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): August 30, 2016
F.N.B. CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania | 001-31940 | 25-1255406 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One North Shore Center, 12 Federal Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
15212 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(800) 555-5455
(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
Reincorporation from Florida to Pennsylvania
On August 30, 2016, F.N.B. Corporation changed its state of incorporation from the State of Florida to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to a plan of conversion. This reincorporation was previously approved by the shareholders of F.N.B. at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May 18, 2016.
The reincorporation was accomplished by filing a certificate of conversion with the Florida Secretary of State and a statement of domestication and articles of incorporation with the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Following the reincorporation:
| The affairs of F.N.B. ceased to be governed by Florida corporation laws and became subject to the corporation laws of Pennsylvania, and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of F.N.B. that were in effect immediately prior to the reincorporation were replaced by the articles of incorporation filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State and bylaws approved in connection with the reincorporation and plan of conversion. For clarity, references in this filing to F.N.B. (Florida) mean F.N.B. Corporation as it existed prior to the time of the reincorporation; and references to F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) mean F.N.B. Corporation at the time of and following the reincorporation. |
| F.N.B. is deemed to be the same entity as it was prior to the reincorporation, without interruption; all property that F.N.B. (Florida) had prior to the reincorporation continues to be vested in F.N.B. (Pennsylvania); all debts, obligations and liabilities of F.N.B. (Florida) prior to the reincorporation continue as the debts, obligations and other liabilities of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) after the reincorporation; and, except as provided by law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities and powers which F.N.B. (Florida) possessed prior to the reincorporation continue to be vested in F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) without change after the reincorporation. |
| All shareholders of F.N.B. (Florida) immediately before the reincorporation remain shareholders of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) immediately after the reincorporation, in that each share of common stock of F.N.B. (Florida) will convert into a share of common stock of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania), and each share of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, of F.N.B. (Florida) will convert into a share of preferred stock of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) having the same relative rights, preferences and limitations, and which is also denominated as the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E. |
| Each option, warrant or other right to acquire shares of the common stock of F.N.B. (Florida) which was outstanding immediately prior to the reincorporation converted to an outstanding option, warrant or other right to acquire shares of the common stock of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania). |
| Each performance share, restricted stock award or restricted stock unit relating to the common stock of F.N.B. (Florida) which was outstanding immediately prior to the reincorporation converted to an equivalent performance share or restricted stock unit of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) having the same terms and conditions as were in effect immediately prior to the reincorporation. |
| Each employee benefit plan, incentive compensation plan or other similar plan of F.N.B. (Florida) which was in effect immediately prior to the reincorporation continues to be an employee benefit plan, incentive compensation plan or other similar plan of F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) following the reincorporation. |
| Each director or officer of F.N.B. (Florida) who was in office immediately before the reincorporation continues to hold his or her respective office with F.N.B. (Pennsylvania) following the reincorporation. |
Certain rights of F.N.B.s shareholders were also changed as a result of the reincorporation, as described in F.N.B.s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2016 under the section entitled, Proposal 4 F.N.B. Reincorporation from the State of Florida to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Comparison of Shareholder Rights Before and After the Reincorporation, which description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference. The reincorporation did not result in any change in F.N.B.s CUSIP, trading symbol, federal tax identification number, or any material change in its business, offices, assets, liabilities, obligations or net worth, or employees. F.N.B. continues to maintain its principal executive offices at One North Shore Center, 12 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of F.N.B. Following the Reincorporation
F.N.B. (Pennsylvania)s articles of incorporation and bylaws, as currently in effect, are similar in substance to F.N.B.(Florida)s articles of incorporation and bylaws which were in effect prior to the reincorporation, except as necessary to accommodate differences between the corporation laws of the two states.
The differences include the following:
| Consistent with the requirements under Pennsylvania law, the amount of shares that shareholders must hold in order to have authority to call a special meeting was increased to 25 percent of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Florida corporation law permits special meetings to be called by the shareholders holding at least 10 percent of the votes that the shareholders would be entitled to cast on the matter to be voted on. |
| F.N.B. has opted out of the anti-takeover provisions of Chapter 25 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law and, in lieu of those provisions, included in its articles of incorporation section 607.0901 of the Florida Business Corporation Act, which restricts the corporation from entering into certain transactions with persons who, together with their affiliates and associates, beneficially own ten percent or more of the voting shares of the corporation, unless the transaction is approved by two-thirds of the voting shares of the corporation, excluding the shares beneficially owned by the interested shareholder, or by a majority of the disinterested directors, or the consideration the shareholders are to receive in the transaction will meet the fair price requirements listed in the statute. |
The foregoing description of provisions of F.N.B.s plan of conversion, articles of incorporation and bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the plan of conversion, articles of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 3.1 and 3.2 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information provided under Item 3.03 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On or about the date of this report, F.N.B. is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission post-effective amendments to its registration statements for the purpose of expressly adopting those registration statements as its own, in accordance with Rule 414 of the Securities Act of 1933. Certain exhibits that are to be incorporated by reference into those registration statements, as amended by the post-effective amendments, have been filed with this report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits |
2.1 | Plan of Conversion of F.N.B. Corporation | |
3.1 | Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation, effective as of August 30, 2016 | |
3.2 | Bylaws of F.N.B. Corporation, effective as of August 30, 2016 | |
24.1 | Powers of attorney |
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.
F.N.B. CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ James G. Orie | |
James G. Orie | ||
Chief Legal Officer |
Date: August 30, 2016
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
2.1 | Plan of Conversion of F.N.B. Corporation | |
3.1 | Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation, effective as of August 30, 2016 | |
3.2 | Bylaws of F.N.B. Corporation, effective as of August 30, 2016 | |
24.1 | Powers of attorney |
Exhibit 2.1
PLAN OF CONVERSION
OF
F.N.B. CORPORATION, a Florida corporation
TO
F.N.B. CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania business corporation
This PLAN OF CONVERSION, dated as of August 17, 2016 (this Plan), is hereby adopted by F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the Company), in order to set forth the terms, conditions and procedures governing the conversion of the Company from a Florida corporation to a Pennsylvania business corporation pursuant to Sections 607.1112 through 607.1114 of the Florida Business Corporation Act, as amended (the FBCA), and Sections 371 through 376 of the Pennsylvania Entity Transactions Law (the PaETL).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company is a corporation established and existing under the laws of the State of Florida;
WHEREAS, conversion of a Florida corporation into a Pennsylvania business corporation is permitted under Section 607.1112 of the FBCA and Section 371(b) of the PaETL;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that it would be advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for the Company to convert from a Florida corporation to a Pennsylvania corporation pursuant to Sections 607.1112 through 607.1114 of the FBCA and Sections 371 through 376 of the PaETL; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has authorized, approved and adopted the form, terms and provisions of this Plan and submitted this Plan to the Companys shareholders for approval, and the Companys shareholders have approved this Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby adopts this Plan as follows:
1. Conversion; Effect of Conversion.
(a) At the Effective Time (as defined in Section 3 below), the Company shall be converted from a Florida corporation to a Pennsylvania business corporation pursuant to Section 607.1114 of the FBCA and Section 376 of the PaETL (the Conversion) and the Company, as converted to a Pennsylvania business corporation (the Converted Company), shall thereafter be subject to all of the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, as amended (the PaBCL), and the PaETL, and the existence of the Converted Company shall be deemed to have commenced on the date the Company commenced its existence in the State of Florida.
(b) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, the Converted Company shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Florida and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, be deemed to be the same entity as the Company. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, for all purposes of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (i) all property of the Company will continue to be vested in the Converted Company without transfer, reversion or impairment; (ii) all debts, obligations and other liabilities of the Company will continue as debts, obligations and other liabilities of the Converted Company; (iii) except as otherwise provided by law, all of the rights, privileges, immunities and powers of the Company will continue to be vested without change in the Converted Company; (iv) the name of the Converted Company may be substituted for the name of the Company in any pending action or proceeding; (v) the articles of incorporation of the Converted Company shall be effective and binding on the shareholders of the Converted Company; and (vi) the bylaws of the Converted Company shall be effective.
(c) The Conversion does not give rise to any rights that a shareholder, director or third party would have upon a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
(d) At the Effective Time, the name of the Converted Company shall be: F.N.B. Corporation.
(e) The Company intends for the Conversion to constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) (F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for this Plan to constitute a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g).
2. Filings. As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, the Company shall cause the Conversion to be effective by:
(a) executing and filing (or causing to be executed and filed) a Certificate of Conversion pursuant to Section 607.1113 of the FBCA in a form reasonably acceptable to any officer of the Company (the FL Certificate of Conversion) with the Florida Secretary of State;
(b) executing and filing (or causing to be executed and filed) a Statement of Domestication pursuant to Section 375 of the PaETL in a form reasonably acceptable to any officer of the Company (the PA Statement of Domestication) with the Pennsylvania Department of State; and
(c) filing (or causing to be filed) Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit I hereto (the PA Articles of Incorporation) with the Pennsylvania Department of State as an exhibit to the Statement of Domestication.
3. Effective Time. The Conversion shall become effective upon the filing and effectiveness of the FL Certificate of Conversion, the PA Statement of Domestication and the PA Articles of Incorporation with the applicable secretary of state (the time of the effectiveness of the Conversion, the Effective Time).
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4. Effect of Conversion on Common Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each share of issued Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (Company Common Stock) shall convert into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Converted Company (Converted Company Common Stock). Following the Effective Time, all Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto.
5. Effect of Conversion on Preferred Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each share of issued Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (Company Preferred Stock) shall convert into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value per share, of the Converted Company (Converted Company Preferred Stock). Following the Effective Time, all Company Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto.
6. Effect of Conversion on Depositary Shares. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, (a) the Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, among the Company, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (successor-in-interest to Registrar and Transfer Company), as Depositary, and all holders from time to time of Depositary Shares (as defined below) (the Deposit Agreement), shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Converted Company, and (b) each Depositary Share, as defined by the Deposit Agreement, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall constitute a validly issued Depositary Share, representing a legal and valid 1/40th fractional interest in a share of the Converted Company Preferred Stock deposited under the Deposit Agreement (the Converted Company Depositary Shares).
7. Effect of Conversion on Depositary Receipts. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, all of the outstanding Receipts (as defined by the Deposit Agreement) immediately prior to the Effective Time (a) shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence legal and valid interests in an amount of Converted Company Depositary Shares equal to the amount of Depositary Shares represented by such Receipts immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (b) shall entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.
8. Effect of Conversion on Employee Benefit, Incentive Compensation or Other Similar Plans. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each employee benefit plan, incentive compensation plan or other similar plan to which the Company is a party shall continue to be a plan of the Converted Company. To the
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extent that any such plan provides for the issuance of Company Common Stock, at the Effective Time, such plan shall be deemed to provide for the issuance of Converted Company Common Stock. A number of shares of Converted Company Common Stock shall be reserved for issuance under such plan or plans equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock so reserved immediately prior to the effective date of the Conversion.
9. Effect of Conversion on Outstanding Stock Options. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each option to acquire shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall convert into an equivalent option to acquire, upon the same terms and conditions (including the exercise price per share applicable to each such option) as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, the same number of shares of Converted Company Common Stock.
10. Effect of Conversion on Outstanding Warrants or Other Rights. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each warrant or other right to acquire shares of Company Common Stock, including any rights pursuant to employee stock purchase plans, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall convert into an equivalent warrant or other right to acquire, upon the same terms and conditions (including the exercise price per share applicable to each such warrant or other right) as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, the same number of shares of Converted Company Common Stock.
11. Effect of Conversion on Outstanding Performance Shares, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units or Stock Appreciation Rights. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Company or its shareholders, each performance share, restricted stock award, restricted stock unit or stock appreciation right to acquire shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall convert into an equivalent performance share, restricted stock award, restricted stock unit or stock appreciation right to acquire, upon the same terms and conditions (including the exercise price per share applicable to each such stock appreciation right) as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, the same number of shares of Converted Company Common Stock.
12. Effect of Conversion on Stock Certificates. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Plan, at the Effective Time, all of the outstanding certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to continue to evidence ownership of and to represent the same number of shares of Converted Company Common Stock into which the shares represented by such certificates have been converted as provided herein. The registered owner on the books and records of the Converted Company or its transfer agent of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or conversion or otherwise accounted for to the Converted Company or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any dividend and other distributions upon the shares of the Converted Company evidenced by such outstanding certificate as provided above.
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13. Filings, Licenses, Permits, Titled Property, Etc. As necessary, following the Effective Time, the Converted Company shall apply for new qualifications to conduct business (including as a foreign corporation), licenses, permits and similar authorizations on its behalf and in its own name in connection with the Conversion and to reflect the fact that it is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As required or appropriate, following the Effective Time, all real, personal or intangible property of the Company which was titled or registered in the name of the Company shall be re-titled or re-registered, as applicable, in the name of the Converted by appropriate filings or notices to the appropriate party (including, without limitation, any applicable governmental agencies).
14. Further Assurances. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Converted Company shall determine or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, agreements, documents or assurances or any other acts or things are necessary, desirable or proper, consistent with the terms of this Plan, (a) to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Converted Company its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, purposes, franchises, properties or assets of the Company, or (b) to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Plan, the Converted Company, its officers and directors and the designees of its officers and directors, are hereby authorized to solicit in the name of the Converted Company any third-party consents or other documents required to be delivered by any third-party, to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Converted Company all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments, agreements, documents and assurances and do, in the name and on behalf of the Converted Company, all such other acts and things necessary, desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, purposes, franchises, properties or assets of the Company and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Plan.
15. Effect of Conversion on Directors and Officers. The members of the board of directors and the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue in office following the Effective Time as the directors and officers of the Converted Company, respectively, until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors have been duly elected and have qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. After the Effective Time, the Converted Company and its board of directors shall take any necessary actions to cause each of such individuals to be appointed or to confirm such appointments.
16. Pennsylvania Bylaws. To the fullest extent permitted by law, at the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Converted Company shall be substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit II hereto (the PA Bylaws).
17. Implementation and Interpretation; Termination and Amendment. This Plan shall be implemented and interpreted, prior to the Effective Time, by the Board of Directors of the Company and, upon the Effective Time, by the Board of Directors of the Converted Company, (a) each of which shall have full power and authority to delegate and assign any matters covered hereunder to any other party(ies), including, without limitation, any officers of the Company or the Converted Company, as the case may be, and (b) the interpretations and decisions of which shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.
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18. Amendment. This Plan may be amended or modified by the Board of Directors of the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time, provided that such an amendment shall not alter or change (a) the amount or kind of shares or other securities to be received hereunder by the holders of the Companys shares (or holders of interests in the Companys shares), (b) any term of the PA Articles of Incorporation or the PA Bylaws, other than changes permitted to be made without shareholder approval by the PaBCL, or (c) any of the terms and conditions of this Plan if such alteration or change would adversely affect the shareholders of the Company.
