UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 31, 2013

 

 

F.N.B. CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   001-31940   25-1255406
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One F.N.B. Boulevard, Hermitage, PA   16148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (724) 981-6000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On October 31, 2013, F.N.B. Corporation (the “Company”) filed an Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Amendment”) with the Department of State of the State of Florida, establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of up to 115,000 shares of its Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”). A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

With respect to the payment of dividends and amounts upon the Company’s liquidation, the Preferred Shares will rank equally with all of the Company’s other preferred shares issued in the future (except as these may be expressly made junior or senior to the Preferred Shares) and senior to the Company’s common shares. Upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to receive out of the Company’s assets that are legally available for distribution to shareholders of the Company, before any distribution is made to holders of our common shares or other equity securities ranking junior to the Preferred Shares, a liquidation distribution in the amount of $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, to the date of the liquidation distribution, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Distribution will be made only to the extent the Company’s assets that are available after satisfaction of all liabilities to creditors and subject to the rights of holders of any securities of the Company ranking senior to the Preferred Shares and pro rata as to any other shares of the Company’s capital stock ranking equally as to such distribution, if any.

On or after February 15, 2024, the Preferred Shares may be redeemed at the Company’s option on any dividend payment date, in whole or in part, from time to time, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends.

The Company may also redeem the Preferred Shares on any dividend payment date in whole, but not in part, within 90 days following the occurrence of a “regulatory capital treatment event,” as described in the Amendment, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Holders of the Preferred Shares will have no right to require us to redeem or repurchase the Preferred Shares and should have no expectation that the Company will redeem the Preferred Shares.

The foregoing is a summary and is not complete. The full terms of the Preferred Shares are set forth in the Amendment, filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto. The terms of the depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Preferred Shares (the “Depositary Shares”), are set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated November 1, 2013, by and between the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Depositary (the “Deposit Agreement”). A copy of the Deposit Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On October 31, 2013, the Company filed the Amendment with the Department of State of the State of Florida, establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of up to 115,000 shares of the Preferred Shares. A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

In connection with the offering and sale of (i) 4,693,876 shares of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) up to 4,600,000 Depositary Shares, the Company is filing herewith the following exhibits to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181418):

 

  1. Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Common Stock)

 

  2. Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Depositary Shares)

 

  3. Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation

 

  4. Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between F.N.B. Corporation and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Depositary

 

  5. Specimen Certificate for Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share, of F.N.B. Corporation

 

  6. Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

 

  7. Opinion of Reed Smith LLP


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Common Stock)
  1.2    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Depositary Shares)
  3.1    Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation
  4.1    Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between F.N.B. Corporation and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Depositary
  4.2    Specimen Certificate for Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share, of F.N.B. Corporation
  5.1    Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (Common Stock and Preferred Stock)
  5.2    Opinion of Reed Smith LLP (Depositary Shares)
23.1    Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    F.N.B. CORPORATION
November 1, 2013     By:  

/s/ James G. Orie

     

James G. Orie

Chief Legal Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Common Stock)
  1.2    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among F.N.B. Corporation and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. (Depositary Shares)
  3.1    Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation
  4.1    Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between F.N.B. Corporation and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Depositary
  4.2    Specimen Certificate for Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share, of F.N.B. Corporation
  5.1    Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (Common Stock and Preferred Stock)
  5.2    Opinion of Reed Smith LLP (Depositary Shares)
23.1    Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Copy

F.N.B. Corporation

(a Florida corporation)

4,081,632 Shares of Common Stock

(Par Value $.01 Per Share)

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

October 29, 2013

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

787 Seventh Avenue

4 th  Floor

New York, New York 10019

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

Three World Financial Center

200 Vesey Street, 8 th Floor

New York, NY 10281

as Representatives of the several Underwriters

Ladies and Gentlemen:

F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPM”), Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“Keefe Bruyette”), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom JPM, Keefe Bruyette and RBC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 612,244 additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid 4,081,632 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 612,244 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.”

The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.


The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined under Rule 405 (“Rule 405”) of the rules and regulations (the “1933 Act Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) on Form S-3 (No. 333-181418), including the related base prospectus, covering the registration of certain classes of securities of the Company (including the Securities) under the 1933 Act, and the offer and sale thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the 1933 Act Regulations. Such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 430B”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”). Any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to herein as “Rule 430B Information.” Each base prospectus and prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, including the information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, is referred to herein collectively as a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including any amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement”; provided , however , that “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities (within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2)). The final base prospectus and the final prospectus supplement, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act prior to the time of the execution of this Agreement, are referred to herein collectively as the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system thereto (collectively, “EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package (as defined herein) (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, prior to the execution of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of

 

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1934 (the “1934 Act”), which is or deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, at or after the execution of this Agreement. All references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package shall be deemed to include the information incorporated by reference in each such document.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties and Agreements .

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 for registration under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement was filed by the Company with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof. The Registration Statement became effective under the 1933 Act upon filing with the Commission. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on an automatic shelf registration statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission nor any state or other jurisdiction or regulatory body, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company. No order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by the Commission or any state or other jurisdiction or regulatory body. Any request on the part of the Commission, any state or other jurisdiction or other regulatory body for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and did not, does not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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Any preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and any such preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of Securities was and will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) identified on Schedule B , the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information agreed to in writing by the Company and the Underwriters as the information to be conveyed orally by the Underwriters to purchasers of the Securities at the Applicable Time as set forth on Schedule B , all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The representations and warranties in the preceding three paragraphs shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, or any amendments or supplements thereto, as the case may be.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 9:05 A.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the base prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities immediately prior to that time, including the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).

“Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities (including any identified on Schedule B hereto) that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e) hereof, did

 

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not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(ii) Compliance with Registration Requirements . (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405; and (AA) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (BB) at the earliest time after the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and (CC) as of the execution of this Agreement (with such time of execution being used as the determination date for purpose of this clause (CC)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(iii) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), as applicable, and when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of the Securities and (c) at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at each Date of Delivery), did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(iv) Independent Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, the accounting firm that certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the

 

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1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. With respect to the Company, Ernst & Young LLP is not and has not been in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes Oxley Act”) and the related rules and regulations of the Commission.

(v) Financial Statements . The financial statements, included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the books and records of the Company. No other historical or pro forma financial statements or schedules of the Company, its subsidiaries or any other entity are required to be included, incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act, as applicable.

(vi) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates as of which information is included or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Stock in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(vii) Good Standing of the Company . The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida and has

 

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corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(viii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, trust company or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (a) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule D hereto and (b) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single Subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

(ix) Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus). All of the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable, and is owned, directly or through other subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

(x) Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered by the Underwriters, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in

 

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accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable securities laws.

(xi) Authorization and Description of Securities . The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability for the debts of the Company by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or statutory), warrants or options to acquire from the Company, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance by the Company of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company, and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act or otherwise register any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person.

(xii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”) except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign (each a “Governmental Entity”), having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.

 

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(xiii) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xiv) Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein) or which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xv) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.

(xvi) Possession of Intellectual Property . The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures and excluding generally commercially available “off the shelf” software programs licensed pursuant to shrink wrap or “click and accept” licenses), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws.

 

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(xviii) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to be so in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, all such filings were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed and no material deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions.

(xix) No Regulatory Proceedings . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any order, decree, agreement, memorandum or understanding or similar agreement with, or a commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Entity charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or engaged in the insurance of deposits (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the FDIC) or the supervision or regulation of it or any of its subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been advised by any such Governmental Entity that such Governmental Entity is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum or understanding, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission.

(xx) Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

 

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(xxi) Compliance with Cuba Act . The Company has complied with, and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that certain Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba, codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Cuba Act”) or is exempt therefrom.

(xxii) No Unlawful Payments . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, directors, executive officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), or (iii) any other applicable anti-corruption laws, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its other affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA, the Bribery Act and any other applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xxiii) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(xxiv) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, executive officers, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of its employees, agents, or affiliates or other persons associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the

 

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subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

(xxv) Investment Company Act . The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

(xxvi) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(xxvii) Taxes . The Company and each of its subsidiaries has (a) timely filed all material foreign, United States federal, state and local tax returns, information returns, and similar reports that are required to be filed (taking into account valid extensions), and all tax returns are true, correct and complete, (b) paid in full all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except for any such tax assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) established on the most recent balance sheet reserves that are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due and payable.

 

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(xxviii) Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes are adequate for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the value of their properties and as are customary in the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxix) Statistical and Market Data . The statistical and market related data contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate.

(xxx) Relationship . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and that is not so described.

(xxxi) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (I) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (II) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxxii) Disclosure Controls and Procedures . The Company and its Subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act), which (A) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within the Company and its Subsidiaries to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure, and (B) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s and each

 

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Subsidiary’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, the Company is not aware of (1) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls or (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls.

(xxxiii) Compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(xxxiv) eXtensible Business Reporting Language . The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(xxxv) Pending Procedures and Examinations . The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(xxxvi) No Registration Rights . No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the 1933 Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company hereunder.

(xxxvii) No Stabilization or Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any affiliates of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(xxxviii) No Unauthorized Use of Prospectus . The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Time, (ii) the expiration of the option specified in Section 2(b) hereof and (iii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any prospectus (as such term is defined in the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations and approved by the Representative.

(xxxix) Forward Looking Statements . No forward looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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(xl) Lock-Up Agreements . Each of the Company’s executive officers and directors, as listed on Schedule E hereto, has executed and delivered lock-up agreements as contemplated by Section 5(j) hereof.

(xli) Fees . Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company or any subsidiary any brokerage or finder’s fee or any other fee, commission or payment as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(xlii) ERISA . The Company and each of the subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates would have any liability; the Company and each of its subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively the “Code”); and each “employee benefit plan” for which the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 400(b) of ERISA of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member.

(xliii) Reportable Transactions . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011 (4)(b)(1).

(xliv) Investment Securities . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all securities held by it (except securities sold under repurchase agreements or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity) free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge or security interest or other restriction of any kind, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent business practices to secure obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and except for such defects in title or liens, claims, charges, options, encumbrances, mortgages, pledges or security interests or other restrictions of any kind that would not be material to the Company and its subsidiaries. Such securities are valued on the books of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(xlv) Derivative Instruments . Any and all material swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements (other than employee stock options) and other derivative financial instruments, contracts or arrangements, whether entered into for the account of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or for the account of a customer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries, were entered into in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with prudent business practice and applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of all applicable regulatory agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have duly performed in all material respects all of their obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued, and there are no breaches, violations or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder.

(xlvi) Insurance Subsidiary . Each subsidiary of the Company which is engaged in the business of acting as an insurance agency (an “Insurance Subsidiary”) is duly licensed or registered with any applicable regulatory authorities in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed or registered to conduct its business, except where the failure to be so licensed or registered would not have a Material Adverse Effect; each Insurance Subsidiary has all other necessary approvals of and from all applicable regulatory authorities, to conduct its businesses, except where the failure to have such approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect; no Insurance Subsidiary has received any notification from any applicable regulatory authority to the effect that any additional approvals from such regulatory authority are needed to be obtained by such subsidiary and have not been obtained, in any case where it could be reasonably expected that the Insurance Subsidiary will be unable to obtain such additional approvals and the failure to obtain any such additional approvals would require such subsidiary to cease or otherwise materially limit the conduct of its business; and each Insurance Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of insurance laws and regulations of each jurisdiction that are applicable to such subsidiary, and has filed all notices, reports, documents or other information required to be filed thereunder, with such exceptions as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .

(a) Initial Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company at the price per share set forth in Schedule C , that number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional securities.

(b) Option Securities . In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 612,244 shares of Common Stock, at the price per share set forth in Schedule C , less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days

 

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after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP , 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives) and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company.

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. The Company shall deliver the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized JPM, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. JPM, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(d) Denominations; Registration . Certificates for the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

 

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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing, (ii) of the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or notice objecting to its use pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), or any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement, (vi) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

If immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Renewal Deadline”), any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to

 

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the Representatives. If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline and the Company shall immediately notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the registration statement relating to the Securities shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.

The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If at any time when Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representative, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the registration statement relating to the Securities shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

(b) Filing of Amendments . The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), or any amendment, supplement or revision to the General Disclosure Package, or to the Prospectus or any new registration statement relating to the Securities, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements . The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(d) Delivery of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered (or but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”) would be required to be delivered) under the 1933 Act, any event or development occurs as a result of which the Registration Statement or the Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or to file a new registration statement relating to the Securities, the Company promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event or development, (2) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(a) hereof, such amendment, supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission, effect such compliance or satisfy such filing requirement, (3) use its best efforts to have any such amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as possible (if not an automatic shelf registration statement) and (4) supply any amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Underwriters in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If, at any time after the date hereof, an event or development occurs as a result of which the General Disclosure Package contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is used, not misleading, the Company promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event or development, (2) prepare, subject to Section 3(a) hereof, an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission and (3) supply any amended or supplemented General Disclosure Package to the Underwriters in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities), the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The Underwriters’ delivery of any such amendment or supplement shall not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 5 hereof.

 

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(f) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the completion of the distribution of the Securities; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the effective date of the Registration Statement. The Company will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdiction as the Underwriters may request.

(g) Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(i) Listing . The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “New York Stock Exchange”).

(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities . During a period of 90 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus provided that such options shall not be vested and exercisable within the 90 day period referred to above, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan, or (E) the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s Agreement and Plan of Merger with BCSB Bancorp, Inc. and the shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to Company’s concurrent offering pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed or to be filed in connection with the aforesaid Agreement and Plan of Merger. In the event that either (i) during the period that

 

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begins on the date that is 15 calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the 90-day restricted period and ends on the last day of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted period, the restrictions set forth herein will continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 15 calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the earnings release is issued or the material news or event related to the Company occurs. The Company shall promptly notify you of any earnings releases, news or events that may give rise to an extension of the initial restricted period.

(k) Reporting Requirements . The Company, until the completion of the distribution of the Securities, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(l) Lock-Up Agreements . The Company agrees to restrict the transfer of securities within the 90-day period following the Closing Time.

(m) Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission other than the Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto. Each of the Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto and any free writing prospectuses consented to by the Company and the Representatives is referred to herein as an “Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (a)(i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information meeting the requirements of Rule 134 of the 1933 Act Regulations or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering or (b) other customary information that is neither “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, nor otherwise an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Expenses . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement Among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including

 

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any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including any costs associated with electronic delivery of these materials), (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (x) the filing fees incident to any review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, and (xii) all costs and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

(b) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or Section 10 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out of pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement . (i) The Registration Statement shall have been filed by the Company with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof and became effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company, (ii) each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B, and no order preventing or suspending the use of

 

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any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued by the Commission or the securities authority of any jurisdiction, (iii) any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433, (iv) the Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), and (v) there shall not have come to the Representatives’ attention any facts that would cause the Representatives to believe that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, at the time it was, or was required to be, delivered or made available to purchasers of the Securities, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at such time, not misleading.

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company . At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as of Closing Time, of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company, and Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters.

(c) Opinion of Company’s General Counsel . At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of the Company’s General Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters . At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Sidley Austin LLP , counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. The opinion shall address the matters the Representatives may reasonably request. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. In addition, in rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely on and assume the accuracy of an opinion of Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, dated as of Closing Time with respect to matters of Florida law.

 

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(e) Officers’ Certificate . At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as of the Applicable Time, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are to their knowledge contemplated by the Commission, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company and no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued by the Commission or the securities authority of any jurisdiction.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) Bring down Comfort Letter . At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.

(h) Approval of Listing . The Common Stock (including the Securities) is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or delisting the Common Stock from the New York Stock Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(i) No Objection . FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(j) Lock-Up Agreements . At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule E hereto.

 

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(k) Delivery of Prospectus . The Company shall have complied with the provisions hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectus supplements and the related prospectus, in electronic or printed format, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.

(l) No Termination Event . On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the events, circumstances or occurrences set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

(m) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities . In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company . The favorable opinions of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company, and Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.

(iii) Opinion of Company’s General Counsel . The favorable opinion of the Company’s General Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(iv) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . The favorable opinion of Sidley Austin LLP , counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

(v) Bring down Comfort Letter . A letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(vi) No Termination Event . There shall not have occurred prior to the Date of Delivery any of the events, circumstances or occurrences set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

 

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(n) Additional Documents . At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may have reasonably requested for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(o) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates, its selling agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the Rule 430B Information, or in any amendment to the Registration Statement or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any roadshow materials used in connection with the offering of the Securities or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) above;

 

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provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided that the parties acknowledge and agree that the only written information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) through the Representatives are the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” and the information contained under the caption “Underwriting—Price stabilization and short positions.”

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, including the Rule 430B Information, or in any amendment to the Registration Statement, or any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto; provided that the parties acknowledge and agree that the only written information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, are the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” and the information contained under the caption “Underwriting—Price stabilization and short positions.”

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to

 

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the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount and commissions received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

 

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The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (i) investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, or by or on behalf of the Company, and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

(a) Termination; General . The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the

 

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Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Select Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear Systems in Europe, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24 hour period, then:

(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non defaulting Underwriters, or

(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non defaulting Underwriter.

 

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No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either (i) the Representative, either (i) the Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10019, attention of General Counsel and at RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8 th Floor, New York, NY 10281, attention of Syndicate Director; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at F.N.B Corporation, One F.N.B. Boulevard, Hermitage, Pennsylvania 16148, attention of Chief Legal Officer.

SECTION 12. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons and officers, directors, employees and agents referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and assigns, and said controlling persons, officers, directors, employees and agents and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 13. No Fiduciaries . The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or the Company’s shareholders, creditors, employees or any other third party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering

 

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contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 15. General Provisions . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original signature pages to this Agreement for all purposes. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
F.N.B CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Vincent J. Delie, Jr.
  Name: Vincent J. Delie, Jr.
  Title: President and CEO

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

  as of the date first above written:

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:   /s/ Frank Bruni
  Name: Frank Bruni
  Title: Managing Director

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

 

By:   /s/ Lisa J. Schultz
  Name: Lisa J. Schultz
  Title: Managing Director
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
By:   /s/ Jennifer Caruso
  Name: Jennifer Caruso
  Title: Director

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters

named in Schedule A hereto.


SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Underwriter

   Number of Securities  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     1,836,734   

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

     612,245   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     612,245   

FBR Capital Markets & Co.

     510,204   

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

     510,204   
  

 

 

 

Total

     4,081,632   
  

 

 

 

 

Schedule A-1


SCHEDULE B

Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus

None

 

Schedule B-1


SCHEDULE C

 

Total Shares Offered:                4,081,632 shares of Common Stock
Option to Purchase   
Additional Shares:    612,244 shares of Common Stock
Initial Price to Public:    $12.25 per share

Price Per Share to be

Paid by the Underwriters:

  

 

$11.6375 per share, being an amount equal to the initial price to public set forth above less $0.6125 per share; provided that the purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of the option specified in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.

 

Schedule C-1


SCHEDULE D

List of Subsidiaries 1

First National Bank of Pennsylvania

Regency Finance Company

First National Insurance Agency, LLC

 

Schedule D-1


SCHEDULE E

List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-Up

Vincent J. Calabrese

William B. Campbell

James D. Chiafullo

Vincent J. Delie, Jr.

Laura E. Ellsworth

Philip E. Gingerich

Robert B. Goldstein

Gary L. Guerrieri

Stephen J. Gurgovits

David J. Malone

D. Stephen Martz

Robert J. McCarthy, Jr.

David L. Motley

James G. Orie

Harry F. Radcliffe

Arthur J. Rooney, II

John W. Rose

Timothy G. Rubritz

Stanton R. Sheetz

John S. Stanik

William J. Strimbu

Earl K. Wahl, Jr.

John C. Williams

 

Schedule E-1


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)

(i) The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and has been duly incorporated and, based solely upon the Good Standing Certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Florida dated [•], 2013 attached hereto as Exhibit A, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida.

(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(iv) The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid, non-assessable and no holder of the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

(v) The issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person arising from the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, the Florida Business Corporation Act or, to our knowledge, arising from any contract or other agreement of the Company.

(vi) Each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, trust company or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of our knowledge, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.

 

Exhibit A-1


(vii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(viii) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any required filing of the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); any required filing of each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d); and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.

(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus, the Rule 430B Information, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(x) The documents incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(xi) The form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

(xii) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, (A) which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, or (C) which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed in the Registration Statement or in the General Disclosure Package.

(xiii) The information (i) in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock–Common Stock,” “Underwriting,” “Certain U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders,” and “Certain ERISA Considerations”; (ii) in the Statutory Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock–Common Stock” and “Description of Certain Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws”; (iii) in the Registration Statement under Item 15, and (iv) in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

 

Exhibit A-2


December 31, 2012 under “Business—Government Supervision and Regulation”, to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Company’s charter and bylaws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects.

(xiv) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all material respects; to the best of our knowledge, there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all material respects.

(xv) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the Company or any subsidiary exists in the due performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

(xvi) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which we express no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities.

(xvii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and in the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(ix) of the Underwriting Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations.

 

Exhibit A-3


(xviii) The Company is not an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act.

Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that:

 

  1. the Registration Statement as of the “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities pursuant to, and within the meaning of, Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations arising from the filing of the Prospectus with the Commission, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

  2. the General Disclosure Package, at 9:05 A.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

 

  3. the Prospectus, as of October 29, 2013 or at the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

except that, in each case, we express no belief, and make no statement, with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom.

Insofar as the statement set forth in Item 1 in the immediately preceding paragraph addresses the Registration Statement as of the “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities arising from the filing of the Prospectus with the Commission, we have been informed by the Underwriters that, with respect to the Securities, 9:05 A.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013 is immediately prior to “the earlier of the date such subsequent form of prospectus is first used or the date and time of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering to which such subsequent form of prospectus relates” within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(1) of the 1933 Act Regulations, and we have assumed, with your permission and without independent investigation or verification, the accuracy of such information.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely , as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).

 

Exhibit A-4


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S GENERAL COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)

(i) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus); the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (including the Common Stock) conform to the descriptions thereof set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non assessable; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(ii) To the best of my knowledge, there are no statutes or regulations that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not described as required.

 

Exhibit C-1


EXHIBIT C

FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER

[•], 2013

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10019

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Three World Financial Center

200 Vesey Street, 8 th Floor

New York, NY 10281

as Representatives of the several Underwriters

to be named in the Underwriting Agreement

 

  Re: Proposed Public Offering by F.N.B. Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) between F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and you as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.

In order to induce the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned agrees that the undersigned will not, during a period of 90 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap, hedge or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. In the event that either (i) during the period that begins on the date that is 15 calendar days plus three

 

Exhibit C-1


(3) business days before the last day of the 90-day restricted period and ends on the last day of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted period, the restrictions set forth herein will continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 15 calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the earnings release is issued or the material news or event related to the Company occurs. The Company shall promptly notify you of any earnings releases, news or events that may give rise to an extension of the initial restricted period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer or dispose of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such Common Stock) (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust or family limited partnership for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust or general partner of the family limited partnership, as the case may be, agrees to be bound by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iii) pledged in a bona fide transaction outstanding as of the date hereof to a lender to the undersigned, as disclosed in writing to the underwriter, (iv) pursuant to the exercise by the undersigned of stock options (including on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis in accordance with the terms thereof) that have been granted by the Company, provided that the Common Stock actually received upon any such exercise is held by the undersigned, individually or as fiduciary, in accordance with the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement, (v) in connection with the withholding or delivery of shares of Common Stock to the Company to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of a stock option or the vesting of restricted or performance shares, or (vi) with your prior written consent; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), no filing by any party under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

The undersigned now has and, except as contemplated by clauses (i) through (v) above, for the duration of the Lock-Up Agreement will have good and marketable title to the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever, except with respect to any liens, encumbrances and claims that were in existence on the date hereof. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s Common Stock, except in compliance with this Lock-Up Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.

The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. The undersigned agrees that the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding also upon the successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the undersigned.

 

Exhibit C-2


The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-up Agreement.

This Lock-up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Very truly yours,
Signature:  

 

Print Name:  

 

 

Exhibit C-3

Exhibit 1.2

Execution Version

F.N.B. Corporation

(a Florida corporation)

4,000,000 Depositary Shares

Each Representing 1/40 th Interest in a Share of

Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

October 29, 2013

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

787 Seventh Avenue

4 th  Floor

New York, New York 10019

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

Three World Financial Center

200 Vesey Street, 8 th Floor

New York, NY 10281

as Representatives of the several Underwriters

Ladies and Gentlemen:

F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“Keefe Bruyette”) and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Keefe Bruyette and RBC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing ownership of 1/40 th interest in a share of the Company’s Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per Depositary Share), set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 600,000 additional Depositary Shares. The aforesaid 4,000,000 Depositary Shares (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 4,000,000 Depositary Shares subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.”

Shares of the Preferred Stock will, when issued, be deposited by the Company against delivery of depositary receipts (the “Depositary Receipts”) to be issued by the Registrar and Transfer Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), under a deposit agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(c) below), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”), and the Depositary Receipts will represent the Securities.


The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined under Rule 405 (“Rule 405”) of the rules and regulations (the “1933 Act Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) on Form S-3 (No. 333-181418), including the related base prospectus, covering the registration of certain classes of securities of the Company (including the Securities) under the 1933 Act, and the offer and sale thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the 1933 Act Regulations. Such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 430B”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”). Any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to herein as “Rule 430B Information.” Each base prospectus and prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, including the information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, is referred to herein collectively as a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including any amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein referred to as the “Registration Statement”; provided , however , that “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities (within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2)). The final base prospectus and the final prospectus supplement, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act prior to the time of the execution of this Agreement, are referred to herein collectively as the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system thereto (collectively, “EDGAR”).

 

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All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package (as defined herein) (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, prior to the execution of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), which is or deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, as the case may be, at or after the execution of this Agreement. All references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package shall be deemed to include the information incorporated by reference in each such document.

This Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Company’s Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, as further amended by the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Preferred Stock (as so amended, the “Charter”) are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Operative Documents.”

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties and Agreements .

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Time, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 for registration under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement was filed by the Company with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof. The Registration Statement became effective under the 1933 Act upon filing with the Commission. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on an automatic shelf registration statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission nor any state or other jurisdiction or regulatory body, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company. No order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by the Commission or any state or other jurisdiction or regulatory body. Any request on the part of the Commission, any state or other jurisdiction or other regulatory body for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are

 

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purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and did not, does not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Any preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and any such preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of Securities was and will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) identified on Schedule B , the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the Final Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(l) below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The representations and warranties in the preceding three paragraphs shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, or any amendments or supplements thereto, as the case may be.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 4:48 P.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the base prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities immediately prior to that time, including the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).

 

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“Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities (including any identified on Schedule B hereto) that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e) hereof, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(ii) Compliance with Registration Requirements . (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405; and (AA) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (BB) at the earliest time after the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and (CC) as of the execution of this Agreement (with such time of execution being used as the determination date for purpose of this clause (CC)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(iii) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations

 

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of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), as applicable, and when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of the Securities and (c) at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at each Date of Delivery), did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(iv) Independent Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, the accounting firm that certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. With respect to the Company, Ernst & Young LLP is not and has not been in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes Oxley Act”) and the related rules and regulations of the Commission.

(v) Financial Statements . The financial statements, included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the books and records of the Company. No other historical or pro forma financial statements or schedules of the Company, its subsidiaries or any other entity are required to be included, incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. To the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act, as applicable.

(vi) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates as of which information is included or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,

 

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or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Company’s common stock in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(vii) Good Standing of the Company . The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative Documents; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(viii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, trust company or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (a) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule D hereto and (b) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single Subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

(ix) Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the

 

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Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus). All of the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable, and is owned, directly or through other subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

(x) Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered by the Underwriters, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles and except as any indemnification or contribution provisions thereof may be limited under applicable securities laws.

(xi) Authorization and Description of the Preferred Stock and the Securities . The shares of Preferred Stock represented by the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Deposit Agreement in connection with the issuance of the Depositary Receipts upon payment of the consideration for the Securities set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable interests. The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance under the Deposit Agreement and sale by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein and therein, will be validly issued and will represent validly issued interests in the Preferred Stock and be entitled to the rights under, and the benefits of, the Deposit Agreement. The Securities and the Preferred Stock conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability for the debts of the Company by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities and the Preferred Stock is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Prior to the Closing Time, the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock will have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or statutory), warrants or options to acquire from the Company, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance by the Company of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company, and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act or otherwise register any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person.

 

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(xii) Authorization and Description of the Deposit Agreement . The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, executed and delivered by the Company and, at the Closing Time, when duly executed and delivered by the Depositary, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. The Deposit Agreement conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xiii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”) except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Operative Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign (each a “Governmental Entity”), having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.

(xiv) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xv) Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as

 

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disclosed therein) or which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Operative Documents or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvi) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.

(xvii) Possession of Intellectual Property . The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures and excluding generally commercially available “off the shelf” software programs licensed pursuant to shrink wrap or “click and accept” licenses), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities and the Preferred Stock under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, except the filing of the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida prior to the Closing Time or such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws.

(xix) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full

 

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force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to be so in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, all such filings were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed and no material deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions.

(xx) No Regulatory Proceedings . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any order, decree, agreement, memorandum or understanding or similar agreement with, or a commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Entity charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or engaged in the insurance of deposits (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the FDIC) or the supervision or regulation of it or any of its subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been advised by any such Governmental Entity that such Governmental Entity is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum or understanding, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission.

(xxi) Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(xxii) Compliance with Cuba Act . The Company has complied with, and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that certain Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba, codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Cuba Act”) or is exempt therefrom.

(xxiii) No Unlawful Payments . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, directors, executive officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of (i) the Foreign

 

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Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), or (iii) any other applicable anti-corruption laws, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its other affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA, the Bribery Act and any other applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xxiv) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(xxv) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, executive officers, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of its employees, agents, or affiliates or other persons associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

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(xxvi) Investment Company Act . The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

(xxvii) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(xxviii) Taxes . The Company and each of its subsidiaries has (a) timely filed all material foreign, United States federal, state and local tax returns, information returns, and similar reports that are required to be filed (taking into account valid extensions), and all tax returns are true, correct and complete, (b) paid in full all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except for any such tax assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) established on the most recent balance sheet reserves that are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due and payable.

(xxix) Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes are adequate for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the value of their properties and as are customary in the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxx) Statistical and Market Data . The statistical and market related data contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate.

(xxxi) Relationship . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and that is not so described.

(xxxii) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (I) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (II) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxxiii) Disclosure Controls and Procedures . The Company and its Subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act), which (A) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within the Company and its Subsidiaries to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure, and (B) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, the Company is not aware of (1) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls or (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls.

(xxxiv) Compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

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(xxxv) eXtensible Business Reporting Language . The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(xxxvi) Pending Procedures and Examinations . The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(xxxvii) No Registration Rights . No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the 1933 Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Preferred Stock to be sold by the Company hereunder.

(xxxviii) No Stabilization or Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any affiliates of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(xxxix) No Unauthorized Use of Prospectus . The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Time, (ii) the expiration of the option specified in Section 2(b) hereof and (iii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any prospectus (as such term is defined in the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations and approved by the Representative.

(xl) Forward Looking Statements . No forward looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(xli) Fees . Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company or any subsidiary any brokerage or finder’s fee or any other fee, commission or payment as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(xlii) ERISA . The Company and each of the subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which

 

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the Company or any of its subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates would have any liability; the Company and each of its subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively the “Code”); and each “employee benefit plan” for which the Company and each of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 400(b) of ERISA of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member.

(xliii) Reportable Transactions . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011 (4)(b)(1).

(xliv) Investment Securities . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all securities held by it (except securities sold under repurchase agreements or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity) free and clear of any lien, claim, charge, option, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge or security interest or other restriction of any kind, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent business practices to secure obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and except for such defects in title or liens, claims, charges, options, encumbrances, mortgages, pledges or security interests or other restrictions of any kind that would not be material to the Company and its subsidiaries. Such securities are valued on the books of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

(xlv) Derivative Instruments . Any and all material swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements (other than employee stock options) and other derivative financial instruments, contracts or arrangements, whether entered into for the account of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or for the account of a customer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries, were entered into in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with prudent business practice and applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of all applicable regulatory agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have duly performed in all material respects all of their obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued, and there are no breaches, violations or defaults or allegations or assertions of such by any party thereunder.

(xlvi) Insurance Subsidiary . Each subsidiary of the Company which is engaged in the business of acting as an insurance agency (an “Insurance Subsidiary”) is duly licensed or registered with any applicable regulatory authorities in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so licensed or registered to conduct its business, except where the failure to be so licensed or registered would not have a Material Adverse Effect; each Insurance Subsidiary has all other necessary approvals of and from all applicable regulatory authorities, to conduct its businesses, except where the failure to have such approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect; no Insurance Subsidiary has received any notification from any applicable regulatory authority to the effect that

 

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any additional approvals from such regulatory authority are needed to be obtained by such subsidiary and have not been obtained, in any case where it could be reasonably expected that the Insurance Subsidiary will be unable to obtain such additional approvals and the failure to obtain any such additional approvals would require such subsidiary to cease or otherwise materially limit the conduct of its business; and each Insurance Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of insurance laws and regulations of each jurisdiction that are applicable to such subsidiary, and has filed all notices, reports, documents or other information required to be filed thereunder, with such exceptions as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .

(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company at the price per share set forth in Schedule A , that number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional securities.

(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 600,000 Depositary Shares, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A , less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Preferred Stock underlying the Initial Securities but not payable on the Preferred Stock underlying the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP , 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives) and the

 

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Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company.

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. The Company shall deliver the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized Keefe Bruyette, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Keefe Bruyette, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing, (ii) of the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (v) of the

 

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issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or notice objecting to its use pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), or any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement, (vi) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

If immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Renewal Deadline”), any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline and the Company shall immediately notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the registration statement relating to the Securities shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.

The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If at any time when Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representative, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form

 

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satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the registration statement relating to the Securities shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), or any amendment, supplement or revision to the General Disclosure Package, or to the Prospectus or any new registration statement relating to the Securities, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered (or but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”) would be required to be delivered) under the 1933 Act, any event or development occurs as a result of which the Registration Statement or the Prospectus would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case

 

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of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or to file a new registration statement relating to the Securities, the Company promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event or development, (2) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(a) hereof, such amendment, supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission, effect such compliance or satisfy such filing requirement, (3) use its best efforts to have any such amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as possible (if not an automatic shelf registration statement) and (4) supply any amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Underwriters in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If, at any time after the date hereof, an event or development occurs as a result of which the General Disclosure Package contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is used, not misleading, the Company promptly will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event or development, (2) prepare, subject to Section 3(a) hereof, an amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission and (3) supply any amended or supplemented General Disclosure Package to the Underwriters in such quantities as they may reasonably request. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities), the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The Underwriters’ delivery of any such amendment or supplement shall not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 5 hereof.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities and the Preferred Stock for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the completion of the distribution of the Securities; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the effective date of the Registration Statement. The Company will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdiction as the Underwriters may request.

 

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(g) Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(i) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “New York Stock Exchange”) within 30 days after the Closing Time.

(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 30 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any shares of its preferred stock, any depositary shares or other securities representing an interest in any shares of its preferred stock or any securities that are substantially similar to its preferred stock or such depositary shares or other securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any such securities, whether owned as of the date hereof or hereafter acquired or with respect to which the Company has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of any such securities, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of any such securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the Preferred Stock, the Securities to be sold hereunder, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company’s Agreement and Plan of Merger with BCSB Bancorp, Inc. and the shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to Company’s concurrent offering pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed or to be filed in connection with the aforesaid Agreement and Plan of Merger. In the event that either (i) during the period that begins on the date that is 15 calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the 30-day restricted period and ends on the last day of the 30-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the 30-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 30-day restricted period, the restrictions set forth herein will continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is 15 calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the earnings release is issued or the material news or event related to the Company occurs. The Company shall promptly notify you of any earnings releases, news or events that may give rise to an extension of the initial restricted period.

(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, until the completion of the distribution of the Securities, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(l) Final Term Sheet . The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) containing only a description of the final terms of the Securities and their offering, in a form and substance approved by the Underwriters and attached as Schedule C hereto, and acknowledges that the Final Term Sheet is an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus and will comply with its related obligations set forth in Section 3(l) hereof. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, copies of the Final Term Sheet promptly upon its completion.

 

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(m) Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission other than the Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto. Each of the Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified on Schedule B hereto and any free writing prospectuses consented to by the Company and the Representatives is referred to herein as an “Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (a)(i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information meeting the requirements of Rule 134 of the 1933 Act Regulations or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering or (b) other customary information that is neither “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, nor otherwise an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus.

(n) Filing of Certificate of Designations . The Company will use its best efforts to file, prior to the Closing Time, the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Expenses. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement Among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation and filing of the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida and the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Issuer-Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus and of the

 

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Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including any costs associated with electronic delivery of these materials), (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (x) the filing fees incident to any review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (xi) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities by the rating agencies, (xii) the fees and expenses of making the Securities eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC, (xiii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, and (xiv) all costs and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or Section 10 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out of pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. (i) The Registration Statement shall have been filed by the Company with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof and became effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company, (ii) each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B, and no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued by the Commission or the securities authority of any jurisdiction, (iii) any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433, (iv) the Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule

 

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456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), and (v) there shall not have come to the Representatives’ attention any facts that would cause the Representatives to believe that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, at the time it was, or was required to be, delivered or made available to purchasers of the Securities, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at such time, not misleading.

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as of Closing Time, of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company, and Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters.

(c) Opinion of Company’s General Counsel . At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of the Company’s General Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Sidley Austin LLP , counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. The opinion shall address the matters the Representatives may reasonably request. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. In addition, in rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely on and assume the accuracy of an opinion of Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, dated as of Closing Time with respect to matters of Florida law.

(e) Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as of the Applicable Time, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in

 

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the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are to their knowledge contemplated by the Commission, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Company and no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued by the Commission or the securities authority of any jurisdiction.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) Bring down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.

(h) Approval of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Company shall have taken all action necessary prior to the Closing Time for listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange within 30 days after the Closing Time.

(i) No Objection. FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(j) Delivery of Prospectus. The Company shall have complied with the provisions hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectus supplements and the related prospectus, in electronic or printed format, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.

(k) No Termination Event. On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the events, circumstances or occurrences set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

(l) Ratings Letters. At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Company shall have delivered to the Representatives letter Moody’s Investors Service assigning a rating to the Securities of Ba3.

 

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(m) Filing of Certificate of Designations. Prior to the Closing Time, the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock shall have been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida and shall be in full force and effect.

(n) Clearance, Settlement and Trading. Prior to the Closing Time, the Company, Registrar and Transfer Company (or another transfer agent acceptable to the Underwriters) and DTC shall have executed and delivered the Letter of Representations, dated the Closing Time, and the Securities shall be eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC.

(o) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company . The favorable opinions of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company, and Greenberg Trauring LLP, special Florida counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.

(iii) Opinion of Company’s General Counsel . The favorable opinion of the Company’s General Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(iv) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . The favorable opinion of Sidley Austin LLP , counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

(v) Bring down Comfort Letter . A letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(vi) No Termination Event . There shall not have occurred prior to the Date of Delivery any of the events, circumstances or occurrences set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

 

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(p) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may have reasonably requested for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(q) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates, its selling agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the Rule 430B Information, or in any amendment to the Registration Statement or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any roadshow materials used in connection with the offering of the Securities or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) above;

 

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provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided that the parties acknowledge and agree that the only written information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) through the Representatives are the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” and the information contained under the caption “Underwriting—Price stabilization and short positions.”

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, including the Rule 430B Information, or in any amendment to the Registration Statement, or any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto; provided that the parties acknowledge and agree that the only written information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, are the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” and the information contained under the caption “Underwriting—Price stabilization and short positions.”

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel

 

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to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount and commissions received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

 

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The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (i) investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, or by or on behalf of the Company, and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

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SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Select Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear Systems in Europe, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or (vi) if there has been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24 hour period, then:

(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non defaulting Underwriters, or

 

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(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either (i) the Representative, either (i) the Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10019, attention of General Counsel, and at RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8 th Floor, New York, NY 10281, attention of Syndicate Director; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at F.N.B Corporation, One F.N.B. Boulevard, Hermitage, Pennsylvania 16148, attention of Chief Legal Officer.

SECTION 12. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons and officers, directors, employees and agents referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and assigns, and said controlling persons, officers, directors, employees and agents and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 13. No Fiduciaries . The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the

 

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other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or the Company’s shareholders, creditors, employees or any other third party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 15. General Provisions . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or other electronic means shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original signature pages to this Agreement for all purposes. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

   

Very truly yours,

 

F.N.B CORPORATION

    By:   /s/ Vincent J. Delie, Jr.
      Name: Vincent J. Delie, Jr.
      Title: President and CEO

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

  as of the date first above written:

KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.

 

By:   /s/ Lisa J. Schultz
  Name: Lisa J. Schultz
  Title: Managing Director

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 

By:   /s/ Jerry Wiant
  Name: Jerry Wiant
  Title: Managing Director

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters

named in Schedule A hereto.


SCHEDULE A

 

Initial Price to Public:    $25.00 per share
Price Per Share to be   
Paid by the Underwriters:    $24.2125 per share, being an amount equal to the initial price to public set forth above less $0.7875 per share; provided that the purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of the option specified in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.

 

Name of Underwriter

   Number of Securities  

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

     1,440,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     1,440,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     520,000   

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

     200,000   

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

     200,000   

Stern, Agee & Leach, Inc.

     200,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

     4,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

Schedule A-1


SCHEDULE B

Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus

1. Final Term Sheet

 

Schedule B-1


SCHEDULE C

Final Term Sheet

 

Schedule C-1


SCHEDULE D

List of Subsidiaries

First National Bank of Pennsylvania

Regency Finance Company

First National Insurance Agency, LLC

 

Schedule D-1


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSELS

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)

(i) The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and a financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and has been duly incorporated and, based solely upon the Good Standing Certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Florida dated [•], 2013 attached hereto as Exhibit A, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida.

(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative Documents.

(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(iv) The shares of Preferred Stock represented by the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Deposit Agreement in connection with the issuance of the Depositary Receipts upon payment of the consideration for the Securities set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable interests. The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance under the Deposit Agreement and sale by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein and therein, will be validly issued and will represent validly issued interests in the Preferred Stock and be entitled to the rights under, and the benefits of, the Deposit Agreement and no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability for the debts of the Company by reason of being such a holder

(v) The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, executed and delivered by the Company and, at the Closing Time, when duly executed and delivered by the Depositary, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. The Deposit Agreement conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(vi) The Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock has been duly authorized and executed by the Company and duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida.

(vii) The issuance and sale of the Securities and the Preferred Stock by the Company is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person arising from the Charter or the bylaws of the Company, the Florida Business Corporation Act or, to our knowledge, arising from any contract or other agreement of the Company.

 

Exhibit A-1


(viii) Each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, trust company or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of our knowledge, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.

(ix) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(x) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any required filing of the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); any required filing of each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d); and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.

(xi) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus, the Rule 430B Information, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(xii) The documents incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Exhibit A-2


(xiii) The form of certificate used to evidence the Preferred Stock and the form of Depositary Receipts representing the Securities each complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and, with respect to the Securities, the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

(xiv) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, (A) which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Operative Documents or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, or (C) which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed in the Registration Statement or in the General Disclosure Package.

(xv) The information (i) in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Description of the Preferred Stock,” “Description of Depositary Shares,” “Underwriting,” “Certain U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders,” and “Certain ERISA Considerations”; (ii) in the Statutory Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock–Common Stock,” “Description of Capital Stock–Preferred Stock”, “Description of Certain Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws” and “Description of Depositary Shares”; (iii) in the Registration Statement under Item 15, and (iv) in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 under “Business - Government Supervision and Regulation”, to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Charter and the bylaws of the Company or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects.

(xvi) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all material respects; to the best of our knowledge, there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all material respects.

(xvii) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the Company or any subsidiary exists in the due performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

(xviii) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the filing of the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, which have been obtained or made, as applicable, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which we express no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by

 

Exhibit A-3


the Company of its obligations thereunder or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities and the Preferred Stock under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement.

(xix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Operative Documents and in the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Operative Documents do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(ix) of the Underwriting Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations.

(xx) The Company is not an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act.

Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that:

 

  1. the Registration Statement as of the “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities pursuant to, and within the meaning of, Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations arising from the filing of the Prospectus with the Commission, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

  2. the General Disclosure Package, at 4:48 P.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

 

  3. the Prospectus, as of October 29, 2013 or at the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

Exhibit A-4


except that, in each case, we express no belief, and make no statement, with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom.

Insofar as the statement set forth in Item 1 in the immediately preceding paragraph addresses the Registration Statement as of the “new effective date” with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities arising from the filing of the Prospectus with the Commission, we have been informed by the Underwriters that, with respect to the Securities, 4:48 P.M. (New York City time) on October 29, 2013 is immediately prior to “the earlier of the date such subsequent form of prospectus is first used or the date and time of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering to which such subsequent form of prospectus relates” within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(1) of the 1933 Act Regulations, and we have assumed, with your permission and without independent investigation or verification, the accuracy of such information.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely , as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).

 

Exhibit A-5


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S GENERAL COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)

(i) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus); the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (including the Preferred Stock) conform to the descriptions thereof set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non assessable; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(ii) To the best of my knowledge, there are no statutes or regulations that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not described as required.

 

Exhibit B-1

Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

F.N.B. CORPORATION

DESIGNATING THE PREFERENCES, RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE

PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES E

The undersigned, David B. Mogle, does hereby certify that:

1. The name of the corporation is F.N.B. Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the “ Corporation ”);

2. He is the Secretary of the Corporation; and

3. The Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board” ), in accordance with the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles” ), and Bylaws, as amended (the “ Bylaws ”), and applicable law, at a meeting duly called, convened and held on October 28, 2013, authorized and adopted resolutions establishing and empowering a Pricing Committee of the Board (the “Pricing Committee” ), and established limits specifically prescribed by the Board within which the Pricing Committee may authorize the issuance and sale by the Corporation of shares of its preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), upon such terms as, within such specifically prescribed limits, may be fixed by the Pricing Committee. Pursuant to the authority conferred by the Board upon the Pricing Committee and the resolutions of the Board, the Pricing Committee adopted this amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (this “ Amendment ”), containing the following resolution on October 29, 2013, creating a series of up to 115,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Pricing Committee by the Board, and in accordance with Section 607.0602 of the Florida Business Corporation Act and Article 5 of the Articles, the Pricing Committee, acting within the limits prescribed by the Board, hereby establishes the terms of the Corporation’s Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value per share, and fixes and determines the authorized number of shares of the series, the dividend rate of shares of the series, the designations, and certain other powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, with the Articles hereby amended to add such terms as Part C of Article 5, Section I of the Articles as follows:

PART C. Express Terms of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E

1. Designation and Number of Shares . There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E” (the “ Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock ”). The authorized number of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock initially shall be up to 115,000 shares.


2. Standard Provisions . The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part hereof to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

3. Definitions . The following terms are used in this Part C (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:

3.1 “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporation.

3.2 “ Junior Stock ” means the Common Stock, and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior in priority to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

3.3 “ Liquidation Preference ” means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock plus any declared and unpaid dividends thereon, without regard to any undeclared dividends.

3.3 “ Liquidation Value ” means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

3.4 “ Parity Stock ” means any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks equally with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

4. Certain Voting Matters . Holders of the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except as to certain matters set forth herein or as otherwise provided by applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Articles of Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

/s/ David B. Mogle

David B. Mogle, Secretary


Annex A

STANDARD PROVISIONS

Section 1. General Matters . Each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, except for the Original Issue Date from which dividends shall accrue. The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation (as defined below). The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation.

Section 2. Standard Definitions . As used herein with respect to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock:

(a) “ Applicable Dividend Rate ” means, when, as and if declared by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board, (i) 7.25% per annum on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Fixed Rate Period (and for such Fixed Rate Period) and (ii) Three-month LIBOR on the related Dividend Determination Date plus 4.60% per annum on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Floating Rate Period (and for such Floating Rate Period).

(b) “ Appropriate Federal Banking Agency ” means the Federal Reserve or any “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.

(c) “ Articles of Designation ” means the Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation designating the preferences, rights and limitations of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.

(d) “ Business Day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday on which banking institutions are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of New York.

(e) “ Bylaws ” means the Bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.

(f) “ Calculation Agent ” means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the Corporation and serving as such agent at such time.

(g) “ Dividend Parity Stock ” means any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation that ranks equally with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends.

(h) “ Dividend Determination Date ” means, with respect to the Floating Rate Period, the second London Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Dividend Period.

(i) “ Dividend Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .


(j) “ Dividend Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .

(k) “ Dividend Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) .

(l) “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, together with its successors and assigns.

(m) “ Federal Reserve ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and its delegates.

(n) “ Fixed Rate Period ” means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date on or before February 15, 2024.

(o) “ Floating Rate Period ” means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date after February 15, 2024.

(p) “ London Business Day ” means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is a day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

(q) “ Nonpayment Event ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(b) .

(r) “ Original Issue Date ” means the date on which shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are first issued.

(s) “ Preferred Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) .

(t) “ Preferred Stock ” means any and all classes and series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

(u) “ Redemption Price ” means $1,000 per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, plus the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends.

(v) A “ Regulatory Capital Treatment Event ” means the good faith determination by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board that, as a result of any (i) amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the Original Issue Date; (ii) proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the Original Issue Date; or (iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced after the Original Issue Date, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full Liquidation Value of all shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is outstanding.

 

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(w) “ Reuters Screen LIBOR01 ” means the display designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace that page on that service or such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits).

(x) “ Standard Provisions ” means these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation relating to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

(y) “ Three-month LIBOR ” means, with respect to any Floating Rate Period, the rate expressed as a percentage per annum for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period that rate appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Dividend Determination Date for such Floating Rate Period.

If no such rate appears, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, selected by the Calculation Agent as directed by the Corporation, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation at approximately 11:00, a.m., London time, on such Dividend Determination Date for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period, commencing on the first day of such Floating Rate Period to prime banks in the London interbank market and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If at least two such quotations are provided, Three-month LIBOR for such Floating Rate Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such quotations (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%).

If fewer than two such quotations are provided as described in the preceding paragraph, Three-month LIBOR with respect to such Floating Rate Period shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Dividend Determination Date by three major banks in the City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent as directed by the Corporation, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a three-month period, commencing on the first day of such Floating Rate Period, and in a principal amount that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time.

If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent to provide quotations are quoting as described in the preceding paragraph, Three-month LIBOR with respect to such Floating Rate Period determined on the Dividend Determination Date shall be the Three-month LIBOR in effect for the immediately preceding Floating Rate Period or, if there was no such preceding Floating Rate Period, the dividend payable will be based on the Applicable Dividend Rate relating to the Fixed Rate Period.

(z) “ Voting Parity Stock ” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles of Designation, any and all classes or series of Dividend Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.

 

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Section 3. Dividends .

(a) Rate . Holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, if, when and as declared by the Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board, but only out of legally available assets, non-cumulative cash dividends. Dividends are not mandatory. Such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing February 15, 2014 (each such date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”). Dividends on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall accrue on the Liquidation Value per share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the Applicable Dividend Rate. A “ Dividend Period ” is the period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date. Any dividend payable on Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period will be computed by the Calculation Agent (i) in respect of the Fixed Rate Period, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and (ii) in respect of the Floating Rate Period, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in such Dividend Period. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. If any Dividend Payment Date applicable to a Fixed Rate Period is not a Business Day, then the related payment of dividends will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional dividends will accrue on any payment. If any Dividend Payment Date applicable to a Floating Rate Period is not a Business Day, then such Dividend Payment Date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Dividend Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day, and, in any case, dividends will accrue to, but excluding, the applicable Business Day.

The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum of money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. The Calculation Agent’s determination of the Applicable Dividend Rate, and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Period, will be maintained on file at the Corporation’s principal offices and will be available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. The Corporation may terminate the appointment of the Calculation Agent and may appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time, provided that the Corporation shall use its best efforts to ensure that there is, at all relevant times when the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is outstanding, an entity appointed and serving as such agent. The Calculation Agent may be an entity affiliated with the Corporation.

Dividends that are payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as they appear on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall not be less than 15 calendar days or more than 30 calendar days before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board (each, a “ Dividend Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

 

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Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 . If the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) does not declare a full dividend on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in respect of a Dividend Period before the related Dividend Payment Date, then no dividend shall be deemed to have accrued for such Dividend Period, no dividend shall be payable on the applicable Dividend Payment Date, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay any dividend for such Dividend Period, whether or not the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) declares a dividend for any future Dividend Period with respect to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or at any future time with respect to any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock.

(b) Priority of Dividends . So long as any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless (i) the full dividends for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside) on all outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and (ii) the Corporation is not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (A) no dividend or distribution shall be declared, paid or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in Junior Stock or any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under such plan); (B) no Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than (1) as a result of any reclassification of Junior Stock or into other Junior Stock, (2) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (3) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other Junior Stock, (4) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Stock in connection with any employee contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Corporation, (5) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of its business, (6) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (7) purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (8) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (C) no Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, other than (1) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, (2) as a result of a reclassification of any Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, (3) the exchange or conversion of any Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (4) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (5) purchases of shares of Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Stock existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) purchase of fractional interests in shares of

 

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Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians. No monies shall be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation.

If dividends are not paid in full on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any shares of Dividend Parity Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and all such Dividend Parity Stock on a proportional basis so that the amount of dividends declared per share shall bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends for the then current Dividend Period per share of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and accrued dividends, including any accumulations, on any Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other.

Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), as may be determined by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board, may be declared and paid on the Common Stock and any other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Dividend Parity Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends. Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared.

Dividends on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws and regulations applicable thereto, including the applicable capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of any successor or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency.

Section 4. Liquidation Rights .

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation . In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive the Liquidation Preference for each share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to shareholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with respect to distributions upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for

 

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the holders of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution. After payment of the full amount of such liquidation distribution, the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets of the Corporation.

(b) Partial Payment . If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above, the assets of the Corporation or the proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other capital stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the holders of such other capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.

(c) Residual Distributions . If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other capital stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as to such distribution have been paid in full, the holders of Junior Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation . For purposes of this Section 4 , neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (whether for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Corporation nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity, or by another entity with or into the Corporation, whether for cash, securities or other property, individually or as part of a series of transactions, shall constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 5. Redemption .

(a) Optional Redemption . Except as provided below, the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to February 15, 2024. On and after February 15, 2024, the Corporation may, at its option, on any Dividend Payment Date, subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at the Redemption Price.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days of the Corporation’s good faith determination that a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event has occurred, it may, at its option, subject to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price.

 

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The Redemption Price for any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be payable on the date fixed for redemption to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent, if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the Redemption Price on the dated fixed for redemption but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.

(b) No Sinking Fund . The Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

(c) Notice of Redemption . Notice of every redemption of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be given to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed either by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation ( provided that, if Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC), or by such other method approved by the depositary for the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, in its reasonable discretion. Such notice shall be mailed (or otherwise given as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable) not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed (or otherwise given as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable) as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail (or otherwise as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, if applicable), or any defect in such notice or in the mailing (or other method of giving such notice as permitted by DTC or approved by the depositary, as applicable) thereof, to any holder of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the date fixed for redemption; (2) the number of shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the Redemption Price; (4) if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (5) that dividends on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption.

(d) Partial Redemption . In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot. Subject to the provisions hereof, and to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other applicable Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe

 

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the terms and conditions upon which shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate (if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form) are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.

(e) Effectiveness of Redemption . If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the date fixed for redemption specified in the notice, all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate (if the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form) for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, whether or not the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, on and after the date fixed for redemption dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such date fixed for redemption cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the Redemption Price from such bank or trust company out of the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall then be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the date fixed for redemption any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the date fixed for redemption shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest thereon.

(f) Status of Redeemed Shares . Shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock that are redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, provided that any such cancelled shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock other than Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

Section 6. No Conversion Rights . Holders of shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other class or series of the Corporation’s securities.

Section 7. Voting Rights .

(a) General . The holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as required by law.

 

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(b) Preferred Stock Directors . Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock or Voting Parity Stock have not been paid for an aggregate amount equal to the amount of dividends payable on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for six or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive (a “ Nonpayment Event ”), the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, with holders of any Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class based on respective liquidation preferences, shall have the right to elect two directors (hereinafter the “ Preferred Directors ” and each a “ Preferred Director ”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of shareholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the shareholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of shareholders)) and at each subsequent annual meeting of shareholders until all full dividends have been declared and paid on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and all Voting Parity Stock then outstanding for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods after the Nonpayment Event, except as provided by law, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent Nonpayment Event. When dividends have been declared and paid in full on the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock for at least four consecutive Dividend Periods after a Nonpayment Event, then the right of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred Stock Directors shall cease (but subject always to re-vesting of such voting rights in the case of any future Nonpayment Event), and the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the Corporation’s authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause by a majority of the outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose, by means of written consent, a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a class.

(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters . So long as any shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:

(i) Authorization of Senior Stock . Any amendment or alteration of the Articles, including the Articles of Designation, to create, issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or as to distributions upon the liquidation, distribution or winding-up of the Corporation, or to issue any obligation or security convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to purchase any such class or series of capital stock;

 

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(ii) Amendment, Alteration or Repeal of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock . Any amendment, alteration or repeal of the Articles or the Articles of Designation so as to adversely affect the special powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; or

(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations . Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Corporation or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity, unless in each case the shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (x) remain outstanding or (y) are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving entity or any entity controlling such surviving entity and such new preference securities have terms that are not materially less favorable then the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation;

provided, however , that for all purposes of this Section 7(c) , the authorization, creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount of, Junior Stock or any class or series of capital stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Junior Stock or any class or series of capital stock, that by its terms expressly provides that it ranks pari passu with the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and as to distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation shall not be deemed to adversely affect the special powers, preferences, privileges or rights, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of any outstanding shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.

(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption . No vote or consent of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.

(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents . The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules that the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (or interests in the Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock including depositary receipts) is listed or traded at the time.

 

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Section 8. No Preemptive Rights . No share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

Section 9. Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 10. Notices . All notices or communications in respect of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by such other method approved by the depositary, in its reasonable discretion, and, with respect to any redemption thereof, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in these Articles of Designation, in the Articles or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by DTC or such facility.

Section 11. Certificates . The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock without certificates. If certificated, the Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the 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 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 1, 2013, among F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation, Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, as Depositary, and all holders from time to time of Depositary Shares (as hereinafter defined).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of the Company’s Preferred Shares (as hereinafter defined) with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of the Receipts (as hereinafter defined) evidencing Depositary Shares representing a fractional interest in the Preferred Shares deposited; and

WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the premises contained herein, it is agreed by and among the parties hereto as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms (in the singular and plural forms of such terms) used in this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts:

SECTION 1.01. “ Articles of Designation ” shall mean the Articles of Amendment Designating the Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Preferred Shares filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida establishing the Preferred Shares as a series of preferred stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company.

SECTION 1.02. “ Articles of Incorporation ” shall mean the Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and as may be further amended from time to time, of the Company.

SECTION 1.03. “ Company ” shall mean F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation, and its successors.

SECTION 1.04. “ Corporate Office ” shall mean the corporate office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its business in respect of matters governed by this Deposit Agreement shall be administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at Registrar and Transfer Company, 10 Commerce Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016.

SECTION 1.05. “ Deposit Agreement ” shall mean this agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.


SECTION 1.06. “ Depositary ” shall mean Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, having its principal office in the United States, and any successor as Depositary hereunder.

SECTION 1.07. “ Depositary Share ” shall mean a fractional interest of 1/40th of a Preferred Share deposited with the Depositary hereunder and the same proportionate interest in any and all other property received by the Depositary in respect of such Preferred Share and held under this Deposit Agreement, all as evidenced by the Receipts. Subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share is entitled, proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Share represented by such Depositary Share, including the dividend, voting, redemption, and liquidation rights contained in the Articles of Designation and the Articles of Incorporation.

SECTION 1.08. “ Depositary’s Agent ” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary as provided, and for the purposes specified, in Section 7.07 .

SECTION 1.09. “ Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Articles of Designation.

SECTION 1.10. “ Preferred Shares ” shall mean the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company heretofore validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

SECTION 1.11. “ Receipt ” shall mean a depositary receipt issued hereunder to evidence one or more Depositary Shares, whether in definitive or temporary form, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

SECTION 1.12. “ record date ” shall mean the date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 .

SECTION 1.13. “ record holder ” or “ holder ” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books maintained by the Company or the Depositary for such purpose.

SECTION 1.14. “ Registrar ” shall mean Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, or any bank or trust company appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts or the deposited Preferred Shares, as the case may be, as herein provided.

SECTION 1.15. “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

SECTION 1.16. “ Special Redemption Right ” shall mean the rights assigned to the Company upon a “ Regulatory Capital Treatment Event ,” as such term is defined in the Articles of Designation.

SECTION 1.17. “ Transfer Agent ” shall mean Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, or any bank or trust company appointed to transfer the Receipts, as herein provided.

SECTION 1.18. Other capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Articles of Designation.

 

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ARTICLE II

FORM OF RECEIPTS; DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED SHARES;

EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER,

SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS

SECTION 2.01. Form and Transfer of Receipts; Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form. (a) Definitive Receipts issued on or after the date hereof shall be engraved or printed or lithographed with steel-engraved borders and underlying tint and shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon, and pursuant to, the written order of the Company, delivered in compliance with Section 2.02 , shall be authorized and instructed to, and shall, execute and deliver temporary Receipts which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine (but which do not affect the rights or duties of the Depositary), as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at the Corporate Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary is authorized and instructed to, and shall, execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Preferred Shares deposited, as definitive Receipts.

(b) Receipts issued on or after the date hereof shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary, provided that if a Registrar (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed then such Receipts shall also be countersigned by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Registrar. No Receipt issued on or after the date hereof shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed as provided in the preceding sentence. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt executed as provided above and delivered as hereinafter provided.

(c) Receipts issued on or after the date hereof shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. All Receipts issued on or after the date hereof shall be dated the date of their issuance.

 

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(d) Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Company, or which the Company has determined are required to comply with any applicable law or regulation or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Preferred Shares or the Depositary Shares may be listed for trading or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject.

(e) Title to any Receipt (and the beneficial ownership of the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt) that is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided , however , that until a Receipt shall be transferred on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.04 , the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, including without limitation, for the purpose of determining the person entitled to (i) distribution of dividends or other distributions or (ii) any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Receipts shall initially be issued in global form for book-entry settlement through DTC. The Company hereby appoints the Depositary acting through any authorized officer thereof as its attorney-in-fact, with full power to delegate, for purposes of executing any agreements, certifications or other instruments or documents necessary or desirable in order to effect and maintain such Receipts for DTC eligibility. So long as the Receipts are eligible for book-entry settlement with DTC, unless otherwise required by law, all Depositary Shares shall be represented by a single receipt (the “ Global Receipt ”), which shall be deposited with DTC (or its custodian) evidencing all such Depositary Shares and registered in the name of the nominee of DTC (initially expected to be Cede & Co.). The Global Receipt shall be in such form and shall bear such legend or legends as may be appropriate or required by DTC in order for it to accept the Depositary Shares for its book-entry settlement system. The Depositary or such other entity as is agreed to by DTC may hold the Global Receipt as custodian for DTC. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Receipt shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) DTC or its nominee for such Global Receipt, or (ii) institutions that have accounts with DTC. The Global Receipt shall be exchangeable for Definitive Receipts only if (i) DTC notifies the Company at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Receipts and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing or (ii) DTC notifies the Company at any time that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing. The Company shall provide written notice to the Depositary upon receipt of a notice described in cause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence. Until such written notice is received by the Depositary, the Depositary may presume conclusively for all purposes that the events described in clause (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph have not occurred. If the beneficial owners of interests in Depositary Shares are entitled to exchange such interests for Definitive Receipts as the result of an event described in clause (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, then, without unnecessary delay, the Depositary is hereby directed to and shall provide written instructions to DTC to deliver to the Depositary for

 

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cancellation the Global Receipt, and the Company shall instruct the Depositary in writing to execute and deliver to the beneficial owners of the Depositary Shares previously evidenced by the Global Receipt Definitive Receipts in physical form evidencing such Depositary Shares.

SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Preferred Shares; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof . (a) Concurrently with the execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Company is initially depositing the Preferred Shares with the Depositary and delivering instructions to the Depositary to issue 4,000,000 Depositary Shares in book-entry form by registering such Preferred Shares in the name of the Depositary in the records maintained by the Depositary in its capacity as the Registrar of the Preferred Shares, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and a written order of the Company directing the Depositary to deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares representing such deposited Preferred Shares or directing the Depositary to issue and register the Depositary Shares representing such deposited Preferred Shares in book-entry form in the name of, or in the name of the person or persons designated by, the person or persons stated in such order, as the case may be. The Depositary is acknowledging the receipt of such Preferred Shares and related documentation and is agreeing to hold such Preferred Shares in book-entry form in an account to be established by the Depositary at the Corporate Office or at such other office as the Depositary shall determine. To the extent that the Company issues additional Preferred Shares and (i) causes such Preferred Shares to be issued in book-entry form by registration thereof in the name of the Depositary upon the records maintained by the Registrar of the Preferred Shares, or (ii) deposits with the Depositary certificates representing such Preferred Shares registered in the name of the Depositary, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Depositary a written order of the Company directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Shares or directing the Depositary to issue and register the Depositary Shares representing such deposited Preferred Shares in book-entry form in the name of, or in the name of the person or persons designated by, the person or persons stated in such order, as the case may be.

(b) If required by the Depositary, Preferred Shares presented for deposit by the Company at any time, whether or not the register of shareholders of the Company is closed, shall also be accompanied by an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that will provide for the prompt transfer to the Depositary or its nominee of any dividend or to receive other property that any person in whose name the Preferred Shares is or has been registered may thereafter receive upon or in respect of such deposited Preferred Shares, or in lieu thereof such agreement of indemnity or other agreement as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary.

(c) Upon receipt by the Depositary (or the then Registrar of the Preferred Shares if other than the Depositary) of instructions to issue and register Preferred Shares in book-entry form in the name of the Depositary or upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates (if applicable) for Preferred Shares issued on or after the date hereof and deposited

 

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hereunder, together with the other documents specified above, and upon the registration of such Preferred Shares in the name of the Depositary, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or persons in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in Section 2.02(a) , a Receipt or Receipts for (or issue in book-entry form to the applicable persons, as the case may be) the number of whole Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Shares and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of any person requesting such delivery, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such person. To the extent that the Company issues any Preferred Shares after the date hereof, the Company shall notify the Depositary of such issuance.

(d) Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other reclassifications affecting the Preferred Shares, or in the case of dividends or other distributions of Preferred Shares, if any, there shall be deposited hereunder not more than the number of Preferred Shares as set forth in the Articles of Designation, as such may be amended.

(e) The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the Depositary to perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 2.03. Optional Redemption and Special Redemption of Preferred Shares . (a) Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem deposited Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Designation, it shall (unless otherwise agreed with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior written notice of the date of such proposed redemption and of the number of such Preferred Shares held by the Depositary to be redeemed and the applicable Redemption Price, determined pursuant to the Articles of Designation, including the amount, if any, of declared and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of such redemption. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage prepaid, notice of the redemption of Preferred Shares and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Shares to be redeemed, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Preferred Shares and Depositary Shares (the “ redemption date ”), to the holders of record of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed (such holders to be the holders of record on the record date fixed for such redemption pursuant to Section 4.04 , if one is so fixed), at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records of the Depositary ( provided that, if the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares are held in book-entry form, the Company may give such notice in any manner permitted by the Depositary), or by such other method approved by the Depositary, in its reasonable discretion; but neither failure to mail any such notice nor any defect in any such notice or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Depositary Shares except as to the holder of the Depositary Shares as to whom such notice was defective or not given.

In connection with the exercise of the right to redeem Preferred Shares, the Company shall provide the Depositary with such notice in a timely manner sufficient to enable such notice to be mailed to holders in accordance with this Section, and each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price per Depositary Share; (iii) the number of deposited

 

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Preferred Shares and Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (iv) if fewer than all the Depositary Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (v) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares to be redeemed are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (vi) the dividend on the Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on the redemption date. If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will select the Depositary Shares to be redeemed pro rata or by lot.

(b) In the event that notice of redemption has been made as described in Section 2.03(a) and the Company shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the Redemption Price (determined pursuant to Section 5 of the Standard Provisions attached as Annex A to the Articles of Designation) of the Preferred Shares deposited with the Depositary to be redeemed (including any declared and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the Redemption Date), the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Shares so called for redemption by the Company and from and after the redemption date (unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the Preferred Shares to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company’s notice provided for in Section 2.03(a) ), the Depositary Shares called for redemption shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price for such Depositary Shares) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate as provided in Section 5 of the Standard Provisions attached as Annex A to the Articles of Designation. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per Depositary Share plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, to, but not including, the Redemption Date. The foregoing shall be further subject to the terms and conditions of the Articles of Designation.

(c) If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver upon or promptly after the related Redemption Date, to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with payment of the redemption price payable in respect of the Depositary Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.

SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfers of Receipts . The Company hereby appoints the Depositary as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Depositary Shares, and the Depositary hereby accepts such appointment and, as such, shall register on its books from time to time transfers of the Depositary Shares, including transfers of Receipts, upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, agent or representative properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, together with evidence of the payment by the applicable party of any transfer taxes as may be required by law. Upon such surrender, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver the same to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

 

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SECTION 2.05. Combinations and Split-Ups of Receipts . Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office or such other office as the Depositary may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of Receipts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denominations requested evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Shares . (a) Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw any or all of the deposited Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts and all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office, provided that a holder of a Receipt or Receipts may not withdraw such Preferred Shares (or money and other property, if any, represented thereby) which have previously been called for redemption. After such surrender, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall notify the Transfer Agent for the Preferred Shares and shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such holder, or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of Preferred Shares and all such money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such Preferred Shares will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Preferred Shares hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. If the Receipt or Receipts delivered by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of deposited Preferred Shares to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such Preferred Shares and such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver to such holder, or (subject to Section 2.04 ) upon his order, a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of such Preferred Shares and such money and other property being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate, which, if required by the Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer.

(b) If the deposited Preferred Shares and the money and other property being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Preferred Shares, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such Preferred Shares be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement in blank and such other document as the Depositary shall determine are reasonably required hereunder, including those documents specified in Section 3.01 .

(c) The Depositary shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the deposited Preferred Shares and the money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal at the Corporate Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

 

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SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-Up, Combination, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts . (a) As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other charge and stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to the Preferred Shares being deposited or withdrawn); (ii) the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (or the authority of any signature); and (iii) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by any securities exchange upon which the deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be included for quotation or listed on any applicable self-regulatory body.

(b) The deposit of Preferred Shares may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Preferred Shares may be suspended, the transfer of Receipts may be refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination, surrender, exchange or redemption of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of shareholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated and surrendered to the Depositary or destroyed or lost or stolen, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, provided that the holder thereof provides the Depositary with (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction, loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of such holder’s ownership thereof, (ii) a request for such execution and delivery, which must be received by the Depositary before the Depositary has notice that the Receipt has been acquired by such holder, (iii) indemnification reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary and the Company, and (iv) any other documents reasonably required by the Depositary.

SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts . All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized, but not required, to destroy such Receipts so cancelled.

ARTICLE III

CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY

SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information . Any person presenting Preferred Shares for deposit or any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file with the Depositary such proof of residence, guarantee of signature or other information, and to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as

 

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the Depositary may reasonably deem necessary or proper or the Company may reasonably require by written request to the Depositary. The Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of any Receipt, the transfer, redemption, or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the deposited Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt, the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof, until such proof or other information is filed, such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

SECTION 3.02. Payment of Fees and Expenses . The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of this Deposit Agreement. The Company will also pay the charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Shares, the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals and any redemption or exchange of the Preferred Shares. Any other charges and expenses of the Depositary incident to the performance of its obligations arising from the Depositary arrangements will be paid by the Company only after prior consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company and consent by the Company to the incurrence of such expenses, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain fees and expenses and taxes or other charges to the extent provided in this Section 3.02 , or provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary that such fees and expenses and taxes or other charges have been paid. Until such payment is made, transfer or exchange of any Receipt or any withdrawal of the Preferred Shares or money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution may be withheld, and any part or all of the Preferred Shares or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder a reasonable number of days prior to such sale). Any dividend or other distribution so withheld and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such fees or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

SECTION 3.03. Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Shares . In the case of the initial deposit of the Preferred Shares hereunder, the Company and, in the case of subsequent deposits thereof, each person so depositing Preferred Shares under this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that such Preferred Shares and each certificate therefor, if any, are valid and that the person making such deposit is duly authorized to do so. The Company hereby further represents and warrants that such Preferred Shares, when issued, will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representations and warranties shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of Receipts.

SECTION 3.04. Representation and Warranties as to Receipts and Depositary Shares . The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will evidence legal and valid interests in the Depositary Shares and each Depositary Share will represent a legal and valid 1/40 fractional interest in a deposited Preferred Share. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of Receipts.

 

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ARTICLE IV

THE PREFERRED SHARES; NOTICES

SECTION 4.01. Cash Distributions . Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the deposited Preferred Shares, including any cash received upon redemption of any Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 2.03 , the Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.02 , distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed for such distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided , however , that (i) in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required to and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Preferred Shares represented by the Receipts held by any holder an amount on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court order, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares represented by such Receipts subject to such withholding shall be reduced accordingly and (ii) holders of Receipts on such record date will be entitled to receive the dividend or distribution payable in respect of the Preferred Shares represented by the Receipts, notwithstanding the redemption of such Receipts after such record date and on or prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or the Company’s default in the payment of the dividend due on such Preferred Shares on such Dividend Payment Date. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding. Prior to any such distribution, to the extent the Depositary does not have the requisite tax form from a holder, the Depositary may require such holder to provide the Depositary with a properly completed Form W-8 ( i.e. , Form W-8BEN, Form W-8EXP, Form W-8IMY, Form W8ECI or another applicable Form W-8) or Form W-9 (which form shall set forth such holder’s certified taxpayer identification number if requested on such form), as may be applicable. Each holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor law), may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distribution to be made hereunder.

SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash . Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash on the deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.02 , distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders, in any manner that the Depositary and the Company may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If, in the opinion of the Depositary, such distribution cannot be made, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes), the Depositary deems such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, sell (at public or private sale) the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of

 

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any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.02 , be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Company shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the holders of Receipts unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel stating that the distribution of such securities or property has been registered under the Securities Act or that registration is not required. The Company shall advise the Depositary of the nature of any property, and if the Depositary in its reasonable judgment determines that it may incur liability by reason of being deemed an owner thereof, the Depositary shall have the right to refuse such property, but the Depositary shall assist the Company in determining an appropriate means of distributing such property.

SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges . (a) If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names deposited Preferred Shares are registered on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall instruct (including by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges); provided , however , that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Company determines upon advice of its legal counsel that it is not lawful or feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to the holders of Receipts (by the issue of warrants or otherwise) or (ii) if and to the extent instructed by holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, the Depositary shall then, if so instructed by the Company, and if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges so permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such holders at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 , be distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not make any distribution of such rights, preferences or privileges, unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary the opinion of counsel required by Section 4.03(b) .

(b) If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees that it will promptly file a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such a registration statement shall have become effective or unless the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act and the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to such effect.

 

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(c) If any other action under the law of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

(d) The Depositary will not be deemed to have any knowledge of any item for which it is supposed to receive notification under any Section of this Deposit Agreement unless and until it has received such notification.

SECTION 4.04. Notice of Dividends; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts . Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable, any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the deposited Preferred Shares, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of (i) any meeting at which holders of such Preferred Shares are entitled to vote or of which holders of such Preferred Shares are entitled to notice or (ii) any election on the part of the Company to redeem any such Preferred Shares, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date if a record date is fixed by the Company with respect to the Preferred Shares (which record date shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Preferred Shares), for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or the determination of holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive the amount of the Redemption Price on the Preferred Shares on a Redemption Date payable with respect to their Receipts.

SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights . Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of deposited Preferred Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail (or otherwise transmit by an authorized method), to the record holders of Receipts a notice, which shall be provided by the Company and which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of law, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Shares represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall vote or cause to be voted the amount of Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. To the extent any such instructions request the voting of a fractional interest of a share of deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary shall aggregate such interest with all other fractional interests resulting from requests with the same voting instructions and shall vote the number of whole votes resulting from such aggregation in accordance with the instructions received in such requests. Each Preferred Share is entitled to one vote on all matters as to which the Preferred Shares vote and, accordingly, each Depositary Share is entitled to 1/40th of a vote on such matters. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable actions that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Preferred Shares or

 

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cause such Preferred Shares to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. The Depositary shall not be required to exercise discretion in voting any Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Preferred Shares and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc . Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of Preferred Shares, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, the Depositary shall, upon the written instructions of the Company, make such adjustments in (i) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one Preferred Share and (ii) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the Redemption Price of a Preferred Share, in each case as may be required by or as is consistent with the provisions of the Articles of Designation and the Articles of Incorporation to fully reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale. In any such case the Depositary may, upon the written instructions of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding but subject to the rights of holders of Depositary Shares provided for in Section 2.04 , holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Shares or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of substantially all the assets or business of the Company to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to exchange or surrender the Preferred Shares represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the deposited Preferred Shares evidenced by such Receipts for which such Preferred Shares might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction. The Company shall cause an effective provision to be made in the corporate charter of the resulting or surviving corporation (if other than the Company) for protection of such rights as may be applicable upon exchange of the deposited Preferred Shares for securities or property or cash of the surviving corporation in connection with the transactions set forth above. The Company shall cause any such surviving corporation (if other than the Company) expressly to assume the obligations of the Company hereunder.

SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports . The Depositary shall make available for inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate Office and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable during normal business hours any reports and communications received from the Company that are both received by the Depositary as the holder of deposited Preferred Shares and made generally available to the holders of the Preferred Shares. In addition, the Depositary shall transmit certain notices and reports to the holders of Receipts as provided in Section 5.05 .

SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders . Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Depositary or Registrar, as applicable, shall furnish to the Company a list, as of a recent date specified by the Company, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the Depositary or Registrar, as applicable.

 

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SECTION 4.09. Tax and Regulatory Compliance. The Depositary shall be responsible for (i) preparation and mailing of 1099 and similar and successor forms for all open and closed accounts, (ii) foreign tax withholding, (iii) withholding at the then applicable rate of dividends from holders of Receipts subject to back-up withholding, (iv) mailing W-9 and similar and successor forms to new holders of Receipts without a certified taxpayer identification number, (v) processing certified W-9 and similar and successor forms, (vi) preparation and filing of state information returns and (vii) escheatment services.

SECTION 4.10. Withholding . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement, but subject to Section 5(e) of the Standard Provisions attached as Annex A to the Articles of Designation, in the event that the Depositary determines that any distribution in property is subject to any tax or other charge which the Depositary is obligated by law to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of all or a portion of such property in such amounts and in such manner as the Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay such taxes, by public or private sale, and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the balance of any such property after deduction of such taxes to the holders of Receipts entitled thereto in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them, respectively.

ARTICLE V

THE DEPOSITARY AND THE COMPANY

SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary and the Registrar . (a) The Depositary shall maintain at the Corporate Office facilities for the execution and delivery transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and for the deposit and withdrawal of Preferred Shares and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and for the deposit and withdrawal of Preferred Shares, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

(b) The Depositary or Registrar, as applicable, shall keep books at the Corporate Office for the registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts as provided by applicable law. The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.

(c) If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred Shares represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with the requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Shares are listed on one or

 

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more other stock exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender, redemption and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Shares as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.

SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Company . None of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles of Designation or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 5.03. Scope of the Depositary’s Obligations . (a) The Depositary shall act solely as agent for the Company under this Deposit Agreement and owes no duties hereunder to any other person. The Depositary undertakes to perform the duties and only the duties that are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Deposit Agreement against the Depositary.

(b) None of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding with respect to the deposited Preferred Shares, Depositary Shares or Receipts that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

(c) The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and the Registrar may rely upon, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon, (i) any communication from the Company, any predecessor Depositary or Depositary’s Agent, any predecessor co-Depositary or any Registrar (other than Depositary), predecessor Registrar or co-Registrar; (ii) any instruction, notice, request, direction, consent, report, certificate, opinion or other instrument, paper, document or electronic transmission believed by the Depositary to be genuine and to have been signed or given by the proper party or parties; (iii) the identity, authority or rights of the parties (other than with respect to the Depositary) executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver this Deposit Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for under this Deposit Agreement, (iv) any guaranty of signature by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, Foreign Investor Registered Securities Transfer Global Program or other comparable “signature guarantee program” or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing, (v) any instructions received through Direct Registration System/Profile; (vi) written advice of counsel or independent accountants or (vii) any law, act, regulation or any reasonable interpretation of the same even though such law, act, or regulation may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed.

 

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(d) In connection with any question of law arising in the course of the Depositary performing its duties hereunder, the Depositary may consult with legal counsel (including internal counsel) whose advice shall be an indication of good faith in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Depositary hereunder.

(e) The Depositary, its parent, affiliate, or subsidiaries, any Depositary’s Agent, and the Registrar may own, buy, sell or deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and its Receipts or Depositary Shares or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates may be interested or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were not the Depositary or the Depositary’s Agent hereunder. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates or act in any other capacity for the Company or its affiliates.

(f) It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent shall be deemed to be an “issuer” of securities under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed that the Depositary and any Depositary’s Agent are acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depositary for the deposited Preferred Shares; provided , however , that the Depositary agrees to comply with all information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Deposit Agreement in its capacity as Depositary. None of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar shall be under any duty or responsibility to ensure compliance with any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or exchange of the Receipts, Preferred Shares or Depositary Shares; provided , however , that each of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent and the Registrar agrees to comply with all federal and state securities laws applicable to it in its respective capacity as Depositary, Depositary’s Agent and Registrar.

(g) Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees or agents) nor any Depositary’s Agent makes any representation or has any responsibility as to the validity of any registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares may be registered under the Securities Act, the deposited Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares, the Receipts (except its countersignature thereon) or any instruments referred to therein or herein, or as to the correctness of any statement made in any such registration statement or herein; provided , however , that the Depositary is responsible for its representations in this Deposit Agreement, for the validity of any action taken or required to be taken by the Depositary in connection with this Deposit Agreement and for any information provided to the Company in writing for the purpose of including such information in any such registration statement.

(h) In the event the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar believes any ambiguity, uncertainty or conflict exists in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by it pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar shall promptly notify the Company of the details of such alleged ambiguity, uncertainty or conflict, and may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action, and the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar shall be fully

 

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protected and shall incur no liability to any person from refraining from taking such action, absent gross negligence or intentional misconduct (as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), unless and until (i) the rights of all parties have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of appropriate jurisdiction or (ii) the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar receives written instructions with respect to such matter signed by the Company that eliminates such ambiguity, uncertainty or conflict to the satisfaction of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar.

(i) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar shall deem it necessary that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively provided and established by a certificate signed by any one of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any other officer of the Company that any of the foregoing officers expressly designates in writing, and delivered to the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar; and such certificate shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar and the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Deposit Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

(j) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no amendment to the Articles of Designation shall affect the rights, duties, obligations or immunities of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or Registrar hereunder, except as may be agreed to in writing by the Depositary or Registrar, and the Company.

(k) The Depositary and the Registrar hereunder:

 

  (i) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein (and no implied duties or obligations), or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by the parties; and

 

  (ii) shall have no obligation to make payment hereunder to holders of Receipts unless the Company shall have provided the necessary federal or other immediately available funds or securities or property, as the case may be, to pay in full amounts due and payable with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.04. Limitation of Liability . In the absence of bad faith, gross negligence, misconduct or breach of this Deposit Agreement on its part, the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it or for any error of judgment made by it in the performance of its duties under this Deposit Agreement. Excluding the Depositary’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, any liability of the Depositary under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees and charges paid

 

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by the Company to the Depositary. Without limiting the indemnification obligations described in Section 5.06 , in no event will the Depositary be liable for special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Depositary has been advised of the possibility of such losses or damages and regardless of the form of action.

SECTION 5.05. Notices, Reports and Documents . The Company agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the address recorded in the Depositary’s books, copies of all notices and reports (including financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are included for quotation or listed or by the Articles of Incorporation, as amended by the Articles of Designation to be furnished by the Company to holders of the deposited Preferred Shares and, if requested by the holder of any Receipt, a copy of this Deposit Agreement, the form of Receipt, the Articles of Incorporation as amended, and the form of Preferred Shares. Such transmission will be at the Company’s expense and the Company will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit to the record holders of Receipts at the Company’s expense such other documents as may be requested by the Company.

SECTION 5.06. Indemnification . The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar for, and hold each of them harmless from and against, any loss, liability, claim (whether with or without basis in fact or law), demand, cost or expense (collectively, “ Loss ”) arising out of or in connection with its acting as Depositary, Depositary’s Agent or Registrar, respectively, under this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts or this appointment, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss or enforcing this Deposit Agreement, except to the extent that such Loss shall have been determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the Depositary’s, Depositary’s Agent or any Registrar’s gross negligence or intentional misconduct. The Depositary shall indemnify the Company for, and hold it harmless from and against, any Loss arising out of or in connection with the services provided by the Depositary, Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar under this Deposit Agreement or this appointment, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss or enforcing this Deposit Agreement to the extent that such Loss shall have been determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the Depositary’s, Depositary’s Agent or any Registrar’s gross negligence or intentional misconduct. If a party (“ Indemnitor ”) shall be obligated to provide indemnification for any Loss to the other party (“ Indemnitee ”), such Indemnitor shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Loss with counsel approved by the Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) upon delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of Indemnitor’s election to do so, provided that Indemnitor shall not be entitled to assume such defense if (a) Indemnitee has reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to Indemnitor or (b) there is a conflict or potential conflict of interest between Indemnitor and Indemnitee.

 

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SECTION 5.07. Bank Accounts . The Company acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the Depositary in connection with the services provided under this Deposit Agreement will be in the Depositary’s name and that the Depositary may receive investment earnings in connection with the investment, at the Depositary’s risk and for its benefit, of funds held in those accounts from time to time. Neither the Company nor the Holders will receive interest on any deposits.

SECTION 5.08. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of a Successor Depositary . (a) The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

(b) The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary hereunder and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

(c) In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. If a successor Depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted appointment in 60 days, the resigning Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all rights, title and interest in the deposited Preferred Shares and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts.

(d) Subject to the right of the Company to terminate this Deposit Agreement pursuant to Section 6.03 , any corporation or association or other entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted, or any corporation or association or other entity to which all or a substantial part of the assets of the Depositary may be transferred, shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act. Such successor depositary may execute the Receipts either in the name of the predecessor Depositary or in the name of the successor Depositary.

(g) The provisions of Sections 5.08(c) and (d)  as they apply to the Depositary apply to the Registrar as if specifically enumerated therein.

 

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ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENT, TERM AND TERMINATION

SECTION 6.01. Amendment . The form of Receipt and this Deposit Agreement may not be amended or modified in any manner except by a written agreement signed by both the Company and the Depositary; provided , however , that any amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent) which (i) would materially and adversely affect the rights of the holders of the Receipts, (ii) imposes additional charges or (iii) would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Preferred Shares shall not be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.05 and 2.06 , of any holder of any Depositary Shares to surrender the Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the deposited Preferred Shares and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.

SECTION 6.02. Term of Agreement . The Depositary’s appointment hereunder shall commence on November 1, 2013, and shall continue through November 1, 2023 (the “ Initial Term ”). The Company may terminate this agreement at any time upon not less than 35 days written notice to the Depositary, and the Depositary will give notice of that termination to the holders of all outstanding Depositary Shares not less than 30 days before the termination date. Following the Initial Term, this Deposit Agreement shall automatically renew for successive additional one-year terms.

SECTION 6.03. Termination . (a) This Deposit Agreement shall automatically terminate and shall cease to have any force or effect in the event that (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares have been redeemed; (ii) a final distribution in respect of the Preferred Shares has been made to the holders of Depositary Shares in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and such distribution has been paid to the holders of Depositary Shares; or (iii) there has been consent of holders of Depositary Shares representing not less than two-thirds of the Depositary Shares outstanding.

(b) Upon termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary will discontinue the transfer of Receipts, will suspend the distribution of dividends to the holders thereof and will not give any further notices (other than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under this Deposit Agreement, except that the Depositary will continue to collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to Preferred Stock and will continue to deliver Preferred Stock certificates together with such dividends and distributions and the net proceeds of any sales of rights, preferences, privileges, or other property in exchange for Receipts surrendered. At a time after the expiration of three years from the date of termination, the Depositary may sell the Preferred Stock and hold the proceeds of such sale, without interest, for the benefit of the holders of Receipts who have not then surrendered their Receipts. After making such sale, the Depositary will be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement, except to account for such proceeds.

 

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(c) Upon termination of this Deposit Agreement, all fees earned and expenses incurred by the Depositary up to and including the date of such termination shall be immediately due and payable to the Depositary on or before the effective date of such termination.

(d) Prior to termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall provide the Depositary with written instructions as to the disposition of records, as well as any additional documentation reasonably requested by the Depositary. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Deposit Agreement, the respective rights and duties of the Company and the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement shall cease upon termination of this Deposit Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 7.01. Counterparts . This Deposit Agreement may be executed manually in any number of counterparts, each of which such counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all such counterparts when taken together shall constitute one and the same original instrument. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Corporate Office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any holder of a Receipt.

SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties . Nothing in this Deposit Agreement shall be construed to give any person or entity other than the parties hereto and their respective successors hereunder any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Deposit Agreement; but this Deposit Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors hereunder.

SECTION 7.03. Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Deposit Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Deposit Agreement is found to violate a law, it will be severed from the rest of the Deposit Agreement and ignored.

SECTION 7.04. Conflicts with Articles of Designation . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and the provisions of the Articles of Designation, the provisions of the Articles of Designation will govern, and the Company will instruct the Depositary accordingly.

SECTION 7.05. Assignment . This Deposit Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided that this Deposit Agreement may not be assigned, or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, which the other party will not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay; and provided further that consent is not required for an assignment by the Depositary to affiliates, another division, subsidiaries or in connection with its reorganization or to successors of all or a majority of the Depositary’s assets or business. Any attempted assignment in violation of the foregoing will be void.

 

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SECTION 7.06. Notices . (a) All notices, demands and other communications given pursuant to this Deposit Agreement shall be in writing, shall be deemed effective on the date of receipt or first refusal by the recipient, and may be sent by e-mail, facsimile, overnight delivery service, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested to:

 

If to the Company:

 

F.N.B. Corporation

One F.N.B. Boulevard, 6th Floor

Hermitage, Pennsylvania 16148

Attention: David B. Mogle, Corporate Secretary

Telephone: 724-983-3431

Facsimile: 724-983-4194

mogle@fnb-corp.com

  

with a copy to:

 

Reed Smith LLP

225 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attention: Gary R. Walker

Telephone: 412-288-4589

Facsimile: 412-288-3063

gwalker@reedsmith.com

 

If to the Depositary:

 

Registrar and Transfer Company

10 Commerce Drive

Cranford, NJ 07016

Attention: Henry Farrell

Telephone: 800-866-1340 ext.2619

Facsimile: 908-272-0889

hfarrell@rtco.com

 

(b) Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram, telex, telecopier or facsimile confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary or, if such holder shall have filed with the Depositary in a timely manner a written request that notices intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request.

SECTION 7.07. Depositary’s Agents . The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.

SECTION 7.08. Holders of Receipts Are Parties . The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof.

 

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SECTION 7.09. Governing Law . This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 7.10. Inspection of Deposit Agreement . Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Corporate Office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any holder of any Receipt.

SECTION 7.11. Headings . The headings contained in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A are for the purposes of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 7.12. Entire Agreement . This Deposit Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior written or oral communications, understandings, and agreements with respect to the subject matter of this Deposit Agreement. The parties acknowledge that the Exhibits hereto are an integral part of this Deposit Agreement.

SECTION 7.13. Release of Information . In connection with the provision of services under this Deposit Agreement, the Company may direct the Depositary to release information, including non-public personal information (“ NPPI ”), as defined in Title V of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act and the regulations issued thereunder (including but not limited to Regulation P of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve) to the Company’s agents or other third party service providers, including, without limitation, broker/dealers, custodians and depositories. In addition, the Company consents to the release of information, including NPPI, (i) to any of the Depositary’s Representatives in connection with the services provided hereunder and (ii) as required by law, regulation, subpoena or governmental authority. The Depositary shall not be liable for the release of information in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

SECTION 7.14. Survival of Terms . Sections 3.02 , 5.04 , 5.06 and 7.13 shall survive the termination of this Deposit Agreement and any succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent.

SECTION 7.15. Force Majeure . The Depositary shall not be liable if it is prevented or delayed in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement by law or circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of government, exchange or market ruling, suspension of trading, work stoppages or labor disputes, civil disobedience, riots, rebellions, electrical or mechanical failure, computer hardware or software failure, communications facilities failures including telephone failure, war, terrorism, insurrection, fires, earthquakes, storms, floods, acts of God or similar occurrences.

SECTION 7.16. Submission to Jurisdiction; Foreign Law . (a) The parties irrevocably (i) submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in New York City or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Deposit Agreement, and (ii) waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any defense based on inconvenient forum, improper venue or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding.

 

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(b) The Depositary shall not be required hereunder to comply with the laws or regulations of any country other than the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof. The Depositary may consult with foreign counsel, at the Company’s expense, to resolve any foreign law issues that may arise as a result of the Company or any other party being subject to the laws or regulations of any foreign jurisdiction.

SECTION 7.17. Patriot Act . The Company acknowledges that the Depositary is subject to the customer identification program requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations (the “ Customer Identification Program Requirements ”), and that the Depositary must obtain, verify and record information that allows the Depositary to identify the Company. Accordingly, prior to accepting an appointment hereunder, the Depositary has received information from the Company that will help the Depositary to identify the Company, including without limitation the Company’s physical address, tax identification number, organizational documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or any other information that the Depositary deems necessary and that pending verification of received information, the Depositary may request further such information. The Company agrees to provide all reasonably requested information necessary for the Depositary to verify the Company’s identity in accordance with the Customer Identification Program Requirements.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, F.N.B. Corporation and Registrar and Transfer Company have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth and all holders of Receipts outstanding on the date hereof shall become parties hereto and all holders of Receipts issued after the date hereof shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

F.N.B. CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

[ Signature page to Depositary Agreement ]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]

IF GLOBAL RECEIPT IS ISSUED: UNLESS THIS RECEIPT IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO F.N.B. CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY RECEIPT ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

Depositary Receipt No.                         Number of Depositary Shares                     
   CUSIP NO. 30255P 103

F.N.B. CORPORATION

RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES,

Each Representing 1/40th of a Share of

Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value

($25.00 liquidation preference per Depositary Share)

Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, as Depositary (the “ Depositary ”), hereby certifies that                     is the registered owner of                     Depositary Shares (“ Depositary Shares ”), each Depositary Share representing 1/40th of one share of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value (the “ Preferred Stock ”) ($25.00 liquidation preference per Depositary Share), of F.N.B. Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the “ Company ”), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013 (the “ Deposit Agreement ”), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of Receipts for Depositary Shares. By accepting this Receipt, the holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of such Depositary or, if a Registrar in respect of the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer of such Registrar.

 

Dated:                                                                                                          
[Countersigned:   REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY, as Depositary
[                                                                           ]   By:   

 

     Authorized Signatory

 

A-1


[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH REGISTERED HOLDER OF RECEIPTS WHO SO REQUESTS A COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, INCLUDING THE ARTICLES OF DESIGNATION WITH RESPECT TO PREFERRED STOCK. ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT.

The Company will furnish without charge to each receipt holder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Company or to the Registrar.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Receipt, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM   

–  as tenants in common

   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT    Custodian
TEN ENT   

–  as tenants by the entirety                 

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)   
JT TEN   

–  as joint tenants with right of

    survivorship and not as tenants

    in common

     

under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act

 

(State)

  

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

For value received,                                                                           hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE, AS APPLICABLE:

       

 

 

 

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE ABOVE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

                                                            Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                                                   Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                   Signature(s):   

 

     

 

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Receipt in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
   Signature(s) Guaranteed:   

 

      The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

A-2

Exhibit 4.2

FORM OF FACE OF SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK

[ Include for Global Certificate : UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO F.N.B. CORPORATION OR REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY, AS TRANSFER AGENT (THE “ TRANSFER AGENT ”), AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE RELATED ARTICLES OF DESIGNATION. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.]

F.N.B. CORPORATION

Incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida

 

CUSIP: 30255P 202

ISIN: US30255P2020

 

Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative

Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E

                       shares

Certificate Number:         

This is to certify that is                                         the registered owner of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, $0.01 par value per share, $1,000 liquidation preference per share, of F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “ Corporation ”), transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.

Witness the seal of the Corporation and the signatures of its duly authorized officers.

 

Dated:                                                                            F.N.B. CORPORATION
    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:
Countersigned and registered:    

REGSTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY, Transfer Agent and Registrar

    By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:


[REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE]

F.N.B. CORPORATION

The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations applicable to the class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation represented by this certificate and the authority of the board of directors of the Corporation to determine variations for future series. Such request should be addressed to the Corporation or Registrar and Transfer Company, the Transfer Agent.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM   

–  as tenants in common

   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT   

Custodian

TEN ENT   

–  as tenants by the entirety                 

      (Cust)                                 (Minor)   
JT TEN   

–  as joint tenants with right of

    survivorship and not as tenants

    in common

     

under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act

 

(State)

  

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

For value received,                                                                           hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE, AS APPLICABLE:

       

 

 

 

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE ABOVE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

                                                            Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                                                   Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                   Signature(s):   

 

     

 

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Receipt in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
   Signature(s) Guaranteed:   

 

      The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

November 1, 2013

F.N.B. Corporation

One F.N.B. Boulevard

Hermitage, PA 16148

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181418)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as Florida counsel to F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with certain matters of Florida law arising out of the registration by the Company of the offering and sale, in each case under the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of: (i) 4,693,876 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Shares ”), which number includes 612,244 Common Shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase; and (ii) 4,600,000 depositary shares (“ Depositary Shares ”), including 600,000 Depositary Shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase, each of which represents ownership of a 1/40 th interest in a share of the Company’s Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), and all of which Depositary Shares together represent 115,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Shares ”).

In connection with our representation of the Company and the preparation of this opinion letter, we have examined, considered and relied upon originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the “ Documents ”):

1. the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, and the related form of prospectus contained therein, in the form in which it was transmitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the Securities Act;

2. the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Shares, dated October 29, 2013, in the form in which it was filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5);

3. the Final Prospectus Supplement relating to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Shares, dated November 1, 2013, in the form in which it was filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) promulgated under the Securities Act;

4. the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the Common Shares, dated October 29, 2013, in the form in which it was filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) promulgated under the Securities Act;


F.N.B. Corporation

November 1, 2013

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5. the Final Prospectus Supplement relating to the Common Shares, dated November 1, 2013, in the form in which it was filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) promulgated under the Securities Act;

6. that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A thereto, relating to the Common Shares (the “ Common Shares Underwriting Agreement ”);

7. that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, by and among the Company, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A thereto, relating to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Shares (the “ Depositary Shares Underwriting Agreement ” and, collectively with the Common Shares Underwriting Agreement, the “ Underwriting Agreements ”);

8. that certain Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company, a New Jersey corporation, as Depositary, and all holders from time to time of Depositary Shares (the “ Deposit Agreement ”);

9. the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, in each case as amended through the date hereof;

10. the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of F.N.B. Corporation Designating the Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Fixed-To-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E;

11. resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) (i) approving, among other things, the Underwriting Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the Common Shares) and (ii) establishing the pricing committee of the Board (the “ Pricing Committee ”);

12. resolutions of the Pricing Committee approving, among other things, the final pricing terms of the Common Shares and the Depositary Shares (including the Preferred Shares);

13. a certificate, dated October 30, 2013, from the Secretary of State of the State of Florida as to the incorporation and active status of the Company;

14. a certificate executed by an appropriate officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and

15. such other documents and matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the expression of the opinions contained herein.


F.N.B. Corporation

November 1, 2013

Page 3

 

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed without investigation the following:

1. the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all Documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all Documents submitted to us as copies and the veracity of the Documents;

2. each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so; and

3. each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and the obligations of each party (including the Company) set forth therein are legal, valid and binding obligations of such party and are enforceable against such party in accordance with all stated terms.

Additionally, as to questions of fact in respect of the opinion hereinafter expressed, we have relied solely upon the Documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. the Common Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Common Shares Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Common Shares Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued and fully paid, non-assessable; and

2. the Preferred Shares underlying the Depositary Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Deposit Agreement in connection with the issuance of the Depositary Shares upon payment of the consideration therefor set forth in the Depositary Shares Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid, non-assessable.

This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinions may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in law that may hereafter occur.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the laws of the State of Florida.


F.N.B. Corporation

November 1, 2013

Page 4

 

This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the issuance of the Common Shares and the Depositary Shares (the “ Current Report ”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and, accordingly, may not be relied upon by, quoted in any manner to or delivered to any other person or entity without, in each instance, our prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, investors are entitled to rely on this opinion. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and such incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

Sincerely,

 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.

By:  

/s/ Ira N. Rosner, Esq.

  Ira N. Rosner, Esq.

Exhibit 5.2

Reed Smith LLP

November 1, 2013

F.N.B. Corporation

One F.N.B. Boulevard,

Hermitage, PA 16148

 

  Re: 4,600,000 Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a Share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E of F.N.B. Corporation.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the issuance and sale of 4,600,000 Depositary Shares (the “ Depositary Shares ), including 600,000 Depositary Shares that the Underwriters (as defined below) have the option to purchase, which represent an ownership interest up to 115,000 shares of the Company’s Fixed-to-Floating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Shares, ” together with the Depositary Shares, the “ Securities ”), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated October 29, 2013 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), by and among the Company and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, acting as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”). The Depositary Shares, each of which represents a 1/40th fractional ownership interest of a Preferred Share, will be issued under a Deposit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013 (the “ Deposit Agreement ”), among the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company, as depositary (the “ Depositary ”), and the holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Depositary Shares.

In connection with the opinions expressed herein, we have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed relevant or necessary for purposes of such opinions. Based upon the foregoing and subject to the further limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1. The Depositary Shares, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, and the depositary receipts representing the Depositary Shares will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement.

 

  2. The Deposit Agreement has been authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company.

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following limitations, qualifications and assumptions:

For the purposes of the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that the Deposit Agreement will have been validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositary.

The opinions expressed herein are limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer and fraudulent conveyance, voidable preference, moratorium or other similar laws and related regulations and judicial doctrines from time to time in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general equitable principles and public policy considerations, whether such principles and considerations are considered in a proceeding at law or at equity.

As to facts material to the opinion and assumptions expressed herein, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of the officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, as currently in effect, and we express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.


We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-181418) filed by the Company to effect registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Act ”) and to the reference to Reed Smith LLP under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting a part of such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Reed Smith LLP

 

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