STT 8-K
State Street Corp (STT)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 23, 2025, State Street Corporation (“State Street”) issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288196) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “Base Indenture”) as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 8, 2017 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 30, 2020 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between State Street and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee. The form of Note is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto. The Base Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.2 to State Street’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 18, 2014. The First Supplemental Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.1 to State Street’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 8, 2017. The Second Supplemental Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.1 to State Street’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.
The sale of the Notes was made pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated October 20, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), entered into among State Street and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, CastleOak Securities, L.P., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
State Street expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of the Notes of approximately $993.9 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to State Street, has issued an opinion to State Street, dated October 23, 2025, regarding the legality of the Notes to be issued and sold in the offering upon issuance and sale thereof. A copy of the opinion as to legality is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this current report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| STATE STREET CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Elizabeth M. Schaefer | |
| Name: | Elizabeth M. Schaefer | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Controller | |
Date: October 23, 2025
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
STATE STREET CORPORATION
$1,000,000,000 Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
October 20, 2025
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
CastleOak Securities, L.P.
200 Vesey Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
UBS Securities LLC
11 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Introductory. State Street Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), agrees with the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, CastleOak Securities, L.P., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are acting as Representatives (the “Representatives”), to issue and sell to the several Underwriters $1,000,000,000 in principal amount of the Company’s Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes” or the “Securities”). The Notes will be issued under an indenture (the “Base Indenture”) dated as of October 31, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 8, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and as supplemented by the
second supplemental indenture, dated as of March 30, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Securities are described in the Final Prospectus, which is referred to below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined, but that are defined in the Statutory Prospectus (as defined in Section 2(a)), have the meaning specified in the Statutory Prospectus.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-288196) on June 20, 2025, including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Securities under the Act, which became effective upon filing. The “Registration Statement” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then on file with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein, and all 430A Information, all 430B Information and all 430C Information, if any, with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not been then superseded or modified. The “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430A Information, 430B Information and 430C Information, if any, shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C, respectively.
For purposes of this agreement (this “Agreement”):
“430A Information” means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).
“430B Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).
“430C Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Applicable Time” means 3:05 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3(b) hereof.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Time” of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price; other 430A Information, 430B Information and 430C Information, if any; and other final terms of the Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule II to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Statutory Prospectus” means, with respect to a particular time, the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information, 430B Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information and 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
As used herein, “business day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Boston, Massachusetts are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “Rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
(b) Compliance. The documents incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package (as hereinafter defined) and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations (including but not limited to those relating to eXtensible Business Reporting Language), and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations 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
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make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(c) Securities Act Requirements. (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether 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 Effective Time relating to the Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement (other than Form T-1 filings filed as exhibits thereto) conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(d) Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. (i) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Status. (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including not having been an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.
(ii) Effectiveness of Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement”, as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the date of this Agreement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
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(iii) Eligibility to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Form. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If at any time, and so long as delivery of a prospectus by any Underwriter or dealer may be (or but for the exception in Rule 172 would be) required under the Act, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
(iv) Filing Fees. The Company has paid or shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act.
(e) Ineligible Issuer Status. (i) 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)) of the Securities and (ii) on the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405.
(f) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated October 20, 2025, including the base prospectus dated June 20, 2025 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally), and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule II to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
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(g) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. If, at any time prior to or as of the Closing Date and following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives thereof and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(h) No Material Change in Business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package; and, since the most recent applicable dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt (other than (i) issuances of capital stock upon (A) exercise of options and stock appreciation rights issued under equity incentive or stock option plans reported on the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 3, 2025, on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 or on the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, (B) earn-outs of performance shares, or (C) conversions of convertible securities; (ii) issuances of capital stock under stock incentive plans, deferred stock compensation plans, restricted stock programs and saving-related purchase plans, in the case of (i) and (ii) above, which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference into the General Disclosure Package; (iii) repurchases of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the Company’s stock repurchase program authorized by its Board of Directors; and (iv) repayment of long-term debt in accordance with its terms) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”), or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(i) Good Standing. Each of the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”) has been duly incorporated and is in good standing as a corporation or is validly existing as a trust company, as the case may be, under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate and chartered trust power and authority, as the case may be, to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or trust company 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.
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(j) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, and the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no person has the right to act as an underwriter to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
(k) Notes. The Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as described in the General Disclosure Package, will be duly and validly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and other general equity principles; and the Notes will conform to the descriptions thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(l) Indenture. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(m) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from the Transactions. The (i) issue and sale of the Securities by the Company, (ii) execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and (iii) compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and of the Indenture and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated by the Company will not conflict with or result in any breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any security interest, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Bank is a party or by which the Company or the Bank is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or the Bank is subject (except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents (including Articles of Organization, Charter or By-laws) of the Company or the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Bank or any of their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
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qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Closing Date, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(n) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(o) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor the Bank is (i) in violation of its organizational documents (including Articles of Organization or By-laws) or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except for, with respect to clause (ii), defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Accurate Disclosure. The statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions (A) “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities”, insofar as such statements summarize the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, and (B) “Material U.S. Federal Tax Consequences”, insofar as such statements purport to constitute a summary of matters of U.S. federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects.
(q) Litigation. Other than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated legal or government actions, suits or proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, which, taking into account the likelihood of the outcome, the damages or other relief sought and other relevant factors, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities.
(r) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(s) Independence of Accountants. Ernst & Young, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
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(t) Bank Holding Company. The Company is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended; and the Company and the Bank are in compliance with, and conduct their respective businesses in conformity with, all applicable laws and governmental regulations governing bank holding companies, banks and subsidiaries of bank holding companies, respectively, except failures to so comply or be in conformity that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Bank and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in material compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and all applicable Exchange Act rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 (as defined in Section 2(x)) and to maintain accountability for assets, (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 Internal Controls are overseen by the Examining and Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Act rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 90 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls; any violation of, or failure to comply with, Sarbanes-Oxley or the Exchange Act; or any matter related to Internal Controls which, if determined adversely, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Anti-Bribery Laws. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor the Bank, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Bank, any of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees, has within the 10-year period preceding the date of this Agreement materially violated, nor will its participation in the offering materially violate, and each of the Company and the Bank has instituted and maintains policies and/or procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with, each of the following laws, to the extent applicable to and binding upon the Company’s and the Bank’s respective operations: anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation of any locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any other law, rule or regulation of similar purpose and scope.
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(w) Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each of the Company and the Bank has implemented a risk-based anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance program consistent with applicable law, including but not limited to the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and any related or similar applicable rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any relevant governmental authority, to the extent applicable to and binding upon the Company’s and the Bank’s respective operations. None of the Company, the Bank or any of their respective subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or affiliates or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by OFAC, and neither the Company nor the Bank will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute, fund or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, in a manner that violates any of the economic sanctions administered by OFAC.
(x) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the statement of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus under the Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable.
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3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities. (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price of 99.600% of the principal amount thereof purchased by such Underwriter plus accrued interest, if any, from October 23, 2025 to the Closing Date.
(b) The Company will deliver the Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in Federal (same-day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on October 23, 2025, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such date and time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of the Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Securities to be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the office of the Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
4. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Filing of Prospectuses. The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day following the earlier of the date it is first used and the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Company has complied and will comply with Rule 433.
(b) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests. For so long as a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, the Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(c) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at the Company’s expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(d) Reporting Requirements. For so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, the Company will furnish, or will cause to be furnished, to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of any annual report to stockholders for such year as is required to be filed by the Company with the Commission; and the Company will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.
(e) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will promptly from time to time take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided that, in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction.
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(f) Furnishing of Prospectuses. As soon as available following the execution of this Agreement, but in no event later than two New York business days thereafter, and so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be (or but for the exception in Rule 172 would be) required under the Act, the Company will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Underwriters written and electronic copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(h) Restrictions on Sales of Debt Securities. During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the business day after the Closing Date, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale, announce an offering of or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any debt securities of the Company or the Bank (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business, (iii) certificates of deposit issued in the ordinary course of business, (iv) debt securities issued in connection with overnight Federal Reserve Bank transactions and (v) debt securities issued with the prior written consent of the Representatives).
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the General Disclosure Package under the caption “Use of Proceeds”.
(j) Company License. The Company, upon request of any Underwriter, will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Securities (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.
(k) Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Securities, including any transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties, and the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act, and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and any
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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Blue Sky Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(e) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey(s); (iv) any fees charged by securities rating agencies for rating the Securities; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the costs of preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any of its agents; (viii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee; (ix) the reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with any “non-deal road show” or any pre-marketing presentation to potential investors; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Indenture that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5 and Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(l) Absence of Manipulation. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. (a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The Company agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and recordkeeping.
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(b) Term Sheet. The Company will prepare, or cause to be prepared, one or more final term sheets relating to the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities and otherwise in a form consented to by the Representatives, and will file any such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities. Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement. The Company also consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering or (ii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet(s) of the Company contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 6(b), it being understood that any such free writing prospectus referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities on the Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein (as though made on the Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Filing of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, threatened or shall be contemplated by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion or opinions, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP may rely, as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, upon the opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, delivered pursuant to Section 7(d), and/or the letter of Mark Shelton, delivered pursuant to Section 7(c).
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(c) Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for Company. The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the Closing Date, of Mark Shelton, General Counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) Disclosure. While the limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters and the character of determinations involved in the registration process are such that such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, subject to the foregoing and based on such participation and discussions: (A) the documents incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto prior to the Closing Date (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial, statistical and accounting data therein, as to which such counsel expresses no view), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations; (B) no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of October 20, 2025, 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 (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no view), (ii) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no view) or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of the date of the Final Prospectus or as of the date of such letter, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no view); and (C) to such counsel’s knowledge, there are no amendments to the Registration Statement required to be filed or any contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or required to be incorporated by reference into the Final Prospectus or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus, which are not filed or incorporated by reference as described or required.
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(d) Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) Good Standing of the Company and the Bank. The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business and to own, lease and operate its properties, as such business and properties are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Bank is validly existing as a chartered trust company under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has chartered trust company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, as such business and properties are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(ii) Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(iii) Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(iv) Issuances by the Company. The Notes have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Notes will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms; such Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Notes, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(v) Capitalization of the Company. The Company has an authorized capitalization as is set forth in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus.
(vi) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company do not, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (A) conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, the Articles of Organization, By-laws or any agreement or instrument listed on a schedule to such opinion or (B) violate or conflict with any United States federal law, Massachusetts state law or New York state law, rule or regulation that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement, or any judgment, order or decree specifically naming the Company of which such counsel is aware.
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(vii) Consents. Except as has been made or obtained under the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, no filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any United States federal, Massachusetts or New York governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture, or for the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture.
(viii) Accurate Disclosure. (A) The statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities”, insofar as such statements summarize the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, are correct in all material respects; and (B) the statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Tax Consequences”, insofar as such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.
(ix) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and immediately after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus will not be, an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
(x) Disclosure. While the limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters and the character of determinations involved in the registration process are such that such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (except to the extent expressly set forth in Sections 7(d)(iii), (iv) and (viii) hereof), subject to the foregoing and based on participation in conferences and discussions with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of and counsel for the Underwriters and representatives of the registered independent public accounting firm of the Company, during which the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus were discussed: (A) the Registration Statement as of the date of its filing with the Commission and the Final Prospectus as of the date thereof (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, and the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which such counsel expresses no view), appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations thereunder; and (B) no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of October 20, 2025, 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
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(except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, and the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which such counsel expresses no view), (ii) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no view) or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date of such opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except for the financial statements, including the notes and schedules thereto, and other financial, statistical and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel expresses no view).
(e) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent registered public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations and 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 in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Securities; (ii) any downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3 of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading
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of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal, New York or Massachusetts state authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities.
(g) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received the following certificates, dated the Closing Date:
(i) a certificate of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer or the treasurer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to their knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate; and
(ii) a certificate of Mark Shelton, General Counsel for the Company, to the effect that to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2(q) of this Agreement are true and correct.
(h) CFO Certificate. The Representatives shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a certificate dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from John Woods, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying certain financial information of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably require. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
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8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, including any amendment or supplement thereto) or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will 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 in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of Company. Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto),
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whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession figures appearing in the third paragraph and the information set forth in the 10th and 11th paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”.
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above, except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (which counsel shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. 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 any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (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 Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, 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
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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 net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. 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 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 any action or claim that 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 by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) Miscellaneous. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d).
9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase any of the Securities hereunder on the Closing Date and the aggregate number of the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of the Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total aggregate number of the Securities that the applicable Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 9. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 5(k) and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Company, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 5(k) and 8 hereof; provided, however, that all parties shall only be responsible for their own out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, if any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein for any of the following reasons: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal, New York or Massachusetts state authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (iv) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere. In addition, if any Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department; CastleOak Securities, L.P., 200 Vesey Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Philip Ippolito, Fascimile: (212) 294-7866; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Investment Banking Division, Telephone: (212) 761-6691, Facsimile: (212) 507-8999; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York 10281, Email: [email protected], [email protected]; and UBS Securities LLC, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate, Telephone No.: (203) 719-1088, Email: [email protected], as Representatives of the several Underwriters, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at the address or facsimile number of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
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12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation of the Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of this Agreement by one party to any other party may be made by facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time) or other transmission method, and the parties hereto agree that any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are advising the Company on other matters;
(b) Arm’s-Length Negotiations. The price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arm’s-length negotiations with the Underwriters, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture;
(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) Waiver. The Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the process leading thereto and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
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16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), each of the Underwriters is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow such Underwriter to properly identify its clients.
17. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) (i) In the event that any party to this Agreement that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such party 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.
(ii) In the event that any party to this Agreement that is a Covered Entity or any BHC Act Affiliate of such party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such party 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. The requirements of this Section 17(a) apply notwithstanding the following Section 17(b).
(b) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, but subject to the requirements of Section 17(a), no party to this Agreement shall be permitted to exercise any Default Right against a party that is a Covered Entity with respect to this Agreement that is related, directly or indirectly, to a BHC Act Affiliate of such party becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, except to the extent the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the creditor protection provisions of 12 C.F.R. § 252.84, 12 C.F.R. § 47.5, or 12 C.F.R. § 382.4, as applicable.
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(ii) After a BHC Act Affiliate of a party that is a Covered Entity has become subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, if any party to this Agreement seeks to exercise any Default Right against such Covered Entity with respect to this Agreement, the party seeking to exercise a Default Right shall have the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that the exercise of such Default Right is permitted hereunder.
(c) For purposes of this Section 17,
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such party;
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “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;
“Insolvency Proceeding” means a receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding; 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.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| STATE STREET CORPORATION | ||||
| By: | /s/ Pankaj Vaish | |||
| Name: | Pankaj Vaish | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Global Chief Investment Officer, Treasury | |||
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Rishi Mathur | |
| Name: Rishi Mathur | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as a
Representative of the several Underwriters.
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
| CASTLEOAK SECURITIES, L.P. | ||
| By: | /s/ Philip J. Ippolito | |
| Name: Philip J. Ippolito | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President – Head of Operations | ||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as a
Representative of the several Underwriters.
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Howard Brocklehurst | |
| Name: Howard Brocklehurst | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as a
Representative of the several Underwriters.
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
| SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Ravanesi | |
| Name: Michael Ravanesi | ||
| Title: Managing Director & Head of U.S. Debt Origination | ||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as a
Representative of the several Underwriters.
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
| UBS SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Todd Mahoney | |
| Name: Todd Mahoney | ||
| Title: Head of DCM and Syndicate, Americas | ||
| By: | /s/ Igor Grinberg | |
| Name: Igor Grinberg | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as a
Representative of the several Underwriters.
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
| Underwriter |
Principal Amount of Fixed-to- Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036 to be Purchased |
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| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
$ | 200,000,000 | ||
| CastleOak Securities, L.P. |
$ | 200,000,000 | ||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
$ | 200,000,000 | ||
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
$ | 200,000,000 | ||
| UBS Securities LLC |
$ | 200,000,000 | ||
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| Total |
$ | 1,000,000,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE II
| 1. | General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package) |
| a. | “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes: |
| i. | Final term sheet for the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036, dated October 20, 2025. |
| 2. | Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package |
| a. | The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package: |
None.
Exhibit 4.1
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law (“DTC”), to the Company 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.
STATE STREET CORPORATION
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036
| No. | $ | |
| CUSIP 857477DE0 | Issue Date: October 23, 2025 | |
| ISIN US857477DE08 |
State Street Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars ($ ) on October 23, 2036 (herein called the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon (1) from and including October 23, 2025 to, but excluding, October 23, 2035 (such period herein called the “Fixed Rate Period”), or from and including the most recent Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on April 23 and October 23 (each, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”) of each year during the Fixed Rate Period, commencing on April 23, 2026 and ending on October 23, 2035, at the rate of 4.784% per annum; and (2) from and including October 23, 2035, to, but excluding, the Maturity Date (such period herein called the “Floating Rate Period”), or from and including the most recent Floating Rate Period End Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (as defined below) following, or with respect to, January 23, 2036, April 23, 2036, July 23, 2036 and the Maturity Date (each such date, a “Floating Rate Period End Date”), at the Base Rate (as defined below) plus a spread of 1.215% (provided that in no event will the interest payable in respect of any interest payment period be less than zero), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided, that if any scheduled Floating Rate Period End Date (other than the Maturity Date) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then such date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that, if the next such date falls in the next calendar month, then such date will be advanced to the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day; and provided further, that if the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, any payment of principal and interest otherwise due on such day will be made on the next succeeding date that is a Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such Maturity Date.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be April 8 and October 8, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding such Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, other than on the Maturity Date, will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the second Business Day next preceding such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date. Interest paid on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom the principal will be payable.
Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for on such Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date or Floating Rate Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, that for so long as this Security is a Global Security, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security will be made by the Paying Agent by wire transfer in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars at the office of the Paying Agent; provided further, that, in the case of payments made at maturity of such Global Security, the Global Security is presented to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in accordance with its normal procedures.
Interest on this Security during the Fixed Rate Period shall be paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. If a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date for this Security falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Company shall postpone the interest payment to the next succeeding Business Day, but the payments made on such dates shall be treated as being made on the date that the payment was first due, and Holders of Securities of this series shall not be entitled to any further interest or other payments with respect to such postponement.
Interest payment periods during the Floating Rate Period for this Security will be, with respect to each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, the period from and including the most recent interest payment period end date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including October 23, 2035 in the case of the first interest payment period during the Floating Rate Period) to, but excluding, the immediately preceding Floating Rate Period End Date; provided that (i) the interest payment period with respect to the Maturity Date will be the period from and including the Floating Rate Period End Date immediately prior to the Maturity Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date (i.e., the final Floating Rate Period End Date) and (ii) with respect to such final interest payment period, the level of SOFR for each calendar day in the period from, and including, the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the Maturity Date (the “Rate Cut-Off Date”) to, but excluding, the Maturity Date shall be the level of SOFR in respect of such Rate Cut-Off Date. Interest on this Security during the Floating Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. For interest periods during the Floating Rate Period, the interest rate applicable to an interest payment period, which interest rate will be determined by the calculation agent following the applicable Floating Rate Period End Date (or, in the case of the final Floating Rate Period End Date (i.e., the Maturity Date), following the Rate Cut-off Date), will equal the Base Rate, calculated as described below, plus a spread of 1.215%; provided that in no event will the interest payable in respect of any interest payment period be less than zero.
The “Base Rate” shall be an accrued interest compounding factor calculated in accordance with the following formula:
where (i) “d0” refers, for any floating rate interest payment period, to the number of U.S. Government Securities Business Days in the relevant floating rate interest payment period, (ii) “i” refers to a series of whole numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant U.S. Government Securities Business Days in chronological order from, and including, the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day in the relevant floating rate interest payment period, (iii) “SOFRi”, for any day “i” in the relevant floating rate interest payment period, refers to a reference rate equal to SOFR in respect of that day, (iv) “ni” refers to the number of calendar days in the relevant floating rate interest payment period on which the rate is SOFRi and (v) “d” refers to the number of calendar days in the relevant floating rate interest payment period. For these calculations, the interest rate in effect on any U.S. Government Securities Business Day will be the applicable rate as reset on that date. The interest rate applicable to any other day is the interest rate from the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
For purposes of this Security, “SOFR”, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, means the rate determined by the calculation agent in accordance with the following provisions:
1. the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect of such U.S. Government Securities Business Day as provided by the New York Federal Reserve, as the administrator of such rate (or a successor administrator) on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website on or about 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following such U.S. Government Securities Business Day; or
2. if the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect of such U.S. Government Securities Business Day does not appear as specified in paragraph (a), unless the Company or its designee has determined that both a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in respect of the last U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such rate was published on the New York Federal Reserve’s Website; or
3. if the Company or its designee has determined that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred:
a. the sum of: (i) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or
b. the sum of: (i) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or
c. the sum of: (i) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Company or its designee as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any industry- accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
As used in this Security:
1. “Benchmark” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate compounded on a daily basis; provided that if the Company or its designee has determined that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.
2. “Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order presented in clause (3) of the definition of “SOFR” that can be determined by the Company or its designee as of the Benchmark Replacement Date. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Company or its designee will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time.
3. “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company or its designee as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:
a. the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;
b. if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment;
c. the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Company or its designee giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time.
4. “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “floating rate interest payment period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Company or its designee decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Company or its designee decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Company or its designee determine that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Company or its designee determines is reasonably necessary).
5. “Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
a. in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or
b. in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.
6. “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
a. a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark;
b. a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or
c. a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.
7. “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in the City of New York or the City of Boston.
8. “Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark.
9. “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” means the second Business Day following each Floating Rate Period End Date; provided, that the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date with respect to the final interest payment period will be the Maturity Date. If the scheduled Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal and interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Maturity Date.
10. “ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.
11. “ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor.
12. “ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.
13. “New York Federal Reserve” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
14. “New York Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the New York Federal Reserve, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
15. “Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means the time determined by the Company or its designee in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.
16. “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
17. “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.
18. “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Company or its designee has determined that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, any determination, decision or election made by the Company or its designee with respect to the determination of SOFR (i) will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error; (ii) will be made in the Company’s or its designee’s sole discretion; and (iii) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, shall become effective without consent from the Holders or any other party.
In case an acceleration of the maturity of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing as a result of an Event of Default, the amount declared due and payable for the Securities shall be an amount in cash equal to the stated principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon calculated by State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”), or, if the Company has appointed a designee, after consultation with the Bank, by such designee, in its capacity as the calculation agent, as if the date of such acceleration were the Maturity Date, final Floating Rate Period End Date (if applicable) and final Floating Rate Interest Payment Date.
The calculation agent shall be the Bank, an affiliate thereof or a bank or other entity as the Company may appoint. The Company may appoint a different institution to serve as calculation agent from time to time after the original issue date of this Security without the consent of the Holders of this Security and without notice. The calculation agent’s determination of any interest rate, and its calculation of the amount of interest for any interest period, will be on file at the Company’s principal offices, will be made available to any noteholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error.
All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of the interest rate on this Security during the Floating Rate Period will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
The interest rate on this Security during the Floating Rate Period will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, herein called the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The offering of securities of the series that includes this Security is initially limited to $1,000,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount.
The Securities of this series constitute the direct, unsecured and unsubordinated general obligations of the Company and shall at all times rank pari passu with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company.
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption, at the election of the Company, upon not less than 5 days’ and not more than 60 days’ written notice by mail to Holders, in whole, but not in part, on, and only on, October 23, 2035, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, as provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default or Covenant Breach in respect of such Securities.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default or Covenant Breach with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default or Covenant Breach, as applicable, as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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[Signatures appear on the following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: October 23, 2025
| STATE STREET CORPORATION | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Pankaj Vaish | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and | |
| Global Chief Investment Officer, Treasury | ||
| Attest: | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Jeremy Kream | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and | |
| Assistant Secretary | ||
[Signature Page to Fixed-to-Floating Rate Global Note No. ]
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
Dated: October 23, 2025
| By: | ||
| Name: | David Ganss | |
| Authorized Signatory |
[Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to Fixed-to-Floating Rate Global Note No. ]
Exhibit 5.1
| October 23, 2025
State Street Corporation |
+1 617 526 6000 (t) +1 617 526 5000 (f) wilmerhale.com |
One Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
| Re: | Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for State Street Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offer and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, CastleOak Securities, L.P., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of October 31, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).
As such counsel, we have assisted in the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated October 20, 2025 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus, dated June 20, 2025 (the “Base Prospectus”), each relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-288196) filed by the Company with the Commission on June 20, 2025. Such Registration Statement, in the form in which it became effective, including any amendment thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference therein and the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.”
We have examined and relied upon (i) corporate or other proceedings of the Company regarding the authorization of the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Notes, (ii) the Registration Statement, (iii) the Base Prospectus, (iv) the Prospectus Supplement, (v) the Underwriting Agreement, and (vi) the Indenture. We have also examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other corporate records of the Company, such other agreements and instruments, certificates of public officials, officers of the Company and other persons, and such other documents, instruments and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.
State Street Corporation
October 23, 2025
Page 2
In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individual signatories, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of such original documents, and the completeness and accuracy of the corporate records of the Company provided to us by the Company.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials and officers of the Company, and we have assumed that (i) the Trustee has the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture, (ii) the Indenture will be a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee and (iii) the Trustee shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. We have also assumed the due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee, and that at the time of the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Board of Directors of the Company has not taken any action to rescind or otherwise reduce its prior authorization of the issuance of the Notes.
We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York.
We have assumed for purposes of our opinions below that no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or (to the extent the same is required under any agreement or document binding on it of which an addressee has knowledge, has received notice or has reason to know) any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Indenture or the Notes or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it will have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and will be in full force and effect.
Our opinions below are qualified to the extent that they may be subject to or affected by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, usury, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally, (ii) statutory or decisional law concerning recourse by creditors to security in the absence of notice or hearing, (iii) duties and standards imposed on creditors and parties to contracts, including, without limitation, requirements of materiality, good faith, reasonableness and fair dealing, and (iv) general equitable principles. Furthermore, we express no opinion as to the availability of any equitable or specific remedy upon any breach of the Indenture or the Notes, or to the successful assertion of any equitable defenses, inasmuch as the availability of such remedies or the success of any equitable defenses may be subject to the discretion of a court. We also express no opinion herein with respect to compliance by the Company with the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or of any foreign jurisdiction. In addition, we express no opinion and make no statement herein with respect to the antifraud laws of any jurisdiction.
State Street Corporation
October 23, 2025
Page 3
On the basis of, and subject to, the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when (i) the Notes have been duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and (ii) the Notes have been delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the consideration therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement as duly approved by the Company, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company, in accordance with their terms.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions and is rendered as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of the foregoing sources of law or subsequent developments in law or changes in facts or circumstances that might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on or about October 23, 2025, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to the use of our name therein and in the related Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP