EX-3.6 2 exhibit36-8xa.htm EX-3.6 Exhibit 3.6 - 8-A
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL
PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F
OF
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Regions Financial Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 103, 141 and 151 thereof, does hereby certify that:
The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation, as
amended and restated, and applicable law, at a meeting duly convened and held on February 7,
2019, authorized the formation of a Pricing Committee of the Board (the “Pricing Committee”)
and the issuance and sale by the Corporation of shares of its Preferred Stock upon such terms as
may be fixed by the Pricing Committee.  Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Pricing
Committee in accordance with Section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and the resolutions of the Board, the Pricing Committee adopted the following
resolution on July 22, 2024 creating a series of 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation designated as “Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F”.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Pricing Committee in
accordance with the resolutions of the Board, dated February 9, 2022, the provisions of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation, as
amended and restated, and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, par value $1 per share, of
the Corporation be and hereby is created, and that the designation and number of shares of such
series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are
as follows:
Section 1.Designation and Number of Shares.  There is hereby created out of the
authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation a series of Preferred Stock
designated as the “Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F” (hereinafter called
Series F Preferred Stock”) initially consisting of 500,000 shares.  The number of shares
constituting the Series F Preferred Stock may be increased from time to time by resolution of the
Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof), without the vote or consent of the holders of
Series F Preferred Stock in accordance with law up to the maximum number of shares of
Preferred Stock authorized to be issued under the Certificate of Incorporation, less all shares at
the time authorized of any other series of Preferred Stock.  Shares of Series F Preferred Stock
shall be dated the date of issue.  Shares of outstanding Series F Preferred Stock that are
redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall, after such redemption,
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purchase or acquisition, be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock undesignated as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a
particular series by the Board.
Section 2.Definitions.  As used herein with respect to the Series F Preferred Stock:
(a)Adjustments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-Year Treasury
Rate.
(b) 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. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c)Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(d)Business Day” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New
York and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
(e)By-Laws” means the By-Laws of the Corporation, as amended and restated, and
as may be further amended from time to time.
(f)Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the
Corporation and serving as such agent at such time.  The Corporation may terminate any such
appointment and may appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time; provided that
the Corporation shall use its best efforts to ensure that there is, at all relevant times when Series F
Preferred Stock is outstanding, a person or entity appointed and serving as such agent.  The
Calculation Agent may be the Corporation or a person or entity affiliated with the Corporation.
(g)Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the
Series F Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.
(h)Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, including this
Certificate of Designations and the Certificate of Designations for each of the Series B Preferred
Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock.
(i)Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Corporation.
(j)Corporation” means Regions Financial Corporation.
(k)Designee” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-Year Treasury
Rate.
(l)Dividend Parity Stock” means (1) the Series B Preferred Stock, (2) the Series C
Preferred Stock, (3) the Series D Preferred Stock, (4) the Series E Preferred Stock and (5) any
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other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or
outstanding that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks pari passu with the Series F
Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends (regardless whether such capital stock bears
dividends on a non-cumulative or cumulative basis).
(m)“Dividend Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2024; provided, however, that if any
dividend payment date falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such date shall nevertheless
be a dividend payment date but any dividend declared and otherwise payable on that dividend
payment date will instead be paid on the next Business Day without any adjustment to the
amount of dividends paid.
(n)Dividend Period” means the period from and including a Dividend Payment
Date to, but excluding, the earlier of the next Dividend Payment Date or the Redemption Date, if
any, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue
Date.   
(o)Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
(p)DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, together with its successors and
assigns.
(q)First Reset Date” shall mean September 15, 2029.
(r)First Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).
(s)Five-Year Treasury Ratemeans for any Reset Period commencing on or after
the First Reset Date: (i) the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the five Business Days immediately
preceding such date of determination (or, if fewer than five Business Days appear, such number
of business days appearing) under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most
recently published H.15 Daily Update as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) as of any date of
determination; or (ii) if there are no such published yields on actively traded U.S. treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, then the rate will be determined
by interpolation between the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity for two series of actively traded U.S. treasury securities, (A) one
maturing as close as possible to, but earlier than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding
Reset Dividend Determination Date and (B) the other maturing as close as possible to, but later
than, the Reset Date following the next succeeding Reset Dividend Determination Date, in each
case for the five Business Days immediately preceding such date of determination (or, if fewer
than five Business Days appear, such number of Business Days appearing) under the caption
“Treasury Constant Maturities” in the H.15 Daily Update as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) as of
any date of determination.
