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the Holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.
Section 3.3. Warranty as to Series H Preferred Stock.
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Series H Preferred Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the issuance of the related Receipts.
Section 3.4. Warranty as to Receipts.
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will represent legal and valid interests in the Series H Preferred Stock. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.
ARTICLE IV
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES
Section 4.1. Cash Distributions.
Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such Holders; provided, however, that in case the Corporation or the Depositary shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to Record Holders of Receipts then outstanding. Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide the Depositary with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed Form W-8
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or W-9, as may be applicable. Each Holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distributions to be made hereunder.
Section 4.2. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, at the direction of the Corporation, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts held by such Holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders in accordance with the direction of the Corporation, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Corporation or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, in a commercially reasonable manner. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to Record Holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Corporation shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Depositary and the Depositary shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Holders of Receipts unless the Corporation shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities or property have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered in connection with such distributions.
Section 4.3. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
If the Corporation shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names the Series H Preferred Stock is recorded on the books of the Corporation any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Corporation shall instruct the Depositary in writing, either by the issuance to such Record Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the Corporation; provided, however, that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Corporation) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to Holders of Receipts by the issuance of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by Holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with approval of the Corporation, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or
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privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash.
The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for Holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate and use its reasonable best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the Holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such registration statement shall have become effective, or the Corporation shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to the effect that the offering and sale of such securities to the Holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act.
The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to Holders of Receipts, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.
Section 4.4. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts.
Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Corporation shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Corporation with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Series H Preferred Stock, as identified to the Depositary by the Corporation) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.
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Section 4.5. Voting Rights.
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the Record Holders of Receipts a notice prepared by the Corporation which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the Holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Series H Preferred Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Corporation) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the Holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Corporation hereby agrees to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Series H Preferred Stock or cause such Series H Preferred Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from Holders of Receipts, the Depositary will vote, to the extent permitted by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or any other applicable regulatory body, the Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts of such Holders proportionately with votes cast pursuant to instructions received from the other Holders.
Section 4.6. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.
Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Corporation or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Corporation, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Corporation in the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Series H Preferred Stock and in the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price per share of Series H Preferred Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Series H Preferred Stock. In any such case, the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Corporation, execute and deliver additional Receipts or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, Holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Series H Preferred Stock
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represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the Series H Preferred Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Series H Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.
Section 4.7. Delivery of Reports.
The Depositary shall furnish to Holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Corporation which are received by the Depositary and which the Corporation is required to furnish to the holders of the Series H Preferred Stock.
Section 4.8. Lists of Receipt Holders.
Reasonably promptly upon request from time to time by the Corporation, at the sole expense of the Corporation, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all registered Holders of Receipts.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARYS
AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION
Section 5.1. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar.
Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositarys Office facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositarys Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositarys Office for the registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts; provided that any such Holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.
The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.
The Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Series H Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of the Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be
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removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the Corporation. If the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series H Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series H Preferred Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation.
Section 5.2. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositarys Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositarys Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall incur any liability to any Holder of a Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositarys Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation (including the Articles) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositarys Agent, the Registrar or the Corporation shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation incur liability to any Holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Deposit Agreement.
Section 5.3. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositarys Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation.
None of the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to Holders of Receipts other than for its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Notwithstanding anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, neither the Depositary nor any Depositarys Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable in any event for special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits).
None of the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.
None of the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Series H Preferred Stock for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent
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to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositarys Agent, any Registrar and the Corporation may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon or omitting to act upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Depositary will indemnify the Corporation (including each of their officers, directors and employees) against any liability which may directly arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or any Depositary Agent due to its or their negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is not taken in bad faith. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Deposit Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar.
The Depositary, any Depositarys Agents and any Registrar may own and deal in any class of securities of the Corporation and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Corporation and its affiliates.
The Depositary shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Series H Preferred Stock nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Depositary shall not be responsible for advancing funds on behalf of the Corporation and shall have no duty or obligation to make any payments if it has not timely received sufficient funds to make timely payments.
In the event the Depositary believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Depositary hereunder, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, or the Depositary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, omitting or suffering to take any action hereunder, the Depositary may, in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Corporation, refrain from taking any action and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Corporation, any Holders of Receipts or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Depositary receives written instructions or a certificate signed by the Corporation which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depositary or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable to the Corporation or any Holder of Receipts for any action taken by it in accordance with the written instruction of the Corporation or the Holders of Receipts.
