# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000910073
**File Stem:** 0000910073-25-000121
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 58645
**Document Hash:** 446deba24722b924375b355c6a643d1b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000910073-25-000121.hdr.sgml**: 20250822

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000910073-25-000121

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 33

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250822

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250822

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250822

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000910073
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 061377322
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-31565
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251246811

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 102 DUFFY AVENUE
- **CITY:** HICKSVILLE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11801
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5166834100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 102 DUFFY AVENUE
- **CITY:** HICKSVILLE
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11801

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20240311

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20001128

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** QUEENS COUNTY BANCORP INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930802

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT** 

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 22, 2025**

**<u>FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.</u>**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **1-31565** | **06-1377322** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **Commission File Number** | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **102 Duffy Avenue,** | **Hicksville,** | **New York** | **11801** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Address of principal executive offices)** |

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**<u>(516) 683-4100</u>** 

**(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)** 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| **Common stock, $0.01 par value per share** | **FLG** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **Bifurcated Option Note Unit Securities SM** | **FLG PRU** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **Depositary Shares each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock** | **FLG PRA** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

**☐** Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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| Emerging growth company | **☐** |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange

Act. ☐

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**ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement**

On August 22, 2025, Flagstar Financial, Inc. (the "Company"), in connection with its previously announced internal reorganization to streamline its corporate structure by merging the Company with and into its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Flagstar Bank, N.A., a nationally chartered banking association (the "Bank"), with the Bank as the resulting entity, entered into separate voting agreements with affiliates of funds managed by Liberty 77 Capital L.P. ("Liberty"), affiliates of funds managed by Hudson Bay Capital Management, LP ("Hudson Bay") and affiliates of funds managed by Reverence Capital Partners, L.P. ("Reverence" and, together with Liberty and Hudson Bay, the "Investors"). As of August 18, 2025, the Investors collectively held 145,670,546 shares of the Company's common stock, which constitutes approximately 35.05% of the Company's outstanding common stock. Pursuant to the voting agreement between the Company and each Investor, each Investor has agreed to vote in favor of the merger proposal, the conversion proposal, and the adjournment proposal, as described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on August 22, 2025, at the special meeting of the Company's shareholders to be held on October 15, 2025, subject to the limitations set forth in the voting agreements. The form of voting agreement between the Company and each Investor is attached here to as Exhibit 10.1.

In addition, on August 22, 2025, the Company and the Bank entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger solely to provide additional clarifications on the treatment of the Company's outstanding warrants for the Company's Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Preferred Stock in the merger. The Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits** |
| (d) | Attached as Exhibit 2.1 is the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Company and the Bank, dated as of August 22, 2025.<br>Attached as Exhibit 10.1 is the form of voting agreement between the Company and each Investor, dated as of August 22, 2025. |

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 2.1 | [Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger between Flagstar Financial, Inc. and Flagstar Bank, N.A., dated as of August 22, 2025](exhibit21-amendedandrest.htm) |
| 10.1 | [Form of Voting Agreement between the Company and each Investor, dated as of August 22, 2025](exhibit101-flagstarformo.htm)  |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURE**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

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| Date: | August 22, 2025 | FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. |
| | | */s/ Bao Nguyen* |
| | | Bao Nguyen |
| | | Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief of Staff |

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## Exhibit 2.1

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER OF FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. AND FLAGSTAR BANK, N.A. This Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement"), dated as of August 22, 2025, is adopted and made by and between FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware corporation that will, prior to the Effective Time, convert into FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, an interim federal savings association chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "Conversion") (either Flagstar Financial, Inc. or Flagstar Financial, Federal Savings Association, as the case may be, is the "Company"), and FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a banking association organized under the laws of the United States with its main office in Hicksville, New York (the "Bank"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank have each adopted a resolution approving this Agreement, authorizing the execution hereof and recommending that this Agreement and the merger of the Company with and into the Bank (the "Merger") contemplated hereby be submitted to the shareholders of the Company and the Bank, respectively, for approval; WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Time, the Company intends to convert into Flagstar Financial, Federal Savings Association, an interim federal savings association chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; WHEREAS, it is intended that each of the Conversion and the Merger for federal tax purposes qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and this Agreement will constitute a plan of reorganization for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code; WHEREAS, the Company and the Bank previously entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 24, 2025 (the "Original Agreement"); WHEREAS, Section 7.8 of the Original Agreement provides that the Original Agreement may be amended by a written instrument signed on behalf of each of the parties; and WHEREAS, the Company and the Bank now each desire and deem it advisable to amend and restate the terms of the Original Agreement as set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I Merger

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 1.1 Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined below), the Company shall be merged with and into the Bank in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas with the effect provided in Tex. Fin. Code § 62.352 and the laws of the United States with the effect provided in 12 U.S.C. § 1828(c). At the Effective Time, the separate existence of the Company shall cease, and the Bank, as the surviving entity (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Entity"), shall continue as a national bank association governed by the laws of the United States. 1.2 Effective Time. The Merger shall become effective, and the effective time shall occur, upon the date and time set forth in the articles of merger and in the letter issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency certifying the effectiveness of the Merger (such date and time being herein referred to as the "Effective Time"). ARTICLE II Charter, Bylaws, Etc. 2.1 Articles of Association. At the Effective Time, the articles of association of the Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the articles of association of the Surviving Entity until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable law. 2.2 Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Entity until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable law. 2.3 Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time, the directors of the Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time will continue as the directors of the Surviving Entity and the officers of the Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time will continue as the officers of the Surviving Entity, in each case, until thereafter changed in accordance with the articles of association and bylaws of the Surviving Entity. ARTICLE III Conversion of Shares 3.1 Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any shares of the capital stock of the Company, Bank or Surviving Entity: (a) Outstanding Company Common Stock. Each share of common stock of the Company ("Company Common Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive one share of common stock of the Bank ("Bank Common Stock"). Any fraction of a share of Company Common Stock shall be converted into the right to receive the same fraction of a share of Bank Common Stock. (b) Outstanding Company Preferred Stock. Each share of: (i) Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company ("Company Series A") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive one share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Bank ("Bank Series A"); (ii) Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock ("Company Series B") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Bank Common Stock that would be receivable in the Merger by a holder of the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Series B was convertible immediately prior to the Merger; provided that, to the extent receipt of Bank Common Stock in the Merger would be prohibited by law or require the shareholder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold such Bank Common Stock, then the portion of Company Series B that is prohibited or requires such action to acquire or hold shall instead convert into a substantially identical non-voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Company Series B) of the Bank; and (iii) Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Preferred Stock ("Company Series D" and together with Company Series A and Company Series B, the "Company Preferred Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Bank Common Stock that would be receivable in the Merger by a holder of the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Series D was convertible immediately prior to the Merger; provided that, to the extent receipt of Bank Common Stock in the Merger would be prohibited by law or require the shareholder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold such Bank Common Stock, then the shares of Company Series D that would result in the holder holding an amount of Bank Common Stock that would be prohibited or require consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold shall instead convert into a substantially identical non-voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Company Series D) of the Bank ("Bank Series D"). (c) Cancelation of Certificated Shares. Each holder of certificates that represent shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock (collectively, "Company Capital Stock") immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to receive new certificates evidencing shares of Bank Common Stock or Bank preferred stock (collectively, "Bank Capital Stock") as provided for in Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(b), as applicable, or an equivalent number of shares of Bank Capital Stock in book-entry form, as provided for in Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(b), as applicable, by complying with such reasonable and customary procedures as may be established by the Surviving Entity and/or its transfer agent to effectuate the intent and purposes. (d) Effect on Bank Capital Stock. Each share of Bank Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor. The Bank Capital Stock issued in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Merger shall be the only Bank Capital Stock outstanding as of the Effective Time. (e) Company Warrants. (i) At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each warrant to purchase Company Series D (the "Company Series D Warrants") will cease to represent a warrant to purchase Company Series D and will be

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 converted automatically into a warrant to purchase the number of shares of Bank Common Stock or Bank Series D, as applicable, that a holder of the number of shares of Company Series D to which the particular Company Series D Warrant relates immediately prior to the Merger would be entitled to receive in the Merger in accordance with the limits on conversion upon a reorganization event included in the terms of the Company Series D; (ii) At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each warrant to purchase Company Common Stock (the "Company Common Stock Warrants") forming part of a unit of the Company's outstanding Bifurcated Option Note Unit SecuritiESSM (the "BONUSES Units") will cease to represent a warrant to purchase Company Common Stock and will be converted automatically into a warrant to purchase Bank Common Stock. 3.2 Company Equity Awards and other Company Benefit Plans. (a) Each of the Company and the Bank shall take all actions as may be necessary so that at the Effective Time, each Company Equity Award shall automatically be converted into an equity award covering that number of shares of Bank Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Equity Award. (b) At the Effective Time, by operation of this Agreement and by reason of the Merger becoming effective, the Company shall assign to the Bank, and the Bank, as the Surviving Entity, shall assume and agree to honor, perform and discharge, all obligations of the Company pursuant to the Company Equity Plans (inclusive of the Company Equity Awards as converted in accordance with Section 3.2(a)) and the Company Benefit Plans. Each Company Equity Award and each obligation under a Company Benefit Plan so assumed by the Bank pursuant to this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions (including vesting, exercisable, forfeiture and settlement terms) as set forth in the applicable Company Equity Plan or Company Benefit Plan, respectively, and any grant, award or similar agreements thereunder as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. (c) At the Effective Time, the Company Equity Plans and the Company Benefit Plans and in each case, any grant, award or similar agreements evidencing awards, rights or obligations thereunder shall each automatically be deemed to be amended as necessary to provide that references to the Company in such agreements shall be read to refer to the Bank. The Company and the Bank agree that they will, at or promptly following the Effective Time, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments, agreements or documents necessary or desirable to effect or memorialize the assignments and assumptions contemplated by this Section 3.2. (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 3.2, the following terms shall have the meanings provided below: (i) "Company Benefit Plans" means all compensation, retirement, benefit, incentive or other similar plans, programs, policies, practices, agreements, contracts, arrangements or other obligations, whether or not in writing, including those providing for bonuses, severance or separation, tax-qualified and non-qualified retirement, supplemental retirement, profit sharing, health and welfare, deferred compensation, cash balance, insurance, vacation, fringe or other benefits or remuneration of any kind and any employment, consulting, severance, termination, indemnification, retirement, change in control or similar agreements, in each case, which is sponsored or maintained by, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 which any potential liability is borne by the Company with respect to any of its current or former directors, officers, employees or other service providers, excluding any Company Equity Plan. (ii) "Company Equity Awards" means all awards of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance-based stock units, deferred units, stock appreciation rights and phantom units, any other equity or equity-based awards and any right of any kind to acquire or receive shares of Company Common Stock or benefits measured by the value of shares of Company Common Stock, in each case, issued under the Company Equity Plans and outstanding at the Effective Time. (iii) "Company Equity Plans" means all equity incentive compensation plans of the Company and any of its predecessors that provide for the purchase, grant or issuance of shares of Company Common Stock or awards convertible into, exchangeable for or denominated in shares of Company Common Stock, which are effective at the Effective Time, including the Queens County Savings Bank Directors' Deferred Fee Stock Unit Plan, the Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Management Incentive Compensation Plan, the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, and the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan. ARTICLE IV Conditions to the Merger 4.1 Conditions to the Merger. The respective obligations of each of the Company and the Bank to consummate the Merger are subject to the fulfillment, or written waiver by the other party entitled to satisfaction thereof prior to the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions: (a) This Agreement and the Conversion shall have been approved by holders of Company Common Stock constituting a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on such matter at a shareholder meeting duly called and held for such purpose and shall have been ratified and confirmed by the sole shareholder of the Bank, in each case, in accordance with applicable law and the certificate of incorporation and articles of association, respectively, and the bylaws of each such entity. (b) The Bank shall have caused the shares of Bank Common Stock and Bank Series A issued in the Merger and the BONUSES Units to be authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. (c) All approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all governmental authorities required for the consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained or made by the Company and the Bank, and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by law shall have expired. (d) The Conversion shall have been effectuated. (e) No governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (f) All third party consents and approvals required, or deemed by the Board of Directors of the Company advisable, to be obtained under any material note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, indenture, law, regulation, lease, license, contract, agreement, plan, instrument or obligation to which the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company is a party, or by which the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or any property of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, may be bound, in connection with the Conversion and the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby, shall have been obtained by the Company or its subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be. (g) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it that the Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a). ARTICLE V Covenants 5.1 Meeting of Company Shareholders. The Company shall take, in accordance with applicable laws of the State of Delaware and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of Company Common Stock (the "Company Shareholders Meeting") as promptly as practicable to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement. 5.2 Proxy Statement. For the purpose of holding the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Company shall draft and prepare, and the Bank shall cooperate in the preparation of, a proxy statement. 5.3 Notes. Upon the Effective Time, the Bank shall expressly assume, by one or more indenture supplements, executed and delivered to the applicable trustee, in form satisfactory to such trustee, the due and punctual payment on each of the 7.573% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 6, 2028 and the 4.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 1, 2030 (collectively, the "Notes"), issued pursuant to the applicable indentures and supplemental indentures and the performance or observance of every covenant of such indentures on the part of the Company to be performed or observed. In connection therewith, the Company and the Bank shall execute and deliver any documents required to make such assumptions effective and shall provide any opinion of counsel to the trustee thereof if requested. 5.4 Trust Preferred Securities. Upon the Effective Time, the Bank shall expressly assume, by one or more indenture supplements, executed and delivered to the applicable trustee, in form satisfactory to such trustee, the due and punctual payment on each of the junior subordinated debentures issued to New York Community Capital Trust V (BONUSES Units), New York Community Capital Trust X, PennFed Capital Trust III, New York Community Capital Trust XI, Flagstar Statutory Trust II, Flagstar Statutory Trust III, Flagstar Statutory Trust IV, Flagstar Statutory Trust V, Flagstar Statutory Trust VI, Flagstar Statutory Trust VII, Flagstar Statutory Trust VIII, Flagstar Statutory Trust IX, Flagstar Statutory Trust X (collectively, the "Debentures"), issued pursuant to the applicable indentures and supplemental indentures and the performance or observance of every covenant of such

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 indentures on the part of the Company to be performed or observed. In connection therewith, the Company and the Bank shall execute and deliver any documents required to make such assumptions effective and shall provide any opinion of counsel to the trustee thereof if requested. 5.5 Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting. As soon as practicable after the date hereof, the Surviving Entity shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Bank Common Stock and Bank Series A issued in the Merger, as well as the BONUSES Units, each to be approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable laws and rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting by the Surviving Entity of the Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of such securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. 5.6 Other Actions. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Effective Time, each of the parties hereto agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 5.7 Further Documents. If at any time the Surviving Entity shall consider or be advised that any further deeds, assignments, conveyances or assurances in law are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record in the Surviving Entity the title to any property or rights of the constituent entities, or otherwise to carry out the provisions hereof, the persons who were the proper officers and directors of the constituent entities immediately prior to the Effective Time (or their successors in office) shall execute and deliver any and all proper deeds, assignments, conveyances and assurances in law, and do all things necessary or desirable, to vest, perfect or confirm title to such property or rights in the Surviving Entity and otherwise to carry out the provisions hereof. 5.8 Tax Treatment. It is intended that for United States federal income tax purposes (i) each of the Conversion and the Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (ii) this Agreement will constitute a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g). Neither the Company nor the Bank will take any action inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. ARTICLE VI Termination 6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto. ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 7.1 Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof. 7.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein and attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 7.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. 7.4 Severability. In the event that any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to substitute a valid, legal and enforceable provision which, insofar as practical, implements the purposes and intents of this Agreement. 7.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to choice of law principles, except to the extent that the federal laws of the United States shall be applicable hereto. 7.6 Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of law or otherwise. Any purported assignment in contravention hereof shall be null and void. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this Agreement. 7.7 Nonsurvival of Agreements. None of the agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement as provided in Article VI. 7.8 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto. [Signature page follows]

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.4.2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first written above. FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. By: /s/ Joseph Otting Name: Joseph Otting Title: President & Chief Executive Officer FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: /s/ Joseph Otting Name: Joseph Otting Title: President & Chief Executive Officer

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## Exhibit 10.1

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1 VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT OF FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. AND [HOLDER] This Voting and Support Agreement, dated as of August [•], 2025 (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and among Flagstar Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and [HOLDER] (the "Holder"). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Merger Agreement (as defined below). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Company is undertaking a restructuring in which, among other things, (i) the Company would convert from a Delaware corporation into Flagstar Financial, Federal Savings Association, an interim federal savings association chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "Conversion"), and (ii) the Company would merge with and into Flagstar Bank, National Association ("FBNA"), resulting in FBNA becoming a publicly-traded national bank (the "Merger" and together with the Conversion, in each case, as described in the Company's Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2025, the "Transactions"); WHEREAS, in its meeting on July 16, 2025, the Board adopted and declared advisable the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 24, 2025, by and between the Company and FBNA, in connection with the Merger (as in effect on the date hereof and without giving effect to any modification, waiver or amendment thereto from and after the date hereof, the "Merger Agreement"); WHEREAS, the Board will call a meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting) for the purpose of approving the Transactions (the "Stockholder Meeting"); WHEREAS, the Holder is the Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of Company Common Stock (the "Shares") [and Company Series B and Company Series D (together, the "Preferred Stock")]; [and] WHEREAS, the Holder is willing, subject to the limitations herein, to vote any Shares held as of the record date related to the Stockholder Meeting in a manner so as to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement[.][; and] [WHEREAS, the Holder is also willing to agree to waive its dissenter's rights under Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") and any other applicable law so as to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.]1 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows: 1 This provision is only applicable to Beneficial Owners of Company Series B and Company Series D.

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2 ARTICLE I GENERAL 1.1 Definitions. (a) "Beneficially Own" or "Beneficial Ownership" has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and a Person's beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance). For the avoidance of doubt, Beneficially Own and Beneficial Ownership shall also include record ownership of securities. (b) "Beneficial Owners" shall mean Persons who Beneficially Own the referenced securities. ARTICLE II AGREEMENT TO VOTE 2.1 Agreement to Vote. Prior to the Effective Time, the Holder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall, at the Stockholder Meeting, however called, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause any Shares held as of the related record date to be counted as present at such meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum and vote, and cause to be voted at such meeting, all Shares it then owns, if any, and is entitled to vote as of the record date for such Stockholder Meeting: (a) in favor of the Transactions; (b) in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone such meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Transactions, or any other matter proposed by the Company that is reasonably necessary to be approved by the holders of Company Common Stock to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (c) in favor of any other matter proposed by the Company that is reasonably necessary to be approved by the holders of Company Common Stock to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (d) against (i) any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in any condition to the consummation of the transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled; and (ii) any other action that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, postpone or adversely affect any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. If the Holder is the Beneficial Owner, but not the holder of record, of any Shares, such Holder agrees to take all actions necessary to cause the holder of record and any nominees to vote (or exercise a consent with respect to) all of such Shares, if any, held as of the applicable record date in accordance with this Section 2.1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Holder shall remain free to vote (or execute consents or proxies with respect to) the Shares with respect to any matter other than as set forth in Section 2.1(a), Section 2.1(b), Section 2.1(c), Section 2.1(d) and Section 2.1(e) in any manner such Holder deems appropriate, including in connection with the election of directors of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the agreement to vote as set forth in this Article II only

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3 pertains to the Shares, if any, held by the Holder as of the record date related to the Stockholder Meeting. [ARTICLE III AGREEMENT TO WAIVE DISSENTER'S RIGHTs 3.1 Agreement to Waive Dissenter's Rights. The Holder hereby agrees to waive its dissenter's rights under Section 262 of the DGC and any other applicable law with respect to the Transactions as a result of its Beneficial Ownership of the Preferred Stock and agrees that it shall not take any action to perfect or enforce such dissenter's rights under Section 262 of the DGCL or any other applicable law with respect to the Transactions.]2 ARTICLE III ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 3.1 Further Assurances. The Holder agrees that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time, the Holder shall take no action that would reasonably be likely to adversely affect or delay the ability to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement. 3.2 No Transfer Restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein restricts or conditions the ability of the Holder to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its Shares. [3.3 Fiduciary Duties. The Holder is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as the record or Beneficial Owner of the Shares, and nothing herein is intended to or shall limit or affect any actions taken by such Holder serving in his or her capacity as a director of the Company or FBNA. The taking of any actions (or failures to act) by such Holder's designees serving as a director of the Company (in such capacity as a director) shall not be deemed to constitute a breach of this Agreement.]3 ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 4.1 Representations and Warranties. (a) The Holder hereby represents and warrants as follows: i. No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by such Holder of this Agreement will not (i) violate any provision of any law applicable to such Holder; (ii) violate any order, judgment or decree applicable to such Holder or any of its affiliates; or (iii) conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any agreement or instrument to which such Holder or any of its affiliates is a party or any term or condition of its organizational documents (if any), except where such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Holder's ability to satisfy its obligations hereunder. ii. Consents and Approvals. The execution and delivery by such Holder of this Agreement does not, and the performance of such Holder's obligations 2 This provision is only applicable to Beneficial Owners of Company Series B and Company Series D. 3 This provision is only applicable to Holders with representation on the Company's board of directors.

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4 hereunder do not, require such Holder or any of its affiliates to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or notification to, any person or governmental body, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and notifications as may be required under the Exchange Act or as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Holder's ability to satisfy its obligations hereunder. iii. Absence of Litigation. To the knowledge of such Holder, as of the date of this Agreement, there is no action pending against, or threatened in writing against such Holder that would prevent the performance by such Holder of its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis. iv. Absence of Other Voting Agreements. None of the Shares is subject to any voting trust, proxy or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to voting, in each case, that is inconsistent with this Agreement. None of the Shares is subject to any pledge agreement pursuant to which such Holder does not retain sole and exclusive voting rights with respect to the Shares subject to such pledge agreement at least until the occurrence of an event of default under the related debt instrument. (b) The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows: i. No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement will not (i) violate any provision of any law applicable to the Company; (ii) violate any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Company or any of its affiliates; or (iii) conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its affiliates is a party or any term or condition of its organizational documents (if any), except where such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to satisfy its obligations hereunder. ii. Consents and Approvals. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the performance of the Company's obligations hereunder do not, require the Company or any of its affiliates to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or notification to, any person or governmental body, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and notifications as may be required under the Exchange Act or as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to satisfy its obligations hereunder. iii. Absence of Litigation. To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, there is no action pending against, or threatened in writing against the Company that would prevent the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Merger Agreement, including the Transactions, on a timely basis. iv. Most-Favored Nation. The Company has not entered into a voting and support agreement covering the matters set forth herein with any other stockholder of the Company that contains more favorable terms for the stockholder

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5 than the rights set forth herein and it will not enter into any such agreement with more favorable terms without first offering the more favorable terms to the Holder. ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS 5.1 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of the Merger Agreement. 5.2 Amendment; Waiver. (a) This Agreement shall not be amended or modified except by written instrument duly executed by each of the parties. (b) No waiver of any term or provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought. The grant of a waiver in one instance does not constitute a continuing waiver in any other instances. No failure by any party to exercise, and no delay by any party in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. 5.3 Counterparts; Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties. Each party acknowledges that it and the other parties may execute this Agreement by facsimile or "pdf." signature. Each party expressly adopts and confirms each such facsimile or "pdf." signature made in its respective name as if it were a manual signature, agrees that it will not assert that any such signature is not adequate to bind such party to the same extent as if it were signed manually, and agrees that at the reasonable request of the other parties at any time it will as promptly as reasonably practicable cause this Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the date of the initial date thereof). 5.4 Assignment and Binding Effect. No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any such attempted assignment, delegation or transfer shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third party, including any creditor of any party hereto or any of their Affiliates and no such third party shall obtain any right under any provision of this Agreement or shall by reasons of any such provision make any claim in respect of any liability (or otherwise) against any other party hereto. 5.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, understandings, writings, commitments and conversations between the parties with respect to such subject matter. No agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof exist among the parties other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein. 5.6 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall

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6 in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon such a suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of the parties. In the event the parties are not able to agree, such provision shall be construed by limiting and reducing it so that such provision is valid, legal, and fully enforceable while preserving to the greatest extent permissible the original intent of the parties; the remaining terms and conditions of this Agreement shall not be affected by such alteration. 5.7 No Partnership, Agency or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual relationship and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture, any like relationship between the parties hereto or a presumption that the parties are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 5.8 Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT) THAT MAY BE BASED UPON, ARISE OUT OF RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. (b) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE EITHER OF SUCH WAIVERS, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVERS VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.8. (c) THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING SEEKING TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF, OR BASED ON ANY MATTER RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR IF SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION, IN ANY FEDERAL COURT WITHIN THE STATE OF DELAWARE ONLY, AND THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ARISEN FROM A TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. EACH OF THE

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7 PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING THAT IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. (d) Each of the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to this Agreement in any suit, action or proceeding by the delivery of a copy thereof in such other manner as may be permitted by law. 5.9 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may only be brought against, the persons or entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. Except to the extent a named party to this Agreement (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such named party in this Agreement and not otherwise), no past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, equity holder, affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor, consultant or representative or affiliate of any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any one or more party under this Agreement (whether for indemnification or otherwise) or of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 5.10 Injunctive Relief. The parties agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, may occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached by the parties. Prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1, it is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, or any other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, in each case in accordance with this Section 5.10, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under the terms of this Agreement under applicable law or in equity. Each party accordingly agrees that (a) the non- breaching party will be entitled to seek injunctive and other equitable relief, without proof of actual damages; and (b) the alleged breaching party will not raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under this Agreement and will not plead in defense thereto that there are adequate remedies under applicable Law, all in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.10. Each party further agrees that no other party or any other Person shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 5.10, and each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. 5.11 No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest the Company any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership with respect to, or the ability to vote, the Shares.

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8 All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the Holder, and the Company shall not have any authority to manage, direct, restrict, regulate, govern or administer any of the policies or operations of the Holder or exercise any power or authority to direct the Holder in the voting or disposition of any Shares, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. 5.12 Disclosure. (a) The Holder consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by the Company of such Holder's identity and holding of Shares, and the terms of this Agreement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of this Agreement), in any press release, proxy statement, and any other disclosure document required in connection with the Merger Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby. (b) The Company hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Company has not delivered to the Holder any material, nonpublic information of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and that the transaction contemplated by this Agreement does not constitute material, nonpublic information of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and that the Holder is not subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, Affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and the Holder or any of the Holder's Affiliates, on the other hand. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder and its Affiliates will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. [Signature Page Follows]

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed or caused this Agreement to be executed in counterparts, all as of the date first above written. FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. By: Name: Joseph M. Otting Title: Executive Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer [HOLDER] By: Name: Title:

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