EXHIBIT 3.1(e)


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF
 PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.
   I, the undersigned natural person, having capacity to contract and acting as incorporator of a corporation under the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation:
  ARTICLE I
  The name of the corporation is Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
  ARTICLE II
  The period of its duration is perpetual.
  ARTICLE III
  The corporation shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful businesses for which corporations may be organized under the Kentucky Business Corporation Act as may now or hereafter be in effect.
 ARTICLE IV
  Authorized shares
  The total number of shares that the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 21,000,000 shares, which shall be divided into two classes as follows:
 20,000,000 Common Shares, without par value; and
  1,000,000 Preferred Shares, without par value.
  The designations, voting powers and relative rights and preferences of the shares shall be as follows:
  A.     Common Shares.
  1.           Powers, Rights and Preferences. The Common Shares shall be without distinction
as to powers, rights and preferences. Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in a designation of any series of Preferred Shares (in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph B of this Article IV) or as otherwise declared by law, the Common Shares shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters in which shareholders are generally entitled to vote. Each of the Common Shares shall have one vote per share on matters on which holders of Common Shares are
entitled to vote.
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 2.           Dividends. After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on Preferred
Shares (fixed in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph B of this Article IV), if any, have been met and after the Corporation has complied with any requirements for setting aside sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts and subject further to any other conditions which may be established in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph B of this Article IV, the holders of Common Share shall be entitled to receive such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
  3.           Distributions on Common Shares. After distribution in full of any preferential amount
(as may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph B of this Article IV) to be distributed to the holders of Preferred Shares, and subject to any further rights of the holders of Preferred Shares to further participate in a liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, all
of its remaining assets, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to the shareholders, ratably in proportion to the number of Common Shares held by each.
  4.           Issuance of Common Shares. Common Shares may be issued from time to time as
the Board of Directors shall determine and on such terms and for  such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
  B.     Preferred Shares.
  1.           Issuance by Board Resolutions: Series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall have authority by resolution to issue from time to time Preferred Shares in one or more series. Each series shall be distinctly designated by number, letter or title. All shares of any one series of Preferred Shares shall be alike in every particular. The powers, preferences and voting, relative, participating, optional and other rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.
  2.           Preferences and Rights. Subject to the provisions of subparagraph 3 of this Paragraph
B of Article IV, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of each particular series of Preferred Shares, the designation, powers, preferences and voting, relative, participating, optional and other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:
  (a)           The distinctive designation of, and the number of Preferred Shares which shall constitute the series, which number from time to time may be increased (except as otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares
thereof then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors;
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 (b)           The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, dividends on the shares of the series shall be paid, whether the dividends shall be cumulative or
non-cumulative, and if cumulative, from what date or dates, and the preferences or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any shares of any other series or class of stock of the Corporation;
  (c)           Whether shares of the series shall be subject to redemption, and if so subject, whether they shall be subject to redemption (i) at the option of the Corporation, then shareholder,
another person and/or upon the occurrence of a designated event, (ii) for cash, indebtedness, securities (including, without limitation, Common Shares) or other property, or any combination thereof. and (iii) for a designated amount or for an amount determined in accordance with a designated formula or by reference to extrinsic data or events; and, as to any shares of a series subject to redemption, such other terms and conditions on which the shares of the series may be redeemed;
  (d)           Whether the holders of the shares of the series shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund or redemption or purchase account to be applied to the purchase or redemption
of the shares of the series and, if so entitled, the amount of such fund and the terms and conditions relative to the operation thereof;
  (e)           Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for any Common or other Preferred Shares of the Corporation  or any other securities
and, if so convertible or exchangeable, whether the conversion or exchange (i) is at the option of the corporation, the shareholder, another person and/or upon the occurrence of a designated event, (ii) shall be for cash. indebtedness, securities (including, without limitation, Common Shares) or other property, or any combination thereof, and (iii) shall be for a designated amount or at a designated ratio, or for an amount or at
a ratio determined in accordance with a designated formula or by reference to extrinsic data or events; and, as to any shares of a series so convertible or exchangeable, such other terms and conditions on which the shares of the series may be converted or exchanged;
  (f)           The rights, if any, of the holders of the shares of the series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution
or winding-up of the corporation;
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  (g)           Whether the shares of the series shall have priority over or parity with or be junior to the shares of any other class or series, or shall be entitled to the benefit
of limitations restricting (i) the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation, (ii) the issuance of shares of any other class or series having priority over or being on a parity with the shares of such series, or (iii) the payment of dividends on, the making of other distributions with respect to, or the purchase or redemption of shares of any other class or series on parity with or ranking junior to the shares of any such series as to dividends or other distributions, and the terms of any such restrictions,
or any other restrictions with respect to shares of any class or series on parity with or ranking junior to the shares of such series in any respect;
  (h)           Whether and in what circumstances shares of a series shall have voting rights, which voting rights, if any, may be general, special, conditional or limited (and, in the
case of special, conditional or limited voting rights, may confer upon holders of such series in certain circumstances the exclusive right to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors); and, as to any shares of a series having voting rights, the number of votes each holder shall be entitled to cast per each share of the series and whether holders of the series are entitled to vote separately or together with the holders of one or more other series of Preferred Shares on all or some matters as
a separate voting group; and
  (i)           Any other powers, preferences, privileges and relative, participating optional, or other special rights of such series,
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, to the fullest extent now and hereafter permitted by law.
  3.           Issuance of Preferred Shares. Subject to the following provisions of this subparagraph 3, shares of any series of Preferred Shares may be issued
from time to time as the Board of Directors shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Shares in relation to the powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Shares shall be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in this Paragraph B of Article IV. Except as otherwise declared
by law, the consent by class or series vote or otherwise of the holders of such of the series of the Preferred Shares as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Shares, whether the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board
of Directors may provide in such resolution or resolutions adopted with respect to any series of Preferred Shares that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Shares.
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  ARTICLE V
  No holder of any shares of capital stock of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive right to acquire any shares of unissued capital stock of any class, now or hereafter authorized, or any treasury shares or securities convertible into such shares or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of such capital
stock.
 
 ARTICLE VI
  Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation shall be set forth in the by-laws of the corporation as duly adopted or from time to time altered, amended, or repealed by the board of directors, subject to repeal or change by action of shareholders.
 
 ARTICLE VII
  The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is 1422 Winchester Avenue, Post Office Box 770, Ashland, Kentucky 41105-0770, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Janet Smith Holbrook.
 
 ARTICLE VIII
  The address of the principal office of the corporation is 400 Second Street, P. O. Box 9, Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky.
 
 ARTICLE IX
  The affairs of the corporation shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors. The number of directors shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors from time to time.
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 ARTICLE X
  The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by, and in accordance with the provisions of, the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, indemnify each director and officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement, incurred by him in connection
with, and shall advance expenses (including attorneys, fees) incurred by him in defending, any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) to which he is, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise. Advancement of expenses shall be made upon receipt of an undertaking, with such security, if any, as the board of directors or shareholders may reasonably require, by or on behalf of the person seeking indemnification to repay amounts advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized herein.
  The indemnification provided for by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors or officers of the corporation may be entitled under any statute, agreement, by-law or action of the board of directors or shareholders of the corporation, or otherwise, and shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a director or officer of the
 corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
  Without in any way limiting the corporation's power to purchase and maintain insurance for any other purpose or on behalf of any other person, the corporation may, but is not required to, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or be obligated to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article X or the Kentucky Business Corporation Act. Once
purchased and maintained the corporation is not obligated to continue to purchase and maintain such insurance.

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  ARTICLE XI
  A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of any duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any transaction in which the director's personal financial interest is in conflict with the financial interests of the corporation
or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or are known to the director to be a violation of law; (iii) for any vote for or assent to an unlawful distribution to shareholders for which there is liability under KRS Section 271B.8-330; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the shareholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any limitation on
the liability of a director of the corporation for matters arising before the time of such repeal or modification.
  ARTICLE XII
  Any action except the election of directors pursuant to KRS 271B.7-280 required or permitted by the Kentucky Business Corporation Act to be taken at a shareholders meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, except as provided below, if the action is taken by shareholders entitled to vote on the action
representing not less than 80% of the .votes entitled to be cast. Any action taken pursuant to the authority of this Article shall be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the shareholders taking the action, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. Any action taken under the authority of this Article shall be effective when consents representing the votes necessary to take the action are delivered to the corporation,
or upon delivery of the consents representing the necessary votes, as of a different date if specified in the consent. Any shareholder giving a consent may revoke the consent by a writing received by the corporation prior to the time that consents representing the votes required to take the action have been delivered to the corporation, but may not do so thereafter. Prompt notice of the taking of any action by shareholders without
a meeting pursuant to the authority of this Article by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders entitled to vote on the action who have not consented in writing. If the Kentucky Business Corporation Act requires that notice of the proposed action be given to non-voting shareholders and the action is to be taken by consent of the voting shareholders under this Article, the corporation shall give its non-voting shareholders and voting shareholders whose consent is not solicited,
written notice of the proposed action at least ten days before the action is taken. The notice shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that, under the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, would have been required to be sent to non-voting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted to the share-holders for action.

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  ARTICLE XIII
  The name and address of the sole incorporator is:
 Name                                                                Address
 Janet Smith Holbrook                         1422 Winchester Avenue
 P. O. Box 770
 Ashland, Kentucky 41105-0770
   Dated: July 5, 1991
  /s/ Janet Smith Holbrook___________________
 Janet Smith Holbrook, Incorporator
 
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 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
  COUNTY OF                                ___Boyd___, TO-WIT:
  I, the undersigned, a Notary Public, in and for the State and County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Janet Smith Holbrook personally appeared before me and acknowledged and delivered the foregoing Articles of Incorporation of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. to be her free act and deed as incorporator of said corporation.
  WITNESS, my hand and official seal of office this 5th day of July, 1991.
  My commission expires:_______July 23, 1993________________
  ___/s/ Charles R. Holbrook, III_______
 NOTARY PUBLIC
   This instrument prepared by:
   __/s/ Janet Smith Holbrook_______________
 Janet Smith Holbrook, Esquire
 HUDDLESTON, BOLEN, BEATTY, PORTER & COPEN
 1422 Winchester Avenue P. O. Box 770
 Ashland, Kentucky 41105-0770







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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT


TO THE


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF


PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.




Pursuant to KRS 271B.10-060, the undersigned corporation executes these articles of amendment to its articles of incorporation:




(A)  The name of the corporation is Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.




(B)The following amendment to the articles of incorporation was duly adopted by the board of directors of the corporation on September 16, 2009 without shareholder action.  Shareholder action was not required:





Issuance of Twenty Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Two (22,252) shares of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, as set forth on the Certificate of Designations attached hereto as Annex I, made a part hereof and incorporated by reference into these Articles of Amendment.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized officer has executed these articles of amendment.




Dated:   September 16, 2009                           PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.




By:__/s/ Robert W. Walker___________


Robert W. Walker


President






This instrument prepared by:




___/s/ Janet Smith Holbrook


Janet Smith Holbrook, Esquire


HUDDLESTON BOLEN LLP


611 Third Avenue


Huntington, WV 25701






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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,




COUNTY OF CABELL, TO WIT:




I, ______Cynthia G. DePriest________, a Notary Public, do hereby
certify that on this 16th day of September, 2009, personally appeared before me Robert W. Walker, who being by me first duly sworn declared that he is the President of Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., that he signed the foregoing document as President of the corporation, and that the statements therein contained are true.


My commission expires:___April 6, 2010______________________________




___/s/ Cynthia G. DePriest_______________


Notary Public




(NOTARIAL SEAL)




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ANNEX I




CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS


OF


FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A


OF


PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.




Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the "Corporation"), in accordance with the provisions of KRS 271B.6-020
thereof, does hereby certify:




The board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") or an applicable committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation
and applicable law, adopted the following resolution on September 16, 2009 creating a series of Twenty Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Two (22,252) shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as "Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A".




RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock,
no par value per share, of the Corporation 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 Corporation a series of preferred stock designated
as the "Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A" (the "Designated Preferred Stock"). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be Twenty Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Two (22,252).




Part 2.    Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of 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 Annex A hereto) as defined below:




(a)           "Common Stock" means the common stock, no par value per share, of the Corporation.


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(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 $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.




(e)           "Minimum Amount" means $5,563,000.




(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).




(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.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by Robert W. Walker, its President and Chief Executive Officer, this 16th day of September, 2009.




PREMIER FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.




By:__/s/ Robert W. Walker_________________________


Name:  Robert W. Walker


Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer





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ANNEX 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 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)    "Bylaws" means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.




(f)     "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.




(g)    "Charter" means the Corporation's certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document.




(h)    "Dividend Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).


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(i)     "Dividend Record Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).




(j)     "Liquidation Preference" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).




(k)    "Original Issue Date" means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first issued.




(1)    "Preferred Director" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).




(m)   "Preferred Stock" means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred Stock.




(n)    "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 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).




(o)    "Share Dilution Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).




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




(q)    "Successor Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).




(r)     "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.


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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.




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).


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(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.


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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.




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").


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(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.


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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 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).




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.




(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.


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(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 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 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 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 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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(f)       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.




(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
six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation 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 Corporation's 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 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 declared and paid in full 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; providedthat
it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Corporation 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
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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 Corporation 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 Corporation;




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


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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 Corporation 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 Corporation 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.    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.


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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 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 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.














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