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Emergency Capital Investment Program

Senior Preferred Stock Term Sheet

Summary of Terms

Capitalized terms undefined in the term sheet are defined in the Definitions section of Treasury’s 

Application Instructions and Materials for the Emergency Capital Investment Program found 

here: ECIP Application Instructions and Materials link

Issuer The term “issuer” means a financial institution that is, as of the date 

of submitting an application:

1. A Community Development Financial Institution or Minority 

Depository Institution; and

2. An Insured Depository Institution not controlled by a Bank 

Holding Company (“BHC”) or Savings and Loan Holding 

Company (“SLHC”), a BHC, or an SLHC.

Application An institution must apply to the United States Department of the 

Treasury (“Treasury”) to be considered for investments from the 

Emergency Capital Investment Program (“ECIP”). 

Security Senior perpetual noncumulative preferred stock (“Senior 

Preferred”), liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (unless 

otherwise dictated by the law of the state in the case of issuers 

organized under state law).

Depending on an issuer’s available authorized preferred shares, 

Treasury may agree to purchase Senior Preferred with a higher 

liquidation preference per share. 

No fractional shares will be accepted.

Regulatory Capital 

Treatment

Tier 1 

Investment Amount General limit per issuer: $250,000,000

Additional limit for issuers with Total Assets of an amount:

> $2BN: 7.5% of total assets

≤$2BN and ≥$500MM: 15% of total assets

< $500MM: 22.5% of total assets 
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“Total assets” means (i) for issuers that file reporting Form FR Y9C, the total consolidated assets as reported in Schedule HC of the 

FR Y-9C, (ii) for issuers that file a Consolidated Report of 

Condition and Income (“Call Report”), the total assets as reported 

on Schedule RC of the Call Report, and (iii) for issuers that file on 

reporting Form FR Y-9SP, the higher of the (1) total assets reported 

in Schedule SC of the FR Y-9SP and (2) total assets reported in the 

Call Report of such issuer’s primary insured depository institution 

subsidiary). 

Ranking With respect to all distributions, the Senior Preferred will rank 

senior to all of the issuer’s common stock and pari passu with the 

most senior class or existing series of existing preferred stock (other 

than preferred shares that rank junior to any existing or future 

preferred shares), and will be subordinated to depositors, general 

creditors, and subordinated debt holders of the issuer in a 

receivership, insolvency, liquidation, or similar proceeding.

Target Communities “Target Communities” include Minority, Rural, and Urban LowIncome and Underserved Communities and to Low- and ModerateIncome borrowers, as defined in Treasury’s Application Instructions 

for ECIP.

Qualified Lending “Qualified Lending” means the following extensions of credit 

(including participations in such extensions of credit) to Target 

Communities: 

As reported to your primary federal regulator or, in the case of a 

holding company that files on Form FR Y-9SP, the primary federal 

regulator for its insured depository institution subsidiaries 

(numerical cross references are to Call Report items in Schedule 

RC-C and FR Y-9C items in Schedule HC-C (Loans and Lease 

Financing Receivables)):

(i) all loans secured by real estate;

a. construction, land development, and other land loans 

(1.a.(1)–(2))

b. loans secured by farmland (1.b.))

c. loans secured by family and multi-family residential 

properties (1.c.(1), 1.c(2)(a)–(b));

d. loans secured by multifamily (5 or more) residential 

properties (1.d);

e. loans secured by nonfarm nonresidential properties (1.e.)
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(ii) loans to finance agricultural production and other loans to 

farmers (3.);

(iii) commercial and industrial loans (4.);

(iv) loans to individuals for households, family, and other 

personal expenditures (6.a–d.); and 

(v) lease financing receivables (10.),

and, within these loan categories, excluding:

A. any loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program;

B. the portion of any loans held by the issuer for which the risk is 

assumed by a third party other than the U.S. Small Business 

Administration, any other U.S. government agency, or a U.S. 

government-sponsored enterprise (for example, the portion of 

loans that have been participated); and 

C. any loan that is an extension or re-write of any existing loan 

unless it involves an increase of 20% or more in the principal 

amount of the loan, in which case the entire loan amount,

including the increase, is eligible for inclusion in qualified 

lending.

