# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001535929
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-061629
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
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## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-061629.hdr.sgml**: 20260220

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-061629

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-3ASR

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 27

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260220

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260220

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260220

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Voya Financial, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001535929
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 521222820
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-3ASR
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-293632
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26661176

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10166
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-309-8200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10166

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ING U.S., Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20120709

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20111130
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Voya Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001577976
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 020488491
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CT
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-3ASR
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-293632-01
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26661177

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ORANGE WAY
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-309-8200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ORANGE WAY
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20130528

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**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2026** 

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM S-3** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**UNDER** 

**THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933** 

**VOYA FINANCIAL, INC.** 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

52-1222820

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(212) 309-8200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area

code, of Voya Financial, Inc.'s principal executive offices)

Trevor Ogle

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Voya Financial, Inc.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(212) 309-8200

(Name, address, including zip code, and

telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

**VOYA HOLDINGS INC.** 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

02-0488491

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095

(212) 309-8200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area

code, of Voya Holdings Inc.'s principal executive offices)

Trevor Ogle

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Voya Financial, Inc.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(212) 309-8200

(Name, address, including zip code, and

telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Dawn Holicky Pruitt

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

2200 Wells Fargo Center

90 South Seventh Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901

(612) 766-7000

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**Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.** 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**Prospectus**![LOGO](g78026g06g06.jpg)

**Debt Securities** 

**Guarantees** 

**Common Stock** 

**Preferred Stock** 

**Depositary Shares** 

**Warrants** 

**Units** 

Voya Financial, Inc. ("Voya Financial") may offer these securities, or any combination thereof; the co-registrant, Voya Holdings Inc. ("Voya Holdings"), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, may offer guarantees of debt securities issued by Voya Financial; Voya Financial, either independently or together with Voya Holdings, may offer guarantees of certain securities; in each case, from time to time in amounts, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of the offering. We may sell securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on an immediate, continuous or delayed basis. See "Plan of Distribution".

This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. The specific terms of any securities to be offered, and the specific manner in which they may be offered, will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "VOYA".

**Investing in these securities involves risk. See "[<u>Risk Factors</u>](#rom78026_2)" on page iii and, if applicable, any risk factors described in any accompanying prospectus supplement and in our Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, to read about factors you should consider before buying our securities.** 

**Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission or other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.** 

**Prospectus dated , 2026** 

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS** 

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|  [About This Prospectus](#rom78026_1) | ii |
|  [Risk Factors](#rom78026_2) | iii |
|  [Where You Can Find More Information](#rom78026_3) | iv |
|  [About Voya Financial, Inc.](#rom78026_4) | 1 |
|  [Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements](#rom78026_5) | 2 |
|  [Use of Proceeds](#rom78026_6) | 3 |
|  [Description of Debt Securities We May Offer](#rom78026_7) | 4 |
|  [Description of Our Guarantees](#rom78026_8) | 14 |
|  [Description of Our Capital Stock](#rom78026_9) | 15 |
|  [Description of Depositary Shares](#rom78026_10) | 19 |
|  [Description of Warrants](#rom78026_11) | 20 |
|  [Description of Units We May Offer](#rom78026_12) | 21 |
|  [Plan of Distribution](#rom78026_13) | 22 |
|  [Legal Ownership and Book-Entry Issuance of Debt Securities](#rom78026_14) | 25 |
|  [Validity of the Securities](#rom78026_15) | 30 |
|  [Experts](#rom78026_16) | 30 |

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**ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS** 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC, utilizing a shelf registration or continuous offering process. Under this shelf registration or continuous offering process, we may offer and sell any combination of securities described in this prospectus (including guarantees of the registrant and the co-registrant described herein and registered hereunder) in one or more offerings.

This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to securities that we may offer and the general manner in which such securities may be offered. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement containing specific information about the terms of such securities being offered and the manner in which they may be offered. We and any underwriter or agent that we may from time to time retain may also provide you with other information relating to an offering, which we refer to as "other offering material". A prospectus supplement or any such other offering material provided to you may include a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations applicable to those securities or to us and may also include, if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations and considerations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material, you must rely on the information in the prospectus supplement or other offering material. Throughout this prospectus, where we indicate that information may be supplemented in an applicable prospectus supplement or supplements, that information may also be supplemented in other offering material provided to you. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or other offering material together with additional information described under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information".

The registration statement containing this prospectus, including exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the securities offered under this prospectus. The registration statement can be read at the SEC's website mentioned under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information".

Unless the context otherwise requires, we use in this prospectus the term "Voya Financial" to refer to Voya Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation; we use the term "Voya Holdings" to refer to the co-registrant, Voya Holdings Inc., a Connecticut corporation and our wholly owned subsidiary; and we use the terms "Company," "we," "us" and "our" to refer to Voya Financial, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries.

On April 7, 2014, Voya Financial changed its name from "ING U.S., Inc." to "Voya Financial, Inc.," and on September 1, 2014, Voya Holdings changed its name from "Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc." to "Voya Holdings Inc." Accordingly, all reference to "ING U.S., Inc." or "Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc." in the documents incorporated by reference herein or in the Indenture (as defined herein) shall be deemed to refer to "Voya Financial, Inc." and "Voya Holdings Inc.," respectively.

The distribution of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement and the offering of the securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement come should inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. This prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.

