To have unlimited power to engage in and do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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| The Aggregate Number of Shares, Classes of Shares and Par Value of Shares Which the Corporation Shall have Authority to Issue: |
| Five Million (5,000,000) Shares | 041 States Per Value Per | |||
| 040 Number and Class of Shares | Share if Any | 042 Total Authorized Capital | 031 Term of Existence | |
| of Common Stock | $2.50 | $12,500,000 | Perpetual | |
The Name and Address of Each Incorporator, and the Number and Class of Shares Subscribed to by each Incorporator
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| 060 Name | 063,064 Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code) | Number & class of Shares |
| William U. Kapp | 122 Hayward Heights, Glen Rock, PA 17327 | 1 sh. common stock |
| Larry J. Miller | 102 Raypaula Drive, Shrewsbury, PA 17361 | 1 sh. common stock |
| Jeffrey C. Bortner | 171 South Royal Street, York, PA 17402 | 1 sh. common stock |
| R.D. #2, P.O. Box 2222, Spring Grove, PA | ||
| Sterling E. Baugher | (ATTACH 8½ x 11 SHEET IF NECESSARY) 17362 | 1 sh. common stock |
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, THE INCORPORATOR (S) HAS (HAVE) SIGNED AND SEALED THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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CODORUS
VALLEY BANCORP, INC.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
7. No merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of this corporation nor any action that would result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of this corporation shall be valid unless first approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this corporation. This Article 7 may not be amended unless first approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this corporation.
8. Cumulative voting rights shall not exist with respect to the election of directors.
9. (a) The Board of Directors may, if it deems it advisable, oppose a tender or other offer for the corporation’s securities, whether the offer is in cash or in the securities of a corporation or otherwise. When considering whether to oppose an offer, the Board of Directors may, but is not legally obligated to, consider any relevant, germane or pertinent issue; by way of illustration, but not to be considered any limitation on the power of the Board of Directors to oppose a tender or other offer for this corporation’s securities, the Board of Directors may, but shall not be legally obligated to, consider any or all of the following:
| (i) | Whether the offer price is acceptable based on the historical and present operating results or financial condition of this corporation; |
| (ii) | Whether a more favorable price could be obtained for this corporation’s securities in the future; |
| (iii) | The social and economic effects of the offer or transaction on this corporation and any of its subsidiaries, employees, depositors, loan and other customers, creditors, shareholders and other elements of the communities in which this corporation and any of its subsidiaries operate or are located; |
| (iv) | The reputation and business practice of the offeror and its management and affiliates as they would affect the shareholders, employees, depositors and customers of the corporation and its subsidiaries and the future value of the corporation’s stock; |
| (v) | The value of the securities (if any) which the offeror is offering in exchange for the corporation’s securities, based on an analysis of the worth of the corporation or other entity whose securities are being offered. |
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| (vi) | The business and financial conditions and earnings prospects of the offeror, including, but not limited to, debt service and other existing or likely financial obligations of the offeror, and the possible affect of such conditions upon this corporation and any of its subsidiaries and the other elements of the communities in which this corporation and any of its subsidiaries operate or are located; |
| (vii) | Any antitrust or other legal and regulatory issues that are raised by the offer. |
(b) If the Board of Directors determines that an offer should be rejected, it may take any lawful action to accomplish its purpose, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following: advising shareholders not to accept the offer; litigation against the offeror; filing complaints with all governmental and regulatory authorities; acquiring the offeror corporation’s securities; selling or otherwise issuing authorized but unissued securities or treasury stock or granting options with respect thereto; acquiring a company to create an antitrust or other regulatory problem for the offeror; and obtaining a more favorable offer from another individual or entity.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
Whereas, Under the provision of the Laws of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized and required to issue a “Certificate of Incorporation” evidencing the incorporation of an entity.
Whereas, The stipulations and conditions of the Law have been fully compiled with by
CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC.
Therefore, Know Ye, That subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and under the authority of the Laws thereof, I do by these presents, which I have caused to be sealed with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, declare and certify the creation, erection and incorporation of the above in deed and in law by the name chosen hereinbefore specified.
Such corporation shall have and enjoy and shall be subject to all the powers, duties, requirements, and restrictions, specified and enjoined in and by applicable laws of this Commonwealth.
| Given | under my hand and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, at the city of Harrisburg, this 7th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight-six and of the Commonwealth the two hundred eleventh | |
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SHUMAKER AND WILLIAMS ESQS
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT - DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. §1915 (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned business corporation, desiring to amend its Articles, does hereby certify and state that:
| 1. | The Name of the Corporation is: |
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.
| 2. | The Address, including street and number, of its Registered Office in this Commonwealth is: (The Department of State is hereby authorized to correct the following statement to conform to the records of the Department): |
One Manchester Street, Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania 17327.
| 3. | The Statute by or under which the Corporation was Incorporated is: |
Business Corporation Law of 1933, Act of May 5, 1933, P.L. 364, as amended .
| 4. | The Date of its Incorporation is: |
October 7, 1986
| 5. | The Manner in which the Amendment was Adopted by the Corporation is: |
The amendment was duly adopted and proposed to the Shareholders by the Board of Directors on March 12, 1991. The amendment was adopted by the Shareholders of the Corporation pursuant to Section 1914(a) and (b) of the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, at the 1991
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Annual Meeting of the Shareholders duly called and convened pursuant to a Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement, and Form of Proxy dated March 25, 1991 and first sent on or about March 25, 1991 by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the shareholders of record as of the Record Date of March 18, 1991. The 1991 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held at 10:00 a.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, April 23, 1991 at the Holiday Inn (formerly the Sheraton Inn-York), White Rose Room, US Route 30 at Route 74, York, Pennsylvania 17404. The total number of shares outstanding was 913,000 with each share entitled to one vote. The total number of shares entitled to vote was 913,000. The total number of shares voted for the amendment was 665,760 and the total number of shares voted against the amendment was 101,852 and the total number of shares abstaining from voting on the matter was 21,946. Thus, the amendment was approved and adopted by 72.9% of the Shareholders, which constitutes a majority of the votes cast by all Shareholders entitled to vote at the 1991 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
| 6. | The Amendment shall be Effective upon filing these Articles of Amendment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of State. |
| 7. | The Amendment adopted by the Corporation as set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer and its corporate seal, duly attested by another such officer, to be hereunto affixed this 23rd day of April, 1991.
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(CORPORATE SEAL)
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EXHIBIT A
Article 4 of the Articles of Incorporation of Codorus Valley Bancorp. Inc. is amended and restated to read in full and in its entirety as follows:
4. (a) The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is ten million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per share (the “Common Stock”), and one million (1,000,000) shares of Series Preferred Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
(b) The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as herein provided in one or more series upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting thereof duly convened after due notice to the directors. The designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Preferred Stock, and particularly of the shares of each series thereof may, to the extent permitted by law, be similar to or may differ from those of any other series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly authorized, subject to the other provisions of this Article 4. by filing a statement pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988. as amended, to make division of such authorized shares of Preferred Stock into series and to determine the designations, number of shares, relative rights (including the right. to the extent permitted by law, to convert into shares of any class or any series of any class), voting rights. preferences and limitations of the shares in each such series, and to issue such Preferred Stock as so divided and determined, including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:
(i) The number of shares to constitute such series (which number may at any time. or from time to time. be increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, notwithstanding that shares of the series may be outstanding at the time of such increase or decrease. unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided in creating such series) and the distinctive designation thereof;
(ii) The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether or not dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative, and the date or dates. if any, from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;
(iii) Whether or not the shares of such series shall be redeemable, and, if redeemable, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and, the amount or amounts per share (which shall be. in the case of each share. not less than its preference upon involuntary liquidation, plus an amount equal to all dividends thereon accrued and unpaid. whether or not earned or declared) payable thereon in the case of the redemption thereof, which amount may vary at different redemption dates or otherwise as permitted by law;
(iv) The right, if any, of holders of shares of such series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, Common Stock or other stock as permitted by law, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, as well as provisions for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;
(v) The amount per share payable on the shares of such series upon the voluntary and involuntary liquidation. dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation;
(vi) Whether the holders of shares of such series shall have voting power. full or limited, in addition to the voting powers provided by law, and. in case additional voting powers are accorded to fix the extent thereof; and
(vii) Generally to fix the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights and privileges of such series, provided, however, that no such rights, privileges, qualifications limitations or restrictions shall be in conflict with the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or with the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of any series of which there are shares then outstanding.
(c) All shares of Preferred Stock of the same series shall be identical in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to dates, if any, from which dividends thereon may accumulate. All shares of Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank and shall be identical in all respects, except that to the extent not otherwise limited in this Article 4 any series may differ from any other series with respect to any one or more of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations described or referred to in subparagraphs (b)(i) to (vii) inclusive of his Article 4
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(d) Dividends on the outstanding Preferred Stock of each series shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment before any dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock with respect to the same quarterly dividend period. Dividends on any shares of Preferred Stock shall be cumulative only if and to the extent set forth in a statement tiled pursuant to law. After dividends on all shares of Preferred Stock (including cumulative dividends if and to the extent any such shares shall be entitled thereto) shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to any quarterly dividend period, then and not otherwise as long as any shares of Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment with respect to the same quarterly dividend period on the Common Stock out of the assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
(e) All shares of Preferred Stock of all series shall be of equal rank, preference and priority as to dividends irrespective of whether or not the rates of dividends to which the particular series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled shall be the same and when the stated dividends are not paid in full, the shares of all series of Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment thereof in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full, provided, however, that any two or more series of Preferred Stock may differ from each other as to the existence and extent of the right to cumulative dividends, as aforesaid.
(f) Except as otherwise specifically provided in a statement filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of Preferred Stock or as otherwise provided by law the Preferred Stock shall not have any right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose and the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share thereof held. In all instances in which voting rights are granted to the Preferred Stock or any series thereof, such Preferred Stock or series shall vote with the Common Stock as a single class, except with respect to any vote for the approval of any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation and except as otherwise provided in the statement filed pursuant to law with respect to any series of the Preferred Stock or as otherwise provided by law.
(g) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each series of Preferred Stock shall have preference and priority over the Common Stock for payment of the amount to which each outstanding series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled in accordance with the provisions thereof and each holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid in full such amount or have a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside before any payments shall be made to the holders of Common Stock. If upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the shares of all series of Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. After the holders of the Preferred Stock of each series shall have been paid in full the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled, or a sum sufficient for the payment in full set aside, the remaining net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock in accordance with their respective rights and interests, to the exclusion of the holders of the Preferred Stock. A consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another corporation or corporations, or a sale, whether for cash, shares of stock, securities or properties, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation shall not be deemed or construed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Article 4.
(h) In the event that Preferred Stock of any series shall be made redeemable as provided in subparagraph (b)(iii) of this Article 4, the Corporation. at the option of the Board of Directors may redeem at any time or times, from time to time, all or any part of any one or more series of Preferred Stock outstanding by paying for each share the then applicable redemption price fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon such notice and terms as may be specifically provided in the statement filed pursuant to law with respect to such series of Preferred Stock.
(i) No holder of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled, as such, as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class or series whatsoever, any rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or carrying rights or options to purchase stock of any class or series whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether issued for cash or other consideration or by way of dividend.
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| Microfilm Number | Filed with the Department of State on | NOV 12 1997 |
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STATEMENT
OF CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE
DSCB:15-1507/4144/5507/6144/8506 (Rev 90)
Indicate type of entity (check one):
| X | Domestic Business Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. § 1507) | Foreign Nonprofit Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. § 6144) | ||
| Foreign Business Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. § 4144) | Domestic Limited Partnership (15 Pa.C.S. § 8506) | |||
| Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. § 5507) |
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions of 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations) the undersigned corporation or limited partnership, desiring to effect a change of registered office, hereby states that:
| 1. | The name of the corporation or limited partnership is: | Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. |
| 2. | The (a) address of this corporation’s or limited partnership’s current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: (the Department is hereby authorized to correct the following information to conform to the records of the Department): |
| (a) | One Manchester Street | Glen Rock | PA | 17327 | York | |
| Number and Street | City | State | Zip | County |
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| Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider | County |
For a corporation or a limited partnership represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the corporation or limited partnership is located for venue and official publication purposes.
| 3. | (Complete part (a) or (b)): |
| (a) | The address to which the registered office of the corporation or limited partnership in this Commonwealth is to be changed is: |
| 105 Leader Heights Road | York | PA | 17403 | York | |
| Number and Street | City | State | Zip | County |
| (b) | The registered office of the corporation or limited partnership shall be provided by: |
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For a corporation or a limited partnership represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the corporation or limited partnership is located for venue and official publication purposes.
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| 4. | (Strike out if a limited partnership): Such change was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. |
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation or limited partnership has caused this statement to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this 28th day of October , 19 97 .
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | ||
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| Entity #: 938777 | |
| Date Filed: 01/06/2009 | |
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| Secretary of the Commonwealth | |
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| In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. § 1522(b) (relating to statement with respect to shares), the undersigned corporation, desiring to state the designation and voting rights, preferences, limitations, and special rights, if any, of a class of series of its shares, hereby states that: |
| 1. | The name of the corporation is: | ||
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| 2. | Check and complete one of the following: | |
| ☐ | The resolution amending the Articles under 15 Pa.C.S. 1522(b) (relating to divisions and determinations by the board), set forth in full, is as follows: | |
| ☒ | The resolution amending the Articles under 15 Pa.C.S. § 1522(b) is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
| 3. The aggregate number of shares of such class or series established and designated by (a) such resolution, (b) all prior statements, if any, filed under Pa.C.S. § 1522 or corresponding provisions of prior law with respect thereto, and (c) any other provision of the Articles is 16,500 shares. |
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| ☒ | The resolution shall be effective upon filing of this statement with respect to shares in the Department of State. | |
| ☐ | The resolution shall be effective on:__________at_________. |
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused this statement to be, signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this 5th day of January, 2009. | |||
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EXHIBIT “A”
CERTIFICATE
OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
FIXED
RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A
OF
CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC.
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 1522 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, does hereby certify:
The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) or an applicable committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, adopted the following resolution on November 11, 2008, creating a series of 16,500 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “ Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A ”.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Corporation be and hereby is created, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:
Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A” (the “Designated Preferred Stock”). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 16,500.
Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
Part. 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of Designations (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:
(a) “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Corporation.
(b) “Dividend Payment Date” means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year.
(c) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock, and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
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(d) “Liquidation Amount” means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) “Minimum Amount” means $4,125,000.
(f) “Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).
(g) “Signing Date” means the Original Issue Date.
Part. 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Codorus Valley, Inc. Bancorp has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by Harry R. Swift, its Vice President and Secretary, this 5 th day of January , 200 9 .
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ANNEX A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters . Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 2. Standard Definitions . As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock:
(a) “Applicable Dividend Rate” means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9% per annum.
(b) “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(c) “Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders.
(d) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
(e) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.
(f) “Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations or comparable instrument relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.
(g) “Charter” means the Corporation’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.
(h) “Dividend Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(i) “Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
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(j) “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(k) “Original Issue Date” means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.
(1) “Preferred Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(m) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred Stock.
(n) “Qualified Equity Offering” means the sale and issuance for cash by the Corporation to persons other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Corporation at the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporation’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008).
(o) “Share Dilution Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
(p) “Standard Provisions” mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.
(q) “Successor Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
(r) “Voting Parity Stock” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.
Section 3. Dividends .
(a) Rate . Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date ( i.e., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20
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calendar days after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. The period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.
Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month. Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record Date”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.
Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designations).
(b) Priority of Dividends . So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in
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Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in
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any such dividends.
Section 4. Liquidation Rights .
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation . In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b) Partial Payment . If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions . If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation . For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
Section 5. Redemption .
(a) Optional Redemption . Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any
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time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided that (x) the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the “Minimum Amount” as defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Successor Preferred Stock”) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor).
The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund . The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred Stock.
(c) Notice of Redemption . Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure
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duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
(d) Partial Redemption . In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.
(e) Effectiveness of Redemption . If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares . Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock).
Section 6. Conversion . Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.
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Section 7. Voting Rights .
(a) General . The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Preferred Stock Directors . Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the “Preferred Directors” and each a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Corporation may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.
(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters . So long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or create
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or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock . Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;
provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Corporation to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.
(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption . No vote or consent of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
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(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents . The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 9. Notices . All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.
Section 10. No Preemptive Rights . No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
Section 11. Replacement Certificates . The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Rights . The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.
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In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. § 1522(b) (relating to statement with respect to shares), the undersigned corporation, desiring to state the designation and voting rights, preferences, limitations, and special rights, if any, of a class of series of its shares, hereby states that:
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| ☐ | The resolution amending the Articles under 15 Pa.C.S. § 1522(b) (relating to divisions and determinations by the board), set forth in full, is as follows: | |
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| 4. | The resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereon on: 8/9/11 | |
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CERTIFICATE
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SENIOR NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B
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CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC.
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “ Issuer ”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 1522 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, thereof, does hereby certify:
The board of directors of the Issuer (the “ Board of Directors ”) or an applicable committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Issuer and applicable law, adopted the following resolution on August 9, 2011 creating a series of 25,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Issuer designated as “ Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B ”.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Issuer and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Issuer be and hereby is created, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:
Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares . There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Issuer a series of preferred stock designated as the “ Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B ” (the “ Designated Preferred Stock ”). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 25,000.
Part 2. Standard Provisions . The Standard Provisions contained in Schedule A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designation to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
Part 3. Definitions . The following terms are used in this Certificate of Designation (including the Standard Provisions in Schedule A hereto) as defined below:
(a) “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the Issuer.
(b) “ Definitive Agreement ” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Issuer and Treasury, dated as of the Signing Date.
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(c) “ Junior Stock ” means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Issuer the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend and redemption rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.
(d) “ Liquidation Amount ” means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) “ Minimum Amount ” means (i) the amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Designated Preferred Stock issued on the Original Issue Date or (ii) all of the outstanding Designated Preferred Stock, if the aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Designated Preferred Stock is less than the amount set forth in the preceding clause (i).
(f) “ Parity Stock ” means any class or series of stock of the Issuer (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively). Without limiting the foregoing, Parity Stock shall include 16,500 shares of the Issuer’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $2.50 per share, having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share..
(g) “ Signing Date ” means August 18, 2011.
(h) “ Treasury ” means the United States Department of the Treasury and any successor in interest thereto.
Part 4. Certain Voting Matters . Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designation to be signed by Larry J. Miller, its President and Chief Executive Officer, this 18 th day of August, 2011.
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STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters . Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designation. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Issuer, as set forth below.
Section 2. Standard Definitions . As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock:
(a) “ Acquiror ,” in any Holding Company Transaction, means the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent in the case of a merger or consolidation or the transferee in the case of a sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. For purposes of this definition, “ control ” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise.
(c) “ Applicable Dividend Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(d) “ Appropriate Federal Banking Agency ” means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to the Issuer as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(e) “ Bank Holding Company ” means a company registered as such with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pursuant to 12 U.S.C. §1842 and the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System thereunder.
(f) “ Baseline ” means the “Initial Small Business Lending Baseline” set forth on the Initial Supplemental Report (as defined in the Definitive Agreement), subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3(a).
(g) “ Business Combination ” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Issuer’s stockholders.
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(h) “ Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the District of Columbia generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.
(i) “ Bylaws ” means the bylaws of the Issuer, as they may be amended from time to time.
(j) “ Call Report ” has the meaning set forth in the Definitive Agreement.
(k) “ Certificate of Designation ” means the Certificate of Designation or comparable instrument relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.
(l) “ Charge-Offs ” means the net amount of loans charged off by the Issuer or, if the Issuer is a Bank Holding Company or a Savings and Loan Holding Company, by the IDI Subsidiary(ies) during quarters that begin on or after the Signing Date, determined as follows:
(i) if the Issuer or the applicable IDI Subsidiary is a bank, by subtracting (A) the aggregate dollar amount of recoveries reflected on line RIAD4605 of its Call Reports for such quarters from (B) the aggregate dollar amount of charge-offs reflected on line RIAD4635 of its Call Reports for such quarters (without duplication as a result of such dollar amounts being reported on a year-to-date basis); or
(ii) if the Issuer or the applicable IDI Subsidiary is a thrift, by subtracting (A) the sum of the aggregate dollar amount of recoveries reflected on line VA140 of its Call Reports for such quarters and the aggregate dollar amount of adjustments reflected on line VA150 of its Call Reports for such quarters from (B) the aggregate dollar amount of charge-offs reflected on line VA160 of its Call Reports for such quarters.
(m) “ Charter ” means the Issuer’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.
(n) “ CPP Lending Incentive Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(e).
(o) “ Current Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(i)(2).
(p) “ Dividend Payment Date ” means January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year.
(q) “ Dividend Period ” means the period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date; provided, however, the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date (the “ Initial Dividend Period ”).
(r) “ Dividend Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
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(s) “ Dividend Reference Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(i)(2).
(t) “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
(u) “ Holding Company Preferred Stock ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(v).
(v) “ Holding Company Transaction ” means the occurrence of (a) any transaction (including, without limitation, any acquisition, merger or consolidation) the result of which is that a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (i) becomes the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under that Act, of common equity of the Issuer representing more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding Common Stock or (ii) is otherwise required to consolidate the Issuer for purposes of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or (b) any consolidation or merger of the Issuer or similar transaction or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Issuer’s subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the Issuer or the Acquiror is or becomes a Bank Holding Company or Savings and Loan Holding Company.
(w) “ IDI Subsidiary ” means any Issuer Subsidiary that is an insured depository institution.
(x) “ Increase in QSBL ” means:
(i) with respect to the first (1st) Dividend Period, the difference obtained by subtracting (A) the Baseline from (B) QSBL set forth in the Initial Supplemental Report (as defined in the Definitive Agreement); and
(ii) with respect to each subsequent Dividend Period, the difference obtained by subtracting (A) the Baseline from (B) QSBL for the Dividend Reference Period for the Current Period.
(y) “ Initial Dividend Period ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Dividend Period”.
(z) “ Issuer Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Issuer.
(aa) “ Liquidation Preference ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
(bb) “ Non-Qualifying Portion Percentage ” means, with respect to any particular Dividend Period, the percentage obtained by subtracting the Qualifying Portion Percentage from one (1).
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(cc) “ Original Issue Date ” means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.
(dd) “ Percentage Change in QSBL ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(ii).
(ee) “ Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.
(ff) “ Preferred Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
(gg) “ Preferred Stock ” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Issuer, including the Designated Preferred Stock.
(hh) “ Previously Acquired Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Definitive Agreement.
(ii) “ Private Capital ” means, if the Issuer is Matching Private Investment Supported (as defined in the Definitive Agreement), the equity capital received by the Issuer or the applicable Affiliate of the Issuer from one or more non-governmental investors in accordance with Section 1.3(m) of the Definitive Agreement.
(jj) “ Publicly-traded ” means a company that (i) has a class of securities that is traded on a national securities exchange and (ii) is required to file periodic reports with either the Securities and Exchange Commission or its primary federal bank regulator.
(kk) “ Qualified Small Business Lending ” or “ QSBL ” means, with respect to any particular Dividend Period, the “Quarter-End Adjusted Qualified Small Business Lending” for such Dividend Period set forth in the applicable Supplemental Report.
(ll) “ Qualifying Portion Percentage ” means, with respect to any particular Dividend Period, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Increase in QSBL for such Dividend Period by (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount of then-outstanding Designated Preferred Stock.
(mm) “ Savings and Loan Holding Company ” means a company registered as such with the Office of Thrift Supervision pursuant to 12 U.S.C. §1467a(b) and the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision promulgated thereunder.
(nn) “ Share Dilution Amount ” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, and as measured from the date of the Issuer’s most recent consolidated financial statements prior to the Signing Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
(oo) “ Signing Date Tier 1 Capital Amount ” means $70,350,000.
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(pp) “ Standard Provisions ” mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designation relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.
(qq) “ Supplemental Report ” means a Supplemental Report delivered by the Issuer to Treasury pursuant to the Definitive Agreement.
(rr) “ Tier 1 Dividend Threshold ” means, as of any particular date, the result of the following formula:
(( A + B – C ) * 0.9 ) – D
where:
| A = | Signing Date Tier 1 Capital Amount; |
| B = | the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Designated Preferred Stock issued to Treasury; |
| C = | the aggregate amount of Charge-Offs since the Signing Date; and |
| D = | (i) beginning on the first day of the eleventh (11th) Dividend Period, the amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Designated Preferred Stock issued to Treasury as of the Effective Date (without regard to any redemptions of Designated Preferred Stock that may have occurred thereafter) for every one percent (1%) of positive Percentage Change in Qualified Small Business Lending between the ninth (9th) Dividend Period and the Baseline; and |
(ii) zero (0) at all other times.
(ss) “ Voting Parity Stock ” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Section 7(d) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designation, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.
Section 3. Dividends .
(a) Rate .
(i) The “ Applicable Dividend Rate ” shall be determined as follows:
| (1) | With respect to the Initial Dividend Period, the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be five percent (5%). |
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| (2) | With respect to each of the second (2nd) through the tenth (10th) Dividend Periods, inclusive (in each case, the “ Current Period ”), the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be: |
(A) (x) the applicable rate set forth in column “A” of the table in Section 3(a)(iii), based on the Percentage Change in QSBL between the Dividend Period that was two Dividend Periods prior to the Current Period (the “ Dividend Reference Period ”) and the Baseline, multiplied by (y) the Qualifying Portion Percentage; plus
(B) (x) five percent (5%) multiplied by (y) the Non-Qualifying Portion Percentage.
In each such case, the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be determined at the time the Issuer delivers a complete and accurate Supplemental Report to Treasury with respect to the Dividend Reference Period.
| (3) | With respect to the eleventh (11th) through the eighteenth (18th) Dividend Periods, inclusive, and that portion of the nineteenth (19th) Dividend Period prior to, but not including, the four and one half (4½) year anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be: |
(A) (x) the applicable rate set forth in column “B” of the table in Section 3(a)(iii), based on the Percentage Change in QSBL between the ninth (9th) Dividend Period and the Baseline, multiplied by (y) the Qualifying Portion Percentage, calculated as of the last day of the ninth (9th) Dividend Period; plus
(B) (x) five percent (5%) multiplied by (y) the Non-Qualifying Portion Percentage, calculated as of the last day of the ninth (9th) Dividend Period.
In such case, the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be determined at the time the Issuer delivers a complete and accurate Supplemental Report to Treasury with respect to the ninth (9th) Dividend Period.
| (4) | With respect to (A) that portion of the nineteenth (19th) Dividend Period beginning on the four and one half (4½) year anniversary of the Original Issue Date and (B) all Dividend Periods thereafter, the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be nine percent (9%). |
| (5) | Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Issuer fails to submit a Supplemental Report that is due during any of the second (2nd) through tenth (10th) |
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Dividend Periods on or before the sixtieth (60th) day of such Dividend Period, the Issuer’s QSBL for the Dividend Period that would have been covered by such Supplemental Report shall be zero (0) for purposes hereof.
| (6) | Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, but subject to Section 3(a)(i)(5) above, if the Issuer fails to submit the Supplemental Report that is due during the tenth (10th) Dividend Period, the Issuer’s QSBL for the shall be zero (0) for purposes of calculating the Applicable Dividend Rate pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)(3) and (4). The Applicable Dividend Rate shall be re-determined effective as of the first day of the calendar quarter following the date such failure is remedied, provided it is remedied prior to the four and one half (4½) anniversary of the Original Issue Date. |
| (7) | Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Issuer fails to submit any of the certificates required by Sections 3.1(d)(ii) or 3.1(d)(iii) of the Definitive Agreement when and as required thereby, the Issuer’s QSBL for the shall be zero (0) for purposes of calculating the Applicable Dividend Rate pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)(2) or (3) above until such failure is remedied. |
(ii) The “ Percentage Change in Qualified Lending ” between any given Dividend Period and the Baseline shall be the result of the following formula, expressed as a percentage:
(iii) The following table shall be used for determining the Applicable Dividend Rate:
| If the Percentage Change in Qualified Lending is: | The Applicable Dividend Rate shall be: | |
|
Column
“A”
(each of the 2nd – 10th Dividend Periods) |
Column
“B”
(11th – 18th, and the first part of the 19th, Dividend Periods) |
|
| 0% or less | 5% | 7% |
| More than 0%, but less than 2.5% | 5% | 5% |
| 2.5% or more, but less than 5% | 4% | 4% |
| 5% or more, but less than 7.5% | 3% | 3% |
| 7.5% or more, but less than 10% | 2% | 2% |
| 10% or more | 1% | 1% |
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(iv) If the Issuer consummates a Business Combination, a purchase of loans or a purchase of participations in loans and the Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding thereafter, then the Baseline shall thereafter be the “Quarter-End Adjusted Small Business Lending Baseline” set forth on the Quarterly Supplemental Report (as defined in the Definitive Agreement).
(b) Payment . Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends with respect to:
(i) each Dividend Period (other than the Initial Dividend Period) at a rate equal to one-fourth (¼) of the Applicable Dividend Rate with respect to each Dividend Period on the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date; and
(ii) the Initial Dividend Period, on the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least twenty (20) calendar days after the Original Issue Date, an amount equal to (A) the Applicable Dividend Rate with respect to the Initial Dividend Period multiplied by (B) the number of days from the Original Issue Date to the last day of the Initial Dividend Period (inclusive) divided by 360.
In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. For avoidance of doubt, “payable quarterly in arrears” means that, with respect to any particular Dividend Period, dividends begin accruing on the first day of such Dividend Period and are payable on the first day of the next Dividend Period.
The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of four 90-day quarters, and actual days elapsed over a 90-day quarter.
Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Issuer on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a “ Dividend Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.
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Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designation).
(c) Non-Cumulative . Dividends on shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. If the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors does not declare a dividend on the Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period:
(i) the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall have no right to receive any dividend for such Dividend Period, and the Issuer shall have no obligation to pay a dividend for such Dividend Period, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock; and
(ii) the Issuer shall, within five (5) calendar days, deliver to the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock a written notice executed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer stating the Board of Directors’ rationale for not declaring dividends.
(d) Priority of Dividends; Restrictions on Dividends .
(i) Subject to Sections 3(d)(ii), (iii) and (v) and any restrictions imposed by the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency or, if applicable, the Issuer’s state bank supervisor (as defined in Section 3(r) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Issuer may declare and pay dividends on the Common Stock, any other shares of Junior Stock, or Parity Stock, in each case only if (A) after giving effect to such dividend the Issuer’s Tier 1 capital would be at least equal to the Tier 1 Dividend Threshold, and (B) full dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid.
(ii) If a dividend is not declared and paid in full on the Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period, then from the last day of such Dividend Period until the last day of the third (3rd) Dividend Period immediately following it, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock; provided, however, that in any such Dividend Period in which a dividend is declared and paid on the Designated Preferred Stock, dividends may be paid on Parity Stock to the extent necessary to avoid any material breach of a covenant by which the Issuer is bound.
(iii) When dividends have not been declared and paid in full for an aggregate of four (4) Dividend Periods or more, and during such time the Issuer was not subject to a regulatory determination that prohibits the declaration and payment of dividends, the Issuer shall, within five (5) calendar days of each missed payment, deliver
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to the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock a certificate executed by at least a majority of the Board of Directors stating that the Board of Directors used its best efforts to declare and pay such dividends in a manner consistent with (A) safe and sound banking practices and (B) the directors’ fiduciary obligations.
(iv) Subject to the foregoing and Section 3(e) below and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
(v) If the Issuer is not Publicly-Traded, then after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Signing Date, so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock.
(e) Special Lending Incentive Fee Related to CPP . If Treasury held Previously Acquired Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Original Issue Date and the Issuer did not apply to Treasury to redeem such Previously Acquired Preferred Shares prior to December 16, 2010, and if the Issuer’s Supplemental Report with respect to the ninth (9th) Dividend Period reflects an amount of Qualified Small Business Lending that is less than or equal to the Baseline (or if the Issuer fails to timely file a Supplemental Report with respect to the ninth (9th) Dividend Period), then beginning on April 1, 2014 and on all Dividend Payment Dates thereafter ending on April 1, 2016, the Issuer shall pay to the Holders of Designated Preferred Stock, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock, but only out of assets legally available therefor, a fee equal to 0.5% of the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock (“ CPP Lending Incentive Fee ”). All references in Section 3(d) to “dividends” on the Designated Preferred Stock shall be deemed to include the CPP Lending Incentive Fee.
Section 4. Liquidation Rights .
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation . In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Issuer, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Issuer or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Issuer, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Issuer, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Issuer ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends on each such share (such amounts collectively, the “ Liquidation Preference ”).
(b) Partial Payment . If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets of the Issuer or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
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payable with respect of any other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions . If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Issuer shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Issuer (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Is Not Liquidation . For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.
Section 5. Redemption .
(a) Optional Redemption.
(i) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 5:
| (1) | The Issuer, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding; and |
| (2) | If, after the Signing Date, there is a change in law that modifies the terms of Treasury’s investment in the Designated Preferred Stock or the terms of Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund program in a materially adverse respect for the Issuer, the Issuer may, after consultation with the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, redeem all of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding. |
(ii) The per-share redemption price for shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be equal to the sum of:
| (1) | the Liquidation Amount per share, |
| (2) | the per-share amount of any unpaid dividends for the then current Dividend Period at the Applicable Dividend Rate to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption (regardless |
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of whether any dividends are actually declared for that Dividend Period; and
| (3) | the pro rata amount of CPP Lending Incentive Fees for the current Dividend Period. |
The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Issuer or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends for the then current Dividend Period payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund . The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred Stock.
(c) Notice of Redemption . Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Issuer. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
(d) Partial Redemption . In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable, but in any event the shares to be redeemed shall not be less than the Minimum Amount. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency. If fewer than all the
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shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.
(e) Effectiveness of Redemption . If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Issuer, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Issuer, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Issuer for payment of the redemption price of such shares.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares . Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Issuer shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock).
Section 6. Conversion . Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.
Section 7. Voting Rights .
(a) General . The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Board Observation Rights . Whenever, at any time or times, dividends on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in full within five (5) Business Days after each Dividend Payment Date for an aggregate of five (5) Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the Issuer shall invite a representative selected by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, to attend all meetings of its Board of Directors in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents, and other materials that it provides to its directors in connection with such meetings; provided, that the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall not be obligated to select such a representative, nor shall such representative, if selected, be obligated to attend any meeting to which he/she is invited. The rights of the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock set forth in this Section 7(b) shall terminate when full dividends have been timely paid on the Designated Preferred Stock for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned.
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(c) Preferred Stock Directors . Whenever, at any time or times, (i) dividends on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in full within five (5) Business Days after each Dividend Payment Date for an aggregate of six (6) Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, and (ii) the aggregate liquidation preference of the then-outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock is greater than or equal to $25,000,000, the authorized number of directors of the Issuer shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect two directors (hereinafter the “ Preferred Directors ” and each a “ Preferred Director ”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Issuer’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if the next annual meeting is not yet scheduled or is scheduled to occur more than thirty days later, the President of the Company shall promptly call a special meeting for that purpose) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until full dividends have been timely paid on the Designated Preferred Stock for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods, at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Issuer to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Issuer may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.
(d) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters . So long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the written consent of (x) Treasury if Treasury holds any shares of Designated Preferred Stock, or (y) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, if Treasury does not hold any shares of Designated Preferred Stock, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock . Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Designation for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Issuer ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer;
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(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock . Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designation for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(d)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock;
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations . Subject to Section 7(d)(v) below, any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Issuer with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Issuer is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof that are the same as the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole; provided, that in all cases, the obligations of the Issuer are assumed (by operation of law or by express written assumption) by the resulting entity or its ultimate parent;
(iv) Certain Asset Sales . Any sale of all, substantially all, or any material portion of, the assets of the Company, if the Designated Preferred Stock will not be redeemed in full contemporaneously with the consummation of such sale; and
(v) Holding Company Transactions . Any consummation of a Holding Company Transaction, unless as a result of the Holding Company Transaction each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be converted into or exchanged for one share with an equal liquidation preference of preference securities of the Issuer or the Acquiror (the “ Holding Company Preferred Stock ”). Any such Holding Company Preferred Stock shall entitle holders thereof to dividends from the date of issuance of such Holding Company Preferred Stock on terms that are equivalent to the terms set forth herein, and shall have such other rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof that are the same as the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such conversion or exchange, taken as a whole;
provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(d), any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Issuer to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer will not be
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deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) Changes after Provision for Redemption . No vote or consent of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(d) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
(f) Procedures for Voting and Consents . The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. Restriction on Redemptions and Repurchases .
(a) Subject to Sections 8(b) and (c), so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Issuer may repurchase or redeem any shares of Capital Stock (as defined below), in each case only if (i) after giving effect to such dividend, repurchase or redemption, the Issuer’s Tier 1 capital would be at least equal to the Tier 1 Dividend Threshold and (ii) dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date).
(b) If a dividend is not declared and paid on the Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period, then from the last day of such Dividend Period until the last day of the third (3rd) Dividend Period immediately following it, neither the Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary shall, redeem, purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock, Parity Stock or other capital stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary, or any trust preferred securities issued by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer (“Capital Stock”), (other than (i) redemptions, purchases, repurchases or other acquisitions of the Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) repurchases of Junior Stock or Common Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset any Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of the Issuer Subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any other Issuer Subsidiary), including as trustees or custodians, (iv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock
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for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock or trust preferred securities for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case set forth in this clause (iv), solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock, (v) redemptions of securities held by the Issuer or any wholly-owned Issuer Subsidiary or (vi) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of capital stock or other equity securities of any kind of any Issuer Subsidiary required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to (x) if Treasury held Previously Acquired Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Original Issue Date, the original issue date of such Previously Acquired Preferred Shares, or (y) otherwise, the Signing Date).
(c) If the Issuer is not Publicly-Traded, then after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Signing Date, so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries.
Section 9. No Preemptive Rights . No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Issuer, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
Section 10. References to Line Items of Supplemental Reports . If Treasury modifies the form of Supplemental Report, pursuant to its rights under the Definitive Agreement, and any such modification includes a change to the caption or number of any line item on the Supplemental Report, then any reference herein to such line item shall thereafter be a reference to such re-captioned or re-numbered line item.
Section 11. Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Issuer and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Issuer nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 12. Notices . All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designation, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.
Section 13. Replacement Certificates . The Issuer shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Issuer. The Issuer shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Issuer of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Issuer.
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Section 14. Other Rights . The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.
