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): May 23, 2019

 

 

 

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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

OHIO   001-11302   34-6542451

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

127 Public Square

Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(216) 689-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Shares, $1 par value   KEY   New York Stock Exchange

Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/40 th interest in a share of Fixed-to-Floating

Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred

Stock, Series E)

  KEY PrI   New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F)   KEY PrJ   New York Stock Exchange

Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G)

  KEY PrK   New York Stock Exchange

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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of KeyCorp (the “Company”) held on May 23, 2019, shareholders of the Company approved the Company’s 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides the Company with the ability to offer equity-based compensation to its employees and non-employee directors in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, dividend equivalents, and other awards. These awards are designed to advance the interests and long-term success of the Company and its shareholders by providing equity-based incentives for effective service and high levels of performance by Plan participants.

A description of the material terms of the Plan was included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2019. In addition, the foregoing description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.    

 

Item 5.03

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

Articles of Incorporation

As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized common shares of the Company from 1,400,000,000 to 2,100,000,000. On May 23, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio to implement such amendment. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Also on May 23, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the consolidation of the existing Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the amendments thereto into the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which was filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on the same date and immediately following the Company’s filing of the amendment described in the foregoing paragraph. A copy of the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Regulations

As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Regulations (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Regulations”) to authorize the Company’s Board to amend, repeal or alter the Regulations or adopt new regulations, to the extent permitted by the Ohio General Corporation Law. This amendment to the Regulations took effect immediately upon approval at the Annual Meeting.

Following the Annual Meeting, on May 23, 2019, the Board approved various amendments to the Regulations, which took effect immediately. The amendments to the Regulations implement proxy access and make certain other changes, as described below. The description of the amendments to the Regulations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Regulations, a copy of which (marked to show changes) is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

   

A new Section 10 has been added to Article I of the Regulations to permit a shareholder, or group of up to 20 shareholders, owning at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors continuously for at least three years, to nominate and include in the Company’s proxy materials for an annual meeting of shareholders, director nominees constituting 20% of the Board or two directors (whichever is greater), provided that the shareholder(s) and the director nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in the Regulations.


   

The advance notice provisions on shareholder nominations and the proposal of other business have been combined into a single provision, which appears in Section 9 of Article I of the Regulations, and have been updated to (i) accommodate the adoption of proxy access, (ii) add more customary advance notice deadlines, (iii) establish advance notice provisions for special meetings of shareholders, (iv) expand the scope of the disclosures required in a shareholder notice, and (v) include certain defined terms and make certain other minor administrative, clarifying and conforming changes. Among other things, the amendments require that the notice include information, as of the date of the notice and the record date for the meeting, about: (1) directors, executives, managing members and other “control persons” of a shareholder, if the shareholder submitting the nomination or proposal is an entity; and (2) derivative positions and other agreements, arrangements and understandings that have the effect or intent of impacting a shareholder’s (or control person’s) economic or voting interests with respect to the Company’s stock.

 

   

A new Section 8 was added to Article I of the Regulations to require all director nominees, including all advance notice and proxy access nominees, in connection with being nominated, to provide the Company with certain information, including completed and signed questionnaires required of the Company’s directors, and to make representations to the Company regarding certain matters including disclosure of voting agreements and third-party compensation, and compliance with Company policies.

 

   

Section 3 of Article I of the Regulations was updated to provide that a shareholder request to call a special meeting must specify the purpose of the meeting and include all of the information required to be included in a shareholder notice with respect to an annual meeting submitted under the advance notice provisions of the Regulations.

 

   

Section 7 of Article I of the Regulations was amended to reflect that the Board and the Chairperson of the Board have authority to establish rules on the conduct of shareholder meetings.

 

   

Finally, the amendments also include immaterial modifications intended to remove legacy provisions and to provide clarification and consistency.

As a result of the amendments to the Regulations, any shareholder who wishes to nominate a person for election to the Board or propose other business for consideration at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the advance notice provisions must deliver a notice under Section 9(a) of Article I of the Regulations, and the notice must be received by our Secretary not later than the close of business on the 90th day and not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Any shareholder who wishes to nominate a person for election to the Board at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the proxy access provisions must deliver a notice of the nomination under Section 10(c) of Article I of the Regulations, and the notice must be received by our Secretary not later than the close of business on the 120th day and not earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the date (as stated in the Company’s proxy materials) that the definitive proxy statement was first released to shareholders in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting of shareholders. Limited exceptions apply to both the advance notice and proxy access deadlines if the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting.

Therefore, assuming the date of the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is not so changed, then with respect to the 2020 Annual Meeting, (1) notice under the advance notice provisions of the Regulations must be received not later than 6:00 p.m. (local time at the Company’s corporate headquarters) on February 23, 2020, and not earlier than 6:00 p.m. on January 24, 2020, and (2) notice under the proxy access provisions of the Regulations must be received not later than 6:00 p.m. on December 10, 2019, and not earlier than 6:00 p.m. on November 10, 2019. In each case, the notice must be received by our Secretary at the Company’s corporate headquarters at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, and the notice must comply with the applicable requirements of the Regulations.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, shareholders elected all fourteen of the directors nominated by the Company’s Board. Each director received a greater number of votes cast for his or her election than votes against his or her election, as stated below. The shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as KeyCorp’s independent auditor for 2019, approved on an advisory basis KeyCorp’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s 2019 proxy statement, approved KeyCorp’s 2019 Equity Compensation Plan, approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized common shares, and authorized the Board to make future amendments to KeyCorp’s Regulations. The final voting results from the meeting are as follows:


Proposal One—Election of Directors

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTE
 

Bruce D. Broussard

     789,410,389        5,883,395        2,096,139        104,056,330  

Charles P. Cooley

     791,961,053        3,356,414        2,083,521        104,056,330  

Gary M. Crosby

     790,991,427        4,419,895        1,989,666        104,056,330  

Alexander M. Cutler

     753,036,429        42,080,889        2,272,606        104,056,330  

H. James Dallas

     771,635,521        23,698,809        2,066,656        104,056,330  

Elizabeth R. Gile

     791,836,061        3,527,335        2,037,591        104,056,330  

Ruth Ann M. Gillis

     792,109,579        3,296,070        1,984,274        104,056,330  

William G. Gisel, Jr.

     786,007,237        9,347,937        2,045,813        104,056,330  

Carlton L. Highsmith

     792,066,670        3,434,147        1,900,170        104,056,330  

Richard J. Hipple

     791,937,307        3,431,973        2,020,643        104,056,330  

Kristen L. Manos

     791,895,381        3,534,735        1,970,871        104,056,330  

Beth E. Mooney

     759,741,840        29,900,952        7,758,194        104,056,330  

Barbara R. Snyder

     789,331,333        6,140,817        1,917,773        104,056,330  

David K. Wilson

     792,340,266        2,905,392        2,155,329        104,056,330  

Proposal Two—Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as KeyCorp’s Independent Auditors for 2019

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

875,139,887   24,538,952   1,778,478

Proposal Three—Advisory Approval of KeyCorp’s Executive Compensation

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER
NON-VOTE

725,067,105   68,396,987   3,936,896   104,056,330

Proposal Four—Approval of KeyCorp’s 2019 Equity Compensation Plan

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER
NON-VOTE

741,584,082   53,358,868   2,458,037   104,056,330

Proposal Five—Approval of Amendment to KeyCorp’s Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Common Shares

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

864,308,805   34,915,293   2,233,219

Proposal Six—Authorize Board of Directors to Make Future Amendments to KeyCorp’s Regulations

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER
NON-VOTE

768,797,888   25,968,716   2,634,384   104,056,330


Item 8.01

Other Events.

On May 23, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the voting results of the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, filed May 23, 2019.
3.2    Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective May 23, 2019.
3.3    Third Amended and Restated Regulations, effective May 23, 2019 (marked copy).
10.1    2019 Equity Compensation Plan.
10.2    Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 23, 2019, File No. 333-231689).
10.3    Form of Performance Shares Award Agreement under KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 23, 2019, File No. 333-231689).
10.4    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 23, 2019, File No. 333-231689).
10.5    Form of New Hire/Retention Award Agreement under KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 23, 2019, File No. 333-231689).
99.1    Press Release dated May 23, 2019.


SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    KeyCorp
Date: May 24, 2019      
    By:  

/s/ Craig T. Beazer

    Name:   Craig T. Beazer
    Title:   Assistant Secretary

Exhibit 3.1

 

Form 540 Prescribed by:   
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Certificate of Amendment

(For-Profit, Domestic Corporation)

Filing Fee: $50

Form Must Be Typed

 

Check appropriate box:

☒ Amendment to existing Articles of Incorporation (125-AMDS)

☐ Amended and Restated Articles (122-AMAP) - The following articles supersede the existing articles and all amendments thereto.

 

Complete the following information:

Name of Corporation     KEYCORP

Charter Number             276604

Check one box below and provide information as required:

 

The articles are hereby amended by the Incorporators. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70 (A), incorporators may adopt an amendment to the articles by a writing signed by them if initial directors are not named in the articles or elected and before subscriptions to shares have been received.

 

 

The articles are hereby amended by the Directors. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(A), directors may adopt amendments if initial directors were named in articles or elected, but subscriptions to shares have not been received. Also, Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(B) sets forth additional cases in which directors may adopt an amendment to the articles.

The resolution was adopted pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.70(B)

(In this space insert the number 1 through 10 to provide basis for adoption.)                                                                    

 

 

The articles are hereby amended by the Shareholders pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.71.

 

 

The articles are hereby amended and restated pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.72.

 

 

Form 540    Page 1 of 2   


If you are amending the total number of shares, please complete this box so the appropriate filing fee is charged.

 

    Total number of shares previously listed in the Articles or other Amendments with the Ohio Secretary of State:

   1,425,000,000

    With the submission of this amendment, NEW total number of shares:

   2,125,000,000

 

A copy of the resolution of amendment is attached to this document.

Note: if amended articles were adopted, they must set forth all provisions required in original articles except that articles amended by directors or shareholders need not contain any statement with respect to initial stated capital. See Ohio Revised Code section 1701.04 for required provisions.

 

By signing and submitting this form to the Ohio Secretary of State, the undersigned hereby certifies that he or she has the requisite authority to execute this document.

 

  

/s/ Craig T. Beazer

Required

 

   Signature
Must be signed by all incorporators, if amended by incorporators, or an authorized officer if amended by directors or shareholders, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 1701.73(B) and (C).   

 

   By (if applicable)
  

Craig T. Beazer, Assistant Secretary

If authorized representative is an individual, then they must sign in the “signature” box and print their name in the “Print Name” box.    Print Name
  

 

   Signature
If authorized representative is a business entity, not an individual, then please print the business name in the “signature” box, an authorized representative of the business entity must sign in the “By” box and print their name in the “Print Name” box.   
  

 

   By (if applicable)
  

 

   Print Name

 

Form 540    Page 2 of 2   


ATTACHMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF KEYCORP

Craig T. Beazer, Assistant Secretary of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) of KeyCorp was approved and adopted at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation duly called and held on May 23, 2019, at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, by the affirmative vote of the holders of common shares entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation:

Article IV of the Articles is hereby amended to increase the number of authorized common shares from 1,400,000,000 to 2,100,000,000, such that the first paragraph of Article IV of the Articles reads as follows:

The authorized number of shares of the Corporation is 2,125,000,000, of which 25,000,000 shall be shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $1 each, as described in Part A of this Article IV (hereinafter called “Preferred Stock”), and 2,100,000,000 shall be common shares, with a par value of $1 each, as described in Part B of this Article IV (hereinafter called “Common Shares”).

Exhibit 3.2

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

KEYCORP

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is “KeyCorp”.

ARTICLE II

Principal Office

The principal office and headquarters of the Corporation shall be located in the City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio.

ARTICLE III

Purposes

The purposes of the Corporation are:

(a) to organize, acquire, invest in, own, or control shares and other securities of banks, other depository institutions, and other companies which a bank holding company is permitted to own or control by the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as now in effect or hereafter amended, and to carry on the business of a bank holding company in conformity with the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as now in effect or hereafter amended;

(b) to do whatever is deemed necessary, incidental, or conducive to carrying out any of the purposes of the Corporation; and

(c) to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed under the Ohio General Corporation Law.

ARTICLE IV

Authorized Shares of Capital Stock

The authorized number of shares of the Corporation is 2,125,000,000, of which 25,000,000 shall be shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $1 each, as described in Part A of this Article IV (hereinafter called “Preferred Stock”), and 2,100,000,000 shall be Common Shares, with a par value of $1 each, as described in Part B of this Article IV (hereinafter called “Common Shares”).

 

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The express terms of each class are as follows:

PART A

EXPRESS TERMS OF THE PREFERRED STOCK

Section  1 . Series. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in series. All shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and the express terms thereof shall be identical, except in respect of the terms that may be fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, and each share of each series shall be identical with all other shares of such series, except that in the case of series on which dividends are cumulative the dates from which dividends are cumulative may vary to reflect differences in the dates of issue. Subject to the provisions of Sections 2 through 4, inclusive, of this Part A, which shall apply to all Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to cause shares of Preferred Stock to be issued in one or more series and with respect to each such series to fix:

(a) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter, or title.

(b) The authorized number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may, except to the extent otherwise provided in the creation of the series, from time to time, increase or decrease, but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding.

(c) The dividend rate or rates (which may be fixed or adjustable) of the shares of the series.

(d) The dates on which dividends, if declared, shall be payable and, in the case of series on which dividends are cumulative, the dates from which dividends shall be cumulative.

(e) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series.

(f) The amount, terms, conditions, and manner of operation of any retirement or sinking fund to be provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series.

(g) The amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(h) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into Common Shares or shares of any other series or class, and, if so, the specification of such other class or series, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustment thereof, and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made.

(i) The restrictions, if any, upon the issue of any additional shares of the same series or of any other class or series.

The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt from time to time amendments to these articles of incorporation fixing, with respect to each series, the matters described in Clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 1.

Section  2 . Voting Rights.

(a) The holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote upon matters presented to the shareholders, except as provided in this Section 2 or as required by law.

(b) If the Corporation shall fail to pay full dividends on any series of Preferred Stock for six quarterly dividend payment periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors will be increased by two, and the holders of all outstanding series of Preferred Stock, voting as a single class without regard to series, will be entitled to elect such additional two directors until full cumulative dividends for all past dividend payment periods on all series of Preferred Stock have been paid or declared and set apart for payment and non-cumulative dividends have been paid regularly for at least one full year. Such right to vote separately as a class to elect directors shall, when vested, be subject, always, to the same provisions for the vesting of such right to elect directors separately as a class

 

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in the case of future dividend defaults. At any time when such right to elect directors separately as a class shall have so vested, the Corporation may, and upon the written request of the holders of record of not less than twenty percent of the total number of shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation then outstanding shall, call a special meeting of shareholders for the election of such directors. In the case of such a written request, such special meeting shall be held within ninety days after the delivery of such request and, in either case, at the place and upon the notice provided by law and in the Regulations of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to call such a special meeting if such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next ensuing annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation. If the Secretary of the Corporation fails to call aforesaid special meeting within 20 days of receiving proper notice, any holder of Preferred Stock may call such a meeting at the Corporation’s expense solely for the election of directors as aforesaid, and for this purpose only such holder of Preferred Stock shall have access to the Corporation’s stock ledger. Directors elected as aforesaid shall serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation or until their respective successors shall be elected and qualify. If, prior to the end of the term of any director elected as aforesaid, a vacancy in the office of such director shall occur during the continuance of a default in dividends on any series of Preferred Stock by reason of death, resignation or disability, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointment by the remaining director or directors elected as aforesaid of a new director for the unexpired term of such former director.

(c) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall vote separately as a class, shall be necessary to effect any amendment, alteration, or repeal of any of the provisions of these articles of incorporation or the regulations of the Corporation which would adversely affect the voting powers, rights, or preferences of the holders of Preferred Stock (but so far as the holders of Preferred Stock are concerned, such action may be effected with such vote or consent); provided, however, that neither the amendment of these articles of incorporation to authorize or to increase the authorized or outstanding number of shares of any class ranking junior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock, nor the amendment of the regulations so as to change the number of directors of the Corporation, shall be deemed to adversely affect the voting powers, rights, or preferences of the holders of Preferred Stock (and any such amendment referred to in this proviso may be made without the vote or consent of the holders of the Preferred Stock); and provided further that if such amendment, alteration, or repeal would adversely affect the rights or preferences of one or more but not all then outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of the series so affected shall also be required.

(d) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall vote separately as a class, shall be necessary to effect the consummation of a combination (as defined in Section 1701.01(Q) of the Ohio General Corporation Law) or majority share acquisition (as defined in Section 1701.01(R) of the Ohio General Corporation Law) involving the Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any entity other than a corporation (but so far as the holders of Preferred Stock are concerned, such combination, majority share acquisition, merger or consolidation may be effected with such vote or consent), unless in each case (x) the shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting corporation, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or a corporation controlling such corporation that is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and (y) the shares of Preferred Stock remaining outstanding or such new preference securities, as the case may be, have such voting powers, rights, privileges and preferences as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the voting powers, rights, privileges and preferences of the holders of the Preferred Stock; provided that if such amendment, alteration or repeal would adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of one or more but not all then outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of the series so affected shall also be required.

 

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(e) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall vote as a single class shall be necessary to effect any one or more of the following:

(i) The authorization of, or the increase in the authorized number of, any shares of any class ranking prior to the Preferred Stock; or

(ii) The purchase or redemption for sinking fund purposes or otherwise of less than all of the then outstanding Preferred Stock except in accordance with a purchase offer made to all holders of record of Preferred Stock, unless all dividends on all Preferred Stock then outstanding for all previous dividend periods shall have been declared and paid or funds therefor set apart and all accrued sinking fund obligations applicable thereto shall have been complied with.

Section  3 . Preemptive Rights. No holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of any issue of shares of the Corporation, of any class whatsoever, or any part of any issue of securities convertible into shares of the Corporation, of any class whatsoever, and whether issued for cash, property, services or otherwise.

Section  4 . Definitions. For the purposes of this Part A:

(a) Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking prior to the Preferred Stock,” such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof either as to the payment of dividends or as to distribution in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation are given preference over the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock.

(b) Whenever reference is made to shares “on a parity with the Preferred Stock,” such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation rank on an equality or parity with the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock.

(c) Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking junior to the Preferred Stock,” such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends and as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation are junior or subordinate to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock.

PART B

EXPRESS TERMS OF COMMON SHARES

Section  1 . General. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each Common Share held by them, respectively, on each matter properly submitted to shareholders for their vote, consent, waiver, release or other action.

Section  2 . Preemptive Rights. No holder of Common Shares shall be entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of any issue of shares of the Corporation of any class whatsoever, or any part of any issue of securities convertible into shares of the Corporation, of any class whatsoever, and whether issued for cash, property, services or otherwise.

PART C

CUMULATIVE VOTING

No holder of shares of any class of the Corporation may cumulate his voting power.

 

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PART D

EXPRESS TERMS OF THE 7.750% NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A

Section  1 . Designation. The designation of the series of Preferred Stock created by this Part D of Article IV shall be 7.750% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, $1.00 par value, with a liquidation preference of $100 per share, and $747,500,000 in the aggregate (hereinafter referred to as the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series A Preferred Stock. Series A Preferred Stock will rank equally with Parity Stock, if any, and will rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  2 . Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 7,475,000. Such number may from time to time 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 amendment to the articles duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are converted in accordance with the terms hereof, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance. The Corporation shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

Section  3 . Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock:

(a) “Applicable Conversion Price” at any given time means, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the price equal to $100 divided by the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

(b) “Applicable Conversion Rate” means the Conversion Rate in effect at any given time.

(c) “Base Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d)(i) hereof.

(d) “Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday on which the Corporation is not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

(e) “Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

(f) “Closing Price” of the Common Shares on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on that date. If the Common Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Shares on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or securities exchange in the European Economic Area on which the Common Shares are so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or securities exchange in the European Economic Area on which the Common Shares are so listed or quoted, or if the Common Shares are not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange or securities exchange in the European Economic Area, the last quoted bid price for the Common Shares in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or a similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Shares on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm (unaffiliated with the Corporation) retained by the Corporation for this purpose. The “Closing Price” for any other share of Capital Stock shall be determined on a comparable basis, mutatis mutandis. For purposes of this Part D of this Article IV, all references herein to the “Closing Price” and “last reported sale price” of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the New York Stock Exchange (http://www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional Service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing sale price or last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the New York Stock Exchange and as reported by Bloomberg Professional Service, the closing sale price and last reported sale price on the website of the New York Stock Exchange will govern.

 

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For purposes of calculating the Closing Price, if a Reorganization Event has occurred and (1) the Exchange Property consists only of shares of common securities, the Closing Price shall be based on the Closing Price of such common securities; (2) the Exchange Property consists only of cash, the Closing Price shall be the cash amount paid per share; and (3) the Exchange Property consists of securities, cash and/or other property, the Closing Price shall be based on the sum, as applicable, of (x) the Closing Price of such common securities, (y) the cash amount paid per Common Share and (z) the value (as determined by the Board of Directors from time-to-time) of any other securities or property paid to holders of Common Shares in connection with the Reorganization Event.

(g) “Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.

(h) “Conversion Agent” means Computershare Investor Services LLC, acting in its capacity as conversion agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns or any other conversion agent appointed by the Corporation.

(i) “Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(B) hereof.

(j) “Conversion Rate” means for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, 7.0922 Common Shares, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

(k) “Current Market Price” per Common Share on any date of determination means the average of the VWAP per Common Share on each of the 10 consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on the earlier of the day in question and the day before the Ex-Date or other specified date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of any event described in Section 14(a)(i) through (v) hereof.

(l) “Depositary” means DTC or its nominee or any successor depositary appointed by the Corporation.

(m) “Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(n) “Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(o) “Dividend Threshold Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iv) hereof.

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

(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(r) “Exchange Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(a) hereof.

(s) “Ex-Date” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which such Common Shares or other securities trade without the right to receive an issuance or distribution with respect thereto.

(t) “Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(v) hereof.

(u) “Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(v) hereof.

(v) “Fiscal Quarter” means, with respect to the Corporation, the fiscal quarter publicly disclosed by the Corporation.

 

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(w) “Fundamental Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d)(i) hereof.

(x) “Holder” means the Person in whose name the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Corporation, Transfer Agent, Registrar, paying agent and Conversion Agent as the absolute owner of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.

(y) “Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series A Preferred Stock has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(z) “Make-Whole Acquisition” means the occurrence, prior to any Conversion Date, of one of the following:

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of common equity of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Shares; or

(ii) consummation of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation or similar transaction or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Corporation’s subsidiaries, in each case, pursuant to which the Common Shares will be converted into cash, securities, or other property, other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, Voting Shares immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Voting Shares representing a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Shares of the continuing or surviving Person immediately after the transaction;

provided, however that a Make-Whole Acquisition will not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration received by holders of the Common Shares in the transaction or transactions (as determined by the Board of Directors) consists of shares of common securities of a Person or American Depositary Receipts in respect of such common securities that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or a securities exchange in the European Economic Area or that will be traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or a securities exchange in the European Economic Area when issued or exchanged in connection with a Make-Whole Acquisition.

(aa) “Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c)(i) hereof.

(bb) “Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c)(i) hereof.

(cc) “Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c)(i) hereof.

(dd) “Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price” means the price paid per Common Share in the event of a Make-Whole Acquisition. If the holders of Common Shares receive only cash in the Make-Whole Acquisition in a single per-share amount, other than with respect to appraisal and similar rights, the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price shall be the cash amount paid per Common Share. For purposes of the preceding sentence as applied to a Make-Whole Acquisition of the type set forth in clause (a) of the definition Make-Whole Acquisition, a single price per Common Share shall be deemed to have been paid only if the transaction or transactions that caused the Make-Whole Acquisition to occur was a tender offer for more than 50% of the then-outstanding Common Shares. Otherwise, the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price shall be the average of the Closing Price per Common Share on the ten Trading Days up to, but not including, the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date.

(ee) “Make-Whole Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c)(i) hereof.

(ff) “Mandatory Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(b)(iii) hereof.

 

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(gg) “Market Disruption Event” means any of the following events that has occurred:

(i) any suspension of, or limitation imposed on, trading by any exchange or quotation system on which the VWAP is determined pursuant to the definition of the VWAP Trading Day (a “ Relevant Exchange ”) during the one-hour period prior to the close of trading for the regular trading session on the Relevant Exchange (or for purposes of determining the VWAP per Common Share any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer during the regular trading session on the relevant day) and whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or otherwise relating to Common Shares or in futures or options contracts relating to the Common Shares on the Relevant Exchange;

(ii) any event (other than an event described in clause (c)) that disrupts or impairs (as determined by the Corporation in its reasonable discretion) the ability of market participants during the one-hour period prior to the close of trading for the regular trading session on the Relevant Exchange (or for purposes of determining the VWAP per Common Share any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer during the regular trading session on the relevant day) in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the Common Shares on the Relevant Exchange or to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, futures or options contracts relating to the Common Shares on the Relevant Exchange; or

(iii) the failure to open of the Relevant Exchange on which futures or options contracts relating to the Common Shares, are traded or the closure of such Relevant Exchange prior to its respective scheduled closing time for the regular trading session on such day (without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours) unless such earlier closing time is announced by such Relevant Exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such day and the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such Relevant Exchange for execution at the actual closing time on such day.

(hh) “Notice of Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(b)(iii) hereof.

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

(jj) “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.

(kk) “Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(v) hereof.

(ll) “Record Date” has the meaning, for purposes of Section 14 hereof, as set forth in Section 14(d) hereof.

(mm) “Reference Price” means the applicable Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price.

(nn) “Registrar” means Computershare Investor Services LLC, in its capacity as registrar for the Series A Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns or any other registrar appointed by the Corporation.

(oo) “Relevant Exchange” has the meaning set forth above in the definition of Market Disruption Event.

(pp) “Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 15(a) hereof.

(qq) “Series A Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

(rr) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Shares:

(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or in the over-the-counter market at the close of business; and

 

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(ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or in the over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Shares.

(ss) “Transfer Agent” shall mean Computershare Investor Services LLC, acting in its capacity as transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns or any other transfer agent appointed by the Corporation.

(tt) “Voting Parity Stock” means any Parity Stock having similar voting rights as the Series A Preferred Stock.

(uu) “Voting Shares” of a Person means shares of all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

(vv) “VWAP” per Common Share on any VWAP Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page KEY<equity>AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant VWAP Trading Day until the close of trading on the relevant VWAP Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one Common Share on such VWAP Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized investment banking firm (unaffiliated with the Corporation) retained for this purpose by the Corporation). The VWAP for any other share of Capital Stock shall be determined on a comparable basis, mutatis mutandis.

(ww) “VWAP Trading Day” means, for purposes of determining a VWAP per Common Share, a Business Day on which the Relevant Exchange (as defined in the definition of Market Disruption Event) is scheduled to be open for business and on which there has not occurred or does not exist a Market Disruption Event.

Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate . Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $100 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing on September 15, 2008 (each a “ Dividend Payment Date ”); provided , however , if any such day is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any adjustment in respect of such delay to the amount of the dividends paid on such date). The period from and including the date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock or any Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date is a “ Dividend Period .” In the event that additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued after the original issue date, dividends on such shares shall accrue from (i) if the original issue date of such additional shares is a Dividend Payment Date, from such date, or (ii) if the original issue date is a date other than a Dividend Payment Date, from the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date or, if no Dividend Payment Date has yet occurred, from the issue date of the Series A Preferred Stock. Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock will accrue on the liquidation preference of $100 per share at a rate per annum equal to 7.750%. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month during which the Dividend Payment Date falls. The amount of dividends payable shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.

(b) Non-Cumulative Dividends . Dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not cumulate and shall cease to accrue and be payable and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the Holders shall have no right to receive, dividends accrued for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series A Preferred Stock, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

 

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(c) Priority of Dividends . So long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, on any day during a Dividend Period (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (ii) 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 Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), 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 (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, in each case unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the immediately preceding Dividend Period have been paid in full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside. When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock will be declared on a proportional basis so that the amount of dividends declared per share will bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends from prior periods in the case of any Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Parity Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, Holders shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to or on parity with Series A Preferred Stock upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $100 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends. The Holder shall not be entitled to any further payments in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

(b) Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any authorized, declared and unpaid dividends to all Holders and all holders of any Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the Holders and to the holders of all Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any authorized, declared and unpaid dividends of Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock.

(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any authorized, declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all Holders and all holders of any Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or person or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other corporation or person into or with the Corporation be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  6 . Redemption . The Series A Preferred Stock will not be redeemable at any time.

Section  7 . Voting Rights . The Holders will have no voting rights on any matter, except as expressly provided in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of this Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . [Intentionally Omitted]

Section  9 . Repurchase . Subject to the limitations imposed herein, the Corporation may purchase and sell Series A Preferred Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent.

Section  10 . Unissued or Reacquired Shares . Shares of Series A Preferred Stock not issued or which have been issued and converted, redeemed or otherwise purchased or acquired by the Corporation shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock without designation as to series.

Section  11 . No Sinking Fund . Shares of Series A Preferred Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund.

Section  12 . Right to Convert. Each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, at any time, to convert all or any portion of such Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock into Common Shares at the Applicable Conversion Rate (subject to the conversion procedures set forth in Section 13 herein) plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.

Section  13 . Conversion.

(a) Conversion Procedures .

(i) Effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date, dividends shall no longer be declared on any converted shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the right of Holders to receive any declared and unpaid dividends on such shares and any other payments to which they are otherwise entitled pursuant to Section 12, Section 13(b), Section 13(c), Section 13(d), Section 15 or Section 16, as applicable.

(ii) Prior to the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date, Common Shares issuable upon conversion of, or other securities issuable upon conversion of, any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Shares or other securities issuable upon conversion (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Shares and/or other securities issuable upon conversion), by virtue of holding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(iii) The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Shares and/or other securities issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Common Shares and/or such other securities as of the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date except to the extent that all or a portion of such Common Shares is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 18. In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which Common Shares and/or cash, other securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Corporation through book-entry transfer through the Depositary.

 

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(iv) Conversion into Common Shares will occur on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date as follows:

(A) On the Mandatory Conversion Date or applicable Conversion Date, certificates or evidence of shares in book-entry form representing Common Shares shall be issued and delivered to Holders or their designee upon presentation and surrender of the certificate evidencing the Series A Preferred Stock to the Conversion Agent if shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are held in certificated form, and, if required, the furnishing of appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the payment of all transfer and similar taxes. If a Holder’s interest is a beneficial interest in a global certificate representing Series A Preferred Stock, a book-entry transfer through the Depositary will be made by the Conversion Agent upon compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a global security.

(B) On the date of any conversion at the option of Holders pursuant to Section 12, Section 13(c) or Section 13(d), if a Holder’s interest is in certificated form, a Holder must do each of the following in order to convert:

(1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice provided by the Conversion Agent, or a facsimile of the conversion notice, and deliver this irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent;

(2) surrender the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Conversion Agent;

(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;

(4) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes; and

(5) if required, pay funds equal to any declared and unpaid dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date.

If a Holder’s interest is a beneficial interest in a global certificate representing Series A Preferred Stock, in order to convert a Holder must comply with clauses (3) through (5) listed above and comply with the Depositary’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a global security.

The date on which a Holder complies with the procedures in this clause (iv) is the “ Conversion Date .”

(C) The Conversion Agent shall, on a Holder’s behalf, convert the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Shares and/or cash, other securities or other property (involving payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares), in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by such Holder described in clause (B) above. If a Conversion Date on which a Holder elects to convert Series A Preferred Stock is prior to the record date relating to any declared dividend for the Dividend Period, such Holder will not have the right to receive any declared dividends for that Dividend Period. If a Conversion Date on which a Holder elects to convert Series A Preferred Stock or the Mandatory Conversion Date is after the record date for any declared dividend and prior to the Dividend Payment Date, such Holder shall receive that dividend on the relevant Dividend Payment Date if such Holder was the Holder of record on the record date for that dividend. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the Conversion Date is after the record date relating to any declared dividend for the Dividend Period and prior to the Dividend Payment Date, whether or not such Holder was the Holder of record on the record date relating to any declared dividend for the Dividend Period, the Holder must pay to the Conversion Agent upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock an amount in cash equal to the full dividend actually paid on the Dividend Payment Date for the then-current Dividend Period on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, unless the Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being converted pursuant to Section 13(b), Section 13(c) or Section 13(d).

 

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(b) Mandatory Conversion at the Corporation’s Option .

(i) On or after June 15, 2013, the Corporation may, at its option, at any time or from time to time, cause some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted into Common Shares at the Applicable Conversion Rate if, for 20 Trading Days during any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, including the last Trading Day of such period, the Closing Price of the Common Shares exceeds 130% of the Applicable Conversion Price of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation will provide Notice of Mandatory Conversion as set forth in Section 13(b)(iii) within three Trading Days after the end of the 30 consecutive Trading Day period.

(ii) If the Corporation elects to cause less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted under clause (i) above, the Conversion Agent will select the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted by lot, or on a pro rata basis or by another method the Conversion Agent considers fair and appropriate, including any method required by the Depositary (so long as such method is not prohibited by the rules of any stock exchange or quotation association on which the Series A Preferred Stock is then traded or quoted). If the Conversion Agent selects a portion of a Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock for partial conversion at the Corporation’s option and such Holder converts a portion of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the same time, the portion converted at such Holder’s option will reduce the portion selected for conversion at the Corporation’s option under this Section 13(b).

(iii) If the Corporation exercises the optional conversion right described in this Section 13(b), the Corporation shall give notice (such notice a “ Notice of Mandatory Conversion ”) by (1) providing a notice of such conversion by first class mail to each Holder of record for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted or (2) issuing a press release and making this information available on its website. The Conversion Date shall be a date selected by the Corporation (the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ”), not less than 10 days, and not more than 20 days, after the date on which the Corporation provides the Notice of Mandatory Conversion. In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall state, as appropriate:

(A) the Mandatory Conversion Date;

(B) the number of Common Shares to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock; and

(C) the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted.

(c) Conversion upon Make-Whole Acquisition .

(i) In the event of a Make-Whole Acquisition occurring prior to a Mandatory Conversion Date or Conversion Date, each Holder shall have the option to convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock (a “ Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion ”) during the period (the “ Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion Period ”) beginning on the effective date of the Make-Whole Acquisition (the “ Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date ”) and ending on the date that is 30 days after the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date and receive an additional number of Common Shares (the “ Make-Whole Shares ”) as set forth in clause (ii) below.

(ii) The number of Make-Whole Shares per share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by reference to the following table for the applicable Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date and the applicable Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price:

 

Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price  

Effective Date

   $11.75      $12.00      $13.00      $14.00      $15.00      $16.00      $17.00      $18.00      $20.00      $25.00      $30.00      $50.00      $100.00  

June 18, 2008

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2987        1.1200        0.9749        0.8556        0.7566        0.6734        0.5429        0.3431        0.2352        0.0771        0.0000  

June 15, 2009

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2833        1.1057        0.9615        0.8369        0.7030        0.6162        0.4816        0.2823        0.1807        0.0466        0.0000  

June 15, 2010

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2603        1.0914        0.9451        0.8074        0.6939        0.5999        0.4558        0.2494        0.1508        0.0350        0.0000  

June 15, 2011

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2295        1.0771        0.9295        0.7774        0.6527        0.5502        0.3957        0.1874        0.0993        0.0172        0.0000  

June 15, 2012

     1.4184        1.4055        1.1910        1.0628        0.8811        0.7057        0.5629        0.4467        0.2782        0.0803        0.0211        0.0000        0.0000  

June 15, 2013

     1.4184        1.3639        1.1526        1.0485        0.8517        0.6105        0.4377        0.2884        0.0688        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

June 15, 2014

     1.4184        1.3805        1.1757        1.0771        0.8784        0.6292        0.4494        0.2940        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

June 15, 2015 

     1.4184        1.3972        1.1987        1.1057        0.9050        0.6480        0.4612        0.2996        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

 

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Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price  

Effective Date

   $11.75      $12.00      $13.00      $14.00      $15.00      $16.00      $17.00      $18.00      $20.00      $25.00      $30.00      $50.00      $100.00  

June 15, 2016

     1.4184        1.4139        1.2218        1.1342        0.9317        0.6667        0.4730        0.3051        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

June 15, 2017

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2449        1.1628        0.9584        0.6855        0.4847        0.3107        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

June 15, 2018

     1.4184        1.4184        1.2680        1.1914        0.9850        0.7042        0.4965        0.3162        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

Thereafter

     0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

(A) The exact Make-Whole Acquisition Share Prices and Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table, in which case:

(1) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price is between two Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price amounts in the table or the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date is between two dates in the table, the number of Make-Whole Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the number of Make-Whole Shares set forth for the higher and lower Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price amounts and the two Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(2) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price is in excess of $100 per share (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14), no Make-Whole Shares will be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; and

(3) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Price is less than $11.75 per share (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14), no Make-Whole Shares will be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

(B) The Make-Whole Acquisition Share Prices set forth in the table above are subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 14 hereof and shall be adjusted as of any date the Conversion Rate is adjusted. The adjusted Make-Whole Acquisition Share Prices will equal the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Make-Whole Acquisition Share Prices adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. Each of the number of Make-Whole Shares in the table shall also be subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.

(iii) On or before the 20th day prior to the date the Corporation anticipates being the effective date for the Make-Whole Acquisition or within two business days of becoming aware of a Make-Whole Acquisition of the type set forth in clause (a) of the definition Make-Whole Acquisition, a written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the anticipated effective date or effective date of the Make-Whole Acquisition; and

(B) the date, which shall be 30 days after the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date, by which a Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion must be exercised.

(iv) On the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, another written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the date that shall be 30 days after the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date;

(B) the number of Make-Whole Shares;

(C) the amount of cash, securities and other consideration receivable by a Holder upon conversion; and

(D) the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise its conversion option in connection with such Make Whole Acquisition.

 

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(v) To exercise a Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion option, a Holder must, no later than 5:00 p.m., Cleveland, Ohio time on or before the date by which the Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion option must be exercised as specified in the notice delivered under clause (iv) above, comply with the procedures set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(B).

(vi) If a Holder does not elect to exercise the Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion option in accordance with the provisions specified in this Section 13(c), the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or successor security held by it shall remain outstanding (unless otherwise converted as provided herein), and the Holder will not be eligible to receive Make-Whole Shares.

(vii) Upon a Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion, the Conversion Agent shall, except as otherwise provided in the instructions provided by the Holder thereof in the written notice provided to the Corporation or its successor as set forth in Section 13(a)(iv) above, deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or other property as are issuable with respect to Make-Whole Shares in the Make-Whole Acquisition.

(viii) In the event that a Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion is effected with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security representing less than all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security held by a Holder, upon such Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion the Corporation or its successor shall execute and the Conversion Agent shall, unless otherwise instructed in writing, countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation or its successors, a certificate evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or such successor security held by the Holder as to which a Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion was not effected.

(d) Conversion Upon Fundamental Change .

(i) If the Reference Price in connection with a Make-Whole Acquisition is less than $11.75 (a “ Fundamental Change ”), a Holder may elect to convert each share of Series A Preferred Stock during the period beginning on the effective date of the Fundamental Change and ending on the date that is 30 days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change at an adjusted conversion price equal to the greater of (1) the Reference Price and (2) $5.875, subject to adjustment as described in clause (ii) below (the “ Base Price ”). If the Reference Price is less than the Base Price, Holders will receive a maximum of 17.0213 Common Shares per share of Series A Preferred Stock converted, subject to adjustment as a result of any adjustment to the Base Price described in clause (ii) below.

(ii) The Base Price shall be adjusted as of any date the Conversion Rate of the Series A Preferred Stock is adjusted pursuant to Section 14. The adjusted Base Price shall equal the Base Price applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Conversion Rate adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

(iii) In lieu of issuing Common Shares upon conversion in the event of a Fundamental Change, the Corporation may at its option, and if it obtains any necessary regulatory approval, pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the Reference Price for each Common Share otherwise issuable upon conversion.

(iv) On or before the 20th day prior to the date the Corporation anticipates being the effective date for the Fundamental Change or within two business days of becoming aware of the Fundamental Change if it is a Make-Whole Acquisition of the type set forth in clause (a) of the definition Make-Whole Acquisition, a written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the anticipated effective date of the Fundamental Change; and

(B) the date, which shall be 30 days after the anticipated effective date of a Fundamental Change, by which a Fundamental Change conversion must be exercised.

 

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(v) On the effective date of a Fundamental Change or as soon as practicable thereafter, another written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the date that shall be 30 days after the effective date of the Fundamental Change;

(B) the Applicable Conversion Price following the Fundamental Change;

(C) the amount of cash, securities and other consideration received by a Holder upon conversion; and

(D) the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise its conversion option in connection with such Fundamental Change.

(vi) To exercise its conversion option upon a Fundamental Change, a Holder must, no later than 5:00 p.m., Cleveland, Ohio time on or before the date by which the conversion option upon the Fundamental Change must be exercised as specified in the notice delivered under clause (v) above, comply with the procedures set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(B) and indicate that it is exercising the Fundamental Change conversion option.

(vii) If a Holder does not elect to exercise its conversion option upon a Fundamental Change in accordance with the provisions specified in this Section 13(d), the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or successor security held by it shall remain outstanding (unless otherwise converted as provided herein) and the Holder will not be eligible to convert its shares pursuant to this Section 13(d).

(viii) Upon a conversion upon a Fundamental Change, the Conversion Agent shall, except as otherwise provided in the instructions provided by the Holder thereof in the written notice provided to the Corporation or its successor as set forth in Section 13(a)(iv), deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or other property as are issuable with respect to the adjusted conversion price following the Fundamental Change.

(ix) In the event that a conversion upon a Fundamental Change is effected with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security representing less than all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security held by a Holder, upon such conversion the Corporation or its successor shall execute and the Conversion Agent shall, unless otherwise instructed in writing, countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a certificate evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or such successor security held by the Holder as to which a conversion upon a Fundamental Change was not affected.

Section  14 . Anti-Dilution Adjustments.

(a) Adjustments . The Conversion Rate will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, under the following circumstances:

(i) The issuance of Common Shares as a dividend or distribution to all holders of Common Shares or a subdivision or combination of Common Shares (other than in connection with a Reorganization Event), in which event the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 x (OS 1 / OS 0 )

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date
OS 0    =    the number of Common Shares outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date prior to giving effect to such event
OS 1    =    the number of Common Shares that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such event

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no adjustment will be made for the issuance of Common Shares as a dividend or distribution to all holders of Common Shares that is made in lieu of a quarterly or annual cash dividend or distribution to such holders, to the extent such dividend or distribution does not exceed the applicable Dividend Threshold Amount (with the amount of any such dividend or distribution equaling the number of such shares being issued multiplied by the average of the VWAP of the Common Shares over each of the five consecutive VWAP Trading Days prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution) and (2) in the event any dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination that is the subject of this Section 14(a)(i) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution or effect such subdivision or combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or such subdivision or combination had not been announced.

(ii) The issuance to all holders of Common Shares of certain rights or warrants (other than rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or rights or warrants issued in connection with a Reorganization Event) entitling them for a period expiring 60 days or less from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants to purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into Common Shares) at less than (or having a conversion price per share less than) the Current Market Price as of the Record Date, in which event each Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 x [(OS 0 + X) / (OS 0 + Y)]

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date
OS 0    =    the number of Common Shares outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date
X    =    the total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants (or upon conversion of such securities)
Y    =    the number of shares equal to the quotient of the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants (or the conversion price for such securities paid upon conversion) divided by the average of the VWAP of the Common Shares over each of the ten consecutive VWAP Trading Days prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the announcement of the issuance of such rights or warrants

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) in the event that such rights or warrants described in this Section 14(a)(ii) are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared and (2) to the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or Common Shares are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of Common Shares actually delivered.

In determining the aggregate price payable for such Common Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors). If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate may be required pursuant to this Section 14(a)(ii), delivery of any additional Common Shares that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required pursuant to this Section 14(a)(ii) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 14(a)(ii).

(iii) The dividend or other distribution to all holders of Common Shares of shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (other than the Common Shares) or evidences of its indebtedness or its assets (excluding any dividend, distribution or issuance covered by clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above or (a)(iv) below, any dividend or distribution in connection with a Reorganization Event or any spin-off to which the provisions set forth below in this clause (a)(iii) apply) in which event the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR 1 = CR 0 x [SP 0 / (SP 0 – FMV)]

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date
SP 0    =    the Current Market Price as of the Record Date
FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) on the Record Date of the shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed, applicable to one Common Share

However, if the transaction that gives rise to an adjustment pursuant to this clause (iii) is one pursuant to which the payment of a dividend or other distribution on Common Shares consists of shares of Capital Stock of, or similar equity interests in, a subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation (i.e., a spin-off) that are, or, when issued, will be, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other national or regional securities exchange or market, then the Conversion Rate will instead be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 x [(FMV 0 + MP 0 ) / MP 0 ]

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date
FMV 0    =    the average of the VWAP of the Capital Stock distributed to holders of Common Shares applicable to one Common Share over each of the 10 consecutive VWAP Trading Days commencing on and including the third VWAP Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional exchange or association or over-the-counter market, or, if not so traded or quoted, the fair market value of the Capital Stock or similar equity interests distributed to holders of Common Shares applicable to one Common Share as determined by the Board of Directors
MP 0    =    the average of the VWAP of the Common Shares over each of the 10 consecutive VWAP Trading Days commencing on and including the third VWAP Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional exchange or association or in the over-the-counter market on which Common Shares is then traded or quoted

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) if any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14(a)(iii) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate may be required under this Section 14(a)(iii), delivery of any additional Common Shares that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 14(a)(iii) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 14(a)(iii).

(iv) The Corporation makes a distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Shares, excluding (a) any regular cash dividend on Common Shares to the extent that the aggregate cash dividend per Common Share does not exceed $0.1875 in any fiscal quarter (the “ Dividend Threshold Amount ”) and (b) any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the Corporation or any its subsidiaries referred to in clause (v) below, in which event, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR 1 = CR 0 x [SP 0 / (SP 0 – C)]

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date
SP 0    =    the Current Market Price as of the Record Date
C    =    the amount in cash per share equal to (1) in the case of a regular quarterly dividend, the amount the Corporation distributes to holders or pays, less the Dividend Threshold Amount or (2) in any other case, the amount the Corporation distributes to holders or pays

The Dividend Threshold Amount is subject to adjustment on an inversely proportional basis whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted; provided that no adjustment will be made to the Dividend Threshold Amount for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this clause (iv).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14(a)(iv) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(v) The Corporation or one or more of its subsidiaries make purchases of Common Shares pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer by the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation for Common Shares to the extent that the cash and value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of any other consideration included in the payment per Common Share validly tendered or exchanged exceeds the VWAP per Common Share on the VWAP Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Date ”), in which event the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 x [(FMV + (SP 1 x OS 1 ) / (SP 1 x OS 0 )]

where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Expiration Date
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Date
FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), on the Expiration Date, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “ Purchased Shares ”)

 

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OS 1    =    the number of Common Shares outstanding as of the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Time ”) less any Purchased Shares
OS 0    =    the number of Common Shares outstanding at the Expiration Time, including any Purchased Shares
SP 1    =    the average of the VWAP of the Common Shares over each of the ten consecutive VWAP Trading Days commencing with the VWAP Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation, or one of its subsidiaries, is obligated to purchase Common Shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Corporation or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate may be required under this Section 14(a)(v), delivery of any additional Common Shares that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 14(a)(v) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 14(a)(v).

(b) Calculation of Adjustments . All adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be calculated by the Corporation to the nearest 1/10,000th of one Common Share (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent; provided, however , that any such minor adjustments that are not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and provided further that any such adjustment of less than one percent that has not been made will be made prior to any conversion pursuant to Section 13(b), Section 13(c) or Section 13(d).

(c) When No Adjustment Required .

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 14, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for the issuance of Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing or for the repurchase of Common Shares.

(ii) Rights Plans . To the extent that the Corporation has a stockholders’ rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Shares, Holders will receive, in addition to any of the Common Shares deliverable and in lieu of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the rights under the stockholders’ rights plan, unless prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from Common Shares, in which case the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if we distributed to all holders of Common Shares, shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or assets as described in Section 14(a)(iii). A further adjustment will occur as described in Section 14(a)(iii), if such rights become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or assets, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

(iii) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made:

(A) upon the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Shares under any plan;

(B) upon the issuance of any Common Shares or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; or

(C) upon the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date the Series A Preferred Stock was first issued.

 

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(iv) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made for a transaction referred to in Section 14(a)(i) through (v) if Holders may participate in the transaction on a basis and with notice that the Board of Directors determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the basis and notice on which holders of Common Shares participate in the transaction.

(v) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made for a change in the par value of the Common Shares.

(vi) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be made to the extent that such adjustment would result in the Conversion Price being less than the par value of the Common Shares.

(d) Record Date . For purposes of this Section 14, “ Record Date ” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Shares have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Shares (or other applicable security) are exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Shares entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

(e) Successive Adjustments . After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Section 14 shall cause an adjustment to such Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

(f) Multiple Adjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 14 under more than one subsection hereof, such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder.

(g) Other Adjustments . The Corporation may (but is not required to) make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 14(a)(i) through (v), as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Shares resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.

In addition to the foregoing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 business days, the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Corporation, which determination shall be conclusive.

(h) Notice of Adjustments . Whenever a Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided under Section 14, the Corporation shall within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an event that requires such adjustment (or if the Corporation is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming so aware) or within 15 calendar days of the date the Corporation makes an adjustment pursuant to Section 14(g):

(i) compute the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 14 and prepare and transmit to the Conversion Agent an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the applicable Conversion Rate, as the case may be, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

(ii) provide a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate was determined and setting forth the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate.

(i) Conversion Agent . The Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment of the applicable Conversion Rate or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Conversion Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 14(h) and any adjustment contained therein and the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such certificate. The Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares, or of any securities or property, that may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any of

 

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the Series A Preferred Stock; and the Conversion Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Conversion Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Shares pursuant to the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Corporation contained in this Section 14.

Section  15 . Reorganization Events.

(a) In the event of (any such event specified in this Section 15(a), a “ Reorganization Event ”):

(i) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person, in each case pursuant to which the Common Shares will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the Corporation or another Person;

(ii) any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case pursuant to which the Common Shares will be converted into cash, securities, or other property; or

(iii) any reclassification of the Common Shares into securities, including securities other than the Common Shares; or

(iv) any statutory exchange of the Corporation’s securities with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition);

each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders, become convertible into the types and amounts of securities, cash, and other property that is or was receivable in such Reorganization Event by a holder of Common Shares that was not the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an affiliate of such other party in exchange for such Common Shares (such securities, cash, and other property, the “ Exchange Property ”).

(b) In the event that holders of Common Shares have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the consideration that the Holders are entitled to receive upon conversion shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received by the majority of the holders of Common Shares that affirmatively make an election (or of all such holders if none make an election). On each Conversion Date following a Reorganization Event, the Conversion Rate then in effect will be applied to the value on such Conversion Date of the securities, cash, or other property received per Common Share, determined as set forth above. The amount of Exchange Property receivable upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 12, Section 13(b), Section 13(c) or Section 13(d) hereof shall be determined based upon the then Applicable Conversion Rate.

(c) The above provisions of this Section 15 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 14 shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (or any successor) received by the holders of the Common Shares in any such Reorganization Event.

(d) The Corporation (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such event and of the type and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 15.

Section  16 . Fractional Shares.

(a) No fractional Common Shares will be issued as a result of any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) In lieu of any fractional Common Share otherwise issuable in respect of any conversion at the Corporation’s option pursuant to Section 13(b) hereof or any conversion at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 12, Section 13(c) or Section 13(d) hereof, the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Shares determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the effective date of conversion.

 

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(c) If more than one share of the Series A Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full Common Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.

Section  17 . Reservation of Common Shares.

(a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as provided in these Articles of Amendment, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding, calculated assuming the Applicable Conversion Price equals the Base Price, subject to adjustment as described under Section 14. For purposes of this Section 17(a), the number of Common Shares that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.

(b) All Common Shares delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

(c) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

(d) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, so long as the Common Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed all the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Shares until the first conversion of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.

Section  18 . Limitations on Beneficial Ownership . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and subject to the last sentence of this Section 18, no Holder will be entitled to receive Common Shares upon conversion pursuant to Section 12 and Section 13 hereof to the extent, but only to the extent, that such receipt would cause such converting holder to become, directly or indirectly, a “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 9.9% of the Common Shares outstanding at such time. Any delivery of Common Shares upon a purported conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be void and have no effect and such shares shall for all purposes continue to represent outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would result in the converting holder becoming the beneficial owner of more than 9.9% of the Common Shares outstanding at such time. If any delivery of Common Shares owed to a holder upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this limitation, the Corporation’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Corporation shall deliver such shares as promptly as practicable after any such converting holder gives notice to the Corporation that such delivery would not result in it being the beneficial owner of more than 9.9% of the Common Shares outstanding at such time. Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph to the contrary, these limitations on beneficial ownership shall not be applicable to or limit the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted as a result of a mandatory conversion by the Corporation pursuant to Section 13(b).

Section  19 . Preemptive or Subscription Rights . The Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive or subscription rights.

 

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PART E

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B

Section  1 . Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B” (the “ Designated Preferred Stock ”). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 25,000.

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

Section  3 . Definitions. The following terms are used in this Part E (including the Standard Provisions in Part G hereto) as defined below:

(a) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation.

(b) “Dividend Payment Date” means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year.

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

(d) “Liquidation Amount” means $100,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.

(e) “Minimum Amount” means $625,000,000.

(f) “Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively). Without limiting the foregoing, Parity Stock shall include the Corporation’s 7.750% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A.

(g) “Signing Date” means the Original Issue Date.

Section  4 . Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent, as provided for in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  5 . No Senior Stock . For so long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not authorize, or create or increase the authorized amount of, or issue, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior or prior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

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PART F

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE PERPETUAL NONCUMULATIVE PREFERRED

STOCK, SERIES C

Section  1 . Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series is “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C” (“ Series C ”). Each share of Series C shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series C.

Section  2 . Number of Shares. The number of shares of Series C shall be 14,000,000. Such number may from time to time 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 C then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series C that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

Section  3 . Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series C:

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

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

(c) “Calculation Agent” means First Niagara Bank, N.A., or a successor calculation agent with respect to shares of Series C.

(d) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation.

(e) “Dividend Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4(a).

(f) “Dividend Junior Stock” means the Common Stock or any class or series of stock of the Corporation over which Series C has preference or priority in the payment of current dividends.

(g) “Dividend Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series C in the payment of current dividends.

(h) “Dividend Payment Date” means (i) during the Fixed Rate Period, each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, and (ii) during the Floating Rate Period, each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

(i) “Dividend Period” means each period commencing on and including a Dividend Payment Date (other than (i) the initial dividend period which shall commence on and include the date of original issuance of shares of Series C, and (ii) the Dividend Period commencing in February 2017, which shall commence on February 15, 2017 irrespective of whether such day is a Business Day) and continuing to and including the calendar day preceding the next Dividend Payment Date.

(j) “Fixed Rate Period” means the period from and including the date of original issuance of shares of Series C to but excluding February 15, 2017.

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(l) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks junior to Series C as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(m) “Liquidation Preference” means $25 per share of Series C.

(n) “Liquidating Distribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Sections 5(a) and 5(b).

(o) “London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

(p) “Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation that ranks on a parity with Series C in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(q) “Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6(a).

(r) “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of our consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the date when the Series C was first issued) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

(s) “Three-Month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as that rate appears on “Reuters screen page LIBOR01” at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant Dividend Determination Date. If no offered rate appears on Reuters screen page LIBOR01 on the relevant Dividend Determination Date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Corporation, will select four major banks in the London interbank market and will 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, that is representative of single transactions at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the Calculation Agent will select three major banks in New York City and will 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 having an index maturity of three months for the applicable Dividend Period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided, Three-Month LIBOR will 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 will be equal to Three-Month LIBOR in effect for the then-current Dividend Period. “ Reuters screen page LIBOR01 ” means the display designated on the Reuters screen page LIBOR01 (or such other page as may replace Reuters screen page LIBOR01 on the service or such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association for purposes of displaying London interbank offered rates for United States dollar deposits).

Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Holders of Series C shall be entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof out of funds of the Corporation legally available therefor in amounts permitted by applicable regulatory authorities, noncumulative cash dividends on the Liquidation Preference, at (i) during the Fixed Rate Period, a rate of 8.625% per annum, and (ii) during the Floating Rate Period, a floating rate equal to Three-Month LIBOR plus a spread of 7.327% per annum, of the Liquidation Preference per share, and no more, payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date beginning February 15, 2012 with respect to the quarterly Dividend Period (or portion thereof) ending on the day preceding such respective Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record at 5:00 p.m, New York City time, on the 15 th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date not more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding such Dividend Payment Date fixed for that purpose by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, in advance of payment

 

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of each particular dividend. 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 is the “ Dividend Determination Date ” for the Dividend Period. The Calculation Agent then will add Three-Month LIBOR as determined on the Dividend Determination Date and the applicable spread. Absent manifest error, the Calculation Agent’s determination of the dividend rate for a Dividend Period shall be binding and conclusive on the holder of shares of Series C, the Transfer Agent, and the Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, dividends on the Series C shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable capital adequacy guidelines. The dividend payable per share of Series C for any period shorter or longer than a full quarterly Dividend Period that is included in the Fixed Rate Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The dividend payable per share of shares of Series C for any Dividend Period that is included in the Floating Rate Period shall be computed based on the actual number of days in such Dividend Period and a 360-day year. If a Dividend Payment Date occuring during the Fixed Rate Period is not a Business Day, the applicable dividend shall be paid on the first Business Day following that day without adjustment.

(b) Dividends Noncumulative. Dividends on shares of Series C shall not be cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series C on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such unpaid dividends shall not cumulate and shall cease to accrue and be payable, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series C shall have no right to receive, dividends accrued for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series C.

(c) Priority of Dividends. During any Dividend Period, so long as any share of Series C remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be paid or declared or set apart for any payment on and no distribution shall be made on any Dividend Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in stock that ranks junior to the Series C in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) and (ii) no shares of Dividend Junior Stock or Dividend Parity Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C for the most recently completed quarterly Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set apart for such payment); provided that the prohibition set forth in clause (ii) above shall not apply to: (A) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Dividend Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (B) purchases or other acquisitions by any broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Dividend Junior Stock or Dividend Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business, (C) purchases by any broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, (D) any dividends or distributions of rights or Dividend Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan, (E) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries of record ownership in Dividend Junior Stock or Dividend Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians and (F) the exchange or conversion of (x) Dividend Junior Stock for or into other Dividend Junior Stock or (y) Dividend Parity Stock for or into other Dividend Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Dividend Junior Stock and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares.

When dividends are not paid in full upon Series C and any Dividend Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon Series C and all Dividend Parity Stock shall be shared:

(i) first ratably by the holders of any Dividend Parity Stock who have the right to receive dividends with respect to past Dividend Periods for which such dividends were not declared and paid, in proportion to the respective amounts of such undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to past Dividend Periods, and

 

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(ii) thereafter ratably by the holders of Series C and any Dividend Parity Stock, in proportion to the respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to the current Dividend Period for Series C or Dividend Period for such Dividend Parity Stock, as applicable.

To the extent a dividend period with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to Series C, for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph the Board of Directors shall treat such Dividend Period as two or more consecutive Dividend Periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to Series C or in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable.

Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may be declared and paid on any Dividend Junior Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available therefor, and the shares of Series C shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Series C shall be entitled, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, to receive in full an amount per share equal to the Liquidation Preference per share, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment (but without any amount in respect of dividends that have not been declared prior to such payment date) (the “ Liquidating Distribution ”).

(b) Partial Payment. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay the Liquidating Distribution in full to all holders of Series C and all holders of any Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the holders of Series C and to the holders of all Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidating Distributions of Series C and all such Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the “ Liquidating Distribution ” of any holder of stock of the Corporation other than the Series C shall mean the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends (and, in the case of any holder of stock on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, as applicable).

(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidating Distribution has been paid in full to all holders of Series C and all holders of any Parity Stock, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Series C receive cash, securities or property for their shares, or the sale, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

Section  6 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Series C shall not be redeemable by the Corporation prior to February 15, 2017. The Corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency and to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to redemption set forth in the capital guidelines or regulations of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem in whole or from time to time in part the shares of Series C at the time outstanding, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after February 15, 2017 upon notice given as provided in Subsection (c) below, at the

 

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Redemption Price in effect at the redemption date as provided in this Section 6. The “ Redemption Price ” for shares of Series C shall be the Liquidation Preference per share, together (except as otherwise provided herein) with an amount equal to any dividends that have been declared but not paid prior to the redemption date (but with no amount in respect of any dividends that have not been declared prior to such date).

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

(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series C shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Series C designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series C issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Series C at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Series C to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the Redemption Price and, (4) if shares of Series C are evidenced by definitive certificates, the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series C at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series C shall be redeemed from time to time.

(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the Redemption Price of such shares.

Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Series C shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for the Series C may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series C as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  9 . Notices . All notices or communications in respect of the Series C shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted herein, in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or by applicable law.

Section  10 . Other Rights. The shares of Series C shall not have any preferences or relative, participating, optional, preemptive or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. The holders of Series C shall not have any rights to convert such Series C into, or exchange such Series C for, shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

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Section  11 . Certificates . The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series C without certificates.

PART G

STANDARD PROVISIONS

Section  1 . General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.

Section  2 . Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock:

(a) “Applicable Dividend Rate” means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9% per annum.

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

(c) “Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders.

(d) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.

(e) “Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations or comparable instrument relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.

(f) “Charter” means the Corporation’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.

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

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

(i) “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

(j) “Original Issue Date” means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.

(k) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred Stock.

(l) “Qualified Equity Offering” means the sale and issuance for cash by the Corporation to persons other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital

 

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of the Corporation at the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporation’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008).

(m) “Regulations” means the amended and restated regulations of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.

(n) “Share Dilution Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

(o) “Standard Provisions” mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.

(p) “Successor Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

(q) “Voting Parity Stock” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Section 7 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter.

Section  3 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date ( i.e ., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. The period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a “ Dividend Period ”, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.

Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.

Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a “ Dividend Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

 

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Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designations).

(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “ Share Dilution Amount ” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.

 

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Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Section  4 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the “ Liquidation Preference ”).

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

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

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

Section  5 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on

 

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such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided that (x) the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the “Minimum Amount” as defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the “ Successor Preferred Stock ”) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor).

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

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

(e) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.

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

(g) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.

 

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

Section  6 . Conversion. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.

Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  9 . Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or Regulations or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.

Section  10 . No Preemptive Rights. No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

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

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

PART H

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED

STOCK, SERIES D

Section  1 . Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series shall be “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D” (“Series D”). Each share of Series D shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series D. Series D will rank (i) equally with Parity Stock, if any, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and (ii) senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  2 . Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series D shall be 21,000. Such number may from time to time 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 D then outstanding) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shares of Series D that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance.

Section  3 . Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series D:

 

  (a)

“Articles of Incorporation” means the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Part H of Article IV.

 

  (b)

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

  (c)

“Business Day” means, for dividends payable during the Fixed Rate Period, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York or Cleveland, Ohio are permitted or required by any applicable law to close, and for dividends payable during the Floating Rate Period, any day that would be considered a Business Day during the Fixed Rate Period that is also a London Banking Day.

 

  (d)

“Calculation Agent” means KeyBank National Association or any other successor appointed by the Corporation, acting as calculation agent.

 

  (e)

“Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.

 

  (f)

“Depositary Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

 

  (g)

“Designated LIBOR Page” means the display on Reuters, or any successor service, on page LIBOR01, or any other page as may replace that page on that service, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates for U.S. dollars.

 

  (h)

“Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

  (i)

“Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

  (j)

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

 

  (k)

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

  (l)

“Fixed Rate Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

  (m)

“Floating Rate Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

  (n)

“Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series D has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

  (o)

“LIBOR Determination Date” means the second London Banking Day immediately preceding the first day of the relevant Dividend Period.

 

  (p)

“London Banking Day” means any day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in London.

 

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  (q)

“Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation, including the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as 7.750% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C, that ranks equally with Series D in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

  (r)

“Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.

 

  (s)

“Regulations” means the Amended and Restated Regulations of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time.

 

  (t)

“Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the Corporation’s determination, in good faith, that, as a result of any:

(i) amendment to, clarification of or change in (including any announced prospective amendment to, clarification of or change in), the laws or regulations or policies of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series D;

(ii) proposed amendment to or change in those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series D; or

(iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series D,

there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of Series D then outstanding as “additional tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series D is outstanding.

 

  (u)

“Representative Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-month LIBOR”.

 

  (v)

“Series D” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

 

  (w)

“Three-month LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Determination Date, the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on such page at such time, then the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered quotation to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in U.S. dollars for a term of three months as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount that, in the judgment of the Calculation Agent, is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in the relevant market at the relevant time (a “Representative Amount”). If at least two such quotations are so provided, Three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City to provide such bank’s rate for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a term of three months as of approximately 11:00 arm, New York City time, on such LIBOR Determination Date and in a Representative Amount. If three such quotations are so provided, Three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of Three-month LIBOR will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.

 

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Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Dividends on the Series D will not be mandatory. Holders of Series D shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $25,000 per share of Series D, quarterly in arrears on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2016 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). From the date of issuance to, but excluding, September 15, 2026 (the “Fixed Rate Period’), dividends will be calculated at an annual rate of 5.000%, and from, and including, September 15, 2026 (the “Floating Rate Period’), dividends will be calculated at an annual rate equal to Three-month LIBOR plus 3.606%. If, following the procedure set forth in the definition of Three-month LIBOR, the Calculation Agent is unable to determine Three-month LIBOR for any Floating Rate Period, then the dividend for such Floating Rate Period shall be calculated at the dividend rate in effect for the immediately preceding Dividend Period. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (without interest or other payment in respect of such delay). In the event that any Dividend Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and dividends will be calculated to, but excluding, the actual payment date. However if, during the Floating Rate Period, such postponed payment date would fall in the next calendar month following the relevant Dividend Payment Date, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on such date will be made on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date and dividends will be calculated to, but excluding, the actual payment date. The period from, and including, any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period; provided, however, that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of the Series D to, but excluding, December 15, 2016; and provided, further, that, during the Floating Rate Period for purposes of determining a Dividend Period only, the Dividend Payment Date shall be the actual payment date of the applicable dividends. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series D on a Dividend Payment Date shall be the 15 th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date (provided, however, that if any such day is not a Business Day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day) or such other date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. On such Dividend Payment Date, dividends shall be paid to the holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date. The amount of dividends payable during the Fixed Rate Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of any dividend payable during the Floating Rate Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated (without duplication) on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. The determination of Three-month LIBOR for each relevant Dividend Period by the Calculation Agent will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate, and its calculation of the amount of any dividend payable during the Floating Rate Period, will be maintained on file at the Calculation Agent’s principal offices. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof; dividends on the Series D shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable regulatory capital rules.

(b) Noncumulative Dividends . Dividends on shares of Series D shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series D on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall not be payable for such Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series D shall have no right to receive, dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series D, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized preferred stock of the Corporation.\

(c) Priority of Dividends . So long as any share of Series D remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, or any dividend or distribution of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock under any such plan) and (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into

 

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other Junior Stock, (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (C) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to or during the most recent preceding Dividend Period for which the full dividends for the then most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series D have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; unless, in each case, the full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series D for the then most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment in full thereof has been set aside for such payment). When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series D and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series D and any such Parity Stock shall be declared on a proportional basis. For purposes of calculating the proportional allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on the shares of the Series D and (i) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is non-cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock, and (ii) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. No interest will be payable in respect of any declared but unpaid dividend payment on shares of Series D that is paid after the relevant Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on the Series D on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice (which may be in the form of a press release or other public announcement) to the holders of the Series D prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock and any Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the holders of shares of Series D shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series D shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation may be made to the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to the Series D upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends, The holders of Series D shall not be entitled to any other amounts in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of Series D and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series D, the amounts paid to the holders of Series D and to the holders of all such other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends on the Series D and all such Parity Stock.

(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of Series D and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series D, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation . For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other entity into or with the Corporation in which the holders of Series D receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Series D, constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  6 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series D at the time outstanding, on the Dividend Payment Date on September 15, 2026 or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter, upon notice given as provided in Section 6(b) below. The redemption price for shares of Series D shall be $25,000 per share plus dividends that have been declared but not paid, without regard to, or payment of any undeclared dividends (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may provide notice of its intent to redeem, as provided in Section 6(b) below, and subsequently redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series D at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price applicable on such date of redemption.

(b) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series D shall be either (1) mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depositary Company, in its reasonable discretion, to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed. Such mailing or transmittal shall not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series D is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC. Any notice provided pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to provide such notice, or any defect in such notice or in the provision thereof, to any holder of shares of Series D designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series D. Each notice shall state (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series D to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder (or the method of determining such number); (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing such shares of Series D are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividend rights on the shares to be redeemed will cease on the redemption date.

(c) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series D at the time outstanding, the shares of Series D to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series D in proportion to the number of Series D held by such holders or by lot. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series D shall be redeemed from time to time.

(d) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (the “Depositary Company”) for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividend rights with respect to such shares will cease on the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the trust fund set aside by the Corporation or from the bank or trust company where the funds have been deposited at any time after the redemption date from such funds, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.

 

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Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Series D shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Conversion. The holders of Series D shall not have any rights to convert such Series D into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section  9 . Rank. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Regulations to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote of the holders of the Series D, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 2(e)(i) of Part A of Article IV, any class of securities ranking senior to the Series D as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  10 . Repurchase. The Corporation may purchase Series D from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, subject to any required prior Federal Reserve approval; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent or the funds are otherwise not legally available therefor under applicable law.

Section  11 . No Sinking Fund. The Series D will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series D will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series D.

Section  12 . Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and any transfer agent for the Series D may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series D as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  13 . Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series D shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in the Articles of incorporation or Regulations or by applicable law.

Section  14 . No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series D shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

Section  15 . Other Rights. The shares of Series D shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

Section  16 . Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issues shares of Series D without certificates.

PART I

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED

STOCK, SERIES E

Section  1 . Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series shall be “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E” (“Series E”). Each share of Series E shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series E. Series E will rank (i) equally with Parity Stock, if any, with respect to the payment of

 

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dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and (ii) senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  2 . Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series E shall be 500,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of all preferred stock minus the total number of authorized shares of other series of preferred stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series E then outstanding) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shares of Series E that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance.

Section  3 . Definitions . As used herein with respect to Series E:

(a) “Articles of Incorporation” means the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Part I of Article IV.

(b) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

(c) “Business Day” means, for dividends payable during the Fixed Rate Period, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York or Cleveland, Ohio are permitted or required by any applicable law to close, and for dividends payable during the Floating Rate Period, any day that would be considered a Business Day during the Fixed Rate Period that is also a London Banking Day.

(d) “Calculation Agent” means KeyBank National Association or any other successor appointed by the Corporation, acting as calculation agent.

(e) “Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.

(f) “Depositary Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

(g) “Designated LIBOR Page” means the display on Reuters, or any successor service, on page LIBOR01, or any other page as may replace that page on that service, for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates for U.S. dollars.

(h) “Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(i) “Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

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

(k) “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(l) “Fixed Rate Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(m) “Floating Rate Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(n) “Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series E has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(o) “LIBOR Determination Date” means the second London Banking Day immediately preceding the first day of the relevant Dividend Period.

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(q) “Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation, including the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as 7.750% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A; Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C; and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D, that ranks equally with Series E in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(r) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.

(s) “Regulations” means the Amended and Restated Regulations of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time.

(t) “Regulatory Capital Treatment Event” means the Corporation’s determination, in good faith, that, as a result of any:

(i) amendment to, clarification of or change in (including any announced prospective amendment to, clarification of or change in), the laws or regulations or policies of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series E;

(ii) proposed amendment to or change in those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series E; or

(iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series E,

there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of Series E then outstanding as “additional tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series E is outstanding.

 

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“Representative Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-month LIBOR”.

 

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“Series E” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

 

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“Three-month LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Determination Date, the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity of three months that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on such page at such time, then the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide such bank’s offered quotation to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in U.S. dollars for a term of three months as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount that, in the judgment of the Calculation Agent, is representative for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in the relevant market at the relevant time (a “Representative Amount”). If at least two such quotations are so provided, Three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City to provide such bank’s rate for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a term of three months as of approximately 11:00 arm, New York City time, on such LIBOR Determination Date and in a Representative Amount. If three such quotations are so provided, Three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of Three-month LIBOR will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.

 

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Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Dividends on the Series E will not be mandatory. Holders of Series E shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share of Series E, quarterly in arrears on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing March 15, 2017 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). From the date of issuance to, but excluding, December 15, 2026 (the “Fixed Rate Period”), dividends will be calculated at an annual rate of 6.125%, and from, and including, December 15, 2026 (the “Floating Rate Period”), dividends will be calculated at an annual rate equal to Three-month LIBOR plus 3.892%. If, following the procedure set forth in the definition of Three-month LIBOR, the Calculation Agent is unable to determine Three-month LIBOR for any Floating Rate Period, then the dividend for such Floating Rate Period shall be calculated at the dividend rate in effect for the immediately preceding Dividend Period. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (without interest or other payment in respect of such delay). In the event that any Dividend Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and dividends will be calculated to, but excluding, the actual payment date. However if, during the Floating Rate Period, such postponed payment date would fall in the next calendar month following the relevant Dividend Payment Date, then payment of any dividend otherwise payable on such date will be made on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date and dividends will be calculated to, but excluding, the actual payment date. The period from, and including, any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”; provided, however, that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of the Series E to, but excluding, March 15, 2017; and provided, further, that, during the Floating Rate Period for purposes of determining a Dividend Period only, the Dividend Payment Date shall be the actual payment date of the applicable dividends. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series E on a Dividend Payment Date shall be the 15 th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date (provided, however, that if any such day is not a Business Day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day) or such other date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. On such Dividend Payment Date, dividends shall be paid to the holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date. The amount of dividends payable during the Fixed Rate Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of any dividend payable during the Floating Rate Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated (without duplication) on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. The determination of Three-month LIBOR for each relevant Dividend Period by the Calculation Agent will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate, and its calculation of the amount of any dividend payable during the Floating Rate Period, will be maintained on file at the Calculation Agent’s principal offices. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, dividends on the Series E shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable regulatory capital rules.

(b) Noncumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series E shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series E on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall not be payable for such Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series E shall have no right to receive, dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series E, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized preferred stock of the Corporation.

(c) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Series E remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, or any dividend or distribution of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock under any such plan) and (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (C) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of

 

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Junior Stock pursuant to any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to or during the most recent preceding Dividend Period for which the full dividends for the then most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series E have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; unless, in each case, the full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series E for the then most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment in full thereof has been set aside for such payment). When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series E and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series E and any such Parity Stock shall be declared on a proportional basis. For purposes of calculating the proportional allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on the shares of the Series E and (i) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is non-cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock, and (ii) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. No interest will be payable in respect of any declared but unpaid dividend payment on shares of Series E that is paid after the relevant Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on the Series E on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice (which may be in the form of a press release or other public announcement) to the holders of the Series E prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock and any Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the holders of shares of Series E shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series E shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation may be made to the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to the Series E upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. The holders of Series E shall not be entitled to any other amounts in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of Series E and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series E, the amounts paid to the holders of Series E and to the holders of all such other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends on the Series E and all such Parity Stock.

(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of Series E and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series E, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other entity into or with the Corporation in which the holders of Series E receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Series E, constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  6 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series E at the time outstanding, on the Dividend Payment Date on December 15, 2026, or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter, upon notice given as provided in Section 6(b) below. The redemption price for shares of Series E shall be $1,000.00 per share plus dividends that have been declared but not paid, without regard to, or payment of, any undeclared dividends (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may provide notice of its intent to redeem, as provided in Section 6(b) below, and subsequently redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series E at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price applicable on such date of redemption.

(b) Notice of Redemption . Notice of every redemption of shares of Series E shall be either (1) mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depositary Company, in its reasonable discretion, to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed. Such mailing or transmittal shall not be less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series E is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC. Any notice provided pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to provide such notice, or any defect in such notice or in the provision thereof, to any holder of shares of Series E designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series E. Each notice shall state (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series E to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder (or the method of determining such number); (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing such shares of Series E are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividend rights on the shares to be redeemed will cease on the redemption date.

(c) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series Eat the time outstanding, the shares of Series E to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series E in proportion to the number of Series E held by such holders or by lot. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series E shall be redeemed from time to time.

(d) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (the “Depositary Company”) for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividend rights with respect to such shares will cease on the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the trust fund set aside by the Corporation or from the bank or trust company where the funds have been deposited at any time after the redemption date from such funds, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.

 

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Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Series E shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Conversion. The holders of Series E shall not have any rights to convert such Series E into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section  9 . Rank. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Regulations to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote of the holders of the Series E, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 2(e)(i) of Part A of Article IV, any class of securities ranking senior to the Series E as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  10 . Repurchase. The Corporation may purchase Series E from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, subject to any required prior Federal Reserve approval; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent or the funds are otherwise not legally available therefor under applicable law.

Section  11 . No Sinking Fund. The Series E will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series E will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series E.

Section  12 . Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and any transfer agent for the Series E may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series E as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  13 . Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series E shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in the Articles of Incorporation or Regulations or by applicable law.

Section  14 . No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series E shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

Section  15 . Other Rights. The shares of Series E shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

Section  16 . Certificates . The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series E without certificates.

PART J

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F

Section  1 . Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series shall be “Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F” (“Series F’). Each share of Series F shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series F. Series F will rank (i) equally with Parity Stock, if any, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and (ii) senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  2 . Number of Share s. The number of authorized shares of Series F shall be 425,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of all preferred stock minus the total number of authorized shares of other series of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series F then outstanding) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shares of Series F that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance.

Section  3 . Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series F:

(a) “Articles of Incorporation” means the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Part J of Article IV.

(b) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

(c) “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York or Cleveland, Ohio are permitted or required by any applicable law to close.

(e) “Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.

(f) “Depositary Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

(g) “Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(h) “Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

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

(j) “Federal Reserve ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(k) “Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series F has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(1) “Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation, including the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D; and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E that ranks equally with Series F in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(m) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.

(n) “Regulations” means the Second Amended and Restated Regulations of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time.

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(i) amendment to, clarification of or change in (including any announced prospective amendment to, clarification of or change in), the laws or regulations or policies of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series F;

(ii) proposed amendment to or change in those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series F; or

(iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series F,

there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of Series F then outstanding as “additional tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series F is outstanding.

(p) “Series F” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Dividends on the Series F will not be mandatory. Holders of Series F shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share of Series F, quarterly in arrears, on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2018 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). Dividends will be calculated at an annual rate of 5.650%. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (without interest or other payment in respect of such delay). The period from, and including, any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”; provided, however, that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of the Series F to, but excluding, December 15, 2018. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series F on a Dividend Payment Date shall be the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date (provided, however, that if any such day is not a Business Day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day) or such other date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. On such Dividend Payment Date, dividends shall be paid to the holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date. The amount of dividends payable for any Dividend Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, dividends on the Series F shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable regulatory capital rules.

(b) Noncumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series F shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series F on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall not be payable for such Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series F shall have no right to receive, dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series F, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized preferred stock of the Corporation.

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substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to or during the most recent preceding Dividend Period for which the full dividends for the then most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series F have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; unless, in each case, the full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series F for the then most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment in full thereof has been set aside for such payment). When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series F and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series F and any such Parity Stock shall be declared on a proportional basis. For purposes of calculating the proportional allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on the shares of the Series F and (i) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is non-cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock, and (ii) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. No interest will be payable in respect of any declared but unpaid dividend payment on shares of Series F that is paid after the relevant Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on the Series F on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice (which may be in the form of a press release or other public announcement) to the holders of the Series F prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock and any Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the holders of shares of Series F shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series F shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation may be made to the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to the Series F upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. The holders of Series F shall not be entitled to any other amounts in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of Series F and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series F, the amounts paid to the holders of Series F and to the holders of all such other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends on the Series F and all such Parity Stock.

(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of Series F and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series F, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other entity into or with the Corporation in which the holders of Series F receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Series F, constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  6 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series F at the time outstanding, on the Dividend Payment Date on December 15, 2023 or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter, upon notice given as provided in Section 6(b) below. The redemption price for shares of Series F shall be $1,000.00 per share plus dividends that have been declared but not paid, without regard to, or payment of, any undeclared dividends (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may provide notice of its intent to redeem, as provided in Section 6(b) below, and subsequently redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series F at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price applicable on such date of redemption.

(b) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series F shall be either (1) mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depositary Company, in its reasonable discretion, to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed. Such mailing or transmittal shall not be less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series F is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC. Any notice provided pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to provide such notice, or any defect in such notice or in the provision thereof, to any holder of shares of Series F designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series F. Each notice shall state (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series F to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder (or the method of determining such number); (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing such shares of Series F are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividend rights on the shares to be redeemed will cease on the redemption date.

(c) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series F at the time outstanding, the shares of Series F to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series F in proportion to the number of Series F held by such holders or by lot. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series F shall be redeemed from time to time.

(d) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (the “Depositary Company”) for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividend rights with respect to such shares will cease on the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the trust fund set aside by the Corporation or from the bank or trust company where the funds have been deposited at any time after the redemption date from such funds, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.

 

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Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Series F shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Conversion. The holders of Series F shall not have any rights to convert such Series F into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section  9 . Rank. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Regulations to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote of the holders of the Series F, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 2(e)(i) of Part A of Article IV, any class of securities ranking senior to the Series F as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  10 . Repurchase. The Corporation may purchase Series F from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, subject to any required prior Federal Reserve approval; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent or the funds are otherwise not legally available therefor under applicable law.

Section  11 . No Sinking Fund. The Series F will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series F will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series F.

Section  12 . Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and any transfer agent for the Series F may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series F as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  13 . Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series F shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in the Articles of Incorporation or Regulations or by applicable law.

Section  14 . No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series F shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

Section  15 . Other Rights. The shares of Series F shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

Section  16 . Certificates. The Corporation may at its option issue shares of Series F without certificates.

PART K

EXPRESS TERMS OF FIXED RATE PERPETUAL NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES G

Section  1 . Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series shall be “Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G” (“Series G”). Each share of Series G shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Series G. Series G will rank (i) equally with Parity Stock, if any, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation and (ii) senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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Section  2 . Number of Shares . The number of authorized shares of Series G shall be 450,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of all preferred stock minus the total number of authorized shares of other series of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series G then outstanding) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shares of Series G that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series, and available for subsequent issuance.

Section  3 . Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series G:

(a) “Articles of Incorporation” means the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Part K of Article IV.

(b) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

(c) “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York or Cleveland, Ohio are permitted or required by any applicable law to close.

(e) “Common Shares” means the common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of the Corporation.

(f) “Depositary Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.

(g) “Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

(h) “Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

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

(j) “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(k) “Junior Stock” means the Common Shares and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized over which Series G has preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(I) “Parity Stock” means any other class or series of stock of the Corporation, including the shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated as Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D; Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E; and Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F, that ranks equally with Series G in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(m) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.

(n) “Regulations” means the Second Amended and Restated Regulations of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time.

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(i) amendment to, clarification of or change in (including any announced prospective amendment to, clarification of or change in), the laws or regulations or policies of the United States or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series G;

(ii) proposed amendment to or change in those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series G; or

(iii) official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws or regulations or policies that is announced or that becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of Series G,

there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Corporation will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation value of all shares of Series G then outstanding as “additional tier 1 capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines or regulations of Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable, for as long as any share of Series G is outstanding.

(p) “Series G” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

Section  4 . Dividends.

(a) Rate. Dividends on the Series G will not be mandatory. Holders of Series G shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but only out of assets legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share of Series G, quarterly in arrears, on each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing September 15, 2019 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). Dividends will be calculated at an annual rate of 5.625%. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then payment of any dividend payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (without interest or other payment in respect of such delay). The period from, and including, any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period’, provided however, that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from, and including, the date of original issuance of the Series G to, but excluding, September 15, 2019. The record date for payment of dividends on the Series G on a Dividend Payment Date shall be the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date (provided, however, that if any such day is not a Business Day, then the record date will be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day) or such other date as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. On such Dividend Payment Date, dividends shall be paid to the holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date. The amount of dividends payable for any Dividend Period, including dividends payable for any partial Dividend Period, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, dividends on the Series G shall not be declared, paid or set aside for payment to the extent such act would cause the Corporation to fail to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto, including applicable regulatory capital rules.

(b) Noncumulative Dividends. Dividends on shares of Series G shall be non-cumulative. To the extent that any dividends payable on the shares of Series G on any Dividend Payment Date are not declared and paid, in full or otherwise, on such Dividend Payment Date, then such dividends shall not be cumulative and shall not be payable for such Dividend Period, and the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of Series G shall have no right to receive, dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or interest with respect to such dividends, whether or not dividends are declared for any subsequent Dividend Period with respect to Series G, Parity Stock, Junior Stock or any other class or series of authorized preferred stock of the Corporation.

(c) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Series G remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, or any dividend or distribution of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase

 

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of capital stock or rights to acquire capital stock under any such plan) and (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (C) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to or during the most recent preceding Dividend Period for which the full dividends for the then most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series G have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; unless, in each case, the full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series G for the then most recently completed Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment in full thereof has been set aside for such payment). When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series G and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series G and any such Parity Stock shall be declared on a proportional basis. For purposes of calculating the proportional allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on the shares of the Series G and (i) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is non-cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock, and (ii) in the case of any series of Parity Stock that is cumulative preferred stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. No interest will be payable in respect of any declared but unpaid dividend payment on shares of Series G that is paid after the relevant Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on the Series G on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide, or cause to be provided, written notice (which may be in the form of a press release or other public announcement) to the holders of the Series G prior to such date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any Junior Stock and any Parity Stock from time to time out of any assets legally available therefor, and the holders of shares of Series G shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

Section  5 . Liquidation Rights.

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of Series G shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation may be made to the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of securities ranking senior to the Series G upon liquidation and the rights of the Corporation’s depositors and other creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in the amount of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. The holders of Series G shall not be entitled to any other amounts in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of Series G and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series G, the amounts paid to the holders of Series G and to the holders of all such other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences plus any declared and unpaid dividends on the Series G and all such Parity Stock.

(c) Residual Distributions. If the liquidation preference plus any declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of Series G and all holders of any Parity Stock ranking equally as to such distribution with the Series G, the holders of Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

 

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(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 5, the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall not constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the Corporation into or with any other entity or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of any other entity into or with the Corporation in which the holders of Series G receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Series G, constitute a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  6 . Redemption.

(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation, at the option of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may redeem in whole or in part the shares of Series G at the time outstanding, on the Dividend Payment Date on September 15, 2024 or on any Dividend Payment Date thereafter, upon notice given as provided in Section 6(b) below. The redemption price for shares of Series G shall be $1,000.00 per share plus dividends that have been declared but not paid, without regard to, or payment of any undeclared dividends (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, the Corporation, at its option and subject to prior Federal Reserve approval, may provide notice of its intent to redeem, as provided in Section 6(b) below, and subsequently redeem, all (but not less than all) of the shares of Series G at the time outstanding at the Redemption Price applicable on such date of redemption.

(b) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Series G shall be either (1)  mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the stock register of the Corporation or (2) transmitted by such other method approved by the Depository Company, in its reasonable discretion, to the holders of record of such shares to be redeemed. Such mailing or transmittal shall not be less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series G is held in book-entry form through DTC, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC. Any notice provided pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to provide such notice, or any defect in such notice or in the provision thereof, to any holder of shares of Series G designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series G. Each notice shall state (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series G to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder (or the method of determining such number); (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing such shares of Series G are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividend rights on the shares to be redeemed will cease on the redemption date.

(c) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series G at the time outstanding, the shares of Series G to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata from the holders of record of Series G in proportion to the number of Series G held by such holders or by lot, provided that if the Series G is held in book-entry form through DTC, such shares may be selected in any manner required by DTC. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series G shall be redeemed from time to time.

(d) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other assets, for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, or deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors (the “Depositary Company”) for the benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date all shares so called for redemption shall cease to be outstanding, all dividend rights with respect to such shares will cease on the redemption date, and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from the trust fund set aside by the Corporation or from the bank or trust company where the funds have been deposited at any time after the redemption date from such

 

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funds, without interest. The Corporation shall be entitled to receive, from time to lime, from the Depositary Company any interest accrued on such funds, and the holders of any shares called for redemption shall have no claim to any such interest. Any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released or repaid to the Corporation, and in the event of such repayment to the Corporation, the holders of record of the shares so called for redemption shall be deemed to be unsecured creditors of the Corporation for an amount equivalent to the amount deposited as stated above for the redemption of such shares and so repaid to the Corporation, but shall in no event be entitled to any interest.

Section  7 . Voting Rights. The holders of Series G shall not have any voting rights except as expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, including Section 2 of Part A of Article IV, and except as shall be affirmatively provided in the Ohio General Corporation Law.

Section  8 . Conversion. The holders of Series G shall not have any rights to convert such Series G into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section  9 . Rank. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or the Regulations to the contrary, the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, without the vote of the holders of the Series G, may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Stock, Parity Stock or, subject to the voting rights granted in Section 2(e)(i) of Part A of Article IV, any class of securities ranking senior to the Series G as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

Section  10 . Repurchase. The Corporation may purchase Series G from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, subject to any required prior Federal Reserve approval; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not use any of its funds for any such purchase when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Corporation is, or by such purchase would be, rendered insolvent or the funds are otherwise not legally available therefor under applicable law.

Section  11 . No Sinking Fund. The Series G will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Series G will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Series G.

Section  12 . Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and any transfer agent for the Series G may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series G as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section  13 . Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series G shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in the Articles of Incorporation or Regulations or by applicable law.

Section  14 . No Preemptive Right s. No share of Series G shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or wanted.

Section  15 . Other Rights. The shares of Series G shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

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ARTICLE V

Purchase of Shares

Subject to the provisions of Article IV hereof, the Corporation, by action of its directors, and without action by its shareholders, may, from time to time, purchase its own shares of any class in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio General Corporation Law; and such purchase may be made either in the open market, or at public or private sales, in such manner and amounts, from such holder or holders of outstanding shares of the Corporation and at such price as the directors shall, from time to time, determine.

ARTICLE VI

Voting

Any proposal which, under applicable law, requires the approval of holders of shares of the Corporation:

 

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to adopt an amendment to these articles of incorporation (which term includes amended articles of incorporation),

 

  (2)

to sell, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, the assets of the Corporation,

 

  (3)

to effect a merger or consolidation involving the Corporation,

 

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to effect a combination or majority share acquisition (as such terms are defined by the laws of the State of Ohio), or

 

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to dissolve, liquidate, or wind up the affairs of the Corporation,

may be authorized and approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal and, if a proposal upon which holders of shares of a particular class or classes are required to vote separately as a class by other provisions of these articles of incorporation or law, by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of such class or classes, except as otherwise provided in Section 2 of Part A of Article IV with respect to the Preferred Stock of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article VI shall not reduce the vote of shareholders required to approve a transaction which requires shareholder approval under Chapter 1704 of the Ohio Revised Code.

ARTICLE VII

Election of Directors

In order for a nominee to be elected a director of the Corporation in an uncontested election, the nominee must receive a greater number of votes cast “for” his or her election than “against” his or her election. Neither abstentions nor broker non-votes will be deemed to be votes “for” or “against” a nominee’s election. In a contested election, the nominee receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. An election shall be considered contested if, as of the record date for the meeting, there are more nominees properly nominated and not withdrawn for election than director positions to be filled in that election.

ARTICLE VIII

Opt-Out of Control Share Acquisitions Statute

Section 1701.831 of the Ohio Revised Code shall not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IX

Amended and Restated Articles

These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KeyCorp supersede the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KeyCorp filed with the Secretary of State of Ohio on August 1, 2016, as amended.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

SECOND THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

REGULATIONS

OF

KEYCORP

(Effective March May 23, 2016 2019 )

ARTICLE I

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meeting . All meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at the office of the Corporation or at such other places, within or without the State of Ohio, and/or in by part by means of communications equipment in the manner provided for in Section  9 11 of this Article I, as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, or the President and specified in the notice of such meeting.

Section 2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors, the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held (i) on the third Wednesday in May in each year, if not a legal holiday under the laws of the place where the meeting is to be held, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday under the laws of such place, or (ii) on such other date and at such hour as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, or the President.

Section 3. Special Meetings . Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation, special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only by (i) the Chairperson of the Board, (ii) the President, or, in the case of the President’s absence, death, or disability, the vice president authorized to exercise the authority of the President, (iii) the Board of Directors by action at a meeting or a majority of the Board of Directors acting without a meeting, or (iv)  the persons holding 25% of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the special meeting.

Upon request in writing delivered either in person or by registered mail to the Chairperson of the Board, the President, or the Secretary by any persons entitled to call a meeting of shareholders, which request must specify the purposes of the meeting and include the information that would be required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice with respect to an annual meeting pursuant to Section 9(a) of these Regulations, such officer shall forthwith cause to be given to the shareholders entitled thereto notice of a meeting to be held on a date not less than ten nor more than 60 days after the receipt of such request, as such officer may fix. If such notice is not given within 30 days after the delivery or mailing of such request, the persons calling the meeting may fix the time of the meeting and give notice thereof in the manner provided by law or as provided in these Regulations, or cause such notice to be given by any designated representative.


Section 4. Notice of Meetings .

(a) Written notice of each meeting of the shareholders, whether annual or special, shall be given, either by personal delivery, mail, overnight delivery service, or any other means of communication authorized by the shareholder to whom the notice is given, not less than seven nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to every shareholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting, by or at the direction of the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Secretary or any other person or persons required or permitted by these Regulations to give such notice. Each such notice shall state (i) the date and hour, (ii) the place of the meeting, (iii) the means, if any, other than by physical presence, by which shareholders can be present and vote at the meeting through the use of communications equipment, and (iv) the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

(b) If mailed or sent by overnight delivery service, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail or with the overnight delivery service, as the case may be, postage or other shipping charges prepaid, and directed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If sent by another means of communication authorized by the shareholder, such notice shall be deemed to be given when sent to the address furnished by the shareholder for those transmissions.

(c) Notice of adjournment of a meeting of shareholders need not be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned, and the means, if any, other than by physical presence, by which shareholders can be present and vote at the meeting through the use of communications equipment are fixed and announced at the meeting.

(d) Any authorization by a shareholder to send notices given pursuant to these Regulations by any means other than in person or by mail or overnight delivery service is revocable by written notice to the Corporation either by personal delivery or by mail, overnight delivery service, or any other means of communication authorized by the Corporation. If sent by another means of communication authorized by the Corporation, the notice shall be sent to the address furnished by the Corporation for those transmissions. Any authorization by a shareholder to send notices given pursuant to these Regulations by any means other than in person or by mail or overnight delivery service will be deemed to have been revoked by the shareholder if (i) the Corporation has attempted to make delivery of two consecutive notices in accordance with that authorization, and (ii) the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, or other person responsible for giving of notice, has received notice that, or otherwise believes that, delivery has not occurred. However, an inadvertent failure to treat the inability to deliver notice as a revocation will not invalidate any meeting of shareholders or other action.

Section 5 . Quorum . Except as otherwise required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, the presence of holders of shares entitled to exercise not less than a majority of the voting power of the Corporation at the meeting in person, by proxy, or by the use of communications equipment shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the shareholders; provided, however, that no action required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Regulations to be authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares of any particular class or of each class of the Corporation may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion.

 

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Section 6. Proxies . Proxies may be used in conformity with Ohio law.

Section 7 . Adjournments. The holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting

Section 7. Conduct of Meetings; Adjournments . Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, meetings of shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board or, in the event a Chairperson of the Board has not been elected or is otherwise absent, by the President (or such other officer designated by the Board of Directors). The person presiding at a meeting of shareholders, or the holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, may adjourn such meeting from time to time , whether or not a quorum is present , may adjourn such meeting from time to time. . The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the person presiding at the meeting shall have the authority to adopt and enforce such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of shareholders and the safety of those in attendance as, in the judgment of such person, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the conduct of the meeting. Rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of shareholders, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or by the person presiding at the meeting, may include without limitation, establishing (i) an agenda or order of business for the meeting, (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the person presiding at the meeting shall permit, (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, (v) limitations on the time allotted for consideration of each agenda item and for questions and comments by participants, (vi) regulations for the opening and closing of the polls for balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot (if any), and (vii) procedures (if any) requiring attendees to provide the Corporation advance notice of their intent to attend the meeting.

Section 8. Submission of Information by Director Nominees.

(a) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation the following information:

(1) a written representation and agreement, which shall be signed by such person and pursuant to which such person shall represent and agree that such person (A) consents to serving as a director if elected and (if applicable) to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy as a nominee, and currently intends to serve as a director for the full term for which such person is standing for election, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity (i) as to how the person, if elected as a director, will act or vote on any issue or question that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, or (ii) that could limit or interfere with the person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (C) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a

 

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director or nominee that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, and (D) if elected as a director, will comply with all of the Corporation’s corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines, and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors (which will be provided to such person promptly following a request therefor); and

(2) all completed and signed questionnaires required of the Corporation’s directors (which will be provided to such person promptly following a request therefor).

(b) A nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation shall also provide to the Corporation such other information as it may reasonably request. The Corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such person to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such person can be considered an independent director.

(c) All written and signed representations and agreements and all completed and signed questionnaires required pursuant to Section 8(a) above, and the additional information described in Section 8(b) above, shall be considered timely if provided to the Corporation by the deadlines specified in Section 9 or 10 below, as applicable. All information provided pursuant to this Section 8 shall be deemed part of the shareholder’s notice submitted pursuant to Section 9 or a Shareholder Notice submitted pursuant to Section 10, as applicable.

Section 9.   Section 8 . Advance Notice of Shareholder Proposals. Advance Notice of Shareholder Proposals and Nominations . At any annual meeting of shareholders, proposals by shareholders and nominations for election as directors by shareholders shall only be considered if advance notice thereof has been timely given as provided in this Section 8 in the case of proposals by shareholders, and as provided in Section 2(b) of Article II in the case of nominations for election as directors by shareholders, and such proposals or nominations are otherwise proper for consideration under applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. Notice of any proposal to be presented by any shareholder shall be given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, delivered to or mailed and received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices, not less than 60 nor more than 90 days prior to the shareholders’ meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 75 days’ notice to the shareholders or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made, the written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such proposal must be given to the Secretary not later than the close of business on the fifteenth day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Any shareholder who gives notice of any such proposal shall deliver therewith the text of the proposal to be presented and a brief written statement of the reasons why such shareholder favors the proposal and setting forth such shareholder’s name and record address, the number and class of all shares of each class of stock of the Corporation beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) by such shareholder and any material interest of such shareholder in the proposal (other than as a shareholder). The person presiding at the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall determine whether such notice under this Section 8 or under Section 2(b) of Article II, as

 

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applicable, has been duly given and shall direct that proposals and nominees not be considered if such notice (together with all required information to be submitted by such shareholder under this Section 8 or under Section 2(b) of Article II, as applicable) has not been given. No proposals by shareholders or nominations for election as director shall be considered at any special meeting of shareholders unless such special meeting was called for the purpose of considering such proposal or nomination. If, pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including as such Rule 14a-8 may be from time to time amended or any rule promulgated in place thereof or covering the same subject matter; collectively being herein referred to as “Rule 14a-8”) the Corporation is required to set forth a proposal of a shareholder in its proxy statement, the provisions of Rule 14a-8, to the extent applicable, shall prevail over any conflicting provisions of this Section 8 with respect to that shareholder proposal.

(a) Annual Meeting

(1) At any annual meeting of shareholders, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and proposals to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (C) by a shareholder of the Corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 9(a) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9(a), or (D) by an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in Section 10(b)(2) below) whose Shareholder Nominee (as defined in Section 10(a) below) is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for the relevant annual meeting of shareholders. For the avoidance of doubt, clauses (C) and (D) above shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make director nominations and clause (C) above shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to bring proposals before an annual meeting of shareholders (other than a proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto (the “ 1934 Act ”)).

(2) For nominations or proposals to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (C) of the foregoing paragraph, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a proposal, such proposal must be a proper subject of shareholder action under applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. To be timely, notice of any nomination or proposal to be presented by any shareholder at an annual meeting pursuant to clause (C) of the foregoing paragraph shall be given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, delivered to or mailed and received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices, not later than the “ Close of Business ” (as defined in Section 9(c)(1) below) on the 90th day nor earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual shareholders’ meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, the written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination or proposal must be given to the Secretary, delivered to or mailed and received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices, not earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the Close of Business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which “ Public Announcement ” (as defined in Section 9(c)(1) below) of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a notice as described above.

 

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(3) A shareholder notice shall set forth:

(A) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director (i ) the name, age, business , and residence address of such person , (2 , (ii ) the principal occupation or employment of such person for the last five years, ( 3) the class iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (4 owned of record or “ Beneficially Owned ” (as defined in Section 9(c)(2) below) by such person, (iv ) all positions of such person as a director, officer, partner, employee , or controlling shareholder of any corporation or other business entity , (5) any prior position as a director, officer, , (v) any prior position as a director, officer or employee of a depository institution or any company controlling a depository institution , (6) any , (vi) all other information regarding such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, and (vii) all written and signed representations and agreements and all completed and signed questionnaires required pursuant to Section 8(a) above;

(B) as to any proposal, a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal to be presented (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event the proposal seeks to amend these Regulations, the language of the proposed amendment), a brief written statement of the reasons why such shareholder favors the proposal and the reasons for considering the proposal at the meeting, and any substantial interest (within the meaning of Item 5 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act) in the proposal of such shareholder and the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being brought (other than as a shareholder or beneficial owner);

(C) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is submitted (i) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and the name and address of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned of record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the shareholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned of record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner as of the record date for the meeting, and (iii) a representation that the shareholder (or a “ Qualified Representative ” of the shareholder, as defined in Section 9(c)(3) below) intends to appear at the meeting to make such nomination or raise such proposal;

(D) as to the shareholder giving the notice, or, if the notice is given on behalf of a beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, as to such beneficial owner, and if such shareholder or beneficial owner is an entity, as to each director, executive, managing member or control person of such entity (any such individual or control person, a “ Control Person ”):

 

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(i) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are Beneficially Owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner and by any Control Person as of the date of the notice, and a representation that the shareholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation Beneficially Owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner and by any Control Person as of the record date for the meeting;

(ii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such shareholder, beneficial owner or Control Person and any other person, including without limitation any agreements that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Schedule 13D under the 1934 Act (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable) and a representation that the shareholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting;

(iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, without limitation, any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the shareholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such shareholder, beneficial owner or Control Person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the share price of any class of the Corporation’s capital stock, or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of the shareholder, beneficial owner or Control Person with respect to securities of the Corporation, and a representation that the shareholder will notify the Corporation in writing within five business days after the record date for such meeting of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting; and

(iv) a representation whether the shareholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will engage in a solicitation (within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the 1934 Act) with respect to the nomination or proposal and, if so, the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act) in such solicitation and whether such person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of shares representing at least 50% of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in the case of a nomination, or holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s stock required to approve or adopt a proposal.

(4) At the request of the Corporation, a nominee must promptly, but in any event within five business days after such request, provide to the Corporation such other information that the Corporation may reasonably request and that is necessary to permit the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such person to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such person can be considered an independent director. All information provided pursuant to this Section 9(a) shall be deemed part of a shareholder’s notice for purposes of this Section 9(a).

 

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(b) Special Meeting

Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (ii) provided that one or more directors are to be elected at such meeting, by any shareholder of the Corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 9(b) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who delivers notice thereof in writing setting forth the information required by Section 9(a) above and provides the additional information required by Section 8 above; or (iii) in the case of a shareholder-requested special meeting, by any shareholder of the Corporation pursuant to Section 3 of this Article I. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareholders (other than a shareholder-requested special meeting) for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any shareholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the notice required by this Section 9(b) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the Close of Business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the date on which Public Announcement of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Regulations, in the case of a shareholder-requested special meeting, no shareholder may nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors or propose any other business to be considered at the meeting, except pursuant to a request in writing delivered for such special meeting pursuant to Section 3 of this Article I.

 

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(c) Definitions .

(1) For purposes of these Regulations, the “ Close of Business ” shall mean 6:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on any calendar day, whether or not the day is a business day, and a “ Public Announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act;

(2) For purposes of Sections 9(a)(3)(A) and 9(a)(3)(D)(i), shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be treated as “ Beneficially Owned ” by a person if the person beneficially owns such shares, directly or indirectly, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and Regulations 13D and 13G thereunder or has or shares pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) (A) the right to acquire such shares (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or the fulfillment of a condition or both), (B) the right to vote such shares, alone or in concert with others, and/or (C) investment power with respect to such shares, including the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such shares; and

(3) For purposes of these Regulations, to be considered a “ Qualified Representative ” of a shareholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such shareholder or authorized by a writing signed by such shareholder (or an electronic or other transmission capable of authentication) delivered to the Corporation prior to the making of the nomination or the bringing of the proposal at the meeting stating that such person is authorized to act for such shareholder as proxy at the meeting of shareholders.

(d) General

(1) Except as otherwise required by law, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 9 and, if applicable, Section 10, shall be eligible to be elected at any meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such other proposals shall be considered at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 9. Except as otherwise required by law, each of the Chairperson of the Board, the Board of Directors and the person presiding at the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination was made or a proposal was brought, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Regulations. If any nomination or proposal is not in compliance with these Regulations, then, except as otherwise required by law, the person presiding at the meeting shall have the power to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposal shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9, unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise determined by the Chairperson of the Board, the Board of Directors or the person presiding at the meeting, if the shareholder does not provide the information required under Section 8, Section 9(a)(3)(C)(ii) or Section 9(a)(3)(D)(i)-(iii) to the Corporation within the time frames specified herein, or if the shareholder (or a Qualified Representative of the shareholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposal, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposal shall not considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

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(2) Nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect directors of the Corporation pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and/or the express terms of the preferred stock of the Corporation.

Section 11. Proxy Access for Director Nominations .

(a) Eligibility

Subject to the terms and conditions of these Regulations, in connection with an annual meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, the Corporation (i) shall include in its proxy statement and on its form of proxy the names of, and (ii) shall include in its proxy statement the “ Additional Information ” (as defined in Section 10(b)(4) below) relating to, a number of nominees specified pursuant to Section 10(b)(1) (the “ Authorized Number ”) for election as directors submitted pursuant to this Section 10 (each, a “ Shareholder Nominee ”), if:

(1) the Shareholder Nominee satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10;

(2) the Shareholder Nominee is identified in a timely notice (the “ Shareholder Notice ”) that satisfies this Section 10 and is delivered by a shareholder that qualifies as, or is acting on behalf of, an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in Section 10(b)(2) below);

(3) the Eligible Shareholder satisfies the requirements in this Section 10 and expressly elects at the time of the delivery of the Shareholder Notice to have the Shareholder Nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials; and

(4) the additional requirements of these Regulations are met.

(b) Definitions

(1) The maximum number of Shareholder Nominees appearing in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of shareholders (the “ Authorized Number ”) shall not exceed the greater of two, or 20% of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Shareholder Notice may be delivered pursuant to this Section 10 with respect to the annual meeting, or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number (rounding down) below 20%; provided that the Authorized Number shall be reduced (A) by any Shareholder Nominee whose name was submitted for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 10 but whom the Board of Directors decides to nominate as a Board nominee, (B) by any nominees who were previously elected to the Board of Directors as Shareholder Nominees at any of the preceding two annual meetings and who are nominated for election at the annual meeting by the Board of Directors as a Board nominee, and (C) by any Shareholder Nominee who is not included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or is not submitted for director election for any reason, in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10(d)(2). In the

 

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event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs after the date of the Shareholder Notice but before the annual meeting and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the entire authorized Board (as defined in Section 1 of Article II) in connection therewith, the Authorized Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced.

(2) To qualify as an “ Eligible Shareholder ,” a shareholder or a group as described in this Section 10 must:

(A) Own and have Owned (as defined in Section 10(b)(3) below), continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice, a number of shares (as adjusted to account for any stock dividend, stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or recapitalization of shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors) that represents at least 3% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as of the date of the Shareholder Notice (the “ Required Shares ”); and

(B) thereafter continue to Own the Required Shares through such annual meeting of shareholders.

For purposes of satisfying the ownership requirements of this Section 10(b)(2), a group of not more than 20 shareholders and/or beneficial owners may aggregate the number of shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors that each group member has individually Owned continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice if all other requirements and obligations for an Eligible Shareholder set forth in this Section 10 are satisfied by and as to each shareholder or beneficial owner comprising the group whose shares are aggregated. No shares may be attributed to more than one Eligible Shareholder, and no shareholder or beneficial owner, alone or together with any of its affiliates, may individually or as a member of a group qualify as or constitute more than one Eligible Shareholder under this Section 10. A group of any two or more funds shall be treated as only one shareholder or beneficial owner for this purpose if they are under common management and investment control. For purposes of this Section 10, the term “ affiliate ” or “ affiliates ” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto under the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act.

(3) For purposes of this Section 10:

(A) A shareholder or beneficial owner is deemed to “ Own ” only those outstanding shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as to which the person possesses both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares, and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares, except that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares (a) sold by such person in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (b) borrowed by the person for any purposes or purchased by the person pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (c) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by the person, whether the instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, if the instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose

 

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or effect of (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, the person’s full right to vote or direct the voting of the shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of the shares by the person. The terms “Owned,” “Owning” and other variations of the word “Own,” when used with respect to a shareholder or beneficial owner, have correlative meanings. For purposes of clauses (a) through (c) the term “ person ” includes its affiliates.

(B) A shareholder or beneficial owner “Owns” outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors that are held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the person retains both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares, and (ii) the full economic interest in the shares. The person’s Ownership of shares is deemed to continue during any period in which the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the shareholder.

(C) A shareholder or beneficial owner’s Ownership of outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the person has loaned the shares if the person has the power to recall the loaned shares on not more than five business days’ notice and (i) the person recalls the loaned shares within five business days of the record date for the relevant annual meeting, and (ii) the person holds the recalled shares through the annual meeting.

(4) For purposes of this Section 10, the “Additional Information” referred to in Section 10(a) that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is:

(A) the information set forth in the Schedule 14N provided with the Shareholder Notice concerning each Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible Shareholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement by the applicable requirements of the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder; and

(B) if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a written statement of the Eligible Shareholder (or, in the case of a group, a written statement of the group), not to exceed 500 words, in support of its Shareholder Nominee(s) (the “ Statement ”), which must be provided at the same time as the Shareholder Notice for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting.

(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it, in good faith, believes is untrue in any material respect (or omits a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading) or would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard. Nothing in this Section 10 shall limit the Corporation’s ability to solicit against and include in its proxy materials its own statements relating to any Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee.

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(1) The Shareholder Notice shall set forth all information, representations and agreements required under Section 8(a) above, including the information required with respect to any nominee for election as a director (and including all written and signed representations and agreements and all completed and signed questionnaires required pursuant to Section 8(a)), any shareholder giving notice of an intent to nominate a candidate for election, and any shareholder, beneficial owner or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made under this Section 10. In addition, such Shareholder Notice shall include:

(A) a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been or concurrently is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1934 Act;

(B) a written statement of the Eligible Shareholder (and in the case of a group, the written statement of each shareholder or beneficial owner whose shares are aggregated for purposes of constituting an Eligible Shareholder), which statement(s) shall also be included in the Schedule 14N filed with the SEC (i) setting forth and certifying to the number of shares of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors the Eligible Shareholder Owns and has Owned (as defined in Section 10(b)(3) of these Regulations) continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Shareholder Notice, (ii) agreeing to continue to Own such shares through the annual meeting, and (iii) regarding whether or not it intends to maintain Ownership of the Required Shares for at least one year following the annual meeting;

(C) the written agreement of the Eligible Shareholder (and in the case of a group, the written agreement of each shareholder or beneficial owner whose shares are aggregated for purposes of constituting an Eligible Shareholder) addressed to the Corporation, setting forth the following additional agreements, representations and warranties:

(i) it shall provide (a) within five business days after the date of the Shareholder Notice, one or more written statements from the record holder(s) of the Required Shares and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held, in each case during the requisite three-year holding period, specifying the number of shares that the Eligible Shareholder Owns, and has Owned continuously in compliance with this Section 10, (b) within five business days after the record date for the annual meeting the information required under Section 9(a)(3)(C)(ii) and Section 9(a)(3)(D)(i)-(iii) above and written statements from the record holder(s) and intermediaries as required under clause (i)(a) of this paragraph verifying the Eligible Shareholder’s continuous Ownership of the Required Shares, in each case, as of the record date, and (c) immediate notice to the Corporation if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to own any of the Required Shares prior to the annual meeting;

(ii) it (a) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the Corporation, and does not presently have this intent, (b) has not nominated and shall not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 10, (c) has not engaged and shall not engage in, and has not been and shall not be a participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act) in, a solicitation (within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the 1934 Act), in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or any nominee(s) of the Board of Directors, and (d) shall not distribute to any shareholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation; and

 

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(iii) it will (a) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder’s communications with the shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder provided to the Corporation, (b) indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of the nomination or solicitation process pursuant to this Section 10, (c) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and listing standards applicable to its nomination or any solicitation in connection with the annual meeting, (d) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any solicitation or other communication by or on behalf of the Eligible Shareholder relating to the Corporation’s annual meeting of shareholders, one or more of the Corporation’s directors or director nominees or any Shareholder Nominee, regardless of whether the filing is required under Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, or whether any exemption from filing is available for the materials under Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, and (e) at the request of the Corporation, promptly, but in any event within five business days after such request (or by the day prior to the day of the annual meeting, if earlier), provide to the Corporation such additional information as reasonably requested by the Corporation; and

(iv) in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all members of the group with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination, and the written agreement, representation and warranty of the Eligible Shareholder that it shall provide, within five business days after the date of the Shareholder Notice, documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that the number of shareholders and/or beneficial owners within such group does not exceed 20, including whether a group of funds qualifies as one shareholder or beneficial owner within the meaning of Section 10(b)(2).

(2) To be timely under this Section 10, the Shareholder Notice must be delivered by a shareholder to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the Close of Business on the 120 th day nor earlier than the Close of Business on the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the date (as stated in the Corporation’s proxy materials) the definitive proxy statement was first released to shareholders in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or after the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, to be timely, the Shareholder Notice must be so delivered not earlier than the Close of Business on the 150th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the Close of Business on the later of the 120th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the Shareholder Notice as described above.

(3) At the request of the Corporation, the Shareholder Nominee must promptly, but in any event within five business days after such request, provide to the Corporation such other information that the Corporation may reasonably request and that is necessary to permit the Corporation to determine if the Shareholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this Section 10, including information relevant to a determination whether the Shareholder Nominee can be considered an independent director.

 

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(4) In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Shareholder or any Shareholder Nominees to the Corporation or its shareholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be, true, correct and complete in all material respects (including omitting a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading), such Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary and provide the information that is required to make such information or communication true, correct, complete and not misleading; it being understood that providing any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any defect or limit the Corporation’s right to omit a Shareholder Nominee from its proxy materials as provided in this Section 10.

(5) All information provided pursuant to this Section 10(c) shall be deemed part of the Shareholder Notice for purposes of this Section 10.

(d) Proxy Access Procedures

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any Shareholder Nominee, and such nomination shall be disregarded and no vote on such Shareholder Nominee shall occur, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation, if:

(A) the Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee breaches any of its agreements, representations or warranties set forth in the Shareholder Notice or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 10, any of the information in the Shareholder Notice or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 10 was not, when provided, true, correct and complete, or the Eligible Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Nominee otherwise fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to these Regulations, including, but not limited to, its obligations under this Section 10;

(B) the Shareholder Nominee (i) is not independent under any applicable listing standards, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors, (ii) is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for the purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended, (iii) is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) within the past ten years or (iv) is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

(C) the Corporation has received a notice (whether or not subsequently withdrawn) that a shareholder intends to nominate any candidate for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to the advance notice requirements for shareholder nominees for director in Section 9(a) of this Article I; or

 

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(D) the election of the Shareholder Nominee to the Board of Directors would cause the Corporation to violate the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, these Regulations, or any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard.

(2) An Eligible Shareholder submitting more than one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 10 shall rank such Shareholder Nominees based on the order that the Eligible Shareholder desires such Shareholder Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials and include such assigned rank in its Shareholder Notice submitted to the Corporation. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Section 10 exceeds the Authorized Number, the Shareholder Nominees to be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: one Shareholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 shall be selected from each Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Authorized Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the Corporation each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as Owned in its Shareholder Notice submitted to the Corporation and going in the order of the rank (highest to lowest) assigned to each Shareholder Nominee by such Eligible Shareholder. If the Authorized Number is not reached after one Shareholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 has been selected from each Eligible Shareholder, this selection process shall continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Authorized Number is reached. Following such determination, if any Shareholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 thereafter is nominated by the Board of Directors, thereafter is not included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or thereafter is not submitted for director election for any reason (including the Eligible Shareholder’s or Shareholder Nominee’s failure to comply with this Section 10), no other nominee or nominees shall be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or otherwise submitted for election as a director at the applicable annual meeting in substitution for such Shareholder Nominee.

(3) Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of shareholders but either (A) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting for any reason, including for the failure to comply with any provision of these Regulations (provided that in no event shall any such withdrawal, ineligibility or unavailability commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Shareholder Notice), or (B) does not receive a number of votes cast in favor of his or her election that is at least equal to 25% of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote in the election of directors shall be ineligible to be a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 10 for the next two annual meetings.

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, unless otherwise required by law or otherwise determined by the person presiding at the annual meeting or the Board of Directors, if the shareholder delivering the Shareholder Notice (or a Qualified Representative of the shareholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to present its Shareholder Nominee or Shareholder Nominees, such nomination or

 

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nominations shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of the election of the Shareholder Nominee or Shareholder Nominees may have been received by the Corporation. Without limiting the Board of Directors’ power and authority to interpret any other provisions of these Regulations, the Board of Directors (and any other person or body authorized by the Board of Directors) shall have the power and authority to interpret this Section 10 and to make any and all determinations necessary or advisable to apply this Section 10 to any persons, facts or circumstances, in each case acting in good faith. This Section 10 shall be the exclusive method for shareholders to include nominees for director election in the Corporation’s proxy materials.

Section 12.   Section 9 . Participation in Meeting by Means of Communications Equipment . The Board of Directors may authorize shareholders and proxyholders who are not physically present at a meeting of shareholders to participate by use of communications equipment that permits the shareholder or proxyholder the opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting and to speak or otherwise participate in the proceedings contemporaneously with those physically present. Any shareholder using communications equipment will be deemed present in person at the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt guidelines and procedures for the use of communications equipment in connection with a meeting of shareholders to permit the Corporation to verify that a person is a shareholder or proxyholder and to maintain a record of any vote or other action.

ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.   Number and Terms of Office . As of the conclusion of the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of 12 members. At the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders (which number of directors shall be approximately one-third of the total number of directors of the Corporation); at the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders, the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2011 annual meeting (which number of directors shall be approximately two-thirds of the total number of directors of the Corporation); and at At each annual meeting of shareholders thereafter all directors shall be elected for terms expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders. In each instance directors shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until the earlier death, retirement, resignation, or removal of any such director as provided in Section  11 10 of this Article II. The Board of Directors or the shareholders may from time to time fix or change the size of the Board of Directors to a total number of no fewer than 12 and no more than 17 directors (the size of the Board as from time to time so established being herein referred to as the “ entire authorized Board ”). The Board of Directors may, subject to the limitation contained in the immediately preceding sentence regarding the number of directors, fix or change the number of directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire authorized Board. The shareholders may, subject to the limitation contained in the fourth third sentence of this paragraph regarding the number of directors, fix or change the number of directors at a meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares that are represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal. No reduction

 

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in the number of directors shall of itself have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. In the event that the Board of Directors increases the number of directors, it may fill the vacancy or vacancies created by the increase in the number of directors for the respective unexpired terms in accordance with the provisions of Section  12 11 of this Article II. In the event the shareholders increase the number of directors and fail to fill the vacancy or vacancies created thereby, the Board of Directors may fill such vacancy or vacancies for the respective unexpired terms in accordance with the provisions of Section  12 11 of this Article II.

The number of directors may not be fixed or changed by the shareholders or directors, except (i) by amending these regulations in accordance with provisions of Article X of these Regulations, (ii) pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation approved by two-thirds of the members of the entire authorized Board of Directors and adopted by the shareholders at a meeting held for such purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal, or (iii) as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 1 or in the next following paragraph.

The foregoing provisions of this Section 1 are subject to the automatic increase by two in the authorized number of directors and the right of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect two directors of the Corporation during any time when dividends payable on such shares are in arrears, all as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and/or the express terms of the preferred stock of the Corporation.

Section 2 . Nominations. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation, nominations for the election of directors may be made only:

(a) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and

(b) by any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting, but only if written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination is given to the Secretary of the Corporation, delivered to or mailed and received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices, not less than 60 nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 75 days’ notice to the shareholders or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made, the written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination must be given to the Secretary not later than the close of business on the fifteenth day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Each such notice of a shareholder’s intent to make a nomination shall set forth: (A) as to each person who is not an incumbent director when the shareholder proposes to nominate such person for election as a director, (1 ) the name, age, business , and residence address of such person , (2 ) the principal occupation or employment of such person for the last five years, ( 3) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (4 ) all positions of such person as a director, officer, partner, employee , or controlling shareholder of any corporation or other business entity , (5) any prior position as a director, officer, or employee of a depository institution or any company controlling a depository institution , (6) any other information regarding such person that would be required pursuant to paragraphs (a), (e), and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any regulations subsequently adopted by the

 

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Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to the Corporation) to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had such person been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors, and (7) the written consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected, and (B) as to the shareholder giving the notice, (1) the name and record address of such shareholder, (2) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder, and (4) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by such shareholder.

No person shall be eligible for election as a director unless nominated in compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.

Section 2 Section 3 . Quorum, Adjournments, and Manner of Acting . Except as otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or these Regulations, a majority of the entire authorized Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board. Except as otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or these Regulations, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held may adjourn the meeting to another time and place. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the originally called meeting.

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of these Regulations, the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the entire authorized Board of Directors shall be required for the approval or recommendation of any of the following transactions: (a) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation (i) with any interested shareholder, as such term is defined in Chapter 1704 of the Ohio General Corporation Law, or (ii) with any other corporation (which term, as used in this paragraph, includes, in addition to a corporation, a limited liability company, partnership, business trust or other entity) if the merger or consolidation is caused by any interested shareholder, (b) any transaction as a result of which any person or entity will become an interested shareholder, (c) any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation with or into any other corporation if such other corporation, taken on a consolidated basis with its “ parent ”, if any, and its and its parent’s “ subsidiaries ” (as both terms are defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended 1934 Act ), has assets having an aggregate book value equal to 50% or more of the aggregate book value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis, (d) any liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, (e) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with an interested shareholder of assets of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate book value equal to 10% or more of the aggregate book value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis, (f) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with any person or entity of assets of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate book value equal to 25% or more of the

 

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aggregate book value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis, (g) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation to any person or entity of voting stock of the Corporation in an amount greater than 15% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation before giving effect to the issuance or transfer, (h) any transaction involving the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or securities of any class or series of the Corporation which is owned by an interested shareholder, and (i) any transaction which results in the receipt by an interested shareholder, other than proportionately as a shareholder of the Corporation, of the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits provided through the Corporation.

Section 3.   Section 4 . Place of Meeting . The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places, if any, within or without the State of Ohio as the Board may from time to time determine or as shall be specified or fixed in the respective notice or waivers of notices thereof.

Section 4.   Section 5 . Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places, if any, and times as the Board shall from time to time determine.

Section 5.   Section 6 . Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairperson of the Board or the President or by a majority of the directors then in office.

Section 6.   Section 7 . Notice of Meetings .

(a)   (a)  Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors or of any adjourned meeting thereof need not be given.

(b)   (b) Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given to each director personally or by telephone, not later than the day before the meeting is to be held, or sent by telegraph, telex, facsimile, or other means of communication authorized by such director for this purpose, at least 2 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. Notice need not be given to any director who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a waiver of such notice, signed or otherwise authenticated by such director, or who shall attend such meeting without protesting prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director. Every notice shall state the time, place, if any, and means by which directors may participate in the meeting through the use of communications equipment, but need not state the purpose of the meeting.

Section 7.   Section 8 . Participation in Meeting by Means of Communications Equipment . Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the Board or of any such committee through the use of communications equipment to the extent allowed by Ohio law.