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**RISK FACTORS** 

Your investment in these securities involves risks and uncertainties. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully consider all of the information set forth in this prospectus and appliable prospectus supplements, any free writing prospectus filed by us with the SEC, and the documents incorporated by reference herein. Specifically, you should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K or Current Report on Form 8-K incorporated by reference herein or in any accompanying prospectus supplement. **Additional risk factors specific to particular securities will be detailed in one or more supplements to this prospectus.** We encourage you to read these risk factors in their entirety. You should consult your financial, legal, tax, and other professional advisors as to the risks associated with an investment in these securities and the suitability of the investment for you.

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**WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION** 

We are subject to the reporting and information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, as a result, we file periodic and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We make our periodic reports and other information filed with or furnished to the SEC available, free of charge, through our website at www.voya.com as soon as reasonably practicable after those reports and other information are filed with or furnished to the SEC. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus, the information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus. Our filings with the SEC are available to the public at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information that we file with the SEC, which means that Voya Financial can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents, and later information that Voya Financial files with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information as well as the information contained in this prospectus. Voya Financial hereby incorporates by reference the following documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592926000043/voya-20251231.htm) for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed on February 20, 2026 (the "2025 Form 10-K");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592925000017/voya-20241231.htm) for the year ended December 
31, 2024 from our Definitive Proxy Statement on [Schedule 14A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001535929/000153592925000031/voya-20250410.htm) for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed
on April 10, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Registration Statement on [Form 8-A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312513182408/d531109d8a12b.htm) , filed on April 29, 2013 (to the extent not superseded by the information contained herein under the caption "Description of Our Capital Stock"); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) All filings made with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of this prospectus (except for information in those filings that is "furnished" to, rather than "filed" with, the SEC, such as information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K) until the time that we sell all the securities offered by this prospectus.

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his, her or its written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the reports or documents referred to above that have been incorporated by reference into, but not delivered with, this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You can request these documents from our Investor Relations Department, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, telephone 212-309-8999, or you may obtain them from our corporate website at *www.voya.com*. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus, information contained on Voya Financial's website or that can be accessed through its website is not incorporated into and does not constitute a part of this prospectus. Voya Financial has included its website address only as an inactive textual reference and does not intend it to be an active link to its website.

Voya Financial has not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectuses prepared by, or on behalf of, Voya Financial. Voya Financial does not take any responsibility for and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of any other information that others may give you. Voya Financial may only use this prospectus if it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement. Voya Financial is offering to sell securities only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference is accurate only as of the date on the front of those documents, regardless of the time of delivery of those documents or any securities.

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**ABOUT VOYA FINANCIAL, INC.** 

We are a leading provider of workplace benefits and savings solutions and technologies to U.S. employers, enabling better financial outcomes for their employees and for those who depend on their employees through our retirement solutions, retail wealth services, and a comprehensive portfolio of benefits products. We are also a leading international asset manager, built on a foundation of institutional-quality fixed income and private asset strategies, with a well-established presence in U.S. markets and a large and growing business managing retail and institutional equity, fixed income and blended strategies for clients in Europe and Asia.

Voya has over 18 million individual customer relationships and more than 50 thousand employer and institutional client relationships across its businesses, as of December 31, 2025. We are committed to business practices centered on a culture of service to our customers, clients, colleagues and communities. Our approximately 11,000 employees (as of December 31, 2025), throughout the U.S. and in our global services capability center in India, are united by our Company's purpose: together we fight for everyone's opportunity for a better financial future. We offer our products and services through a broad group of financial intermediaries, independent producers, affiliated advisors and dedicated sales specialists throughout the United States, and also offer investment management services to international clients.

Voya Financial is the holding company for all our operations, and dividends, returns of capital and interest income on intercompany indebtedness from Voya Financial's subsidiaries are the principal sources of funds available to Voya Financial to pay principal and interest on its outstanding indebtedness, to pay corporate operating expenses, to pay any stockholder dividends and to meet its other obligations (including pursuant to any guarantees). The subsidiaries of Voya Financial are legally distinct from Voya Financial and, except to the extent that Voya Holdings, or any other subsidiary guarantor (as defined and described herein under the caption "Description of Debt Securities We May Offer—Subsidiary Guarantee; Future Subsidiary Guarantees"), has guaranteed or will guarantee any indebtedness of Voya Financial, our subsidiaries have no obligation to pay amounts due on the debt of Voya Financial or to make funds available to Voya Financial for such payments. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or other distributions to Voya Financial in the future will depend on their earnings, tax considerations, covenants contained in any financing or other agreements and applicable regulatory restrictions. In addition, such payments may be limited as a result of claims against our subsidiaries by their creditors, including suppliers, vendors, lessors and employees.

The ability of our insurance subsidiaries or non-insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends and make other distributions to Voya Financial will further depend on their ability to meet applicable regulatory standards and receive regulatory approvals. The jurisdictions in which our insurance subsidiaries are domiciled impose certain restrictions on the ability to pay dividends to their respective parents. These restrictions are based, in part, on the prior year's statutory income and surplus for the relevant subsidiary. In general, dividends up to specified levels are considered ordinary and may be paid without prior regulatory approval. Dividends in larger amounts, or extraordinary dividends, are subject to approval by the insurance commissioner of the relevant state of domicile.

Voya Holdings, the co-registrant, is wholly owned by Voya Financial and is also a holding company, and accordingly its ability to make payments under its guarantees of our indebtedness or other securities is subject to restrictions and limitations similar to those that apply to Voya Financial, Inc.

Our principal executive office is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 and our telephone number is 212-309-8200. Our website address is *www.voya.com. Except for the documents specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus, information contained on our website or that can be accessed through our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus. Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VOYA". Unless specifically stated in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of any securities other than our common stock, we do not intend to list on a securities exchange any other security being offered or sold by means of this prospectus.* 

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**NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS** 

This prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents which we incorporate by reference into this prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future developments in our business or expectations for our future financial performance and any statement not involving a historical fact. Forward-looking statements use words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement due to, among other things, (i) global market and geopolitical risks, including general economic conditions, impacts of a U.S. government shutdown, tariffs imposed or proposed by the U.S. or foreign governments and our ability to manage such risks; (ii) liquidity and credit risks, including financial strength or credit ratings downgrades, requirements to post collateral, and availability of funds through dividends from our subsidiaries or lending programs; (iii) strategic and business risks, including our ability to maintain market share, achieve desired results from our acquisitions and dispositions, adapt to disruptive technology or innovations, or otherwise manage our third-party relationships; (iv) investment risks, including the ability to achieve desired returns and liquidate certain assets; (v) operational risks, including cybersecurity and privacy failures and our dependence on third parties; and (vi) tax, regulatory and legal risks, including limits on our ability to use deferred tax assets, changes in law, regulation or accounting standards, and our ability to comply with regulations. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from those in any forward-looking statement also include those described under "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Trends and Uncertainties" in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other filings we make with the SEC, in each case that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The risks included here are not exhaustive. Current reports on Form 8-K and other documents filed with the SEC include additional factors that could affect our businesses and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a rapidly changing and competitive environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all of them.

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**USE OF PROCEEDS** 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of the offered securities for general corporate purposes, which could include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• meeting working capital requirements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• funding capital expenditures;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• refinancing debt;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• paying dividends; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• financing share repurchases, acquisitions of other businesses, and other investments.

Until the net proceeds have been used, they may be invested in short-term securities.

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**DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER** 

*A brief summary of some of the provisions of our senior debt indenture and our subordinated debt indenture that would be important to holders of debt securities is set forth below. The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2012 (the "Senior Indenture"), among the Company, as issuer, Voya Holdings as initial guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee thereunder (the "Trustee"), under which senior debt securities may be issued and to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 16, 2013 (the "Subordinated Indenture"), among the Company, as issuer, Voya Holdings as initial guarantor, and the Trustee, as trustee thereunder, under which subordinated debt securities may be issued. The following description of our debt securities is only a summary of the material terms, does not purport to be complete and may be supplemented in prospectus supplements. We urge you to read the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture, including any supplements, in their entirety because the applicable indenture, and not this description, will define your rights as a beneficial holder of debt securities. As used in this "Description of Debt Securities We May Offer", the terms "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Voya Financial, Inc. and not to any of its consolidated subsidiaries.* 

**General** 

We may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of senior debt securities under the Senior Indenture and an unlimited aggregate principal amount of subordinated debt securities under the Subordinated Indenture. Neither the senior debt securities nor the subordinated debt securities will be secured by any of our property or assets. Thus, by owning a debt security, you are one of our unsecured creditors.

The senior debt securities will constitute part of our senior debt, will be issued under the Senior Indenture and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.

The subordinated debt securities will constitute part of our subordinated debt, will be issued under the Subordinated Indenture and will be subordinate in right of payment to all of our "senior indebtedness", as defined in the Subordinated Indenture and described below under "—Subordination", including our senior debt securities, and equally with all of our other unsecured and subordinated obligations.

In this prospectus, "debt securities" refers to both our senior debt securities and our subordinated debt securities.

**Indentures and Trustees** 

Our senior debt securities and our subordinated debt securities are each governed by a document called an indenture—the Senior Indenture, in case of the senior debt securities, and the Subordinated Indenture, in the case of the subordinated debt securities. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are contracts between us and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are substantially identical, except for the covenants described below under "—Restrictive Covenants Applicable to Senior Debt Securities", which are included only in the Senior Indenture, and the provisions relating to subordination described below under "—Subsidiary Guarantee; Future Subsidiary Guarantees" and "—Subordination", which are included only in the Subordinated Indenture.

Reference to the indenture or the Trustee with respect to any debt securities means the indenture under which those debt securities are issued and the trustee under that indenture.

The Trustee has two main roles:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• First, the Trustee can enforce your rights against us if we default on our obligations under the terms of the
applicable indenture or the debt securities. There are some limitations to the extent to which the Trustee acts on your behalf, described under "—Events of Default, Notice and Waiver"; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Second, the Trustee performs administrative duties for us, such as sending you interest payments, transferring
your debt securities to a new holder if you sell them and sending you notices.

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The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture and their associated documents contain the full legal text of the matters described in this section. The Senior Indenture and the third, fifth, sixth and eighth supplemental indentures to the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture and the first and second supplemental indentures to the Subordinated Indenture appear as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

**Issuance in Series** 

We may issue debt securities in one or more separate series. The prospectus supplement relating to an offering of a particular series of debt securities will specify the particular amounts, prices and terms of those debt securities. These terms may include:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the title of the series (which shall distinguish the series from all other series of debt securities);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether it is a series of senior debt securities or a series of subordinated debt securities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under the
applicable indenture;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the person to whom any interest on a security of the series shall be payable, if other than the person in whose
name that debt security is registered at close of business on the record date for such interest;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the date or dates on which the principal of and any premium on the securities of the series is payable or the
method by which such date or dates shall be determined;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the rate or rates (or method for establishing the rate or rates) at which the securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest payable (or the method for establishing such date or dates);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the series of debt securities are subordinated debt securities, the terms, if any, upon which we may defer
payment of interest;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the securities of the series
shall be payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if other than denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in
which the securities of the series shall be issuable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if other than the full principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of securities of the series
which shall be payable upon acceleration of maturity or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if other than U.S. dollars, the currency, currencies, currency unit or currency units in which the principal of,
and any premium and interest on the securities of the series shall be payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the securities of the series are to be payable, at our
election or at the election of any holder, in a currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other than that in which the securities of the series are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions,
upon which, such election may be made;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the amounts of payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the securities of the series may be
determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether the defeasance covenant shall not apply to the securities of the series, and the adoption and
applicability, if any, to the securities of the series of any terms and conditions similar to the defeasance covenant;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether the securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global
securities and, in such case, the depository for such global security or global securities;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any additional or different events of default that apply to the securities of the series, and any change in the
right of the Trustee or the holders of such series of securities to declare the principal thereof due and payable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the securities of such series are not to be guaranteed by any subsidiary guarantor (as defined below), an
express determination to that effect;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any additional or different covenants that apply to the securities of the series;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the form of the securities of the series; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any other terms of the series (which terms shall not contradict the provisions of the applicable indenture).

**Subsidiary Guarantee; Future Subsidiary Guarantees** 

Except as otherwise provided by a supplemental indenture, senior debt securities will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, and subordinated debt securities will be guaranteed on a subordinated unsecured basis, by Voya Holdings or any other of our domestic subsidiaries (any such subsidiary, together with Voya Holdings, a "subsidiary guarantor") that becomes a borrower or guarantor under the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 1, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender, fronting L/C issuer and several L/C agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto. To the extent that any subsidiary guarantor, other than Voya Holdings, guarantees debt securities offered by means of this prospectus at the time of such offering, such subsidiary guarantor will be named as a co-registrant in a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or, if permitted by the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The guarantee of a subsidiary guarantor, except for Voya Holdings, if any, will terminate if such subsidiary guarantor is permanently released from its guarantee under the Credit Agreement.

Each guarantee of senior debt securities, if any, constitutes the senior unsecured obligation of the applicable subsidiary guarantor and will rank equally in right of payment with all of such subsidiary guarantor's existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness.

Each guarantee of subordinated debt securities, if any, constitutes the subordinated unsecured obligation of the applicable subsidiary guarantor and will rank equally in right of payment with all of such subsidiary guarantor's existing and future subordinated unsecured indebtedness.

Each indenture provides that these provisions will be equally applicable to any additional guarantees that may be given in the future.

The obligations of the subsidiary guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. By virtue of this limitation, the obligation of the subsidiary guarantor under its guarantee could be significantly less than amounts payable with respect to the guaranteed debt securities so guaranteed, or the subsidiary guarantor may have effectively no obligation under its guarantee. There is also a risk these limitations will be found by a court to be ineffective or unenforceable, subjecting the entire guarantee to avoidance under a fraudulent conveyance analysis.

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**We and Voya Holdings Are Holding Companies** 

Because we and Voya Holdings are holding companies, our and Voya Holdings' right to participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary, upon the subsidiary's liquidation or reorganization or otherwise (and thus the ability of the holders of debt securities to benefit indirectly from any such distribution), is subject to the prior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent we or Voya Holdings may be recognized as a creditor of that subsidiary, respectively. Accordingly, debt securities will be effectively subordinated to the indebtedness and other obligations of each of our subsidiaries, including policyholder liabilities and contract owner balances, other than, in the case of senior debt securities, the indebtedness and other obligations of any subsidiary guarantor of such senior debt securities and, in the case of subordinated debt securities, the non-senior indebtedness (as described below in "—Subordination") of any subsidiary guarantor of such subordinated debt securities.

**Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets and Other Transactions** 

So long as any series of debt securities is outstanding, we may not merge with or into or consolidate with another person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of our properties and assets to, any other person other than our direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary, and no person may merge with or into or consolidate with us or, except for any of our direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary, sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to us, unless:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we are the surviving corporation or the person formed by or surviving such merger or consolidation or to which
such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance has been made, if other than us, is a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and has expressly assumed by
supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the debt securities and the applicable indenture;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default (as defined below) or event that, after
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• we deliver to the Trustee an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the
supplemental indenture required in connection with the transaction complies with the applicable indenture.

Each indenture provides that, for the avoidance of doubt, a sale or other disposition of Security Life of Denver International Limited or its assets does not constitute a sale or other disposition of substantially all of our properties and assets.

**Events of Default, Notice and Waiver** 

The following shall constitute "Events of Default" under the applicable indenture with respect to a series of debt securities, unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our failure to pay any interest (including additional interest) on the debt securities of that series when due
and payable, continued for 30 days;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our failure to pay principal (or premium, if any) on the debt securities of that series when due, regardless of
whether such payment became due because of maturity, redemption, acceleration or otherwise;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• our failure to observe or perform any other of our covenants or agreements with respect to the debt securities of
that series for 90 days after we receive notice of such failure;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certain events of default under any indebtedness for money borrowed by us or by any subsidiary guarantor which
results in a principal amount in excess of $100,000,000 of indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, if such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or
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accordance with the applicable indenture by the Trustee or to us and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of that series of debt securities then outstanding, specifying such event of default and requiring us to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such indebtedness to be discharged; <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of our Company or any subsidiary guarantor; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any other Event of Default provided with respect to the debt securities of that series.

If an Event of Default with respect to a series of debt securities shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of that series of debt securities then outstanding may declare, by notice as provided in the applicable indenture, the principal amount (or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the securities) of all the debt securities of that series outstanding to be due and payable immediately; provided that, in the case of an Event of Default involving certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, acceleration is automatic; and, provided further, that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived. Upon the acceleration of the maturity of original issue discount securities, an amount less than the principal amount thereof will become due and payable.

Any past default under the applicable indenture with respect to a series of debt securities, and any Event of Default arising therefrom, may be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of that series of debt securities then outstanding, except in the case of (i) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the debt securities, or (ii) default in respect of a covenant or provision which may not be amended or modified without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected.

The Trustee is required, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default (which is known to the Trustee and is continuing), with respect to any series of debt securities (without regard to any grace period or notice requirements), to give to the holders of such series of debt securities notice of such default; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any debt securities or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to such series of debt securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of such series of debt securities. The Trustee, subject to its duties during default to act with the required standard of care, may require indemnification by the holders of a series of debt securities with respect to which a default has occurred before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the applicable indenture at the request of the holders of such series of debt securities. Subject to such right of indemnification and to certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of debt securities then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series of debt securities.

No holder of debt securities may institute any action against us under the applicable indenture (except actions for payment of overdue principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such debt securities or for the conversion or exchange of such debt security in accordance with its terms) unless (i) the holder has given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the debt securities specifying an Event of Default, as required under the applicable indenture, (ii) the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such series of debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture shall have requested the Trustee to institute such action and offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request, and (iii) the Trustee shall not have instituted such action within 60 days of such request.

We are required to furnish annually to the Trustee statements as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under the applicable indenture.

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**Defeasance** 

We may discharge certain obligations to holders of debt securities of any series which have not already been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee cash or, in the case of debt securities payable only in U.S. dollars, U.S. government obligations (as defined in the applicable indenture), as trust funds in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such debt securities.

We may elect either (i) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such series of debt securities ("defeasance") or (ii) to be released from our obligations with respect to certain covenants applicable to such series of debt securities ("covenant defeasance"), upon the deposit with the Trustee, in trust for such purpose, of cash and/or government obligations which, through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the debt securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon. We must comply with the conditions in the applicable indenture in order to be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by a series of debt securities of a series then outstanding. As a condition to defeasance or covenant defeasance, we must deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of such series of debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. Such opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance under clause (i) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable federal income tax law occurring, in the case of senior debt securities, after the date of the Senior Indenture, or, in the case of subordinated debt securities, after the issue date of such series of subordinated debt securities. In addition, in the case of either defeasance or covenant defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such defeasance or covenant defeasance have been complied with and that such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause any securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange to be delisted. The Subordinated Indenture provides that we shall also have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel substantially to the effect that the trust funds deposited will not be subject to any rights of holders of senior indebtedness, and after the 90th day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

We may exercise our defeasance option with respect to a series of debt securities notwithstanding our prior exercise of our covenant defeasance option upon such series of debt securities.

**Modification and Waiver** 

We and the Trustee may supplement the applicable indenture for certain purposes which would not materially adversely affect the interests or rights of the holders of debt securities of any series without the consent of those holders. We and the Trustee may also modify the applicable indenture or any supplemental indenture in a manner that affects the interests or rights of the holders of debt securities of any series with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series issued under the applicable indenture. However, the applicable indenture requires the consent of each holder of debt securities that would be affected by any modification which would:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• extend the fixed maturity of the debt securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce
the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• change the place of payment of any debt security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• change the currency in which any debt security or any premium or interest is payable;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• impair the right to enforce any payment on or with respect to the any debt security;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• adversely change the right to convert or exchange, including decreasing the conversion rate or the conversion
price of, such debt security (if applicable);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of whose
holders is required for modification or amendment of the applicable indenture or for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the applicable indenture or for waiver of certain defaults;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• reduce the requirements contained in the applicable indenture for quorum or voting;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• modify any guarantee in a manner that would adversely affect the holders of any debt security; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• modify any of the above provisions.

**Restrictive Covenants Applicable to Senior Debt Securities** 

The Senior Indenture provides for the following restrictive covenants applicable to senior debt securities:

*Limitation on Liens*. So long as any series of senior debt securities is outstanding, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries will create, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance on any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Senior Indenture).

However, this restriction will not apply if each series of senior debt securities then outstanding is secured at least equally and ratably with the otherwise prohibited secured indebtedness so long as it is outstanding.

*Limitations on Dispositions of Stock of Certain Subsidiaries.* So long as any series of senior debt securities is outstanding and subject to the provisions of the Senior Indenture regarding mergers, consolidations and sales of assets, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries will sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of capital stock (other than preferred stock having no voting rights of any kind) of any Restricted Subsidiary except for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a sale or other disposition of any of such stock to our wholly owned subsidiary;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a sale or other disposition of all of a subsidiary's stock for at least fair value (as determined by our
Board of Directors acting in good faith); or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a sale or other disposition required to comply with an order of a court or regulatory authority of competent
jurisdiction, other than an order issued at our request or the request of any of our subsidiaries.

**Subordination** 

The payment of the principal of and interest on subordinated debt securities is expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, in right of payment and upon liquidation to the prior payment in full of all of our senior indebtedness, including all senior debt securities we have issued and will issue under the Senior Indenture. Each guarantee of subordinated debt securities will be the unsecured, subordinated obligation of the relevant subsidiary guarantor and is expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, in right of payment and upon liquidation to the prior payment in full of all of such subsidiary guarantor's senior indebtedness.

Subject to the qualifications described below, the term "senior indebtedness" is defined in the Subordinated Indenture to include principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, in each case of ours or the relevant subsidiary guarantor, whether incurred prior to, on or after the date of the offering of a series of subordinated debt securities:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all obligations (other than obligations pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture and the subordinated debt
securities) for money borrowed;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all obligations evidenced by securities, notes (other than any series of subordinated debt securities),
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subordinated debt securities), including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all capital lease obligations;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar facilities
issued for our account;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including all
obligations under master lease transactions pursuant to which we or any of our subsidiaries have agreed to be treated as owner of the subject property for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all payment obligations under interest rate swap or similar agreements or foreign currency hedge, exchange or
similar agreements at the time of determination, including any such obligations we incurred solely to act as a hedge against increases in interest rates that may occur under the terms of other outstanding variable or floating rate indebtedness of
ours; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• all obligations of the types referred to in the preceding bullet points of another person and all dividends of
another person the payment of which, in either case, we or the subsidiary guarantor has assumed or guaranteed or for which we or the subsidiary guarantor is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, as obligor, guarantor
or otherwise.

Subordinated debt securities will rank senior to all of our equity securities and *pari passu* with any debt securities outstanding or that we issue in the future that are expressly stated to rank equally with the subordinated debt securities (collectively, our "*pari passu* securities"). Each guarantee of subordinated debt securities will rank senior to all of the relevant subsidiary guarantor's equity securities and *pari passu* with all of the debt securities and guarantees of such subsidiary guarantor that are expressly stated to rank equally with its guarantee.

The senior indebtedness will continue to be senior indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Indenture irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the senior indebtedness or extension or renewal of the senior indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, senior indebtedness will not include (1) obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by us or the relevant subsidiary guarantor in the ordinary course of business or (2) indebtedness that is by its terms subordinate, or not superior, in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities, including our *pari passu* securities, or those of the relevant subsidiary guarantor, as the case may be.

If either of the following circumstances exists, we will first pay all senior indebtedness, including any interest accrued after such events occur, in full before we make any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, on account of the principal of or interest on the subordinated debt securities:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• in the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
assignment for creditors or other similar proceedings or events involving us or our assets; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• (a) in the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or
interest on any senior indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period, (b) in the event that any Event of Default with respect to any senior indebtedness has occurred and is continuing, permitting the direct holders of that senior indebtedness
(or a trustee) to accelerate the maturity of that senior indebtedness, whether or not the maturity is in fact accelerated (unless, in the case of either (a) or (b), the payment default or Event of Default has been cured or waived or ceased to
exist and any related acceleration has been rescinded), or (c) in the event that any judicial proceeding is pending with respect to a payment default or Event of Default described in (a) or (b).

In such events, we will pay or deliver directly to the holders of senior indebtedness any payment or distribution otherwise payable or deliverable to holders of the subordinated debt securities. We will make the payments to the holders of senior indebtedness according to priorities existing among those holders until we have paid all senior indebtedness, including accrued interest, in full.

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If such events of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for creditors or other similar proceedings or events involving us or our assets as described in the first bullet above occur, after we have paid in full all amounts owed on senior indebtedness, the holders of subordinated debt securities together with the holders of any of our other *pari passu* securities will be entitled to receive from our remaining assets any principal of or premium or interest on the subordinated debt securities and such other obligations due at that time before we make any payment or other distribution on account of any of our capital stock or obligations ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities.

If we breach the Subordinated Indenture by making a payment or distribution to holders of the subordinated debt securities before we have paid all the senior indebtedness in full, then such holders of the subordinated debt securities will have to pay or transfer the payments or distributions to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee or other person distributing our assets for payment of the senior indebtedness.

Because of the subordination provisions, if we become insolvent, holders of senior indebtedness may receive more, ratably, and holders of the subordinated debt securities having a claim pursuant to such securities may receive less, ratably, than our other creditors. This type of subordination will not prevent an Event of Default from occurring under the Subordinated Indenture in connection with the subordinated debt securities.

The Subordinated Indenture places no limitation on the amount of senior indebtedness that we may incur. We expect from time to time to incur additional indebtedness and other obligations constituting senior indebtedness.