19. Termination or Deferral. At any time prior to the Effective Time, (a) this Plan may be terminated and the Conversion may be abandoned by action of the Board of Directors of the Company, notwithstanding the approval of this Plan by the shareholders of the Company, (b) the consummation of the Conversion may be deferred for a reasonable period of time if, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, such action would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. In the event of termination of this Plan, this Plan shall become void and of no effect and there shall be no liability on the part of the Company, its Board of Directors or shareholders with respect thereto.
20. Third Party Beneficiaries. This Plan shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than as expressly provided herein.
21. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Plan will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Plan is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Plan.
22. Governing Law. This Plan shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Plan of Conversion to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first written above.
F.N.B. CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Vincent J. Delie, Jr. | |
Vincent J. Delie, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 3.1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
F.N.B. CORPORATION
(effective August 30, 2016)
Article 1
The name of the Corporation is F.N.B. Corporation.
Article 2
The street address and mailing address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is One North Shore Center, 12 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212.
Article 3
The name and address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is James G. Orie, Esq., One North Shore Center, 12 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212.
Article 4
The Corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Act). The purpose of the corporation is, and it shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Act. The term of existence of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
Article 5
The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Five Hundred Twenty Million (520,000,000) of which Twenty Million (20,000,000) shall be preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable in one or more series, and Five Hundred Million (500,000,000) shall be common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
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A description of each such class of shares and a statement of the authority hereby vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation to fix and determine the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights and preferences granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class and series are as follows:
Section I. Preferred Stock
The Preferred Stock may be divided into and issued in series. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, at any time or from time to time, to divide any or all of the shares of the Preferred Stock into series, and in the resolution or resolutions establishing a particular series, before issuance of any of the shares thereof, to fix and determine the designation and the relative rights and preferences of the series so established, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including, but not limited to, the variations between different series in the following respects:
i. | The distinctive serial designation of such series; |
ii. | The annual dividend rate for such series, and the date or dates from which dividends shall commence to accrue; |
iii. | The redemption price or prices, if any, for shares of such series and the terms and conditions on which such shares may be redeemed; |
iv. | The sinking fund provisions, if any, for the redemption or purchase of shares of such series; |
v. | The preferential amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the Corporation; |
vi. | The voting rights of shares of such series; |
vii. | The terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of such series may be converted and the class or classes or series of shares of the Corporation into which such shares may be converted; and |
viii. | Such other terms, limitations and relative rights and preferences, if any, of shares of such series as the Board of Directors may, at the time of such resolutions, lawfully fix and determine under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
All shares of the Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank with each other, regardless of series.
A. Series ACumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
1. Designation and number of shares of series.
A series of Preferred Stock comprised of 60,000 shares is created, established and designated Series A-Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (hereinafter called Series A Preferred Stock).
2. Dividend rights.
2.1 The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, preferential cumulative dividends in cash at the annual rate of $1.68 per share and no more, payable in equal quarterly installments on the 15th days of March, June, September and December of each year. In the case of the issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock on or prior to June 30, 1985, such dividends shall be cumulative from and after June 30, 1985. In the case of the issuance of shares of other Series A Preferred Stock issued after such date, such dividends with respect to each of such other shares shall be cumulative from the quarterly dividend payment date next preceding the date of issuance of such shares to which dividends have been paid on Series A Preferred Stock (or from June 30, 1985 if such other shares are issued on or prior to the record date for the first dividend declared on Series A Preferred Stock), unless the date of issuance of such shares is a dividend payment date to which dividends have been paid on Series A Preferred Stock or a date between the record date for the determination of holders of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a dividend which
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has been declared and the date for payment thereof, in either of which events such dividends shall be cumulative from such dividend payment date, so that all holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on any record date for the determination of holders of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive any dividend thereon shall have the same dividend rights per share.
2.2 So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividends, other than (i) dividends on common stock payable in common stock, (ii) dividends payable in stock which is junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation) and (iii) cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such dividend, shall be paid or declared in cash or otherwise, nor shall any other distribution be made, on the common stock or on any other stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends, unless there shall be no arrearages in dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for any past quarterly dividend period, and all cumulative dividends shall have been paid or declared in full on the Series A Preferred Stock for the current quarterly dividend period.
2.3 Subject to the foregoing provisions, such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid from time to time on the common stock or on any other stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, without any right of participation therein by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
2.4 So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, no shares of any stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or by any subsidiary, except in connection with (i) a reclassification or exchange of any stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock through the issuance of other stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation), or (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of any stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with proceeds of a reasonably contemporaneous sale of other stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation), nor shall any funds be set aside or made available for any purchase, redemption or sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of any stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, unless there shall be no arrearages in dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for any past quarterly dividend period.
2.5 If there are any arrearages in dividends for any past quarterly dividend period on any series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends, or if dividends shall not have been paid or declared in full for the current quarterly period on all series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends to the extent that dividends on such other series of Preferred Stock are cumulative, any dividends paid or declared on the Series A Preferred Stock or on any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends shall be shared ratably by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends in proportion to such respective arrearages and unpaid and undeclared current quarterly cumulative dividends.
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3. Liquidation preference.
3.1 In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (hereinafter sometimes called liquidation), the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive a preferential liquidation payment in an amount equal to $25.00 per share plus all arrearages in dividends thereon to the date fixed for the liquidation payment (computed without interest), before any distribution shall be made to the holders of the common stock or any other stock junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation.
3.2 If the assets of the Corporation are insufficient to permit payment of the full preferential amount payable to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and of any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation, then the assets available for distribution to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of such other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other series of Preferred Stock in proportion to the full preferential amounts payable on their respective shares upon liquidation.
3.3 If the preferential liquidation payment shall have been made in full as provided herein, the remaining assets of the Corporation shall be distributed among the holders of common stock and other junior stock, according to their respective rights and preferences and in accordance with their respective holdings.
3.4 For the purposes of this section 3, a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with any other corporation shall not be deemed, as such, to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, but any reorganization of the Corporation required by any court or administrative body in order to comply with any provision of law shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation unless the preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the Series A Preferred Stock are not adversely affected by such reorganization.
4. Redemption.
The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to call for redemption by the Corporation, nor shall any holder thereof have the right to require redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock.
5. Status of Series A Preferred Stock repurchased or declassified.
Shares of Series A Preferred Stock repurchased or declassified as such by future resolution of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock exchanged for shares of any other class or series shall thereby be deemed to be cancelled and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue shall be correspondingly reduced.
6. Restrictions on certain action affecting Series A Preferred Stock.
6.1 The Corporation will not (i) establish any other series of Preferred Stock ranking prior to, or authorize any other class of stock ranking prior to (or issuable in series which may, by resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series, rank prior to), the Series A Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, or increase the authorized
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number of shares of any such other class or series of stock, or (ii) amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or of this resolution so as to affect adversely the preferences, special rights or powers of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, or (iii) effect a merger or consolidation which would affect adversely the preferences, special rights or powers of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, without the consent given in writing without a meeting or affirmative vote given in person or by proxy at a meeting called for the purpose, by the holders of at least 66-2/3 per cent of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.
6.2 The Corporation may, without the consent or affirmative vote of any holders of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, establish any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with, or authorize any other class of stock ranking on a parity with (or issuable in series which may, by resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series, rank on a parity with), the Series A Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation or both, or increase the authorized number of shares of any such other class or series.
7. Voting rights.
Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all matters upon which holders of common stock have the right to vote, and such votes shall be counted together with those of the common stock and not separately as a class or group; provided, however, that if from time to time the outstanding shares of common stock shall be increased by any subdivision of shares, or decreased by combination of shares, and the Series A Preferred Stock shall not simultaneously be so increased or decreased in the same proportion, the number of votes of each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted so that the proportionate voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock and of the common stock shall be the same immediately after such increase or decrease as immediately before it to the nearest 1/10th of a vote per share.
8. Conversion rights.
8.1 The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled, at any time or from time to time after June 30,1989, to surrender shares of the Series A Preferred Stock for conversion into shares of common stock of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions set forth in this section 8, each share of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered hereunder shall be converted, as of the close of business on the date of such surrender, into that number of shares of common stock having at that time an aggregate value equal to $25.00 (the Conversion Price).
8.2 In order to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock into common stock, the holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the Transfer Agent for the common stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said office that he elects to convert the same or part thereof. The Corporation as soon as practicable thereafter will issue and deliver at said office to such holder a certificate for the number of full shares of common stock to which he shall be entitled hereunder; however, such holder shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such common stock at the time as of which such conversion takes place as aforesaid.
8.3 No fractional shares of common stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. Instead of any fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable, the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment, concurrently with issuance of the certificate for the full number of shares to which the holder is entitled, in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Stabilized Market Value (hereinafter defined) used to determine the holders entitlement to common stock.
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8.4 In determining the number of shares of common stock to which the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted, the following provisions shall be applied, to wit:
(a) The Conversion Price shall be divided by the then Stabilized Market Value (hereinafter defined) per share, and the quotient shall determine the number of shares (calculated to ten-thousandths) of common stock issuable upon conversion, except in cases to which paragraph (b) applies.
(b) If (and for so long as) the Stabilized Market Value should be less than 80% of the Corporations last reported book value per share of common stock, the number of shares (calculated to ten-thousandths) of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by the quotient obtained in dividing (x) the Conversion Price by (y) 80% of the Corporations last reported book value per share of common stock. This paragraph (b) shall not apply to conversions effected under Section 9 hereof.
(c) Adjustment shall be made for any dividends accrued on the Series A Preferred Stock during the current quarterly period in which shares thereof are surrendered for conversion, by increasing the Conversion Price by an amount equal to the quarterly dividend yield, prorated to the date on which conversion is effective, on the shares so surrendered. No adjustment shall be made on account of any prior dividends on the common stock issuable upon conversion; nor shall the Corporation be obligated to make any cash payment in respect of any such dividends in connection with the surrender and conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.
8.5 (a) In case of any capital reorganization or any reclassification of the common stock of the Corporation or in case of the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another corporation or the conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation to another corporation, each share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall thereafter be convertible into the kind(s) of stock or other securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of common stock of the Corporation that might have been issued (disregarding the time limitation set forth in section 8.1) upon conversion of such share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or conveyance; and, in any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined by the Board of Directors) shall be made by the Corporation or the corporation formed by such consolidation or the corporation into which the Corporation shall have merged or the transferee of the Corporations assets, as the case may be, in the application of the provisions herein set forth with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth herein (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares of stock or other securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(b) If, after giving effect to any such consolidation, merger or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, the holders of the Corporations common stock (as a group) would own less than 50% of all the issued and outstanding voting stock of the corporation formed by such consolidation or the corporation surviving such merger or the transferee of the Corporations assets, as the case may be, then, notwithstanding the date set forth in section 8.1, the conversion rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be advanced to the close of business on the date on which the shareholders of the Corporation shall have approved the subject transaction.
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8.6 In case:
(i) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to the holders of its common stock of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or to receive any other rights; or
(ii) of any capital reorganization of the Corporation, reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation, consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another corporation, or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation to another corporation; or
(iii) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation;
then, and in any such case, the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, at least ten (10) days prior to the date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of common stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place, and the date, if any, to be fixed as of which holders of common stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of common stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
8.7 The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued common stock or out of shares of common stock held in its Treasury, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the full number of shares of common stock deliverable upon the conversion of all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding. The Corporation shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, increase the authorized amount of its common stock if at any time the authorized number of shares of common stock remaining unissued or available from Treasury shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding.
8.8 The Corporation will pay any and all issue taxes that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of common stock on conversion of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this section 8 or section 9 hereof. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of common stock in a name other than that in which the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such change in registration has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.
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8.9 If any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be lawfully issued upon conversion, then the Corporation shall, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to obtain such registration or approval, as the case may be, but shall not be required to issue such shares until the requisite registration or approval has been obtained.
9. Required Conversion to Common Stock.
9.1 At the option of the Corporation, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted into common stock of the Corporation after one-half or more of the shares comprising the Series A Preferred Stock (disregarding shares declassified before issue) shall no longer be outstanding (whether by reason of conversion pursuant to section 8 hereof or repurchase or otherwise). Subject to the provisions of this section 9, such option may be exercised at any time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but only with respect to all the then outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.
9.2 Conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the option reserved in section 9.1 hereof may be required as of any quarterly dividend payment date (specified in section 2.1 hereof) to which all dividends have been declared and paid in full, as may be determined by the Board of Directors and fixed in the resolution directing such conversion. Notice of the required conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be published once in two newspapers printed in the English language and customarily published on each business day and of general circulation, one in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and one in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (or if no such newspaper is published in Beaver Falls, then publication in lieu thereof may be made in any other newspaper selected as appropriate for this purpose by the Treasurer of the Corporation), such publications to be at least 30 days prior to the date fixed by the Board of Directors for such conversion. Notice of such election shall also be mailed not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days prior to the date fixed for conversion to each holder of record of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted hereunder, at his address as the same may appear on the books of the Corporation.
9.3 Effective upon the date fixed for conversion, as specified in the resolution directing conversion hereunder, all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the conversion of which such notices shall have been given (and which remain outstanding on the date so fixed) shall automatically be deemed to be no longer outstanding for any purpose, whether or not the certificates for such shares shall have been surrendered for conversion. All rights with respect to such shares shall thereupon cease and terminate except for the right of the respective holders of the certificates for such shares to receive, upon surrender thereof, duly endorsed, to the transfer agent for the common stock, certificates for the common stock issuable in respect to the conversion of their Series A Preferred Stock as of the date fixed for conversion.
9.4 The number of shares of common stock issuable upon required conversion shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions in section 8 hereof.
10. Miscellaneous.
10.1 The term Stabilized Market Value in this Resolution means the price per share of the Corporations common stock paid in secondary trading transactions during the 45-day period next preceding the date as of which Stabilized Market Value is to be determined hereunder, computed on a weighted average basis with respect to the numbers of shares involved
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in such transactions. Prices paid shall be ascertained in good faith by the Treasurer of the Corporation by reference to all reasonably available data deemed reliable by him for such purpose. If fewer than five secondary trading transactions are found to have occurred during such 45-day period, Stabilized Market Value shall be determined by reference to the median between the average bid and ask prices quoted during said period by any two market-makers selected for this purpose in good faith by the Treasurer of the Corporation.
10.2 The last reported book value of the Corporations common stock, for purposes of this Resolution, shall be determined by reference to the shareholders equity, calculated on a fully-diluted basis, of the Corporation as set forth in the most recent balance sheet of the Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
10.3 The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any relative or special rights and powers other than as set forth in this Resolution and in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.
