Exhibit 4.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WARRANT

 

TO PURCHASE

 

4,279,601 COMMON SHARES

 

OF

 

THE BANK OF N.T. BUTTERFIELD & SON LIMITED



Issue Date: June 22, 2009

 

1.             Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.

 

“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.

 

“Appraisal Procedure” means a procedure whereby two (2) independent appraisers, one (1) chosen by the Bank (as defined below) and one (1) by the Original Warrantholder (as defined below), shall mutually agree upon the determinations then the subject of appraisal. Each party shall deliver a notice to the other appointing its appraiser within fifteen (15) calendar days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked. If within thirty (30) calendar days after appointment of the two (2) appraisers they are unable to agree upon the amount in question, a third independent appraiser shall be chosen within ten (10) calendar days thereafter by the mutual consent of such first two (2) appraisers. The decision of the third appraiser so appointed and chosen shall be given within thirty (30) calendar days after the selection of such third appraiser. If three (3) appraisers shall be appointed and the determination of one appraiser is disparate from the middle determination by more than twice the amount by which the other determination is disparate from the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser shall be excluded, the remaining two (2) determinations shall be averaged and such average shall be binding and conclusive upon the Bank and the Original Warrantholder; otherwise, the average of all three determinations shall be binding upon the Bank and the Original Warrantholder. The costs of conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne by the Bank.

 

“Bank” means The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited, a local company incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda.

 











 

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Bank, including any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

“Business Combination” means a merger, amalgamation, consolidation, scheme of arrangement or similar transaction that requires the approval of the Bank’s shareholders.

 

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

 

“Butterfield Act” means The N. T. Butterfield & Son Act, 1904, as amended from time to time, or any other legislation setting forth the constitution of the Bank that may be passed by the Bermuda Parliament in substitution therefor that shall be deemed to constitute the memorandum of association of the Bank.

 

“Bye-laws” means the bye-laws of the Bank, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

“Capital Stock” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

 

“Common Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value BD$1.00 per share, of the Bank.

 

“conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B) hereto.

 

“convertible securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B) hereto.

 

“Exercise Price” means US$7.01; provided, that such amount shall be reduced by US$1.05 on each six month anniversary of the date of this Warrant (as defined below) if the Shareholder Approvals (as defined below) shall not have been obtained prior to such anniversary, up to a maximum reduction of US$3.15.

 

“Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereto.

 

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“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property, as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good faith or, with respect to Section 14, as determined by the Original Warrantholder acting in good faith. For so long as the Original Warrantholder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, it may object in writing to the Board of Director’s calculation of fair market value within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of written notice thereof. If the Original Warrantholder and the Bank are unable to agree on fair market value during the ten (10) calendar day period following the delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s objection, the Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either party to determine Fair Market Value by delivering written notification thereof not later than the thirtieth (30th) day after delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s objection.

 

“Governmental Entities” means all Bermudian and other governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities.

 

“Initial Number” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B) hereto.

 

“Issue Date” means the date first above written.

 

“Market Price” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the last closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case on the principal securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and ask prices as furnished by two members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. selected from time to time by the Bank for that purpose. “Market Price” shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be (i) in the event that any portion of the Warrant is held by the Original Warrantholder, the fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the Original Warrantholder or (ii) in all other circumstances, the fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in reliance on an opinion of an internationally recognized independent investment banking corporation retained by the Bank for this purpose and certified in a resolution to the Warrantholder. For the purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Shares on the “trading day” preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the Bermuda Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).

 

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“Notice of Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereto.

 

“Ordinary Cash Dividends” means a regular quarterly cash dividend on Common Shares out of funds legally available therefor (determined in accordance with applicable accounting and legal principles and Bermuda law in effect from time to time); provided, that Ordinary Cash Dividends shall not include any cash dividends paid subsequent to the Issue Date to the extent the aggregate per share dividends paid on the issued and outstanding Common Shares in any quarter exceed US$0.16, as adjusted for any share subdivision, share consolidation, bonus issue, reclassification or similar transaction.

 

“Original Warrantholder” means the Ministry of Finance of Bermuda on behalf of the Government of Bermuda. Any actions specified to be taken by the Original Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken by such Person and not by any other Warrantholder.

