UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2018
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania | 001-35913 | 20-4929029 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
One Oxford Centre 301 Grant Street, Suite 2700 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
15219
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(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (412) 304-0304
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒
Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
On March 20, 2018, TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (the Company) issued an aggregate of 1,400,000 depositary shares (the Depositary Shares), each representing a 1/40 th ownership interest in a share of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value (the Series A Preferred Stock), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share), which represents $35,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference. The Depositary Shares are represented by depositary receipts (the Depositary Receipts). Under the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, the ability of the Company to declare or pay any dividends on, make distributions with respect to, or to redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment on its common stock or any preferred stock ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, will be subject to restrictions in the event that the Company does not declare dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the most recently completed dividend period. The terms of the Series A Preferred Stock are more fully described in the Articles of Amendment relating thereto, filed on March 16, 2018 with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Articles of Amendment), which establish the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to the Series A Preferred Stock. A copy of the Articles of Amendment is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
The terms of the Depositary Shares are set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated March 20, 2018, among the Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts (the Deposit Agreement) and the form of Depositary Receipt. Copies of the Deposit Agreement and the form of Depositary Receipt are included as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On March 16, 2018, the Company filed the Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, establishing the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Articles of Amendment became effective with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania upon filing. A copy of the Articles of Amendment is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On March 20, 2018, the Company completed the issuance and sale of 1,400,000 Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40 th ownership interest in a share of the Series A Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, 2018, between the Company and Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P., as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the Underwriting Agreement). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase 210,000 additional Depositary Shares. The sale of the Depositary Shares was made pursuant to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-222074) (the Registration Statement). The following documents are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement: (i) the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the Articles of Amendment, (iii) the Deposit Agreement, (iv) the form of Depositary Receipt and (v) the legal opinions as to the legality of the Depositary Shares and the Series A Preferred Stock.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
Dated: March 20, 2018 | By: |
/s/ James F. Getz |
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Name: | James F. Getz | |||
Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 1.1
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
1,400,000 Depositary Shares
Each Representing a 1/40 th Interest in a Share
Of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: March 15, 2018
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
1,400,000 Depositary Shares
Each Representing a 1/40 th Interest in a Share
Of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 15, 2018
S ANDLER ON EILL & P ARTNERS , L.P.,
as Representative of the Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the Company), confirms its agreement with Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. (Sandler) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the Underwriters, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof), for whom Sandler is acting as Representative (in such capacity, the Representative), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of depositary shares (the Initial Depositary Shares), each such depositary share representing ownership of a 1/40 th interest in a share of the Companys 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value (the Preferred Stock), set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 210,000 additional depositary shares (the Option Depositary Shares and together with the Initial Depositary Shares, the Depositary Shares). Shares of Preferred Stock will, when issued, be deposited by the Company against delivery of depositary receipts (Depositary Receipts) to be issued by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as depositary (the Depositary) under the Deposit Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(c)), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the Deposit Agreement). Each Depositary Receipt will evidence one or more Depositary Shares. The Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares are herein collectively referred to as the Securities.
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company, the Selling Shareholder(s) and the Underwriters agree that up to 34,900 shares of the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters (the Reserved Securities) shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain eligible employees and persons having business relationships with the Company (the Invitees), as part of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not orally confirmed for purchase by the Invitees by the end of the first business day after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.
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The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-222074), including the base prospectus included therein, which registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of this Agreement and each such post-effective amendment is effective under the 1933 Act. Such registration statement covers the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus supplement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (Rule 430B) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the 1933 Act Regulations) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (Rule 424(b)) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such final prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it was originally declared effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as Rule 430B Information. Each preliminary prospectus supplement and the base prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), are collectively referred to herein as a preliminary prospectus. Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time, and the documents and information (including, without limitation, any Rule 430B Information) otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations at such time, is herein called the Registration Statement; provided, that the Registration Statement without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the new effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations in connection with the offer and sale of the Depositary Shares is called the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, and from and after the date and time of filing of any such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement the term Registration Statement shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
The final prospectus supplement and the base prospectus, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act immediately prior to the Applicable Time, are collectively referred to herein as the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (EDGAR).
As used in this Agreement:
Applicable Time means 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 15, 2018 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.
General Disclosure Package means each Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus and the most recent preliminary prospectus furnished to the Underwriters for general distribution to investors prior to the Applicable Time, all considered together.
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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 433), including, without limitation, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a road show for an offering that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering thereof that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B hereto.
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is contained, included or stated (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the Applicable Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the 1934 Act Regulations) incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the Applicable Time.
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter at the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Compliance of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Incorporated Documents . The Registration Statement was originally declared effective by the Commission on December 21, 2017, any post-effective amendments thereto have also been declared effective by the Commission and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become or will become effective upon filing thereof with the Commission. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information with respect to the Registration Statement (or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the 1934 Act) has been complied with. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Company meets the requirements under the 1933 Act specified in FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i).
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Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and as of each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and are identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T, and the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and any supplement thereto or prospectus wrapper prepared in connection therewith, at their respective times of issuance and at the Closing Time, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus and such preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the offer and sale of Reserved Securities.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(ii) Accurate Disclosure . Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such incorporated documents were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not, does not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto or the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the third paragraph, the fourth sentence of the eighth paragraph, the ninth paragraph and the eleventh paragraph, each under the heading Underwriting, in each case, contained in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the Underwriter Information).
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(iii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, that has not been superseded or modified.
(iv) Written Communications The Company has not used or distributed and any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities, or otherwise is prepared to market the Securities, other than the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative.
(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer . (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, (B) at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and (C) at the Applicable Time, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405.
(vi) Independent Accountants . KPMG LLP, the accounting firm that certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, of the Company is (A) an independent public accountant as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the PCAOB) and (B) a registered public accounting firm as defined by the PCAOB whose registration has not been superseded or revoked and who has not requested such registration to be withdrawn.
(vii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures . The financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (as defined below) at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations. To the extent applicable, all disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, if any, regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is updated as necessary to comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto and present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Registration Statement at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply.
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(viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Change), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(ix) Good Standing of the Company . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a material adverse effect (A) in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business or (B) in the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and the Securities (each of (A) and (B), a Material Adverse Effect).
(x) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . TriState Capital Bank (the Bank) is a bank chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to transact business as a state-chartered bank and the charter of the Bank is in full force and effect. The Bank and Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X). Each subsidiary of the Company (a Subsidiary) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other organization in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary arising by operation of law, or under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary or under any agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party. The only Subsidiaries of the Company are the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule D hereto.
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(xi) Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled Actual under the caption Capitalization (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company arising by operation of law, or under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary or under any agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party.
(xii) Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xiii) Authorization and Description of Securities . The shares of Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right. Prior to the Closing Time, the Designation of Rights and Privileges for the Preferred Stock will have been duly filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Preferred Stock shall be uncertificated, which complies with the requirements of Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, the Companys Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as supplemented by the Designation of Rights and Privileges with respect to the Preferred Stock (collectively, the Charter), the Companys By-Laws (By-Laws) and the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The Securities conform to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such statements conform to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.
(xiv) Depositary Shares . The Depositary Shares being delivered to the Underwriters at the Closing Time have been duly authorized.
(xv) Authorization and Description of Deposit Agreement . The Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Closing Time, assuming the Deposit Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Depositary, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles. The Deposit Agreement conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus.
The deposit of the Preferred Stock in respect of the Depositary Shares by the Company in accordance with the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and, assuming the Deposit Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Depositary, upon due issuance by the Depositary of the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares against the deposit of Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and payment
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therefor in accordance with this Agreement, the Depositary Receipts will be duly and validly issued and will entitle the persons in whose names the Depositary Receipts are registered to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(xvi) Registration Rights . There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement other than any rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been waived.
(xvii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . The Company is not in violation of its Charter or By-laws; none of the Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or bylaws and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject (collectively, Agreements and Instruments) except for such violations or defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the Deposit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect); nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Charter or By-laws of the Company or the charter or by-laws of any Subsidiary; nor will such action result in any violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, governmental agency or body or court, domestic or foreign (each a Governmental Entity), having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations (except for such violations that would not result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect). As used herein, a Repayment Event means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holders behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary.
(xviii) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiarys principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xix) Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which would result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would result in materially and adversely affecting the properties or assets thereof; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) Bank Holding Company Act; Banking Regulation . The Company has been duly registered as a bank holding company and has elected to be treated as a financial holding company under the applicable provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. Each of the Company and the Bank is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws administered by and regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC), and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities, as applicable (collectively, the Bank Regulatory Authorities), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Bank Secrecy Act, to the extent such laws or regulations apply to the Company or the Bank, as applicable, other than where such failures to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC and Chartwell TSC Securities Corp. is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws administered by and regulations of the Commission and FINRA, to the extent such laws or regulations apply to Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC or Chartwell TSC Securities Corp., as applicable, other than where such failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or except as would not otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor the Bank is a party to any written agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or a party to, any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, or is a recipient of an extraordinary supervisory letter from, or has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Bank Regulatory Authority which restricts materially the conduct of its business, or in any manner relates to its capital adequacy, its credit policies or its management, nor have any of them been advised by any Bank Regulatory Authority that it is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, extraordinary supervisory letter, commitment letter or similar submission, or any such board resolutions. As of December 31, 2017, the Bank met or exceeded the standards necessary to be considered well capitalized under the FDICs regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.
(xxi) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, or the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xxii) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, except the filing of the Designation of Rights and Privileges for the Securities with the Pennsylvania Department of State prior to the Closing Time, such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Reserved Securities may be offered, or such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the securities laws of any state or non-U.S. jurisdiction or the rules of FINRA.
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(xxiii) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, Governmental Licenses) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to be so in compliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, all such filings were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed and no material deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions.
(xxiv) Title to Property . The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and all of the leases and subleases under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are in full force and effect, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxv) Possession of Intellectual Property . The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures and excluding generally commercially available off the shelf software programs licensed pursuant to shrink wrap or click and accept licenses), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, Intellectual Property) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries therein, except for any infringement or conflict or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxvi) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, Hazardous Materials) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would result in forming the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(xxvii) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or would result in materially affecting, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(xxviii) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and its Subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act), which (A) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms and that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within the Company and its Subsidiaries to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure, (B) have been evaluated by management of the Company for effectiveness as of the end of the Companys most recent fiscal quarter, and (C) were then effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of the Companys and each Subsidiarys disclosure controls and procedures described above, the Company is not aware of (1) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Companys or its Subsidiaries ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls or (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
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employees who have a significant role in the Companys or its Subsidiaries internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls.
(xxix) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(xxx) Pending Procedures and Examinations. The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(xxxi) Payment of Taxes . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has (A) timely filed all material foreign, United States federal, state and local tax returns, information returns, and similar reports that are required to be filed (taking into account valid extensions), and all tax returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (B) paid in full all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) established on the most recent balance sheet reserves that are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due and payable, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxii) Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes are adequate for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the value of their properties and as are customary in the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company has no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxiii) Investment Company Act . The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act).
(xxxiv) Absence of Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any affiliates of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in any unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. Except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any order of the Federal Reserve, under any applicable law, or under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiarys properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.
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(xxxv) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has: (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable non-U.S. anti-bribery statute or regulation; or (D) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(xxxvi) Anti-Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions and the rules and regulations thereunder issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxvii) OFAC . None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity (Person) for the purpose of funding the activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(xxxviii) Relationship . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement and/or the Prospectus and that is not so described.
(xxxix) Statistical and Market-Related Data . The statistical and market related data contained in the Prospectus and Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate.
(xl) No Unauthorized Use of Prospectus . The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Time and (B) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any prospectus (as such term is defined in the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations and approved by the Representative.
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(xli) No Unlawful Offering of Reserved Securities . The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, Reserved Securities to any Invitee or any other person with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (A) a customer or vendor of the Company to alter the customers or vendors level or type of business with the Company, or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products or services.
(xlii) Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(xliii) Fees . Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company or any Subsidiary any brokerage or finders fee or any other fee, commission or payment as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(xliv) Deposit Insurance . The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to applicable legal limits, the Bank has paid all premiums and assessments required by the FDIC and the regulations thereunder, and no proceeding for the termination or revocation of such insurance is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(b) Officers Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO UNDERWRITERS; CLOSING.
(a) Initial Depositary Shares . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, the number of Initial Depositary Shares set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Depositary Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(b) Option Depositary Shares . In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company grant(s) an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 210,000 depositary shares at the price per share set forth in Schedule A plus accrued dividends from the Closing Time; provided, that the purchase price per Option Depositary Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Depositary Shares but not payable on the Option Depositary Shares. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Depositary Shares as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Depositary Shares. Any such time and date of delivery (a Date of Delivery) shall be determined by the Representative, but shall not be earlier than two full business days or later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Depositary Shares, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Depositary Shares then being purchased which the number of Initial Depositary Shares set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Depositary Shares, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
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(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Depositary Shares shall be made at the offices of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Poinsett Plaza, Suite 900, 104 South Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on March 20, 2018 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called Closing Time).
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Depositary Shares are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Depositary Shares shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Depositary Shares and the Option Depositary Shares, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Sandler, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Depositary Shares or the Option Depositary Shares, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Commission Requests . Until the last Date of Delivery, the Company, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A of the 1933 Act Regulations or Rule 430B, as applicable, and will notify the Representative immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall have been used or filed, as the case may be, including any document incorporated by reference therein, in each case only as permitted by Section 3 hereof, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations or of the issuance of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection
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with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. Until the last Date of Delivery, the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop, prevention or suspension order and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 172), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities ending no later than nine months from the date hereof (the Delivery Period) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, including, without limitation, any document incorporated therein by reference, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representative written notice of such event or condition, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement and use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission as soon as possible, provided, that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.
(c) Filing or Use of Amendments or Supplements . The Company has given the Representative written notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time and will give the Representative written notice of its intention to file or use any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations or otherwise, from the Applicable Time to the later of (i) the end of the Delivery Period and (ii) the last Date of Delivery, and will furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) Delivery of Registration Statements . The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representative, without
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charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The signed copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Delivery of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and non-U.S. jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect during the Delivery Period; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earnings Statements . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under Use of Proceeds.
(i) Listing . The Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities . During a period of 30 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) directly or indirectly offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, the Securities or any securities that are substantially similar to the Securities, whether owned as of the date hereof or hereafter acquired or with respect to which such person has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Securities or such other securities, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of any Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the Securities to be sold hereunder.
(k) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by, and each such document will meet the requirements of, the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations.
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(l) Final Term Sheet . The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the Final Term Sheet) containing the final terms of the Securities and their offering, in a form approved by the Underwriters and attached as Schedule C hereto, and acknowledges that the Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and will comply with its related obligations set forth in Section 3(m) hereof. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, copies of the Final Term Sheet promptly upon its completion.
(m) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided, that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule B hereto and any road show for an offering that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus during the Delivery Period there occurred or occurs an event or condition as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative in writing and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to correct such untrue statement or omission.
(n) Shelf Registration . If, immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to that third anniversary file, if it has not already done so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative, will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after that third anniversary, and will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired Registration Statement. References herein to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall include such new shelf registration statement.
(o) Filing of Designation of Rights and Privileges . The Company will use its best efforts to file, prior to the Closing Time, the Designation of Rights and Privileges for the Preferred Stock with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(p) DTC . The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance, settlement and trading in book-entry-only form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC).
(q) Proxy Materials . The Company will timely file the information omitted from Part III of its most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-K.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
(a) Expenses . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary
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prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation and filing of the Designation of Rights and Privileges for the Securities with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Companys counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) blue sky qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the fees and expenses of making the Securities eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC, (vi) the fees and expenses of any depositary, transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA, if required, of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities by the rating agencies, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, (xi) all costs, expenses, fees and disbursements incurred or made in connection with matters related to the Reserved Securities which are designated by the Company for sale to the Invitees, and (xii) all other costs and expenses of the Company incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this section. The Company agrees to reimburse the Representative, upon request made from time to time, for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder, regardless of whether an offering is consummated, including, without limitation, marketing, syndication and travel expenses; provided, that such reimbursable expenses shall not include the fees of Underwriters counsel, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 4.
SECTION 5. USE OF FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES BY UNDERWRITERS.
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission.
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS OBLIGATIONS.
The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement, etc . The Registration Statement was filed by the Company with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof and was declared effective by the Commission. Each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus have been filed as required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and Rule 433, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the 1933 Act Regulations. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
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thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) has been received by the Company, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Companys knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of (i) Keevican Weiss & Bauerle LLC, special Pennsylvania counsel for the Company, and (ii) Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request. In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers Certificate . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) the conditions specified in Section 6(a) hereof have been satisfied.
(e) Accountants Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 6(e) hereof, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
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(h) No Objection . If a filing with FINRA is required, FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
(i) No Important Changes . Since the execution of this Agreement, (i) in the judgment of the Representative, since the date hereof or the respective dates of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any debt securities or preferred securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(j) Filing of Designation of Rights and Privileges . Prior to the Closing Time, the Designation of Rights and Privileges for the Securities shall have been duly filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and shall be in full force and effect.
(k) Clearance, Settlement and Trading . Prior to the Closing Time, the Securities shall be eligible for clearance, settlement and trading in book-entry-only form through the facilities of DTC.
(l) Conditions to Purchase of Option Depositary Shares . In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Depositary Shares, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery, the conditions set forth in Sections 6(g), (h) and (i) hereof shall be satisfied at each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:
(i) Officers Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company . The favorable opinion of (i) Keevican Weiss & Bauerle LLC, special Pennsylvania counsel for the Company, and (ii) Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Depositary Shares to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 6(b) hereof.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . The favorable opinion of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Depositary Shares to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 6(c) hereof.
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter . A letter from KPMG LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representative pursuant to Section 6(e) hereof, except that the specified date in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
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(m) Additional Documents . At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any), counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
(n) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Depositary Shares on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Depositary Shares, may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations (each, an Affiliate)), selling agents, officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Reserved Securities have been offered and (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in the supplement or prospectus wrapper material distributed in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Reserved Securities are offered in connection with the reservation and sale of the Reserved Securities to Invitees or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, when considered in conjunction with any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), not misleading;
(iii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission or in connection with any violations of the nature referred to in Section 7(a)(ii)(A) hereof; provided that (subject to Section 7(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and
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(iv) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission or in connection with any violations of the nature referred to in Section 7(a)(ii)(A) hereof, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i), (ii) or (iii) above;
provided, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 7(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the prior written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 7 or Section 8 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 7(a)(iii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(e) Indemnification for Reserved Securities . In connection with the offer and sale of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates and each person, if any who controls any Underwriter with the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending, investigating, or settling any such action or claim) as incurred by them (1) caused by the failure of any Invitee to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Securities which have been orally confirmed by the end of the first business day following the date of this Agreement or (2) related to, or arising out of or in connection with, the offering of the Reserved Securities
SECTION 8. CONTRIBUTION.
If the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, or in connection with any violation of the nature referred to in Section 7(a)(ii)(A) hereof, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission, or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 7(a)(ii)(A) hereof.
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The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 8. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 8 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriters Affiliates, officers, directors and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Depositary Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates, officers, directors and or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter or the Companys officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 10. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) Termination . The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering of the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has
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been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other Governmental Entity, or (v) if a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal, New York or Pennsylvania authorities.
(b) Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 11. DEFAULT BY ONE OR MORE OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
(a) If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the Defaulted Securities), the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to sell, the Option Depositary Shares to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
(b) In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Depositary Shares, as the case may be, either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term Underwriter includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 11.
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SECTION 12. NOTICES.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative care of Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, attention of General Counsel, with a copy to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Poinsett Plaza, Suite 900, 104 South Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, attention: John Jennings and Peter Strand; and notices to the Company shall be directed to TriState Capital Holdings, Inc., One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Suite 2700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, attention: Jim Getz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Covington & Burling LLP, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, attention: Christopher DeCresce and Michael Reed.
SECTION 13. NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, financial, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 14. PARTIES.
This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons, Affiliates, selling agents, officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons, Affiliates, selling agents, officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15. TRIAL BY JURY.
Each of the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
SECTION 17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (Related Proceedings) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the Specified Courts), and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court (a Related Judgment), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any Specified Court. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 18. TIME.
TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 19. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 20. EFFECT OF HEADINGS.
The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWING]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ James F. Getz |
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Name: James F. Getz | ||
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Accepted as of the date hereof:
SANDLER ONEILL & PARTNERS, L.P., as Representative of the Underwriters |
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By: |
Sandler ONeill & Partners Corp., the sole general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Robert Kleinert |
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Name: Robert Kleinert | ||
Title: An Officer of the Corporation |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $25.
The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $24.2125, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $0.7875 per share.
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Underwriter |
Principal
Amount of the Securities |
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Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. |
$ | 1,085,000 | ||
D.A. Davidson & Co. |
315,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 1,400,000 |
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SCHEDULE B
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
1. | Investor Presentation, filed March 13, 2018 |
2. | Final Term Sheet |
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SCHEDULE C
Final Term Sheet
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Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No.: 333-222074
March 15, 2018
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of
6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
Issuer: | TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (the Company) | |
Security: | Depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Preferred Stock) | |
Size: | $35,000,000 (1,400,000 depositary shares) | |
Option to purchase additional depositary shares: | The underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional $5,250,000 (210,000 depositary shares) from the Company at the public offering price less the underwriting discount. They may exercise that option for 30 days. | |
Maturity: | Perpetual | |
Rating*: | [Intentionally omitted.] | |
Liquidation Preference: | $25 per depositary share (equivalent to $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock) | |
Dividend Payment Dates: | Dividends will be payable on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year. The first dividend payment will be made on July 1, 2018. | |
Dividend Rate (Non-cumulative): | At a rate per annum equal to 6.75% from the original issue date to but excluding April 1, 2023; and from and including April 1, 2023, a floating rate equal to the then current three-month LIBOR; provided, that if the three-month LIBOR rate is less than zero then the three-month LIBOR rate shall be deemed to be zero, plus 398.5 basis points; in each case, only when, as and if declared. | |
Day count: | 30/360 to but excluding April 1, 2023, and, thereafter, a 360-day year and the number of days actually elapsed. | |
Redemption: | On April 1, 2023, or any dividend payment date thereafter, the Preferred Stock may be redeemed at the Issuers option, and subject to regulatory approval, in whole or in part, at a cash redemption price equal to $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends to but excluding the redemption date. The Preferred Stock also may be redeemed at the Issuers option in whole, but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, as described in the prospectus supplement, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share of Preferred Stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends to but excluding the redemption date. Holders of depositary shares will not have the right to require the redemption or repurchase of the depositary shares. | |
Listing: | The Company has filed an application to list the depositary shares with Nasdaq under the symbol TSC.P. If the application to list is approved, trading of the depositary shares on Nasdaq is expected to begin within 30 days after they are first issued. |
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Trade Date: | March 15, 2018 | |
Settlement Date: | March 20, 2018 (T+3)** | |
Public Offering Price: | $25 per depositary share | |
Underwriting Discount: | $0.7875 per depositary share | |
Net Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer: | $33,897,500 (or $38,982,125 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional depositary shares, in full) | |
Sole Book-Running Manager: | Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. | |
Co-Manager: | D.A. Davidson & Co. | |
CUSIP/ISIN: | 89678F 209 / US89678F2092 |
The depositary shares are not deposits or other obligations of a bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
* | A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. |
** | We expect that delivery of the depositary shares will be made against payment therefor on or about March 20, 2018, which will be the third business day following the date hereof (such settlement being referred to as T+3 ). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the depositary shares prior to the delivery of the depositary shares hereunder will be required, by virtue of the fact that the depositary shares initially settle in T+3, to specify an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the depositary shares who wish to trade the depositary shares prior to their date of delivery hereunder should consult their advisors. |
The Company has filed a shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-222074) (including the base prospectus) and related preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 13, 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, any related applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and any other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for more information about the Company and the offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting the SEC website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offerings will arrange to send you the prospectus and the related preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by calling Sandler ONeill + Partners, L.P. toll-free at 866-805-4128.
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SCHEDULE D
Subsidiaries of the Company
1. | TriState Capital Bank |
2. | Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC |
3. | Chartwell TSC Securities Corp. |
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Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
1. | TriState Capital Bank |
2. | Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC |
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Exhibit 3.1
Designation of Rights and Privileges
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.
6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
Pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation) and applicable law, a series of preferred stock, no par value, of the Corporation is hereby created and the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:
(a) Designation .
The designation of the series of preferred stock shall be 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the Series A Preferred Stock ). With respect to payment of dividends and distributions upon the Corporations liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the Series A Preferred Stock shall rank (i) senior to the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of preferred stock that by its terms ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) equally with all existing and future series of preferred stock that does not by its terms rank junior or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) junior to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Corporation and any class or series of preferred stock that expressly provides in the articles of amendment creating such preferred stock that it ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (subject to any requisite consents prior to issuance).
(b) Number of Shares .
The number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 40,250. That number from time to time may be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of preferred stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) by further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof). The Corporation may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, issue additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, provided that if the additional shares are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the initial shares of such series, the additional shares shall be issued under a separate CUSIP number. The additional shares would form a single series together with all previously issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) Definitions .
As used herein with respect to Series A Preferred Stock:
(i) Business Day shall mean (i) with respect to the Fixed Rate Period, any weekday in New York, New York that is not a day on which banking institutions in such city are authorized or required by law, regulation, or executive order to be closed and (ii) with respect to the Floating Rate Period, any weekday in New York, New York that is not a day on which banking institutions in such city are authorized or required by law, regulation, or executive order to be closed, and additionally, is a London Banking Day.
(ii) Calculation Agent means the calculation agent for the Series A Preferred Stock appointed by the Corporation prior to the commencement of the Floating Rate Period, and its successors and assigns or any other calculation agent appointed by the Corporation. The Corporation may at its sole discretion appoint itself or an affiliate as calculation agent.
(iii) Dividend Determination Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section (d)(vii) hereof.
(iv) Dividend Payment Dates shall have the meaning set forth in Section (d)(ii) hereof.
(v) Dividend Period shall mean the period from, and including, each Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date, except for the initial Dividend Period, which shall be the period from, and including, the original issue date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
(vi) Fixed Rate Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section (d)(i) hereof.
(vii) Floating Rate Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section (d)(i) hereof.
(viii) Junior Stock shall mean the Corporations common stock and any other class or series of the Corporations capital stock over which the Series A Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(ix) Liquidation Preference shall mean $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
(x) London Banking Day shall mean any day on which commercial banks are open dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars in the London interbank market.
(xi) Nonpayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section (g)(ii) hereof.
(xii) Optional Redemption shall have the meaning set forth in Section (f)(i) hereof.
(xiii) Parity Stock shall mean any class or series of the Corporations capital stock that ranks on a par with the Series A Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(xiv) Preferred Stock Directors shall have the meaning set forth in Section (g)(ii) hereof.
(xv) Redemption Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section (f)(iii) hereof.
(xvi) Regulatory Capital Treatment Event shall mean a good faith determination by the Corporation that, as a result of any (i) amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or regulations of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) proposed change in those laws or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock; or (iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official
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pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation shall not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding as Tier 1 Capital (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy laws or regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy laws or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency), as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding.
(xvii) Regulatory Event Redemption shall have the meaning set forth in Section f(ii) hereof.
(xviii) Series A Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section (a) hereof.
(xix) Spread shall have the meaning set forth in Section (d)(i) hereof.
(xx) Three-month LIBOR shall mean the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three month period, as that rate appears on Reuters screen page LIBOR01 (or any successor or replacement page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant Dividend Determination Date. If no offered rate appears on Reuters screen page LIBOR01 (or any successor or replacement page) on the relevant Dividend Determination Date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the Calculation Agent, in consultation with the Corporation, shall select four major banks in the London interbank market and shall request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, Three-month LIBOR shall be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the Calculation Agent in consultation with the Corporation shall select three major banks in New York City and shall request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by it at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Dividend Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a three month period for the applicable Dividend Period in an amount of at least $1,000,000. If three quotations are provided, Three-month LIBOR shall be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, Three-month LIBOR for the next Dividend Period shall be equal to Three-month LIBOR in effect for the then-current Dividend Period or, in the case of the first Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period, the most recent rate on which Three-month LIBOR could have been determined in accordance with the first sentence of this Section had the dividend rate been a floating rate during the Fixed Rate Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(1) If the Calculation Agent determines on the relevant dividend determination date that the LIBOR base rate has been discontinued, then the Calculation Agent will use a substitute or successor base rate that it has determined in its sole discretion is most comparable to the LIBOR base rate, provided that if the Calculation Agent determines there is an industry-accepted substitute or successor base rate, then the Calculation Agent shall use such substitute or successor base rate; and
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(2) If the Calculation Agent has determined a substitute or successor base rate in accordance with the foregoing, the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion may determine what business day convention to use, the definition of business day, the dividend determination date to be used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor base rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor base rate comparable to the LIBOR base rate, in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for such substitute or successor base rate.
(xxi) Voting Parity Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section (g)(ii) hereof.
(d) Dividends .
(i) Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, only when, as, and if declared by the Corporations Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), out of assets legally available under applicable law for payment, non-cumulative cash dividends based on the Liquidation Preference, and no more, at a rate equal to (1) 6.75% per annum, for each quarterly Dividend Period occurring from, and including, the original issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock to, but excluding, April 1, 2023 (the Fixed Rate Period ), and (2) thereafter, Three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 398.5 basis points per annum (the Spread ), for each quarterly Dividend Period beginning April 1, 2023 (the Floating Rate Period ).
(ii) When, as, and if declared by the Corporations Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), the Corporation shall pay cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock quarterly, in arrears, on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year (each such date, a Dividend Payment Date ), beginning on July 1, 2018, and, when, as and if declared by the Corporations Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof). The Corporation shall pay cash dividends to the holders of record of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock as such holders appear on the Corporations stock register on the applicable record date, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day before that Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by our Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
(iii) If any Dividend Payment Date on or prior to April 1, 2023 is a day that is not a Business Day, then the dividend with respect to that Dividend Payment Date shall instead be paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day, without interest or other payment in respect of such delayed payment. If any Dividend Payment Date after April 1, 2023 is a day that is not a Business Day, then the Dividend Payment Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day unless such day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Dividend Payment Date shall instead be the immediately preceding day that is a Business Day, and dividends will accumulate to the Dividend Payment Date as so adjusted.
(iv) The Corporation shall calculate dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the Fixed Rate Period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Corporation shall calculate dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the Floating Rate Period on the basis of the actual number of days in a Dividend Period and a 360-day year. Dollar amounts resulting from such calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.
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(v) Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative or mandatory. If the Corporations Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) does not declare a dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock or if the Board of Directors authorizes and the Corporation declares less than a full dividend in respect of any Dividend Period, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have no right to receive any dividend or a full dividend, as the case may be, for the Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay a dividend or to pay full dividends for that Dividend Period at any time, whether or not dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock or any other series of the Corporations preferred stock or common stock are declared for any future Dividend Period.
(vi) Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall accumulate from the original issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock at the then-applicable dividend rate on the liquidation preference amount of $1,000 per share. If the Corporation issues additional shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, dividends on those additional shares shall accumulate from the original issue date of those additional shares at the then-applicable dividend rate.
(vii) The dividend rate for each Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period shall be determined by the Calculation Agent using Three-month LIBOR as in effect on the second London Banking Day prior to the beginning of the Dividend Period, which date shall be the Dividend Determination Date for the relevant Dividend Period. The Calculation Agent then shall add Three-month LIBOR as determined on the Dividend Determination Date and the applicable Spread. Once the dividend rate for the Series A Preferred Stock is determined, the Calculation Agent shall deliver that information to the Corporation and the transfer agent for the Corporation. Absent manifest error, the Calculation Agents determination of the dividend rate for a Dividend Period for the Series A Preferred Stock shall be final.
(viii) So long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding:
(1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock or any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under such a plan, including with respect to any successor stockholder rights plan);
(2) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange for or conversion into Junior Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock or pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock pursuant to a binding stock repurchase plan existing prior to the most recently completed Dividend Period), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; and
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(3) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation (other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, or by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock),
during a Dividend Period, unless, in each case of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above, the full dividends for the most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. The foregoing limitations in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall not apply to purchases or acquisitions of the Corporations Junior Stock pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any of the Corporations employment, severance, or consulting agreements) of the Corporation or of any of the Corporations subsidiaries heretofore or hereafter adopted.
(ix) Except as provided below, for so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Corporation shall not declare, pay, or set aside for payment full dividends on any Parity Stock unless the Corporation has paid in full, or set aside payment in full, in respect of all accumulated dividends for all Dividend Periods for outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. To the extent that the Corporation declares dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of such declared dividends, the Corporation shall allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of any Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then current and accumulated dividend payments due on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and (1) in the case of cumulative Parity Stock the aggregate of the accumulated and unpaid dividends due on any such Parity Stock and (2) in the case of non-cumulative Parity Stock the aggregate of the declared but unpaid dividends due on any such Parity Stock. No interest shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment on Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(x) Subject to the foregoing conditions, and not otherwise, dividends (payable in cash, stock, or otherwise), as may be determined by the Corporations Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), may be declared and paid on the Corporations common stock and any Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in such dividends.
(e) Liquidation Rights .
(i) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the Corporations assets legally available for distribution to the Corporations stockholders, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of common stock or any other Junior Stock, a liquidating distribution in the amount equal to the sum of (1) the Liquidation Preference, plus (2) the sum of any declared and unpaid dividends for prior Dividend Periods prior to the Dividend Period in which the liquidation distribution is made and any
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declared and unpaid dividends for the then current Dividend Period in which the liquidation distribution is made to the date of such liquidation distribution. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled pursuant to the foregoing, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no right or claim to any remaining assets of the Corporation.
(ii) In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of Parity Stock in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they respectively would be entitled.
(iii) For the purposes of this Section (e), the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other entity or by another entity with or into the Corporation or the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (for cash, securities or other consideration) shall not be deemed to constitute the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. If the Corporation enters into any merger or consolidation transaction with or into any other entity and the Corporation is not the surviving entity in such transaction, the Series A Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of the surviving or successor corporation or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving or successor corporation having terms identical to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein.
(f) Redemption Rights .
(i) The Series A Preferred Stock is not subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Subject to the further terms and conditions provided herein, the Corporation may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at its option, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after April 1, 2023, with not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days notice ( Optional Redemption ), subject to the approval of the appropriate federal banking agency, at the Redemption Price. Dividends shall not accumulate on those shares of Series A Preferred Stock so redeemed on and after the applicable redemption date.
(ii) In addition, the Corporation may, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole but not in part, at its option, for cash, at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, subject to the approval of the appropriate federal banking agency, at the Redemption Price (a Regulatory Event Redemption ).
(iii) The redemption price for any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, whether an Optional Redemption or Regulatory Event Redemption, shall be equal to (1) $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus (2) any declared and unpaid dividends (without regard to any undeclared dividends) to, but excluding, the date of redemption (the Redemption Price).
(iv) Any notice given as provided in this Section (f) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives the notice, and any defect in the notice or in the provision of the notice, to any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption will not affect the redemption of any other shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
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Any notice provided to a holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed given on the date provided, whether or not the holder actually receives the notice. A notice of redemption shall be given not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date of redemption specified in the notice, and shall specify (1) the redemption date, (2) the Redemption Price, (3) if fewer than all shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and (4) the manner in which holders of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption may obtain payment of the Redemption Price in respect of those shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, if the Series A Preferred Stock is issued in book-entry form through The Depositary Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility.
(v) If notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been given by the Corporation and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the Corporation in trust for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then from and after the redemption date such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding for any purpose, all dividends with respect to such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to accumulate from the redemption date and all rights of the holders of such shares shall terminate, except the right to receive the Redemption Price, without interest. Series A Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this Section (f) or purchased or otherwise acquired for value by the Corporation shall, after such acquisition, have the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock and may be reissued by the Corporation at any time as shares of any series of preferred stock other than as Series A Preferred Stock.
(vi) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof), determines to be fair and equitable and permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Series A Preferred Stock is listed, subject to the provisions hereof. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof) shall have the full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed from time to time.
(vii) No holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to require the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(g) Voting Rights .
(i) Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law.
(ii) Whenever dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock or any other class or series of preferred stock ranking equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends, and upon which voting rights equivalent to those described in this paragraph have been conferred and are exercisable, have not been declared and paid in an aggregate amount equal to, as to any class or series, the equivalent of at least six or more quarterly Dividend Periods, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a Nonpayment ), the holders of
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outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock voting as a class with holders of shares of any other series of our preferred stock ranking equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends, and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable ( Voting Parity Stock ), shall be entitled to vote for the election of two additional directors of the Board of Directors of the Corporation on the terms set forth in this Section (g) (and to fill any vacancies in the terms of such directorships) (the Preferred Stock Directors ). Holders of all series of Voting Parity Stock shall vote as a single class. In the event that the holders of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as described in this Section (g), the number of members of the Corporations Board of Directors at that time shall be increased by two directors, and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right, as members of that class, to elect two directors at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the aggregate voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock or any other series of Voting Parity Stock (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the Corporations next annual or special meeting of the stockholders, in which event such election shall be held at such next annual or special meeting of the stockholders), provided that the election of any Preferred Stock Directors shall not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any other exchange on which the securities of the Corporation may at such time be listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors, and provided further that at no time shall the Board of Directors of the Corporation include more than two Preferred Stock Directors.
(iii) The Preferred Stock Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the Corporations stockholders unless they have been previously terminated or removed pursuant to Section (g)(iv). In case any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director occurs (other than prior to the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors), the vacancy may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by the vote of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (together with holders of any Voting Parity Stock) to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.
(iv) When the Corporation has paid full dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for the equivalent of at least four Dividend Periods, following a Nonpayment, then the right of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred Stock Directors set forth in this Section (g) shall cease (except as provided by law and subject always to the same provisions for the vesting of the special voting rights in the case of any future Nonpayment). Upon termination of the right of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock to vote for Preferred Stock Directors as set forth in this Section (g), the term of office of all Preferred Stock Directors then in office elected by only those holders shall terminate immediately. Whenever the term of office of the Preferred Stock Directors ends and the related voting rights have expired, the number of directors automatically will be decreased to the number of directors as otherwise would prevail. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (together with holders of any Voting Parity Stock) when they have the voting rights described in Section (g)(ii).
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(v) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock, voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or at any meeting called for the purpose, authorize, create or issue any capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or reclassify any authorized capital stock into any such shares of such capital stock or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares of capital stock. Further, so long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock, amend, alter or repeal any provision of these Articles of Amendment or the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any increase in the amount of authorized common stock or authorized preferred stock, or any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, or the authorization, creation and issuance of other classes or series of capital stock, in each case ranking on parity with or junior to the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to affect such powers, preferences or special rights, (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity in which the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (A) remain outstanding or (B) are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving entity or any entity, directly or indirectly, controlling such surviving entity and such new preference securities have powers, preferences and special rights that are not materially less favorable than the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) the foregoing voting rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which the vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside by the Corporation for the benefit of holders of Series A Preferred Stock to effect the redemption.
(vi) Notice for a special meeting to elect the Preferred Stock Directors shall be given in a similar manner to that provided in the Corporations By-laws for a special meeting of the stockholders. If the secretary of the Corporation does not call a special meeting within 20 days after receipt of any such request, then any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may (at the Corporations expense) call such meeting, upon notice as provided in this Section (g)(vi), and for that purpose shall have access to the stock register of the Corporation.
(vii) Except as otherwise set forth in Section (g)(vi) hereof, the rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules that the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof), in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, the By-laws of the Corporation, and applicable laws and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which Series A Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
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(viii) Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have one vote per share on any matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote.
(h) Conversion Rights .
The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any rights to convert such shares into shares of any other class or series of stock or into any other securities of, or any interest or property in, the Corporation.
(i) No Sinking Fund .
No sinking fund shall be established for the retirement or redemption of Series A Preferred Stock.
(j) No Preemptive or Subscription Rights .
No holder of Series A Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation that it may issue or sell.
(k) No Other Rights .
The Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any designations, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights except as set forth herein or in the Corporations Articles of Incorporation or as otherwise required by applicable law.
[Signature page follows]
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The Articles of Amendment are executed as of the 16th day of March, 2018.
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. |
By: /s/ James F. Getz |
Name: James F. Getz |
Title: Chairman, President and CEO |
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Exhibit 4.1
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
6.75% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE SERIES A NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
among TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.,
COMPUTERSHARE INC.,
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
and
THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF
THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN
Dated as of March 20, 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS |
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Section 1.1 | Definitions | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT OF DEPOSITORY; BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM; FORM OF RECEIPTS; DEPOSIT OF STOCK; EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS |
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Section 2.1 | Appointment of Depository | 2 | ||||
Section 2.2 | Book-Entry System; Form and Transfer of Receipts | 2 | ||||
Section 2.3 | Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts | 5 | ||||
Section 2.4 | Registration of Transfer of Receipts | 6 | ||||
Section 2.5 | Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock | 6 | ||||
Section 2.6 | Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts | 7 | ||||
Section 2.7 | Lost Receipts, etc. | 8 | ||||
Section 2.8 | Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts | 8 | ||||
Section 2.9 | Redemption of Stock | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE III. CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE CORPORATION |
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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 Stock | 10 | ||||
Section 3.4 | Warranty as to Receipts | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES |
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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 | 12 | ||||
Section 4.4 | Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts | 13 | ||||
Section 4.5 | Voting Rights | 13 | ||||
Section 4.6 | Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc. | 14 | ||||
Section 4.7 | Delivery of Reports | 14 | ||||
Section 4.8 | Lists of Receipt Holders | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE V. THE DEPOSITORY, THE DEPOSITORYS AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION |
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Section 5.1 | Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depository; Registrar; Depositorys Agents | 15 | ||||
Section 5.2 | Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depository, the Depositorys Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation | 16 | ||||
Section 5.3 | Obligations of the Depository, the Depositorys Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation | 16 | ||||
Section 5.4 | Resignation and Removal of the Depository; Appointment of Successor Depository | 20 | ||||
Section 5.5 | Corporate Notices and Reports | 21 | ||||
Section 5.6 | Indemnification by the Corporation | 21 | ||||
Section 5.7 | Fees, Charges and Expenses | 21 | ||||
Section 5.8 | Tax Compliance | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE VI. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION |
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Section 6.1 | Amendment | 22 | ||||
Section 6.2 | Termination | 23 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.1 | Counterparts | 23 | ||||
Section 7.2 | Exclusive Benefit of Parties | 23 | ||||
Section 7.3 | Invalidity of Provisions | 23 | ||||
Section 7.4 | Notices | 24 | ||||
Section 7.5 | Appointment of Registrar and Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent | 25 | ||||
Section 7.6 | Holders of Receipts Are Parties | 25 | ||||
Section 7.7 | Governing Law | 25 | ||||
Section 7.8 | Headings | 25 | ||||
Section 7.9 | Force Majeure | 26 | ||||
Section 7.10 | Confidentiality | 26 | ||||
EXHIBIT A [FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT] |
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THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of March 20, 2018, among (i) TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation and its successors (the Corporation), (ii) COMPUTERSHARE INC., a Delaware corporation (Computershare), and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a federally chartered trust company and the wholly-owned subsidiary of Computershare (the Trust Company), and (iii) the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Receipts (as defined herein) described in this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the parties desire to provide, as set forth in this Agreement, for the deposit of shares of the Corporations 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value, from time to time with the Depository for the purposes set forth in this Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares (as defined herein) in respect of the Stock (as defined herein) 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 Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing 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 Agreement:
Agreement shall mean this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Articles shall mean the Designation of Rights and Privileges filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania establishing the Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Corporation.
Corporation shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.
Depository shall mean, collectively, Computershare and the Trust Company and any successor as depository hereunder.
Depositary Shares shall mean the depositary shares, each representing 1/40th of a share of the Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.
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Depositorys Agent shall mean an agent appointed by the Depository pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. Depositorys Office shall mean the designated office of the Depository, at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered.
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 held of record by the Record Holder of those Depositary Shares and shall include the DTC Receipt, as defined in Section 2.2 hereof, where appropriate.
Record Holder or Holder as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name that Receipt is registered on the books of the Depository maintained for such purpose.
Registrar shall mean the Trust Company or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided, and, if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed, references herein to the books of or maintained by the Registrar shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such successor Registrar for such purpose.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Stock shall mean the shares of the Corporations 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, designated in the Articles.
Transfer Agent shall mean the Trust Company or such other successor bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Corporation to transfer the Receipts and the deposited Stock.
ARTICLE II.
APPOINTMENT OF DEPOSITORY; BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM; FORM OF
RECEIPTS; DEPOSIT OF STOCK; EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; TRANSFER,
SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.1 Appointment of Depository.
The Corporation hereby appoints Computershare and Trust Company, together, as depository for the Stock, and each of Computershare and Trust Company hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Section 2.2 Book-Entry System; Form and Transfer of Receipts.
The Corporation and the Depository shall make application to The Depository Trust Company (DTC) for acceptance of all of the Receipts for its book-entry settlement system. The Corporation hereby appoints the Depository acting through any authorized officer thereof as its attorney-in-fact, with full power to delegate, for purposes of executing any agreements, certifications or other instruments or documents necessary or desirable in order to effect the acceptance of such Receipts for DTC eligibility. So long as the Receipts are eligible for book-
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entry settlement with DTC, unless otherwise required by law, all Depositary Shares with book-entry settlement through DTC shall be represented by one or more receipts (the DTC Receipt), which shall be deposited with DTC (or its designee) evidencing all such Depositary Shares and registered in the name of the nominee of DTC (initially expected to be Cede & Co.). The Depository or such other entity as is agreed to by DTC may hold the DTC Receipt as custodian for DTC. Ownership of beneficial interests in the DTC Receipt shall be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership shall be effected through, records maintained by (i) DTC or its nominee for such DTC Receipt or (ii) institutions that have accounts with DTC. The DTC Receipt shall bear such legend or legends as may be required by DTC in order for it to accept the Depositary Shares for its book-entry settlement system.
If DTC subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Receipts, the Corporation may instruct the Depository regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. If the Receipts are not eligible for book-entry form, the Depository shall provide written instructions to DTC to deliver the DTC Receipt to the Depository for cancellation and the Corporation shall instruct the Depository to deliver to the beneficial owners of the Depositary Shares previously evidenced by the DTC Receipt definitive Receipts in physical form evidencing such Depositary Shares.
Beneficial owners of Depositary Shares through DTC will not be entitled to receive Receipts in physical, certificated form or have Depositary Shares registered in their name, except as described below.
The DTC Receipt shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts only if (i) DTC notifies the Corporation at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue to make its book-entry settlement available for the Receipts and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days of the date the Corporation is so informed in writing, (ii) DTC notifies the Corporation at any time that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor to DTC is not appointed within 90 days of the date the Corporation is so informed in writing, or (iii) the Corporation in its sole discretion notifies the Depository in writing that the DTC Receipt shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts. If beneficial owners of interests in Depositary Shares are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Receipts as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such beneficial interests may be so exchanged, upon receipt by the Depository of the DTC Receipt for cancellation and any other necessary documentation, the Depository is hereby directed to and shall execute and deliver to the beneficial owners of the Depositary Shares previously evidenced by the DTC Receipt definitive Receipts in physical form evidencing such Depositary Shares and to make appropriate entries in the register with respect thereto. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary delivery of Shares and other property in connection with the withdrawal or redemption of Depositary Shares evidenced by a DTC Receipt will be made through DTC and in accordance with its procedures, unless the holder of the relevant DTC Receipt otherwise requests and such request is reasonably acceptable to the Depository and the Corporation.
Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. The Corporation shall deliver to the Depository from time to time such quantities of Receipts as the Depository may request to enable the Depository to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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The DTC Receipt and definitive Receipts, if any, shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Agreement and incorporated herein by reference, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided and shall be engraved or otherwise prepared so as to comply with applicable rules of any securities exchange on which the Depositary Shares are then listed. In the case of any of the events described above resulting in the issuance of definitive Receipts in exchange for the DTC Receipt, the Depository, pending preparation of definitive Receipts and upon the written order of the Corporation, delivered in compliance with Section 2.3 hereof, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which may be printed, lithographed 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 Depository will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable by the Holder for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at an office described in the first paragraph of Section 2.3 hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depository 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 Corporations expense and without any charge therefor to the Holder or the Depository. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Receipts.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depository by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depository; provided that, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Trust Company) shall have been appointed, such Receipts shall also be countersigned by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of such Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed as described in the preceding sentence. The Registrar shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided. Receipts bearing the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Depository who was at any time a proper and duly authorized signatory of the Depository shall bind the Depository, notwithstanding that such signatory ceased to hold such office prior to the delivery of such Receipts or did not hold such office on the date of issuance of such receipts.
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 Agreement all as may be reasonably required 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 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.
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Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly endorsed, or accompanied by a duly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Registrar as provided in Section 2.4 hereof, the Depository may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or payments, to exercise any redemption or voting rights or to receive any notice provided for in this Agreement and for all other purposes.
Section 2.3 Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Corporation may from time to time deposit shares of Stock under this Agreement by delivery to the Depository, including via electronic book-entry, for such shares of Stock to be deposited (or in such other manner as may be agreed to by the Corporation and the Depository), properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depository, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depository, together with (i) all such certifications as may be required by the Depository in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a committee of the Board of Directors, as certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation on the date thereof as being complete, accurate and in effect, relating to issuance and sale of the Stock, (ii) an opinion of counsel to the Corporation addressed to the Depository containing opinions, or a letter of counsel to the Corporation authorizing reliance on such counsels opinions delivered to the underwriters named therein, relating to, (A) the existence and good standing of the Corporation, (B) the due authorization of the Depositary Shares and the status of the Depositary Shares as validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and (C) the effectiveness of any registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the Depositary Shares or whether exemption from such registration is applicable, and (iii) a written order of the Corporation, directing the Depository to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Stock. Shares of deposited Stock shall be held by the Depository in an account to be established by the Depository at the Depositorys Office, or at such other place or places as the Depository shall determine. As Registrar and Transfer Agent for the deposited Stock, the Trust Company will reflect changes in the number of shares of deposited Stock held by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method.
Upon receipt by the Depository of shares of Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.3 hereof, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon registering the Stock on the books of the Corporation (or its duly appointed Transfer Agent) in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the Depository, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depository referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 2.3, a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depository shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositorys Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depository may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery.
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Section 2.4 Registration of Transfer of Receipts.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Trust Company, as Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Receipts, shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed instrument of transfer, including a guarantee of the signature thereon from an eligible guarantor institution participating in a signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Signature Guarantee), and any other evidence of authority as may be reasonably required by the Trust Company (or successor Registrar or Transfer Agent). Thereupon, the Depository shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto.
Section 2.5 Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock.
Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositorys Office or at such other offices as the Depository 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 Agreement, the Depository 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 Stock and all money represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Depositary Shares represented by the Receipts at the Depositorys Office or at such other offices as the Depository may designate for such withdrawals; provided, that a holder of a Receipt or Receipts may not withdraw such Stock (or money, if any, represented thereby) which has previously been called for redemption. If such holders Depositary Shares are being held by DTC or its nominee, DTC shall be deemed the holder hereunder for all purposes. It shall be the duty of the DTC participant or the beneficial owner to request DTC to withdraw from the book-entry system the number of Depositary Shares specified above. Upon such surrender, upon payment of the fee of the Depositary for the surrender of Receipts to the extent provided in Section 5.7 and payment of all taxes and governmental charges in connection with such surrender and withdrawal of Stock, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Depository shall deliver to such Holder, or to the person or persons designated by such Holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock and all money represented by the Receipt or Receipts, or Depositary Shares represented by such Receipt or Receipts, so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Stock hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the Holder to the Depository in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of
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whole shares of Stock to be withdrawn, the Depository shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock and such money to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.4 hereof upon his order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares; provided, that the Depository shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
Delivery of the Stock and money being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depository may deem appropriate (or in such other manner as may be agreed to by the Corporation and the Depository), which, if required by the Depository, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer including, but not limited to, a Signature Guarantee.
If the Stock and the money being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of such Stock, such Holder shall execute and deliver to the Depository a written order so directing the Depository, and the Depository may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such Holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a duly executed instrument of transfer in blank.
Delivery of the Stock and the money represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depository at the Depositorys Office, except that, at the written request, sole 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 2.6 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 Depository, any of the Depositorys Agents or the Corporation may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depository 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 3.2 and Section 5.7 hereof, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature, including a signature guarantee, and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depository or the Corporation may establish consistent with the provisions of this Agreement and applicable law and as may be required by any securities exchange on which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed.
The deposit of the Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against 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 Depository, any of the Depositorys 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 Agreement.
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Section 2.7 Lost Receipts, etc.
If any Receipt is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, absent notice to the Corporation or the Depository that such certificates have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Corporation may, upon receipt by the Depository of an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to it and holding it and the Corporation harmless, cause to be issued, in a form mutually agreed to by the Depository and the Corporation, a new Receipt of like denomination, tenor and date as the Receipt so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, and countersigned by the Depository. Any such new Receipt shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Receipt shall be at any time enforceable by anyone. The Depository may, at its option, countersign replacement Receipts for mutilated certificates upon presentation thereof without such indemnity.
Section 2.8 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts.
All Receipts surrendered to the Depository or any Depositorys Agent shall be cancelled by the Depository.
Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Depository is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled.
Section 2.9 Redemption of Stock.
Whenever the Corporation shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depository) give or cause to be given to the Depository, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), written notice of the date of such proposed redemption of Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depository 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 Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Articles. On the Redemption Date, provided that the Corporation shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to Computershare the redemption price of the Stock to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of the Articles, the Depository shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The Depository shall provide notice of the Corporations redemption of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed by reasonably acceptable transmission method, as determined by the Depository, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such 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 Depository; but neither failure to provide any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more Holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders. Each notice shall be prepared by the Corporation and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the redemption price; (iii) if fewer than all Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed; and (iv) the manner in which holders of the Depositary Shares called for redemption may obtain payment of the redemption price in respect to those Depositary Shares. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the Articles.
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Notice having been provided by the Depository as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) dividends on the shares of Stock so called for Redemption shall cease to accumulate from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) 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 Depository or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by Computershare at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to 1/40th of the redemption price per share of Stock so redeemed plus all money represented by such Depositary Shares, including, if required by the provisions of the Articles, all amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have been declared on the shares of Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid.
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depository will deliver to the Holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depository, together with payment of the redemption price for any and all other amounts payable in respect of the Depositary Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption; provided, however, that the Depository shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share and cash will be payable in respect of fractional interests.
Computershare shall, to the extent permitted by law, release or repay to the Corporation any funds deposited by or for the account of the Corporation for the purpose of redeeming any Depositary Shares that remain unclaimed at the end of two years from the applicable Redemption Date, without further action necessary on the part of the Corporation.
All funds received by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of services (the Funds) shall be held by Computershare as agent for the Corporation and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for the Corporation. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poors Corporation (S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), respectively, (iii) money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or (iv) demand deposit accounts, short-term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers acceptances, of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moodys (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
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resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Corporation, any holder or any other party.
ARTICLE III.
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF
HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE
CORPORATION
Section 3.1 Filing Proofs; Certificates and Other Information.
Any Holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depository or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depository or the Corporation may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption, of any Receipt or the withdrawal of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares and evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made.
Section 3.2 Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges.
Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depository of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7 hereof. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Stock and all money 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 Stock 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 Stock.
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that the Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the 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 Depositary Shares, and each Depositary Share will represent one 1/40th interest in a share of deposited Stock. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.
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ARTICLE IV.
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES;
NOTICES
Section 4.1 Cash Distributions.
Whenever Computershare, as distribution agent, shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, Computershare shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof 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, 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 Stock an amount on account of taxes, or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court process, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. In the event that the calculation of any such cash dividend or other cash distribution to be paid to any Record Holder on the aggregate number of Depositary Shares held by such Record Holder results in an amount that is a fraction of a cent and that fraction of a cent is equal to or greater than $0.005, the amount Computershare shall distribute to such Record Holder shall be rounded up to the next highest whole cent; otherwise, such fractional amount shall be disregarded by the Depository and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next succeeding distribution.
Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide Computershare with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed 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 Computershare of a portion of any of the distributions to be made hereunder.
Section 4.2 Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges.
Whenever Computershare shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the Stock, Computershare shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof 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 Computershare may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of Computershare such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Corporation or Computershare withhold an amount on account of taxes or governmental charges) Computershare deems, after consultation with the Corporation, such distribution not to be feasible, Computershare 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 Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by Computershare to Record Holders of
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Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 hereof in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Corporation shall not make any distribution of securities to Computershare, and Computershare shall not make any distribution of such securities 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 deposited 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 communicated to the Depository and thereafter made available by the Depository to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depository (in consultation with the Corporation) may determine, 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 Depository in its discretion with the approval of the Corporation; provided, however, that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Depository or the Corporation 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 Computershare, in its discretion (with approval of the Corporation, in any case where the Depository 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 Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof, be distributed by Computershare to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 hereof in the case of a distribution received in cash.
The Corporation shall promptly notify the Depository 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 Depository 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 Depository 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 Depository an opinion of counsel to the effect that the offering and sale of such securities to the Holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act.
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The Corporation shall promptly notify the Depository 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 Depository 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 Stock, or whenever the Depository shall receive notice of (A) any meeting at which holders of the Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of the Stock are entitled to notice or (B) any election on the part of the Corporation to redeem any such Stock, or whenever the Depository and the Corporation shall decide it is appropriate, the Depository 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 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 whose Depositary Shares are to be so redeemed or for any other appropriate reasons.
Section 4.5 Voting Rights.
Subject to the provisions of the Articles, upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Stock are entitled to vote, the Depository shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, provide to the Record Holders of Receipts, determined on the record date as set forth in Section 4.4 hereof, 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 Depository as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depository 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 Depository 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 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 Depository in order to enable the Depository to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from Holders of Receipts, the Depository will not vote (but at its discretion, may appear at any meeting with respect to such Stock unless directed otherwise by the Holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts of such Holders.
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Section 4.6 Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.
Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Corporation or to which it is a party, the Depository 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 Depository may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Corporation in the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Stock and in the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price per share of 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 Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depository in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case the Corporation may in its discretion direct the Depository to 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 Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depository with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the 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 Stock represented by such Receipts might have been converted or for which such Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction.
The Corporation shall cause reflective provisions to be included in the charter of the resulting or surviving entity (if other than the Corporation) for the protection of such rights as may be applicable upon exchange of the deposited Stock for securities or property or cash of the surviving entity in connection with the transactions set forth above. The Corporation shall cause any such surviving entity (if other than the Corporation) expressly to assume the obligations of the Corporation hereunder.
Section 4.7 Delivery of Reports.
The Depository shall furnish to Holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Corporation which are received by the Depository, as the holder of the Stock, and which the Corporation is required to furnish to the holders of the 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 Depository 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.
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ARTICLE V.
THE DEPOSITORY, THE DEPOSITORYS
AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION
Section 5.1 Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depository; Registrar; Depositorys Agents.
Upon execution of this Agreement, the Depository shall maintain at the Depositorys Office, facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositorys Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided that, to the extent provisions of this Agreement regarding transfer or registration functions performed by the Depository conflict with the terms of any transfer agency agreement between the Corporation and the Depository, the terms of such transfer agency agreement shall control.
The Registrar shall keep books at the Depositorys Office for the registration and transfer of Receipts. Upon direction by the Corporation and with reasonable notice to the Registrar, the Depository shall open its books for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts as directed by the Corporation; provided, that any Holder shall be granted such right by the Corporation only after certifying that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts.
The Registrar 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.
If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depository 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 Trust Company if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depository upon the request or with the approval of the Corporation. If the Receipts, Depositary Shares or Stock are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Registrar 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 Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation.
The Depository may from time to time appoint Depositorys Agents to act in any respect for the Depository for the purposes of this Agreement and may from time to time appoint additional Depositorys Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositorys Agents, provided that the Depository will notify the Corporation of any such appointment or variation or termination of such appointment.
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Section 5.2 Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depository, the Depositorys Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation.
None of the Depository, any Depositorys Agent, any Registrar or 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 Depository, the Depositorys Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Corporations Articles of Incorporation (including the Articles) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depository, the Depositorys Agent, the Registrar or the Corporation shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Agreement provide shall be done or performed. Nor shall the Depository, any Depositorys 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 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 Agreement except, in case of any such exercise or failure to exercise discretion not caused as aforesaid, if caused by the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) of the party charged with such exercise or failure to exercise, or as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Agreement.
Section 5.3 Obligations of the Depository, the Depositorys Agents, the Registrar and the Corporation.
Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Depository shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Corporation prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or any Executive Vice President of the Corporation and delivered to the Depository. The Depository may rely upon, and be held harmless for such reliance, upon such statement for any action taken or suffered by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and shall not be held liable in connection with any delay in receiving such statement.
The Depository, any Depositorys Agent and any Registrar shall not be obligated to expend or risk its own funds or to take any action that it believes would expose or subject it to expense or liability or to a risk of incurring expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with assurances of repayment or indemnity satisfactory to it.
The Depository shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the Corporation of any Receipts authenticated by the Depository and delivered by it to the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement or for the application by the Corporation of the proceeds of the issue and sale, or exercise, of the Receipts.
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The Depository shall not have any duty or responsibility in the case of the receipt of any written demand from any Holder with respect to any action or default by the Corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demand upon the Corporation.
None of the Depository, any Depositorys Agent, any Registrar or the Corporation shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel (including legal counsel for the Corporation) or accountants, or information from any person presenting Stock for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other person. Such advice shall be full and complete authorization, protection to, and indemnification by the Corporation of, the Depository, the Depositorys Agent, any Registrar and subcontractors as to any action taken or omitted by it in accordance with such advice, believed (in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) by such parties to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Depository shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or inaction does not result from fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Depository undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Depository or any Registrar. The Depository shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Corporation and shall not assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust with any of the Holders.
The Depository may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents, and the Depository shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorney or agents or for any loss to the Corporation resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment thereof.
From time to time, the Corporation may provide the Depository with instructions concerning the services performed by the Depository hereunder. In addition, at any time the Depository may apply to any officer of the Corporation for instructions. The Depository may rely on and shall be held harmless and protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in reliance upon any certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, facsimile transmission, telegram or other document, or any security delivered to it, and believed by it to be genuine and to have been made or signed by the proper party or parties, or upon any written or oral instructions or statements from the Corporation with respect to any matter relating to its acting as Depository hereunder. The Depository shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Corporation.
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The Depository, its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, the Depositorys Agents, the Registrar, and each of their equity holders, directors, officers or employees may own, buy, sell and deal in any class of securities of the Corporation and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Corporation or its affiliates may be interested or contract with or lend money to any such person or otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were not the Depository, the parent, affiliate or subsidiary or the Depositorys Agent or the Registrar hereunder. The Depository may also act as trustee, transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Corporation and its affiliates. Nothing herein shall preclude the Depository from acting in any other capacity for the Corporation or for any other legal entity.
It is intended that none of the Depository, any Depositorys Agent or the Registrar, acting as the Depositorys Agent or Registrar, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be an issuer of the securities under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed that the Depository, any Depositorys Agent and the Registrar are acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depository or Registrar for the Stock; provided, that the Depositary agrees to comply with all information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Agreement in its capacity as Depository.
None of the Depository (or its officers, directors, employees or agents), any Depositorys Agent or the Registrar makes any representation or has any responsibility as to the validity of the registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities Act, the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts (except for its counter-signatures thereon) or any instruments referred to therein or herein, or as to the correctness of any statement made therein or herein and the Depository shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Receipts (except its countersignature hereof and thereof) or be required to verify the same, and all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Corporation only; provided, that the Depositary is responsible for any and all of its representations in this Agreement.
The Depository shall have no responsibility for any breach by the Corporation of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Receipt; nor shall it be responsible to make any calculations or adjustments (or confirm or verify the accuracy or correctness of any such calculations or adjustments) required under any provisions of the Receipts or this Agreement; nor shall it be responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such calculations or adjustments or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such calculations or adjustments; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Receipt or as to whether any shares of Stock will when issued be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.
The Depository assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the description that appears in the Receipts.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in the Receipts, the Depository makes no warranties or representations as to the validity or genuineness of any Stock at any time deposited with the Depository hereunder or of the Depositary Shares, as to the validity or sufficiency of this
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Agreement, as to the value of the Depositary Shares or as to any right, title or interest of the record holders of Receipts in and to the Depositary Shares. The Depository shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of the Depositary Shares or the Receipts or the proceeds thereof.
The Depository may rely on and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon (i) any guaranty of signature by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable signature guarantee program or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing; or (ii) any law, act, regulation or any interpretation of the same even though such law, act, or regulation may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no party to this Agreement shall be liable for any incidental, indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits, arising under any provision of this Agreement or out of any act or failure to act even if apprised of the possibility of such damages.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Depositorys 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 the Depository as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses, during the 12 months immediately preceding the event for which recovery from the Depository is being sought.
The Depository 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 Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Stock nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Depository 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 Depository believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Depository hereunder, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Depository 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 Depository 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 Depository receives written instructions or a certificate signed by the Corporation which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Depository or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depository.
The Depository undertakes not to issue any Receipt other than to evidence the Depositary Shares representing interests in the shares of Stock that have been delivered to and are then on deposit with the Depository. The Depository also undertakes not to sell, except as provided herein, pledge or lend Depositary Shares or any shares of deposited Stock by it as Depository.
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The Depository shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from the Corporation. The obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Depository set forth in this Section 5.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the resignation, removal of the Depository, and any succession of any Depository, Registrar or Depositorys Agent.
Section 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depository; Appointment of Successor Depository.
The Depository may at any time resign as Depository hereunder by delivering notice (pursuant to the notice provisions contained in Section 7.4) of its election to do so to the Corporation upon 30 days notice of such resignation. The Depository may at any time be removed by the Corporation by 30 days written notice of such removal delivered to the Depository.
In case at any time the Depository acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Corporation shall, within 30 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depository, which shall be authorized under applicable laws to exercise the powers of a transfer agent and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities having its principal office in the United States of America and (together with its affiliates) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If no successor Depository shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after delivery of such notice, a Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depository.
Every successor Depository shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Corporation an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depository, 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 Depository under this 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 Stock and any moneys held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto. Any successor Depository shall promptly provide notice of its appointment to the Record Holders of Receipts.
Any entity into or with which the Depository may be merged, consolidated or converted, or any person to which all or a substantial part of the assets of the Depository may be transferred or which succeeds to the shareholder services business of the Depository shall be the successor of the Depository without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depository may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depository or its own name as successor Depository.
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Section 5.5 Corporate Notices and Reports.
The Corporation agrees that it will deliver to the Depository, and the Depository will, as soon as practicable, after receipt thereof, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositorys 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 Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Corporations Articles of Incorporation (including the Articles), to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Corporations expense and the Corporation will provide the Depository with such number of copies of such documents as the Depository may request. In addition, the Depository will transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts at the Corporations expense, including applicable fees, such other documents as may be requested by the Corporation.
Section 5.6 Indemnification by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall indemnify the Depository, any Depositorys 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) may be paid, incurred or suffered by or to which it may become subject, arising from or out of, directly or indirectly, any claims or liability resulting from acts performed, suffered or omitted to be taken in connection with this Agreement and the Receipts by the Depository, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositorys Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on the respective parts of any such person or persons. The costs and expenses incurred by the Depository in enforcing this right of indemnification shall be paid by the Corporation. The obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Depository set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any succession of any Depository, Registrar or Depositorys Agent.
Section 5.7 Fees, Charges and Expenses.
The Corporation agrees promptly to pay the Depository the compensation to be agreed upon with the Corporation for all services rendered by the Depository hereunder and to reimburse the Depository for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Depository without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on its part (or on the part of any agent or Depositorys Agent) in connection with the services rendered by it (or such agent or Depositorys Agent) hereunder. The Corporation shall pay all charges of the Depository in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares and any redemption or exchange of the 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 depository 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 Depository incurs charges or expenses for which the Corporation is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be
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liable for such charges and expenses; provided, that the Depository may, at its sole option, request that the Corporation direct a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depository any charge or expense the Depository has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder of Receipts. The Depository shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Corporation at such intervals as the Corporation and the Depository may agree. The Depository shall not register any transfer or issue or deliver any Receipt(s) or Depositary Shares unless or until the persons requesting the registration or issuance shall have paid to the Depository for the account of the Corporation the amount of such tax, if any, or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation and the Depository that such tax, if any, has been paid.
Section 5.8 Tax Compliance.
Computershare and, where applicable, the Trust Company, 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 Depositary 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 amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent.
The Depository shall comply with any written instructions received from the Corporation with respect to the application of such requirements to particular payments or Holders, and may for purposes of this Agreement rely on any such instructions in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. The Depository shall have no duties, responsibilities or obligations to take any action under this paragraph without clear and precise instructions from the Corporation.
The Depository shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available on reasonable 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 Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Corporation and the Depository without the consent of Holders of Receipts in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, that no such amendment (other than a change in fees) which shall materially and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts evidencing 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 this Agreement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Corporation be required to execute any amendment which may impair the right, subject to the provisions of Section 2.6 and Section 2.7 and ARTICLE III, of any owner of Depositary Shares to surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depository with instructions to deliver to the Holder the Stock and all money 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 Depositorys execution of any amendment, the Corporation shall deliver to the Depository 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, provided that, if, under the foregoing paragraph, such amendment would require approval of at least a majority of Holders of Receipts to be effective, such Holders shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to such amendment for purposes of the statement in such certificate that such amendment is in compliance with the terms of this ARTICLE VI.
Section 6.2 Termination.
Without limiting the provisions contained in Section 5.4, this Agreement may be terminated by the Corporation or the Depository only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares issued hereunder have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the 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 Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 hereof, as applicable.
Upon the termination of this Agreement, the Corporation shall be discharged from all obligations under this Agreement except for its obligations to the Depository, any Depositorys Agent and any Registrar under Section 5.3, Section 5.6 and Section 5.7.
ARTICLE VII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Counterparts.
This 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 Agreement transmitted by facsimile electronically shall have the same effect as an original signature.
Section 7.2 Exclusive Benefit of Parties.
This 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 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.
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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 by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Corporation at:
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street
Suite 2700
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
or at any other addresses of which the Corporation shall have notified the Depository in writing.
Any and all notices to be given to the Depository hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depository at the Depositorys Office at
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. c/o Computershare Inc.
250 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 781-575-4210
or at any other address of which the Depository shall have notified the Corporation in writing.
The Depository shall give any and all notices directed to be given by the Corporation to any Record Holder of a Receipt in writing, which notices shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or electronic transmission or confirmed by letter, addressed to such Record Holder at the address of such Record Holder as it appears on the books of the Depository. Any written notices given to any record holder of a DTC Receipt shall be deemed to have been duly given if transmitted through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by electronic transmission shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depository or the Corporation may, however, act upon any facsimile transmission received by it from the other, notwithstanding that such facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid.
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Section 7.5 Appointment of Registrar and Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent.
Unless otherwise set forth on a certificate duly executed by an authorized officer of the Corporation, the Corporation hereby appoints the Trust Company as Registrar and Transfer Agent and Computershare as dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the Stock deposited with the Depository hereunder and the Receipts, and the Trust Company and Computershare hereby accept their respective appointments. With respect to the appointments of the Trust Company as Registrar and Transfer Agent and Computershare as dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the Stock and the Receipts, each of the Corporation, the Trust Company and Computershare, in their respective capacities under such appointments, shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities and benefits as the Corporation and Depository hereunder, respectively, as if explicitly named in each such provision.
Section 7.6 Holders of Receipts Are Parties.
The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to benefit only the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no rights shall be granted to any other person by virtue of this Agreement.
Section 7.7 Governing Law.
This 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.
The parties hereunder hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The parties hereunder hereby waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon either party may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section 7.4 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon such party in any action, proceeding or claim
Section 7.8 Headings.
The headings of articles and sections in this 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 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 7.9 Force Majeure.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Depository will not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.
Section 7.10 Confidentiality.
The Depository and the Corporation agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including inter alia, personal, non-public warrant holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Agreement, including the fees for services contemplated hereunder, shall remain confidential, and shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other person, except as may be required by law, including, without limitation, pursuant to subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (e.g., in divorce and criminal actions).
[Signature page follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation, Computershare and the Trust Company have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth.
TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ James F. Getz |
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Name: James F. Getz | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO DEPOSIT AGREEMENT]
COMPUTERSHARE INC. |
By: |
/s/ Dennis V. Moccia |
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Name: Dennis V. Moccia | ||
Title: Manager, Contract Administration |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO DEPOSIT AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE 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.
[ To be included in any DTC Receipt or other global Receipt: UNLESS THIS RECEIPT IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT (INCLUDING THE DEPOSITORY) FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY RECEIPT ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS RECEIPT SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.]
Number DR-___ |
____________ Depositary Shares |
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(CUSIP: 89678F 209) |
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES,
EACH REPRESENTING ONE 1/40TH OF ONE SHARE OF
6.75% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE SERIES A NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL
PREFERRED STOCK, OF TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(See reverse for certain definitions.)
Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, acting jointly as Depository (the Depository), hereby certifies that CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of ( ) DEPOSITARY SHARES (Depositary Shares), each Depositary Share representing one 1/40th of a share of 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $1,000 per share, no par value (the Stock), of TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation
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(the Corporation), on deposit with the Depository, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of March 20, 2018 (the Deposit Agreement), among the Corporation, Computershare Inc., Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 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 Depository by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer and countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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Dated: | Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Depository | |||||
By: |
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Authorized Officer |
Countersigned and Registered: | ||
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., | ||
Transfer Agent and Registrar |
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT] TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
UPON REQUEST, TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH HOLDER OF A DEPOSITARY RECEIPT WHO SO REQUESTS A COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND A COPY OR SUMMARY OF THE DESIGNATION OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE 6.75% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE SERIES A NONCUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, OF TRISTATE CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION OR THE DEPOSITORY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each holder of a depositary receipt 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 or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or to the Registrar.
KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.
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 |
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Custodian | ||||||
TEN ENT as tenants by the entireties |
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JT TEN as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors | |||||
Act _______________________ (State) |
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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 ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
______________ Depositary Shares represented by the within Certificate, and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________ Attorney to transfer the Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depository with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________________
NOTICE: | THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. |
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED: |
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Exhibit 5.1
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THREE GATEWAY CENTER 401 LIBERTY AVENUE, 3 rd FLOOR PITTSBURGH, PA 15222 |
Phone 412-355-2600 Fax 412-355-2609 www.kwblegal.com |
March 20, 2018
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.
301 Grant Street, 27 th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to TriState Capital Holdings, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the Company ), and TriState Capital Bank, a Pennsylvania state banking corporation and wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company (the Bank ), in connection with (i) the Companys proposed issuance and deposit with the Depositary and Transfer Agent of 35,000 shares (the Preferred Shares ) of the Companys 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value ( Designated Preferred Stock ), and (ii) the Companys proposed sale to Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P., and D.A. Davidson & Co., and any other underwriters (the Underwriters ) of One Million Four Hundred Thousand (1,400,000) depositary shares (individually, a Depositary Share , and collectively, the Depositary Shares ), each representing One Fortieth (1/40 th ) of one share of the Designated Preferred Stock, and each such Depositary Share to be evidenced by a depositary receipt deposited with the Depositary, Registrar and Transfer Agent.
The Preferred Shares and the Depository Shares are being issued and sold in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, 2018, by and between the Company and Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. as Representative of Underwriters (the Underwriting Agreement ). The Company intends to use the proceeds of sale of the Depositary Shares to the Underwriters for general corporate and other purposes of the Company and the Bank. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement.
In rendering this opinion, we have examined copies of the following documents (the Transaction Documents ):
1. | Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated December 21, 2017 as filed with, and later declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ); |
2. | Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated March 12, 2018, as filed with the SEC; |
3. | Underwriting Agreement; |
4. | Deposit Agreement; |
5. | Articles of Amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation, incorporating the Designation of Rights and Privileges into Article Fourth of the Companys Articles of Incorporation; |
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6. | General Disclosure Package; |
7. | Current report on Form 8-K (Articles of Amendment relating to preferred stock, Deposit Agreement, Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2); |
8. | Officers certificate pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and |
9. | Form 8-A and Specimen Depositary Certificate. |
The opinions hereinafter expressed are subject to the following qualifications:
(i) We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than the genuineness of signatures of officers and directors of the Company, and the Bank executing the Transaction Documents), the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity of all documents submitted to us as copies of the originals thereof. As to the accuracy of various factual matters material to our opinion, we have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company and the Bank contained in the Transaction Documents, and, as to certain matters, certificates, letters, telegrams or statements of public officials.
(ii) We have assumed that (a) each of the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Company and the Bank) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of all jurisdictions where it is conducting its businesses or otherwise required to be so qualified, and has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its duties under the Transaction Documents, (b) the Transaction Documents executed by each party other than the Company and the Bank, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of, such party, (c) no further consent, approval, authorization, declaration or filing by or with any governmental authority is required for the valid execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by any party other than the Company and the Bank, and (d) each party other than the Company and the Bank, has acted and will act in good faith and will seek to enforce its rights and remedies under the Transaction Documents in a commercially reasonable manner.
(iii) With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 below regarding the incorporation and good standing of the Company, and the chartering and good standing of the Bank, we have relied with your permission on the good standing certificates of each such entity delivered to you in connection with the Transaction Documents and have assumed without further investigation that such good standing certificates remain in effect as of the date hereof.
(iv) This opinion is based upon the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth ) and the United States of America, and we express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction.
(v) It is to be understood that the enforceability of the Transaction Documents may be limited or otherwise affected by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors rights heretofore or hereafter enacted to the extent constitutionally applicable and that enforcement may also be subject to the exercise of judicial discretion in the application of general principles of equity in appropriate cases (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2. The Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K of even date herewith, and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the Shares and the Depository Shares.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Keevican Weiss & Bauerle LLC
KEEVICAN WEISS & BAUERLE LLC
Exhibit 5.2
March 20, 2018
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.
One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Suite 2700
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to TriState Capital Holdings, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the Company), in connection with the registration by the Company of 1,400,000 depositary shares (the Depositary Shares), each such depositary share representing ownership of a 1/40 th interest in a share of the Companys 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value (the Preferred Stock), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-222074) (the Registration Statement) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) on December 15, 2017. The Depositary Shares are to be issued against deposit of 35,000 shares of Preferred Stock, and will be evidenced by depositary receipts (each, a Depositary Receipt) to be issued by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc. (together, the Depositary), pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2018 (the Deposit Agreement), among the Company, the Depositary and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Shares issued thereunder.
We have reviewed (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the base prospectus, dated December 21, 2017, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated March 15, 2018 (as so supplemented, the Prospectus); (iii) the Deposit Agreement; (iv) the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, 2018 (the Underwriting Agreement), by and between the Company and Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P., individually and acting as representative of each of the other underwriters named in Schedule A thereto; (v) a copy of the global certificate representing the Depositary Receipts; and (vi) such other corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. We have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all copies of documents submitted to us conform to the originals.
We have assumed that (i) the Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has all legal right, power and authority necessary (A) to issue the Preferred Stock and to sell the Depositary Shares, (B) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Stock and the sale of the Depositary Shares
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and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company, (iii) the Preferred Stock has been duly and validly issued by the Company, (iv) the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and (v) the issuance of the Preferred Stock, the sale of the Depositary Shares and the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby do not violate or contravene any judgment, order, decree or permit issued by any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority or conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument binding on or affecting the Company or any subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties or assets. We have assumed further that the Depositary has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Deposit Agreement, that the Deposit Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Depositary, and that the Depositary has duly executed the Depositary Receipt in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement.
We note that you are relying with respect to all matters of Pennsylvania law on an opinion of Keevican Weiss & Bauerle LLC, dated as of the date hereof, which opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K that will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
We have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible and on information regarding the Company contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, upon the due issuance by the Depositary of the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares against the deposit of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Depositary Shares will be legally issued and will entitle the holders of the Depositary Shares to the rights specified in the Deposit Agreement and the Depositary Receipts, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
The foregoing opinion is subject to the following qualifications:
(a) | We express no opinion as to: |
(i) | waivers of defenses, subrogation and related rights, rights to trial by jury, rights to object to venue, or other rights or benefits bestowed by operation of law; |
(ii) | releases or waivers of unmatured claims or rights; |
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(iii) | indemnification, contribution, or exculpation provisions, or provisions for the non-survival of representations, to the extent they purport to indemnify any party against, or release or limit any partys liability for, its own breach or failure to comply with statutory obligations, or the extent such provisions are contrary to public policy; |
(iv) | provisions purporting to supersede equitable principles, including provisions requiring amendments and waivers to be in writing and provisions making notices effective even if not actually received; |
(v) | provisions purporting to make a partys determination conclusive; and |
(vi) | exclusive jurisdiction or venue provisions. |
We are members of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of New York. We do not express any opinion herein on any laws other than the law of the State of New York.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K that will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading Legal Matters in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Covington & Burling LLP |
Exhibit 12
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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$ | 47,470 | $ | 41,689 | $ | 33,380 | $ | 22,897 | $ | 18,580 | ||||||||||
Add: Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits |
5,457 | 3,692 | 2,755 | 1,640 | 86 | |||||||||||||||
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52,927 | 45,381 | 36,135 | 24,537 | 18,666 | |||||||||||||||
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37,485 | 19,807 | 12,888 | 10,611 | 10,981 | |||||||||||||||
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Including interest on deposits |
2.11x | 2.77x | 3.13x | 2.87x | 2.68x |
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TriState Capital Prices $35 Million Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering
PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2018 TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSC) announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1,400,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of its 6.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value (the Series A Preferred Stock), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per depository share). TriState Capital has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional depositary shares.
When, as, and if declared by the board of directors of the Company, dividends will be payable on the Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance to, but excluding April 1, 2023 at a rate of 6.75% per annum, payable quarterly, in arrears, and from and including April 1, 2023, dividends will accrue and be payable at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 398.5 basis points per annum, payable quarterly, in arrears. The Company may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at its option, subject to regulatory approval, on or after April 1, 2023, as described in the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering.
Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used for general corporate purposes and selective asset management acquisitions.
Sandler ONeill + Partners, L.P. is serving as sole book-running manager and D.A. Davidson & Co. is serving as co-manager for this offering.
A shelf registration statement, including a prospectus, with respect to the offering was previously filed by TriState Capital with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and was declared effective by the SEC on December 21, 2017. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained free of charge by visiting the SECs website at www.sec.gov, or may be obtained from Sandler ONeill + Partners, L.P., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attn: Syndicate Operations, Telephone Number: 1-866-805-4128.
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This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
ABOUT TRISTATE CAPITAL
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., providing commercial banking, private banking and investment management services to middle-market companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals. Its TriState Capital Bank subsidiary had $4.7 billion in assets, as of December 31, 2017, and serves middle-market commercial customers through regional representative offices in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Edison, N.J., and New York City, as well as high-net-worth individuals nationwide through its national referral network of financial intermediaries. Its Chartwell Investment Partners subsidiary had $8.3 billion in assets under management, as of December 31, 2017, and serves institutional clients and TriState Capitals financial intermediary network.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to the timing and size of the offering and the anticipated use of proceeds, which statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to those that are described in the Risk Factors section of the preliminary prospectus supplement for this offering filed with the SEC on March 13, 2018, the Risk Factors and Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements sections in TriState Capitals Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, and other filings that TriState Capital makes with the SEC from time to time (which are available at www.sec.gov). The events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements may not occur, and TriState Capitals actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to TriState Capital as of the date of this release.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Jack Horner
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267-932-8760, ext. 302
412-600-2295 (mobile)
jack@hornercom.com
INVESTOR CONTACTS
Jeff Schoenborn and Kate Croft
Casteel Schoenborn
888-609-8351
TSC@csirfirm.com
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