B. 7-1/2 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B
1. Designation and number of shares of series.
A series of Preferred Stock comprised of 460,000 shares is created, established and designated 7-1/2% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B (hereinafter called Series B Preferred Stock).
2. Dividend rights.
2.1 The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, preferential cumulative dividends in cash at the annual rate of $1.875 per share and no more, payable quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year commencing June 15, 1992. In the case of the issuance of shares of Series B Preferred Stock on or prior to May 15, 1992, such dividends shall be cumulative from and after May 15, 1992, and the initial dividend for the period commencing on May 15, 1992 to but not including June 15, 1992 shall be payable on June 15, 1992. Such initial dividend and all other dividends payable for a period less than a full quarterly period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In the case of the issuance of other shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued after May 15, 1992 such dividends with respect to each of such other shares shall be cumulative from the quarterly dividend payment date next preceding the date of issuance of such shares to which dividends have been paid on Series B Preferred Stock (or from May 15, 1992 if such shares are issued on or prior to the record date for the first dividend declared on Series B Preferred Stock), unless the date of issuance of such shares is a dividend payment date to which dividends have been paid on Series B Preferred Stock or a date between the record date for the determination of holders of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive a dividend which has been declared and the date of payment thereof, in either of which events such dividend shall be cumulative from such dividend payment date, so that all holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding on any record date for the determination of holders of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive any dividend thereon shall have the same dividend rights per share.
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2.2 So long as any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividends, other than (i) dividends on common stock payable in common stock, (ii) dividends payable in stock which is junior to the Series B Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation), (iii) options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase common stock or other stock which is junior to the Series B Preferred Stock and (iv) cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such dividend, shall be paid or declared in cash or otherwise, nor shall any other distribution be made, on the common stock or on any other stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends, unless there shall be no arrearages in dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock for any past quarterly dividend period, and all cumulative dividends shall have been paid or declared in full on the Series B Preferred Stock for the current quarterly dividend period.
2.3 Subject to the foregoing provisions, such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid from time to time on the common stock or on any other stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, without any right of participation therein by the holders of Series B Preferred Stock.
2.4 So long as any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, no shares of any stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation or by any subsidiary, except in connection with (i) a reclassification or exchange of any stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock through the issuance of other stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation), or (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of any stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock with proceeds of a reasonably contemporaneous sale of other stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock (both as to dividends and upon liquidation), nor shall any funds be set aside or made available for any purchase, redemption or sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of any stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, unless there shall be no arrearages in dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock for any past quarterly dividend period.
2.5 If there are any arrearages in dividends for any past quarterly dividend period on any series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends, or if dividends shall not have been paid or declared in full for the current quarterly period on all series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends to the extent that dividends on such other series of Preferred Stock are cumulative, any dividends paid or declared on the Series B Preferred Stock or on any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends shall be shared ratably by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends in proportion to such respective arrearages and unpaid and undeclared current quarterly cumulative dividends.
3. Liquidation preference.
3.1 In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (hereinafter sometimes called liquidation), the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive a preferential liquidation payment in an amount equal to $25.00 per share plus all arrearages in dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for the liquidation payment (computed without interest) and no more, before any distribution shall be made to the holders of the common stock or any other stock junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation. The holders of the shares of the
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Series B Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive the liquidation payment in respect of such shares until the liquidation preference of any other shares of the Corporations stock ranking senior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to the rights upon liquidation shall have been paid (or a sum set aside therefor sufficient to provide for payment) in full.
3.2 If upon any liquidation the assets of the Corporation are insufficient to permit payment of the full preferential amount payable to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and of any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation, then the assets available for distribution to holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of such other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to distribution upon liquidation shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other series of Preferred Stock in proportion to the full preferential amounts payable on their respective shares upon liquidation.
3.3 If the preferential liquidation payment shall have been made in full as provided herein, the remaining assets of the Corporation shall be distributed among the holders of common stock and other junior stock, according to their respective rights and preferences and in accordance with their respective holdings, and the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation.
3.4 For the purposes of this section 3, a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with any other corporation or a sale, lease or conveyance of all or any part of the Corporations property or business shall not be deemed, as such, to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, but any reorganization of the Corporation required by any court or administrative body in order to comply with any provision of law shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation unless the preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the Series B Preferred Stock are not adversely affected by such reorganization.
4. Redemption.
4.1 The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be subject to call for mandatory redemption by the Corporation, nor shall any holder thereof have the right to require redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock.
4.2 The Series B Preferred Stock shall be subject to redemption at the option of the Corporation for cash on at least 30 but not more than 60 days notice at any time or from time to time as a whole or in part, except that the Series B Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to May 15, 1996. With respect to any such redemption, the Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemable at the following redemption prices per share, together in each case with accrued but unpaid dividends to but excluding the date fixed for redemption, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on:
Year |
Redemption Price Per Share of Convertible Preferred Stock |
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May 15, 1996 |
$ | 26.125 | ||
May 15, 1997 |
25.938 | |||
May 15, 1998 |
25.750 | |||
May 15, 1999 |
25.563 | |||
May 15, 2000 |
25.375 | |||
May 15, 2001 |
25.188 | |||
May 15, 2002 and thereafter |
25.00 |
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4.3 Notice of any redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of record of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at their respective addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not actually received. Such notice shall state: (i) the date fixed for redemption; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) that the holder has the right to convert such shares into Common Stock until the close of business on the redemption date; (iv) the then-effective conversion rate and the place where certificates for such shares may be surrendered for conversion; (v) if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed from such holder; (vi) the place where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (vii) that after such date fixed for redemption the shares to be redeemed shall not accrue dividends.
At the option of the Corporation, if notice of redemption is mailed as aforesaid, and if prior to the date fixed for redemption funds sufficient to pay in full the redemption price are deposited in trust, for the account of the holders of the shares to be redeemed, with a bank or trust company named in such notice doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and having capital surplus and undivided profits of at least $50 million (which bank or trust company also may be the transfer agent and/or paying agent for the Series B Preferred Stock) notwithstanding the fact that any certificate(s) for shares called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, on and after such date of deposit the shares represented thereby so called for redemption shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding, and all rights of the holders of such shares as shareholders of the Corporation shall cease, except the right of the holders thereof to convert such shares in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 8 at any time prior to the close of business on the redemption date and the right of the holders thereof to receive out of the funds so deposited in trust the redemption price, without interest, upon such surrender of the certificate(s) representing such shares. Any funds so deposited with such bank or trust company in respect of shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted before the close of business on the redemption date shall be returned to the Corporation upon such conversion. Any funds so deposited with such bank or trust company which shall remain unclaimed by the holders of shares called for redemption at the end of two years after the redemption date shall be repaid to the Corporation, on demand, and thereafter the holder of any such shares shall look only to the Corporation for the payment, without interest, of the redemption price.
4.4 Any provision of this Section 4 to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any quarterly dividend payable on the Series B Preferred Stock shall be in arrears and until all such dividends in arrears shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, the Corporation shall not redeem any shares of Series B Preferred Stock unless all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed and shall not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Series B Preferred Stock except in accordance with a purchase offer made by the Corporation on the same terms to all holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock.
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4.5 If fewer than all the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall select those to be redeemed by lot or on a pro rata basis or by any other method deemed by the Corporation to be equitable (with adjustments to avoid fractional shares).
4.6 Any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock for which a notice of redemption has been given may be converted into shares of Common Stock at any time before the close of business on the date fixed for the redemption as set forth in Section 8 below.
5. Status of Series B Preferred Stock repurchased or declassified.
Shares of Series B Preferred Stock repurchased or declassified as such by future resolution of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock exchanged for shares of any other class or series shall thereby be deemed to be cancelled and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue shall be correspondingly reduced.
6. Restrictions on certain action affecting Series B Preferred Stock.
6.1 So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation will not, without the consent given in writing without a meeting or affirmative vote given in person or by proxy at a meeting called for the purpose, by the holders of at least 66-2/3 per cent of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, (i) authorize, create or issue, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any other series of Preferred Stock or any other class of stock ranking prior to (or issuable in series which may, by resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series, rank prior to), the Series B Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or (ii) amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or of this resolution so as to materially and adversely affect the preferences, special rights, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, or (iii) effect a merger or consolidation which would affect materially and adversely the preferences, special rights, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any increase in the amount of the authorized preferred stock or any outstanding series of preferred stock or any other capital of the Corporation, or the creation and issuance of other series of preferred stock including the Series B Preferred Stock, or of any other capital stock of the Corporation, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, special rights, privileges or voting powers.
6.2 The Corporation may not, without the consent or affirmative vote of holders of the Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding as described in Section 6.1, establish any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with, or authorize any other class of stock ranking on a parity with (or issuable in series which may, by resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series, rank on a parity with) the Series B Preferred Stock, either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or both (Parity Stock), or increase the authorized number of shares of any such other class or series, unless the Articles of
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Incorporation or Designation Statement creating or authorizing such class or series provide that if in any case the stated dividends or amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up are not paid in full on the Series B Preferred Stock and all outstanding shares of Parity Stock, the shares of all Parity Stock shall share ratably in the payment of dividends, including accumulations (if any) in accordance with the sums which would be payable on all Parity Stock if all dividends in respect of all shares of Parity Stock were paid in full, and on any distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up ratably in accordance with the sums which would be payable in respect of all shares of Parity Stock if all sums payable were discharged in full.
7. Voting rights.
Except as set forth in section 6 or as otherwise from time to time expressly required by law, holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote.
8. Conversion rights.
8.1 The holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled, at any time, to surrender shares of the Series B Preferred Stock for conversion into shares of common stock of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions set forth in this section 8, each share of Series B Preferred Stock surrendered hereunder shall be converted, as of the close of business on the date of such surrender, into 1.6026 shares of common stock subject to adjustment as described in Section 8.4 (the Conversion Rate).
8.2 In order to convert shares of Series B Preferred Stock into common stock, the holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the Transfer Agent for the common stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said office that he elects to convert the same or part thereof. The Corporation as soon as practicable thereafter will issue and deliver at said office to such holder a certificate for the number of full shares of common stock to which he shall be entitled hereunder; however, such holder shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such common stock at the time as of which such conversion takes place as aforesaid.
8.3 No fractional shares of common stock shall be issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. Instead of any fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable, the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment, concurrently with issuance of the certificate for the full number of shares to which the holder is entitled, in an amount equal to the product of (i) the fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable, and (ii) the current market price of the Corporations common stock on the date of conversion.
8.4 The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In the event the Corporation should at any time or from time to time fix a record date for the effectuation of a subdivision of the outstanding shares of common stock or the determination of holders of common stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of common stock (or payable in certain rights or warrants entitling them to subscribe for common stock) at less than the current market price, then, as of such record date (or the date of such dividend distribution or subdivision if no record date is fixed) the Conversion Rate of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be appropriately increased so that the number of shares of common stock issuable on conversion of each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be increased in proportion to such increase of outstanding shares of common stock.
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(b) If the number of shares of common stock outstanding at any time is decreased by a combination of the outstanding shares of common stock, then, following the record date of such combination, the Conversion Rate for the Series B Preferred Stock shall be appropriately decreased so that the number of shares of common stock issuable on conversion of each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of common stock.
(c) In the event the Corporation shall declare a distribution payable in the Corporations capital stock (other than common stock), evidences of indebtedness issued by the Corporation, assets (excluding cash dividends or distributions from retained earnings) or warrants or rights not referred to in section 8.4(a), then, in each such case for the purpose of this section, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of shares of common stock of the Corporation into which their shares of Series B Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of common stock of the Corporation entitled to receive such distribution.
8.5 No adjustment in the Conversion Rate will be required unless such adjustment would require a change of at least .01 in the Conversion Rate then in effect; provided, however, that any adjustment that would otherwise be required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
8.6 In the case of any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party and as a result of which holders of common stock shall be entitled to receive securities, cash or other property with respect to or in exchange for such common stock, or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, or in case of any reclassification or change in outstanding shares of common stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the common stock) there will be no adjustment of the Conversion Rate but the holder of each share of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding will have the right thereafter to convert such share into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which such holder would have owned or have been entitled to receive immediately after such consolidation or merger, sale or conveyance or reclassification or change had such share been converted immediately prior to the effective date of such consolidation or sale or conveyance or reclassification or change. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and property receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of common stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) of an entity other than the successor or acquiring entity, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then the Corporation shall enter into an agreement with such other entity for the benefit of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock that shall contain such provisions to protect the interests of such holders as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
8.7 The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued common stock or out of shares of common stock held in its Treasury, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, the full number
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of shares of common stock deliverable upon the conversion of all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding. The Corporation shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, increase the authorized amount of its common stock if at any time the authorized number of shares of common stock remaining unissued or available from Treasury shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding.
8.8 The Corporation will pay any and all issue taxes that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of common stock on conversion of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this section 8. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of common stock in a name other than that in which the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such change in registration has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.
8.9 If any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be lawfully issued upon conversion, then the Corporation shall, in good faith and as expeditiously as possible, endeavor to obtain such registration or approval, as the case may be, but shall not be required to issue such shares until the requisite registration or approval has been obtained.
8.10 The Corporation reserves the right to make any adjustment in the Conversion Rate in addition to those required in the foregoing provisions as the Corporation in its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that certain stock-related distributions hereafter made by the Corporation to its stockholders shall not be taxable. Except as stated above, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for the issuance of common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing.
Upon conversion no adjustments will be made for accrued dividends and, therefore, shares of the Series B Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on any dividend payment record date and the opening of business on the corresponding dividend payment date (except shares called for redemption on a date during such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such shares on such dividend payment date.
8.11 In the case of any share of Series B Preferred Stock that is converted after any record date with respect to the payment of a dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock and on or prior to the date on which such dividend is payable by the Corporation (the Dividend Due Date) the dividend due on such Dividend Due Date shall be payable on such Dividend Due Date to the holder of record of such shares as of such preceding record date notwithstanding such conversion. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any record date with respect to the payment of a dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock next preceding any Dividend Due Date to the opening of business on such Dividend Due Date shall (except in the case of shares of Series B Preferred Stock which have been called for redemption on a redemption date within such period) be accompanied by payment in next-day funds or other funds acceptable to the Corporation of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such Dividend Due Date on the share of Series B Preferred Stock being
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surrendered for conversion. The dividend with respect to a share of Series B Preferred Stock called for redemption on a redemption date during the period from the close of business on any record date with respect to the payment of a dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock next preceding any Dividend Due Date to the opening of business on such Dividend Due Date shall be payable on such Dividend Due Date to the holder of record of such share on such dividend record date notwithstanding the conversion of such share of Series B Preferred Stock after such record date and prior to such Dividend Due Date, and the holder converting such share of Series B Preferred Stock need not include a payment of such dividend amount upon surrender of such share of Series B Preferred Stock for conversion. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any dividends accrued on shares of Series B Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion or on any dividends on the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion.