 

“Permitted Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B) hereto.

 

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

 

“Per Share Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(C) hereto.

 

“Pro Rata Repurchases” means any purchase of Common Shares by the Bank or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer or any other offer available to substantially all holders of Common Shares, whether for cash, shares of Capital Stock of the Bank, other securities of the Bank, evidences of indebtedness of the Bank or any other Person or any other property (including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary), or any combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is outstanding. The “Effective Date” of a Pro Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of acceptance of shares for purchase or exchange by the Bank under any tender or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or the date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a tender or exchange offer.

 

“Qualified Replacement Capital” means (i) proceeds obtained through the sale and issuance for cash by the Bank to persons other than the Bank or any of the subsidiaries of the Bank after the Issue Date of Common Shares, perpetual preference shares of the Bank or any combination of such shares, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Bank at the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, or (ii) any other capital approved for the purpose by the Original Warrantholder.

 

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“Regulatory Approvals” means, with respect to the Warrantholder, to the extent applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for Common Shares and to own such Common Shares without the Warrantholder being in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation, the receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under, any applicable law, rule or regulation.

 

“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 12 hereto.

 

“Shareholder Approvals” means all shareholder approvals necessary to approve the exercise of this Warrant for Shares.

 

“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereto.

 

“trading day” means (A) if the Common Shares are not traded on any securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day or (B) if the Common Shares are traded on any securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the Common Shares (i) are not suspended from trading on any exchange or association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer and (ii) have traded at least once on the securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Shares.

 

“Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereto.

 

“Warrant” means this Warrant, issued to the Original Warrantholder on the Issue Date.

 

2.              Number of Shares; Exercise Price. This certifies that, for value received, the Original Warrantholder or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Bank, in whole or in part, after the receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals and Shareholder Approvals, if any, up to an aggregate of 4,279,601 fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares, at a purchase price per Common Share equal to the Exercise Price. The number of Common Shares (the “Shares”) and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to “Common Shares,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments.

 

3.              Exercise of Warrant; Term. Subject to Section 2, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the

 

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Issue Date of this Warrant, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m., Atlantic Standard Time on the tenth anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Expiration Time”), by (A) the surrender of this Warrant and notice of exercise annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”), duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the registered office of the Bank (or such other office or agency of the Bank in Bermuda as it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Bank), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased:

 

(A)            by having the Bank withhold, from the Common Shares that would otherwise be delivered to the Warrantholder upon such exercise, Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant equal in value to the aggregate Exercise Price as to which this Warrant is so exercised based on the Market Price of the Common Stock on the trading day on which this Warrant is exercised and the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Bank pursuant to this Section 3, or

 

(B)            with the consent of both the Bank and the Warrantholder, by tendering in cash, by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Bank, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Bank.

 

If the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder will be entitled to receive from the Bank within a reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three Business Days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is so exercised. Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Bank will have first received Shareholder Approvals and the Warrantholder will have first received any applicable Regulatory Approvals.

 

4.             Issuance of Shares; Authorization; Listing. Certificates for Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant will be issued in such name or names as the Warrantholder may designate and will be delivered to such named Person or Persons within a reasonable time, not to exceed three Business Days after the date on which this Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with the terms of this Warrant. The Bank hereby represents and warrants that any Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 will be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith). The Bank agrees that the Shares so issued shall be issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the Bank in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the register of members of the Bank is then closed on such date or delivery of the Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price occurs after the close of business on the day so delivered and paid, in which case the Shares so issued shall be issued to the Warrantholder on the

 

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next succeeding Business Day on which the register of members is not closed. Subject to receipt of Shareholder Approvals, the Bank will at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued Capital Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of this Warrant, the aggregate number of Common Shares then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time. The Bank will (i) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Shares are then listed or traded and (ii) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. The Bank will use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or traded. In the event that the Bank does not have sufficient available authorized Shares to reserve for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants and/or Shareholder Approval is required for such  issuance under applicable stock exchange rules, the Bank will call a meeting of its stockholders as soon as practicable after the Issue Date to increase the number of authorized Common Shares and/or comply with such exchange rules, and to take any other measures deemed by the Warrantholder to be necessary to allow the exercise of the Warrants into Shares of the Bank.

