UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

LOGO

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

    Commission file number: 1-34073    
Maryland     31-0724920
(State of incorporation or organization)     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio
    43287
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered

Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/40th Interest

in a Share of 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative

Perpetual Preferred Stock

  The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.     x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.     ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-209962

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The securities to be registered hereby are depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”) of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Company’s 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share). The descriptions set forth under the caption “Description of New Huntington Preferred Stock” in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-209962) of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2016, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendments No. 1 and 2, filed on April 6, 2016 and April 27, 2016, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Depositary Shares is set forth below.

Description of the Depositary Shares

General

Each Depositary Share will represent a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series C Preferred Stock and will be evidenced by depositary receipts. The Company will deposit the underlying shares of the Series C Preferred Stock with the Depositary (as defined below) pursuant to the deposit agreement (the “Deposit Agreement”) dated as of August 15, 2016, between the Company and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”), jointly acting as depositary. The holders of Depositary Shares from time to time will be deemed to be parties to the Deposit Agreement and will be bound by all of the terms and conditions thereto by their acceptance of delivery of the Depositary Shares to the same extent as though they had executed the Deposit Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, each holder of the Depositary Shares will be entitled, through the Depositary, to all the rights and preferences of the Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, in proportion to the applicable fraction of a share of the Series C Preferred Stock those Depositary Shares represent.

Dividends and Other Distributions

Each dividend payable on a Depositary Share will be in an amount equal to 1/40th of the dividend declared and payable on the related share of the Series C Preferred Stock.

The Depositary will distribute any cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the deposited Series C Preferred Stock to the record holders of Depositary Shares relating to the underlying Series C Preferred Stock in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by the holders. If the Company makes a distribution other than in cash, the Depositary will distribute any securities or property received by it to the record holders of Depositary Shares entitled to those distributions, unless it determines that the distribution cannot be made proportionally among those holders or that (after consultation with the Company) it is not feasible to make a distribution, in which case the Depositary may, with the Company’s approval, adopt a method of distribution that it deems equitable and practicable, including the sale of the securities or property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to the holders of the Depositary Shares in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares they hold.

Record dates for the payment of dividends and other matters relating to the Depositary Shares will be the same as the corresponding record dates for the Series C Preferred Stock.

The amounts distributed to holders of Depositary Shares will be reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by the Company or the Depositary on account of taxes or other governmental charges. The Depositary may refuse to make any payment or distribution, or any transfer, exchange, or withdrawal of any Depositary Shares or the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock until such taxes or other governmental charges are paid.


Redemption of Depositary Shares

If the Company redeems the Series C Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares, in whole or in part, the Depositary Shares will be redeemed with the proceeds received by the Depositary resulting from the redemption of the Series C Preferred Stock held by the Depositary. The redemption price per Depositary Share will be equal to 1/40th of the redemption price per share payable with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock (or $25 per Depositary Share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of undeclared dividends, except in the case of a redemption pursuant to a regulatory capital treatment event.

Whenever the Company redeems shares of the Series C Preferred Stock held by the Depositary, the Depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption date, the number of Depositary Shares representing those shares of the Series C Preferred Stock so redeemed. If fewer than all of the outstanding Depositary Shares are redeemed, the Depositary will select the shares to be redeemed pro rata or by lot. The Depositary will mail notice of redemption to record holders of the Depositary Shares not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the Series C Preferred Stock and the related Depositary Shares.

Voting the Series C Preferred Stock

Because each Depositary Share represents a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series C Preferred Stock, holders of Depositary Shares will be entitled to 1/40th of a vote per Depositary Share under those limited circumstances in which holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to a vote.

When the Depositary receives notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary will mail the information contained in the notice to the record holders of the Depositary Shares relating to the Series C Preferred Stock. Each record holder of the Depositary Shares on the record date, which will be the same date as the record date for the Series C Preferred Stock, may instruct the Depositary to vote the amount of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by the holder’s Depositary Shares. Insofar as practicable, the Depositary will vote the amount of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares in accordance with the instructions it receives. The Company will agree to take all reasonable actions that the Depositary determines are necessary to enable the Depositary to vote as instructed. If the Depositary does not receive specific instructions from the holders of any Depositary Shares representing proportional interests in the Series C Preferred Stock, it will not vote the amount of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Shares is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Deposit Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 4.3 to this Registration Statement on Form 8-A and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Number

  

Description

3.1    Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993)
3.2    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2007)
3.3    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2008)
3.4    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2010)


Number

  

Description

3.5    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of April 22, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2008)
3.6    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of April 22, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2008)
3.7    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of November 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2008)
3.8    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of December 31, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2007)
3.9    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of December 28, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2012)
3.10    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of March 18, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2016)
3.11    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of May 3, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2016)
3.12    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of August 15, 2016
3.13    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of July 16, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2014)
4.1    Instruments defining the Rights of Security Holders — reference is made to Articles Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth of Articles of Restatement of Charter, as amended and supplemented.
4.2    Huntington Bancshares Incorporated will furnish, upon request, copies of all instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt instruments of the registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries.
4.3    Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2016, by and among Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Computershare, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein
4.4    Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.3)
4.5    Form of Certificate Representing the 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 15, 2016     HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
    By:  

/s/ Richard A. Cheap

   

Name:

Title:

 

Richard A. Cheap

Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

  

Description

3.1    Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993)
3.2    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2007)
3.3    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2008)
3.4    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Restatement of Charter of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2010)
3.5    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of April 22, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2008)
3.6    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of April 22, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2008)
3.7    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of November 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2008)
3.8    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of December 31, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2007)
3.9    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of December 28, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2012)
3.10    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of March 18, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2016)
3.11    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of May 3, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2016)
3.12    Articles Supplementary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, effective as of August 15, 2016
3.13    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, as of July 16, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2014)
4.1    Instruments defining the Rights of Security Holders — reference is made to Articles Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth of Articles of Restatement of Charter, as amended and supplemented.


Number

  

Description

4.2    Huntington Bancshares Incorporated will furnish, upon request, copies of all instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt instruments of the registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries.
4.3    Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2016, by and among Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Computershare, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein
4.4    Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.3)
4.5    Form of Certificate Representing the 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

Exhibit 3.12

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

DESIGNATING THE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES

OF

5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK,

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

OF

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “ Corporation ”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: Under a power contained in Article Fifth of the charter of the Corporation (the “ Charter ”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) and the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, by duly adopted resolutions, classified and designated 100,000 shares of the authorized but unissued serial preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, as 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, with the following preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, which, upon any restatement of the Charter, shall become part of Article Fifth of the Charter, with any necessary or appropriate renumbering or relettering of the sections or subsections hereof.

Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares . There is hereby classified out of the authorized and unissued shares of serial preferred stock of the Corporation a series of serial preferred stock designated as the “5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock” (the “ Series C Preferred Stock ”). The authorized number of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be 100,000.

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

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

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


(b) “ Junior Stock ” means the Common Stock, and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(c) “ Liquidation Preference ” means $1,000 per share of the Series C Preferred Stock.

(d) “ Parity Stock ” means Dividend Parity Stock and Voting Parity Stock.

Part 4. Certain Voting Matters . Whether the vote or consent of the holders of a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock has been cast or given on any matter on which the holders of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote shall be determined by the Corporation by reference to the specified liquidation amount of the shares voted or covered by the consent as if the Corporation were liquidated on the record date for such vote or consent, if any, or, in the absence of a record date, on the date for such vote or consent. For purposes of determining the voting rights of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock under Section 7 of the Standard Provisions forming part of these Articles Supplementary, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of Liquidation Preference to which such holder’s shares are entitled. Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except as to certain matters set forth herein.

SECOND: The Series C Preferred Stock has been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in the Charter.

THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors and a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.

FOURTH: The undersigned officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned officer acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this fifteenth day of August, 2016.

 

ATTEST:      

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES

INCORPORATED

By:   

/s/ Richard A. Cheap

      By:  

/s/ Stephen D. Steinour

   (SEAL)
Name:    Richard A. Cheap       Name:   Stephen D. Steinour
Title:    Secretary       Title:  

Chairman, President, and Chief

Executive Officer

 

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STANDARD PROVISIONS

Section 1. General Matters . Each share of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of the Series C Preferred Stock. The Series C Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles Supplementary (as defined below). The Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock:

(a) “ Applicable Dividend Rate ” means, when, as and if authorized by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors and declared by the Corporation, 5.875% per annum.

(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 Supplementary ” means the Articles Supplementary relating to the Series C Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time, or the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock, as set forth in Article Fifth of the Charter, upon any restatement of the Charter.

(d) “ Business Day ” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New York and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

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

(f) “ Charter ” means the charter of the Corporation.

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

(h) “ Dividend Parity Stock ” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks equally with the Series C Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

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

(m) “ Nonpayment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

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

(o) “ Preferred Stock ” means any and all series of serial preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Series C Preferred Stock.

(p) “ Redemption Date ” means any Dividend Payment Date on or after October 15, 2021.

(q) “ Redemption Price ” means $1,000 per share of the Series C Preferred Stock, plus the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends.

(r) A “ Regulatory Capital Treatment Event ” means the good faith determination by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors 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 (or will become effective) after the initial issuance of any share of the Series C Preferred Stock; (ii) proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced or becomes effective (or will become effective) after the initial issuance of any share of the Series C Preferred Stock; 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 initial issuance of any share of the Series C Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding.

(s) “ Standard Provisions ” means these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Articles Supplementary relating to the Series C Preferred Stock.

(t) “ Voting Parity Stock ” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of the Series C 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 Supplementary, any and all series of Dividend Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.

Section 3. Dividends .

(a) Rate . Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of the Series C Preferred Stock, if, when and as authorized by the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, and declared by the Corporation but only out of legally available assets, non-cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend

 

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Period (as defined below), which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference per share of the Series C Preferred Stock. Dividends are not mandatory. Such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each January 15, April 15, July 15 or October 15, each such date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ,” beginning on October 15, 2016. 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 August 4, 2016. If any specified Dividend Payment Date on which dividends would otherwise be payable is not a Business Day, then the Dividend Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue in respect of any payment made on the next succeeding Business Day.

Dividends that are payable on the Series C Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. The Corporation shall not pay interest or any sum or money instead of interest on any dividend payment that may be in arrears on the Series C Preferred Stock.

Dividends that are payable on the Series C Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of the Series C Preferred Stock as they appear on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the first day of the month in which the relevant Dividend Payment Date occurs, or such other record date, not exceeding 30 days before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (each, a “ Dividend Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

Holders of the Series C 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 Series C Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3. If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) does not authorize and the Corporation does not declare a dividend on the Series C Preferred Stock in respect of a Dividend Period, 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 of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) authorizes and the Corporation declares a dividend for any future Dividend Period with respect to the Series C 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 the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock and (ii) the Corporation is not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, (1) no dividend or other distribution shall be declared, paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared, made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in Junior Stock or any dividend in connection with the

 

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implementation of a stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under such plan) and (2) no shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly. The foregoing limitations shall not apply to (i) reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, (ii) pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, (v) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares 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, (vi) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business, (vii) purchases of shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock or Parity Stock existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (viii) 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, (ix) 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 and (x) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than 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 upon the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Dividend Parity Stock, all dividends declared for payment on the Series C Preferred Stock and all such Dividend Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Dividend Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared so that the respective amounts of such dividends due on shares of dividends declared per share shall bear to each other the same ratio between the current and unpaid dividends due on the Series C Preferred Stock and (i) in the case of any series of non-cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of Preferred Stock and (ii) in the case of any series of cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of Preferred Stock.

Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, may be declared and paid on 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 Series C Preferred Stock or Dividend Parity Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends. Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not authorized by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and declared by the Corporation and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so authorized and declared.

 

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Dividends on the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of the Series C Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to distributions upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Preference and (ii) the amount of any declared and unpaid dividends prior to the date of payment (but without any amount in respect of dividends that have not been declared prior to such payment date). After payment of the full amount of such liquidating distribution, the holders of the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with the Series C Preferred Stock as to such distribution, holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled.

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

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation . For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5. Redemption .

(a) Optional Redemption . Except as provided below, the Series C Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to October 15, 2021. After October 15, 2021, 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 the Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the Liquidation Preference, plus the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, on the Series C Preferred Stock prior to the date fixed for redemption.

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 the Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding at a redemption price equal to the Liquidation Preference, plus the per share amount of any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock prior to the date fixed for redemption.

The redemption price for any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) representing such shares to the Corporation or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.

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

(c) Notice of Redemption . Notice of every redemption of shares of the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form through the DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by the DTC), or by such other method approved by the depositary for the Series C Preferred Stock, in its reasonable discretion. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the applicable Redemption Date. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by

 

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mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of the Series C Preferred Stock. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the applicable Redemption Date; (2) the number of shares of the Series C 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) the place or places where the certificates representing shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (5) that dividends on the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption Date.

(d) Partial Redemption . In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata, by lot, or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, and to the prior approval of the Federal Reserve or other applicable Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.

(e) Effectiveness of Redemption . If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice, all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after such Redemption Date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such Redemption Date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company out of the funds so deposited, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the redemption depository 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 applicable Redemption Date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares of the Series C 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.

 

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

Section 6. No Conversion Rights . Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shares 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 the Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below.

(b) Preferred Stock Directors . Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, or any other class or series of Preferred Stock that ranks on parity with the Series C Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends, and upon which similar voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, 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 Series C Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the “ Preferred Directors ” and each a “ Preferred Director ”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting (provided, that proper notice has been delivered in accordance with the Charter and the Bylaws), and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until full dividends have been declared and paid on the Series C Preferred Stock and any other class or classes of Preferred Stock that is Dividend Parity Stock 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 Series C Preferred Stock for four consecutive Dividend Periods after a Nonpayment Event, then the right of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred 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 the holders of a majority of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock entitled to be voted thereon (together with holders of any Voting Parity Stock, whether or not the holders of such Preferred Stock would be entitled to vote for the election of directors if such default in dividends did not exist). 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 (i) the outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, and (ii) the outstanding shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class.

 

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(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters . So long as any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by electronic consent 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, supplement or alteration of the Articles Supplementary or the Charter to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Series C Preferred Stock;

(ii) Amendment of the Series C Preferred Stock . Any amendment of the Articles Supplementary or any other articles supplementary classifying any other series of Preferred Stock or to the Charter, so as to adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Series C Preferred Stock, taken as a whole (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise); or

(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations . Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series C Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Series C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;

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 series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Junior Stock or any series of Preferred Stock, that by its terms expressly provides that it ranks pari passu with the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and as to distributions upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up shall not be deemed to adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of any outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock. The holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have exclusive voting rights on any Charter amendment, including any amendment to the Articles Supplementary, that would alter the contract rights, as expressly set forth herein, of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

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(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption . No vote or consent of the holders of the Series C 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 Series C 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 the Series C 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 of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series C Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.

Section 8. No Preemptive Rights . No share of the Series C 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 the Series C Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of the Series C 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 the Series C 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, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Articles Supplementary, in the Charter or the Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by DTC or such facility.

Section 11. Replacement Certificates . The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation.

Section 12. Other Rights . The shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

Exhibit 4.3

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

among

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED,

COMPUTERSHARE INC. and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., jointly, as Depositary,

and

THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF

THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN

Dated as of August 15, 2016


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS

     1   

Section 1.1

   Definitions      1   

ARTICLE II FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS

     3   

Section 2.1

   Form and Transfer of Receipts      3   

Section 2.2

   Deposit of Series C Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof      4   

Section 2.3

   Registration of Transfer of Receipts      5   

Section 2.4

   Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series C Preferred Stock      5   

Section 2.5

   Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts      6   

Section 2.6

   Lost Receipts, etc.      7   

Section 2.7

   Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts      7   

Section 2.8

   Redemption of Series C Preferred Stock      7   

Section 2.9

   Deposits      8   

Section 2.10

   Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form      9   

ARTICLE III CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION

     10   

Section 3.1

   Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information      10   

Section 3.2

   Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges      10   

Section 3.3

   Warranty as to Series C Preferred Stock      10   

Section 3.4

   Warranty as to Receipts      10   

ARTICLE IV THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES

     11   

Section 4.1

   Cash Distributions      11   

Section 4.2

   Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges      11   

Section 4.3

   Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges      11   

Section 4.4

   Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts      12   

Section 4.5

   Voting Rights      13   

Section 4.6

   Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.      13   

Section 4.7

   Delivery of Reports      14   

Section 4.8

   Lists of Receipt Holders      14   

 

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ARTICLE V THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION

     14   

Section 5.1

   Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar      14   

Section 5.2

   Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation      15   

Section 5.3

   Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation      15   

Section 5.4

   Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary      17   

Section 5.5

   Corporate Notices and Reports      17   

Section 5.6

   Indemnification by the Corporation      18   

Section 5.7

   Fees, Charges and Expenses      18   

Section 5.8

   Tax Compliance      18   

ARTICLE VI AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

     19   

Section 6.1

   Amendment      19   

Section 6.2

   Termination      19   

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

     20   

Section 7.1

   Counterparts      20   

Section 7.2

   Exclusive Benefit of Parties      20   

Section 7.3

   Invalidity of Provisions      20   

Section 7.4

   Notices      20   

Section 7.5

   Depositary’s Agents      21   

Section 7.6

   Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of Receipts      21   

Section 7.7

   Holders of Receipts Are Parties      21   

Section 7.8

   Governing Law      21   

Section 7.9

   Inspection of Deposit Agreement      21   

Section 7.10

   Headings      21   

Section 7.11

   Confidentiality      22   

Section 7.12

   Further Assurances      22   

 

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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 15, 2016, by and among (i) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, (ii) Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Computershare”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (the “Trust Company” and together with Computershare, jointly the “Depositary”), and (iii) the Holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.

WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Series C Preferred Stock of the Corporation from time to time with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock so deposited; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.1 Definitions . The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement:

“Articles Supplementary” shall mean the relevant Articles Supplementary to the Charter of the Corporation filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland establishing the Series C Preferred Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation.

“Corporation” shall mean Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, and its successors.

“Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Depositary” shall be defined as indicated in the preamble and shall include any successor as Depositary hereunder.

“Depositary Shares” shall mean the depositary shares, each representing 1/40th of one share of the Series C Preferred Stock, evidenced by a Receipt.

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.5 .

 

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“Depositary’s Office” shall mean the principal office of the Depositary in Jersey City, New Jersey, at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered.

“DTC” shall mean the Depository Trust Company.

“Effective Date” shall mean the date first stated above.

“Exchange Event” shall mean with respect to any Global Registered Receipt:

(1) (A) the Global Receipt Depository which is the Holder of such Global Registered Receipt or Receipts notifies the Corporation that it is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations or that it is no longer eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (B) the Corporation has not appointed a qualified successor Global Receipt Depository within 90 calendar days after the Corporation received such notice, or

(2) the Corporation in its sole discretion notifies the Depositary in writing that the Receipts or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts shall no longer be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Global Registered Receipts.

“Global Receipt Depository” shall mean, with respect to any Receipt issued hereunder, DTC or such other entity designated as Global Receipt Depository by the Corporation in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, which entity must be, to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Global Registered Receipts” shall mean a global registered Receipt registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.

“Letter of Representations” shall mean any applicable agreement among the Corporation, the Depositary and a Global Receipt Depository with respect to such Global Receipt Depository’s rights and obligations with respect to any Global Registered Receipts, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor agreement thereto.

“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto, which is signed by an officer of the Corporation and which shall include the terms and conditions of the Series C Preferred Stock to be issued by the Corporation and deposited with the Depositary from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Receipt” shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, whether in definitive or temporary form, and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock held of record by the Record Holder of such Depositary Shares.

 

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“Record Holder” or “Holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.

“Registrar” shall mean the Depositary or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided; and if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed, references herein to “the books” of or maintained by the Depositary shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such Registrar for such purpose.

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

“Series C Preferred Stock” shall mean the shares of the Corporation’s 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, designated in the Articles Supplementary.

ARTICLE II

FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND

DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS

Section 2.1 Form and Transfer of Receipts . The definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided and shall be engraved or otherwise prepared so as to comply with the applicable rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Corporation, delivered in compliance with Section 2.2 , 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, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Corporation and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at an office described in the last paragraph of Section 2.2 . Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Corporation’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 Agreement as definitive Receipts. Notwithstanding anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, Receipts may be issued electronically or otherwise in book-entry format.

Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually or by facsimile signature by a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by manual or

 

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facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned by manual or facsimile signature by a duly authorized officer of such Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.

Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares.

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

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided , however , that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.3 , the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

Section 2.2 Deposit of Series C Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation may from time to time deposit shares of Series C Preferred Stock under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be deposited, 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 an executed Officer’s Certificate attaching the Articles Supplementary and all other information required to be set forth therein, and together with a written order of the Corporation directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Series C Preferred Stock. Each Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Depositary in accordance with the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Deposit Agreement and shall be binding on the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders of Receipts to which such Officer’s Certificate relates.

The Series C Preferred Stock that is deposited shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine. The Depositary shall not lend any Series C Preferred Stock deposited hereunder.

Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Series C Preferred Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.2 , together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the Series C Preferred Stock on the books of the Corporation (or its duly appointed transfer agent) in the name of the Depositary

 

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or its nominee, 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 named in the written order delivered to the Depositary in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 2.2 , a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series C Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.

Section 2.3 Registration of Transfer of Receipts . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Such instrument of transfer shall include evidence of the authority of the party seeking transfer which shall include a signature guarantee from an eligible guarantor institution participating in a signature guarantee program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, and any other reasonable evidence of authority that may be required by the Depositary. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.

The Depositary shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Receipts for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days next preceding any selection of Depositary Shares and Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of notice of redemption, or (b) to transfer or exchange for another Receipt any Receipt called or being called for redemption in whole or in part except as provided in Section 2.8 .

Section 2.4 Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Series C Preferred Stock . Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered, and shall deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Holder of the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.

Any Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw the number of whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such Holder, or to the person or persons designated by such Holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Series C Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the Holder to the Depositary in connection with such

 

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withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.3 upon his order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares.

In no event will fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock (or any cash payment in lieu thereof) be delivered by the Depositary. Delivery of the Series C Preferred Stock and money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate.

If the Series C Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal, such Holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such Holder for withdrawal of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock and money and other property, if any, be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank.

Delivery of the Series C Preferred Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the Holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the Holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such Holder.

Section 2.5 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts . As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Corporation shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the Holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.7 , may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Corporation may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and/or applicable law.

The deposit of the Series C Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Series C Preferred Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Corporation is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.

 

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Section 2.6 Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the Holder thereof furnishing the Depositary with an affidavit and an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to the Corporation. Applicants for such substitute Receipts shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Depositary may prescribe and as required by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York.

Section 2.7 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts . All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled.

Section 2.8 Redemption of Series C Preferred Stock . Whenever the Corporation shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles Supplementary, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Series C Preferred Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Corporation stating that such redemption of Series C Preferred Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Articles Supplementary. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Corporation shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to Computershare the redemption price of the Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed, plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to, or accumulation of, any undeclared dividends, except in the case of a redemption following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event (as such term is defined in the Articles Supplementary), in which the Corporation will also pay the pro rated portion of dividends, whether or not declared, for the dividend period in which such redemption occurs, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Articles Supplementary, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Series C Preferred Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of the Corporation’s redemption of Series C Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Series C Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed at their respective last addresses as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders. Each such notice shall be prepared by the Corporation and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such Holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such Holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where Receipts representing such Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot.

 

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Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Series C Preferred Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) dividends on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so called for Redemption shall cease to accrue from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the amounts described in clause (iv) of this paragraph) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to 1/40th of the redemption price per share of Series C Preferred Stock so redeemed plus all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends (and not previously distributed to the Holders of Depositary Shares) in accordance with the provisions of the Articles Supplementary.

If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the Holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.

Section 2.9 Deposits . All funds received by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of the services hereunder (the “Funds”) shall be held by Computershare as agent for the Corporation and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for the Corporation. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively, (iii) money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (iv) demand deposit accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers’ acceptances, of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion and with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). Computershare shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by Computershare in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Corporation, any holder or any other party.

 

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Section 2.10 Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form . If the Corporation shall determine in a writing delivered to the Depositary that the Receipts are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts, then the Depositary shall, in accordance with the other provisions of this Deposit Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered Receipts evidencing the Receipts, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Receipts to be represented by such Global Registered Receipt or Global Registered Receipts, and (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its nominee.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise provided in the Global Registered Receipt, a Global Registered Receipt may only be transferred in whole and only by the applicable Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt to a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository to such Global Receipt Depository or another nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by such Global Receipt Depository or any such nominee to a successor Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt selected or approved by the Corporation or to a nominee of such successor Global Receipt Depository. Except as provided below, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the Receipts represented by such Global Registered Receipt. Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or indirect participant of a Global Receipt Depository shall have any rights under this Deposit Agreement with respect to any Global Registered Receipt held on their behalf by a Global Receipt Depository and such Global Receipt Depository may be treated by the Corporation, the Depositary and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or the Depositary as the holder of such Global Registered Receipt for all purposes whatsoever. Unless and until definitive Receipts are delivered to the owners of the beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt, (i) the applicable Global Receipt Depository will make book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit all payments and distributions in respect of the Global Registered Receipts to such participants, in each case, in accordance with its applicable procedures and arrangements, and (ii) whenever any notice, payment or other communication to the holders of Global Registered Receipts is required under this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation and the Depositary shall give all such notices, payments and communications specified herein to be given to such holders to the applicable Global Receipt Depository.

If an Exchange Event has occurred with respect to any Global Registered Receipt, then the Depositary shall, upon receipt of a written order from the Corporation for the execution and delivery of individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt, execute and deliver individual definitive registered Receipts, in authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Registered Receipt so exchanged, in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt.

Definitive registered Receipts issued in exchange for a Global Registered Receipt pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Global Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt, pursuant to instructions from its participants, shall instruct the Depositary in writing. The Depositary shall deliver such Receipts to the persons in whose names such Receipts are so registered.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deposit Agreement, should the Corporation determine that the Receipts should be issued as a Global Registered Receipt, the parties hereto shall comply with the terms of any Letter of Representations.

ARTICLE III

CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION

Section 3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information . Any Holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Corporation may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Series C Preferred Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.

Section 3.2 Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges . Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7 . Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Series C Preferred Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Series C Preferred Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the Holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such Holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the Holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency.

Section 3.3 Warranty as to Series C Preferred Stock . The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Series C Preferred Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series C Preferred Stock and the issuance of the related Receipts.

Section 3.4 Warranty as to Receipts . The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will represent legal and valid interests in the Series C Preferred Stock. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Series C Preferred Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.

 

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ARTICLE IV

THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES

Section 4.1 Cash Distributions . Whenever Computershare shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Series C Preferred Stock, Computershare shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 , distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such Holders; provided , however , that in case the Corporation or Computershare shall be required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. Computershare shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any Holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by Computershare for distribution to Record Holders of Receipts then outstanding. Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide the Depositary with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E (or other appropriate Form W-8) or W-9, as may be applicable. Each Holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distributions to be made hereunder.

Section 4.2 Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges . Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the Series C Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 , distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts held by such Holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Corporation or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, in a commercially reasonable manner. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 , be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to Record Holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Corporation shall not make any distribution of any such securities or property to the Depositary and the Depositary shall not make any distribution of any such securities or property to the Holders of Receipts unless the Corporation shall have provided an opinion of counsel stating that such securities or property have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered in connection with such distributions.

Section 4.3 Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges . If the Corporation shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names the Series C Preferred Stock is recorded on the books of the Corporation any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Corporation shall direct and the Depositary

 

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shall agree, either by the issue to such Record Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary and the Corporation; provided , however , that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Corporation) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to Holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by Holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with approval of the Corporation, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 , be distributed by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash.

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

The Corporation shall notify the Depositary whether any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to Holders of Receipts, and the Corporation agrees with the Depositary that the Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.

Section 4.4 Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts . Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Corporation shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Corporation with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Series C Preferred Stock) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons.

 

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Section 4.5 Voting Rights . Subject to the provisions of the Articles Supplementary, upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the Record Holders of Receipts a notice prepared by the Corporation which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the Holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Series C Preferred Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Corporation) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the Holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Series C Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Corporation hereby agrees to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Series C Preferred Stock or cause such Series C Preferred Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will not vote (but, at its discretion, may appear at any meeting with respect to such Series C Preferred Stock unless directed to the contrary by the Holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

Section 4.6 Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Series C Preferred Stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles Supplementary, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Corporation or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Corporation, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Corporation in the fraction of an interest in one share of Series C Preferred Stock represented by one Depositary Share and in the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price per share of Series C Preferred Stock, in each case as may be necessary fully to reflect the effects of such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series C Preferred Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Series C Preferred Stock. In any such case the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Corporation, execute and deliver additional Receipts or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, Holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Series C Preferred Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender

 

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such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Series C Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Series C Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.

Section 4.7 Delivery of Reports . The Depositary shall furnish to Holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Corporation which is received by the Depositary and which the Corporation is required to furnish to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock.

Section 4.8 Lists of Receipt Holders . Reasonably promptly upon request from time to time by the Corporation, at the sole expense of the Corporation, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all registered Holders of Receipts.

ARTICLE V

THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION

Section 5.1 Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar . Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office, facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts; provided that any such Holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts. The Depositary shall promptly notify the Corporation following the receipt of any such request by a Holder.

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.

The Depositary may, with the approval of the Corporation, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of the Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the

 

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approval of the Corporation. If the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series C Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Series C Preferred Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation.

Section 5.2 Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation . Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall incur any liability to any Holder of a Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Corporation’s Charter, as amended or supplemented (including the Articles Supplementary), or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Corporation shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation incur liability to any Holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Deposit Agreement.

Section 5.3 Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation . Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to Holders of Receipts other than for its willful misconduct, fraud or bad faith.

Notwithstanding anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, neither the Depositary, nor the Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable in any event for special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits) even if that party has been advised of or has foreseen the possibility of such damages, other than for its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Corporation shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Series C Preferred Stock for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and the Corporation may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon or omitting to act upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

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The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is not taken in bad faith. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Deposit Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar.

The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agents, and any Registrar may own and deal in any class of securities of the Corporation and its affiliates and in Receipts. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or registrar of any of the other securities of the Corporation and its affiliates.

The Depositary shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Series C Preferred Stock, nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Depositary shall not be responsible for advancing funds on behalf of the Corporation and shall have no duty or obligation to make any payments if it has not timely received sufficient funds to make timely payments.

In the event the Depositary believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Depositary hereunder, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, omitting or suffering to take any action hereunder, the Depositary may, in its sole discretion upon written notice to the Corporation, refrain from taking any action and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Corporation, any Holders of Receipts or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Depositary receives written instructions or a certificate signed by the Corporation which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depositary or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depositary.

From time to time, the Corporation may provide the Depositary with instructions concerning the services performed by the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement. In addition, at any time, the Depositary may apply to any officer of the Corporation for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for the Depositary or the Corporation with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services to be performed by the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, excluding the Depositary’s willful misconduct, fraud or bad faith, the Depositary’s aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with respect to, arising from, or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from all services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the amounts paid hereunder by the Corporation to Depositary as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event for which recovery from Depositary is being sought.

 

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The rights and obligations of the parties under this Section 5.3 shall survive any resignation or succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent and the termination of this Deposit Agreement.

Section 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary . The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Corporation, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

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

In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Corporation shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus, of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Corporation an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Corporation, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Series C Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto.

Any entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or its own name as successor Depositary.

Section 5.5 Corporate Notices and Reports . The Corporation agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositary’s books, copies of all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Series C Preferred Stock, the

 

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Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Corporation’s Charter, as amended or supplemented (including the Articles Supplementary), to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Corporation’s expense and the Corporation will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts at the Corporation’s expense such other documents as may be requested by the Corporation.

Section 5.6 Indemnification by the Corporation . Notwithstanding Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Corporation shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar (including each of their officers, directors, agents and employees) against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, damage, cost, penalty, liability or expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed, suffered or omitted to be taken in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the respective parts of any such person or persons. The obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Depositary set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any resignation or succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent or the termination of this Deposit Agreement.

Section 5.7 Fees, Charges and Expenses . The Corporation agrees promptly to pay the Depositary the compensation to be agreed upon with the Corporation for all services rendered by the Depositary hereunder and to reimburse the Depositary for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Depositary without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part (or on the part of any agent or Depositary Agent) in connection with the services rendered by it (or such agent or Depositary Agent) hereunder. The Corporation shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Series C Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of Series C Preferred Stock by Holders of Receipts, and any redemption or exchange of the Series C Preferred Stock at the option of the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges shall be at the expense of Holders of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts. If, at the request of a Holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which the Corporation is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be liable for such charges and expenses; provided , however , that the Depositary may, at its sole option, require a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depositary any charge or expense the Depositary has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Corporation at such intervals as the Corporation and the Depositary may agree.

Section 5.8 Tax Compliance . The Depositary, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting, and withholding (including “backup withholding”) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations, or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Depositary Shares or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption, or exercise of rights under the Receipts or the Depositary Shares. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all

 

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amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent. The Depositary shall comply with any direction received from the Corporation with respect to the application of such requirements to particular payments or Holders or in other particular circumstances and may, for purposes of this Deposit Agreement, rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. The Depositary shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available on request to the Corporation or to its authorized representatives.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

Section 6.1 Amendment . The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Corporation and the Depositary; provided , however , that no such amendment which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective against the Holders of Receipts unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every Holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 and Article III , of any owner of Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depositary with instructions to deliver to the Holder the Series C Preferred Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law or the rules and regulations of any governmental body, agency or commission, or applicable securities exchange. As a condition precedent to the Depositary’s execution of any amendment, the Corporation shall deliver to the Depositary a certificate from a duly authorized officer of the Corporation that states that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 6.1.

Section 6.2 Termination . This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Corporation or the Depositary if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares issued hereunder have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8 , (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and such distribution shall have been distributed to the Holders of Receipts representing Depositary Shares pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.2 , as applicable, or (iii) upon the consent of Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the Depositary Shares outstanding. In addition, either the Corporation or the Depositary may terminate this Depositary Agreement at any time upon a material breach of this Agreement by the other that is not cured within thirty (30) days after the date of written notice thereof by the terminating party to the breaching party.

Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Corporation shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7 ; provided , further , that Sections 5.3 and 5.6 and Article VII shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any succession of any Depositary, Registrar or Depositary’s Agent.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Counterparts . This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A signature to this Deposit Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

Section 7.2 Exclusive Benefit of Parties . This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

Section 7.3 Invalidity of Provisions . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

Section 7.4 Notices . Any and all notices to be given to the Corporation hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or overnight delivery service, or by facsimile transmission or electronic mail (receipt confirmed), addressed to the Corporation at:

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Huntington Center

41 South High Street

Columbus, Ohio 43287

Attention: Director of Investor Relations

With a copy to:

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Huntington Center

41 South High Street

Columbus, Ohio 43287

Attention: General Counsel and Secretary

or at any other addresses of which the Corporation shall have notified the Depositary in writing. Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or overnight delivery service, or by facsimile transmission or electronic mail (receipt confirmed), addressed to the Depositary at:

 

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Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

480 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attention: Legal Group

or at any other addresses of which the Depositary shall have notified the Corporation in writing.

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

Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when personally delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or electronic mail (receipt confirmed), five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit with an overnight delivery service.

Section 7.5 Depositary’s Agents . The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will promptly notify the Corporation of any such action.

Section 7.6 Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of Receipts . The Corporation hereby appoints Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Registrar and as dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the Receipts, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. hereby accepts such appointments.

Section 7.7 Holders of Receipts Are Parties . The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts and of the Officer’s Certificate by acceptance of delivery thereof.

Section 7.8 Governing Law . This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts of each series and all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable conflicts of law principles.

Section 7.9 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 Depositary’s Office and the respective offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, by any Holder of a Receipt.

Section 7.10 Headings . The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

 

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Section 7.11 Confidentiality . The Depositary and the Corporation agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including without limitation personal, non-public Holder information and the fees for services, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Deposit Agreement, shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law or legal process.

Section 7.12 Further Assurances . The Corporation agrees that it will perform, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, acknowledged or delivered, all such further and other acts, documents, instruments and assurances as the Depositary may reasonably require to perform the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.

Section 7.13 Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no party hereunder will be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest (any such event, a “Force Majeure Event”). If a Force Majeure Event occurs, each affected party’s obligations under this Deposit Agreement shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof and such party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to remove such Force Majeure Event as soon as and to the extent reasonably and practically possible.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Depositary have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all Holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Richard A. Cheap

Name:   Richard A. Cheap
Title:   General Counsel and Secretary
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Dennis V. Moccia

Name:   Dennis V. Moccia
Title:   Manager, Contract Administration
COMPUTERSHARE INC.
By:  

/s/ Dennis V. Moccia

Name:   Dennis V. Moccia
Title:   Manager, Contract Administration

[Signature Page to Deposit Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF RECEIPT

THE DEPOSITARY SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE NOT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

Unless this receipt is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

DEPOSITARY SHARES       $
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT NO.    FOR    DEPOSITARY SHARES,

EACH REPRESENTING 1/40th OF ONE SHARE OF

5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK

OF

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

CUSIP 446150872

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Dividend Payment Dates: Beginning October 15, 2016, each January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15.

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of DEPOSITARY SHARES (“Depositary Shares”), each Depositary Share representing 1/40th of one share of 5.875% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $1,000 per share, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of August 15, 2016 (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Corporation, the Depositary and the Holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts. By accepting this Depositary Receipt, the Holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Depositary 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 or, if executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.

Dated:

 

Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.,

jointly as Depositary

By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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(REVERSE OF RECEIPT)

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH RECEIPT HOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS A COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND A COPY OR SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSIFYING THE 5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK OF HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED. ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT.

The Corporation 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 Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or to the Registrar.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations when used in the form of ownership on the face of this certificate shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations. Abbreviations in addition to those appearing below may be used.

 

Abbreviation

  

Abbreviation

  

Abbreviation

  

Equivalent Word

JT TEN    As joint tenants, with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common    TEN BY ENT    As tenants by the entireties
TEN IN COM    As tenants in common    UNIF GIFT MIN ACT    Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

 

Abbreviation

  

Equivalent Word

   Abbreviation   

Equivalent Word

   Abbreviation   

Equivalent Word

ADM   

Administrator(s),

Administratrix

   EX    Executor(s), Executrix    PL    Public Law
AGMT    Agreement    FBO    For the benefit of    TR    (As) trustee(s), for, of
ART    Article    FDN    Foundation    U    Under
CH    Chapter    GDN    Guardian(s)    UA    Under Agreement
CUST    Custodian for    GDNSHP    Guardianship    UW    Under will of, Of will of, Under last will & testament
DEC    Declaration    MIN    Minor(s)      
EST    Estate, of Estate of    PAR    Paragraph      

 

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For value received,                      hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto              (INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)                      (PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE) Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do(es) 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:                                                                                  

Signature:                                                                                  

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

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

NOTICE: If applicable, 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.

 

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EXHIBIT B

I, [     ], [     ] of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), hereby certify that pursuant to the terms of the Articles Supplementary to the Charter of the Corporation, filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on August 15, 2016 (the “Articles Supplementary”) and attached hereto as Annex A, and pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof) on January 25, 2016, the Corporation has established the Series C Preferred Stock which the Corporation desires to deposit with the Depositary pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2016, by and among the Corporation, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Computershare Inc. and the Holders of Receipts issued thereunder from time to time (the “Deposit Agreement”). In connection therewith, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a duly authorized committee thereof has authorized the terms and conditions with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock as described in the Articles Supplementary. Any terms of the Series C Preferred Stock that are not described in the Articles Supplementary and any terms of the Receipts representing such Series C Preferred Stock that are not described in the Deposit Agreement are described below:

Aggregate Number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued on the day hereof: 100,000

CUSIP Number for Receipt: 446150872

Denomination of Depositary Share per share of Series C Preferred Stock (if different than 1/40th of a share of Series C Preferred Stock): Same (1/40th of a share of Series C Preferred Stock)

Redemption Provisions (if different than as set forth in the Deposit Agreement): Same as set forth in the Deposit Agreement

Name of Global Receipt Depositary: The Depository Trust Company

All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have such meaning as ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.

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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

This certificate is dated:                                              

 

By:  

 

Name:   [                                                                    ]
Title:   [                                                                    ]

 

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Exhibit 4.5

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5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK 5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY Certificate Number ZQ 000000 Shares **SAMPLE****** ***SAMPLE***** ***SAMPLE**** *****SAMPLE*** HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND THIS CERTIFIES THAT ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** r. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David ample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample MR. **** Mr. SAMPLE Alexander David Sample **** Mr. &Alexander MRS. David ample SAMPLE **** Mr. Alexander David Sample &**** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** r. Alexander David Sample **** r. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT **** Mr. MR. Alexander David SAMPLE ample **** Mr. Alexander David &Sample MRS. **** r. Alexander SAMPLE David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David NOTICE ON TRANSFER Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION IS THE OWNER OF ** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. lexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David ***SAMPLE Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample *** **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF 5.875% SERIES C NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued under and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the charter of the Corporation, as now or hereafter amended or supplemented (a copy of which charter is on file with the Transfer Agent), to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers. DATED <<Month Day, Year>> President COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR, Secretary By AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE 14969


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IMPORTANT NOTICE The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office. 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 entireties (CUST) (Minor) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act and not as tenants in common (STATE) UNIF TRF MIN ACT Custodian (until age. . . ). . . (CUST) (MINOR) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. . . . . . . . . . (STATE) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For value received, ______________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shares represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated:___________________________________20__________________ Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE Signature: ___________________________________________________ MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. Signature: ___________________________________________________ Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.