Keycorp /New/ 8-K, filed Aug 24, 2022
Keycorp /New/ (KEY)
About this 8-K
Keycorp /New/ filed this 8-K on August 24, 2022, reporting on events of August 22, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 3.03: Change to shareholders' rights
- Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
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| Item 3.03. | Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders |
On April 22, 2022, KeyCorp (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of its Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H, par value $1.00 per share and a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
With respect to the payment of dividends and amounts upon the Company’s liquidation, the Preferred Stock will rank equally with all of the Company’s Parity Stock (as such term is defined in the Amendment) and senior to the Company’s common shares. Upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to receive out of the Company’s assets that are legally available for distribution to shareholders of the Company, before any distribution is made to holders of our common shares or other equity securities ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, a liquidation distribution in the amount of $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Distribution will be made only to the extent the Company’s assets that are available after satisfaction of all liabilities to creditors and subject to the rights of holders of any securities of the Company ranking senior to the Preferred Stock and pro rata as to any other shares of the Company’s capital stock ranking equally as to such distribution, if any.
On December 15, 2027 (the first reset date), or any dividend payment date thereafter, the Preferred Stock may be redeemed at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share (as such term is defined below)) plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends.
The Company may also redeem the Preferred Stock at its option in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days after the occurrence of a “regulatory capital treatment event,” defined in the Amendment, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share) plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Neither the holders of Preferred Stock nor holders of Depositary Shares will have the right to require the redemption or repurchase of the Preferred Stock and should have no expectation that the Company will redeem the Preferred Stock.
The foregoing is a summary and is not complete. The full terms of the Preferred Stock are set forth in the Amendment, filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The terms of the depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of the Preferred Stock (the “Depositary Shares”), are set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated August 24, 2022, by and among the Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (the “Deposit Agreement”). A copy of the Deposit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On August 22, 2022, the Company filed the Amendment in order to amend its Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, for the purpose of establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of its Preferred Stock. A copy of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, the information included or incorporated by reference in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On August 24, 2022, the Company closed the sale of 24,000,000 Depositary Shares, which were registered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-239044) which was automatically effective on June 9, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”). The following documents are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement: (i) Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2022, between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters identified in Schedule II thereto; (ii) Certificate of Amendment of the
Company filed August 22, 2022; (iii) form of certificate representing Preferred Stock; (iv) Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2022, between the Company and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein; (v) form of Depositary Receipt; and (vi) validity opinion with respect to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
SIGNATURE
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.
| KEYCORP | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Carrie A. Benedict | |
| Name: | Carrie A. Benedict | |
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |
Date: August 24, 2022
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
24,000,000 Depositary Shares
KeyCorp
Each Representing 1/40th Ownership Interest
in a Share of 6.200% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H
Underwriting Agreement
August 17, 2022
BofA Securities, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue or cause to be issued and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 24,000,000 Depositary Shares (the “Shares”), each representing 1/40th ownership interest in a share of the Company’s 6.200% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H, $1.00 par value per share, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The Preferred Stock, when issued, will be deposited against delivery of depositary receipts (the “Depositary Receipts”), which will evidence the Shares that are to be issued by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc. jointly (the “Depositary”), under a deposit agreement, to be dated as of August 24, 2022 (the “Deposit Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Depositary. For purposes of this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”), “Depositary Shares” means the depositary shares, each representing 1/40th ownership interest in a share of the Preferred Stock.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company (on behalf of itself and each of its subsidiaries) represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-239044) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, any request on the part of the Commission for additional information with respect to such registration statement has been complied with, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. The base prospectus filed as part of
such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the final term sheet in a form approved by the Representatives and specified in Annex I hereto (the “Final Term Sheet”), prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), taken together are hereinafter collectively called the “Disclosure Package”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 2:10 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. The Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, comply, or will comply, as the case may be, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including but not limited to those relating to eXtensible Business Reporting Language), and none of such documents, when read together with the other information in the Disclosure Package, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(e) (i) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, and as of the applicable filing date and as of the Time of Delivery (as defined below) as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that clause (ii) of this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(f) (i) (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, in Rule 163(c) under the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act and (D) at the Applicable Time, the Company was or is, as the case may be, a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (ii) (A) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and (B) at the Applicable Time, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, without taking into account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an “ineligible issuer.” The Company agrees to pay any fees required by the Commission relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b) under the Securities Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act.
(g) The financial statements and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as at the dates indicated, and the respective results of operations for the periods specified, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(h) (i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, considering all such cases in the aggregate, does not involve a material risk to the business, properties, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) KeyBank National Association, its national bank subsidiary, is duly organized and in good standing and is a validly existing national banking association under the laws of the United States, continues to hold a valid certificate to do business as such and has full power and authority to conduct its business as such; each of its other “significant subsidiaries”, as defined in Regulation S-X, is duly organized and in good standing and is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with corporate power and authority under such laws to conduct its business; and (iii) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, with respect to any subsidiary that is a national bank, as provided by Section 55 of Title 12 of the United States Code).
(i) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and when validly executed and delivered by the Company will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and the Shares are entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement; and such Deposit Agreement will conform to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) The Preferred Stock to be issued by the Company underlying the Shares to be sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder and the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when the Preferred Stock is issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement, it will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; all corporate action required to be taken for the authorization and issue of the Preferred Stock underlying the Shares and sale of the Shares has been validly and sufficiently taken, and upon deposit of the Preferred Stock underlying the Shares with the Depositary pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and the due execution by the Depositary of the Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Receipts, in accordance with the Deposit Agreement, the Shares will be duly and validly issued and will represent legal and valid interests in the Preferred Stock and the persons in whose name the Shares are registered will be entitled to the rights specified in the Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Receipts; and the Preferred Stock and Shares will conform to the descriptions of the Preferred Stock and Shares, respectively, contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Neither the Preferred Stock nor the Shares shall be subject to preemptive or other similar rights.
(k) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and all outstanding shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights. Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire from the Company, or instruments convertible or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options, except as may have been granted by the Company pursuant to employee awards and employee benefit plans in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice. The capital stock of the Company conforms to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) The Company has all corporate power and authority necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the Deposit Agreement; this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement do not require any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency, that has not been obtained or as may be required under state blue sky laws; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement by the Company, the compliance with the provisions hereof and under the Deposit Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and under the Deposit Agreement (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (iii) will not result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (in any such case, a “Material Adverse Effect”), and (iv) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court order or decree. No consent, approval, authorization, order or decree of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, except such as may be required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all of which have been obtained, or such as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(m) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) The Certificate of Amendment for the Preferred Stock has been duly authorized and executed by the Company. The form of certificate representing the Preferred Stock complies with the requirements of law of the State of Ohio, the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and its Third Amended and Restated Regulations, as amended.
(o) The statements set forth in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus under the captions “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description of Series H Preferred Stock” and “Description of Depositary Shares,” are accurate, complete and fair summaries of the matters referred to therein in all material respects.
(p) To the knowledge of the Company and except as set forth in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there is no threatened action, suit or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus.
(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) Immediately after any sale of Shares by the Company hereunder, the aggregate amount of Shares which shall have been issued and sold by the Company hereunder and of any securities of the Company (other than the Shares) that shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement will not exceed the amount of securities registered under the Registration Statement.
(t) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of, or other person “associated with” (within the meaning of the Bribery Act (as defined below)), the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”) (including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money or other property, or a gift, promise to give or authorization of the giving of anything of value, to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA) or the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Bribery Act”); and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(u) To the best knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are currently in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(v) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently (or at the time of the application of such proceeds) subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(w) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.
(x) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), and such controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information relating to the Company, including its subsidiaries, is made known to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Company; and the Company has utilized such controls and procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(y) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and, to the best of its knowledge, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.
(z) To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries are each in compliance with all laws administered by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and any other federal or state bank regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such failures to be in compliance as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) To the knowledge of the Company and except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material security breach or other material compromise of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information assets, data, technology, computer systems or networks (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”); and the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any material security breach or other material compromise to their IT Systems and Data.
2. Sale, Purchase and Delivery of the Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the number of Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule II hereto at a purchase price of (i) $24.2125 per Share in the case of Shares sold to retail investors and (ii) $24.75 per Share in the case of Shares sold to institutional investors.
3. The Offering. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Settlement.
(a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least 24 hours’ prior notice to the Company shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives at least 24 hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least 24 hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on August 24, 2022 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Shares is herein called the “Time of Delivery.”
(b) The documents to be delivered at any Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(i) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, 787 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, at the Time of Delivery. At the request of any party hereto, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Time of Delivery, the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available in electronic format for review by the parties hereto.
5. Covenants of the Company. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, including but not limited to the Final Term Sheet; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Shares by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement).
(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Securities Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof.
(c) To endeavor, in cooperation with the Representatives, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states of the United States and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, and to maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Shares have been qualified as above provided.
(d) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in The City of New York in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon the Representatives’ request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the Representatives’ request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as the Representatives may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
(e) To make generally available to its security holders (as defined in Rule 158 under the Securities Act), as soon as practicable, but not later than forty-five (45) days after the close of
each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, earnings statements (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve (12) month period beginning not later than the first day of the fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement, provided that the Company may make such earnings statements generally available by filing quarterly and annual reports with the Commission as may be required by the Exchange Act.
(f) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Disclosure Package under the caption “Use of Proceeds”.
(g) During a period of 30 days from the date of the Prospectus, to not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any preferred securities issued or guaranteed by the Company, any securities that are substantially similar to the Preferred Stock or the Depositary Shares, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or substantially similar securities, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any of the foregoing, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares to be sold hereunder.
(h) To use its best efforts to list the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) within the 30 day period after the initial delivery of the Shares and to maintain such listing.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the other Underwriters, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to any issue of Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Regulations, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433;
(a) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping; and
(b) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives for use therein.
7. Costs and Expenses. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that the Company will, whether or not any sale of the Shares is consummated, pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all costs and expenses: (i) incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Shares; (ii) incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus (including in each case all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto); (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants and of the Transfer Agent and the Depositary and their respective counsel; (iv) incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate (including fees of counsel for the Underwriters (or such Underwriter) and their disbursements); (v) in connection with the listing of the Shares on any stock exchange; (vi) related to any filing, if any, with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (including up to $5,000 of fees of counsel for the Underwriters and their disbursements); (vii) in connection with the printing (including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement the Deposit Agreement, the Disclosure Package, any blue sky memoranda and any legal investment survey and the furnishing to the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided; (viii) payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Shares; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 7, and Section 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433.
(b) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(c) The General Counsel, any Deputy General Counsel to the Company and/or Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters such written opinion or opinions and a “10b-5 negative assurance letter,” each dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(d) On the date hereof, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and at the Time of
Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) At any time prior to the Time of Delivery, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) since the Applicable Time or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package, in the judgment of the Representatives, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, any declaration of war or other national or international calamity or crisis, any major act of terrorism against the United States, the effect of which shall be such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, (iii) trading in any securities of the Company shall have been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange or in any over-the-counter market, or trading generally on either the NASDAQ Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, by either of said exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, (iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either federal, New York or Ohio authorities, or (v) there is a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (vi) the rating assigned by any nationally recognized securities rating agency to any securities of the Company as of the Applicable Time shall have been lowered since that date or if any such rating agency shall have publicly announced that it has placed under surveillance or review, other than with positive implications, its rating of securities of the Company, or (vii) there shall exist any facts that would cause the Disclosure Package or any amendments thereto or supplements thereof, at the time it was required to be delivered to a purchaser of Shares, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time of such delivery, not misleading.
(f) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(d) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.
(g) The Certificate of Amendment for the Preferred Stock shall have been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio and the Representatives shall have received, prior to the Time of Delivery, satisfactory evidence of the filing of the Certificate of Amendment for the Preferred Stock.
(h) At the Time of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the General Counsel, any Vice President or any Assistant Secretary, and by Treasurer or the principal financial or accounting officer, dated as of the Time of Delivery, to the effect that (i) since the last date for which summary financial information is set forth in the Disclosure Package, there has been no Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Time of Delivery, (iii) the Company has performed or complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Time of Delivery, and (iv) the conditions specified in Section 5(a) hereof have been satisfied.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as such Representatives may reasonably request. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives. The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such person or entity may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement when such part became effective, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such person or entity for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any such person or entity through the Representatives specifically for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such person or entity may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement when such part became effective, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse such person or entity for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such person or entity in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that, if the defendants in any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and representations of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties (and the reasonable fees and expenses of one such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying party). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares to which such losses, claims, damages or liabilities relate or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering of the Shares to which such losses, claims, damages or liabilities relate (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation or profit (before deducting expenses) received or realized by the Underwriters from the purchase and resale, or underwriting, of such Shares. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the commissions at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public to which such losses, claims, damages or liabilities relate were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability that the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company (including any person who, with his consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), to each officer of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.
10. Default.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at the Time of Delivery, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for the Representatives or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within 36 hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at the Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds
one eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for its default.
11. Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
12. Liabilities Upon Termination. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out of pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. Notices. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the Representatives at the addresses specified in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attention: Secretary and General Counsel (Telephone Number: 216-689-6300; Facsimile Number: 216-689-4121) with a copy to: the Deputy General Counsel (Facsimile Number: 216-689-4121. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
14. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
15. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters and the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company or any Underwriter and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
16. Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
17. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are arm’s-length commercial transactions among the Company and the several Underwriters, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each of the Underwriters is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) none of the Underwriters has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from the Company and (v) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
18. Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
20. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method including portable document format (.pdf) and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
22. Disclosures. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters’ imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
23. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
24. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) For the purposes of this Section 24: “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b), (ii) “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by the Representatives, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that the acceptance of this letter by the Representatives on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
[Signature Pages Follow]
| Very truly yours, | ||
| KEYCORP | ||
| By: | /s/ Jay M. Luzar | |
| Name: | Jay M. Luzar | |
| Title: | Treasurer | |
| Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
| BOFA SECURITIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Anthony Aceto | |
| Name: | Anthony Aceto | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
| Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner | |
| Name: | Stephen L. Sheiner | |
| Title: | Executive Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
| Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Hector Vazquez | |
| Name: | Hector Vazquez | |
| Title: | Executive Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
| Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Carolyn Hurley | |
| Name: | Carolyn Hurley | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
Accepted as of the date hereof:
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Adam D. Bordner | |
| Name: | Adam D. Bordner | |
| Title: | Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
Accepted as of the date hereof:
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Ali Malik | |
| Name: | Ali Malik | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
Accepted as of the date hereof:
| KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Eric Peiffer | |
| Name: | Eric Peiffer | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
| RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Scott G. Primrose | |
| Name: | Scott G. Primrose | |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
Each for itself and the other several Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.
SCHEDULE I
(a) Representatives
BofA Securities, Inc.
1540 Broadway
NY8-540-26-02
New York, New York 10036-4039
Facsimile: 212-901-7881
Attention: Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Tel: 212-834-4533
Fax: 212-834-6081
Attn: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Attn: Debt Syndicate
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
550 South Tyron Street, 5th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Transaction Management
Facsimile: 704-410-0326
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 646-291-1469
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Attention: Registration Department
Facsimile: 212-902-9316
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Attention: Debt Syndicate
Facsimile: 216-689-0976
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
200 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention: DCM Transaction Management
Facsimile: 212-428-6308
SCHEDULE II
| Underwriters | Total Number of Shares to be Purchased |
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| BofA Securities, Inc. |
4,800,000 | |||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
4,800,000 | |||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
4,800,000 | |||
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
4,800,000 | |||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,200,000 | |||
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
1,200,000 | |||
| KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
1,200,000 | |||
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
1,200,000 | |||
| Total |
24,000,000 | |||
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ANNEX 1
Term Sheet
Dated August 17, 2022
KeyCorp
24,000,000 Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.200% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H
| Issuer: | KeyCorp (Ticker: KEY) | |
| Security: | Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.200% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H (the “Series H Preferred Stock”) | |
| Size: | $600,000,000 (24,000,000 depositary shares) | |
| Maturity: | Perpetual | |
| Expected Ratings*: | Baa3/BB+/BB+ (Stable/Stable/Stable) (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Liquidation Preference: | $1,000 per share of preferred stock (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share) | |
| First Reset Date: | December 15, 2027. | |
| Reset Date: | The First Reset Date and each date falling on the fifth anniversary of the preceding Reset Date. | |
| Reset Period: | The period from, and including, the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from, and including, each Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date. | |
| Dividend Rate (Non-Cumulative): | From and including the date of issuance to, but excluding, the First Reset Date or the date of earlier redemption, 6.200% and from and including the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period, the five-year U.S. treasury rate as of the most recent reset dividend determination date (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 17, 2022) plus 3.132%. | |
| Dividend Payment Dates: | 15th day of each of March, June, September and December, commencing on December 15, 2022, in each case when, as and if declared by the Issuer’s board of directors or any duly authorized committee of the Issuer’s board of directors. | |
| Record Date: | The 15th calendar day before the related dividend payment date (provided, however, if any such date is not a business day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a business day) or such other date as determined by the Issuer’s board of directors or any duly authorized committee of the board of directors. | |
| Optional Redemption: | On the First Reset Date or any dividend payment date thereafter, the Series H Preferred Stock may be redeemed, at the Issuer’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share) plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Series H Preferred Stock may be redeemed at the Issuer’s option in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days after the occurrence of a “regulatory capital treatment event,” as described in the prospectus supplement, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share) plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Neither the holders of Series H Preferred Stock nor holders of depositary shares will have the right to require the redemption or repurchase of the Series H Preferred Stock. The Issuer’s redemption of the Series H Preferred Stock will cause the redemption of the corresponding depositary shares.
Under the Federal Reserve’s current risk-based capital guidelines applicable to bank holding companies, any redemption of the Series H Preferred Stock is subject to prior approval of the Federal Reserve, and the Issuer must either replace the shares to be redeemed with an equal amount of instruments that qualify as common equity Tier 1 capital or additional Tier 1 capital, or demonstrate to the Federal Reserve that following such redemption the Issuer will continue to hold capital commensurate with its risk. | |
| Trade Date: | August 17, 2022 | |
| Settlement Date: | August 24, 2022 (T+5) | |
| Public Offering Price: | $25.00 per depositary share | |
| Underwriting Discount: | $8,678,446.89 (Reflects a discount of $0.25 per depositary share on 19,016,843 depositary shares sold to institutional investors, and a discount of $0.7875 per depositary share on 4,983,157 depositary shares sold to retail investors.) | |
| Net Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer: | $591,321,553.11 | |
| Use of Proceeds: | General corporate purposes | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | BofA Securities, Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. RBC Capital Markets, LLC | |
| Depositary: | Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc., jointly. | |
| Listing: | Application will be made to list the depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “KEY PrL.” If the application is approved, trading of the depositary shares is expected to commence on the NYSE within a 30-day period after the original issuance date of the depositary shares. | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 493267843 / US4932678430 | |
| * | A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. |
The depositary shares are equity securities and not bank deposits, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
Pursuant to rule 15c6-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, U.S. purchasers are generally required to settle trades in the secondary market in two business days, unless they and the other parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, if you wish to trade in the depositary shares on the date of pricing or the next two succeeding business days, because the depositary shares will initially settle in T+5, you will be required to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of your trade to prevent a failed settlement.
This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us. The issuer has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Securities Inc. at 1-800-294-1322, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751.
Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.
Exhibit 4.1
Form 540 Prescribed by:
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Certificate of Amendment
(For-Profit, Domestic Corporation)
Filing Fee: $50
Form Must Be Typed
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☒ Amendment to existing Articles of Incorporation (125-AMDS) | ||||
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☐ Amended and Restated Articles (122-AMAP) - The following articles supersede the existing articles and all amendments thereto. | ||||
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| Name of Corporation |
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☐ The articles are hereby amended by the Incorporators. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70 (A), incorporators may adopt an amendment to the articles by a writing signed by them if initial directors are not named in the articles or elected and before subscriptions to shares have been received. |
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☒ The articles are hereby amended by the Directors. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(A), directors may adopt amendments if initial directors were named in articles or elected, but subscriptions to shares have not been received. Also, Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(B) sets forth additional cases in which directors may adopt an amendment to the articles. |
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| The resolution was adopted pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(B) (In this space insert the number 1 through 10 to provide basis for adoption.) |
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☐ The articles are hereby amended by the Shareholders pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.71. |
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| Form 540 | Page 1 of 2 | Last Revised: 06/2019 |
| A copy of the resolution of amendment is attached to this document. |
| Note: If amended articles were adopted, they must set forth all provisions required in original articles except that articles amended by directors or shareholders need not contain any statement with respect to initial stated capital. See Ohio Revised Code section 1701.04 for required provisions. |
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ATTACHMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF KEYCORP
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the pricing subcommittee (the “Subcommittee”) of the Risk Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of KeyCorp (the “Corporation”), pursuant to authority conferred upon the Subcommittee by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted by unanimous written consent on July 6, 2022, and resolutions of the Committee adopted at a meeting held on August 17, 2022, and in accordance with Section 1701.70(B)(1) of the Ohio Revised Code and Article IV of the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles”), the Subcommittee hereby establishes the terms of the Corporation’s Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H, $1.00 par value per share, and fixes and determines the authorized number of shares of the series and the dividend rate of the shares of the series, with such designations, and certain other preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof as previously established by the Committee, with the Articles hereby amended to add such terms as Part L of Article IV of the Articles as set forth below:
PART L
EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED RATE RESET PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES H
Section 1. Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series shall be “Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H” (“Series H”). Each share of Series H shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series H. Series H will rank (i) equally with Parity Stock, if any, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and (ii) senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 2. Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series H shall be 600,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of all preferred stock minus the total number of authorized shares of other series of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series H then outstanding) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shares of Series H that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance.
Section 3. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series H:
(a) “Articles of Incorporation” means the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Part L of Article IV.
(b) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
(c) “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York or Cleveland, Ohio are permitted or required by any applicable law to close.
(d) “Calculation Agent” means such bank or other entity (which may be the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation) as may be appointed by the Corporation to act as Calculation Agent for the Series H, including any successor calculation agent duly appointed by the Corporation.
(e) “Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.
(f) “Depositary Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.
(g) “Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
(h) “Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
(i) “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, together with its successors and assigns.
(j) “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(k) “First Reset Date” means December 15, 2027.
(l) “Five-Year Treasury Rate” means, as of any Reset Date, the average of the yields on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the five Business Days immediately preceding the Reset Dividend Determination Date for that Reset Period, appearing under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 Daily Update or any successor publication which is published by the Federal Reserve as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) as of any Reset Dividend Determination Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion; provided that if no such calculation can be determined as described above, then:
| • | if the Calculation Agent determines that the treasury rate has not been discontinued, then the Calculation Agent will use for such Reset Period a substitute base rate that it has determined is most comparable to the treasury rate; or |
| • | if the Calculation Agent determines that the treasury rate has been discontinued, then the Calculation Agent will use for such Reset Period and each successive Reset Period a substitute or successor base rate that it has determined is most comparable to the treasury rate; provided that, if the Calculation Agent determines there is an industry-accepted successor base rate to the treasury rate, then the Calculation Agent shall use such successor base rate. |
If the Calculation Agent has determined a substitute or successor base rate in accordance with second bullet point immediately above but no calculation with respect to such substitute or successor base rate can be determined as of any subsequent Reset Dividend Determination Date, then a new substitute or successor base rate shall be determined as set forth in the first or second bullet point immediately above, as applicable, as if the previously-determined substitute or successor base rate was the treasury rate. If the Calculation Agent has determined a substitute or successor base rate, then the Calculation Agent will apply any technical, administrative or operational changes that the Corporation determines (including changes to the definitions of “Dividend Period,” “Reset Period,” “Reset Date” and “Reset Dividend Determination Date,” timing and frequency of determining rates with respect to each Reset Period and making payments of dividends, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) for calculating such substitute or successor base rate in a manner that is consistent with market practice for such substitute or successor base rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor base rate comparable to the treasury rate; provided that, if the Corporation decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Corporation determines that no market practice for use of the substitute or successor base rate exists, the Calculation Agent will apply any such changes for calculating such substitute or successor base rate in such other manner as the Corporation determines is reasonably necessary.
The Five-Year Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Calculation Agent on the Reset Dividend Determination Date. If the Five-Year Treasury Rate for any Dividend Period cannot be determined pursuant to the methods described in the first and second bullet points above, the dividend rate for such Dividend Period shall be the same as the dividend rate determined for the immediately preceding Dividend Period.
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(m) “Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series H has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(n) “Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation, including the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D; Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E; Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F; and Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G, that ranks equally with Series H in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(o) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
(p) “Regulations” means the Third Amended and Restated Regulations of the Corporation, as amended, as may be further amended from time to time.
(q) “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the Corporation’s determination, in good faith, that, as a result of any:
| (i) | amendment to, clarification of or change in (including any announced prospective amendment to, clarification of or change in), the laws or regulations or policies of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series H; |
| (ii) | proposed amendment to or change in those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series H; or |
| (iii) | official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series H, |
there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of Series H then outstanding as “additional tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series H is outstanding.
(r) “Reset Date” means the First Reset Date and each date falling on the fifth anniversary of the preceding Reset Date, which in each case, shall not be adjusted for Business Days.
(s) “Reset Dividend Determination Date” means the third Business Day immediately preceding the Reset Date.
(t) “Reset Period” means the period from, and including, the First Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from, and including, each Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.
(u) “Series H” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.
Section 4. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Dividends on the Series H will not be mandatory. Holders of Series H shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the
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liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share of Series H, quarterly in arrears, on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2022 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). Dividends shall accrue at an annual rate equal to (i) 6.200% per annum on the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share from the original issue date to, but excluding, the First Reset Date and (ii) from, and including, the First Reset Date, during each Reset Period, a rate per annum equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate as of the most recent Reset Date, plus 3.132% on the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share. If the Corporation issues additional shares of the Series H after the original issue date, dividends on such shares may accrue from the original issue or any other date specified by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors at the time such additional shares are issued. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (without interest or other payment in respect of such delay). The period from, and including, any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”; provided, however, that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of the Series H to, but excluding, December 15, 2022. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series H on a Dividend Payment Date shall be the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date (provided, however, that if any such day is not a Business Day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day) or such other date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. On such Dividend Payment Date, dividends shall be paid to the holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date. The amount of dividends payable for any Dividend Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends on the Series H will cease to accrue on the redemption date, if any, with respect to the Series H redeemed, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the redemption price of the Series H called for redemption. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, dividends on the Series H 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, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable regulatory capital rules.
(b) Noncumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series H shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series H on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall not be payable for such Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series H shall have no right to receive, dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series H, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized preferred stock of the Corporation. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not declared.
(c) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Series H remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, or any dividend or distribution of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock under any such plan) and (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (C) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to or during the most recent preceding Dividend Period for which the full dividends for the then most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series H have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; unless, in each case, the full dividends on all outstanding
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shares of Series H for the then most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment in full thereof has been set aside for such payment). When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series H and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series H and any such Parity Stock shall be declared on a proportional basis. For purposes of calculating the proportional allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on the shares of the Series H and (i) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is non-cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock, and (ii) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. No interest will be payable in respect of any declared but unpaid dividend payment on shares of Series H that is paid after the relevant Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on the Series H on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice (which may be in the form of a press release or other public announcement) to the holders of the Series H prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock and any Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the holders of shares of Series H shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.
Section 5. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series H shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation may be made to the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to the Series H upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. The holders of Series H shall not be entitled to any other amounts in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.
(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of Series H and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series H, the amounts paid to the holders of Series H and to the holders of all such other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends on the Series H and all such Parity Stock.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of Series H and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series H, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other entity into or with the Corporation in which the holders of Series H receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Series H, constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
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Section 6. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series H at the time outstanding, on the Dividend Payment Date on December 15, 2027, or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter, upon notice given as provided in Section 6(b) below. The redemption price for shares of Series H shall be $1,000.00 per share plus dividends that have been declared but not paid, without regard to, or payment of, any undeclared dividends (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may provide notice of its intent to redeem, as provided in Section 6(b) below, and subsequently redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series H at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price applicable on such date of redemption.
(b) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series H shall be either (1) mailed 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 or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depositary Company, in its reasonable discretion, to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed. Such mailing or transmittal shall not be less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series H is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC. Any notice provided pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to provide such notice, or any defect in such notice or in the provision thereof, to any holder of shares of Series H designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series H. Each notice shall state (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series H 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 (or the method of determining such number); (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing such shares of Series H are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividend rights on the shares to be redeemed will cease on the redemption date.
(c) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series H at the time outstanding, the shares of Series H to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series H in proportion to the number of Series H held by such holders or by lot, provided that if the Series H is held in book-entry form through DTC, such shares may be selected in any manner required by DTC. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series H shall be redeemed from time to time.
(d) 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 set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (the “Depositary Company”) for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividend rights with respect to such shares will cease on the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the trust fund set aside by the Corporation or from the bank or trust company where the funds have been deposited at any time after the redemption date from such funds, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.
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Section 7. Voting Rights. The holders of Series H shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.
Section 8. Conversion. The holders of Series H shall not have any rights to convert such Series H into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.
Section 9. Rank. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Regulations to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote of the holders of the Series H, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 2(e)(i) of Part A of Article IV, any class of securities ranking senior to the Series H as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 10. Repurchase. The Corporation may purchase Series H from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, subject to any required prior Federal Reserve approval; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent or the funds are otherwise not legally available therefor under applicable law.
Section 11. No Sinking Fund. The Series H will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series H will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series H.
Section 12. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and any transfer agent for the Series H may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series H 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 13. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series H 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 the Articles of Incorporation or Regulations or by applicable law.
Section 14. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series H 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 15. Other Rights. The shares of Series H shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.
Section 16. Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series H without certificates.
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Exhibit 4.2
PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES H THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY THE SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. UNLESS THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPUTERSHARE INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., JOINTLY, AS DEPOSITARY (THE “DEPOSITARY”) TO KEYCORP OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, COMPUTERSHARE INC. AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., JOINTLY, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. KEYCORP INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO THIS CERTIFIES THAT ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample Computershare Inc & Computershare Trust Company NA Jointly as Depositary CUSIP: 493267835 IS THE OWNER OF ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander 600,000 SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT NOTICE ON TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF FIXED RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES H, $1.00 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, of KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued under and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as now or hereafter amended or supplemented (a copy of which Articles of Incorporation are on file with the Transfer Agent), to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President Associate General Counsel DATED August 24, 2022 COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, By SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE 14969
IMPORTANT NOTICE The Corporation will furnish, without charge, within 5 days after receipt of written request therefor, to each registered holder of securities represented by this Certificate who so requests, a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, setting forth the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request should be addressed to the Corporation or its Transfer Agent and Registrar. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT- Custodian (CUST) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (STATE) UNIF TRF MIN ACT Custodian (until age. . . ). . . (CUST) (MINOR) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. . . . . . . . . . (STATE) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) Shares represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: 20 Signature: Signature: Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
Exhibit 4.3
Execution Version
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
between
KEYCORP
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
and
COMPUTERSHARE INC.,
jointly as Depositary
and
THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN
Dated as of August 24, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINED TERMS |
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| Section 1.1. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| ARTICLE II |
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| FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND |
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| DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS |
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| Section 2.1. |
Form and Transfer of Receipts | 3 | ||||
| Section 2.2. |
Deposit of Series H Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof | 5 | ||||
| Section 2.3. |
Registration of Transfer of Receipts | 6 | ||||
| Section 2.4. |
Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock | 6 | ||||
| Section 2.5. |
Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts | 7 | ||||
| Section 2.6. |
Lost Receipts, etc | 7 | ||||
| Section 2.7. |
Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts | 8 | ||||
| Section 2.8. |
Redemption of Series H Preferred Stock | 8 | ||||
| Section 2.9. |
Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form | 9 | ||||
| Section 2.10. |
Bank Accounts | 11 | ||||
| ARTICLE III |
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| CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF |
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| HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION |
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| Section 3.1. |
Filing Proofs, Certificate of Amendments and Other Information | 11 | ||||
| Section 3.2. |
Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges | 11 | ||||
| Section 3.3. |
Warranty as to Series H Preferred Stock | 12 | ||||
| Section 3.4. |
Warranty as to Receipts | 12 | ||||
| Section 3.5. |
Corporate Existence and Authority of the Depositary | 12 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV |
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| THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES |
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| Section 4.1. |
Cash Distributions | 13 | ||||
| Section 4.2. |
Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges | 13 | ||||
| Section 4.3. |
Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges | 14 | ||||
| Section 4.4. |
Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts | 15 | ||||
| Section 4.5. |
Voting Rights | 15 | ||||
| Section 4.6. |
Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc | 16 | ||||
| Section 4.7. |
Delivery of Reports | 16 | ||||
| Section 4.8. |
Lists of Receipt Holders | 16 | ||||
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| ARTICLE V |
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| THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S |
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| AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION |
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| Section 5.1. |
Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar |
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| Section 5.2. |
Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation | 18 | ||||
| Section 5.3. |
Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation |
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| Section 5.4. |
Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary |
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| Section 5.5. |
Corporate Notices and Reports |
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| Section 5.6. |
Indemnification |
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| Section 5.7. |
Fees, Charges and Expenses |
22 | ||||
| Section 5.8. |
Tax Compliance |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION |
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| Section 6.1. |
Amendment |
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| Section 6.2. |
Termination |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| Section 7.1. |
Counterparts |
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| Section 7.2. |
Exclusive Benefit of Parties |
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| Section 7.3. |
Invalidity of Provisions |
24 | ||||
| Section 7.4. |
Notices |
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| Section 7.5. |
Depositary’s Agents |
25 | ||||
| Section 7.6. |
Appointment of Registrar, Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of the Series H Preferred Stock | 26 | ||||
| Section 7.7. |
Governing Law |
26 | ||||
| Section 7.8. |
Inspection of Deposit Agreement |
26 | ||||
| Section 7.9. |
Headings |
26 | ||||
| Section 7.10. |
Confidentiality |
26 | ||||
| Section 7.11. |
Holders of Receipts Are Parties |
26 | ||||
| Section 7.12. |
Force Majeure |
27 | ||||
| Exhibit A Form of Receipt |
A-1 | |||||
| Exhibit B Form of Officer’s Certificate |
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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 24, 2022, between (i) KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), on the one hand, and (ii) COMPUTERSHARE INC., a Delaware Corporation (“Computershare”), and its affiliate, COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a federally chartered trust company and national banking association (the “Trust Company”), jointly as Depositary (as hereinafter defined), on the other hand, and (iii) the holders from time to time of the Receipts (as herein after defined) described herein.
WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to appoint Trust Company and Computershare jointly as Depositary, and Computershare as processor of all payments received or made by the Corporation under the Deposit Agreement;
WHEREAS, Trust Company and Computershare desire to accept such respective appointments and perform the services related to such appointments;
WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Series H Preferred Stock of the Corporation from time to time with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock so deposited; and
WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1. Definitions.
The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement:
“Certificate of Amendment” shall mean the relevant Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio establishing the Series H Preferred Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation.
“Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Depositary” shall mean Computershare and the Trust Company, acting jointly, and any successor as Depositary hereunder.
“Depositary Shares” shall mean the depositary shares, each representing 1/40th of one share of the Series H Preferred Stock, evidenced by a Receipt.
“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.5.
“Depositary’s Office” shall mean the principal office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at 150 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021.
“DTC” shall mean the Depository Trust Company.
“Exchange Event” shall mean with respect to any Global Registered Receipt:
(1) (A) the Global Receipt Depository which is the Holder of such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts notifies the Corporation that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations or that it is no longer eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (B) the Corporation has not appointed a qualified successor Global Receipt Depository within 90 calendar days after the Corporation received such notice, or
(2) the Corporation in its sole discretion notifies the Depositary in writing that the Receipts or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts shall no longer be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts.
“Global Receipt Depository” shall mean, with respect to any Receipt issued hereunder, DTC or such other entity designated as Global Receipt Depository by the Corporation in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, which entity must be, to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Global Registered Receipt” means a global registered Receipt registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.
“Indemnified Party” means a party seeking indemnification under this Deposit Agreement.
“Indemnifying Party” means a party receiving notification of a claim from an Indemnified Party.
“Letter of Representations” means any applicable agreement among the Corporation, the Depositary and a Global Receipt Depository with respect to such Global Receipt Depository’s rights and obligations with respect to any Global Registered Receipts, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor agreement thereto.
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“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, which is signed by an officer of the Corporation and which shall include the terms and conditions of the Series H Preferred Stock to be issued by the Corporation and deposited with the Depositary from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Receipt” shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, whether in definitive or temporary form, and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock held of record by the Record Holder of such Depositary Shares.
“Record Holder” or “Holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.
“Registrar” shall mean the Trust Company or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided and if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed, references herein to “the books” of or maintained by the Depository shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such Registrar for such purpose.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series H Preferred Stock” shall mean the shares of the Corporation’s Series H Fixed Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, designated in the Certificate of Amendment.
“Underwriting Agreement” shall mean that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2022, between the BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto.
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.1. Form and Transfer of Receipts.
The definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided and shall be engraved or otherwise prepared so as to comply with applicable rules of any securities exchange on which the Depositary Shares are then listed. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the order of the Corporation or any holder of Series H Preferred Stock, delivered in compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
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otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Corporation and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at an office described in the third paragraph of Section 2.2, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts registered in the name (and only in the name) of the holder of the temporary receipt; provided, that, the Depositary has been provided with all necessary information that it may request in order to execute and deliver such definitive Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Corporation’s expense and without any charge to the Holder therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Deposit Agreement as definitive Receipts.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually or by facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Trust Company, or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Trust Company) shall have been appointed, by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.
Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement all as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Corporation or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.
Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.3, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
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Section 2.2. Deposit of Series H Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation may from time to time deposit shares of Series H Preferred Stock under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of such shares of Series H Preferred Stock, including via electronic book-entry, for such Series H Preferred Stock to be deposited (or in such other manner as may be agreed to by the Corporation and the Depositary), properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and an executed Officer’s Certificate attaching the Certificate of Amendment and all other information required to be set forth therein, and together with a written order of the Corporation directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Series H Preferred Stock.
The Series H Preferred Stock that is deposited shall be held by the Depositary in an account to be established by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places in the United States as the Depositary shall determine. As registrar and transfer agent for the deposited Series H Preferred Stock, Trust Company will reflect changes in the number of shares of deposited Series H Preferred Stock held by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method. The Depositary shall not lend any Series H Preferred Stock deposited hereunder.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of shares of Series H Preferred Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the Series H Preferred Stock on the books of the Corporation (or its duly appointed transfer agent) in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver to or upon the written request of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series H Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.
The Corporation shall cause to be provided an opinion of counsel prior to the date hereof to set up reserve of Depositary Shares and related to the Series H Preferred Stock. The opinion shall state that: (1) the Depositary Shares and the Series H Preferred Stock have been registered under the Securities Act; and (2) when the Series H Preferred Stock is issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
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The Depositary shall not be required to transfer or exchange for another Receipt any Receipt called or being called for redemption in whole or in part except as provided in Section 2.8.
Section 2.3. Registration of Transfer of Receipts.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.
Section 2.4. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock.
Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered, and shall deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Holder of the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
Any Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may (unless the related Depositary Shares have previously been called for redemption) withdraw the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such Holder, or to the person or persons designated by such Holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Series H Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the Holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock, Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.3 upon his order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares.
In no event will fractional shares of Series H Preferred Stock (or any cash payment in lieu thereof) be delivered by the Depositary. Delivery of the Series H Preferred Stock and money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate in its reasonable judgment.
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If the Series H Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of such Series H Preferred Stock, such Holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such Holder for withdrawal of such shares of Series H Preferred Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.
Delivery of the Series H Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the Holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the Holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such Holder.
Section 2.5. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts.
As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Corporation shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the Holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.7, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (which evidence will include a signature guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution participating in a signature guarantee program approved by the Securities Transfer Association), and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Corporation may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and/or applicable law.
The deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Series H Preferred Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Corporation is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.
Section 2.6. Lost Receipts, etc.
In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or
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stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof , (ii) the Holder thereof furnishing of the Depositary with an affidavit and an open penalty surety bond reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary and (iii) the payment of any reasonable expense (including reasonable fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary). Applicants for substitute receipts shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Depositary may prescribe and as required by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York.
Section 2.7. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts.
All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled.
Section 2.8. Redemption of Series H Preferred Stock.
Whenever the Corporation shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Series H Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Amendment, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Series H Preferred Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Corporation stating that such redemption of Series H Preferred Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Amendment. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Corporation shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to Computershare the Redemption Price (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Amendment) of the Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Amendment, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Series H Preferred Stock. Notice of the Corporation’s redemption of Series H Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series H Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be (1) mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the respective last addresses as they appear on the records of the Depositary and subject to Section 2.9 below, or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depositary, in its reasonable discretion subject to Section 2.9 below, in either case not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Series H Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed; but neither failure to mail or transmit any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders. Each such notice shall be prepared by the Corporation and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such Holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such Holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv)
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the place or places where Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividend rights on the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine to be fair and equitable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Depositary shall give or cause to be given the notice of redemption, as described in the foregoing paragraph, to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be redeemed.
Notice having been mailed or transmitted by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Series H Preferred Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) dividend rights on the shares of Series H Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the Redemption Price, as such term is defined in the Articles of Amendment) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to 1/40th of the Redemption Price (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Amendment) per share of Series H Preferred Stock so redeemed plus all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have been declared on the shares of Series H Preferred Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid, in all cases without interest on such amounts. Any funds deposited by the Corporation with the Depositary for any Depositary Shares that the Holders thereof fail to redeem will be returned to the Corporation after a period of three years from the date such funds are so deposited.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the Holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
Section 2.9. Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form.
If the Corporation shall determine in a writing delivered to the Depositary that the Receipts are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts, then the Depositary shall, in accordance with the other provisions of this Deposit Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered Receipts evidencing the Receipts of such series, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference amount of, the Receipts to be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts, and (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its nominee.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise provided in the Global Registered Receipt, a Global Registered Receipt may only be transferred in whole and only by the applicable Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt to a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository to such Global Receipt Depository or another nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by such Global Receipt Depository or any such nominee to a successor Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt selected or approved by the Corporation or to a nominee of such successor Global Receipt Depository. Except as provided below, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Receipts represented by such Global Registered Receipt. Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or indirect participant of a Global Receipt Depository shall have any rights under this Deposit Agreement with respect to any Global Registered Receipt held on their behalf by a Global Receipt Depository and such Global Receipt Depository may be treated by the Corporation, the Depositary and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or the Depositary as the holder of such Global Registered Receipt for all purposes whatsoever. Unless and until definitive Receipts are delivered to the owners of the beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt, (1) the applicable Global Receipt Depository will make book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit all payments and distributions in respect of the Global Registered Receipts to such participants, in each case, in accordance with its applicable procedures and arrangements, and (2) whenever any notice, payment or other communication to the holders of Global Registered Receipts is required under this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation and the Depositary shall give all such notices, payments and communications specified herein to be given to such holders to the applicable Global Receipt Depository.
If an Exchange Event has occurred with respect to any Global Registered Receipt, then, in any such event, the Depositary shall, upon receipt of a written order from the Corporation for the execution and delivery of individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt, execute and deliver, individual definitive registered Receipts, in authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Registered Receipt in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt.
Definitive registered Receipts issued in exchange for a Global Registered Receipt pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt, pursuant to instructions from its participants, shall instruct the Depositary in writing. The Depositary shall deliver such Receipts to the persons in whose names such Receipts are so registered.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deposit Agreement, should the Corporation determine that the Receipts should be issued as a Global Registered Receipt, the parties hereto shall comply with the terms of any Letter of Representations.
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Section 2.10. Bank Accounts.
All funds received by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of Services (the “Funds”) shall be held by Computershare as agent for the Corporation and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for the Corporation. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively, (iii) money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (iv) demand deposit accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers’ acceptances, of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). The Corporation shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by Computershare in accordance with this paragraph, except for any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Corporation, any holder or any other party.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF
HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION
Section 3.1. Filing Proofs, Certificate of Amendments and Other Information.
Any Holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Corporation may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares and evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
Section 3.2. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges.
Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to Computershare of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Series H Preferred Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be
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withheld or any part of or all the Series H Preferred Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the Holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such Holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the Holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.
Section 3.3. Warranty as to Series H Preferred Stock.
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Series H Preferred Stock, when issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the Certificate of Amendment, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the issuance of the related Receipts.
Section 3.4. Warranty as to Receipts.
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and this Deposit Agreement, will be entitled to the rights hereunder, and the benefits of this Deposit Agreement will represent legal and valid interests in the Series H Preferred Stock. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.
Section 3.5. Corporate Existence and Authority of the Depositary.
The Depositary hereby represents and warrants that each of Computershare and the Trust Company: (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and that the Trust Company is a limited purpose trust company under the laws of the United States; (ii) has full corporate power and authority and possesses all governmental or other franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to enable it to own, lease or otherwise hold its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted; (iii) has been duly qualified as a foreign entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and (iv) the Trust Company is a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus, along with its affiliates, of at least $150,000,000. The Depositary hereby agrees to promptly inform the Corporation in the event that any of the statements in the foregoing sentence cease to be true and complete in all material respects.
This Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositary, enforceable against the Depositary in accordance with its terms and this Deposit Agreement will be maintained as part of their official records, in accordance with law and their records management
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policy. The Depositary hereby agrees to perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement with the diligent care of a professional provider of such services, in a timely manner and in conformance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
ARTICLE IV
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES
Section 4.1. Cash Distributions.
Whenever Computershare shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Series H Preferred Stock, Computershare shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such Holders; provided, however, that in case the Corporation or Computershare shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. Computershare shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by Computershare (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by Computershare for distribution to Record Holders of Receipts then outstanding. Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide Computershare with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed Form W-8 or W-9 or other appropriate forms, as may be applicable. Each Holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may require withholding by Computershare of a portion of any of the distributions to be made hereunder.
Section 4.2. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts held by such Holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the reasonable opinion of the Depositary, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Corporation or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary reasonably deems, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the prior written approval of the Corporation, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, in a commercially reasonable
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manner. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to Record Holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Corporation shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Depositary and the Depositary shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Holders of Receipts unless the Corporation shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities or property have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered in connection with such distributions.
Section 4.3. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
If the Corporation shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names the Series H Preferred Stock is recorded on the books of the Corporation any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Corporation shall direct and the Depositary shall agree, subject to applicable DTC rules, either by the issue to such Record Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Corporation in its discretion with the acknowledgement of the Depositary; provided, however, that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Corporation determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Depositary) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to Holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by Holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Corporation, in its discretion (with acknowledgement of the Depositary, in any case where the Corporation has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash.
The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for Holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the Holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such registration statement shall have become effective, or the Corporation shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to the effect that the offering and sale of such securities to the Holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act.
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If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to Holders of Receipts, the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.
Section 4.4. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts.
Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Corporation shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Corporation with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Series H Preferred Stock) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.
Section 4.5. Voting Rights.
Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Amendment, upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Series H Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail or transmit by such other method approved by the Depositary, in its reasonable discretion, to the Record Holders of Receipts a notice prepared by the Corporation which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the Holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Series H Preferred Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Corporation) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the Holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall use its best efforts to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Corporation hereby agrees to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Series H Preferred Stock or cause such Series H Preferred Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from Holders of Receipts, the Depositary will vote the Series H Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts of such Holders proportionately with votes cast pursuant to instructions received from the other Holders.
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Section 4.6. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.
Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Amendment, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Corporation or to which it is a party, the Corporation may, in its discretion and with the acknowledgement of the Depositary, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Corporation in the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Series H Preferred Stock and in the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the Redemption Price (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Amendment) per share of Series H Preferred Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Series H Preferred Stock. In any such case, the Depositary may, in its discretion and with the written approval of the Corporation, execute and deliver additional Receipts or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, Holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series H Preferred Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Series H Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the Series H Preferred Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Series H Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.
Section 4.7. Delivery of Reports.
The Depositary shall furnish to Holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Corporation which is received by the Depositary and which the Corporation is required to furnish to the holders of the Series H Preferred Stock. In addition, the Depositary will make available for inspection by Receipt Holders at the Depositary’s Office, and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and communications from the Corporation which are received by the Depositary.
Section 4.8. Lists of Receipt Holders.
Reasonably promptly upon request from time to time by the Corporation, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all Registered Holders of Receipts. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive such list four times annually without charge.
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ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S
AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION
Section 5.1. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar.
Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office, facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times during regular business hours shall be made available for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts; provided that any such Holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.
The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it, as determined in its reasonable judgment, in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.
If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Series H Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of the Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon request or with approval of the Corporation. If the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series H Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series H Preferred Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation.
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Section 5.2. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall incur any liability to any Holder of Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Amendment) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Corporation shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation incur liability to any Holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Deposit Agreement.
Section 5.3. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to Holders of Receipts other than for its gross negligence, intentional misconduct, bad faith or fraud.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be under any obligation under this Deposit Agreement to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against all reasonable out-of-pocket expense and liability be furnished as incurred.
Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it under this Deposit Agreement in good faith reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Series H Preferred Stock for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other person reasonably believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and the Corporation may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon or omitting to act upon any written notice, request, direction or other document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
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The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Series H Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is not taken in bad faith.
The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, and any Registrar may own and deal in any class of securities of the Corporation and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as trustee, transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Corporation and its affiliates.
The Depositary shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Series H Preferred Stock nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Depositary shall not be responsible for advancing funds on behalf of the Corporation and shall have no duty or obligation to make any payments if it has not timely received sufficient funds to make timely payments.
In the event the Depositary, in its reasonable judgment, believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Depositary hereunder, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, omitting or suffering to take any action hereunder, the Depositary may, in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Corporation, refrain from taking any action and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Corporation, any Holders of Receipts or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Depositary receives written instructions or a certificate signed by an authorized representative of the Corporation which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depositary or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depositary.
Section 5.4. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary.
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Corporation, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Corporation by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary hereunder and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Corporation shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus,
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including with its affiliates, of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary shall cease to act as Depositary hereunder and the Corporation or the holders of Depositary Receipts may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Corporation an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder that is mutually acceptable to the predecessor, the successor and the Corporation, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Corporation, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Series H Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail or transmit by such other method approved by such successor Depositary, in its reasonable discretion, notice of its appointment to the Record Holders of Receipts.
Any entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or its own name as successor Depositary.
The provisions of this Section 5.4 as they apply to the Depositary apply to the Registrar, the transfer agent, the dividend disbursing agent and the redemption agent in respect the Series H Preferred Stock, as if specifically enumerated herein.
Section 5.5. Corporate Notices and Reports.
The Corporation agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositary’s books, copies of all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Series H Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (including the Certificate of Amendment), to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Corporation’s expense and the Corporation will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts at the Corporation’s expense such other documents as may be requested by the Corporation.
From time-to-time and after the date hereof, the Corporation agrees that it will perform, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, documents, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably required by the Depositary for the carrying out or performing by the Depositary of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
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Section 5.6. Indemnification.
The Depositary will indemnify the Corporation and hold it harmless from any loss, liability or expense actually incurred (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary, including when such Depositary acts as Registrar, or the Depositary’s Agents in connection with this Deposit Agreement due to its or their gross negligence, intentional misconduct, bad faith or fraud.
From time to time, Corporation may provide Depositary with instructions concerning the services performed by the Depositary hereunder. In addition, at any time Depositary may apply to any authorized officer of Corporation for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for Depositary or Corporation with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Depositary under this Agreement. Depositary and its agents and subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by Corporation for any action taken or omitted by Depositary in reliance upon any Corporation instructions or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel. Depositary shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from Corporation.
Notwithstanding anything set forth in Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Corporation shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or reasonable out-of-pocket expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise solely from third-party claims based directly on acts performed or omitted in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of gross negligence, intentional misconduct, bad faith or fraud on the respective parts of any such person or persons.
Neither party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party for any consequential, indirect, special or incidental damages under any provisions of this Agreement or for any consequential, indirect, punitive, special or incidental damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the possibility of such damages.
Promptly following becoming aware of circumstances that might give rise to a claim for indemnification under this Deposit Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party of the relevant claim; provided that failure to so notify shall not affect the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification hereunder, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby. The Indemnifying Party shall, at its own expense, be entitled to control and direct the investigation and defense of any claim, and shall have the right to settle any such claim without the consent of the Indemnified Party; provided that such settlement (i) fully and irrevocably releases the Indemnified Party from any liability and provides
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no admission of wrongdoing, and (ii) does not subject the Indemnified Party to any additional obligation, whether financial or otherwise. In the event that any such settlement does not meet the requirements of (i) and (ii) above, then the Indemnified Party must consent to such settlement in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Indemnified Party shall provide reasonable assistance to the Indemnifying Party in connection with the Indemnifying Party’s defense of a claim and may participate in the defense of a claim with counsel of its own choosing at its own cost and expense, unless the Indemnifying Party specifically authorizes the retaining of such counsel.
The rights and obligations of the Depositary and the Corporation set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any termination of this Deposit Agreement and any resignation, removal or succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent, in accordance with Section 7.2.
Section 5.7. Fees, Charges and Expenses.
The Corporation agrees promptly to pay the Depositary the compensation to be agreed upon with the Corporation for all services rendered by the Depositary hereunder and to reimburse the Depositary for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) actually incurred by the Depositary without gross negligence, intentional misconduct or bad faith or fraud on its part (or on the part of any agent or Depositary Agent) in connection with the services rendered by it (or such agent or Depositary Agent) hereunder. Unless otherwise provided above, the Corporation shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Series H Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of Series H Preferred Stock by owners of Depositary Shares, and any redemption or exchange of the Series H Preferred Stock at the option of the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges shall be at the expense of Holders of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts. If, at the request of a Holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which the Corporation is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be liable for such charges and expenses; provided, however, that the Depositary may, at its sole option, require a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depositary any charge or expense the Depositary has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder of Receipts. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Corporation at such intervals as the Corporation and the Depositary may agree using the Ariba invoicing system (or using such other system or means of presenting statements for charges and expenses as the Corporation and the Depositary may mutually agree from time to time hereafter).
Section 5.8. Tax Compliance.
The Depositary, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting, and withholding (including “backup withholding”) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations, or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Depositary Shares or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption, or exercise of rights under the Receipts or the
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Depositary Shares. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent. The Depositary shall comply with any direction received from the Corporation with respect to the application of such requirements to particular payments or holders or in other particular circumstances and may, for purposes of this Deposit Agreement, rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. The Depositary shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available on request to the Corporation or to its authorized representatives.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 6.1. Amendment.
The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Corporation and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective against the Holders of Receipts unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate at least a two-thirds majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every Holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Depositary Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 and Article III, of any owner of Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depositary with instructions to deliver to the Holder the Series H Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law or the rules and regulations of any governmental body, agency or commission, or applicable securities exchange. As a condition precedent to the Depositary’s execution of any amendment, the Corporation shall deliver to the Depositary a certificate from a duly authorized officer of the Corporation that states that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 6.1.
Section 6.2. Termination.
This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Corporation or the Depositary only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares issued hereunder have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8, (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock in connection with any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and such distribution shall have been distributed to the Holders of Receipts representing Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable, (iii) upon the consent of Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate not less than two-thirds of the Depositary Shares outstanding or (iv) at any time by any party upon a material breach of a representation, covenant or term of this Deposit Agreement by any other party which is not cured within a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after the date of written notice thereof by one of the other parties.
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Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7 (including as to any services of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar that are necessary following and in connection with the termination of this Deposit Agreement); provided further that Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 5.8, 7.4, 7.7 and 7.10 shall survive the termination of this Deposit Agreement and any succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1. Counterparts.
This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A signature to this Deposit Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.
Section 7.2. Exclusive Benefit of Parties.
This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (including those named as parties in Section 7.11 below), and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.
Section 7.3. Invalidity of Provisions.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 7.4. Notices.
Any and all notices to be given to the Corporation hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, overnight delivery or by telegram or facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Corporation at
KeyCorp
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Attention: Secretary and General Counsel
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Facsimile No.: 216.689.4121
with a copy to:
Attention: Deputy General Counsel
Facsimile No.: 216.689.4121
or at any other addresses of which the Corporation shall have notified the Depositary in writing.
Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, overnight delivery or by facsimile or electronic mail transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office at
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
150 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile No.: 781.575.4210
or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Corporation in writing.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all notices to be given to any Record Holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, facsimile transmission or confirmed by letter, addressed to such Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such Holder shall have timely filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such Holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request. Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by facsimile transmission as provided in the previous sentence shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box; provided, that the Depositary or the Corporation may, however, act upon any facsimile transmission received by it from the other or from any Holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.
Section 7.5. Depositary’s Agents.
The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will promptly notify the Corporation of any such action.
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Section 7.6. Appointment of Registrar, Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of the Series H Preferred Stock.
Unless otherwise set forth on the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, the Corporation hereby appoints the Trust Company as registrar, transfer agent and redemption agent and Computershare as dividend disbursing agent in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary hereunder, and the Trust Company and Computershare hereby accept such appointments. With respect to the appointments of the Trust Company as registrar, transfer agent and redemption agent and Computershare as dividend disbursement agent in respect of the Series H Preferred Stock, the Trust Company and Computershare, in their respective capacity under such appointment, shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities, benefits, obligations and liabilities as the Depositary hereunder as if explicitly named in each such provision, except as specifically provided otherwise herein.
Section 7.7. Governing Law. This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts of each series and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable conflicts of law principles.
Section 7.8. Inspection of Deposit Agreement.
Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be made available for inspection during business hours upon reasonable notice to the Depositary by any Holder of a Receipt.
Section 7.9. Headings.
The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
Section 7.10. Confidentiality.
The Depositary agrees that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the Corporation, including, inter alia, personal, non-public Holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Deposit Agreement, shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person by the Depositary, except as may be required by law or legal process.
Section 7.11. Holders of Receipts Are Parties.
The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof. Each Holder of Receipts shall become a party hereto upon acceptance by such Holder of Receipt of delivery of one or more Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
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Section 7.12. Force Majeure.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Depositary will not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Depositary have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and each Holder of Receipts shall become a party hereto upon acceptance by such Holder of Receipt of delivery of one of more Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
| KEYCORP | ||
| By: | /s/ Jay M. Luzar | |
| Name: | Jay M. Luzar | |
| Title: | Treasurer | |
| COMPUTERSHARE INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ralph Stock | |
| Name: | Ralph Stock | |
| Title: | Assistant Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager | |
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., | ||
| By: | /s/ Ralph Stock | |
| Name: | Ralph Stock | |
| Title: | Assistant Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager | |
Signature Page to Deposit Agreement
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF RECEIPT
Please see attached.
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DEPOSITARY RECRIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPSTG 1/40TH OWNERSHIP INT IN ONE SH FXD RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUM PREFERRED STOCK SERIES H DEPOSITARY RECRIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPSTG 1/40TH OWNERSHIP INT IN ONE SH FXD RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUM PREFERRED STOCKK SERIES H THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY THE DEPOSITARY SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY. UNLESS THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO KEYCORP OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. KEYCORP INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO THIS CERTIFIES THAT IS THE OWNER OF ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample CEDE & CO ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. 24,000,000 CUSIP: 493267843 SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT NOTICE ON TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPSTG 1/40TH OWNERSHIP INT IN ONE SHARE OF FXD RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUM PFD STK SER H, $1.00 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, of KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued under and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as now or hereafter amended or supplemented (a copy of which Articles of Incorporation are on file with the Transfer Agent), to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President Associate General Counsel DATED August 24, 2022 COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, By SEQURITY INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE 14979
IMPORTANT NOTICE The Corporation will furnish, without charge, within 5 days after receipt of written request therefor, to each registered holder of securities represented by this Certificate who so requests, a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, setting forth the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request should be addressed to the Corporation or its Transfer Agent and Registrar. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM-as tenants in common TEN ENT-as tenants by the entireties JT TEN-as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT- Custodian (CUST) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (STATE) UNIF TRF MIN ACT Custodian (until age.) (CUST) (MINOR) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. (STATE) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) Shares represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: 20 Signature: Signature: Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever. Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
I, Jay M. Luzar, the Treasurer of KeyCorp (the “Corporation”), hereby certify that pursuant to the terms of Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on August 22, 2022 (the “Certificate of Amendment”), and pursuant to resolutions adopted at a meeting held by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) on July 6, 2022, resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Risk Committee of the Board on August 17, 2022, and resolutions adopted by the Pricing Subcommittee of the Risk Committee of the Board on August 17, 2022, the Corporation has established the Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H (the “Series H Preferred Stock”), $1.00 par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, which the Corporation desires to deposit with the Depositary for the purposes of being subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2022, by and among the Corporation, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc., jointly as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (the “Deposit Agreement”). In connection therewith, the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof has authorized the terms and conditions with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock as described in the Certificate of Amendment attached as Annex A hereto. Any terms of the Series H Preferred Stock that are not so described in the Certificate of Amendment and any terms of the Receipts, evidencing the Depositary Shares representing such Series H Preferred Stock that are not described in the Deposit Agreement are described below:
| Aggregate Number of shares of Series H Preferred Stock issued on the date hereof: | 600,000 | |
| CUSIP Number for Depositary Shares: | 493267 843 | |
| Denomination of Depositary Share per share of Series H Preferred Stock (if different than 1/40th of a share of Series H Preferred Stock): | — | |
| Redemption Provisions (if different than as set forth in the Deposit Agreement): | — | |
| Name of Global Receipt Depositary: Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly | ||
| Name of Registrar with Respect to the Receipts (if other than Computershare Trust Company, N.A.): | — | |
| Name of Registrar, Transfer Agent and Redemption Agent with Respect to the Series H Preferred Stock (if other than Computershare Trust Company, N.A.): | — | |
| Name of Dividend Disbursing Agent with Respect to the Series H Preferred Stock (if other than Computershare Inc.): | — | |
| Special terms and conditions: | — | |
| Closing date: | August 24, 2022 | |
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have such meaning as ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.
Date: August 24, 2022
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August 24, 2022
KeyCorp
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114
| Re: | KeyCorp Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to KeyCorp, a financial holding company that is subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and is organized under the laws of the State of Ohio (the “Company”). Our opinion has been requested with respect to certain matters in connection with the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 24,000,000 Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of the Company’s Fixed Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H, par value $1.00 per share, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-239044) (the “Registration Statement”), a final prospectus supplement (including base prospectus), dated August 17, 2022 (the “Prospectus”), the Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2022, between the Company, on the one hand, and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), on the other hand, and the Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2022, among the Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as depositary, and the holders from time to time of depositary receipts described therein (the “Deposit Agreement”).
We have reviewed originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (including, without limitation, the Certificate of Amendment relating to the Preferred Stock, filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on August 22, 2022) and Third Amended and Restated Regulations of the Company, as amended; (ii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized committee thereof, adopted on July 6, 2022 and August 17, 2022; (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (iv) the Underwriting Agreement; (v) the Deposit Agreement; and (vi) such other certificates, instruments and documents as we have considered appropriate for purposes of the opinions hereafter expressed. In rendering this opinion, we have relied upon certificates of public officials and officers of the Company with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained in such certificates.
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In connection with such review, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures and the legal competence of all signatories; (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies; (iii) the legal capacity for all purposes relevant hereto of all natural persons and, with respect to all parties to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company, that such parties had the requisite power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform such agreements or instruments, that such agreements or instruments have been duly authorized by all requisite action (corporate or otherwise), executed and delivered by such parties and that such agreements or instruments are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such parties; and (iv) the proper issuance and accuracy of certificates of public officials and officers and agents of the Company.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Ohio, excluding local laws of the State of Ohio (i.e., the statutes and ordinances, the administrative decisions and the rules and regulations of counties, towns, municipalities and special political subdivisions of, or authorities or quasi-governmental bodies constituted under the laws of, the State of Ohio and judicial decisions to the extent they deal with any of the foregoing), the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America that are, in our experience, normally applicable to the transactions of the type provided for in the Registration Statement, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that (i) the shares of Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Company to the Depositary in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and (ii) the Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be validly issued and will represent legal and valid interests in the Preferred Stock and the holders of the Depositary Shares will be entitled to the rights specified in the Deposit Agreement.
This opinion is delivered as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable law or any other matters that may come to my attention after the date hereof.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2022, and thereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
| Respectfully submitted, |
| /s/ Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP |