EX-4.1





Exhibit 4.1




 

 


Replacement Capital Covenant




by



MetLife, Inc.




dated as of December 30, 2008



 

 










 









 





     Replacement Capital Covenant, dated as of December 30, 2008 (this “Replacement Capital
Covenant”), by MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
“Corporation”), in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder (as defined below).



RECITALS




     (A) On June 6, 2005, the Corporation issued 24,000,000 shares of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). On June 9, 2005, the Corporation
issued 60,000,000 shares of 6.50% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred
Stock” and collectively with the Series A Preferred Stock, the “Securities”).



     (B) This Replacement Capital Covenant relates to the Securities.



     (C) The Corporation is entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital
Covenant in the manner provided below with the intent that the covenants provided for in this
Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the Corporation be
estopped from disregarding the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each case to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.



     (D) The Corporation acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants
in this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Corporation and that,
were the Corporation to disregard its covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, each Covered
Debtholder would have sustained an injury as a result of its reliance on such covenants.



     Now, Therefore, the Corporation hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of
and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder.



     1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Replacement Capital Covenant
(including the Recitals) have the meanings set forth in Schedule I hereto.



     2. Limitations on Repayment, Redemption and Purchase of Securities. The Corporation
hereby promises and covenants to and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder that neither the
Corporation nor any Subsidiary of the Corporation shall repay, redeem or purchase any of the
Securities except to the extent that (1) the amount repaid, or the applicable redemption or
purchase price, does not exceed the sum of the following amounts:




     (i) 100% of the aggregate amount of (A) net cash proceeds received by the Corporation
and its Subsidiaries from the sale of Common Stock and rights to acquire Common Stock
(including Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock issued pursuant to the
Corporation’s dividend reinvestment plan or employee benefit plans), (B) the Market Value of
any Common Stock that the Corporation or its Subsidiaries have delivered as consideration
for property or assets in an arm’s-length transaction and (C) the Market Value of any Common
Stock that the Corporation and its Subsidiaries have issued in connection with the
conversion or exchange of any convertible or



 









 







exchangeable securities, other than securities for which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries
has received equity credit from any NRSRO; plus




     (ii) 100% of the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by the Corporation and
its Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock;


in each case within the applicable Measurement Period (without double counting proceeds received in
any prior Measurement Period) to Persons other than the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or (2) the
Securities are exchanged for at least an equal aggregate Market Value of Common Stock or
liquidation preference of Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock; provided that the
provisions of this Section 2 shall not apply to purchases of the Securities or any portion thereof
in connection with the distribution thereof or in connection with market-making or other
secondary-market activities.




     3. Covered Debt.



     (a) The Corporation represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is Eligible Senior Debt or Eligible Subordinated Debt.



     (b) On or during the 30-day period immediately preceding any Redesignation Date with respect
to the Covered Debt then in effect, the Corporation shall identify the series of Eligible Debt that
will become the Covered Debt on and after such Redesignation Date in accordance with the following
procedures:




     (i) the Corporation shall identify each series of its then outstanding long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt;




     (ii) if only one series of the Corporation’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed is Eligible Debt, such series shall become the Covered Debt commencing on
the related Redesignation Date;




     (iii) if the Corporation has more than one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt, then the Corporation shall identify the series
that has the latest occurring final maturity date as of the date the Corporation is applying
the procedures in this Section 3(b) and such series shall become the Covered Debt on the
related Redesignation Date;




     (iv) the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is
determined to be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be the Covered
Debt for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for the period commencing on the
related Redesignation Date and continuing to, but not including the Redesignation Date as of
which a new series of outstanding long-term indebtedness is next determined to be the
Covered Debt pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 3(b); and




     (v) in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the
Corporation shall, as provided for in Section 3(c), give a notice and file with the



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Commission a current report on Form 8-K including or incorporating by reference this
Replacement Capital Covenant as an exhibit within the time frame provided for in such
section.



     (c) In order to give effect to the intent of the Corporation described in Recital C, the
Corporation covenants that:




     (i) simultaneously with the execution of this Replacement Capital Covenant or as soon
as practicable after the date hereof, it shall (x) give notice to the Holders of the Initial
Covered Debt, in the manner provided in the indenture relating to the Initial Covered Debt,
of this Replacement Capital Covenant and the rights granted to such Holders hereunder and
(y) file a copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant with the Commission as an exhibit to a
Form 8-K under the Securities Exchange Act;




     (ii) so long as the Corporation is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange
Act, the Corporation shall include in each annual report filed with the Commission on Form
10-K under the Securities Exchange Act a description of the covenant set forth in Section 2
and identify the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is Covered Debt as
of the date such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission;




     (iii) if a series of the Corporation’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (1)
becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to be Covered Debt, the Corporation shall give notice of
such occurrence within 30 days to the holders of such long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other
instrument under which such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed was issued and report
such change in a current report on Form 8-K including or incorporating by reference this
Replacement Capital Covenant, and in the Corporation’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q or
annual report on Form 10-K, as applicable;




     (iv) if, and only if, the Corporation ceases to be a reporting company under the
Securities Exchange Act, the Corporation shall (A) post on its website the information
otherwise required to be included in Securities Exchange Act filings pursuant to clauses
(ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(c) and (B) to the extent permitted by Bloomberg and any
other similar third-party vendor the Corporation reasonably believes is appropriate that
makes available to the marketplace information with respect to securities that are Covered
Debt by posting such information on an electronically accessible screen (each, an “Investor
Screen”), cause a notation to be included on each such Investor Screen identifying the
relevant series of indebtedness of the Corporation that is Covered Debt from time to time as
Covered Debt for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant and cause a hyperlink to a
definitive copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant to be included on the Investor Screen
for each series of Covered Debt (but only so long as such series is Covered Debt); and




     (v) promptly upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, the Corporation shall provide
such Holder with an executed copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant.



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     4. Termination, Amendment and Waiver.



     (a) The obligations of the Corporation pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall
remain in full force and effect until the date on which no Securities are outstanding or, if
earlier, the earliest date to occur (such date or earlier date, the “Termination Date”) of:




     (i) December 31, 2018;




     (ii) the date, if any, on which the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then-effective series of Covered Debt consent or agree in writing to the termination of this
Replacement Capital Covenant and the obligations of the Corporation hereunder; and




     (iii) the date on which the Corporation has no series of outstanding Eligible Senior
Debt or Eligible Subordinated Debt (in each case without giving effect to the rating
requirement in clause (b) of the definition of each such term).


From and after the Termination Date, the obligations of the Corporation pursuant to this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of no further force and effect.




     (b) This Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a
written instrument signed by the Corporation with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then-effective series of Covered Debt; provided that this Replacement
Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a written instrument signed
only by the Corporation (and without the consent of the Holders of the then-effective series of
Covered Debt) if:




     (i) such amendment or supplement eliminates Common Stock or rights to acquire Common
Stock as a Replacement Capital Security, if after the date of this Replacement Capital
Covenant, an accounting standard or interpretive guidance of an existing accounting standard
issued by an organization or regulator that has responsibility for establishing or
interpreting accounting standards in the United States becomes effective such that there is
more than an insubstantial risk that failure to eliminate Common Stock or rights to acquire
Common Stock as a Replacement Capital Security would result in a reduction in the
Corporation’s earnings per share as calculated in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States;




     (ii) such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the Holders of the then-effective
series of Covered Debt and an officer of the Corporation has delivered to the Holders of the
then-effective series of Covered Debt in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal
agency agreement or other instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate
stating that, in his or her determination, such amendment or supplement is not adverse to
the Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt;




     (iii) the effect of such amendment or supplement is solely to impose additional
restrictions on, or eliminate certain of, the types of securities qualifying as Replacement
Capital Securities (other than the securities covered by clause (i) above), and an officer
of the Corporation has delivered to the Holders of the then-effective series of Covered Debt



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in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other
instrument with respect to such Covered Debt a written certificate to that effect; or




     (iv) the effect of such amendment or supplement is solely to impose additional
restrictions on the ability of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to repay, redeem or
purchase Securities in any circumstance.



     (c) For purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the Holders whose consent or agreement is required
to terminate, amend or supplement the obligations of the Corporation under this Replacement Capital
Covenant shall be the Holders of the then-effective Covered Debt as of a record date established by
the Corporation that is not more than 30 days prior to the date on which the Corporation proposes
that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes effective.



     5. Miscellaneous.



     (a) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.



     (b) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be binding upon the Corporation and its successors
and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they exist from
time-to-time (it being understood and agreed by the Corporation that (i) any Person who is a
Covered Debtholder at the time such Person acquires, holds or sells Covered Debt shall retain its
status as a Covered Debtholder for so long as the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money owned by such Person is Covered Debt and, if such Person initiates a claim or proceeding to
enforce its rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant after the Corporation has violated its
covenants in Section 2 and before the series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed held by
such Person is no longer Covered Debt, such Person’s rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant
shall not terminate by reason of such series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed no longer
being Covered Debt and (ii) if at any time the Covered Debt is held by a trust, a holder of the
securities of such trust may institute a legal proceeding directly against the issuer for the
enforcement of the this Replacement Capital Covenant, and such securities shall be deemed to be
“Covered Debt” so long as the Covered Debt held by such trust remains Covered Debt).



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     (c) All demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Corporation under this
Replacement Capital Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and (i)
if served by personal delivery upon the Corporation, on the day so delivered (or, if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) if delivered by registered post or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent to the Corporation by a national or international
courier service, on the date of receipt by the Corporation (or, if such date of receipt is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day
telecopied, or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, provided that the telecopy
is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, and in each case to the Corporation at the
address set forth below, or at such other address as the Corporation may thereafter notify to
Covered Debtholders or post on its website as the address for notices under this Replacement
Capital Covenant:



          MetLife, Inc.

          1095 Sixth Avenue

          New York, New York 10036-6796

          Attention: Treasurer

          Facsimile No: (212) 578-0266




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     In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to
be executed by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MetLife, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/  Eric T. Steigerwalt	 
	 	 	Name:  	Eric T. Steigerwalt 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President & Treasurer 	 
	 



Replacement Capital Covenant





 









 








Schedule 1




Definitions





     “Alternative Payment Mechanism” means, with respect to any Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, provisions in the terms thereof or of the related transaction documents that,
during the continuation of the failure to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the
terms thereof or of the related transaction documents, permit the issuer of such securities to make
payment of dividends on such securities only from the “eligible proceeds” of one or more types of
Qualifying APM Securities unless (if the Corporation elects to so provide in the terms of such
securities) an Applicable Governmental Authority directs otherwise, and that:



     (a) define “eligible proceeds” to mean, for purposes of such Alternative Payment Mechanism,
the net proceeds (after underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, commissions or discounts and other
expenses relating to the issuance or sale of the relevant securities, where applicable, and
including the fair market value of property received by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries
as consideration for such securities) that the Corporation has received during the 180 days prior
to the related dividend payment date from the issuance of Qualifying APM Securities, up to the
Preferred Cap in the case of Qualifying APM Securities that are Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, where the “Preferred Cap” is an amount from the issuance thereof pursuant to such
Alternative Payment Mechanism (including at any point in time from all prior issuances thereof
pursuant to such Alternative Payment Mechanism) equal to 25% of the initial liquidation amount of
the securities that are the subject of such Alternative Payment Mechanism;



     (b) if such restriction on the payment of dividends continues for more than one year, require
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries not to redeem or purchase any securities of the Corporation
that on a bankruptcy or liquidation of the Corporation rank pari passu with or junior to the most
senior Qualifying APM Securities the proceeds of which were used to pay dividends during the
relevant dividend restriction period until at least one year after such Qualifying APM Securities
have been issued;



     (c) notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if the Commission disapproves the issuer’s sale
of Qualifying APM Securities, may (if the Corporation elects to so provide in the term of such
securities) permit the Corporation to pay dividends from any source without a breach of its
obligations under the transaction documents; and



     (d) if the Commission does not disapprove the Corporation’s issuance and sale of Qualifying
APM Securities but disapproves the use of the proceeds thereof to pay deferred dividends, may (if
the Corporation elects to so provide in the terms of such securities) permit the Corporation to use
such proceeds for other purposes.



     “Applicable Governmental Authority” means any regulatory body, administrative agency, or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof, including,
without limitation, any insurance regulatory authority and the Federal Reserve Board.



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     “Business Day” means each day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order
to remain closed.



     “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Common Stock” means common stock of the Corporation and rights to acquire common stock issued
pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan and employee benefit plans of the Corporation (including
treasury shares of common stock).



     “Corporation” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.



     “Covered Debt” means (a) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to,
but not including the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (b) thereafter,
commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to, but not including the next succeeding
Redesignation Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered Debt for
such period.



     “Covered Debtholder” means each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through
a participant in a clearing agency) that buys, holds or sells long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed of the Corporation during the period that such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed
is Covered Debt; provided that, except as provided in Section 5(b), a Person who has sold all of
its right, title and interest in Covered Debt shall cease to be a Covered Debtholder at the time of
such sale if, at such time, the Corporation has not breached or repudiated, or threatened to breach
or repudiate, its obligations hereunder.



     “Eligible Debt” means, at any time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated
Debt is then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.



     “Eligible Senior Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding
unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that (a) upon a bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks most senior among the issuer’s then
outstanding classes of unsecured indebtedness for money borrowed, (b) is then assigned a rating by
at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on
such date the issuer has outstanding senior long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that
satisfies the requirements of clauses (a), (c) and (d) that is then assigned a rating by at least
one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was
issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as
underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this
definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness
for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate
entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity
that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term
indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.



     “Eligible Subordinated Debt” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the
issuer’s then-outstanding unsecured long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that



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(a) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to
the issuer’s then outstanding series of unsecured indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most
senior, (b) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO (provided that this clause (b) shall
apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding subordinated
long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements in clauses (a), (c) and
(d) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (c) has an outstanding principal amount
of not less than $100,000,000, and (d) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or
investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or
distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number,
each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is
held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the
securities of such intermediate entity that have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a
series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other
series of such indebtedness.




     “Holder” means, as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as
reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation with respect to
such Covered Debt.



     “Initial Covered Debt” means the Corporation’s 5.70% Senior Notes due 2035, which have CUSIP
No. 59156RAM0.



     “Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure” means, as to any security or combination of securities
(together in this definition, “securities”), that the issuer has publicly stated its intention,
either in the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were initially
offered for sale or in filings with the Commission made by the issuer under the Exchange Act prior
to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that the issuer, to the extent the
securities provide the issuer with equity credit, will repay, redeem or purchase such securities
only with the proceeds of replacement capital securities that have terms and provisions at the time
of repayment, redemption or purchase that are as or more equity-like than the securities then being
repaid, redeemed or purchased, raised within 180 days prior to the applicable repayment, redemption
or purchase date.



     “Investor Screen” has the meaning specified in Section 3(c)(iv).



     “Mandatory Trigger Provision” means, as to any Qualifying Preferred Stock, provisions in the
terms thereof or of the related transaction documents that during the continuation of the failure
to satisfy one or more financial tests set forth in the terms of such securities or related
transaction documents, permit the issuer of such securities to make payment of dividends on such
securities only pursuant to an Alternative Payment Mechanism. No remedy other than Permitted
Remedies will arise by the terms of such securities or related transaction documents in favor of
the holders of such securities as a result of the issuer’s failure to pay dividends because of the
Mandatory Trigger Provision.



     “Market Value” means, on any date, the closing sale price per share of Common Stock (or if no
closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in
either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported



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in composite transactions by the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal U.S. securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is traded or quoted. If the Common Stock is not listed on any U.S.
securities exchange on the relevant date, the “current stock market price” shall be the last quoted
bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by
the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the
“current stock market price” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices
for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized
independent investment banking firms selected by the Corporation for this purpose.




     “Measurement Period” with respect to any repayment, redemption or purchase of the Securities,
means the period (i) beginning on the date that is 180 days prior to delivery of notice of such
repayment or redemption or the date of such purchase and (ii) ending on such notice date or
purchase date. Measurement Periods cannot run concurrently.



     “NRSRO” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of
Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Securities Exchange Act.



     “Permitted Remedies” means, with respect to any securities, one or more of the following
remedies:



     (a) rights in favor of the holders of such securities permitting such holders to elect one or
more directors of the issuer (including any such rights required by the listing requirements of any
stock or securities exchange on which such securities may be listed or traded); and



     (b) complete or partial prohibitions on the issuer paying dividends on or repurchasing common
stock or other securities that rank pari passu with or junior as to dividends to such securities
for so long as distributions on such securities, including unpaid distributions, remain unpaid.



     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.



     “Qualifying APM Securities” means, with respect to an Alternative Payment Mechanism, one or
more of the following (as designated in the transaction documents for the Qualifying Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock that include an Alternative Payment Mechanism):



     (a) Common Stock;



     (b) Qualifying Warrants; or



     (c) Qualifying Preferred Stock;



provided that if the Qualifying APM Securities for any Alternative Payment Mechanism include both
Common Stock and Qualifying Warrants, such Alternative Payment Mechanism may permit, but need not
require, the Corporation to issue Qualifying Warrants.



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     “Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock” means non-cumulative preferred stock of
the Corporation (a) that is perpetual and is subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant,
(b) that is subject to a Mandatory Trigger Provision and (c) as to which the transaction documents
provide for no remedies as a consequence of non-payment of dividends other than Permitted Remedies.
Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock may be convertible into Common Stock at a
conversion ratio within a range established at the time of its issuance.



     “Qualifying Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock
that ranks pari passu with or junior to all of the Corporation’s other preferred stock and (a) is
subject to a Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant or (b) is subject to both (i) a Mandatory
Trigger Provision and (ii) Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure. Additionally, in the case of both
clauses (a) and (b) the transaction documents shall provide for no remedies as a consequence of
non-payment of distributions other than Permitted Remedies.



     “Qualifying Replacement Capital Covenant” means a replacement capital covenant, as identified
by the Corporation’s Board of Directors acting in good faith and in its reasonable discretion and
reasonably construing the definitions and other terms of this Replacement Capital Covenant, (i)
entered into by a company that at the time it enters into such replacement capital covenant is a
reporting company under the Exchange Act and (ii) that restricts the related issuer from redeeming,
repaying or purchasing identified securities except to the extent of the applicable percentage of
the net proceeds from the issuance of specified replacement capital securities that have terms and
provisions at the time of redemption, repayment or purchase that are as or more equity-like than
the securities then being redeemed, repaid or purchased within the 180-day period prior to the
applicable redemption, repayment or purchase date.



     “Qualifying Warrants” means any net share settled warrants to purchase Common Stock that (i)
have an exercise price greater than the “Market Value” of the Common Stock on a date within five
days of the issuance of such warrants, and (ii) the Corporation is not entitled to redeem for cash
and the holders of which are not entitled to require the Corporation to purchase for cash in any
circumstances.



     “Redesignation Date” means, as to the Covered Debt in effect at any time, the earliest of (a)
the date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (b) if the
Corporation elects to redeem, repay or defease, or the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the
Corporation elects to purchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence
that, after giving effect to such redemption, repayment, defeasance or purchase, the outstanding
principal amount of such Covered Debt is less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption,
repayment, defeasance or purchase date and (c) if such Covered Debt is not Eligible Subordinated
Debt of the Corporation, the date on which the Corporation issues long-term indebtedness for money
borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.



     “Replacement Capital Covenant” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this
instrument.



     “Replacement Capital Securities” means Common Stock, rights to acquire Common Stock or
Qualifying Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.



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     “Securities” has the meaning specified in Recital A.



     “Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



     “Series A Preferred Stock” has the meaning specified in Recital A.



     “Series B Preferred Stock” has the meaning specified in Recital A.



     “Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Person the shares of stock or other ownership interests
of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such Person are at the time owned, or the management or policies of which are otherwise
at the time controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other
Subsidiaries) or both, by another Person.



     “Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).




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