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Entity
#: 938777
Date Filed: 06/15/2012 Carol Aichele Secretary of the Commonwealth |
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PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU |
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Articles of Amendment-Domestic Corporation
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| Entity Number | X | Business Corporation (§ 1915) | |||||||
| 938777 | Nonprofit Corporation (§ 5915) | ||||||||
| Name |
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| Melissa Falk | c/o Barley Snyder | ||||||||
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| 126 E. King Street | |||||||||
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| Fee: $70 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | |
| ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT-BUSINESS 3 Page(s) | ||
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In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned, desiring to amend its articles, hereby states that:
| 1. | The name of the corporation is: | ||
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | |||
| 3. | The statute by or under which it was incorporated: Business Corporation Law of 1933, as amended |
| 4. | The date of its incorporation: 10/7/86 |
| 5. | Check and, If appropriate, complete one of the following: | ||
| X The amendment shall be effective upon filing these Articles of Amendment in the Department of State. | |||
| The amendment shall be effective on: | _______________at__________ | ||
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| 6. Check one of the fol1owing: | |||
| X | The amendment was adopted by the shareholders or members pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(a) and (b) or § 5914(a). | ||
| The amendment was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(c) or § 5914(b). | |||
| 7. Check and, if appropriate, complete one of the following: | |||
| X | The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows: | ||
| 4(a). The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is: | |||
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Fifteen million (15,000,000)
shares of Common Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) per share (the
“Common
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| ____ The amendment adopted by the corporation is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. | |||
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this 14 th day of June, 2012. | ||||
| CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC. | ||||
| By: |
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| Secretary | ||||
| Entity# : 938777 | |
| Date Filed : 12/04/2015 | |
| Pedro A. Cortés | |
| Secretary of the Commonwealth |
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
| ☐ Return document by mail to: | ||||||
| Articles of Amendment | ||||||
| Brandt T. Bowman, Esquire | Domestic Corporation | |||||
| Name | DSCB:15-1915/5915 (rev. 7/2015) | |||||
| RHOADS & SINON LLP | ||||||
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| City | State | Zip Code | TCO151204 DB0676 | |||
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Fee: $70
| Check one: | ☑ Business Corporation (§ 1915) | ☐ Nonprofit Corporation (§ 5915) |
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned, desiring to amend its articles, hereby states that:
| 1. The name of the corporation is: | ||
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | ||
| 2. The (a) address of this corporation’s current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: | |||||||
| (Complete only (a) or (b), not both) | |||||||
| (a) Number and Street | City | State | Zip | County | |||
| 105 Leader Heights Road | York | PA | 17403 | York | |||
| (b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider | County | ||||||
| c/o: | |||||||
| 3. The statute by or under which it was incorporated: Pa. Business Corporation Law of 1933, as amended | ||
| 4. The date of its incorporation: | 10/07/1986 | |||
| (MM/DD/YYYY) |
| 1004413.1 | 2015 DEC – 4 AH 10:50 |
| PA. DEPT. OF STATE |
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| 6. Check one of the following: | |||
| The amendment was adopted by the shareholders or members pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(a) and (b) or § 5914(a). | |||
| ✓ | The amendment was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(c) or § 5914(b). | ||
| 7. Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following: | |||
| The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows: | |||
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The amendment adopted by the corporation is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
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| 8. Check if the amendment restates the Articles: | |||
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The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the original articles and all amendments thereto. |
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| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this | |||||||||
| 4th | day of | December | , | 2015 | . | ||||
| CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC. | |||||||||
| Name of Corporation | |||||||||
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| Chairman, President and CEO | |||||||||
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Attachment
Articles of Amendment Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. |
EXHIBIT “A” |
The Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation shall be amended by adding thereto a new Article 10, which shall read in its entirety as follows:
10. Any or all classes and series of shares, or any part thereof, may be represented by uncertificated shares, except that shares represented by a certificate that is issued and outstanding shall continue to be represented thereby until the certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.
| Entity# : 938777 | |
| Date Filed : 05/24/2016 | |
| Pedro A. Cortés | |
| Secretary of the Commonwealth |
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
| ☐ Return document by mail to: | ||||||
| Kenneth J. Rollins, Esquire | Articles of Amendment | |||||
| Name | Domestic Corporation | |||||
| RHOADS & SINON LLP | ||||||
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| City | State | Zip Code | TCO160525JM1621 | |||
| ☐ Return document by email to: | ||||||
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Fee: $70
| Check one: | ☑ Business Corporation (§ 1915) | ☐ Nonprofit Corporation (§ 5915) |
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned, desiring to amend its articles, hereby states that:
| 1. The name of the corporation is: | ||
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | ||
| 2. The (a) address of this corporation’s current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: | |||||||
| (Complete only (a) or (b), not both) | |||||||
| (a) Number and Street | City | State | Zip | County | |||
| 105 Leader Heights Road | York | PA | 17403 | York | |||
| (b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider | County | ||||||
| c/o: | |||||||
| 3. The statute by or under which it was incorporated: Pa. Business Corporation Law of 1933_, as amended | ||
| 4. The date of its incorporation: | 10/07/1986 | |||
| (MM/DD/YYYY) |
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| 6. Check one of the following: | |||
| ✓ | The amendment was adopted by the shareholders or members pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(a) and (b) or § 5914(a). | ||
| The amendment was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(c) or § 5914(b). | |||
| 7. Check and if appropriate complete, one of the following: | |||
| The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows: | |||
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The amendment adopted by the corporation is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
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| 8. Check if the amendment restates the Articles: | |||
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The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the original articles and all amendments thereto. |
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| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this | |||||||||
| 18 th | day of | May | , | 2016 | |||||
| CODORUS VALLEY BANCORP, INC. | |||||||||
| Name of Corporation | |||||||||
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1019197.1
Attachment
Articles of Amendment
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.
EXHIBIT “A”
Article 7 of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
7. No merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of this corporation nor any action that would result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of this corporation shall be valid unless first approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this corporation; provided, however, that with respect to any transaction described in this Article 7 that is approved in advance by at least 80% of the members of the Board of Directors, such transaction shall require only such shareholder approval, if any, as may be required pursuant to the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law as in effect from time to time. This Article 7 may not be amended unless first approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this corporation.