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Section 5.4. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary.
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Corporation, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Corporation by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary hereunder and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Corporation shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Corporation an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Corporation, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Series H Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the Record Holders of Receipts.
Any entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or its own name as successor Depositary.
Section 5.5. Corporate Notices and Reports.
The Corporation agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositarys books, copies of all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation (including the Articles), to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Corporations
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expense and the Corporation will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts at the Corporations expense such other documents as may be requested by the Corporation.
Section 5.6. Indemnification by the Corporation.
Notwithstanding Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Corporation shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent and any Registrar (including each of their officers, directors, agents and employees) against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, damage, cost, penalty, liability or expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed, suffered or omitted to be taken in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositarys Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the respective parts of any such person or persons. The obligations of the Corporation set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositarys Agent.
Section 5.7. Fees, Charges and Expenses.
The Corporation agrees promptly to pay the Depositary the compensation to be agreed upon with the Corporation for all services rendered by the Depositary hereunder and to reimburse the Depositary for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Depositary without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part (or on the part of any agent or Depositary Agent) in connection with the services rendered by it (or such agent or Depositary Agent) hereunder. The Corporation shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of Series H Preferred Stock by owners of Depositary Shares, and any redemption or exchange of the Series H Preferred Stock at the option of the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges shall be at the expense of Holders of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts. If, at the request of a Holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which the Corporation is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be liable for such charges and expenses; provided, however, that the Depositary may, at its sole option, require a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depositary any charge or expense the Depositary has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder of Receipts. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Corporation at such intervals as the Corporation and the Depositary may agree.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 6.1. Amendment.
The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Corporation and the
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Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate a majority (or, in the case of amendments relating to or affecting rights to receive dividends or distributions or voting or redemption rights, at least two-thirds) of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every Holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by this Depositary Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 and Article III, of any owner of Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depositary with instructions to deliver to the Holder the Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law or the rules and regulations of any governmental body, agency or commission, or applicable securities exchange.
Section 6.2. Termination.
This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Corporation at any time upon not less than 60 days prior written notice to the Depositary, in which case, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination, the Depositary will mail notice of such termination to the Record Holders of all Receipts then outstanding. If any Receipts shall remain outstanding after the date of termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary thereafter shall discontinue the transfer of Receipts, shall suspend the distribution of dividends to the Holders thereof and shall not give any further notices (other than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under this Deposit Agreement, except that the Depositary shall continue to collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to Series H Preferred Stock, shall sell rights, preferences or privileges as provided in this Deposit Agreement and shall deliver the number of whole or fractional shares of Series H Preferred Stock and any money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts upon surrender thereof by the Holders thereof. At any time after the expiration of two years from the date of termination, the Depositary may sell Series H Preferred Stock then held hereunder at public or private sale, at such places and upon such terms as it deems proper and may thereafter hold the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any money and other property held by it hereunder, without liability for interest, for the benefit, pro rata in accordance with their holdings, of the Holders of Receipts that have not theretofore been surrendered. After making such sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except to account for such net proceeds and money and other property, and it obligations to the Corporation under Section 5.3.
This Deposit Agreement shall terminate automatically if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares issued hereunder have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and such distribution shall have been distributed to the Holders of Receipts representing Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable.
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Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositarys Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1. Counterparts.
This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 7.2. Benefit of this Deposit Agreement.
Nothing in this Deposit Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Record Holders any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Deposit Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Deposit Agreement contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Record Holders.
Section 7.3. Invalidity of Provisions.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 7.4. Notices.
Any and all notices to be given to the Corporation hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Corporation at
Zions Bancorporation
One South Main Street, 15th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84133
Attn: Secretary
Fax: (801) 524-2129
or at any other addresses of which the Corporation shall have notified the Depositary in writing.
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Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositarys Office at
Zions First National Bank
One South Main Street, Suite 1200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84133
Attn: Corporate Trust
Fax: (801) 594-8018
or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Corporation in writing.
Any and all notices to be given to any Record Holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission or confirmed by letter, addressed to such Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such Holder shall have timely filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such Holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the Corporation may, however, act upon any facsimile transmission received by it from the other or from any Holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.
Section 7.5. Depositarys Agents.
The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositarys Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositarys Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositarys Agents. The Depositary will promptly notify the Corporation of any such action.
