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Exhibit 3.1
Delaware
The First State
I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF CARVER
BANCORP, INC., FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF
AUGUST, A. D. 2010, AT 1:22
OCLOCK P. M.
A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER
OF DEEDS.
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2622342 8100 |
/s/ Jeffrey W Bullock | |||
100853395 |
Jeffrey W Bullock, Secretary of State | |||
You may verify this certificate online
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AUTHENTICATION: 8189628 | |||
at corp. delaware.gov/authver. shtml
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DATE: 08-24-10 |
State of Delaware | ||
Secretary of State | ||
Division of Corporations | ||
Delivered 01:36 PM 08/24/2010 | ||
FILED 01:22 PM 08/24/2010 | ||
SRV 100853395 2622342 FILE |
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B
OF
CARVER BANCORP, INC.
OF
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B
OF
CARVER BANCORP, INC.
Carver Bancorp, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
Delaware (the Issuer), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware thereof, does hereby certify:
The board of directors of the Issuer (the Board of Directors) or an applicable
committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Second Amended and Restated bylaws of the Issuer and applicable
law, adopted the following resolution on April 22, 2010 creating a series of 18,980
shares of Preferred Stock of the Issuer designated as Fixed Rate Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and
the bylaws of the Issuer and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Issuer be and hereby is created, and that the designation and
number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations
and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:
Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of
the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Issuer a series of
preferred stock designated as the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock,
Series B (the Designated Preferred Stock). The authorized number of shares of
Designated Preferred Stock shall be 18,980.
Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in
Schedule A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their
entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the
same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
Part 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of
Designations (including the Standard Provisions in Schedule A hereto) as defined
below:
(a) Common
Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Issuer.
(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 Issuer the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated
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Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Issuer.
(d) Liquidation Amount means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.
(e) Minimum Amount means $4,750,000.00.
(f) Parity Stock means any class or series of stock of the Issuer (other than Designated
Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank
senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer (in each case without regard to whether
dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).
(g) Signing Date means the Original Issue Date.
Part 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will
be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred
Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CARVER BANCORP, INC. has caused this Certificate of Designations to be
signed by Mark A. Ricca, its Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel, this
24th day of August, 2010.
CARVER BANCORP, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Mark A. Ricca | |||
Name: | Mark A. Ricca | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel |
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Schedule A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be
identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated
Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard
Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock
shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the
payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Issuer.
Section 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred
Stock:
(a) Affiliate means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. For purposes of this
definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlled by and
under common control with) when used with respect to any person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of such
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise.
(b) Applicable Dividend Rate means (i) until the first day of the first Dividend
Period commencing on or after the eighth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 2% per annum,
provided, however, that if a CDFI Event shall have occurred and it or any other CDFI Event is
continuing at all times, from and after the 180th day after the date on which the first
CDFI Event occurred until the date on which no CDFI Events are continuing, the Applicable Dividend
Rate shall be 5% per annum, and (ii) for any other Dividend Period, 9% per annum.
(c) Appropriate Federal Banking Agency means the appropriate Federal banking
agency with respect to the Issuer as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.
(d) Business
Combination means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
similar transaction that requires the approval of the Issuers stockholders.
(e) Business
Day means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York or the District of Columbia generally are authorized or
required by law or other governmental actions to close.
(f)
Bylaws means the bylaws of the Issuer, as they may be amended from time to time.
(g) CDFI Events means the failure by each Certified Entity at any time while the Designated
Preferred Stock is outstanding to (i) be certified by the Community Development Financial
Institution Fund of the United States Department of Treasury as a
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regulated community development financial institution; (ii) together with all of its Affiliates
collectively meet the eligibility requirements of 12 C.F.R. 1805.200(b), (iii) have a primary
mission of promoting community development, as may be determined by the United States Department of
the Treasury from time to time, based on criteria set forth in 12
C.F.R. 1805.201 (b)(1); (iv)
provide Financial Products, Development Services, and/or other similar financing as a predominant
business activity in arms-length transactions; (v) serve a Target Market by serving one or more
Investment Areas and/or Targeted Populations as may be determined by the United States Department
of the Treasury from time to time, substantially in the manner set forth in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(3); (vi) provide Development Services in conjunction with its Financial Products, directly,
through an Affiliate or through a contract with a third-party provider; (vii) maintain
accountability to residents of the applicable Investment Area(s) or Targeted Population(s) through
representation on its governing board of directors or otherwise; and (viii) remain a
non-governmental entity which is not an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America,
or any State or political subdivision thereof, as described in 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) and within
the meaning of any supplemental regulations or interpretations of 12 C.F.R. 1805.201(b)(6) or such
supplemental regulations published by the Fund. For the avoidance of doubt, a CDFI Event shall not
have occurred so long as at least one Certified Entity satisfies the requirements set forth in
clauses (i) through (viii) of the preceding sentence, even if other Certified Entities fail to
satisfy such requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, as used in this definition,
the terms Affiliates; Financial Products; Development Services; Target Market; Investment
Areas; and Targeted Populations have the meanings ascribed to such terms in 12 C.F.R. 1805.104.
A CDFI Event may be waived in writing by the holders of a majority of the Designated Preferred
Stock then outstanding.
(h) 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.
(i) Certified Entity means the Issuer or, if the Issuer itself has not been certified by
the Community Development Financial Institution Fund as a regulated community development
financial institution (CDFI), each Affiliate of the Issuer that has been certified by the CDFI
and is specified on Schedule A of the that certain letter agreement by and between Issuer
and the United States Department of the Treasury.
(j) Charter means the Issuers certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of
association, or similar organizational document.
(k)
Dividend Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(l) Dividend Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
(m) GAAP means the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
(n) Issuer Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Issuer.
(o) Liquidation Preference has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
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(p) Original Issue Date means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred
Stock are first issued.
(q) Preferred Director has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
(r) Preferred Stock means any and all series of preferred stock of the Issuer, including
the Designated Preferred Stock.
(s) [Reserved]
(t) Share Dilution Amount means the increase in the number of diluted shares
outstanding (determined in accordance with GAAP, and as measured from the date of the Issuers
most recent consolidated financial statements prior to the Signing Date) resulting from the grant,
vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock
split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
(u) Standard Provisions mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the
Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.
(v) Voting Parity Stock means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these
Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of
Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to
such matter.
Sections
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.
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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 Issuer on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately
preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or
any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10
days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a Dividend Record Date). Any such day
that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a
Business Day.
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 Section 3(c) below and 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 Issuer 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).
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
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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 Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
Subject to the foregoing and Section 3(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable
in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities,
including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally
available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to
participate in any such dividends.
(c) Restriction on Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock
remains outstanding, neither the Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary shall, declare or pay any
dividend or make any distribution on Common Stock, Junior Stock, Parity Stock or other capital
stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary (other than
(i) regular quarterly cash dividends of not more than the amount of the last quarterly cash
dividend per share declared or, if lower, announced to its holders of Common Stock an intention to
declare, on the Common Stock prior to October 14, 2008, as adjusted for any stock split, stock
dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, (ii) dividends payable
solely in shares of Common Stock, (iii) regular dividends on shares of preferred stock in
accordance with the terms thereof and which are permitted under the terms of this Section 3, (iv)
dividends or distributions by any wholly-owned Issuer Subsidiary, (v) dividends or distributions
by any Issuer Subsidiary required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to
January 16, 2009, or (vi) in the case of pari passu Preferred Stock, dividends payable on a pro
rata basis with Designated Preferred Stock), 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).
So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, neither the Issuer nor
any Issuer Subsidiary shall, (x) pay any per share dividend or distribution on Common Stock, Junior
Stock, Parity Stock or other capital stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Issuer at
a rate that is in excess of 100% of the aggregate per share dividends and distributions for the
immediately prior fiscal year (other than regular dividends on shares of preferred stock in
accordance with the terms thereof and which are permitted under the terms of this Section 3);
provided that no increase in the aggregate amount of dividends or distributions on Common Stock
shall be permitted for any twelve (12) month period, including, without limitation, as a result of
any dividends or distributions paid in shares of Common Stock, any stock split or any similar
transaction or (y) pay aggregate dividends or distributions on capital stock or other equity
securities of any kind of any Issuer Subsidiary that is in excess of 100% of
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the aggregate dividends and distributions paid for the immediately prior fiscal year (other than
in the case of this clause (y), (1) regular dividends on shares of preferred stock in accordance
with the terms thereof and which are permitted under the terms of this Section 3, (2) dividends or
distributions by any wholly-owned Issuer Subsidiary, (3) dividends or distributions by any Issuer
Subsidiary required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to January 16,
2009 or (4) dividends or distributions on newly issued shares of capital stock for cash or other
property).