While, further, adding to the amount determined above the 

cumulative amount of net loan charge-offs with respect to Qualified 

Lending as measured since, and including, the quarter ended 

September 30, 2020.

The amount of Qualified Lending, including the exclusions listed 

above, shall be calculated and reported 10 business days before the 

date of Treasury’s investment (“Investment Date”) by the issuer in a 

format specified by Treasury (“Initial Supplemental Report”) and 

during each full quarter thereafter (“Quarterly Supplemental 

Report”) for the full lifetime of participation in the ECIP. 

The dividend rate will be adjusted based on the lending growth 

criteria listed in these terms beginning the first payment date after 
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the 24-month, no dividend accrual1 period ends, and reported results 

will determine the dividend rate due for the remainder of quarterly 

payments in the first 10 years of investments. The first dividend due 

will be a partial, pro-rata amount for accrual inclusive of the day 

beginning on the 24-month anniversary date.

Calculation of 

Lending Baseline

Not later than 10 business days prior to the Investment Date, the 

issuer shall submit an Initial Supplemental Report reporting 

Qualified Lending for the annual period ending on September 30, 

2020. In calculating Qualified Lending, if any gains in Qualified 

Lending resulted from mergers and acquisitions or purchase of loans 

during any quarter during such four quarter period, the issuer shall 

recalculate Qualified Lending for the annual period ending on 

September 30, 2020 based on instructions that will be provided by 

Treasury in the Initial Supplemental Report. The Qualified Lending 

reported for the annual period ending on September 30, 2020 shall 

be the baseline against which subsequent Qualified Lending is 

measured (“Baseline”). 

When applicable, at the beginning of each quarter that begins after 

the Investment Date, the Baseline will be increased by the amount of 

any gains realized by the issuer resulting from mergers and 

acquisitions, or purchases of loans, as measured since, and 

including, the quarter ending on September 30, 2020. 

Maturity Perpetual. 

Dividend The Senior Preferred will pay non-cumulative dividends. No 

dividends shall accrue or be due for the first 24 months following 

the Investment Date. Dividends will begin to accrue on the 2-year 

anniversary of the Investment Date. The first (partial) quarterly 

payment will be due on the first dividend payment date after that 

date.

1 References to “accrue” or “accrual” in this term sheet refer only to the determination of 

the amount of any dividend and do not imply that any right to a dividend arises prior to the date 

on which a dividend is declared. Because the Senior Preferred is non-cumulative, if a dividend is 

not declared in respect of any dividend payment date, the holder of the Senior Preferred will not 

be entitled to the dividend not declared and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, will 

be payable in respect of any dividend not declared, whether or not dividends are declared on the 

Senior Preferred or any other class or series of capital stock of the issuer for any future dividend 

period. 
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Thereafter, the dividend rate will adjust annually beginning with the 

first full quarterly period that begins after the first dividend payment 

date after the 2-year anniversary of the investment, to reflect the 

issuer’s Qualified Lending compared to the Baseline. 

See dividend table in Annex A attached hereto. 

Dividends will be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, 

September 15 and December 15.

“Non-cumulative”: If the Board of Directors does not declare a 

dividend on the Senior Preferred with respect to any Dividend 

Period, the holders of Senior Preferred shall have no right to receive 

any dividend with respect to such Dividend Period, and the Issuer 

shall have no obligation to pay a dividend with respect to such 

Dividend Period, whether or not dividends are declared for any 

subsequent Dividend Period with respect to the Senior Preferred.

Redemption The Senior Preferred may be redeemed at the option of the issuer on 

or after the fifth anniversary of issuance (or earlier in the event of 

loss of regulatory capital treatment—see “Change in Law” below), 

subject to the approval of the appropriate federal banking regulator 

and in accordance with the federal banking agencies’ regulatory 

capital regulations. 

All redemptions of Senior Preferred must be made at a per share 

redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference, plus 

accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period. 

All redemptions must be in amounts equal to at least 20% of the 

number of originally issued shares, or 100% of the then-outstanding 

shares (if less than 20% of the number of originally issued shares).