1019197.1
| Entity# : 938777 | |
| Date Filed: 11/29/2017 | |
| Effective Date: 11/30/2017 | |
| Robert Torres | |
| Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth |
PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
| ☐ Return document by mail to: | |||||
| Statement of Merger | |||||
| Kevin Scott, Esquire | DSCB: 15-335 | ||||
| Name | (7/1/2015) | ||||
| Rhoads & Sinon LLP | |||||
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| City | State | Zip Code | TC0171212MCO286 | ||
| ☐ Return document by email to____________________ | |||||
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| Fee: | $70 plus $40 for each association that is a party to the merger |
The minimum amount to be submitted with this filing is $150
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions of 15 Pa.C.S. § 335 (relating to Statement of merger), the undersigned, desiring to effect a merger, hereby states that:
| A. | For the surviving association: |
| 1. | The name of the surviving association is: Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. |
| 2. | The jurisdiction of formation of the surviving association: Pennsylvania |
| 3. | The type of association of the surviving association is (check only one): |
| ☒ | Business Corporation |
| ☐ | Nonprofit Corporation |
| ☐ | Limited Liability Company |
| ☐ | Limited Partnership |
| ☐ | Limited Liability (General) Partnership |
| ☐ | Limited Liability Limited Partnership |
| ☐ | Business Trust |
| ☐ | Professional Association |
| ☐ | Other __ _________________________________________________ |
| 1050229.3 | 2017 NOV 29 AM 8:56 | |
| PA. DEPT. OF STATE | 2017 DEC – 7 PM 2:30 | |
| PA. DEPT. OF STATE |
DSCB: 15-335–2
| 4. | The surviving association is a (check only one box, provide address and follow instructions for attachments): |
| ☒ |
Domestic
(Pennsylvania) filing entity already in existence on Department of State records
If applicable, attach to this Statement any amendment to its public organic record approved as part of the plan of merger. |
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NEW
domestic (Pennsylvania) filing entity (includes limited liability limited partnership)
Attach to this Statement the public organic record of the new entity. |
| ☐ |
Foreign
filing association or foreign limited liability partnership already registered with the
Department.
If applicable, attach to this Statement any amendment to or transfer of its foreign registration approved as part of the plan of merger. |
| ☐ |
Foreign
filing association or foreign limited liability partnership simultaneously seeking registration
with the Department of State
Attach to this Statement a completed form DSCB: 15-412 (Foreign Registration Statement) with applicable fee and attachments. |
Its current registered office address. Complete part (a) OR (b) – not both:
| (a) | 105 Leader Heights Road | York | PA | York | |
| Number and street | City | State | Zip | County |
| (b) c/o: | |||||
| Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider | County | ||||
| ☐ |
NEW
domestic (Pennsylvania) limited liability partnership or electing partnership
Attach completed DSCB: 15-8201 (Statement of Registration) or DSCB: 15-8701A (Statement of Election) |
| ☐ |
Domestic
association that is not a domestic filing association
Attach to this Statement tax clearance certificates. |
The address, including street and number, if any, of its principal office:
| Number and street | City | State | Zip | County |
| ☐ |
Foreign
association that is not, and will not, be registered with the Department of State
Attach to this Statement tax clearance certificates. |
The address, including street and number, if any, of its registered or similar office, if any, required to be maintained by the law of its jurisdiction of formation; or if it is not required to maintain a registered or similar office, its principal office:
| Number and street | City | State | Zip |
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| B. | For the merging association(s) that are not surviving the merger: |
| 1. | The name of the merging association is: | CVLY Subsidiary Corp. |
| 2. | The jurisdiction of formation of the merging association: | Maryland |
| 4. | Check and complete one of the following addresses. | |
Use Statement of Merger – Addendum (DSCB:15-335AD)
for additional merging parties that are not surviving the merger.
DSCB:15-335–4
| C. | Effective date of statement of merger (check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following): | ||||||||
| ☐ | This Statement of Merger shall be effective upon filing in the Department of State. | ||||||||
| ☒ | This Statement of Merger shall be effective on: | November 30, 2017 | at 11:58 p.m. | ||||||
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Hour (if any) | ||||||||
| D. | Approval of merger by merging associations (check all applicable statement(s)): | ||||||||
| ☒ | For domestic entities — The merger was approved in accordance with 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 3, Subchapter C (relating to merger). | ||||||||
| ☒ | For foreign associations — The merger was approved in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of formation. | ||||||||
| ☐ | For domestic associations that are not domestic entities — The merger was approved by the interest holders of the merging association in the manner required by its organic law. | ||||||||
| E. | Attachments (see Instructions for required and optional attachments). | ||||||||
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned merging associations have caused this Statement of Merger to be signed by duly authorized officers thereof this 14 th day of November, 2017.
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | CVLY Subsidiary Corp, | ||
| Name of Merging Association | Name of Merging Association | ||
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| Signature | Signature | ||
| Chairman, President & CEO | Chairman, President & CEO | ||
| Title | Title |
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Date Filed : 05/15/2018 Pennsylvania Department of State |
PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
| ☐ Return document by mail to: |
Articles
of Amendment
TML 180516JD1660
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| Charles S. Ferry, Esq. – Counter Pick up or email | |||||
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| Stevens & Lee | |||||
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| ■ Return document by email to: mmz@stevenslee.com | |||||
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Fee: $70
| Check one: | ☑ Business Corporation (§ 1915) | ☐ Nonprofit Corporation (§ 5915) |
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of amendment), the undersigned, desiring to amend its articles, hereby states that:
| 1. The name of the corporation is: | ||
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | ||
| 2. | The (a) address of this corporation’s current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: | |||||||
| (Complete only (a) or (b), not both) | ||||||||
| (a) Number and Street | City | State | Zip | County | ||||
| 105 Leader Heights Road | York | PA | 17403 | York | ||||
| (b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider | County | |||||||
| c/o: | ||||||||
| 3. | The statute by or under which it was incorporated: PA Business Corporation Law of 1933, as amended. | ||
| 4. | The date of its incorporation: | 10/7/1986 | |||
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| 6. | Check one of the following: | |||
| X | The amendment was adopted by the shareholders or members pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. § 1914(a) and (b) or § 5914(a). | |||
| ____ | The amendment was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to 15 Pa. C.S. § 1914(c) or § 5914(b). | |||
| 7. | Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following: | |||
| ____ | The amendment adopted by the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows | |||
| X | The amendment adopted by the corporation is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. | |||
| 8. | Check if the amendment restates the Articles: | |||
| ____ | The restated Articles of Incorporation supersede the original articles and all amendments thereto. | |||
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this 15th day of May, 2018. | |||
| Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. | |||
| Name of Corporation | |||
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| Larry J. Miller | |||
| Chairman, President and CEO | |||
| Title | |||
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EXHIBIT A
Article 4(a) of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation shall be amended and rested to read in its entirety as follows:
4(a). The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty ($2.50) per share (the “Common Stock”) and One Million (1,000,000) shares of Series Preferred Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty cents ($2.50) per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
EXHIBIT A
Article 4(a) of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation shall be amended and rested to read in its entirety as follows:
4(a). The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty ($2.50) per share (the “Common Stock”) and One Million (1,000,000) shares of Series Preferred Stock of the par value of Two Dollars and Fifty cents ($2.50) per share (the “Preferred Stock”).