Section 7.6. Appointment of Registrar and Transfer Agent in Respect of the Receipts.
The Corporation hereby appoints the Depositary as registrar and transfer agent in respect of the Receipts and the Depositary hereby accepts such appointments. With respect to the appointments of the Depositary as registrar and transfer agent in respect of the Receipts, each of the Corporation and the Depositary, in their respective capacities under such appointments, shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities and benefits as the Corporation and Depositary (in its capacity as the Depositary) hereunder, respectively, as if explicitly named in each such provision.
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Section 7.7. Holders of Receipts Are Parties.
The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts and of the Officers Certificate by acceptance of delivery thereof.
Section 7.8. Governing Law.
This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable conflicts of law principles.
Section 7.9. Inspection of Deposit Agreement.
Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositarys Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositarys Office and the respective offices of the Depositarys Agents, if any, by any Holder of a Receipt.
Section 7.10. Headings.
The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Depositary have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all Holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
ZIONS BANCORPORATION | ||||
By: |
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Name: | W. David Hemingway | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President | |||
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, as Depositary | ||||
By: |
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Name: | Shelene Brown | |||
Title: | Authorized Officer |
[Deposit Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]
UNLESS THIS RECEIPT IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO ZIONS BANCORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
DEPOSITARY SHARES
DR
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES, EACH
REPRESENTING ONE-FORTIETH OF ONE SHARE OF
SERIES H FIXED-RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK OF
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH
CUSIP 989701 834
Zions First National Bank, as Depositary (the Depositary), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of Depositary Shares (Depositary Shares), each Depositary Share representing one-fortieth of one share of Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the Series H Preferred Stock), of Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (the Corporation), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of May 3, 2013 (the Deposit Agreement), among the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders from time to time of receipts evidencing Depositary Shares (Receipts). By accepting this Receipt, the Holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer or, if executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.
Dated: | ||
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, as Depositary | ||
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each receiptholder who so requests a copy of the Deposit Agreement and a copy or summary of the Articles of Amendment relating to the Series H Preferred Stock. Any such request is to be addressed to the Depositary named on the face of this Receipt.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each receiptholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or to the Registrar.
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations when used in the form of ownership on the face of this Receipt shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations. Abbreviations in addition to those appearing below may be used.
Abbreviation |
Equivalent Phrase |
Abbreviation |
Equivalent Phrase | |||
JT TEN | As joint tenants, with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | TEN BY ENT | As tenants by the entireties | |||
TEN IN COM | As tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT | Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
Abbreviation |
Equivalent Word |
Abbreviation |
Equivalent Word |
Abbreviation |
Equivalent Word | |||||
ADM | Administrator(s), Administratrix | EX |
Executor(s), Executrix | PAR | Paragraph | |||||
AGMT | Agreement | FBO | For the benefit of | PL | Public Law | |||||
ART | Article | FDN | Foundation | TR | (As) trustee(s), for, of | |||||
CH | Chapter | GDN | Guardian(s) | U | Under | |||||
CUST | Custodian for | GDNSHP | Guardianship | UA | Under agreement | |||||
DEC | Declaration | MIN | Minor(s) | UW | Under will of, Of will of, Under last will & testament | |||||
EST | Estate, of Estate of |
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For value received, hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE
Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Receipt in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
NOTICE: If applicable, the signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations, and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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EXHIBIT B
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
I, [name], [title] of Zions Bancorporation (the Corporation), hereby certify that pursuant to the terms of the Articles of Amendment filed with the Utah Division of Corporations and Commercial Code on April 30, 2013 (the Articles of Amendment), and pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) on January 25, 2013, the Corporation has established the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the Series H Preferred Stock), which the Corporation desires to deposit with the Depositary for the purposes of being subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2013, by and among the Corporation, Zions First National Bank and the Holders of Receipts issued thereunder from time to time (the Deposit Agreement). In connection therewith, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or an authorized officer of the Corporation has authorized the terms and conditions with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock as described in the Articles of Amendment attached as Annex A hereto. Any terms of the Series H Preferred Stock that are not so described in the Articles of Amendment and any terms of the Receipts representing such Series H Preferred Stock that are not described in the Deposit Agreement are described below:
Aggregate Number of shares of Series H Preferred Stock issued on the day hereof: []
CUSIP Number for Receipt: 989701 834
Denomination of Depositary Share per share of Series H Preferred Stock: 1/40th of a share of Series H Preferred Stock
Redemption Provisions (if different than as set forth in the Deposit Agreement): N/A
Name of Global Receipt Depositary: The Depository Trust Company
Name of Registrar and Transfer Agent with Respect to the Receipts: Zions First National Bank
Name of Registrar and Transfer Agent with Respect to the Series H Preferred Stock: Zions First National Bank
Special terms and conditions: None
Closing date: []
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have such meaning as ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.
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This certificate is dated [].
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Exhibit 5.1
May 3, 2013
Zions Bancorporation,
One South Main Street, 15th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) of 5,048,846 depositary shares (the Depositary Shares), each representing a onefortieth (1/40th) interest in a share of the Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the Preferred Shares) of Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (Zions), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, assuming the Preferred Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and the depositary receipts (Depositary Receipts) evidencing the Depositary Shares have been validly issued pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2013 (the Deposit Agreement) among the Company, Zions First National Bank, as depositary (the Depositary), and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts described therein, the Depositary Receipts will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the Depositary Receipts and the Deposit Agreement, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of New York, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain matters upon information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Preferred Shares have been deposited with the Depositary in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, that the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary, that the certificates evidencing the Preferred Shares and the Depositary Receipts conform to the specimens thereof examined by us, that the Depositary Receipts have been duly executed and delivered by one of the Depositarys authorized officers, that the Depositary Receipts, if
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executed in facsimile by the Depositary, have been duly countersigned by a registrar of the Depositary Receipts, that the certificate for the Preferred Shares has been duly countersigned and registered by the registrar and transfer agent of the Preferred Shares, and that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on the date hereof, and thereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (file no. 333-173299) relating to the Preferred Shares and the Depositary Shares, and to the references to us under the headings Validity of the Securities in the Prospectus that is a part thereof and under the heading Validity of Depositary Shares in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Preferred Shares and the Depositary Shares. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
Exhibit 5.2
CALLISTER NEBEKER & MCCULLOUGH
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ZIONS BANK BUILDING SUITE 900
10 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84133
TELEPHONE 801-530-7300
FAX 801-364-9127
3 May 2013
Zions Bancorporation
One South Main, 15th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Utah counsel to Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (the Company), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173299) of the Company filed on April 4, 2011 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), as amended at the time each part of such registration statement became effective (the Registration Statement), the Companys Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated April 22, 2013 (the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), and the Companys Prospectus Supplement dated April 29, 2013 (together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus Supplements), as filed with the Commission, relating to the issuance by the Company of 5,048,846 depositary shares (the Depositary Shares), each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company (the Preferred Stock) and collectively representing 126,221.15 shares of Preferred Stock (the Preferred Shares). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meaning as used in the Underwriting Agreement (defined below).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.
In connection with this representation, we have examined the originals, or copies identified to our satisfaction, of such minutes, agreements, corporate records and filings and other documents, including the underwriting agreement dated April 29, 2013, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the underwriters (the Underwriting Agreement) and the deposit agreement dated May 3, 2013, among the Company, Zions First National Bank as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein, necessary to or appropriate for our opinion contained in this letter (the Transaction Documents). In our examination of the Transaction Documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures that exist on those documents and have assumed the authenticity and regularity of each of the Transaction Documents submitted to us. We have also relied as to certain matters of fact upon representations made to us by public officials, officers and agents of the Company, and other sources we believe to be responsible. We have also assumed that all relevant corporate actions heretofore taken by the Company will remain in full force and effect and, after the date hereof, no such corporate action shall have been amended or rescinded and no action inconsistent or in conflict with any such corporate action shall have been taken by or on behalf of the Company.
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Based upon and in reliance on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that:
1. | The Preferred Shares have been duly authorized, and when (i) validly issued and deposited by the Company with the Depositary in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement, and (ii) paid for in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and |
2. | The Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and, when validly issued and delivered by the Company against delivery of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the Deposit Agreement (for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that the Depositary will duly sign and issue the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares), will be validly issued. |
Although we have reviewed the Transaction Documents, and have made such inquiries as we deem appropriate under the circumstances, we have not verified independently the existence or absence of all of the facts set forth in each such Transaction Documents.
Our opinion, as set forth herein, is subject to the following further qualifications:
(A) This opinion speaks only as of its date and you understand that this firm has no obligation to advise you of any changes of law or fact that occur after the date of this opinion, even if the change may affect the legal analysis, a legal conclusion or any informational confirmation in this opinion.
(B) Members of our firm are admitted to the Bar in the State of Utah. This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Utah, and we have not been asked to address nor have we addressed or expressed an opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2013 and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the heading Validity of Securities in the Prospectus Supplements. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours, |
CALLISTER NEBEKER & McCULLOUGH |
A Professional Corporation |
/S/ Callister Nebeker & McCullough |
Exhibit 99.1
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
FOR: ZIONS BANCORPORATION | Contact: James Abbott | |||
One South Main Street | Tel: (801) 844-7637 | |||
Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||
Harris H. Simmons | ||||
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer |
Zions Bancorporation Announces Successful Completion of $126.2 Million of
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering
SALT LAKE CITY, April 29, 2013 Zions Bancorporation (Zions or the Company) (Nasdaq: ZION) announced today that it successfully priced its offering of 5,048,846 depositary shares ($126,221,150 aggregate liquidation preference) each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series H fixed rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock in an underwritten public transaction. The dividend rate was determined through an online modified Dutch auction process administered by Zions Direct, Inc. (Zions Direct). The public offering price of each depositary share is equal to the liquidation preference per depositary share, or $25.00. The dividend rate is 5.75%. Of the 5,048,846 depositary shares to be sold in this offering, 4,000,000 depositary shares ($100,000,000 aggregate liquiditation preference) were sold pursuant to the auction, and 1,048,846 depositary shares ($26,221,150 aggregate liquidation preference) were sold outside of the auction.
Net of commissions and fees, the proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $123.1 million.
Zions intends to use the net cash proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the redemption of certain securities.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Zions Direct served as underwriters and joint book-running managers for the offering. Zions Direct served as the auction service provider.
Zions is one of the nations premier financial services companies, consisting of a collection of great banks in select Western U.S. markets. Zions operates its banking businesses under local management teams and community identities through nearly 500 offices in 10 Western and Southwestern states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. The company is a national leader in Small Business Administration lending and public finance advisory services. In addition, Zions is included in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices.
The depositary shares will be issued pursuant to Zions Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173299) previously filed by Zions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
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Commission). The Registration Statement is effective. Copies of the applicable prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained when available by contacting Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Department, Harborside Financial Center, 100 Plaza One, Floor 2, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311-3988, telephone toll-free: 1-800-503-4611 or by email: prospectus.cpdg@db.com, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone toll-free: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Capital Markets or telephone: 1-800-966-1559, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., 125 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, by email: us.prospectus@macquarie.com or by telephone: 1-888-268-3937, or by visiting Zions Directs auction website at www.zionsdirect.com, or by visiting EDGAR on the Commissions website at www.sec.gov.
This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy preferred stock or depositary shares of Zions or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
This press release contains statements that relate to the projected or modeled performance or condition of Zions and elements of or affecting such performance or condition, including statements with respect to forecasts, opportunities, models, illustrations, scenarios, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, guidance, expectations, anticipations or estimates, and similar matters. These statements constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Actual facts, determinations, results or achievements may differ materially from the statements provided in this presentation since such statements involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: competitive pressures among financial institutions; economic, market and business conditions, either nationally, internationally, or locally in areas in which Zions conducts its operations, being less favorable than expected; changes in the interest rate environment reducing expected interest margins; changes in debt, equity and securities markets; adverse legislation or regulatory changes and/or determinations; and other factors described in Zions most recent annual and quarterly reports. In addition, the statements contained in this presentation are based on facts and circumstances as understood by management of the company on the date of this press release, which may change in the future. Except as required by law, Zions disclaims any obligation to update any statements or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forwardlooking statements included herein to reflect future events, developments, determinations or understandings.
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EXHIBIT 99.2
The expenses to be incurred by Zions Bancorporation relating to the registration and offering of 5,048,846 depositary shares each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Series H Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173299) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2013 are estimated to be as follows:
Estimated Fees | ||||
SEC registration fee |
$ | 17,217 | ||
Legal fees and expenses |
$ | 200,000 | ||
Fees and expenses of qualification under state securities laws (including legal fees) |
$ | | ||
Accounting fees and expenses |
$ | 150,000 | ||
Printing fees |
$ | 10,000 | ||
Rating agency fees |
$ | 235,000 | ||
Miscellaneous |
$ | 15,783 | ||
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Total expenses |
$ | 628,000 | ||
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