9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 The current market price of the Corporations common stock, for purposes of this Resolution, shall mean the average, for the ten trading days immediately preceding the date as of which current market price is to be determined, of (A) the median of the highest bid price and lowest ask price per share of the Corporations common stock as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or any similar system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices then in common use, if so quoted, or (B) if the Corporations common stock is listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last sale price, or the closing bid price if no sale occurred, of the Corporations common stock on the principal securities exchange on which the Corporations common stock is listed. If the Corporations common stock is quoted on a national securities or central market system, in lieu of a market or quotation system described above, current market price shall be determined in the manner set forth in clause (A) of the preceding sentence if bid and asked quotations are reported but actual transactions are not, and in the manner set forth in clause (B) of the preceding sentence if actual transactions are reported. If none of the conditions set forth above is met, the current market price shall be the average of actual sale prices of the Corporations common stock during the ten business days immediately preceding the date as of which current market price is to be determined.
9.2 The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any relative or special rights and powers other than as set forth in this Resolution and in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.
Section II. Common Stock
Except for and subject to those rights expressly granted to holders of the Preferred Stock in these Articles of Incorporation or by resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section I of this Article 5 and except as may be provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, holders of the Common Stock shall have exclusively all other rights of shareholders.
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Section III. Preemptive Rights; Cumulative Voting
A. The Corporation may issue shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights and any other securities of any class without first offering them to shareholders of any class or classes.
B. The shareholders shall not have any right of cumulative voting.
Article 6
A. Except as provided in paragraph C below, no corporate action of a character described in paragraph B below, and no agreement, plan or resolution providing therefor, shall be valid or binding upon the Corporation unless such corporate action shall have been approved in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles and shall have been authorized by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for such purpose.
B. Corporate actions subject to the voting requirements of this Article 6 shall be:
(i) any merger or consolidation, or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, of all or substantially all or a substantial part of the properties or assets of the Corporation; or
(ii) removal of the entire Board of Directors, a class of Directors or any member of the Board of Directors during his term without cause.
C. The voting requirements of this Article shall not apply to any transaction of a character described in clause (i) of paragraph B above if the Board of Directors shall have approved and recommended the transaction prior to the consummation thereof.
D. Except if otherwise specifically provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation such Bylaws may be altered or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent of the outstanding Common Stock entitled to vote.
E. For purposes of this Article 6, the following definitions shall apply:
(i) Person shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, any unincorporated organization, a government or political subdivision thereof and any other entity.
(ii) Substantial Part shall mean more than twenty percent of the total consolidated assets of the Corporation, as shown on its consolidated balance sheet as of the end of the most recent fiscal year.
F. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote shall be required to amend or repeal this Article 6.
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Article 7
A. The Board of Directors of the Corporation, when evaluating any proposal
(i) involving a tender or exchange offer for any security of the Corporation,
(ii) to merge or consolidate the Corporation with another corporation or other person, or
(iii) to purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all or a substantial part of the properties or assets of the Corporation,
shall, in connection with the exercise of its judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, give due consideration to all relevant factors, including without limitation, the long-term prospects and interests of the corporation and its shareholders, and the social, economic, legal or other effects of any action on the employees, suppliers, customers of the corporation or its subsidiaries, the communities and societies in which the corporation or its subsidiaries operate, and the economy of the state and the nation.
The definitions set forth in Article 6, paragraph E of these Articles shall apply to this Article 7.
B. If the Board of Directors determines that a proposal of a character described in clause (i) or (ii) or (iii) of paragraph a above should be rejected, it may take any lawful action to accomplish its purpose, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following: advising shareholders not to accept the proposal; instituting litigation against the party making the proposal; filing complaints with governmental and regulatory authorities; acquiring the Corporations securities; selling or otherwise issuing authorized but unissued securities or treasury stock or granting options with respect thereto; acquiring a company to create an antitrust or other regulatory problem for the party making the proposal; and obtaining a more favorable offer from another individual or entity.
C. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote shall be required to amend or repeal this Article 7.
Article 8
The following are provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs and business of the Corporation:
A. Bylaws
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to make, alter, amend and repeal such Bylaws as it may deem necessary and convenient for the regulation and management of the Corporation not inconsistent with law or the Articles.
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B. Indemnification
Directors and Officers of the Corporation shall be indemnified as of right to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise) arising out of their service to the Corporation or to another organization at the request of the Corporation, or because of their positions with the Corporation. Persons who are not Directors or Officers of the Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of such service to the extent authorized at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any such Director, Officer or other person against any liability, cost or expense asserted against or incurred by him in respect of such service, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability by law or under the provisions of this paragraph. The provisions of this paragraph shall be applicable to persons who have ceased to be Directors or Officers, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of persons entitled to indemnity hereunder.
C. Reserved Power
The Corporation shall be deemed for all purposes to have reserved the right to alter, change, or repeal any provision contained in its Articles or Bylaws to the extent now or hereafter permitted or prescribed by law, and all rights herein conferred upon shareholders and others are granted subject to such reservation.
D. Special Meetings
A special meeting of the shareholders may be called by the shareholders holding not less than 25% of all votes entitled to be cast at the proposed special meeting.
E. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or of a class of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if one or more written consents to the action are signed, before, on or after the effective date of the action by the shareholders who would have been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. The consents shall be filed with the Corporate Secretary. An action taken pursuant to this paragraph E to approve a transaction for purposes of Subchapter B of the Entity Transactions Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall not become effective until after at least ten days notice of the action has been given to each shareholder entitled to vote on the matter who has not consented thereto.
F. Certain Provisions of the Act
The following provisions of the Act shall not apply to the Corporation:
(1) | Subchapter 25E, Control Transactions; |
(2) | Subchapter 25F, Business Combinations; |
(3) | Subchapter 25G, Control-Share Acquisitions; |
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(4) | Subchapter 25H, Disgorgement by Certain Controlling Shareholders Following Attempts to Acquire Control; |
(5) | Subchapter 25I, Severance Compensation for Employees Terminated Following Certain Control-Share Acquisitions; |
(6) | Subchapter 25J, Business Combination Transactions Labor Contracts; and |
(7) | Section 2537, Dissenters rights in asset transfers. |
Article 9
Any or all classes and series of shares or any part thereof, may be uncertificated shares to the extent now or hereafter permitted or prescribed by law.
Article 10
To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action.
Article 11
Affiliated Transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6:
(1) For purposes of this Article 11:
(a) Affiliate means a person who directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified person.
(b) Affiliated transaction, when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested shareholder, means:
1. | Any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation with: |
a. | The interested shareholder; or |
b. | Any other Corporation (whether or not itself an interested shareholder) which is, or after such merger or consolidation would be, an affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder; |
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2. | Any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder of assets of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation: |
a. | Having an aggregate fair market value equal to 5 percent or more of the aggregate fair market value of all the assets, determined on a consolidated basis, of the Corporation; |
b. | Having an aggregate fair market value equal to 5 percent or more of the aggregate fair market value of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation; or |
c. | Representing 5 percent or more of the earning power or net income, determined on a consolidated basis, of the Corporation; |
3. | The issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any shares of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation which have an aggregate fair market value equal to 5 percent or more of the aggregate fair market value of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation to the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder except pursuant to the exercise of warrants or rights to purchase stock offered, or a dividend or distribution paid or made, pro rata to all shareholders of the Corporation; |
4. | The adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation proposed by, or pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (whether or not in writing) with, the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder; |
5. | Any reclassification of securities (including, without limitation, any stock split, stock dividend, or other distribution of shares in respect of shares, or any reverse stock split) or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any subsidiary of the Corporation, or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving the interested shareholder), with the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder, which has the effect, directly or indirectly (in one transaction or a series of transactions during any 12-month period), of increasing by more than 5 percent the percentage of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation beneficially owned by the interested shareholder; or |
6. | Any receipt by the interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guaranties, pledges, or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by or through the Corporation. |
(c) Announcement date, when used in reference to any affiliated transaction, means the date of the first general public announcement of the proposed affiliated transaction or of the intention to propose an affiliated transaction, or the date on which the proposed affiliated transaction or the intention to propose an affiliated transaction is first communicated generally to the shareholders of the Corporation, whichever is earlier.
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(d) Associate, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means any entity, other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, of which such person is an officer, director, or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of any class of voting shares; any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such person or who is an officer or director of the Corporation or any of its affiliates.
(e) A person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of voting shares as to which such person and such persons affiliates and associates, individually or in the aggregate, have or share directly, or indirectly through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise:
1. | Voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of the voting shares; |
2. | Investment power, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of the voting shares; or |
3. | The right to acquire the voting power or investment power, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, pursuant to any contract, arrangement, or understanding, upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise; however, in no case shall a director of the corporation be deemed to be the beneficial owner of voting shares beneficially owned by another director of the Corporation solely by reason of actions undertaken by such persons in their capacity as directors of the Corporation. |
(f) Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person shall not be deemed to have control of a Corporation if such person holds voting shares, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this section, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian, or trustee for one or more beneficial owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such Corporation.
(g) Determination date means the date on which an interested shareholder became an interested shareholder.
(h) A disinterested director means as to any particular interested shareholder:
1. | Any member of the board of directors of the Corporation who was a member of the board of directors before the later of January 1, 1987, or the determination date; and |
2. | Any member of the board of directors of the Corporation who was recommended for election by, or was elected to fill a vacancy and received the affirmative vote of, a majority of the disinterested directors then on the board. |
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(i) Exchange Act means the Act of Congress known as the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same has been or hereafter may be amended from time to time.
(j) Fair market value means:
1. | In the case of shares, the highest closing sale price of a share quoted during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question on the composite tape for shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange; or, if such shares are not quoted on the composite tape on the New York Stock Exchange or if such shares are not listed on such exchange, the highest closing sale price quoted during such period on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on which such shares are listed; or, if such shares are not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share during the 30-day period preceding the date in question on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., automated quotations system or any similar system then in general use; or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of a share on the date in question as determined by a majority of disinterested directors; and |
2. | In the case of property other than cash or shares, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by a majority of the disinterested directors. |
(k) Interested shareholder means any person who is the beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation. However, the term interested shareholder shall not include the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; any savings, employee stock ownership, or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; or any fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested shareholder, the number of voting shares deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed owned by the interested shareholder through application of subparagraph (e)3. but shall not include any other voting shares that may be issuable pursuant to any contract, arrangement, or understanding, upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise.
(l) Shares means the units into which the proprietary interests in an entity are divided and includes:
1. | Any stock or similar security, any certificate of interest, any participation in any profit-sharing agreement, any voting trust certificate, or any certificate of deposit for shares; and |
2. | Any security convertible, with or without consideration, into shares; or any warrant, call, or other option or privilege of buying shares without being bound to do so; or any other security carrying any right to acquire, subscribe to, or purchase shares. |
(m) Subsidiary means any other corporation which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, a majority of the voting shares.
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(n) Valuation date means, if the affiliated transaction is voted upon by shareholders, the day before the date of the vote of shareholders or, if the affiliated transaction is not voted upon by shareholders, the date of the consummation of the affiliated transaction.
(o) Voting shares means the outstanding shares of all classes or series of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
(p) Person shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, any unincorporated organization, a government or political subdivision thereof and any other entity.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4), in addition to any affirmative vote required by any other section of the Act or by the articles of incorporation, an affiliated transaction shall be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the voting shares other than the shares beneficially owned by the interested shareholder.
(3) A majority of the disinterested directors shall have the power to determine for the purposes of this section:
(a) Whether a person is an interested shareholder;
(b) The number of voting shares beneficially owned by any person;
(c) Whether a person is an affiliate or associate of another; and
(d) Whether the securities to be issued or transferred by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to any interested shareholder or any affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder have an aggregate fair market value equal to or greater than 5 percent of the aggregate fair market value of all of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.
(4) The voting requirements set forth in subsection (2) do not apply to a particular affiliated transaction if all of the conditions specified in any one of the following paragraphs are met:
(a) The affiliated transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested directors;
(b) The corporation has not had more than 300 shareholders of record at any time during the 3 years preceding the announcement date;
(c) The interested shareholder has been the beneficial owner of at least 80 percent of the Corporations outstanding voting shares for at least 5 years preceding the announcement date;
(d) The interested shareholder is the beneficial owner of at least 90 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation, exclusive of shares acquired directly from the Corporation in a transaction not approved by a majority of the disinterested directors; or
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(f) In the affiliated transaction, consideration shall be paid to the holders of each class or series of voting shares and all of the following conditions shall be met:
1. | The aggregate amount of the cash and the fair market value as of the valuation date of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of each class or series of voting shares in such affiliated transaction are at least equal to the highest of the following: |
a. | If applicable, the highest per share price, including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and soliciting dealers fees, paid by the interested shareholder for any shares of such class or series acquired by it within the 2-year period immediately preceding the announcement date or in the transaction in which it became an interested shareholder, whichever is higher; |
b. | The fair market value per share of such class or series on the announcement date or on the determination date, whichever is higher; |
c. | If applicable, the price per share equal to the fair market value per share of such class or series determined pursuant to sub-subparagraph b., multiplied by the ratio of the highest per share price, including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and soliciting dealers fees, paid by the interested shareholder for any shares of such class or series acquired by it within the 2-year period immediately preceding the announcement date, to the fair market value per share of such class or series on the first day in such 2-year period on which the interested shareholder acquired any shares of such class or series; and |
d. | If applicable, the highest preferential amount, if any, per share to which the holders of such class or series are entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the corporation. |
2. | The consideration to be received by holders of outstanding shares shall be in cash or in the same form as the interested shareholder has previously paid for shares of the same class or series, and if the interested shareholder has paid for shares with varying forms of consideration, the form of the consideration shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of such class or series previously acquired by the interested shareholder. |
3. | During such portion of the 3-year period preceding the announcement date that such interested shareholder has been an interested shareholder, except as approved by a majority of the disinterested directors: |
a. | There shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefor any full periodic dividends, whether or not cumulative, on any outstanding shares of the corporation; |
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b. | There shall have been: |
(I) | No reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on any class or series of voting shares, except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the class or series; and |
(II) | An increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any reclassification, including any reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of the class or series; and |
c. | Such interested shareholder shall not have become the beneficial owner of any additional voting shares except as part of the transaction which results in such interested shareholder becoming an interested shareholder. |
4. | During such portion of the 3-year period preceding the announcement date that such interested shareholder has been an interested shareholder, except as approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, such interested shareholder shall not have received the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder), of any loans, advances, guaranties, pledges, or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by the corporation, whether in anticipation of or in connection with such affiliated transaction or otherwise. |
5. | Except as otherwise approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, a proxy or information statement describing the affiliated transaction and complying with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder has been mailed to holders of voting shares of the corporation at least 25 days before the consummation of such affiliated transaction, whether or not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to the Exchange Act or such rules or regulations. |
(5) The provisions of this section do not apply to any affiliated transaction of the corporation with an interested shareholder of the Corporation which became an interested shareholder inadvertently, if such interested shareholder, as soon as practicable, divests itself of a sufficient amount of the voting shares of the Corporation so that it no longer is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting shares of the Corporation, and would not at any time within the 5-year period preceding the announcement date with respect to such affiliated transaction have been an interested shareholder but for such inadvertent acquisition.
(c) An amendment to this Article 11 shall not be effective until 18 months after the vote of the Corporations shareholders taken for such purpose, and shall not apply to any affiliated transaction of the corporation with an interested shareholder whose determination date is on or prior to the effective date of such amendment.
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Article 12
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C
Part 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 Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C (the Designated Preferred Stock). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 100,000.
Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
Part 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of Designations (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:
(a) Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(b) Dividend Payment Date means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year.
(c) Junior Stock means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(d) Liquidation Amount means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) Minimum Amount means $25,000,000.
(f) Parity Stock means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).
(g) Signing Date means Original Issue Date.
Part 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
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ANNEX A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 2. Standard Definitions As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock:
(a) Applicable Dividend Rate means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9% per annum.
(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. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c) Business Combination means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Corporations stockholders.
(d) Business Day means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
(e) Bylaws means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.
(f) Certificate of Designations means the Certificate of Designations or comparable instrument or article thereof relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.
(g) Charter means the Corporations certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.
(h) Dividend Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(i) Dividend Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(j) Liquidation Preference has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(k) Original Issue Date means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.
(l) Preferred Director has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
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(m) Preferred Stock means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred Stock.
(n) Qualified Equity Offering means the sale and issuance for cash by the Corporation to persons other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Corporation at the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporations Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008).
(o) Share Dilution Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
(p) Standard Provisions mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.
(q) Successor Preferred Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
(r) Voting Parity Stock means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date (i.e., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. The period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a Dividend Period, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.
Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.
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Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a Dividend Record Date). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designations).
(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding
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contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. Share Dilution Amount means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporations consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
Section 4. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum
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of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the Liquidation Preference).
(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 5. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date
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fixed for redemption; provided that (x) the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the Minimum Amount as defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the Successor Preferred Stock ) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor).
The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent. 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 entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund. The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred Stock.
(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection 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 Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated 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 certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.
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(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding 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 such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock).
Section 6. Conversion. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.
Section 7. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the Preferred Directors and each a Preferred Director) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporations next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be
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a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Corporation may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.
(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;
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provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Corporation to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.
(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated 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 9. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.
Section 10. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
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Section 11. Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holders expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holders expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Rights. The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.
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Article 13
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES D
Part 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 Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D (the Designated Preferred Stock). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 32,000.
Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
Part 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of Designations (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:
(a) Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(b) Dividend Payment Date means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year.
(c) Junior Stock means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(d) Liquidation Amount means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) Minimum Amount means $8,000,000.
(f) Parity Stock means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).
(g) Signing Date means Original Issue Date.
Part 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
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ANNEX A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 2. Standard Definitions As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock:
(a) Applicable Dividend Rate means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9% per annum.
(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. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c) Business Combination means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Corporations stockholders.
(d) Business Day means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
(e) Bylaws means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.
(f) Certificate of Designations means the Certificate of Designations or comparable instrument or article thereof relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.
(g) Charter means the Corporations certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.
(h) Dividend Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(i) Dividend Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(j) Liquidation Preference has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(k) Original Issue Date means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.
(l) Preferred Director has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
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(m) Preferred Stock means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred Stock.
(n) Qualified Equity Offering means the sale and issuance for cash by the Corporation to persons other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Corporation at the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporations Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008).
(o) Share Dilution Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
(p) Standard Provisions mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.
(q) Successor Preferred Stock has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
(r) Voting Parity Stock means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date (i.e., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. The period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a Dividend Period, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.
Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.
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Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a Dividend Record Date). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designations).
(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding
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contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. Share Dilution Amount means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporations consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
Section 4. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum
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of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the Liquidation Preference).
(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 5. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of December 23, 2008. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of December 23, 2008, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of December 23, 2008, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for
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redemption; provided that (x) the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the Minimum Amount as defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the Successor Preferred Stock ) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor).
The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent. 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 entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund. The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred Stock.
(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection 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 Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated 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 certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms
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and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.
(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding 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 such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock).
Section 6. Conversion. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.
Section 7. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the Preferred Directors and each a Preferred Director) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporations next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be
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a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Corporation may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.
(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;
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provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Corporation to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.
(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated 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 9. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.
Section 10. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
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Section 11. Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holders expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holders expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Rights. The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.
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Article 14
FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE
PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES E
Express Terms of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E
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 Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E (the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock). The authorized number of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock initially shall be up to 115,000 shares.
2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part hereof to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Part C (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:
3.1 Common Stock means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporation.
3.2 Junior Stock means the Common Stock, and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior in priority to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
3.3 Liquidation Preference means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock plus any declared and unpaid dividends thereon, without regard to any undeclared dividends.
3.3 Liquidation Value means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
3.4 Parity Stock means any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks equally with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except as to certain matters set forth herein or as otherwise provided by applicable law.
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Annex A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, except for the Original Issue Date from which dividends shall accrue. The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation (as defined below). The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation.
Section 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock:
(a) Applicable Dividend Rate means, when, as and if declared by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board, (i) 7.25% per annum on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Fixed Rate Period (and for such Fixed Rate Period) and (ii) Three-month LIBOR on the related Dividend Determination Date plus 4.60% per annum on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Floating Rate Period (and for such Floating Rate Period).
(b) Appropriate Federal Banking Agency means the Federal Reserve or any 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.
(c) Articles of Designation means this Article 14 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation designating the preferences, rights and limitations of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.
(d) Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday on which banking institutions are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of New York.
(e) Bylaws means the Bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be 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.
(g) Dividend Parity Stock means any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation that ranks equally with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends.
(h) Dividend Determination Date means, with respect to the Floating Rate Period, the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Dividend Period.
(i) Dividend Payment Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
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(j) Dividend Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(k) Dividend Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(l) DTC means The Depository Trust Company, together with its successors and assigns.
(m) Federal Reserve means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and its delegates.
(n) Fixed Rate Period means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date on or before February 15, 2024.
(o) Floating Rate Period means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date after February 15, 2024.
(p) London Business Day means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is a day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
(q) Nonpayment Event has the meaning specified in Section 7(b).
(r) Original Issue Date means the date on which shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are first issued.
(s) Preferred Director has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(t) Preferred Stock means any and all classes and series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
(u) Redemption Price means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, plus the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends.
(v) A Regulatory Capital Treatment Event means the good faith determination by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board that, as a result of any (i) amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective 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 Original Issue Date; (ii) proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the Original Issue Date; or (iii) 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 Original Issue Date, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Liquidation Value of all shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is outstanding.
(w) Reuters Screen LIBOR01 means the display designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace that page on that service or such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers Association for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits).
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(x) Standard Provisions means these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation relating to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
(y) Three-month LIBOR means, with respect to any Floating Rate Period, the rate expressed as a percentage per annum for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period that rate appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Dividend Determination Date for such Floating Rate Period.
If no such rate appears, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, selected by the Calculation Agent as directed by the Corporation, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation at approximately 11:00, a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period, commencing on the first day of such Floating Rate Period to prime banks in the London interbank market and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are provided, Three-month LIBOR for such Floating Rate Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such quotations (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%).
If fewer than two such quotations are provided as described in the preceding paragraph, Three-month LIBOR with respect to such Floating Rate Period shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date by three major banks in the City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent as directed by the Corporation, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a three-month period, commencing on the first day of such Floating Rate Period, and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time.
If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent to provide quotations are quoting as described in the preceding paragraph, Three-month LIBOR with respect to such Floating Rate Period determined on the Dividend Determination Date shall be the Three-month LIBOR in effect for the immediately preceding Floating Rate Period or, if there was no such preceding Floating Rate Period, the dividend payable will be based on the Applicable Dividend Rate relating to the Fixed Rate Period.
(z) Voting Parity Stock means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation, any and all classes or series of Dividend Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, if, when and as declared by the Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board, but only out of legally available assets, non-cumulative cash dividends. Dividends are not mandatory. Such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing February 15, 2014 (each such date, a Dividend Payment Date). Dividends on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall accrue on the
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Liquidation Value per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the Applicable Dividend Rate. A Dividend Period is the period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date. Any dividend payable on Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period will be computed by the Calculation Agent (i) in respect of the Fixed Rate Period, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and (ii) in respect of the Floating Rate Period, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in such Dividend Period. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. If any Dividend Payment Date applicable to a Fixed Rate Period is not a Business Day, then the related payment of dividends will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional dividends will accrue on any payment. If any Dividend Payment Date applicable to a Floating Rate Period is not a Business Day, then such Dividend Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Dividend Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day, and, in any case, dividends will accrue to, but excluding, the applicable Business Day.
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 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. The Calculation Agents determination of the Applicable Dividend Rate, and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Period, will be maintained on file at the Corporations principal offices and will be available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. The Corporation may terminate the appointment of the Calculation Agent 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 the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is outstanding, an entity appointed and serving as such agent. The Calculation Agent may be an entity affiliated with the Corporation.
Dividends that are payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as they appear on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall not be less than 15 calendar days or more than 30 calendar days before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board (each, a Dividend Record Date). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3. If the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) does not declare a full dividend on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in respect of a Dividend Period before the related Dividend Payment Date, 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 of the Board) declares a dividend for any future Dividend Period with respect to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or at any future time with respect to any other class or series of the Corporations capital stock.
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(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless (i) 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 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and (ii) the Corporation is not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend or distribution shall be declared, paid or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in Junior Stock or any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under such plan); (B) no Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than (1) as a result of any reclassification of Junior Stock or into other Junior Stock, (2) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (3) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other Junior Stock, (4) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Stock in connection with any employee contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Corporation, (5) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of its business, (6) 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, (7) 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, (8) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its 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 its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (C) no Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than (1) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, (2) as a result of a reclassification of any Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, (3) the exchange or conversion of any Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (4) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (5) purchases of shares of Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Stock existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians. No monies shall be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation.
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If dividends are not paid in full on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any shares of Dividend Parity Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and all such Dividend Parity Stock on a proportional basis so that the amount of dividends declared per share shall bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends for the then current Dividend Period per share of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and accrued dividends, including any accumulations, on any Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), as may be determined by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board, may be declared and paid on the Common Stock and any other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Dividend Parity Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends. Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared.
Dividends on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws and regulations applicable thereto, including the applicable capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency.
Section 4. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Preference for each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to shareholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with respect to distributions upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution. After payment of the full amount of such liquidation distribution, the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets of the Corporation.
(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above, the assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other capital stock of the Corporation
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ranking equally with Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the holders of such other capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other capital stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution have been paid in full, the holders of Junior Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 4, neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (whether for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Corporation nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity, or by another entity with or into the Corporation, whether for cash, securities or other property, individually or as part of a series of transactions, shall constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 5. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to February 15, 2024. On and after February 15, 2024, the Corporation may, at its option, on any Dividend Payment Date, subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at the Redemption Price.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days of the Corporations good faith determination that a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event has occurred, it may, at its option, subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price.
The Redemption Price for any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be payable on the date fixed for redemption to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form. 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 entitled to receive the Redemption Price on the dated fixed for redemption but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund. The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
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(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be given to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed either by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation (provided that, if Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC), or by such other method approved by the depositary for the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, in its reasonable discretion. Such notice shall be mailed (or otherwise given as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable) not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed (or otherwise given as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable) as provided in this Subsection 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 otherwise as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable), or any defect in such notice or in the mailing (or other method of giving such notice as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, as applicable) thereof, to any holder of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the date fixed for redemption; (2) the number of shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual 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; (4) if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (5) that dividends on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption.
(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot. Subject to the provisions hereof, and to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other applicable Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate (if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form) are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.
(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the date fixed for redemption specified in the notice, all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then,
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notwithstanding that any certificate (if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form) for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, whether or not the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, on and after the date fixed for redemption dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such date fixed for redemption cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the Redemption Price from such bank or trust company out of the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall then be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the date fixed for redemption 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 date fixed for redemption 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 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock 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 thereon.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, provided that any such cancelled shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock other than Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
Section 6. No Conversion Rights. Holders of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other class or series of the Corporations securities.
Section 7. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as required by law.
(b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Voting Parity Stock have not been paid for an aggregate amount equal to the amount of dividends payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for six or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive (a Nonpayment Event), the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, with holders of any Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class based on respective liquidation preferences, shall have the right to elect two directors (hereinafter the Preferred Directors and each a Preferred Director) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporations next annual meeting of shareholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting (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)) and at each subsequent annual meeting of shareholders until all full dividends have been declared and paid
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on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and all Voting Parity Stock then outstanding for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods after the Nonpayment Event, except as provided by law, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent Nonpayment Event. When dividends have been declared and paid in full on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods after a Nonpayment Event, then the right of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual 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 the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the Corporations authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause by a majority of the outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose, by means of written consent, a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class.
(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Articles, including the Articles of Designation, to create, issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or as to distributions upon the liquidation, distribution or winding-up of the Corporation, or to issue any obligation or security convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to purchase any such class or series of capital stock;
(ii) Amendment, Alteration or Repeal of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of the Articles or the Articles of Designation so as to adversely affect the special powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Corporation or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity, unless in each case the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (x) remain outstanding or (y) 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 then the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation;
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provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), the authorization, creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount of, Junior Stock or any class or series of capital stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Junior Stock or any class or series of capital stock, that by its terms expressly provides that it ranks pari passu with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual 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 special powers, preferences, privileges or rights, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of any outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules that the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (or interests in the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock including depositary receipts) is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
Section 9. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual 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 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by such other method approved by the depositary, in its reasonable discretion, and, with respect to any redemption thereof, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in these Articles of Designation, in the Articles or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by DTC or such facility.
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Section 11. Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock without certificates. If certificated, the Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holders expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holders expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Rights. The shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.
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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS OF F.N.B. CORPORATION
A Pennsylvania Business Corporation
Effective August 30, 2016
ARTICLE I
Shareholders
Section 1.01 Place and Time of Meeting. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place and time as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting.
Section 1.02 Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting (annual meeting) of the shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of whatever other business may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the third Wednesday of May of each year, if not a legal holiday, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day, or at such other time, date and place as the Board of Directors (the Board) may designate from time to time. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, communicated or delivered to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, a single written notice may be communicated or delivered to shareholders who share an address if they consent, or are deemed to consent, to a single notice. The shareholders may transact such other business as is properly brought before the annual meeting and is in compliance with the advance notice provisions of these Bylaws.
Section 1.03 Special Meetings.
(a) Generally.
(1) Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by (A) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (B) the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Corporation, (C) the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board or (D) the shareholders holding not less than 25% of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting and who sign, date and deliver to the Secretary of the Corporation one or more written demands for the meeting meeting the requirements of Section 1.03(b) below.
(2) Special meetings shall be held on such date and at such time and place as may be fixed by the Board. Except as otherwise required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, written notice of the date, time, place and purpose or purposes of every special meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, communicated or delivered to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, a single written notice may be communicated or delivered to shareholders who share an address if they consent, or are deemed to consent, to a single notice.
(3) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall have been properly brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. If the Corporations notice of the special meeting provides for the election of directors, the only persons who may be nominated for such election are candidates who are named in the Corporations notice of meeting and who are nominated, (i) by or at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or (ii) by any shareholder of record of the Corporation who satisfies the requirements of Section 1.11(a) of these Bylaws.
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(b) Shareholder Requested Special Meetings.
(1) Any written demand by shareholders of the Corporation for a special meeting of shareholders shall be signed and dated by each shareholder (or his or her duly authorized agent) who is requesting the special meeting and shall set forth a statement of the specific purpose or purposes of the meeting. The shareholders requesting a special meeting may revoke their demand at any time by written revocation, signed and dated by each shareholder (or his or her duly authorized agent) delivered to the Secretary.
(2) A special meeting requested by shareholders shall not be held if either (A) the Board has called or calls for an annual meeting of shareholders and the purpose of such annual meeting includes (among any other matters properly brought before the meeting) the purpose specified in the request, or (B) an annual or special meeting that included the purpose specified in the request was held not more than 12 months before the request to call the special meeting was received by the Corporation.
Section 1.04 Record Dates for Meetings and Other Purposes. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not more than 70 days prior to the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting, or to receive any such allotment of rights or to exercise the rights in respect to any such change or conversion or exchange of shares. In such case, only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid. The Board also may similarly fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of record for any other purpose. A determination of shareholders of record shall be effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if a meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date originally fixed for the meeting of shareholders.
Section 1.05 Quorum for Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law or in the Articles of Incorporation, the presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast on a matter, shall constitute a quorum at the meeting for the transaction of such business. If a proxy casts a vote or takes other action on behalf of a shareholder on any issue other than a procedural motion considered at a meeting of shareholders, the shareholder shall be deemed present for quorum purposes for the entire meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. The subsequent withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum after a quorum has been established at a meeting shall not affect the validity of any action taken at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time as directed by the chairman of the meeting or a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares
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present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at such meeting, even if less than a quorum. Whenever the holders of any class or series of shares are entitled to vote separately on a specified item of business, the provisions of this Section shall apply in determining the presence of a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such specified item of business.
Section 1.06 Presiding Officer and Secretary.
(a) At each meeting of the shareholders, (A) the Chairman of the Board, or (B) if the Chairman of the Board shall be absent therefrom, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or (C) if the Chief Executive Officer shall not be present, the President of the Corporation, or (D) if the President also shall be absent, the Lead Director of the Corporation, or (E) if the Lead Director also shall be absent, a Vice President of the Corporation, or (F) if each Vice President of the Corporation also shall be absent therefrom, any person chosen by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of the Corporations stock entitled to vote and who are present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside at such meeting. If neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary shall be present, the appointee of the person presiding at the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The chairman of the meeting of shareholders shall determine the order of the business and the procedure at such meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as the chairman of the meeting determines, in his or her sole discretion, to be in order. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, date and time. The time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
Section 1.07 Judge of Election. The Board may, in advance of any shareholders meeting, appoint one or three Judges of Election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Each Judge of Election, before conducting his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath of office to execute faithfully the duties of Judge of Election with strict impartiality and to the best of his or her ability. If a Judge of Election is not so appointed, the person presiding at the shareholders meeting pursuant to Section 1.06 of this Article I may, and on the request of any shareholder entitled to vote thereat, shall make such appointment. In case any person appointed as a Judge of Election fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding at the meeting. No person shall be elected a director at a meeting at which he has served as a Judge of Election.
The Judge of Election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. If there are three Judges of Election the act of a majority thereof shall govern. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any shareholder entitled to vote thereat, the Judge of Election shall make a report in writing of the determination as to any challenge, question or matter. Any such report shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and shall be filed with the minutes of the meeting.
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Section 1.08 Voting.
(a) Election of Directors.
(1) Whenever the Corporations directors are to be elected by the shareholders, it shall be by ballot and by a majority of the votes cast at any shareholder meeting at which a quorum is present. For purposes of this bylaw, a majority of the votes cast shall mean that the number of shares voted for a directors election exceeds the number of votes cast against that directors election. Votes cast shall exclude abstentions with respect to that directors election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a contested election of directors, directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. For purposes of this bylaw, a contested election shall mean any election of directors in which the number of candidates for election as directors exceeds the number of directors to be elected, with the determination thereof being made by the Corporate Secretary as of the close of the applicable notice of nomination period set forth in Section 1.11(a) of these Bylaws, based on whether one or more notice(s) of nomination were timely filed in accordance with said Section 1.11(a); provided, however, that the determination that an election is a contested election shall be determinative only as to the timeliness of a notice of nomination and not otherwise as to its validity. If, prior to the time the Corporation mails its initial proxy statement in connection with such election of directors, one or more notices of nomination are withdrawn such that the number of candidates for election as director no longer exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the election shall not be considered a contested election, but in all other cases, once an election is determined to be a contested election, directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast.
(2) If a nominee for director who is an incumbent director is not elected and no successor was elected at the meeting at which the director was not re-elected, the director shall promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2.06 of these Bylaws. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees recommendation, and publicly disclosing (by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind the decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in making its recommendation, and the Board of Directors in making its decision, may each consider any factors or other information that it considers appropriate and relevant, including the criteria described under the Director Qualifications section of the Corporations Corporate Governance Guidelines. The director who tenders his or her resignation shall not participate in the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the decision of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation. If such incumbent directors resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors, such director shall continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly election, or his or her earlier resignation or removal. If a directors resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this bylaw, or if a nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05 of these Bylaws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.02 of these Bylaws.
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(b) Voting on Actions Other Than Director Elections. Whenever any action other than the election of directors is proposed to be taken by vote of the shareholders, except as otherwise expressly required by law, in the Articles of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, it shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon and shall constitute an act of the shareholders.
(c) One Vote Per Share. Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote on any matter at any meeting of shareholders shall be entitled to one vote for every such share standing in such shareholders name on the record date for the meeting.
Section 1.09 Voting by Proxy. At any meeting of shareholders, every shareholder entitled to vote may vote his or her shares in person or by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed or authenticated by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact and filed with or transmitted to the Secretary of the Corporation or his or her delegate. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this Section 1.09 may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and for all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. Every proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or his or her delegate. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form or electronic transmission conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, notwithstanding any other agreement or any provision in the proxy to the contrary, but the revocation of a proxy shall not be effective until written notice thereof has been given to the Secretary of the Corporation. A proxy shall not be revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker, unless written notice of the death or incapacity is received by the Secretary of the Corporation before the proxy exercises his or her authority under the appointment. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months after its date, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Section 1.10 Shareholders List. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the Corporation shall make, at least 10 days before each meeting of the shareholders, a complete alphabetical list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, with their addresses and the number of shares held by each shareholder, which list shall be maintained in written or electronic form and shall be kept on file either at the Corporations principal office or at the place specified in the notice of the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder for any purpose germane to the meeting during the usual business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting. Such list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any shareholder who is present. The shareholder list shall be prima facie evidence of the identity of the shareholders entitled to examine the shareholders list or vote at a meeting of shareholders.
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Section 1.11 Shareholder Proposals
(a) Relating to Nominations for and Election of Directors.
(1) A shareholder may nominate one or more candidates for election as a director at any meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made by any shareholder of the Corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving the notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual or special meeting, as the case may be, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in this Section 1.11(a). Section 1.11(a) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations before an annual or special meeting of shareholders.
(2) A nomination by a shareholder shall be made by a notice in writing, delivered in person or by first class United States mail postage prepaid or by reputable overnight delivery service, to the Board to the attention of the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation, within the time limits specified in this Section 1.11(a). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice for purposes of this Section 1.11(a).
(3) (A) In the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, any such written notice of nomination must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th calendar day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th calendar day, prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Corporations proxy statement released to shareholders in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders in the immediately preceding year; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting of shareholders is more than 30 calendar days before or more than 60 calendar days after the first anniversary date of the annual meeting in the immediately preceding year, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Corporations proxy statement released to shareholders in connection with annual meeting of shareholders in the immediately preceding year and not later than the close of business on the 90th calendar day prior to such first anniversary date or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such meeting, the 10th day following the day on which the public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) In the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting, any such written nomination must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of the special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as described above.
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(4) To be in proper form, such written notice of nomination shall set forth: (A) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and, if any, the beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made (collectively, the Nominating Shareholder), (B) as to the Nominating Shareholder, (i) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially by it within the meaning of SEC Rule 13d-3, (ii) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Nominating Shareholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (iii) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the shareholder of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such shareholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (iv) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such shareholder has a right to vote any class or series of shares of the Corporation, (v) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called stock borrowing agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Nominating Shareholder, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Nominating Shareholder with respect to any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation (Short Interests), (vi) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Nominating Shareholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (vii) any proportionate interest in any class or series of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such Nominating Shareholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership, or Derivative Instruments, if any, (viii) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such Nominating Shareholder, (ix) any direct or indirect interest of such Nominating Shareholder in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (x) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such
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Nominating Shareholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of the Nominating Shareholders immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by the Nominating Shareholder not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), and (xi) any other information relating to the Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (C) as to each proposed nominee, (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years and any other material relationships between or among such Nominating Shareholder and its affiliates and associates or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act, as if the Nominating Shareholder or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and (iii) a completed and signed questionnaire (which will be provided by the Secretary upon written request) with respect to the background and qualifications (in addition to the matters set forth in subsections (4)(A)-(C) above) of such proposed nominee. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable shareholders understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
(5) If a written nomination submitted to the Secretary of the Corporation fails, in the reasonable judgment of the Board or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, to contain the information specified in subsection (4) above or is otherwise deficient, the Secretary shall, as promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, provide written notice to the Nominating Shareholder of such failure or deficiency in the written nomination and such Nominating Shareholder shall have 5 business days from receipt of such notice to submit a revised written proposal of nomination that corrects such failure or deficiency in all material respects.
(6) Nominations by a shareholder of candidates for election to the Board may be made only if the shareholder complies with the procedures of this Section 1.11(a), and any candidate proposed by a shareholder not nominated in accordance with such provisions shall not be considered or acted upon for election as a director at such meeting of shareholders.
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(b) Relating to Matters Other Than Nominations for and Elections of Directors.
(1) A shareholder of the Corporation may only bring a matter (other than a nomination of a candidate for election as a director, which is covered by subsection (a) of this Section 1.11) (a Shareholder Matter) before an annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation if the shareholder (i) is a shareholder of record both at the time of giving notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, as applicable, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.11(b). This Section 1.11(b) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to bring a Shareholder Matter before an annual meeting of shareholders other than Shareholder Matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(2) A shareholder shall only present a Shareholder Matter by providing written notice thereof in accordance with the same requirements in Sections 1.11(a)(2) and (3A). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of shareholders or announcement thereof commence a new time period for giving a shareholder notice for purposes of this Section 1.11(b).
(3) Such notice of presentation of a Shareholder Matter shall set forth, with respect to the shareholder who intends to propose the Shareholder Matter and, if any, the beneficial owner on whose behalf the Shareholder Matter is proposed (collectively, the Proposing Shareholder), the same information required of the Nominating Shareholder in Sections 1.11(a)(4)(A) and (B). In addition, such notice shall set forth (A) a reasonably detailed description of the Shareholder Matter, including a description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of the Proposing Shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such Shareholder Matter, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings entered into between such Proposing Shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of the Shareholder Matter by such Proposing Shareholder.
(4) If a written notice of presentation of a matter submitted to the Board fails, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, to contain the information specified in subsection (3) above hereof or is otherwise deficient, the Secretary of the Corporation shall, as promptly as is practicable under the circumstances, provide written notice to the shareholder who submitted the written notice of presentation of a Shareholder Matter of such failure or deficiency in the written notice of presentation of a matter and such shareholder shall have 5 business days from receipt of such notice to submit a revised written notice of presentation of a Shareholder Matter that corrects such failure or deficiency in all material respects.
(5) Only Shareholder Matters submitted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.11(b) shall be eligible for presentation at such meeting of shareholders, and any Shareholder Matter not submitted to the Board in accordance with such provisions shall not be considered or acted upon at such meeting of shareholders.
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(c) Compliance with Federal Securities Law Requirements.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1.11(a) and (b), a Nominating Shareholder or Proposing Shareholder, as the case may be, also shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.11; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to, and shall not, limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Sections 1.11(a) or (b). Nothing in this Section 1.11 shall be deemed to affect any rights (1) of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (2) of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation if and to the extent provided for under law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws.
(d) No Conflict with Applicable Law.
To be properly brought before a meeting of shareholders, business must be of a proper subject for action by shareholders under applicable law and must not, if implemented, cause the Corporation to violate any state, federal or foreign law or regulation, each as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. No person may be appointed, nominated or elected as a director of the Corporation unless such person, at the time such person is nominated and appointed or elected would then be able to serve as a director without being in violation of any state, federal or foreign law or regulation applicable to the Corporation. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 1.11, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.
(e) Public Announcement.
For purposes of this Section 1.11, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
Section 2.01 Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of the Board of Directors. Without limiting the foregoing general powers conferred in the preceding sentence and the powers conferred by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and these Bylaws, it is hereby expressly declared that the Board has the power (i) to appoint a person or
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persons to vote shares of another corporation held and owned by the Corporation and (ii) to appoint any person, firm or corporation to accept and hold in trust for the Corporation, any property belonging to the Corporation or in which it is interested, and to authorize any such person, firm or corporation to execute any documents and perform any duties that may be requisite in relation to any trust.
Section 2.02 Number and Qualification of Directors. The entire Board shall consist of that number of directors, not less than 5 nor more than 25, as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board. Directors shall be natural persons, at least 21 years of age but need not be citizens or residents of Pennsylvania.
Section 2.03 Term of Office. Each director who is elected at any meeting of shareholders or appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until the election and qualification of such directors successor or the directors earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal.
Section 2.04 Nomination of Directors. Prior to each annual meeting, and subject to the power accorded to it under Section 2.01 of this Article, the Board shall nominate candidates to succeed the directors whose terms will expire at the next succeeding annual meeting and upon the election of their respective successors, shall disclose the identity and credentials of such nominees to the shareholders by means of a proxy statement filed and disseminated pursuant to Regulation 14A adopted under the Exchange Act (or any successor regulation or statute).
Section 2.05 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, any vacancy occurring in the Board, however caused (including any vacancy created as a result of any increase in the number of directors) may be filled by the Board by the affirmative vote of a majority of the incumbent directors or by a sole remaining director. If one or more directors shall resign from the Board effective at a future date, a majority of directors then in office, including the director or those directors who have so resigned, shall have the power to appoint a person to fill such vacancy or vacancies, to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. Each person so appointed shall be a director until he or she is elected or his or her successor is elected by the shareholders at the annual meeting.
Section 2.06 Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic communication or facsimile transmission, to either the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman, the President or to the Board of Directors. A Directors resignation shall take effect at the time specified in the notice and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. A Directors resignation submitted in accordance with Section 1.08 hereof shall not become effective until acted upon by the Corporations Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Corporations Board.
Section 2.07 Retirement. No director shall be eligible to be nominated to a new term if he or she will be age 75 or older at the time of the annual meeting; provided, however, that any director who was first elected to the Corporations initial Board following its incorporation in 1974 and who has continuously served on the Board since such time shall not be subject to the mandatory retirement age set forth herein.
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Section 2.08 Removal of Directors. Any director may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote and otherwise in conformation with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (PaBCL), at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.
Section 2.09 Meetings. Meetings of the Board, regular or special, may be held at any place as the Board from time to time may fix or as shall be specified in the respective notice or waivers of notice thereof. An organization meeting of the Board for the appointment of officers shall be held as soon after the annual meeting of the shareholders on a date which is practicable. The Board may fix dates, times and places for regular meetings of the Board and no notice of such meetings need be given. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President, Chief Executive Officer, or a majority of the members of the Board. Notice of each such meeting shall be given by the person(s) calling such meeting or, upon the request of the person(s) calling such meeting, by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary to each director by mail, electronic transmission or facsimile transmission not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. Notice of a special meeting need not be given to any director who has waived notice of the meeting (or is deemed to have waived notice) under Section 5.03(a). Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given if the date, time and place are fixed at the meeting which was adjourned and if the period of adjournment does not exceed 10 days in any one adjournment.
Section 2.10 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence, in person or by telephonic or similar communications equipment, of a majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the acts of a majority of the directors present at a duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the FBCA, by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present, in person or by telephonic or similar communications equipment, at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present may adjourn, postpone or continue the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 2.11 Chairman of the Board. As soon as practicable after the annual meeting, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in consultation with the Corporations incumbent Chair and Lead Director, along with the Chief Executive Officer, shall recommend to the Board one of its members to serve as Chairman of the Board. The Board, after giving consideration to the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, shall elect one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The duties of the Chairman shall be to preside at all meetings of the Board and to provide a proposed agenda for all such meetings. The Chairman shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be determined by the Board.
Section 2.12 Lead Director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in consultation with the Corporations incumbent Chair and Lead Director, along with the Chief Executive Officer, shall recommend to the Board one of its members to serve as Lead Director. The Board, after giving consideration to the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, may elect a Lead Director if the positions of the Corporations Chairman
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and Chief Executive Officer are held by the same person or the Corporations Chairman is a former officer of the Corporation or any of its affiliates. The Lead Director shall be elected by a majority of the Corporations independent directors and the Lead Director shall be a person who qualifies as an independent and outside director under the Corporations Corporate Governance Guidelines and applicable rules of the SEC or exchange on which the Corporations stock is listed. The Lead Director shall perform such duties for such term as prescribed in the Corporations Corporate Governance Guidelines. In the absence of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, the Lead Director shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
Section 2.13 Committees of the Board.
(a) Committee Composition.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in consultation with the Corporations incumbent Chair and Lead Director, along with the Corporations Chief Executive Officer, shall recommend to the Board the members of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Risk Committee (collectively, the Standing Committees) and recommend the designation of the Standing Committees chairpersons. The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members, shall appoint the members and chairpersons of the Standing Committees. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee or other committees, and such committees chairs, by using the same process prescribed herein for the Standing Committees, or otherwise prescribe a methodology to be used for the appointment of the members and chairs of the Executive or other Board committees. Each Board committee shall have at least 3 members. Each committee of the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
(b) Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee, if so created, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board between meetings of the Board except as limited by applicable law or by the Board.
(c) Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee shall have those purposes and responsibilities assigned to it under the Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board. The members of the Audit Committee shall satisfy the applicable Audit Committee membership, qualification and composition requirements established by the SEC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the New York Stock Exchange from time to time.
(d) Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall have those purposes and responsibilities assigned to it under the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter adopted by the Board. The members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall satisfy the applicable Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee membership, qualification and composition requirements established by the SEC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the New York Stock Exchange from time to time.
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(e) Compensation Committee.
The Compensation Committee shall have those purposes and responsibilities assigned to it under the Compensation Committee Charter adopted by the Board. The members of the Compensation Committee shall satisfy the applicable Compensation Committee membership, qualification and composition requirements established by the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange from time to time.
(f) Risk Committee.
The Risk Committee shall have the purposes and responsibilities assigned to it under the Risk Committee Charter adopted by the Board. The members of the Risk Committee shall satisfy the applicable Risk Committee membership qualifications and composition requirements established for it by federal bank regulatory agencies.
(g) Joint Corporation and First National Bank of Pennsylvania Committee Meetings.
Upon appropriate action by the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and First National Bank of Pennsylvania, any committee authorized by these Bylaws may be designated and function as a joint committee of both Boards of Directors. The title and charter of such a committee need not reflect its status as a joint committee unless both Boards of Directors expressly provide otherwise.
(h) Committee Vacancy, Appointment and Removal.
The Board, after consideration of the recommendation of the Chairman in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer and by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may:
(1) | Fill any vacancy in any such committee; |
(2) | Appoint one or more directors to serve as alternate members of any such committee or to act in the absence or disability of members of any such committee with all the powers of such absent or disabled members; |
(3) | Remove any director from membership on such committee at any time, with or without cause; and |
(4) | Appoint Committee Chairpersons or interim Chairpersons. |
(i) Maintenance of Committee Minutes.
Actions taken at a meeting of each committee shall be kept in a record of its proceedings which shall be reported to the Board at its next meeting following each committee meeting.
Section 2.14 Notices and Meetings of Committees. Meetings of any committee of the Board, regular or special, may be held at any place as such committee from time to time may fix or as shall be specified in the respective notice or waivers of notice thereof, but no notice of regular meetings need be given. Special meetings of a committee may be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Committee or the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Notice
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of such special meeting shall be given to each member of such committee in the manner specified in Section 2.09 of these Bylaws. Notice of the meeting need not be given to any member who is deemed to have waived notice in accordance with Section 5.03(a). Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purposes of, any meeting of a committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 2.15 Quorum and Actions by Committee. A majority of the members of each committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of any such committee. Each committee shall have and may exercise such authority to the extent provided by these Bylaws, applicable law or such committees charter or in the resolution creating such committee. Each committee of the Board shall determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith.
Section 2.16 Resignations from Committees. Any member of a committee may resign by written notice to the Secretary. A resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the Secretary of the Board or at such subsequent time as shall be specified in the notice of resignation.
Section 2.17 Action of Board or Committees Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to authorization voted at a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case any be, consent thereto in writing and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee.
Section 2.18 Action of Board or Committees by Telephone Conference. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board or committees of the Board by means of conference telephone or other similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting; provided, however, such participation is in accordance with the Corporations policy. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting and shall count toward the quorum required by Sections 2.10 and 2.15 of these Bylaws.
Section 2.19 Compensation of Directors. The Board, or its delegate, the Compensation Committee of the Board, by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors in office and irrespective of any personal interest of any of them, may establish reasonable compensation of directors for services to the Corporation and its subsidiaries as directors and as members of any committee of the Board of the Corporation and its subsidiaries.
Section 2.20 Directors Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages to the Corporation or any other person for any statement, vote, decision or failure to act as a director, unless the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director under Subchapter B of Chapter 17 of the PaBCL and the directors breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. However, this Section 2.20 shall not apply to the responsibility or liability of a director pursuant to any criminal statute; or the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to federal, state or local law. Any amendment or repeal of this Section 2.20 shall operate prospectively only and shall not have any effect with respect to any such action taken or failure to act by a director prior to the effective date of such amendment or repeal.
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ARTICLE III
Officers
Section 3.01 Election and Term of Office. Whether for the purpose of the organization meeting, or filling vacancies of existing or newly created officer positions, the president, chief executive officer and each other officer of the Corporation whose responsibilities include participation in major policy making functions of the Corporation (Executive Officers) shall be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Each Executive Officer shall hold office until a successor shall have been duly elected by the Board and shall have qualified, or until the expiration of such Executive Officers term in office if elected or appointed for a specific period of time, or until his or her earlier death, retirement, termination, resignation or removal.
All other senior and executive vice presidents, vice presidents, assistant vice presidents and other officers who do not participate in major policy making functions of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer. Such persons appointed by the Chief Executive Officer shall hold office until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have been qualified, or until expiration of such persons term in office if appointed for a specified period of time, or until his or her earlier death, retirement, termination, resignation or removal.
Section 3.02 Chief Executive Officer. The Board shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have and may exercise all the powers and duties pertaining, by law, regulation or practice, to the position of Chief Executive Officer and shall have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be determined by the Board. In the absence of the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer (if he or she is a director) shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
Section 3.03 President. The Board shall appoint a President of the Corporation. The President shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be determined by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer as the case may be.
Section 3.04 Executive Officers and Vice Presidents. Each Executive Officer and Vice President shall have and may exercise any and all powers and duties as may be determined by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer as the case may be. One Vice President may be designated by the Board, in the absence of the President, to perform all of the duties of the President.
Section 3.05 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all the powers and duties of the office of the Chief Financial Officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Chief Financial Officer shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
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Section 3.06 Secretary. The Board shall appoint a Secretary who shall be the Secretary of the Board of Directors and of the Corporation and shall be responsible for preparing minutes of the directors and shareholders meetings and for authenticating records of the Corporation. The Secretary of the Corporation shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders and shall keep accurate records thereof in one or more minute books kept for that purpose, shall give, or cause to be given, the required notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. The Secretary also shall keep, or cause to be kept, the stock certificate books, stock transfer books and stock ledgers of the Corporation, in which shall be recorded all stock issues, transfers, the dates of same, the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number of shares held by each, shall when necessary, for holders of certificated shares, prepare new certificates upon the transfer of shares and the surrender of the old certificates, shall cancel such surrendered certificates and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Corporation. The Board or Chief Executive Officer may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries who shall possess the same power and duties as the Secretary and who shall assist the Secretary in the event of the Secretarys absence, unavailability or disability. Each Assistant Secretary shall have and exercise such further powers and duties as may be conferred upon, assigned to him or her by the Board or Chief Executive Officer of the Secretary.
Section 3.07 Treasurer. The Board shall appoint a Treasurer who shall have charge of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining, by law, regulation or practice, to the office of Treasurer. The Treasurer shall also have and may exercise such other powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Chief Executive Officer. The Treasurer of the Corporation shall also have the custody of the Corporations funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as shall be designated by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Corporation, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Chief Executive Officer or President or the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer or President and the Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever they may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and shall have the right to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring it, and to attest to the same by his or her signature and, if so required by the Board of Directors, he or she shall give bond in such sum and with such surety as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct.
Section 3.08 Compensation. The salaries, other compensation, bonuses and awards of the Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Officers and eligible senior officers of the Corporation shall be fixed in accordance with the Corporations policies, procedures and practices as are otherwise prescribed from time to time by the Corporations Compensation Committee or described in the charter of the Corporations Compensation Committee. The salaries, other compensation, bonuses and awards of all other officers and employees shall be fixed by the Corporations Chief Executive Officer or his or her delegate.
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Section 3.09 Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time, subject to any rights or obligations under any existing contracts between the officer and the Corporation, by giving written notice to the Corporation. An officers resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.10 Termination or Removal. The Chief Executive Officer and the President, and the Chief Auditor may be terminated or removed at any time by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer or delegate thereof has authority to terminate or remove any Executive Officer (other than the President and Chief Auditor), senior or executive vice president, vice president, assistant vice president or other employee.
ARTICLE IV
Shares of the Corporation
Section 4.01 Certificated or Uncertificated Shares
(a) Share Certificates.
Shares of any or all of the Corporations classes or series of capital stock may be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock, in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, or may be issued in uncertificated form. The issuance of shares in uncertificated form shall not affect shares already represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Except as expressly provided by law, there shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of shareholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.
(b) Share Certificate Content.
Each certificate for shares of the Corporations capital stock shall be numbered and registered in a share register as it is issued, shall bear the name of the Corporation and that the Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the name of the person to whom the certificate is issued and the number and class of shares represented thereby and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents, shall be signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President or any Vice President of the Corporation and shall be countersigned by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer of the Corporation or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors and shall bear the seal of the Corporation, which seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars with respect to the certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation, and may require all such certificates to bear the signature of either or both. Where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer on such certificate may be a facsimile engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed on, any share certificate shall have ceased to be such officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, the certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer has not ceased to be such at the date of its issue.
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(c) Notice of Issuance or Transfer of Shares.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on stock certificates pursuant to the PaBCL.
Section 4.02 Transfers. Transfers of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock records of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his attorney thereunder authorized by the power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof, and (i) in the case of certificated shares, only on surrender of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power, or (ii) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares, or from a duly authorized attorney or from an individual presenting proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer the shares. The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate or expedient concerning the issue and transfer of certificates representing shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
Section 4.03 Lost Certificates. Should any shareholder of the Corporation allege the loss, theft or destruction of one or more certificates for shares of the Corporation and request the issuance by the Corporation of a substitute certificate or uncertificated shares therefore, the Board of Directors may direct that a new certificate of the same tenor and for the same number of shares or uncertificated shares be issued to such person upon such persons making of an affidavit in form satisfactory to the Board of Directors setting forth the facts in connection therewith, provided that, prior to the receipt of such request, the Corporation shall not have either registered a transfer of such certificate or received notice that such certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of such certificate or uncertificated shares, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his heirs or legal representatives, as the case may be, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such form and for such sum and with such surety or sureties, with fixed or open penalty, as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, as indemnity for any liability or expense that it may incur by reason of the original certificate remaining outstanding.
ARTICLE V
Notices; Computing Time Periods
Section 5.01 Method and Contents of Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of the FBCA, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws, written notice is required to be given to any shareholder, it may be given in person or by sending a copy thereof (i) by first-class or express mail, postage prepaid, or courier service, charges prepaid, to the postal address of the shareholder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or (ii) by facsimile transmission or any form of electronic transmission, including e-mail, to his or her facsimile number or address for e-mail or other electronic communications supplied by the shareholder to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, written notice of any meeting of shareholders may be sent by any class of postpaid mail, so long as such notice is sent at least 20 calendar days prior to the date of
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the meeting. If the notice is sent by mail or courier service to a shareholder, it shall be deemed to have been given upon deposit into the United States mail or with a courier service for delivery to that shareholder, as applicable. If notice is electronically delivered, then it is deemed delivered when electronically transmitted to the shareholder in a manner authorized by the shareholder. As to any other method of giving notice permitted by law, notice shall be deemed to be delivered at the time provided by such law. Such notice shall specify the date, time and place of the meeting, if any, and, in the case of a special meeting of the shareholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted.
Section 5.02 Exception to Requirement for Notice. Notices or other communications shall not be sent, unless otherwise directed by the Board, to any shareholder with whom the Corporation has been unable to communicate for more than 24 consecutive months because communications to the shareholder are returned unclaimed or the shareholder has otherwise failed to provide the Corporation with a current address. Whenever the shareholder provides the Corporation with a current address, the Corporation shall commence sending notices and other communications to the shareholder in the same manner as to other shareholders.
Section 5.03 Waiver of Notice.
(a) Meetings of the Board of Directors.
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice either before or after the meeting. The waiver shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. Attendance of any director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting and a waiver of any and all objections to the place of the meeting, the time of the meeting or the manner in which it has been called or convened, except when a director states, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon arrival at the meeting, any objection to the transaction of business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
(b) Meeting of Shareholders.
A shareholder may waive any notice required by the PaBCL, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and be delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholders attendance at a meeting: (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purposes described in the meeting notice unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
Section 5.04 Computing Time Periods. In computing the number of days for purposes of these Bylaws, all days shall be counted, including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays; provided, however that if the final day of any time period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then the final day shall be deemed to be the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. In computing the number of days for the purpose of giving notice of any meeting, the date upon which the notice is given shall be counted but the day set for the meeting shall not be counted.
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ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01 Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. The Corporation may use the seal by causing it or a facsimile to be affixed or impressed or reproduced in any manner.
Section 6.02 Signing Authority. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Executive Officer or Vice President of the Corporation, each shall have full power and authority, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, under the seal of the Corporation or otherwise, to execute, acknowledge, verify and deliver any and all checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange and other orders or obligations to pay money, agreements, contracts, instruments, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, attest, certify or memorialize any Board resolution or incumbency certificate, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, resolutions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, stocks, bonds, undertakings, proxies and other instruments or documents, all as may be incidental or related to the operation of the Corporation and subject to such limitations or restrictions of the scope of authority as the Board, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may impose. Any such agreement, instrument or document may also be executed, acknowledged and delivered in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, under seal of the Corporation or otherwise, by such other officers, employees or agents of the Corporation as the Board, the President or Chief Executive Officer, or their delegate may from time to time authorize. In each such case, the authority so conferred shall be subject to such limitations as the Board, the President or the Chief Executive Officer of the delegate may impose. Any officer, employee or agent authorized hereunder or by the Board, the President or Chief Executive Officer or their delegate to execute, acknowledge and deliver any such agreement, instrument or document is also authorized to cause the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any other authorized person to affix the seal of the Corporation thereto and to attest it. The provisions of this Section are supplementary to any other provision of these Bylaws.
Any account, deposit, brokerage, loan or otherwise, may be opened at the direction of any officer above. Any institution or entity opening any such account may rely on this authority in good faith and open such account without any further action on the part of the Corporation. This authorization in no way limits or impairs the ability of any other authorized officer to open accounts of the Corporation.
Section 6.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.
Section 6.04 Offices. The registered office of the Corporation in Pennsylvania shall be established from time to time by the Board, and a record of any change to the registered office shall be duly filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the manner provided by law. The principal office of the Corporation shall be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or such other location as the Board may from time to time designate. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
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Section 6.05 Subsidiaries Proxy. The Chief Executive Officer or any officer delegated in writing has the express authority to act as the Corporations proxy in voting the shares of the Corporations wholly owned subsidiaries for purposes of electing the boards of directors of such subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification
Section 7.01 Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer of the Corporation and any director or officer of its subsidiaries against expenses, including legal fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation or proceeding, whether derivative or nonderivative, and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding), brought or threatened to be brought against him or her by reason or his or her performance or status as a director or officer of the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any other entity in which he or she was serving at the request of the Corporation or in any other capacity on behalf of the Corporation, including, without limitation, service in connection with the Corporations, its subsidiaries or its affiliates employee benefit and retirement plans, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation (or, with respect to services in connection with the Corporations, its subsidiaries or its affiliates employee benefit or retirement plans, such director or officer acted in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan), and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such officer or director shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Upon authorization of the Board of Directors by resolution adopted in each specific instance and to the extent provided in such resolution, the Corporation may similarly indemnify any person other than a director or officer of the Corporation in accordance with Section 7.01 against liabilities incurred by such person in connection with a Proceeding involving services rendered by him or her for or at the request of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. Directors, officers and other representatives of entities which have merged into, or have been consolidated with, or have been liquidated into, the Corporation (such entities are referred to herein as merged entities) shall not receive indemnification (or advancement of expenses) under this Article VII with respect to a
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Proceeding which relates to such persons service as a director, officer or other representative of such merged entity or such persons service in connection with an employee benefit or retirement plan sponsored or maintained by such merged entity, its subsidiaries or its affiliates, but such persons may be provided indemnification upon authorization of the Board by resolution adopted in each specific instance and to the extent provided in such resolution.
The provisions of this Section 7.01 shall be applicable to all Proceedings commenced after its adoption, whether such arise out of acts or omissions which occurred prior or subsequent to such adoption and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer or to render services for or at the request of the Corporation, whether or not the Proceeding first arose after such person ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. The rights of indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed the exclusive rights to which any such director, officer or other person may be entitled.
Section 7.02 Authorization and Determination of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VII, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer or other person is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct as specified in Section 7.01. A person shall be deemed to have met such applicable standard of conduct if his or her action is based in good faith on the records or books of account of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates, or other enterprise, or on information supplied to him or her by the officers of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates, or other enterprise in the course of his or her duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or other enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or other enterprise by an independent certified public accountant, an investment banker or financial advisor, a consultant, or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or other enterprise.
Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such Proceeding, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to such Proceeding, (iii) by independent legal counsel selected by the Board of Directors prescribed in paragraph (i) or the committee prescribed in paragraph (ii) hereof or, if a quorum of the directors cannot be obtained for paragraph (i) and the committee cannot be designated under paragraph (ii), selected by majority vote of the full board of directors in which directors who are parties may participate or (iv) by the shareholders. To the extent, however, that a director, officer or other person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
The provisions of this Section 7.02 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met such applicable standard or conduct.
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Section 7.03 Advances. Expenses incurred by a person who is provided indemnification by the Corporation in defending or investigating a Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer or other person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VII.
Section 7.04 Scope and Alteration of Indemnification Provisions. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other sections of this Article VII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any Bylaw, indemnity or other agreement, contract, vote of the shareholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction, howsoever embodied, of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, the persons specified in Section 7.01 shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by the PaBCL.
To this end, the provisions of this Article VII shall be deemed to have been amended for the benefit of such persons effective immediately upon any modification of the PaBCL that expands or enlarges the power or obligation or corporations organized under such law to indemnify, or advance expenses to, such persons. The provisions of this Article VII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of, or advancement of expenses to, any person who is not specified in this Section 7.04 or Section 7.01 but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify, or to advance expenses for, under the provisions of the PaBCL.
Section 7.05 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates or a director, officer or employee is providing service to the Corporations, its subsidiaries or its affiliates employee benefit or retirement plans, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or consultant of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article VII.
Section 7.06 Definitions. For purposes of this Article VII, references to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation, including any constitution of a constituent, absorbed in a consolidation or merger solely involving affiliated subsidiaries or affiliates of the Corporation which, if its separate existence has continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
The term other enterprise as used in this Article VII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent and shall include employee benefit and retirement plans.
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Section 7.07 Nature of Rights to Indemnification. The rights of indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred upon directors and officers of the Corporation in this Article VII shall be contract rights. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right of a person indemnified under this Article VII shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
Section 8.01 Amendment; Repeal. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at any annual or special meeting duly convened after notice to the shareholders of that purpose or by the affirmative vote of 75% of the members of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors duly convened after notice to the Board of Directors of that purpose unless the shareholders, in amending or repealing the Bylaws generally or a particular Bylaw provision, provide expressly that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal the Bylaws or such Bylaw provision.
ARTICLE IX
Emergency Bylaws
Section 9.01 Emergency Bylaws. This Article IX shall be operative during any emergency resulting from an attack on the United States or on a locality in which the Corporation conducts its business or customarily holds meetings of its Board or its shareholders, or during any nuclear or atomic disaster or other event which creates a state of disaster of sufficient severity to prevent the normal conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation (an emergency), notwithstanding any different or conflicting provisions in these Bylaws or in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. To the extent not inconsistent with this Article IX, the preceding Articles of these Bylaws shall remain in effect during such emergency, and upon termination of such emergency, the provisions of this Article IX shall cease to be operative unless and until another such emergency shall occur.
Section 9.02 Meetings. During any emergency, a meeting of the Board of Directors may be called by any officer or director of the Corporation. Notice shall be given by such person or by any officer of the Corporation. The notice shall specify the place of the meeting, which shall be the principal office of the Corporation if feasible and otherwise any other place specified in the notice. The notice shall also specify the time of the meeting. Notice may be given only to such of the directors as it may be feasible to reach at the time and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication or radio. If given by mail, messenger, telephone, or electronic delivery, the notice shall be addressed to the directors at their residences or business addresses, or such other places as the person giving the notice shall deem most suitable. Notice shall be given at least 2 days before the meeting if feasible in the judgment of the person giving the notice and otherwise on any shorter time he or she may deem necessary.
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Section 9.03 Quorum. During any such emergency, at any meeting of the Board, a quorum shall consist of one-third of the number of directors fixed at the time pursuant to Article II of the Bylaws. If the directors present at any particular meeting shall be fewer than the number required for such quorum, other persons present, to the number necessary to make up such quorum, shall be deemed directors for such particular meeting as determined by the following provisions and in the following order of priority (i) through (iv):
(i) The Corporations Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller in that order;
(ii) All Executive Officers of the Corporation in order of their seniority of first election to such office, or if two or more shall have been first elected to such office on the same day, in the order of their seniority in age;
(iii) All Vice Presidents of the Corporation in order of their seniority of first election to such office, or if two or more shall have been first elected to such office on the same day, in the order of their seniority in age; and
(iv) Any other persons that are designated on a list that shall have been approved by the Board before the emergency, such persons to be taken in such order of priority and subject to such conditions as may be provided in the resolution approving the list.
Section 9.04 Lines of Management Succession. The Board, during as well as before any such emergency, may provide and from time to time modify lines of succession in the event that during such an emergency any or all officers or agents of the Corporation shall for any reason be rendered incapable of discharging their duties.
Section 9.05 Office Relocation. The Board, during as well as before any such emergency, may, effective in the emergency, change the principal office or designate several alternative head offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers to do so.
Section 9.06 Liability. No officer, director or employee of the Corporation acting in accordance with this Article VII shall be liable except for willful misconduct.
Section 9.07 Repeal or Amendment. At any meeting called in accordance with Section 9.02 of this Article IX, the Board may modify or add to the provisions of this Article IX so as to make any provision that may be practical or necessary for the circumstances of the emergency.
ARTICLE X
Interpretation of Bylaws
Section 10.01 Interpretation. All words, terms and provisions of these Bylaws shall be interpreted and defined by and in accordance with the PaBCL.
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Exhibit 24.1
F.N.B. CORPORATION
Powers of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of F.N.B. Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Corporation), hereby constitutes and appoints Vincent J. Delie, Jr., Vincent J. Calabrese, Jr. and James G. Orie, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and to affix his or her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) post-effective amendments to the registration statements listed on Appendix A hereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself or she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned directors and/or officers has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date specified.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ William B. Campbell William B. Campbell |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ James D. Chiafullo James D. Chiafullo |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Vincent J. Delie, Jr. Vincent J. Delie, Jr. |
President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director (principal executive officer) |
August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Laura E. Ellsworth Laura E. Ellsworth |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Stephen J. Gurgovits Stephen J. Gurgovits |
Chairman of the Board and a Director |
August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Robert A. Hormell Robert A. Hormell |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ David J. Malone David J. Malone |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ D. Stephen Martz D. Stephen Martz |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Robert J. McCarthy, Jr. Robert J. McCarthy, Jr. |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Frank C. Mencini Frank C. Mencini |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ David L. Motley David L. Motley |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Gary L. Nalbandian Gary L. Nalbandian |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Heidi A. Nicholas Heidi A. Nicholas |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ John S. Stanik John S. Stanik |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ William J. Strimbu William J. Strimbu |
Director | August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Vincent J. Calabrese, Jr. Vincent J. Calabrese, Jr. |
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) |
August 30, 2016 | ||
/s/ Timothy G. Rubritz Timothy G. Rubritz |
Corporate Controller and Senior Vice President (principal accounting officer) |
August 30, 2016 |
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APPENDIX A
Registration Statement |
File No. | Securities Covered | ||
Form S-8
F.N.B. Corporation 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan |
333-176202 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-8
F.N.B. Corporation 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan |
333-204986 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-8
F.N.B. Corporation Progress Savings 401(k) Plan |
333-185929 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-8
F.N.B. Corporation Progress Savings 401(k) Plan |
333-162323 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-3
Parkvale Financial Corporation 1993 Key Employee Stock Compensation Program;
Parkvale Financial Corporation 1993 Directors Stock Option Plan; and
Parkvale Financial Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan |
333-177050 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-3
PVF Capital Corp. 1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan;
PVF Capital Corp. 2000 Incentive Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan;
PVF Capital Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan; and
PVF Capital Corp. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan |
333-189708 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-3
BCSB Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan as Amended and Restated; and
BCSB Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan |
333-192414 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8
Metro Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan |
333-207334 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-3
Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan |
333-202408 | Common Stock | ||
Form S-3 | 333-207190-01 | Series 2015 Notes of FNB Financial Services, LP; and Guaranty of F.N.B. Corporation | ||
Form S-3 | 333-204274 | Common Stock; Preferred Stock; Debt Securities; Depository Shares; Warrants; Stock Purchase Contracts; and Units |