If the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines that the Five-Year Treasury
Rate cannot be determined in the manner applicable for such rate, (which, as of the Original
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Issue Date, is pursuant to the methods described in clauses (i) or (ii) of the immediately
preceding paragraph) (a “Rate Substitution Event”), the Corporation may, in its sole discretion,
designate an unaffiliated agent or advisor (the “Designee”), to determine whether there is an
industry-accepted successor rate to the then-applicable base rate (which, as of the Original Issue
Date, is the initial base rate).  If the Designee determines that there is such an industry-accepted
successor rate, then the Five-Year Treasury Rate shall be such successor rate and, in that case,
the Designee may then determine and adjust the Business Day convention, the definition of
Business Day and the Reset Dividend Determination Date to be used and any other relevant
methodology for determining or otherwise calculating such successor rate, including any
adjustment factor needed to make such successor rate comparable to the then-applicable base rate
(which, as of the Original Issue Date, is the initial base rate) in each case, in a manner that is
consistent with industry-accepted practices for the use of such successor rate (the
Adjustments”).  If the Corporation, in its sole discretion, does not designate a Designee or if the
Designee determines that there is no industry-accepted successor rate to then-applicable base
rate, then the interest rate will be the same interest rate determined for the prior Reset Dividend
Determination Date or, if this sentence is applicable with respect to the first Reset Dividend
Determination Date, the interest rate will be 4.179%..
The Five-Year Treasury Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent on the
Reset Dividend Determination Date for the applicable Reset Period.
(t)H.15 Daily Update” means the daily statistical release designated as such, or any
successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve System.
(u)Junior Stockmeans (1) the Common Stock and (2) any other class or series of
capital stock of the Corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding that, by its
terms, does not expressly provide that it ranks pari passu with or senior to the Series F Preferred
Stock as to (i) payment of dividends and (ii) distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
(v)Liquidation Junior Stock” means any other class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding that, by its terms, does not
expressly provide that it ranks pari passu with or senior to the Series F Preferred Stock as to
distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
(w)Liquidation Parity Stock” means (1) the Series B Preferred Stock, (2) the Series
C Preferred Stock, (3) the Series D Preferred Stock, (4) the Series E Preferred Stock and (5) any
other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or
outstanding that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks pari passu with the Series F
Preferred Stock as to distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation.
(x)Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to any class or series of capital
stock of the Corporation, the amount otherwise payable upon such class or series of capital stock
in connection with any distribution upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such
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distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends (and in the case of
any holder of capital stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to
any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, as applicable).
(y)Nonpayment Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(1).
(z)Original Issue Date” means the first date on which any share of Series F
Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding.
(aa)Preferred Stock” means any and all series of Preferred Stock, par value $1 per
share, of the Corporation, including the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock,
the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series E Preferred Stock and the Series F Preferred Stock..
(bb)Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i).
(cc)Rate Substitution Event” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Five-Year
Treasury Rate.
(dd)Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
(ee)Redemption Depository” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
(ff)Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the Series F Liquidation Amount
plus (except as provided herein) the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends on
the Series F Preferred Stock prior to the Redemption Date (but with no amount in respect of any
dividends that have not been declared prior to the Redemption Date).
(gg)Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the good faith determination by the
Corporation that, as a result of (1) any amendment to, or change (including any announced
prospective change) in, the laws or regulations of the United States or policies with respect
thereto (including for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States,
including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other federal bank
regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or
becomes effective (or will become effective) after the initial issuance of any share of the Series F
Preferred Stock, (2) any proposed change in those laws or regulations or policies with respect
thereto that is announced or becomes effective (or will become effective) after the initial
issuance of any share of the Series F Preferred Stock, or (3) 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
or regulations promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (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.
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(hh)Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and each date falling on the fifth
anniversary of the preceding Reset Date.  Reset dates, including the First Reset Date, will not be
adjusted for Business Days.
(ii)Reset Dividend Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the
day falling three Business Days prior to the beginning of such Reset Period.
(jj)Reset Period” means the period from and including the First Reset Date to, but
excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including each
Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.
(kk)Second Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).
(ll)Series B Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating
Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, par value $1 per share.
(mm)Series C Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s 5.700% Fixed-to-Floating
Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, par value $1 per share.
(nn)Series D Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series D, par value $1 per share.
(oo)Series E Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s 4.45% Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $1 per share.
(pp)Series F Liquidation Amount” means $1,000 per share of Series F Preferred
Stock.
(qq)Series F Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
(rr)Voting Preferred Stock” means, with regard to any matter as to which the
holders of Series F Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Section 6 of this Certificate
of Designations, any and all series of Dividend Parity Stock having voting rights equivalent to
those described in Section 6(c).
Section 3.Dividends.
(a)Rate and Payment.  Holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof), out of
assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends, payable in arrears on each
Dividend Payment Date with respect to the Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the
day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, on the Series F Liquidation Amount at a
rate, per annum, equal to (i) 6.95% from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the First Reset
Date and (ii) during each Reset Period from, and including, the First Reset Date, the Five-Year
Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Dividend Determination Date plus 2.771%.
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Dividends payable on the Series F Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend
Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half
cent being rounded upward.  The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead
of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series F Preferred Stock.  The
Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate, and its calculation of the amount of
dividends for any Dividend Period, will be maintained on file at the Corporation’s principal
offices, will be made available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in
the absence of manifest error.
(b)Dividend Record Date. Dividends that are payable on the Series F Preferred Stock
on any Dividend Payment Date shall be payable to holders of record of Series F Preferred Stock
as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date, which shall be
the 15th calendar day before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, or such other record date, no
more than 60 calendar days nor less than ten calendar days before the applicable Dividend
Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof) (the
Dividend Record Date”).  A Dividend Record Date established for the Series F Preferred Stock
need not be a Business Day.
(c)Dividends Non-Cumulative.  Dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock will not
be cumulative and will not be mandatory.  If the Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof)
does not declare a dividend on the Series F Preferred Stock in respect of a Dividend Period, then
no dividend shall be deemed to have accrued for such Dividend Period, no dividend shall be
payable on the applicable Dividend Payment Date, and the Corporation shall have no obligation
to pay any dividend for such Dividend Period, whether or not the Board (or a duly authorized
committee thereof) declares a dividend for any future Dividend Period with respect to the Series
F Preferred Stock or at any future time with respect to any other class or series of the
Corporation’s capital stock.
(d)Priority Regarding Dividends.  So long as any share of Series F Preferred Stock
remains outstanding, unless (A) the full dividends for the most recently completed Dividend
Period have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has
been set aside) on all outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock and (B) the Corporation is
not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of Series F Preferred Stock that have been
called for redemption::
(i)no dividend shall be declared, paid or set aside for payment, and no
distribution shall be declared, made or set aside for payment, on any Junior Stock, other
than (i) a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock or (ii) any dividend in connection with
the implementation of a stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any
rights under any such plan;
(ii)no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than
(i) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (ii) the
exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (iii) through the
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use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior
Stock, (iv) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with
or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (v) purchases of shares
of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock
existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a
contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (vi) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (vii) purchases or other acquisitions by any of
the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making,
stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of
business, (viii) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the
Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such
capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (ix) the acquisition by the
Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock
for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership
by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries), including as trustees or
custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the
redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; and
(iii)no shares of Dividend Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed
or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other
than (i) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series F
Preferred Stock and such Dividend Parity Stock, (ii) as a result of a reclassification of
Dividend Parity Stock for or into other Dividend Parity Stock, (iii) the exchange or
conversion of Dividend Parity Stock for or into other Dividend Parity Stock or Junior
Stock, (iv) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of
other shares of Dividend Parity Stock, (v) purchases of shares of Dividend Parity Stock
pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Dividend Parity Stock existing
prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a contractually
binding stock repurchase plan, (vi) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of
Dividend Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (vii) purchases or other acquisitions by any of
the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making,
stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Dividend Parity Stock in the ordinary
course of business, (viii) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries
of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of
such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (ix) the acquisition
by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries of record ownership in
Dividend Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for
the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries),
including as trustees or custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for
a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation.
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When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series F Preferred Stock and any
Dividend Parity Stock, all dividends paid or declared for payment on a Dividend Payment Date
with respect to the Series F Preferred Stock and the Dividend Parity Stock shall be shared based
on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on shares of Series F Preferred Stock and (i)
in the case of any series of non-cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current
and unpaid dividends due on such series of Preferred Stock and (ii) in the case of any series of
cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid
dividends due on such series of Preferred Stock.  To the extent a Dividend Period with respect to
the Series F Preferred Stock or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “First
Series”) coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to another series as
applicable (in either case, a “Second Series”), then, for purposes of this paragraph, the Board (or
a duly authorized committee thereof) may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected
series, treat such Dividend Period for the First Series as two or more consecutive Dividend
Periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Second
Series, or may treat such Dividend Period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and
Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series F Preferred Stock for purposes of this paragraph in
any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of
dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series F Preferred Stock.
(e)Dividends Generally.  Subject to Section 3(d), and not otherwise, dividends
(payable in cash, securities or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board (or a duly
authorized committee thereof) may be declared and paid on any class or series of Junior Stock or
Dividend Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the
holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend. 
Holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by
the Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of
interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared.
(f)Limitations Under Applicable Law.  Dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock
shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment, if the Corporation fails to comply, or if and
to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply, with applicable laws and
regulations, including any capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or
regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency).
Section 4.Liquidation.
(a)Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation.  In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, holders of Series F
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof
available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, after satisfaction of liabilities or
obligations to creditors and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to
Series F Preferred Stock with respect to distributions upon the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any distribution of assets is
made to holders of any Liquidation Junior Stock, a liquidating distribution in an amount equal to
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(1) the Series F Liquidation Amount plus (2) the per share amount of any declared and unpaid
dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock prior to the date of payment of such liquidating
distribution (but without any amount in respect of dividends that have not been declared prior to
such payment date).  After payment of the full amount of such liquidating distribution, the
holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any
distribution of assets of the Corporation.
(b)Partial Payment.  In any distribution described in Section 4(a), if the assets of the
Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Preference to all
holders of Series F Preferred Stock and all Liquidation Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the
holders of Series F Preferred Stock and to the holders of all Liquidation Parity Stock shall be
paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of the Series F
Preferred Stock and all other series of Liquidation Parity Stock. 
(c)Residual Distributions.  If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all
holders of Series F Preferred Stock and all corresponding amounts have been paid in full on all
Liquidation Parity Stock, the holders of any Liquidation Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive
all remaining assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof according to their respective rights
and preferences.
(d)Merger; Consolidation.  For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with any other entity, including a merger or consolidation in
which the holders of Series F Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or property for their shares,
or the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (for cash,
securities or other property), shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation..
Section 5.Redemption.
(a)Mandatory Redemption; Sinking Fund.  The Series F Preferred Stock is perpetual
and has no maturity date.  The Series F Preferred Stock is not subject to any mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions.  The holders of the Series F Preferred Stock
shall not have the right to require the redemption or repurchase of the Series F Preferred Stock.
(b)Optional RedemptionThe Corporation may, at its option through a resolution
duly adopted by the Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof), redeem the Series F
Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the Redemption Price (1) in whole or in part, from
time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the First Reset Date or (2) in whole but
not in part at any time following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event. 
Holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall have no right to require the redemption or repurchase
of the Series F Preferred Stock.  The Redemption Price shall be payable to the holder of any
shares of Series F Preferred Stock redeemed on the date (which must be a Business Day) fixed
for such redemption (the “Redemption Date”).  Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a
Redemption Date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period
shall not be paid to the holder of Series F Preferred Stock entitled to receive the Redemption
Price on the Redemption Date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed
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shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in
Section 3 above. 
(c)Notice of Redemption.  If any shares of Series F Preferred Stock are to be
redeemed, a notice of redemption shall be given 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 books
of the Corporation (provided that, if Series F Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form through
DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC).  Such notice shall
be mailed or otherwise delivered at least 30 days and no more than 60 days before the applicable
Redemption Date for such shares.  Each such notice of redemption shall include a statement
setting forth: (1) the Redemption Date for such shares of Series F Preferred Stock; (2) the
number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held
by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder;
(3) the Redemption Price; and (4) the place or places where the certificate(s) evidencing shares
of Series F Preferred Stock, if any, are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price. 
Any notice of redemption mailed or otherwise delivered as provided in this Section 5(c) shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not any holder of Series F Preferred
Stock receives such notice.  Failure to duly give notice by mail or otherwise pursuant to this
Section 5(c), or any defect in such notice, 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.   
(d)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 or by lot.
(e)Effectiveness of Redemption.  If notice of redemption has been duly given and if
on or before the Redemption Date specified in such notice all funds necessary for the redemption
have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust for the
pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock called for redemption, 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 (or any duly authorized committee thereof) (the
Redemption Depository”) in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for
redemption, then, on and after the Redemption Date all shares of Series F Preferred Stock called
for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividends with respect to such shares of Series F
Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue after such Redemption Date, and 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 Redemption
Depository at any time after the applicable Redemption Date from the funds so deposited,
without interest.  The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the
Redemption Depository 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 applicable 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 of Series F Preferred Stock called for redemption
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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.
(f)Limitations Under Applicable Law.  If then required under the capital adequacy
guidelines or regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, if and as
applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal
Banking Agency), any redemption of all or part of the Series F Preferred Stock is subject to the
receipt by the Corporation of any required prior approval by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or such successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency).
Section 6.Voting Rights.
(a)General.  Except as provided below or as expressly required by law, the holders
of shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall have no voting power, and no right to vote on any
matter at any time, either as a separate series or class or together with any other series or class of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation, and shall not be entitled to call a meeting of the
holders of any series or class of capital stock of the Corporation for any purpose, nor shall they
be entitled to participate in any meeting of the holders of the Common Stock.  Each holder of
Series F Preferred Stock shall have one vote per share (except as set forth otherwise in this
Section 6) on any matter on which holders of Series F Preferred Stock are entitled to vote. 
(b)Supermajority Voting Rights.  So long as any shares of Series F Preferred Stock
remain outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or
the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of all of
the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting
separately as a single class, shall be required to:
(i)authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or issue shares of,
any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Series F
Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or as to distributions upon the
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, or issue any obligation or
security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase, any such class or series of
capital stock of the Corporation;
(ii)amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-
Laws so as to adversely affect the special powers, preferences, privileges or rights of
Series F Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; or
(iii)consummate a binding share-exchange or reclassification involving
the Series F Preferred Stock, or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into
another entity, unless the shares of the Series F Preferred Stock (i) remain outstanding or
(ii) are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving entity or
any entity controlling such surviving entity and such new preference securities have
terms that are not materially less favorable than those of the Series F Preferred Stock;
provided, however, that, for all purposes of this Section 6(b), the authorization, creation
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and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount of, Junior Stock or any
series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Junior Stock or any series of Preferred Stock, that by its terms expressly
provides that it ranks pari passu with the Series F Preferred Stock with respect to the
payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and as
to distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation shall
not be deemed to adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights, and shall
not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of any outstanding shares of
Series F Preferred Stock.
(c)Election of Directors under Certain Circumstances.
(i)If and when dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock have not
been declared and paid in full for at least six quarterly Dividend Periods (whether or not
consecutive) (a “Nonpayment Event”), the number of directors then constituting the
Board shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of Series F Preferred
Stock, together with the holders of any outstanding shares of Voting Preferred Stock,
voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the two additional directors (the
Preferred Stock Directors”) at any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which
directors are to be elected or any special meeting of the holders of the Series F Preferred
Stock and any Voting Preferred Stock for which dividends have not been paid.
(ii)In the event that the holders of Series F Preferred Stock and, if
applicable, such other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote for the
election of the Preferred Stock Directors following a Nonpayment Event, such directors
shall be initially elected following such Nonpayment Event only at a special meeting
called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the aggregate number of
shares of Series F Preferred Stock and each other series of Voting Preferred Stock which
then have the right to exercise voting rights similar to those described above then
outstanding (unless such request for a special meeting is received less than 90 days before
the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation, in which event such election shall be held only at such next annual or
special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders
of the Corporation.  Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the
Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment Event shall be made by written notice,
signed by the requisite holders of Series F Preferred Stock or Voting Preferred Stock, and
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation in such manner as provided for in Section
10 below, or as may otherwise be required by applicable law.  If the Secretary of the
Corporation fails to call a special meeting for the election of the Preferred Stock
Directors within 20 days of receiving proper notice, any holder of Series F Preferred
Stock may call such a meeting at the Corporation’s expense solely for the election of the
Preferred Stock Directors, and for this purpose only such Series F Preferred Stock holder
shall have access to the Corporation’s stock ledger.  The Preferred Stock Directors
elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the
stockholders if such office shall not have previously terminated as below provided.
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(iii)When dividends have been paid in full on the Series F Preferred
Stock for consecutive Dividend Periods equivalent to at least one year after a
Nonpayment Event, then the right of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock to elect the
Preferred Stock Directors shall cease (but subject always to re-vesting of such voting
rights in the case of any future Nonpayment Event), and, if and when any rights of
holders of Series F Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred
Stock Directors shall have ceased, the terms of office of all the Preferred Stock Directors
shall forthwith terminate and the number of directors constituting the Board shall
automatically be reduced accordingly.
(iv)Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without
cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series F
Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock, when they have the voting rights described
above (voting together as a single class).  In case any vacancy shall occur among the
Preferred Stock Directors, a successor shall be elected by the Board to serve until the next
annual meeting of the stockholders upon the nomination of the then remaining Preferred
Stock Director or, if no Preferred Stock Director remains in office, by the vote of the
holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock and
such Voting Preferred Stock for which dividends have not been paid, voting as a single
class.  The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any
matter that shall come before the Board for a vote.
(d)Changes after Provision for Redemption.  The voting rights provided in this
Section 6 shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote
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(e).
(e)Changes for Clarification.  Without the consent of the holders of Series F
Preferred Stock, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences,
privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Series F Preferred
Stock, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series F
Preferred Stock:
(i)to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision
contained in this Certificate of Designations that may be defective or inconsistent; or
(ii)to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with
respect to the Series F Preferred Stock that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Certificate of Designations.
(f)Procedures for Voting.  The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any
meeting of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a
record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting and
any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting shall be governed by any rules the
Board, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform
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to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, applicable law and any
national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series F Preferred Stock is
listed or traded at the time.  Whether the vote of the holders of a plurality, majority or other
portion of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock and any Voting Preferred Stock has been cast or
given on any matter on which the holders of shares of Series F Preferred Stock are entitled to
vote shall be determined by the Corporation by reference to the respective specified liquidation
amounts of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock voted.
Section 7.Conversion Rights.  The holders of shares of Series F Preferred Stock
shall not have any rights to convert such shares into shares of any other class or series of
securities of the Corporation.
Section 8.Preemptive Rights.  The holders of shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall
have no preemptive rights with respect to any shares of the Corporation’s capital stock or any of
its other securities convertible into or carrying rights or options to purchase any such capital
stock.
Section 9.Record Holders.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Corporation and the transfer agent for the Series F Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record
holder of any share of Series F Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all
purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
Section 10.Notices.  All notices or communications in respect of the Series F
Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first
class mail or if given in such other manner as may be permitted herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws or by applicable law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of
Series F Preferred Stock or depositary shares representing an interest in shares of Series F
Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC, such notices may be given to the
holders of the Series F Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by DTC.
Section 11.Stock Certificates.  The Corporation may at its option issue shares of
Series F Preferred Stock without certificates.
Section 12.Other Rights.  The Series F Preferred Stock shall not have any powers,
preferences, privileges or rights other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of
Incorporation or as provided by applicable law. 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Regions Financial Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Designations to be signed by the undersigned as of this 25th day of July, 2024.
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By
/s/ Michael D. Smithy
Name:
Michael D. Smithy
Title:
Executive Vice President, Treasurer
[Signature Page to Series F Certificate of Designations]