Section 4. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the affairs of the Issuer, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of
the assets of the Issuer or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for
distribution to stockholders of the Issuer, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Issuer,
before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of
Common Stock and any other stock of the Issuer ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to
such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per
share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (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 Issuer or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with
respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
payable with respect of any other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred
Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other
stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective
distributions to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all
holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any
other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution
has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Issuer shall be entitled to receive all
remaining assets of the Issuer (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and
preferences.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this
Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with any other corporation or other entity,
including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive
cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash,
securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, shall not
constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.
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Section 5. Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Issuer, at its option, subject to the approval of the
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to
time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time
outstanding, 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) 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.
The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the
redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing
such shares to the Issuer or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption
date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to
the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be
paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the
Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.
(b) No Sinking Fund. The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any
mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred
Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred
Stock.
(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred
Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of
the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Issuer.
Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such
notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of
Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The
Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the
holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility.
Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of
shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such
holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the
redemption price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be
surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated
Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro
rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may
determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a
duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe
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the terms and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from
time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new
certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder
thereof.
(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on
or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have
been deposited by the Issuer, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called
for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of
Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any
certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on
and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for
redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all
rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate,
except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from
such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from
the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Issuer, after which
time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Issuer for payment
of the redemption price of such shares.
(f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed,
repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Issuer shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be
reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred
Stock).
Section 6. Conversion. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no
right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.
Section 7. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting
rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on
the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of eight quarterly
Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the
Issuer shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock
shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting
Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors
(hereinafter the Preferred Directors and each a Preferred Director) to fill such newly
created directorships at the Issuers next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting
called for that purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of
stockholders until dividends payable on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have
been declared and paid in full for four consecutive quarterly Dividend Period (and which shall
include all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods,
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including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section
3(a) above, dividends on such amount)), at which time such right shall terminate with respect to
the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting
in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned; provided that
it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such
Preferred Director shall not cause the Issuer to violate any corporate governance requirements of
any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Issuer may then be
listed or traded that listed or traded companies must have a majority of Independent directors.
Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting
Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors shall
cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office
shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number
of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto. Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote
of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding
voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the
extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable. If the office of any
Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the
remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in
respect of which such vacancy occurred.
(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Designated
Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required
by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of
Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or
by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose,
shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the
Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize
or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or
series of capital stock of the Issuer ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with
respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer;
(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or
repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred
Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required
by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger,
consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges
or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any
consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated
Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Issuer with another corporation or
other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain
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outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the
Issuer is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for
preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y)
such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have
such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions
thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than
the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions
thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a
whole;
provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the
authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated
Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Issuer to other
persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized
or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other
series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred
Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or
non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Issuer will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting
powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding
shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.
(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the
time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all
outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been
called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust
for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.
(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and
conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation,
the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a
meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a
meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time,
which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and
applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which
Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
Section 8. Restriction on Repurchases. So long as any share of Designated Preferred
Stock remains outstanding, neither the Issuer nor any Issuer Subsidiary shall, redeem, purchase or
acquire any shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock, Parity Stock or other capital stock or other
equity securities of any kind of the Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary, or any trust preferred
securities issued by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer, (other than (i) redemptions,
purchases, repurchases or other acquisitions of the Designated Preferred Stock and (ii)
repurchases of Junior Stock or Common Stock in connection with the administration of any
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employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset any Share
Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past
practice; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed
the Share Dilution Amount, (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of the Issuer Subsidiaries of
record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons
(other than the Issuer or any other Issuer Subsidiary), including as trustees or custodians, (iv)
the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock or
trust preferred securities for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate
liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case set forth in this clause (iv), solely to the
extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date
or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common
Stock, (v) redemptions of securities held by the Issuer or any wholly-owned Issuer Subsidiary or
(vi) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of capital stock or other equity securities of
any kind of any Issuer Subsidiary required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into
prior to January 16, 2009), 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).
Section 9. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Issuer and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder
of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes,
and neither the Issuer nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 10. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred
Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class
mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of
Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust
Company or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred
Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.
Section 11. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have
any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Issuer, or any warrants, rights or
options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such
warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
Section 12. Replacement Certificates. The Issuer shall replace any mutilated
certificate at the holders expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Issuer. The Issuer
shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holders expense upon
delivery to the Issuer of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been
destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the
Issuer.
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Section 13. Other Rights. The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any
rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other
special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth
herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.
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