Provisions upon 

Nonpayment of 

Dividends

The following applies whenever dividends payable on the Senior 

Preferred have not been declared and will not be paid in full for any 

quarterly dividend period:

1. If the issuer chooses to not declare dividends, no later than 3 

business days prior to the payment date the Chief Executive 

Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the issuer will be 

required to provide written notice, in a form reasonably 

satisfactory to Treasury, informing Treasury that the issuer 

did not declare dividends and the rationale of the issuer’s 

board of directors for not declaring dividends; and
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2. Beginning on the payment date for the unpaid dividend, 

restrictions described below will apply.

After five quarterly dividends not paid in full:

Whenever dividends on the Senior Preferred have not been declared 

and paid in full for five quarterly dividend periods or more, whether 

or not consecutive, Treasury will have the right, but not the 

obligation, to appoint a representative to serve as an observer on the 

issuer’s board of directors. This right will end when full dividends 

have been paid for four consecutive subsequent dividend periods.

After six quarterly dividends not paid in full: 

Whenever dividends on the Senior Preferred have not been declared 

and paid in full for six quarterly dividend periods or more, whether 

or not consecutive, the holder of the Senior Preferred will have the 

right to elect two directors to the issuer’s board of directors. The 

right to elect directors will end when the full dividends have been 

paid for four consecutive subsequent dividend periods.

Restrictions on 

Dividends and Share 

Repurchases

The issuer shall agree to comply with the rules and regulations of 

Treasury with respect to dividends, share buybacks and other capital 

distributions.

In general:

An issuer will be prohibited from declaring or paying any dividend 

on, or purchasing or redeeming or making any other distribution on, 

any securities that are pari passu with, or junior to, the Senior 

Preferred with respect to distributions or ranking in liquidation 

unless the issuer has paid in full dividends on the preferred stock 

with respect to the last completed dividend period, subject to 

provisions on pro rata dividends on pari passu preferred stock in the 

case of partial dividends.

These restrictions would not prevent an issuer from making 

required, non-discretionary payments, such as payments at stated 

maturity in accordance with an instrument’s terms or payments of 

interest that may not be deferred, as long as such payments are made 

in accordance with any regulations or limitations prescribed by the 

primary federal regulator.
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Restrictions on 

Executive 

Compensation

The issuer and its covered officers and employees shall agree to 

comply with the rules and regulations of Treasury with respect to 

restrictions on executive compensation.

Investment and 

Lending Plan

The issuer shall provide to Treasury, the appropriate federal banking 

agency, and, if applicable, state banking agency, an Investment and 

Lending Plan at the time it submits its application for ECIP.

Voting Rights The Senior Preferred will be nonvoting, other than customary 

protective provisions, such as consent rights granted to Treasury 

with respect to (i) any authorization or issuance of shares ranking 

senior to the Senior Preferred, (ii) any amendments to the rights of 

the Senior Preferred and (iii) any merger, exchange, dissolution, or 

similar transaction which would adversely affect the rights of the 

holder of the Senior Preferred or (iv) as otherwise provided under 

applicable state law.

Transferability By Treasury: 

No contractual restrictions on transfer by Treasury (or vehicles 

established and used by Treasury to purchase, hold, and sell 

investments) to a third party2, provided that:

1. Prior to any sale to a third party, issuer shall have a right of first 

refusal to buy back the investment under terms that do not 

exceed a value as determined by an independent third party, 

conditional upon prior approval by the issuer’s primary federal 

regulator, as applicable; 

2. Treasury shall not sell more than 25% of the outstanding equity 

interests of the issuer to a single third party without the issuer’s 

consent, which may not be unreasonably withheld; and 

3. With the permission of the issuer, Treasury may transfer or sell 

the interest in the capital investment for no consideration or for a 

de minimis amount to a mission-aligned nonprofit affiliate of an 

applicant that is an insured community development financial 

institution (“Eligible Nonprofit”).

4. Treasury will not sell the investment (other than to an Eligible 

Nonprofit) before the tenth anniversary of the Investment Date 

without the issuer’s consent, which is not to be unreasonably 

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2 The definition of 3rd party does not include a vehicle or entity controlled by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. 
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months’ advance notice of intent to transfer Senior Preferred 

other than to an Eligible Nonprofit.