Section 8.   Section 9 . Action Without Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be authorized or taken without a meeting with the affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing or writings signed by, all the directors or all the committee members, which writing or writings shall

 

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be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation. A telegram, cablegram, electronic mail, or an electronic or other transmission capable of authentication that appears to have been sent by a director or committee member is a signed writing for purposes of this Section  9. 8. The date on which that telegram, cablegram, electronic mail, or an electronic or other transmission is sent is the date on which the writing shall be deemed to have been signed.

Section 9.   Section 10 . Resignations . Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by oral statement to that effect made at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, the President, or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later date specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 10.   Section 11 . Removal of Directors .

(a)  (a)  The Board of Directors may remove any director and thereby create a vacancy on the Board: (i) if by order of court the director has been found to be of unsound mind or if the director is adjudicated a bankrupt or (ii) if within 60 days from the date of such director’s election the director does not qualify by accepting (either in writing or by any other means of communication authorized by the Corporation) the election to such office or by acting at a meeting of directors.

(b)   (b)   All the directors, or all the directors of a particular class if the Corporation has a classified Board of Directors at that time, or any individual director, may be only removed from office by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to elect directors in place of those to be removed. In case of any such removal, a new director nominated in accordance with Section 2 of this Article II these Regulations may be elected at the same meeting for the unexpired term of each director removed. Failure to elect a director to fill the unexpired term of any director removed shall be deemed to create a vacancy on the Board.

Section 11.   Section 12 . Vacancies . Any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, or other cause may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors by action of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, or if not so filled, by the shareholders at the next annual meeting thereof or at a special meeting called for that purpose in accordance with Section 3 of Article 1 of these Regulations. In the event the shareholders increase the authorized number of directors in accordance with these Regulations but fail at the meeting at which such increase is authorized, or an adjournment of that meeting, to elect the additional directors provided for, or if the shareholders fail at any meeting to elect the whole authorized number of directors, such vacancies may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Any director elected in accordance with the three preceding sentences of this Section  12 11 shall hold office for the remainder of the full term for which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred or until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. The provisions of this Section  12 11 shall not restrict the rights of holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation to fill vacancies in directors elected by such holders as provided by the express terms of the preferred stock.

 

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ARTICLE III

EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

Section 1. Executive Committee . The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire authorized Board, designate annually (i) four or more of its members to constitute members of an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Executive Committee ”) and (ii) one or more of its members to be alternate members of the Executive Committee to take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, between meetings of the Board, all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the power and authority to declare a dividend and to authorize the issuance of stock, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except that the Executive Committee shall not have such power or authority in reference to filling vacancies on the Board or on any committee of the Board, including the Executive Committee.

The Board shall have power at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire authorized Board to change the membership of the Executive Committee, to fill all vacancies in it, and to discharge it, either with or without cause.

Section 2. Other Committees . The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire authorized Board, designate from among its members one or more other committees, each of which shall (i) consist of not less than three directors, together with such alternates as the Board of Directors may appoint to take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee, and (ii) except as otherwise prescribed by law, have such authority of the Board as may be specified in the resolution of the Board designating such committee. The Board shall have power at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire authorized Board, to change the membership of, to fill all vacancies in, and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause.

Section 3. Procedure, Meetings, and Quorum .

(a) Regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board of Directors, of which no notice shall be necessary, may be held at such times and places, if any, as may be fixed by a majority of the members thereof. Special meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board shall be called at the request of the Chairperson of the Board or the President or the Chairperson of any committee. Notice of each special meeting of the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board shall be given in the same manner required for notices of special meetings of the Board of Directors as provided in Section  7 6 of Article II. Any special meeting of the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board shall be a legal meeting without any notice thereof having been given, if all the members thereof shall be present thereat. Notice of any adjourned meeting of any committee of the Board need not be given. The Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or these Regulations for the conduct of its meetings as the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board may deem proper.

 

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(b) A majority of the members of the Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the vote of a majority of the members thereof present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. The Executive Committee or any other committee of the Board of Directors shall keep written minutes of its proceedings and shall report on such proceedings to the Board.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. Election and Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers (including, without limitation, if so desired by the Board of Directors, a Chairperson of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, and one or more Vice Presidents) and assistant officers, all with such titles, authorities, and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the Board, if one is elected, shall be a director. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge, or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or these Regulations to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by two or more officers. Unless the directors expressly elect an officer for a longer or shorter term, each officer shall hold office until the next annual organization meeting of the directors following election of the officer (or, if neither such officer nor a successor is elected at such annual organization meeting, until such officer or such officer’s successor is elected) or until the earlier resignation, removal from office, or death of the officer.

Section 2. Authority and Duties of Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, or as may be determined by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such offices. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and at all meetings of the shareholders. In the event a Chairperson of the Board has not been elected or is otherwise absent, the President (or such other officer designated by the Board of Directors) shall preside at such meetings.

Section 3. Removal . Any officer may at any time be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof or by any superior officer upon whom such power may be conferred by the Board or any authorized committee thereof; provided however, that the removal of the most senior (in authority) officer of the Corporation shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the entire authorized Board. The removal of any officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of such officer.

 

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Section 4. Resignation . Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, the President, or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later date specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 5. Vacancies . A vacancy in any office because of death, retirement, resignation, removal, or any other cause may be filled by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted or authorized by the Ohio General Corporation Law as it may from time to time be amended, any person made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank, other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise. In the case of a merger into this Corporation of a constituent corporation which, if its separate existence had continued, would have been required to indemnify directors, officers, or employees in specified situations prior to the merger, any person who served as a director, officer, or employee of the constituent corporation, or served at the request of the constituent corporation as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank, other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall be entitled to indemnification by this Corporation (as the surviving corporation) for acts, omissions, or other events or occurrences prior to the merger to the same extent he or she would have been entitled to indemnification by the constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The indemnification provided by this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Regulations, or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 1. Certificates for Shares . Certificates representing shares of stock of each class of the Corporation, whenever authorized by the Board of Directors, shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board or by the Chairperson of the Board or President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class shall be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairperson of the Board or the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.

 

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Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles, engraved, stamped, or printed if countersigned by an incorporated transfer agent or registrar. Although any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate has been delivered, such certificate nevertheless shall be effective in all respects when delivered. The Corporation may issue shares of any class of its capital stock without issuing certificates therefore.

Section 2. Transfer of Shares . Transfers of shares of stock of each class of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof, or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or a transfer agent for such stock, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation. No transfer of shares shall be valid as against the Corporation and its shareholders and creditors for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

Section 3. Lost, Destroyed, and Mutilated Certificates . The holder of any share of stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of the certificate therefore; the Corporation may issue to such holder a new certificate or certificates for shares, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft, or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft, or destruction; the Corporation, or the transfer agents and registrars for the stock, may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or such person’s legal representative, to provide the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as they may direct to indemnify the Corporation and such transfer agents and registrars against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

Section 4. Regulations . The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue and transfer of certificates representing shares of stock of each class of the Corporation and may make such rules and take such action as it may deem expedient concerning the issue of certificates in lieu of certificates claimed to have been lost, destroyed, stolen, or mutilated.

ARTICLE VII

RECORD DATES

For any lawful purpose, including the determination of the shareholders who are entitled to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date in accordance with the provisions of the Ohio General Corporation Law. The record date for the purpose of the determination of the shareholders who are entitled to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders shall continue to be the record date for all adjournments of the meeting unless the Board of Directors or the persons who shall have fixed the original record date shall, subject to the limitations set forth in the Ohio General Corporation Law,

 

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fix another date and shall cause notice thereof and of the date to which the meeting shall have been adjourned to be given to shareholders of record as of the newly fixed date in accordance with the same requirements as those applying to a meeting newly called. The Board of Directors may close the share transfer books against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of the period provided for in this Article VII, including the date of the meeting of the shareholders and the period ending with the date, if any, to which adjourned. If no record date is fixed therefor, the record date for determining the shareholders who are entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the shareholders shall be the date next preceding the day on which notice is given, and the record date for determining the shareholders who are entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be the date next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal of this Corporation shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the Corporation. Failure to affix the seal to any instrument or document executed on behalf of the Corporation shall not affect the validity of such instrument or document unless otherwise expressly provided by law.

ARTICLE IX

OFFICES

The headquarters and principal executive offices of the Corporation shall be located in the City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio. The Corporation may also have such other office or offices, and keep the books and records of the Corporation, except as may otherwise be required by law, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Ohio, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

These Regulations may only be amended, repealed, or altered or new regulations may only be adopted (i) at a meeting of shareholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal, or (ii) without a meeting, by the written consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise 100% of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal , or (iii) by the Board of Directors (to the extent permitted by the Ohio General Corporation Law) .

It is the intent that these Regulations be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law. If in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any provision of these Regulations for the reason that such provision (or portion thereof) is deemed to be unenforceable or invalid under applicable law, then it is the intent that such otherwise unenforceable or invalid provision (or portion thereof) be enforced and valid to the maximum extent permitted by

 

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applicable law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision (or portion thereof) of these Regulations shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision (or the balance of the otherwise enforceable or valid provision) of these Regulations, as each provision (and portion thereof) is intended to be severable.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

KEYCORP 2019 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

1. EFFECTIVE DATE; PURPOSE; TERM; PRIOR PLAN.

 

  (a)

The Corporation hereby establishes an equity compensation plan to be known as the KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan effective as of January 10, 2019 (the “Effective Date”), subject to the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Corporation (the date of such shareholder approval being the “Approval Date”). Definitions of capitalized terms used in the Plan are contained in Section 2 of the Plan.

 

  (b)

The Plan is intended to promote the interests of the Corporation and its shareholders by providing equity-based incentives for effective service and high levels of performance to Employees and Directors selected by the Committee. To achieve these purposes, the Corporation may grant Awards to selected Employees and Directors in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

  (c)

No Award may be granted under the Plan on or after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date, or such earlier date as the Board shall determine. The Plan will remain in effect with respect to outstanding Awards until no Awards remain outstanding.

 

  (d)

If the Corporation’s shareholders approve the Plan, the KeyCorp 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”) will terminate in its entirety effective on the Approval Date and all Common Shares authorized for issuances under the 2013 Plan but which are not then subject to awards under the Prior Plan will be canceled and no longer be available for issuance as awards; provided that all outstanding awards under the 2013 Plan as of the Approval Date shall remain outstanding and shall be administered and settled in accordance with the provisions of the 2013 Plan.

2. DEFINITIONS.

2.1 1934 ACT. The term “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.2 ACQUISITION PRICE. The term “Acquisition Price” with respect to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall mean such amount, if any, required by applicable law or as may be otherwise specified by the Committee in the Award Instrument with respect to the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units as the consideration to be paid by the Participant for the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

2.3 APPROVAL DATE. The term “Approval Date” shall mean the date that the Plan is first approved by the shareholders of the Corporation.

2.4 AWARD. The term “Award” shall mean an award granted under the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards.

2.5 AWARD INSTRUMENT. The term “Award Instrument” shall mean a writing evidencing an Award in such form and with such provisions as the Committee may prescribe, including, without limitation, an agreement to be executed by the Participant and the Corporation, a certificate issued by the Corporation, a sub-plan established under the Plan or a letter executed by the Committee or its designee. An Award Instrument may be in an electronic medium, may be limited to notation on the books and records of the Corporation and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Corporation or the Participant. Acceptance of the Award Instrument by a Participant constitutes agreement to the terms of the Award evidenced thereby.

2.6 BASE PRICE. The term “Base Price” with respect to a Free-Standing SAR shall mean the price specified in an Award of the Free-Standing SAR to be used as the basis for determining the amount to which a holder of the Free-Standing SAR is entitled upon the exercise of the Free-Standing SAR.

2.7 BOARD. The term “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

2.8 CHANGE OF CONTROL. Unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument or a Deferred Compensation Plan, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if there is a Change of Control under any of clauses (a), (b), (c), or (d) below. For these purposes, the Corporation will be deemed to have become a subsidiary of another corporation if any other corporation (which term shall, for all purposes of this Section 2.8, include, in addition to a corporation, a limited liability company, partnership, trust, or other organization) owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined outstanding voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any successor to the Corporation.

 

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  (a)

A Change of Control will have occurred under this clause (a) if the Corporation is a party to a transaction pursuant to which the Corporation is merged with or into, or is consolidated with, or becomes the subsidiary of another corporation and either:

 

  (i)

immediately after giving effect to that transaction, less than 65% of the then outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or (if the Corporation becomes a subsidiary in the transaction) of the ultimate parent of the Corporation represent or were issued in exchange for voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to the transaction, or

 

  (ii)

immediately after giving effect to that transaction, individuals who were directors of the Corporation on the day before the first public announcement of (x) the pendency of the transaction or (y) the intention of any person or entity to cause the transaction to occur, cease for any reason to constitute at least 51% of the directors of the surviving or resulting corporation or (if the Corporation becomes a subsidiary in the transaction) of the ultimate parent of the Corporation.

 

  (b)

A Change of Control will have occurred under this clause (b) if a tender or exchange offer shall be made and consummated for 35% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or any Person is or becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or there is a report filed on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report), each as adopted under the 1934 Act, disclosing the acquisition of 35% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation in a transaction or series of transactions by any Person.

 

  (c)

A Change of Control will have occurred under this clause (c) if either:

 

  (i)

without the prior approval, solicitation, invitation, or recommendation of the Board any person or entity makes a public announcement of a bona fide intention (A) to engage in a transaction with the Corporation that, if consummated, would result in a Change Event (as defined below in this clause (c)), or (B) to “solicit” (as defined in Rule 14a-1 under the 1934 Act) proxies in connection with a proposal that is not approved or recommended by the Board, or

 

  (ii)

any person or entity publicly announces a bona fide intention to engage in an election contest relating to the election of directors of the Corporation (pursuant to Regulation 14A, including Rule 14a-11, under the 1934 Act),

AND,

at any time within the 24-month period immediately following the date of the announcement of that intention, individuals who, on the day before that announcement, constituted the directors of the Corporation (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof unless both (A) the election, or the nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors in office at the time of the election or nomination for election of such new director, and (B) prior to the time that the Incumbent Directors no longer constitute a majority of the Board, the Incumbent Directors then in office, by a vote of at least 75% of their number, reasonably determine in good faith that the change in Board membership that has occurred before the date of that determination and that is anticipated to thereafter occur within the balance of the 24-month period to cause the Incumbent Directors to no longer be a majority of the Board was not caused by or attributable to, in whole or in any significant part, directly or indirectly, proximately or remotely, any event under subclause (i) or (ii) of this clause (c).

For purposes of this clause (c), the term “Change Event” shall mean any of the events described in the following subclauses (x), (y), or (z) of this clause (c):

 

  (x)

A tender or exchange offer shall be made for 25% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or any Person is or becomes the beneficial owner of 25% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation or there is a report filed on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form, or report), each as adopted under the 1934 Act, disclosing the acquisition of 25% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation in a transaction or series of transactions by any Person.

 

  (y)

The Corporation is a party to a transaction pursuant to which the Corporation is merged with or into, or is consolidated with, or becomes the subsidiary of another corporation and, after giving effect to such transaction, less than 50% of the then outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or (if the Corporation becomes a subsidiary in the transaction) of the ultimate parent of the Corporation represent or were issued in exchange for voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such transaction or less than 51% of the directors of the surviving or resulting corporation or (if the Corporation becomes a subsidiary in the transaction) of the ultimate parent of the Corporation were directors of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction.

 

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  (z)

There is a sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation.

 

  (d)

A Change of Control will have occurred under this clause (d) if there is a sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

2.9 CODE. The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

2.10 COMMITTEE. The term “Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board or such other committee or subcommittee as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist solely of at least three directors each of whom qualifies as a Non-Employee Director and satisfies any applicable standards of independence under the federal securities laws and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or any other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed as in effect from time to time.

2.11 COMMON SHARES. The term “Common Shares” shall mean common shares of the Corporation, with a par value of $1.00 each.

2.12 CORPORATION. The term “Corporation” shall mean KeyCorp and its successors, including the surviving or resulting corporation of any merger of KeyCorp with or into, or any consolidation of KeyCorp with, any other corporation or corporations.

2.13 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS. The term “Deferred Compensation Plans” shall mean the Existing Deferral Plans and any other plan, agreement or program of the Corporation that is now or hereafter intended to provide Employees or Directors with the opportunity or obligation to defer the payment or delivery of compensation earned by or awarded to them, but only if and to the extent that such plan (a) has been determined by the Board to be covered by this Plan as a Deferred Compensation Plan, (b) has not been separately approved by the Corporation’s shareholders, and (c) is not a plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.

2.14 DIRECTOR. The term “Director” means any individual who is a member of the Board who is not an Employee.

2.15 DISABILITY. The term “Disability” with respect to an Employee shall mean shall mean (1) a physical or mental disability which prevents the Employee from performing the duties the Employee was employed to perform for the Corporation or Subsidiary employing such Employee when such disability commenced, (2) has resulted in the Employee’s absence from work for 180 qualifying days, and (3) application has been made for the Employee’s disability coverage under the KeyCorp Long Term Disability Plan, and such Disability results in the Participant’s termination of employment.

2.16 EFFECTIVE DATE. The term “Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) of the Plan.

2.17 EMPLOYEE. The term “Employee” shall mean any individual employed by the Corporation or by any Subsidiary and shall include officers as well as all other employees of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary (including employees who are members of the Board or of the Board of Directors of any Subsidiary).

2.18 EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION DATE. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the term “Employment Termination Date” with respect to an Employee shall mean the first date on which the Employee is no longer employed by the Corporation or any Subsidiary.

2.19 EXERCISE PRICE. The term “Exercise Price” with respect to an Option shall mean the price specified in the Option at which the Common Shares subject to the Option may be purchased by the holder of the Option.

2.20 EXISTING DEFERRAL PLANS. The term “Existing Deferral Plans” shall mean the KeyCorp Deferred Savings Plan, the KeyCorp Second Deferred Savings Plan, the KeyCorp Long-Term Incentive Deferral Plan, the KeyCorp Directors’ Deferred Share Sub-Plan, and such other deferred compensation plans as KeyCorp shall from time to time establish.

2.21 FAIR MARKET VALUE. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of an Award in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, the term “Fair Market Value” with respect to Common Shares shall mean:

 

  (a)

if the Common Shares are traded on a national securities exchange, the closing price per Common Share on that national exchange on the date for which the determination of fair market value is made or, if there are no sales of Common Shares on that date, then on the most recent prior date on which there were any sales of Common Shares; or

 

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  (b)

if the Common Shares are not traded on a national securities exchange, the fair market value of the Common Shares as determined in good faith by the Committee. The Committee is authorized to adopt another fair market value pricing method, provided such method is stated in the Award Instrument, and is in compliance with the fair market value pricing rules set forth in Section 409A of the Code.

2.22 FREE-STANDING STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT. The term “Free-Standing Stock Appreciation Right” or “Free-Standing SAR” shall mean an SAR granted to a Participant that is not granted in tandem with an Option that entitles the holder thereof to receive from the Corporation, upon exercise of the Free-Standing SAR or any portion of the Free-Standing SAR, an amount equal to 100%, or such lesser percentage as the Committee may determine at the time of grant of the Free-Standing SAR, of the excess, if any, measured at the time of the exercise of the Free-Standing SAR, of

 

  (a)

the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Common Shares underlying the Free-Standing SARs being exercised over

 

  (b)

the aggregate Base Price of those Common Shares underlying the Free-Standing SARs being exercised.

2.23 GOOD REASON. The term “Good Reason” shall have the meaning given to it in any change in control agreement between the Corporation and the Employee. If no such agreement exists or if such agreement does not contain a definition of “Good Reason”, an Employee shall be deemed to have “Good Reason” to terminate the Employee’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary under this Plan if, within two years after the occurrence of a Change of Control, any of the events listed in clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 2.23 occurs without the written consent of the Employee, and the Employee has provided notice of such event(s) to the Corporation and an opportunity by the Corporation to cure:

 

  (a)

a material reduction in the Employee’s base salary;

 

  (b)

a material reduction in the Employee’s authority, duties, or responsibilities;

 

  (c)

a relocation of the Employee’s principal place of employment to a location more than 50 miles from where such principal place of employment was located prior to the Change of Control; or

 

  (d)

any other action or inaction that constitutes a material breach of the Employee’s terms or conditions of employment.

For purposes of this Section 2.23, the Corporation will be deemed to have had an opportunity to cure and will have failed to effect a cure if the circumstance(s) otherwise constituting Good Reason persists and the Employee has notified the Corporation within 90 calendar days of the material reduction, change, or breach (as the case may be), and the Corporation has not effectuated a cure for such material reduction, change or breach within 30 calendar days following the Employee’s notice of the Good Reason circumstance.

2.24 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. The term “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option intended by the Committee to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code (or any successor provision).

2.25 KEY. The term “Key” shall mean the Corporation and its Subsidiaries collectively.

2.26 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR. The term “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a director who is a “Non-Employee Director” of the Corporation within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.

2.27 NONQUALIFIED OPTION. The term “Nonqualified Option” shall mean an Option intended by the Committee not to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code (or any successor provision) or an Option intended by the Committee to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code but that fails to so qualify.

2.28 OPTION. The term “Option” shall mean an Award entitling the holder thereof to purchase a specified number of Common Shares at a specified price during a specified period of time.

2.29 OPTION EXPIRATION DATE. The term “Option Expiration Date” with respect to any Option shall mean the date selected by the Committee after which, except as provided in Section 13.4 of the Plan, in the case of the death of the Participant to whom the Option was granted, the Option may not be exercised.

2.30 OTHER AWARD. The term “Other Award” shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

2.31 PARTICIPANT. The term “Participant” shall mean any eligible Employee or Director who holds one or more outstanding Awards.

 

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2.32 PERFORMANCE GOAL. The term “Performance Goal” shall mean the measurable performance goal or goals specified by the Committee in connection with the grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units, or when so determined by the Committee, Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Other Awards or dividend equivalents, pursuant to the Plan. Performance Goals may be described in terms of Corporation-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of the Subsidiary, division, department, region or function within the Corporation or Subsidiary in which an Employee is employed. The Performance Goals may be made relative to the performance of one or more other companies or subsidiaries, divisions, departments, regions or functions within such other companies, and may be made relative to an index or one or more of the performance goals themselves. The Performance Goals applicable to any Award may be based on one or criteria selected by the Committee, which may include (but shall not be limited to) the following:

 

  (a)

return measures (earnings per share, return on equity, return on tangible common equity, return on assets, economic profit added, earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization);

 

  (b)

revenue (total revenue, gross revenue, net revenue, revenue growth);

 

  (c)

income (gross income, net income (before or after tax), net income after cost of capital, net interest income, noninterest income, fee income);

 

  (d)

expense factors (noninterest expense, personnel expense, non-personnel expense, efficiency ratio);

 

  (e)

balance sheet measures (loans, deposits, assets, tangible equity);

 

  (f)

pre provision net revenue;

 

  (g)

operating leverage;

 

  (h)

risk measures (net charge-offs, nonperforming assets, risk weighted assets, classified assets, criticized assets, allowance for loan and lease losses);

 

  (i)

share price measures (share price, share price increase, total shareholder return);

 

  (j)

capital measures (common equity tier 1, tangible common equity to tangible assets, risk based capital);

 

  (k)

market capitalization;

 

  (l)

strategic objectives (branding, mergers and acquisitions, succession management, dynamic market response, expense reduction initiatives, cost savings & synergies, risk management and regulatory compliance); and

 

  (m)

any other criteria selected by the Committee.

If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Corporation, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render the Performance Goals unsuitable, the Committee may in its discretion modify such Performance Goals or the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable, including, without limitation, to exclude the effects of extraordinary items, unusual or non-recurring events, cumulative effects of tax or accounting changes, discontinued operations, acquisitions, divestitures and material restructuring or asset impairment charges.

2.33 PERFORMANCE PERIOD. The term “Performance Period” shall mean such one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, within which the Performance Goals relating to one or more Awards of Performance Shares or Performance Units are to be achieved.

2.34 PERFORMANCE SHARES. The term “Performance Shares” shall mean an Award denominated in Common Shares and contingent upon attainment of one or more Performance Goals over a Performance Period.

2.35 PERFORMANCE UNITS. The term “Performance Units” shall mean a bookkeeping entry that records a unit equal to $1.00 awarded pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, which are contingent upon attainment of one or more Performance Goals over a Performance Period.

2.36 PERSON. The term “Person” shall mean a “person” as used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act.

2.37 PLAN. The term “Plan” shall mean this KeyCorp 2019 Equity Compensation Plan as from time to time hereafter amended in accordance with Section 23.1 of the Plan.

2.38 PRIOR PLANS. The term “Prior Plans” means the 2013 Plan (as defined in Section 1(d) of the Plan) and the KeyCorp 2010 Equity Compensation Plan.

 

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2.39 RESTRICTED STOCK. The term “Restricted Stock” shall mean Common Shares delivered to a Participant pursuant to an Award subject to such restrictions, conditions and contingencies as the Committee may provide in the relevant Award Instrument, including:

 

  (a)

the restriction that the Participant not sell, transfer, otherwise dispose of, or pledge or otherwise hypothecate the Restricted Stock during the applicable Restriction Period,

 

  (b)

the requirement that the Restriction Period will terminate or terminate early upon achievement of specified Performance Goals, and

 

  (c)

such other restrictions, conditions, and contingencies, if any, as the Committee may provide in the Award Instrument with respect to the Restricted Stock.

2.40 RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. The term “Restricted Stock Units” shall mean an Award pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan whereby a Participant receives the right to receive Common Shares or the cash equivalent thereof at a specified time in the future in consideration of the performance of services, but subject to such restrictions, conditions and contingencies as the Committee may provide in the relevant Award Instrument.

2.41 RESTRICTION PERIOD. The term “Restriction Period” with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock shall mean the period selected by the Committee and specified in the Award Instrument with respect to that Restricted Stock during which the Participant may not sell, transfer, otherwise dispose of, or pledge or otherwise hypothecate that Restricted Stock.

2.42 RULE 16b-3. The term “Rule 16b-3” shall mean Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule substantially to the same effect) promulgated under the 1934 Act, as in effect from time to time.

2.43 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT. The term “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” shall mean a right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan and will include Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights and Free-Standing Stock Appreciation Rights.

2.44 SUBSIDIARY. The term “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other business entity in which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock (in the case of a corporation) or other ownership interest (in the case of any entity other than a corporation).

2.45 TANDEM STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT. The term “Tandem Stock Appreciation Right” or “Tandem SAR” shall mean an Award granted to a Participant with respect to all or any part of any Option that entitles the holder thereof to receive from the Corporation, upon exercise of the Tandem SAR and surrender of the related Option, or any portion of the Tandem SAR and the related Option, an amount equal to 100%, or such lesser percentage as the Committee may determine at the time of the grant of the Tandem SAR, of the excess, if any, measured at the time of the exercise of the Tandem SAR, of (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the Option with respect to which the Tandem SAR is exercised over (b) the aggregate Exercise Price of those Common Shares under the Option.

2.46 TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. “Termination for Cause” shall mean the termination of an Employee’s employment by Key for “Cause” as defined in any applicable change in control agreement between Key and the Employee. If no such applicable agreement exists or if such agreement does not contain a definition of “Cause”, the termination of the employment of an Employee of Key shall be deemed a “Termination for Cause” if, prior to the termination of employment, any of the following has occurred:

 

  (a)

the Employee’s willful and continued failure to perform the principal duties of his or her employment (other than any such failure resulting from vacation, leave of absence or incapacity due to injury, accident or disability), as reasonably determined by Key;

 

  (b)

the Employee’s material breach of any agreement, covenant or representation made in any employment or other agreement with Key or a material violation of Key’s internal policies or procedures as are in effect as of the date such violation occurred;

 

  (c)

Employee’s material violation of any law, rule, regulation or by-law of any governmental authority (state, federal or foreign), any securities exchange or association or other regulatory or self-regulatory body or agency applicable to Employee or to Key;

 

  (d)

Employee’s arrest for, conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud or unethical business conduct, or any felony of any nature whatsoever;

 

  (e)

Employee’s failure to obtain or maintain any registration, license or other authorization or approval that Employee is required to maintain or that Key reasonably believes is required in order for Employee to perform Employee’s duties;

 

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  (f)

Employee’s willful failure to execute a directive of Employee’s supervisor (unless such directive would result in the commission of an act which is illegal or unethical) or commission of an act against the directive of Employee’s supervisor;

 

  (g)

the Employee commits an act or series of acts of misconduct in the course of the Employee’s employment which is materially detrimental to the financial condition or business reputation of Key, whether as a result of adverse publicity or otherwise;

 

  (h)

Key has been ordered or directed by any federal or state regulatory agency with jurisdiction to terminate or suspend the Employee’s employment; or

 

  (i)

the Employee shall have intentionally engaged in Harmful Activity (as defined in Section 19) while the Employee remains in the employ of Key.

2.47 TERMINATION UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. The term “Termination Under Limited Circumstances” shall mean, except as otherwise set forth in the Award Instrument, an Employee’s termination from the Corporation or any Subsidiary under circumstances in which the Employee becomes entitled to receive: (a) a severance under the KeyCorp Separation Pay Plan as in effect at the time of the Employee’s termination, or (b) under circumstances under which the Employee is entitled to receive salary continuation benefits under the terms and conditions of an employment separation or letter agreement with the Corporation or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, a Change of Control Agreement.

2.48 TRANSFEREE. The term “Transferee” shall mean, with respect to Nonqualified Options only, any person or entity to which a Participant transfers or assigns all or part of his or her Options with permission by the Committee.

2.49 VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION. The term “Voluntary Resignation” means that the Employee shall have terminated his or her employment with the Corporation and its Subsidiaries by voluntarily resigning at his or her own instance without having been requested to so resign by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, except that any resignation by the Employee will not be deemed to be a Voluntary Resignation if, within two years after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Employee terminates his or her employment for Good Reason.

3. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. No Award may be made under the Plan to any member or alternate member of the Committee. The Committee shall have authority, subject to the terms of the Plan,

 

  (a)

to determine the Participants who are eligible to participate in the Plan, the type, size, and terms of Awards to be granted to any Participant, the time or times at which Awards shall be exercisable or at which restrictions, conditions, and contingencies shall lapse, and the terms and provisions of the instruments by which Awards shall be evidenced,

 

  (b)

to establish any other restrictions, conditions, and contingencies on Awards in addition to those prescribed by the Plan,

 

  (c)

to interpret the Plan, and

 

  (d)

to make all determinations necessary for the administration of the Plan.

The construction and interpretation by the Committee of any provision of the Plan or any Award Instrument delivered pursuant to the Plan and any determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of the Plan or any Award Instrument shall be final and conclusive. No member or alternate member of the Committee shall be liable for any such action or determination made in good faith.

The Committee may act only by a majority of its members. Any determination of the Committee may be made, without a meeting, by a writing or writings signed by all of the members of the Committee. In addition, subject to any limitations imposed by the Committee or by applicable law, the Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Corporation, or to one or more agents or advisors, such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any person to whom duties or powers have been delegated as aforesaid, may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. The Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Corporation to do one or both of the following on the same basis as the Committee: (i) designate employees to be recipients of Awards under this Plan, (ii) determine the size of any such Awards, and (iii) exercise the Committee’s discretionary authority pursuant to Section 23.4 of the Plan; provided , however , that (A) the Committee shall not delegate such responsibilities to any such officer for Awards granted to an Employee who is an officer, director, or more than 10% beneficial owner of any class of the Corporation’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 16 of

 

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the 1934 Act; (B) the resolution providing for such authorization sets forth the total number of Common Shares such officer(s) may grant; and (C) the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.

Awards granted to Directors may be made pursuant to one or more sub-plans to this Plan, which shall be administered by the Committee, the Board or another committee thereof as specified in such sub-plan(s).

The Board may reserve to itself any or all of the authority or responsibility of the Committee under the Plan or may act as the administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Board has reserved any such authority or responsibility or during any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this paragraph) shall include the Board. To the extent that any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with any action taken by the Committee, the action of the Board shall control.

4. ELIGIBILITY. Awards may be granted to Employees and Directors selected by the Committee in its sole discretion. The granting of any Award to a Participant shall not entitle that Participant to, nor disqualify the Participant from, participation in any other grant of an Award.

5. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

5.1 TYPE OF STOCK. The Common Shares that may be issued and distributed to Participants in connection with Awards granted under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Common Shares, treasury Common Shares, or Common Shares acquired on the open market specifically for distribution under the Plan, as the Board may from time to time determine.

5.2 NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.4 and Section 16 of the Plan, the number of Common Shares that may be issued or transferred

 

  (a)

upon the exercise of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights,

 

  (b)

in payment of Restricted Stock and released from a substantial risk of forfeiture thereof,

 

  (c)

in payment of Restricted Stock Units,

 

  (d)

in payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned,

 

  (e)

in payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to Awards made under the Plan,

 

  (f)

as Other Awards or in payment of Other Awards, or

 

  (g)

in payment of any other award pursuant to this Plan,

shall not exceed in the aggregate 71,600,000 Common Shares, reduced by the Common Shares covered by awards granted under the 2013 Plan after December 31, 2018 but prior to the Approval Date, and increased by the Common Shares covered by awards outstanding under the Prior Plans after December 31, 2018 that are forfeited, canceled, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without the issuance of such Common Shares. Common Shares issued under any plan assumed by the Corporation in any corporate transaction or Awards granted pursuant to Section 21 will not count against the aggregate share limit described in this Section 5.2.

5.3 SHARE USE. Each Common Share issued or transferred pursuant to an award of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights will reduce the aggregate plan limit described above in Section 5.2 by one Common Share. Each Common Share issued or transferred (and in the case of Restricted Stock, released from all substantial risk of forfeiture) pursuant to an award other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall reduce the aggregate plan limit described above in Section 5.2 by 2.05 Common Shares. Any Common Shares that again become available for issuance pursuant to this Section 5 shall be added back to the aggregate plan limit in the same manner such shares were originally deducted from the aggregate plan limit pursuant to this Section 5.3 (or, in the case of Common Shares subject to an outstanding award under a Prior Plan that again become available for issuance pursuant to this Section 5, in the same manner such shares were originally deducted from the share limit under the applicable Prior Plan).

5.4 ADJUSTMENTS. The number of Common Shares available in Section 5.2 above shall be adjusted to account for Common Shares relating to any awards granted under this Plan that expire or are forfeited. Common Shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and distributed to an Employee and, therefore, the total number of Common Shares available under Section 5.2 above as of a given date shall not be reduced by any Common Shares relating to prior Awards that have expired or have been forfeited or cancelled, and upon

 

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payment in cash of the benefit provided by any Award granted under the Plan, any Common Shares that were covered by that Award will be available for issuance or transfer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (a) if Common Shares are tendered or otherwise used in payment of the Exercise Price of an Option, the total number of Common Shares covered by the Option being exercised shall reduce the aggregate plan limit described above; (b) Common Shares withheld by the Corporation to satisfy the tax withholding obligation shall count against the aggregate plan limit described above; and (c) the number of Common Shares covered by a Stock Appreciation Right, to the extent that it is exercised and settled in Common Shares, and whether or not Common Shares are actually issued and distributed to the Employee upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, shall be considered issued or transferred pursuant to the Plan. In the event that the Corporation repurchases Common Shares with Option proceeds, those Common Shares will not be added to the aggregate plan limit described above. If, under the Plan, a Participant has elected to give up the right to receive compensation in exchange for Common Shares based on Fair Market Value (whether under a Deferred Compensation Plan or otherwise), such Common Shares will not count against the aggregate plan limit described above.

5.5 LIMITS. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 or elsewhere in the Plan to the contrary and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 of the Plan:

 

  (a)

the aggregate number of Common Shares actually issued or transferred by the Corporation upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed 5,000,000 Common Shares; and

 

  (b)

in no event shall the aggregate grant date fair value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) of all Awards granted to any single Director during any single calendar year exceed an amount equal to 300% of the Director’s cash retainer for such calendar year.

6. STOCK OPTIONS.

6.1 TYPE AND DATE OF GRANT OF OPTIONS.

 

  (a)

The Award Instrument pursuant to which any Incentive Stock Option is granted shall specify that the Option granted thereby shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option. The Award Instrument pursuant to which any Nonqualified Option is granted shall specify that the Option granted thereby shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

  (b)

The day on which the Committee authorizes the grant of an Incentive Stock Option shall be the date on which that Option is granted.

 

  (c)

The day on which the Committee authorizes the grant of a Nonqualified Option shall be considered the date on which that Option is granted, unless the Committee specifies a later date.

 

  (d)

The Committee reserves the discretion after the date of grant of an Option to provide for (i) the availability of a loan at exercise; or (ii) the right to tender in satisfaction of the Exercise Price nonforfeitable, unrestricted Common Shares, which are already owned by the Employee and have a value at the time of exercise that is equal to the Exercise Price.

 

  (e)

Options granted under the Plan may be (i) options, including, without limitation, Incentive Stock Options, that are intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Code, (ii) options that are not intended so to qualify, or (iii) combinations of the foregoing. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees who meet the definition of “employees” under Section 3401(c) of the Code.

6.2 EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise Price under any Option shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

6.3 OPTION EXPIRATION DATE. The Option Expiration Date under any Option shall be not later than ten years from the date on which the Option is granted.

6.4 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.

 

  (a)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 13 of the Plan, an Option may be exercised only while the Participant to whom the Option was granted is in the employ or service of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary. Subject to this requirement and the other provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12, each Option shall become exercisable in one or more installments at the time or times provided in the Award Instrument evidencing the Option. A Participant to whom an Option is granted or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, the Participant’s Transferee may exercise the Option from time to time, in whole or in part, up to the total number of Common Shares with respect to which the Option is then exercisable, except that no fraction of a Common Share may be purchased upon the exercise of any Option.

 

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  (b)

The Award Instrument may provide that specified Performance Goals must be achieved as a condition to the exercise of any Option.

 

  (c)

A Participant or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee electing to exercise an Option shall deliver to the Corporation (i) the Exercise Price payable in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Plan and (ii) written notice of the election that states the number of whole Common Shares with respect to which the Participant is exercising the Option.

 

  (d)

The exercise of an Option will result in the cancellation on a share-by-share basis of any Tandem SAR granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

6.5 PAYMENT FOR COMMON SHARES. Upon exercise of an Option by a Participant or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee, the Exercise Price shall be payable by the Participant or Transferee in cash or in such other form of consideration as the Committee determines may be accepted, including without limitation, securities or other property, or any combination of cash, securities or other property or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by delivery by the Participant or Transferee (with the written notice of election to exercise) of irrevocable instructions to a broker registered under the 1934 Act promptly to deliver to the Corporation the amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Exercise Price. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant to a Participant or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee the right to transfer Common Shares acquired upon the exercise of a part of an Option in payment of the Exercise Price payable upon immediate exercise of a further part of the Option or to have the Corporation withhold Common Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Exercise Price.

6.6 CONVERSION OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The Committee may at any time in its sole discretion take such actions as may be necessary to convert any outstanding Incentive Stock Option (or any installments or portions of installments thereof) into a Nonqualified Option with or without the consent of the Employee to whom that Incentive Stock Option was granted and whether or not that Employee is an Employee at the time of the conversion.

6.7 DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. No grant of Options may be accompanied by a tandem award of dividend equivalents or provide for dividends, dividend equivalents or other distributions to be paid on such Options.

7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

7.1 GRANT OF SARS.

 

  (a)

The Committee may authorize the granting (i) to any holder of an Option, of Tandem SARs in respect of Options granted hereunder, and (ii) to any Participant, of Free-Standing SARs. A Tandem SAR may be granted only in connection with an Option. A Tandem SAR granted in connection with an Incentive Stock Option may be granted only when the Incentive Stock Option is granted. A Tandem SAR granted in connection with a Nonqualified Option may be granted either when the related Nonqualified Option is granted or at any time thereafter including, in the case of any Nonqualified Option resulting from the conversion of an Incentive Stock Option, simultaneously with or after the conversion. A Free-Standing SAR is not granted in tandem with an Option.

7.2 EXERCISE OF SARS.

 

  (a)

A Participant electing to exercise a SAR shall deliver written notice to the Corporation of the election identifying the SAR and, with respect to Tandem SARs, the related Option with respect to which the Tandem SAR was granted to the Participant, and specifying the number of whole Common Shares with respect to which the Participant is exercising the SAR. Upon exercise of a Tandem SAR, the related Option shall be deemed to be surrendered to the extent that the Tandem SAR is exercised

 

  (b)

The Committee may specify in the Award Instrument pursuant to which SARs are granted that the amount payable on exercise of a SAR may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee in the Award Instrument.

 

  (c)

No SAR granted under this Plan may be exercised more than ten years from the date on which the SAR is granted.

 

  (d)

No grant of SARs may be accompanied by a tandem award of dividend equivalents or provide for dividends, dividend equivalents or other distributions to be paid on such SARs.

 

  (e)

SARs may be exercised only (i) on a date when the SAR is “in the money” (i.e., when there would be positive consideration received upon exercise of the SAR), (ii) with respect to Tandem SARs, at a time and to the same extent as the related Option is exercisable, (iii) with respect to Tandem SARs, unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument, by surrender to the Corporation, unexercised, of the related Option or any applicable portion thereof, and (iv) in compliance with all restrictions set forth in the relevant Award Instrument or specified by the Committee.

 

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  (f)

The Committee may specify in the Award Instrument pursuant to which any SAR is granted waiting periods and restrictions on permissible exercise periods consistent with the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12.

 

  (g)

The Committee may specify in the Award Instrument pursuant to which SARs are granted Performance Goals that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such SARs.

 

  (h)

Each Award Instrument pursuant to which Free-Standing SARs are granted shall specify in respect of each Free-Standing SAR a Base Price, which shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to each Free-Standing SAR on the date the Free-Standing SAR is granted.

7.3 PAYMENT FOR SARS. The amount payable upon exercise of a SAR may be paid by the Corporation in cash or in whole Common Shares (taken at their Fair Market Value at the time of exercise of the SAR) or in a combination of cash and whole Common Shares and the Committee may either grant to the Participant or retain in the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives; provided, however, that in no event shall the total number of Common Shares that may be paid to a Participant pursuant to the exercise of a Tandem SAR exceed the total number of Common Shares subject to the related Option.

7.4 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, OR SUSPENSION OF SARS. SARs shall terminate and may no longer by exercised upon the first to occur of

 

  (a)

with respect to Tandem SARs, the exercise or termination of the related Option,

 

  (b)

any termination date specified by the Committee at the time of grant of the SAR, or

 

  (c)

with respect to Tandem SARs, the transfer by the Employee of the related Option. In addition, the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time before the occurrence of a Change of Control amend, suspend, or terminate any SAR theretofore granted under the Plan without the holder’s consent; provided that, in the case of amendment, no provision of the SAR, as amended, shall be in conflict with any provision of the Plan.

8. RESTRICTED STOCK.

8.1 CONDITIONS ON RESTRICTED STOCK.

 

  (a)

In addition to the restrictions on disposition of Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period, the Committee may provide in the Award Instrument with respect to any Award of Restricted Stock other restrictions, conditions, and contingencies, which other restrictions, conditions, and contingencies, if any, may relate to, in addition to such other matters as the Committee may deem appropriate, the achievement of Performance Goals measured in such manner as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may impose different restrictions, conditions, and contingencies on separate Awards of Restricted Stock granted to different Participants, whether at the same or different times, and on separate Awards of Restricted Stock granted to the same Participant, whether at the same or different times, but in any case subject to the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12. The Committee may specify a single Restriction Period for all of the Restricted Stock subject to any particular Award Instrument or may specify multiple Restriction Periods so that the restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock subject to the Award will expire in stages according to a schedule specified by the Committee and set forth in the Award Instrument.

 

  (b)

Any dividends payable with respect to unvested Restricted Stock shall be accumulated or deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock until such Award is earned and vested, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting conditions and the achievement of any applicable Performance Goals, as the original Award.

 

  (c)

If so directed by the Committee, all certificates representing Restricted Stock may be held in custody by the Corporation until all restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, together with a stock power or powers executed by the Participant in whose name such certificates are registered, endorsed in blank and covering such Common Shares.

8.2 PAYMENT FOR RESTRICTED STOCK. Each Participant to whom an Award of Restricted Stock is made shall pay the Acquisition Price, if any, with respect to that Restricted Stock to the Corporation not later than 30 calendar days after the delivery to the Participant of the Award Instrument with respect to that Restricted Stock. If any Participant fails to pay any Acquisition Price with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock within that 30 calendar day period, the Participant’s right under that Award shall be forfeited.

8.3 RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER. Upon payment by a Participant in full of the Acquisition Price, if any, for Restricted Stock under an Award, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including voting and dividend rights, subject only to such restrictions and requirements referred to in Section 8.1 of the Plan as may be incorporated in the Award Instrument with respect to that Restricted Stock.

 

 

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9. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

9.1 GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

 

  (a)

Each grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units shall provide that the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to deferral and a risk of forfeiture, as determined by the Committee on the date the Restricted Stock Units are granted, but in any case subject to the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12.

 

  (b)

Each Participant to whom an Award of Restricted Stock Units is made shall pay the Acquisition Price, if any, with respect to those Restricted Stock Units to the Corporation not later than 30 calendar days after delivery to the Participant of the Award Instrument with respect to the Restricted Stock Units being granted. If any Participant fails to pay any Acquisition Price with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock Units within that 30 calendar day period, the Participant’s right under that Award shall be forfeited.

9.2 PAYMENT FOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. The Corporation shall pay each Participant who is entitled to payment for Restricted Stock Units an amount for those Restricted Stock Units (a) in cash, (b) in Common Shares, or (c) any combination of the foregoing, and the Committee may either grant to the Participant or retain in the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

9.3 RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER. During any time that the Restricted Stock Units are outstanding, the Participant shall have no right to transfer any rights under his or her Award, shall have no rights of ownership in the Common Shares deliverable upon payment of the Restricted Stock Units and shall have no right to vote them, but, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, at or after the date on which the Restricted Stock Units are granted, authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on such Common Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units; provided , however , that any dividend equivalents with respect to unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be accumulated or deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units until such Award is earned and vested, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting conditions and the achievement of applicable Performance Goals, as the original Award.

10. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS.

10.1 DISCRETION OF COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS. The Committee shall have full discretion to select the Participant to whom Awards of Performance Shares and Performance Units are made, the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units to be granted to any Participant so selected, the kind and level of the Performance Goals, the dates on which each Performance Period shall begin and end, and to determine the form and provisions of the Award Instrument to be used in connection with any Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units.

10.2 CONDITIONS TO PAYMENT FOR PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS.

 

  (a)

Unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument, and in any case subject to the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12, a Participant must be employed by, or providing services to, the Corporation or a Subsidiary on the last day of a Performance Period to be entitled to payment for any Performance Shares or Performance Units.

 

  (b)

The Committee may establish, from time to time, one or more formulas to be applied against the Performance Goals to determine whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Shares or Performance Units granted with respect to the Performance Period are treated as earned pursuant to any Award. A Participant will be entitled to receive payments with respect to any Performance Shares and Performance Units only to the extent that those Performance Shares or Performance Units, as the case may be, are treated as earned under one or more such formulas. The Committee may at the date of grant of Performance Shares provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the holder thereof either in cash or in additional Common Shares; provided , however , that any dividend equivalents with respect to unvested Performance Shares shall be accumulated or deemed reinvested in additional Performance Shares until such Award is earned and vested, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting conditions and the achievement of applicable Performance Goals, as the original Award.

 

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10.3 PAYMENT FOR PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS. The Corporation shall pay each Participant who is entitled to payment for Performance Shares or Performance Units earned with respect to any Performance Period an amount for those Performance Shares or Performance Units, as the case may be, (a) in cash, (b) in Common Shares, or (c) any combination of the foregoing, and the Committee may either grant to the Participant or retain in the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

11. OTHER AWARDS.

11.1 The Committee may, subject to limitations under applicable law and subject to the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12, grant to any Participant such Other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Common Shares or factors that may influence the value of such shares, including, without limitation, unrestricted Common Shares, or Common Shares subject to transfer restrictions and/or deferred delivery, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares, purchase rights for Common Shares, Awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Corporation or specified Subsidiaries, affiliates or other business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Common Shares or the value of securities of, or the performance of specified Subsidiaries or affiliates or other business units of the Corporation. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. Common Shares delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 11 shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such time, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Common Shares, other Awards, notes or other property, as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on the Common Shares underlying Other Awards; provided, however, that any dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to unvested Other Awards shall be accumulated or deemed reinvested in additional Common Shares until such Award is earned and vested, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting conditions and the achievement of applicable Performance Goals, as the original Award.

11.2 Cash awards, as an element of or supplement to any other Award granted under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to this Section 11.

11.3 Subject to the provisions of the Plan, including the minimum vesting provisions of Section 12, the Committee may grant Common Shares as a bonus or in lieu of other compensation to a Participant, or may grant Other Awards in lieu of obligations of the Corporation or a Subsidiary to pay cash or deliver other property (including Common Shares) under the Plan, a Deferred Compensation Plan or under other plans or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as shall be determined by the Committee in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.

12. MINIMUM VESTING REQUIREMENTS. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, equity-based Awards granted under the Plan shall vest no earlier than the first anniversary of the date the Award is granted (excluding, for this purpose, any (a) Awards granted pursuant to Section 21, (b) Common Shares delivered in lieu of fully vested cash Awards and (c) Awards to Directors that vest on the earlier of the one year anniversary of the date of grant or the next annual meeting of shareholders (provided that such vesting period may not be less than 50 weeks after grant)); provided , however , that the Committee may grant equity-based Awards without regard to the foregoing minimum vesting requirement with respect to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the available share reserve authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section 5.2 (subject to adjustment under Section 5.4); and, provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, that the foregoing restriction does not apply to the Committee’s discretion to provide for accelerated exercisability or vesting of any Award, including in cases of retirement, death, disability, other termination of employment or a Change of Control, in the terms of the Award or otherwise.

13. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. After an Employee’s Employment Termination Date, the rules set forth in this Section 13 shall apply unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument or a Deferred Compensation Plan, as applicable, or as determined by the Committee, at the Employment Termination Date or thereafter. All factual determinations with respect to the termination of an Employee’s employment that may be relevant under this Section 13 shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

13.1 VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION; TERMINATION FOR CAUSE. Upon an Employee’s Voluntary Resignation or Termination For Cause all Awards that are not otherwise exercisable and/or vested shall be forfeited as of the date of the Employment Termination Date. Upon an Employee’s Voluntary Resignation, unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument, the Employee or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee shall have the right (i) during the period ending six months after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the Option Expiration Date, to exercise any Options (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than three months after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code) and related Tandem SARs that were outstanding on the Employment Termination Date if and to the same extent as those Options and Tandem SARs were exercisable by the Employee or Transferee (as the case may be) on the Employment Termination Date, and (ii) during the period ending six months after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the date any Free-Standing SAR expires, to exercise any Free-Standing SARs that were outstanding on the Employment Termination Date if and to the same extent as those Free-Standing SARs were exercisable by the Employee on the Employment Termination Date.

 

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13.2 TERMINATION DUE TO CERTAIN RETIREMENTS. Upon any termination of an Employee’s employment with the Corporation or any Subsidiary under the circumstances described in subsections (a) or (b), below, the following will provisions will apply, subject to the Committee’s authority under Section 23.4:

 

  (a)

If the Employee terminates on or after attaining age 55 and completion of at least five years of service:

 

  (i)

the Employee shall vest in a pro rata portion of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based solely upon the passage of time;

 

  (ii)

the Employee shall vest in a pro rata portion of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based upon the attainment of Performance Goals, with the proration and settlement of such Awards as set forth in the applicable Award Instrument; and

 

  (iii)

the Employee or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee shall have the right to exercise, from time to time during the period ending five years after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or expiration date of the Free-Standing SAR, as the case may be, all Options and/or SARs that were exercisable as of, or that become exercisable after, the Employment Termination Date (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than three months after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code).

 

  (b)

If the Employee terminates on or after attaining age 60 and completion of at least ten years of service:

 

  (i)

the Employee shall continue to vest in all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based solely upon the passage of time and which were granted one year or more prior to the Employee’s termination on or after attaining age 60 and completion of at least ten years of service;

 

  (ii)

the Employee shall continue to vest in a pro rata portion (or in full and without pro-ration, as determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion) of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based solely upon the passage of time and which were granted less than one year prior to the Employee’s termination on or after attaining age 60 and completion of at least ten years of service;

 

  (iii)

the Employee shall vest in a pro rata portion of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based upon the attainment of Performance Goals, with the proration and settlement of such Awards as set forth in the applicable Award Instrument; and

 

  (iv)

the Employee or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee shall have the right to exercise, from time to time during the period ending five years after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or expiration date of the Free-Standing SAR, as the case may be, all Options and/or SARs that were exercisable as of, or that become exercisable after, the Employment Termination Date (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than three months after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code).

13.3 TERMINATION DUE TO DISABILITY. Upon any termination of an Employee’s employment due to Disability, then, subject to the Committee’s authority under Section 23.4:

 

  (a)

the Employee shall vest in full (without pro ration) in all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based solely upon the passage of time;

 

  (b)

the Employee shall vest in a pro rata portion of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based upon the attainment of Performance Goals, with the proration and settlement of such Awards as set forth in the applicable Award Instrument; and

 

  (c)

the Employee, the Employee’s attorney in fact or legal guardian or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee shall have the right to exercise, from time to time during the period ending five years after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or expiration date of the Free-Standing SAR, as the case may be, all Options and/or SARs that were exercisable as of, or that become exercisable after, the Employment Termination Date (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than one year after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code).

13.4 DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE. Upon an Employee’s death while employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary or within any of the periods referred to in any Section 13.1, 13.2, or 13.3 of the Plan, then, subject to the Committee’s authority under Section 23.4:

 

  (a)

the Employee’s estate shall vest in full (without pro ration) in all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based solely upon the passage of time;

 

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  (b)

the Employee’s estate shall vest in a pro rata portion of all Awards whose vesting and/or exercisability was based upon the attainment of Performance Goals, with the proration and settlement of such Awards as set forth in the applicable Award Instrument;

 

  (c)

the Employee’s executor or administrator, the person or persons to whom the Employee’s rights under any Option or SAR are transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee, shall have the right to exercise, from time to time during the period ending four years after the date of the Employee’s death, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or expiration date of the Free-Standing SAR, as the case may be, all Options and/or SARs that were exercisable as of, or that become exercisable after, the Employee’s death (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than one year after the Employee’s death may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code); and

 

  (d)

if the Option Expiration Date of any Nonqualified Option that had not expired before the Employee’s death would otherwise expire before the first anniversary of the Employee’s death, that Option Expiration Date shall automatically be extended to the first anniversary of the Employee’s death or such other date as provided in the relevant Award Instrument provided that the Option Expiration Date shall not be extended beyond the date that is ten years from the date on which the Option was granted;

13.5 TERMINATION UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. If the Employee Terminates Under Limited Circumstances, then, subject to Section 13.5(f):

 

  (a)

the Employee shall continue to vest in full (without pro-ration) in all outstanding Covered Awards (as defined in Section 13.5(b)); provided , however , that should the Corporation (or the Committee, in the case of an Employee who is an executive officer of the Corporation) determine, in its sole discretion, that full vesting of any Covered Award could result in unjust enrichment of the Employee, or would be contrary to any Corporation policy, or otherwise could be detrimental to the interests of the Corporation or its shareholders, the Corporation (or the Committee, as applicable) may choose to vest only a pro-rata portion of the Covered Award instead;

 

  (b)

For purposes of this Section 13.5, “Covered Awards” mean Awards granted as part of a regular annual grant cycle pursuant to the Corporation’s long-term incentive compensation program, and for purposes of clarity, “Covered Awards” shall not include Awards granted pursuant to the Corporation’s mandatory deferral program, or in connection with a merger, acquisition or disposition, or as new hire Awards, retention Awards or other one-time, special or ad hoc Awards.

 

  (c)

The vesting of all Awards other than Covered Awards (such as, for example, new hire or retention Awards or other one-time, special or ad hoc Awards, or Awards granted under the Corporation’s mandatory deferral program or in connection with a merger, acquisition or disposition) will be governed by the terms of the applicable Award Instrument;

 

  (d)

the Employee or, with respect to Nonqualified Options, any Transferee shall have the right to exercise, from time to time during the period ending three years after the Employment Termination Date, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or expiration date of the Free-Standing SAR, as the case may be, all Options and/or SARs that were exercisable as of, or that become exercisable after, the Employment Termination Date (even though exercise of any Incentive Stock Option more than three months after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code); and

 

  (e)

any accelerated or continued vesting of an Award and any extension of the period of time to exercise an Option or SAR pursuant to this Section 13.5 shall be conditioned upon (i) the execution and delivery by the Employee (or the executor of the Employee’s estate or the Employee’s other legal representative), within 50 calendar days after the termination of the Employee’s employment (or within such shorter period as prescribed therein), of a release of claims in a form provided by the Corporation, and (ii) such release of claims having become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms.

14. ACCELERATION AFTER A CHANGE OF CONTROL. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, unless otherwise specified in the relevant Award Instrument, if, within two years following the date of a Change of Control, an Employee’s employment with the Corporation terminates for any reason other than a Voluntary Resignation or a Termination for Cause (and other than in connection with the Employee’s retirement as provided in Section 13.2, Disability as provided in Section 13.3 or death as provided in Section 13.4), then each Award granted to such Employee prior to the Change of Control that then remains outstanding shall be treated as follows:

 

  (a)

any outstanding Option shall become immediately exercisable in full;

 

  (b)

Tandem SARs related to any such Options shall also become immediately exercisable in full;

 

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  (c)

any outstanding Free-Standing SAR shall become exercisable in full;

 

  (d)

the Restriction Period with respect to all outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock shall immediately terminate;

 

  (e)

the restrictions, conditions or contingencies on any Restricted Stock Units shall immediately terminate;

 

  (f)

unless otherwise provided pursuant to a Deferred Compensation Plan, the restrictions, conditions or contingencies on any Other Awards shall immediately terminate; and

 

  (g)

the restrictions, conditions, or contingencies on any Performance Shares and Performance Units shall be modified in such manner as the Committee may specify to give the Employee the benefit of those Performance Shares or Performance Units through the date of termination.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if within two years after a Change of Control an Employee’s Employment Termination Date occurs other than as a result of a Voluntary Resignation or a Termination for Cause, unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument, the Employee, or with respect to Nonqualified Options any Transferee, shall have the right, during the Extended Period, but not later than the Option Expiration Date or the date of expiration of Free-Standing SARs, as the case may be, to exercise any Options and related SARs that were outstanding on the Employment Termination Date if and to the same extent as those Options and SARs were exercisable by the Employee or Transferee (as the case may be) on the Employment Termination Date (even though, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, exercise of those Options more than three months after the Employment Termination Date may cause the Option to fail to qualify for Incentive Stock Option treatment under the Code). As used in the immediately preceding sentence, the term “Extended Period” means the longer of the period that the Option or SAR would otherwise be exercisable in the absence of the immediately preceding sentence or the period ending with second anniversary of the Employee’s Employment Termination Date.

15. RESTRICTIONS.

15.1 ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER. Nonqualified Options may not be assigned or transferred (other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution) unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to allow such assignment or transfer and, if the Committee determines to allow any such assignment or transfer, the Transferee shall have the power to exercise such Nonqualified Option in accordance with the terms of the Award and the provisions of the Plan. No Incentive Stock Option, SAR, Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share or unvested Other Award may be transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In no event may any Award granted under the Plan be transferred for value. During an Employee’s lifetime, only the Employee (or in the case of incapacity of an Employee, the Employee’s attorney in fact or legal guardian) may exercise any Incentive Stock Option or SAR.

15.2 FURTHER RESTRICTIONS. The Committee may specify at the date of grant of any Award that part or all of the Common Shares that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Corporation upon the exercise of Options or SARs, upon the termination of any period of deferral applicable to Restricted Stock Units or upon payment under any grant of Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards or (ii) no longer subject to the Restriction Period, will be subject to further restrictions on transfer.

16. ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN COMMON SHARES. Automatically and without Committee action, in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, or share combination of the Common Shares, or by appropriate Committee action in the event of any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, other form of business combination, liquidation, or dissolution involving the Corporation or any spin-off or other distribution to shareholders of the Corporation (other than normal cash dividends), appropriate adjustments to

 

  (a)

the maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan, the maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Incentive Stock Options as provided in Section 5 of the Plan, and

 

  (b)

the number and kind of shares subject to, the price per share under, and the terms and conditions of each then outstanding Award shall be made to the extent necessary and in such manner that the benefits of Employees under all then outstanding Awards shall be maintained substantially as before the occurrence of such event.

Any such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan and shall be effective, in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, or share combination, as of the date of such stock dividend, stock split, or share combination, and in all other cases, as of such date as the Committee may determine. In the event of any such transaction or event, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding Awards under the Plan such alternative consideration as it, in good faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all Awards so replaced in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. In addition, for

 

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each Option or SAR with an Exercise Price or Base Price greater than the consideration offered in connection with any such transaction or event or Change of Control, the Committee may in its sole discretion elect to cancel such Option or SAR without any payment to the person holding such Option or SAR; provided , however , that any such adjustment to the number specified in Section 5.5(a) of the Plan will be made only if and to the extent that such adjustment would not cause any Option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option to fail so to qualify.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan to Awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (ii) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan to Awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) if any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, Section 16 of the Plan shall be applicable only to the extent specifically provided in the Award Instrument and permitted pursuant to Section 28 of the Plan.

17. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT. Each person acquiring Common Shares pursuant to any Award may be required by the Corporation to furnish a representation that he or she is acquiring the Common Shares so acquired as an investment and not with a view to distribution thereof if the Corporation, in its sole discretion, determines that such representation is required to insure that a resale or other disposition of the Common Shares would not involve a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or of applicable blue sky laws. Any investment representation so furnished shall no longer be applicable at any time such representation is no longer necessary for such purposes.

18. WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. The Corporation will withhold from any payments of cash made pursuant to the Plan such amount as is necessary to satisfy all applicable Federal, state, and local and other withholding tax obligations. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant (or other person exercising an Option with respect to withholding taxes upon exercise of such Option) may elect, in accordance with such procedures and subject to such limitations as may be established by the Corporation from time to time, or the Committee may require such Participant or other person, to satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax obligation that may arise in connection with the grant of an Award, the lapse of any restrictions with respect to an Award, the acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to any Award, or the disposition of any Common Shares received pursuant to any Award by having the Corporation hold back some portion of the Common Shares that would otherwise be delivered pursuant to the Award or by delivering to the Corporation an amount equal to the withholding tax obligation arising with respect to such grant, lapse, acquisition, or disposition in (a) cash, (b) Common Shares, or (c) such combination of cash and Common Shares as the Committee may determine. The Fair Market Value of the Common Shares to be so held back by the Corporation or delivered by the Participant shall in no event exceed the amount of taxes required to be withheld based on the maximum statutory tax rates in the Employee’s applicable taxing jurisdictions (and, for purposes of clarity, the Corporation, in its sole discretion, shall make all determinations as to whether to allow any Common Share withholding in excess of the minimum statutory tax rates in the Employee’s applicable taxing jurisdictions).

19. HARMFUL ACTIVITY. If the Corporation determines that an Employee has engaged in any “Harmful Activity” prior to or within twelve months after termination of employment with Key, then the Corporation may, in its discretion, provide that (a) any shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards held by the Employee that have vested, (b) any Profits realized upon the exercise of any Covered Option or SAR and (c) any Profits realized upon the sale of any vested shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards, on or after one year prior to the termination of employment with Key shall inure to the Corporation. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply in the event that employment with Key terminates within two years after a Change of Control of the Corporation if any of the following have occurred: a relocation of an Employee’s principal place of employment more than 35 miles from an Employee’s principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change of Control, a reduction in an Employee’s base salary after a Change of Control, or termination of employment under circumstances in which an Employee is entitled to severance benefits or salary continuation or similar benefits under a change of control agreement, employment agreement, or severance or separation pay plan. If any vested shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards or any Profits realized upon the exercise of any Covered Option or SAR or upon the sale of any vested shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards inure to the benefit of the Corporation in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph, an Employee shall provide all such forfeited Awards and pay all such Profits to the Corporation within 30 days after receiving notice from the Corporation of its determination pursuant to this Section 19, and all Awards that have not yet vested and all unexercised Covered Options or SARs shall be forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of such determination by the Corporation (or as of such other date as may be determined by the Corporation). The determination by the Corporation as to whether an Employee engaged in Harmful Activity prior to or within twelve months after termination of employment with Key shall be final and conclusive. Unless otherwise provided in the relevant Award Instrument with specific reference hereto, the provisions of this Section 19 shall apply to all Awards made under the Plan.

 

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For purposes of this Plan, “Harmful Activity” shall have occurred if an Employee shall do any one or more of the following: (a) engage in any activity of competition, as specified in any covenant not to compete set forth in any written agreement between the Employee and Key, including, but not limited to, the Employee’s Award Instrument or any severance plan maintained by Key that covers the Employee, during the period of restriction specified in the agreement or plan prohibiting the Employee from engaging in such activity; (b) engage in any activity of solicitation, as specified in any covenant not to solicit set forth in any written agreement between the Employee and Key, including, but not limited to, the Employee’s Award Instrument or any severance plan maintained by Key that covers the Employee, during the period of restriction specified in the agreement or plan prohibiting the Employee from engaging in such activity; (c) the disclosure of confidential information to anyone other than Key, or the use of confidential information other than in Key’s business, in violation of any covenant not to disclose set forth in any written agreement between the Employee and Key, including, but not limited to, the Employee’s Award Instrument or any severance plan maintained by Key that covers the Employee, during the period of restriction specified in the agreement or plan prohibiting the Employee from engaging in such activity; (d) the violation of any development and inventions, ownership of works, or similar provision set forth in any written agreement between the Employee and Key, including, but not limited to, the Employee’s Award Instrument, offer letter, or any severance plan maintained by Key that covers the Employee; or (e) any other activity or occurrence that is defined as Harmful Activity in the Employee’s Award Instrument or other agreements.

For purposes of this Section 19:

“Covered Option or SAR” means any Option or SAR granted under this Plan unless the relevant Award Instrument expressly excludes the Option or SAR from the provisions of this Section 19.

“Profit” shall mean, (1) with respect to any Covered Option or SAR, the spread between the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of exercise and the Exercise Price or the Base Price, as the case may be, multiplied by the number of shares exercised under the Covered Option or SAR; and (2) with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units, any profit realized upon the sale of any Common Shares that were acquired upon the vesting of such Awards.

20. COMPENSATION RECOVERY POLICY. Any Award granted to a Participant shall be subject to forfeiture or repayment pursuant to the terms of any applicable compensation recovery policy adopted by the Corporation, including any such policy that may be adopted to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any rules or regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any applicable securities exchange.

21. AWARDS IN SUBSTITUTION FOR AWARDS GRANTED BY OTHER COMPANIES. Awards, whether Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards, may be granted under the Plan in substitution for awards held by employees of a company who become Employees of the Corporation or a Subsidiary as a result of the merger or consolidation of the employer company with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, or the acquisition by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the assets of the employer company, or the acquisition by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of stock of the employer company as a result of which it becomes a Subsidiary. The terms, provisions, and benefits of the substitute Awards so granted may vary from the terms, provisions and benefits set forth in or authorized by the Plan to such extent as the Committee at the time of the grant may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the terms, provisions, and benefits of the awards in substitution for which they are granted.

22. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. No Awards shall be granted and the Corporation shall have no obligation to make any payment under the Plan, whether in Common Shares, cash, or any combination thereof, unless such payment is, without further action by the Committee, in compliance with all applicable Federal and state laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the Code and Federal and state securities laws.

23. MISCELLANEOUS.

23.1 AMENDMENTS. The Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, may alter or amend the Plan from time to time prior to its termination in any manner the Board, or such duly authorized committee, may deem to be in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, provided , however , that if an amendment to the Plan (i) would materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (ii) would materially increase the number of securities that may be issued under the Plan, (iii) would materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan or (iv) must otherwise be approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in order to comply with applicable law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal national securities exchange upon which the Common Shares are traded or quoted, then, such amendment will be subject to shareholder approval and will not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained. Presentation of the Plan or any amendment thereof for shareholder approval shall not be construed to limit the Corporation’s authority to offer similar or dissimilar benefits in plans that do not require shareholder approval.

 

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The Committee shall have the authority to amend these terms and conditions applicable to outstanding Awards

 

  (a)

in any case where expressly permitted by the terms of the Plan or of the relevant Award Instrument; or

 

  (b)

in any other case with the consent of the Employee to whom the Award was granted.

Except as expressly provided in the Plan or in the Award Instrument evidencing the Award, the Committee may not, without the consent of the holder of an Award granted under the Plan, amend the terms and conditions applicable to that Award in a manner adverse to the interests of the Participant.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in connection with a corporate transaction or event described in Section 16 of the Plan or with approval by the shareholders of the Corporation, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options or the Base Price of outstanding SARs, and no outstanding Options or SARs may be cancelled in exchange for other Awards, or cancelled in exchange for Options or SARs with an Exercise Price or a Base Price that is less than the Exercise Price of the original Options or the Base Price of the original SARs, as applicable, or cancelled in exchange for cash, without approval by the shareholders of the Corporation. This paragraph is intended to prohibit the repricing of “underwater” Options and SARs and will not be construed to prohibit the adjustments provided for in Section 16 of the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, this paragraph may not be amended without approval by the shareholders of the Corporation.

23.2 DEFERRAL. Subject to Section 28 of the Plan and to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may permit Participants to elect to defer the issuance of Common Shares or the settlement of Awards in cash under the Plan pursuant to such rules, procedures or programs as it may establish for purposes of the Plan. The Committee also may provide that deferred issuances and settlements include the payment or crediting of dividend equivalents or interest on the deferral amounts, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code.

23.3 CONDITIONS. The Committee may condition the grant of any Award or combination of Awards authorized under this Plan on the surrender or deferral by the Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or other compensation otherwise payable by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to the Employee, subject to such terms as shall be determined by the Committee in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.

23.4 ACCELERATION. If permitted by Section 409A of the Code, in the event of a termination of employment by reason of death, disability, normal or early retirement, or a Change of Control, of a Participant who holds an Option or SAR not immediately exercisable in full, or any Restricted Stock as to which the substantial risk of forfeiture or the prohibition or restriction on transfer has not lapsed, or any Restricted Stock Units as to which any period of deferral has not been completed, or any Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards that have not been fully earned, or who holds Common Shares subject to any transfer restriction imposed pursuant to Section 15 of the Plan, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which such Option or SAR may be exercised or the time at which such substantial risk of forfeiture or prohibition or restriction on transfer will lapse or the time when such period of deferral will end or the time at which such Performance Shares, Performance Units or Other Awards will be deemed to have been fully earned or the time when such transfer restriction will terminate or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such Award.

23.5 PLAN NONCONTRACTUAL. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a commitment to or agreement with any person employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to continue such person’s employment or service with the Corporation or the Subsidiary, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as a commitment or agreement on the part of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to continue the employment or service or the annual rate of compensation of any such person for any period. All Participants shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if the Plan had never been put into effect.

23.6 INTEREST OF PARTICIPANTS. Any obligation of the Corporation under the Plan to make any payment at any future date merely constitutes the unsecured promise of the Corporation to make such payment from its general assets in accordance with the Plan, and no Participant (or person claiming an interest through a Participant) shall have any interest in, or lien or prior claim upon, any property of the Corporation or any Subsidiary by reason of that obligation.

23.7 FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Corporation will not be required to issue any fractional Common Shares pursuant to this Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

23.8 FOREIGN EMPLOYEES. In order to facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants under this Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by or providing services to the Corporation or any Subsidiary outside of the United States of America as the Committee may

 

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consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Corporation may certify any such document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, will include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of the Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the shareholders of the Corporation.

24. CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS. The provisions of the Plan shall in no event be construed as giving any person, firm, or corporation any legal or equitable right against the Corporation or any Subsidiary, their officers, employees, agents, or directors, except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or are hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

25. ABSENCE OF LIABILITY. No member of the Board or of the Board of Directors of a Subsidiary, of the Committee, of any other committee of the Board, or any officer or Employee of the Corporation or a Subsidiary shall be liable for any act or action under the Plan, whether of commission or omission, taken by any other member, or by any officer, agent, or Employee, or except in circumstances involving his bad faith or willful misconduct, for anything done or omitted to be done by himself or herself.

26. SEVERABILITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of the Plan shall not affect any other provision hereof, and the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted herefrom.

27. GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.

28. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 409A OF THE CODE.

28.1 To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan and any Awards hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to any Participant. The Plan and any Awards hereunder shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in the Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

28.2 Neither a Participant nor any of a Participant’s creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable under the Plan and Awards hereunder to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A of the Code, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable to a Participant or for a Participant’s benefit under the Plan and Awards hereunder may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by a Participant to the Corporation or any of its affiliates.

28.3 If, at the time of a Participant’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (i) the Participant shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Corporation from time to time) and (ii) the Corporation shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Corporation shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but instead shall pay it, without interest, as soon as administratively practical following the first date that is no earlier than the six (6) months following the Participant’s separation from service, or, if earlier, the Participant’s death.

28.4 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award Instrument to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee reserves the right to make amendments to the Plan and any Award Instrument as the Corporation deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. In any case, a Participant shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on the Participant or for the Participant’s account in connection with the Plan and grants hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Corporation nor any of its affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

KeyCorp Holds 2019 Annual Meeting

Meeting Focuses on Strong Financial Results

Shareholders Re-elect Board

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) held its annual meeting today in Cleveland, OH, where it highlighted 2018 as a strong year for the nearly 200-year-old institution. Shareholders heard about how Key’s distinctive relationship-based business model helps clients and communities thrive and delivers on commitments to create shareholder value.

“This past year, Key delivered strong financial results, including meaningful improvement in both profitability and returns. We achieved our sixth consecutive year of positive operating leverage and reached record full-year revenue of $6.4 billion. I am proud of our accomplishments in 2018, and believe we are well positioned for the future, as we focus on improving efficiency, managing risk, and increasing returns for our shareholders,” said Beth Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp.    

During the annual meeting, shareholders elected 14 nominees to KeyCorp’s Board of Directors, each with executive leadership experience across a number of industries. Board elections were one of six proposals put before shareholders at the company’s annual meeting, held at One Cleveland Center in Cleveland, OH.

Other proposals presented and approved by shareholders included the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company’s independent auditor for the 2019 fiscal year; an advisory proposal on the compensation of KeyCorp’s named executive officers; approval of KeyCorp’s 2019 Equity Compensation Plan; approval of an increase in the number of authorized common shares; and approval of an amendment to KeyCorp’s Regulations.    

About KeyCorp

KeyCorp’s roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $141.5 billion in assets as of March 31, 2019. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of over 1,100 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.

Forward-Looking Statements

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vary materially from these projections or expectations. Factors that could cause Key’s actual results to differ from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in KeyCorp’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as well as in KeyCorp’s subsequent SEC filings, all of which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on Key’s website (www.key.com/ir) and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and Key does not undertake any obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect new information or future events.