 

5.              No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional Shares or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Market Price of the Common Shares on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price for such fractional share.

 

6.              No Rights as Shareholders; Register of Members. This Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Bank prior to the date of exercise hereof. The Bank will at no time close its register of members against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

 

7.              Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Bank.

 

8.              Transfer/Assignment. This Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Bank by the registered holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant shall be made and delivered by the Bank, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Bank described in Section 3. All expenses (other than share transfer taxes) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid by the Bank.

 

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9.                Exchange and Registry of Warrant. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Bank, for a new warrant or warrants of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares. The Bank shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise in accordance with its terms, at the registered office of the Bank, and the Bank shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.

 

10.              Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Bank of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Bank shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

 

11.              Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

12.              Rule 144 Information. The Bank covenants that, at the request of the Original Warrantholder, it will use its reasonable best efforts to make and keep public information available as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the U. S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to, if permitted by the terms of this Warrant, sell this Warrant without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (B) any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the written request of the Original Warrantholder, the Bank will deliver to such Warrantholder a written statement that it has complied with such requirements.

 

13.              Adjustments and Other Rights. The Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows; provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 13 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 13 so as to result in duplication:

 

(A)          Share Consolidations, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Bank shall (i) declare and pay a dividend or make a distribution or bonus issue on its Common Shares in Common Shares, (ii) subdivide or reclassify the issued and

 

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outstanding Common Shares into a greater number of shares, or (iii) consolidate or reclassify the outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date for such dividend, distribution or bonus issue or the effective date of such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of Common Shares which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the Common Shares subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such date. In such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend, distribution or bonus issue or the effective date of such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, as the case may be, for the dividend, distribution, bonus issue. subdivision, consolidation or reclassification giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(B)          Certain Issuances of Common Shares or Convertible Securities. Until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Original Warrantholder no longer holds this Warrant or any portion thereof and (ii) the third anniversary of the Issue Date, if the Bank shall issue Common Shares (or rights or warrants or other securities exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable (collectively, a “conversion”) for Common Shares (collectively, “convertible securities”)) (other than in Permitted Transactions (as defined below) or a transaction to which subsection (A) of this Section 13 is applicable) without consideration or at a consideration per share (or having a conversion price per share) that is less than 90% of the Market Price on the last trading day preceding the date of the agreement on pricing such shares (or such convertible securities) then, in such event:

 

(A)            the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the date of the agreement on pricing of such shares (or of such convertible securities) (the “Initial Number”) shall be increased to the number obtained by multiplying the Initial Number by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding on such date and (y) the number of additional Common Shares issued (or into which convertible securities may be exercised or convert) and (B) the denominator of which shall be the sum of (I) the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding on such date and (II) the number of Common Shares which the aggregate consideration receivable by the Bank for the total number of Common Shares so issued (or into which convertible securities may be exercised or convert) would purchase at the Market Price on the last trading day preceding the date of the agreement on pricing such shares (or such convertible securities); and

 

(B)            the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to

 

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the date of the agreement on pricing of such shares (or of such convertible securities) by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to such date and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately after the adjustment described in clause (A) above.

 

For purposes of the foregoing, the aggregate consideration receivable by the Bank in connection with the issuance of such Common Shares or convertible securities shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the net offering price (including the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration and after deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties) of all such securities plus the minimum aggregate amount, if any, payable upon exercise or conversion of any such convertible securities into Common Shares; and “Permitted Transactions” shall mean issuances (i) as consideration for or to fund the acquisition of businesses and/or related assets, (ii) in connection with employee benefit plans and compensation related arrangements in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice approved by the Board of Directors, and (iii) in connection with a public or broadly marketed offering and sale of Common Stock or convertible securities for cash conducted by the Bank or its affiliates on a basis consistent with capital raising transactions by comparable financial institutions. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 13(B) shall become effective immediately upon the date of such issuance.

 

(C)          Other Distributions. In case the Bank shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Shares of securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, cash, rights or warrants (excluding Ordinary Cash Dividends, dividends or bonus issues of Common Shares and other dividends or distributions referred to in Section 13(A)), in each such case, the Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced immediately thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of the Common Shares on the last trading day preceding the first date on which the Common Shares trade regular way on the principal securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading without the right to receive such distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants to be so distributed in respect of one Common Share (such amount and/or Fair Market Value, the “Per Share Fair Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date specified in clause (x); such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In the case of adjustment for a cash dividend that is, or is coincident with, a regular quarterly cash dividend, the Per Share Fair Market Value would be reduced by the per share amount of the portion of the cash dividend that would constitute an Ordinary Cash Dividend. In the event that such distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to

 

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distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash or warrants, as the case may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then  be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(D)          Certain Repurchases of Common Shares. In case the Bank effects a Pro Rata Repurchase of Common Shares, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of such Pro Rata Repurchase by a fraction of which the numerator shall be (i) the product of (x) the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately before such Pro Rata Repurchase and (y) the Market Price of Common Shares on the trading day immediately preceding the first public announcement by the Bank or any of its Affiliates of the intent to effect such Pro Rata Repurchase, minus (ii) the aggregate purchase price of the Pro Rata Repurchase, and of which the denominator shall be the product of (i) the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to such Pro Rata Repurchase minus the number of Common Shares so repurchased and (ii) the Market Price per Common Share on the trading day immediately preceding the first public announcement by the Bank or any of its Affiliates of the intent to effect such Pro Rata Repurchase. In such event, the number of Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Pro Rata Repurchase giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 13(D).

 

(E)           Business Combinations. In case of any Business Combination or reclassification of Common Shares (other than a reclassification of Common Shares referred to in Section 13(A)), the Warrantholder’s right to receive Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall be converted into the right to exercise this Warrant to acquire the number of shares or other securities or property (including cash) which the Common Shares issuable (at the time of such Business Combination or reclassification) upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such Business Combination or reclassification would have been entitled to receive upon consummation of such Business Combination or reclassification; and in any such case, if necessary, the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholder shall be appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, to the Warrantholder’s right to exercise this Warrant in exchange for any shares or other securities or property pursuant to this paragraph. In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or the property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the consummation of such Business Combination, if the holders of Common Shares have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such Business Combination, then the consideration that the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive upon exercise shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received by the majority of all holders of the Common Shares that affirmatively make an election (or of all such holders if none make an election).

 

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(F)             Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this Section 13 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. Any provision of this Section 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or one-tenth (1/10th) of a Common Share, but any such amount shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/10th of a Common Share, or more.

 

(G)            Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Shares Upon Certain Adjustments. In any case in which the provisions of this Section 13 shall require that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Bank may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of this Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional Common Shares issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Shares issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional Common Share; provided, however, that the Bank upon request shall deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

(H)            Qualified Replacement Capital. In the event that the Bank (or any successor by Business Combination) obtains Qualified Replacement Capital on or prior to December 31, 2010 that results in the Bank (or such successor) receiving aggregate gross proceeds of not less than 100% of the aggregate liquidation preference of the Preference Shares, the number of Shares underlying the portion of this Warrant then held by the Original Warrantholder shall be thereafter reduced by a number of Shares equal to the product of (i) 0.5 and (ii) the number of Shares underlying this Warrant on the Issue Date (adjusted to take into account all other theretofore made adjustments pursuant to this Section 13).

 

(I)             Other Events. For so long as the Original Warrantholder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, if any event occurs as to which the provisions of this Section 13 are not strictly applicable or, if strictly applicable, would not, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, fairly and adequately protect the purchase rights of the Warrants in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the Board of Directors shall make such adjustments in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, to protect such purchase rights as aforesaid. The Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall not be adjusted in the event of a change in the par value of the Common Shares or a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Bank.

 

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(J)            Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price  or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 13, the Bank shall forthwith file, at the registered office of the Bank, a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the number of Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and the Bank shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Bank’s records.

 

(K)            Notice of Adjustment Event. In the event that the Bank shall propose to take any action of the type described in this Section 13 (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 13 would result in an adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon exercise of this Warrant), the Bank shall give notice to the Warrantholder, in the manner set forth in Section 13(J), which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place. Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Exercise Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant. In the case of any action that would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the taking of such proposed action. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action.

 

(L)            Proceedings Prior to Any Action Requiring Adjustment. As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section 13, the Bank shall take any action which may be necessary, including obtaining regulatory, Bermuda Stock Exchange, Cayman Islands Stock Market or other applicable securities exchange or shareholder approvals or exemptions, in order that the Bank may thereafter validly and legally issue as fully paid and nonassessable all Common Shares that the Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 13.

 

(M)           Adjustment Rules. Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 13 shall be made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur. If an adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Shares, then such adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to the par value of the Common Shares.

 

14.          Exchange. At any time (i) following the date on which the Common Shares are no longer listed or admitted to trading on a securities exchange (other than in connection with any Business Combination) or (ii) in the event that the requisite Shareholder Approvals have not been obtained on or before the 18-month anniversary of the Issue Date, the Original Warrantholder may cause the Bank to exchange all or a portion of this Warrant for an economic interest (to be determined by the Original Warrantholder after consultation with the Bank) of the Bank classified as permanent equity under applicable accounting principles having

 

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a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the portion of the Warrant so exchanged. The Original Warrantholder shall calculate any Fair Market Value required to be calculated pursuant to this Section 14, which shall not be subject to the Appraisal Procedure.

 

15.          Voting of Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Original Warrantholder shall not exercise any voting rights with respect to the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

16.          No Impairment. The Bank will not, by amendment of the Butterfield Act, the Bye-laws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Bank, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder.

 

17.          Governing Law. This Warrant will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda. Each of the Bank and the Warrantholder agrees (A) to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Bermuda for any civil action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby, and (B) that notice may be served upon the Bank at the address in Section 21 below and upon the Warrantholder at the address for the Warrantholder set forth in the registry maintained by the Bank pursuant to Section 9 hereof. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Bank and the Warrantholder hereby unconditionally waives trial by jury in any civil legal action or proceeding relating to the Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

18.          Binding Effect. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Bank.

 

19.          Amendments. This Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived only with the written consent of the Bank and the Warrantholder.

 

20.         Prohibited Actions. The Bank agrees that it will not take any action which would entitle the Warrantholder to an adjustment of the Exercise Price if the total number of Common Shares issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant, together with upon the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants, conversion and other rights, would exceed the total number of Common Shares then authorized by the Butterfield Act or the Bye-laws.

 

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21.              Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any person to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (A) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, or (B) on the second business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier service. All notices to the Bank or the Original Warrantholder hereunder shall be delivered as set forth on Schedule A hereto, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

 

22.              Entire Agreement. This Warrant, the forms attached hereto and Schedule A hereto (the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein) contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or undertakings with respect thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Warrant to be duly executed, attested and delivered the day and year first before written.

 

SIGNED as a DEED by

 

	
/s/   Alan R. Thompson
    	
 
    	

    
	
Alan R.   Thompson
    	
 
    
	
President &   Chief Executive Officer
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
THE BANK OF N. T.   BUTTERFIELD & SON LIMITED 

 

in the presence of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Suzanne Wylie
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
65 Front Street
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Hamilton HM 12
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation:
    	
Paralegal
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness:
    	
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
    	
 
    


 

[Signature Page of Warrant]

 











 

SCHEDULE A

 

NOTICE INFORMATION

 

To the Bank:

 

The Bank of N. T. Butterfield & Son Limited

65 Front Street

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

Tel.: (441) 295-1111
  Fax: (441) 295-1220

 

To the Original Warrantholder:

 

Ministry of Finance

Government Administration Building

30 Parliament Street

Hamilton HM 12

Bermuda

Attention: Minister of Finance

 

Tel.: [(441) 292-1495]
  Fax: [(441) 292-8397]

 











 

[FORM OF NOTICE OF EXERCISE]

 

Date: [·]

 

TO: The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited

 

RE: Election to Purchase Common Shares

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of Common Shares set forth below covered by such Warrant. The undersigned, in accordance with Section 3 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such Common Shares in the manner set forth below. A new warrant evidencing the remaining Common Shares covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, should be issued in the name set forth below.

 

Number of Common Shares: [·]

 

Method of Payment of Exercise Price: [·](1)

 

Aggregate Exercise Price: [·]

 

	
Holder:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    


 

	
 
    	
 
    


(1)         Note if cashless exercise pursuant to Section 3(A) of the Warrant or cash exercise pursuant to Section 3(B) of the Warrant, with consent of the Bank and the Warrantholder.