By Issuer: 

The issuer, subject to receipt of any required regulatory approvals, 

may merge or sell all, or substantially all, of its assets (as well as, in 

the case of an issuer that is a BHC, any insured depository 

institution subsidiary), provided that the right of the Senior 

Preferred, and the obligations of the issuer relating thereto, are 

assumed and an equivalent Senior Preferred issued by the successor 

entity. 

The successor must also meet either the certified CDFI or MDI 

criteria to continue to participate in the ECIP unless prior Treasury 

approval is obtained. Treasury will issue guidance for how to 

account for qualified lending when two institutions merge. 

Access and 

Information 

The issuer will permit the holder of the Senior Preferred, the 

holder’s designees, the Office of Inspector General of the 

Department of the Treasury, and the Comptroller General of the 

United States to examine the issuer’s corporate books and discuss 

with the issuer’s principal officers matters, in each case to the extent 

relevant to the investment, after being provided with reasonable 

notice, subject to applicable laws and regulations the disclosure of 

information.

Certifications The issuer will provide the following certifications to Treasury:

1. The issuer’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial 

Officer, as well as the directors (trustees) of the issuer who 

attest to the issuer’s Call Report (or those of its insured 

depositories, in the case of a holding company), will certify 

to Treasury that information provided on each Supplemental 

Report is accurate. 

2. Following the Investment Date, within 120 days of the end 

of each fiscal year of the issuer during which a 

Supplemental Report is submitted, the issuer will receive 

and submit to Treasury a certification from its auditors that 

the processes and controls used to generate the 

Supplemental Reports are satisfactory.

3. Annually, until the Redemption Date, the issuer will certify 

to Treasury that it is in compliance with the Customer 
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Identification Program requirements set forth in 31 C.F.R. 

103.121 (or any successor provision). Issuers must submit 

valid and timely certifications to be eligible for any dividend 

rate adjustment on the Senior Preferred. 

4. Annually, for the period required by Treasury’s rules and 

regulations, a certification by the issuer’s Chief Executive 

Officer and Chief Financial Officer that the issuer is in 

compliance with each of the excessive compensation, 

severance pay and excessive or luxury expenditures 

requirements and limitations on capital distributions set 

forth in Treasury’s rules and regulations related thereto, as 

published and in effect at the time of the certification. 

Change in Law If, after a capital investment has been made in an eligible institution 

under ECIP, there is a final change in law or regulation that results 

in loss of regulatory capital treatment for the investment, the eligible 

institution may, after consultation with the appropriate federal 

banking agency for the eligible institution, redeem the investment.

Noncompliance An issuer’s noncompliance with the requirements of Treasury’s 

rules and regulations related to ECIP and the related ECIP 

investment agreement may result in (i) restrictions on capital 

distributions and (ii) certain governance-related remedies (e.g., 

observer and director rights). In addition, Treasury may inform the 

appropriate federal banking agency of an issuer’s apparent 

noncompliance.

Additional 

Information and 

Considerations

These terms and conditions are preliminary and subject to change. 

Final terms and conditions will be found in the definitive closing 

documents.

This document does not create a binding legal obligation. A binding 

obligation shall only arise pursuant to duly executed definitive 

documentation, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions, 

including the absence of any material adverse change in the 

condition (financial or otherwise) of the issuer.
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Annex A: Dividend Table for Senior Preferred 

Increase in Qualified 

Lending Compared to 

Baseline

First 8 Quarters After 8 

Quarters

After 10 Years*

Increase of less than 200% of 

capital investment

0% < 2.0% per 

annum

< 2.0% fixed

Increase between 200% and 

400% of capital investment

0% < 1.25% per 

annum

< 1.25% fixed

Increase greater than 400% of 

capital investment 

0% < 0.5% per 

annum

< 0.5% fixed

* After the tenth anniversary of issuance of investment, the dividend rate will be fixed based on 

the average annual amount of lending in years 2 through 10 compared to the Baseline.