**Payment and Paying Agents** 

Payment of interest on a debt security on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name the security is registered at the close of business on the record date for the interest.

Principal, interest and premium on a debt security will be payable at the office of such paying agent or paying agents as we may designate for such purpose from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at our option, payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address appears in the security register.

All moneys paid by us to a paying agent for the payment of the principal, interest or premium on any debt security which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal, interest or premium has become due and payable will be repaid to us upon request, and the holder of such debt security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.

**Exchanges and Transfers** 

Holders may exchange or transfer debt securities at the office of the Trustee. Holders may also replace lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated debt securities at that office. The Trustee acts as our agent for registering the debt securities in the names of holders and transferring the debt securities. We may change this appointment to another entity or perform these services ourselves. The entity performing the role of maintaining the list of registered direct holders is called the "security registrar". It will also register transfers of the debt securities.

Holders will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange the debt securities, but holders may be required to pay for any tax or other governmental charge associated with the exchange or transfer. The transfer or exchange will only be made if the security registrar is satisfied with holders' proof of ownership.

We may cancel the designation of any particular transfer agent. We may also approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts.

**Governing Law** 

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conflicts of laws. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture provide that we and the trustee irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to each such indenture, the notes or any transactions contemplated thereby.

**Relationship with the Trustee** 

The Trustee under the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture is U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association). We and our subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust relationships with a number of banks and trust companies, including affiliates of the Trustee.

**Tax Considerations** 

Important United States federal income tax considerations and consequences applicable to a series of debt securities may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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**DESCRIPTION OF OUR GUARANTEES** 

Voya Financial, either independently or together with Voya Holdings, may offer guarantees of certain securities, including debt securities of our subsidiaries, for consideration that may include cash, consents or exchanges of existing securities. Such guarantees will be unsecured, and any such Voya Holdings guarantees will be guaranteed by Voya Financial. Except as otherwise described in any applicable prospectus supplement, each guarantee will be a full and unconditional guarantee of the prompt payment, when due, of any amount owed to the holders of the guaranteed securities, and any other amounts due pursuant to any indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other contract governing such securities. We will describe the particular terms of any guarantee we offer in the applicable prospectus supplement, which may add, update or change the information on guarantees set forth herein.

Each of Voya Financial and Voya Holdings are holding companies, and accordingly their ability to make payments under their respective guarantees is subject to restrictions and limitations as described above in "About Voya Financial, Inc."

Guarantees of Voya Holdings of debt securities issued by Voya Financial are also registered hereunder as described herein under the caption "Description of Debt Securities We May Offer—Subsidiary Guarantee; Future Subsidiary Guarantees".

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any guarantees we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable documents pursuant to which the guarantees will be issued, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer such guarantees. We urge you to read the applicable documents pursuant to which the guarantees will be issued and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

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**DESCRIPTION OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK** 

*A brief summary of some of the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated by-laws and relevant sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") is set forth below. The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws is only a summary of such provisions and instruments, does not purport to be complete and may be supplemented in prospectus supplements. We urge you to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws in their entirety because they, and not this description, will define your rights as a beneficial holder of our capital stock. As used in this "Description of Our Capital Stock", the terms "Company", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Voya Financial, Inc. and not to any of its consolidated subsidiaries.* 

**Authorized Capital Stock** 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 1,000,000,000 shares, including: (i) 900,000,000 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of December 31, 2025, we had outstanding 93,842,616 shares of our common stock, held of record as of January 27, 2026 by 78 stockholders, including Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, through which shares held in "street name" are held. As of December 31, 2025, we had outstanding (i) 625,000 shares of our preferred stock, which consisted of 325,000 shares of our 7.758% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, and (ii) 300,000 shares of our 5.35% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, represented by depositary shares; each with a liquidation preference of $625 per share.

***Common Stock***

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. Our common stockholders are not entitled to cumulative voting in the election of directors. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends as may be declared by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor if our Board of Directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and only then at the times and in the amounts that our Board of Directors may determine. Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our Company, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive their ratable share of the net assets of our Company available after payment of all debts and other liabilities, subject to the prior preferential rights and payment of liquidation preferences, if any, of any outstanding shares of preferred stock. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, subscription or redemption rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate in the future.

***Preferred Stock***

Our Board of Directors has the authority, subject to the limitations imposed by Delaware law, without any further vote or action by our stockholders, to issue preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the designations, powers, preferences, limitations and rights of the shares of each series, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• dividend rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• terms of, and conditions upon, dividends payable to holders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• conversion and exchange rights;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• voting rights;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• repurchase obligations of our Company;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• terms of redemption and liquidation preferences; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the number of shares constituting each series.

Satisfaction of any dividend preferences of outstanding shares of preferred stock would reduce the amount of funds available for the payment of dividends on shares of our common stock. Holders of shares of preferred stock may be entitled to receive a preference payment in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up before any payment is made to the holders of shares of our common stock.

Our Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock.

**Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated By-Laws and Applicable Law** 

Certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated by-laws, Delaware law and insurance regulations applicable to our business may discourage or make more difficult a takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in his, her or its best interest. These provisions may also adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock. We believe that the benefits of increased protection give us the potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us and outweigh the disadvantage of discouraging those proposals because negotiation of the proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

For example, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws prohibit stockholders from calling special meetings of our stockholders and from taking action by written consent. Also, to the extent that our stockholders seek to amend our amended and restated by-laws, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the matter.

***Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law***

As a Delaware corporation, we are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a three-year period following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A "business combination" includes, among other things, a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or did own within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, 15% or more of the corporation's voting stock. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• before the stockholder became interested, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the
transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the
interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors and
officers; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at or after the time the stockholder became interested, the business combination was approved by the Board of
Directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the
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A Delaware corporation may "opt out" of Section 203 with an express provision in its original certificate of incorporation or an express provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws resulting from amendments approved by holders of at least a majority of the corporation's outstanding voting shares. We have not elected to "opt out" of Section 203.

***Board of Directors***

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors of the Company will be established from time to time pursuant to our amended and restated by-laws. See the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 10, 2025, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

***Exclusive Forum***

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or to our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

***Insurance Regulations***

The insurance laws and regulations of the various states in which our insurance subsidiaries are organized may delay or impede a business combination involving us or our subsidiaries. State insurance laws prohibit an entity from acquiring control of an insurance company without the prior approval of the domestic insurance regulator. Under most states' statutes, an entity is presumed to have control of an insurance company if it owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of the voting stock of that insurance company or its parent company. These regulatory restrictions may delay, deter or prevent a potential merger or sale of our Company, even if our Board of Directors decides that it is in the best interests of stockholders for us to merge or be sold. These restrictions also may delay sales by us or acquisitions by third parties of our subsidiaries.

**Limitation of Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers** 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes provisions that limit the personal liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except to the extent that such limitation is not permitted under the DGCL. Such limitation shall not apply, except to the extent permitted by the DGCL, to (i) any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) any unlawful payment of a dividend or unlawful stock repurchase or redemption, as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. These provisions will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based on a director's breach of his or her duty of care.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws provide for indemnification, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, of any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or, at the request of the Company, serves or served as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or any other enterprise, against all expenses, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and other losses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors pursuant to which we have agreed to indemnify each such executive officer and director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

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**Listing** 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VOYA".

**Transfer Agent and Registrar** 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock and preferred stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The transfer agent's address is 150 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021.

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**DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES** 

We may, at our option, elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, which we call depositary shares, rather than full shares of preferred stock. If we do, we will issue to the public receipts, called depositary receipts, for depositary shares, each of which will represent a fraction, to be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, of a share of a particular series of preferred stock. Unless otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement, each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the applicable fractional interest in a share of preferred stock represented by the depositary share, to all the rights and preferences of the preferred stock represented by the depositary share. Those rights include, as applicable, dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights.

The shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited with a bank or trust company selected by us to act as depositary under a deposit agreement between us, the depositary and the holders of the depositary receipts. The depositary will be the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the depositary shares.

The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the deposit agreement. Holders of depositary receipts agree to be bound by the deposit agreement, which requires holders to take certain actions and pay certain charges.

The applicable prospectus supplement will identify the depositary, describe the specific terms of any depositary shares and the material terms of the related deposit agreement. The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any depositary shares we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable deposit agreement and depositary receipt, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer depositary shares. We urge you to read the applicable deposit agreement, the applicable depositary receipt and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

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**DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS** 

We may issue warrants to purchase our debt securities, common stock or preferred stock. The warrants may be issued independently or together with any underlying securities and may be attached or separate from those underlying securities. We will issue each series of warrants under one or more warrant agreements to be entered into between us and a warrant agent to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

The prospectus supplement relating to any warrants that we may offer will contain the specific terms of the warrants. These terms may include the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the title of the warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the total number of warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the designation, amount and terms of the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the price or prices at which the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be
purchased;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the underlying securities purchasable upon exercise
of the warrants will be separately transferable;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if applicable, a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of
the warrants;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and
exercise of the warrants.

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in, or that will be determinable as described in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date shown in the applicable prospectus supplement, unless otherwise specified in such prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants represented by such warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any warrants we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable warrant agreement and warrant certificate, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer warrants. We urge you to read the applicable warrant certificate, the applicable warrant agreement and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

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**DESCRIPTION OF UNITS WE MAY OFFER** 

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any units. The following description and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement may not be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the unit agreement and, if applicable, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements relating to such units that we will file with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part in connection with a public offering of units.

We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit may also include debt obligations of third parties, such as U.S. Treasury securities. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

The applicable prospectus supplement may describe:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under
what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities
comprising the units; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

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**PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION** 

**Initial Offering and Sale of Securities** 

We may sell the securities covered by this prospectus in any of the following ways (or in any combination):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• through underwriters or dealers, whether individually or through an underwriting syndicate led by one or more
managing underwriters;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• directly to one or more purchasers;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• through agents; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• in connection with a consent solicitation or other liability management transaction.

In addition, the securities may be issued as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to existing holders of securities. In some cases, we or dealers acting with us or on our behalf may also purchase securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above. This prospectus may be used in connection with any offering of our securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at a fixed price, or prices which may be changed from time to time;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at prices related to those prevailing market prices;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at prices determined by an auction process; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• at negotiated prices.

The applicable prospectus supplement will include the names of underwriters, dealers or agents retained. The applicable prospectus supplement will also include the purchase price of the securities, our proceeds from the sale, any underwriting discounts or commissions and other items constituting underwriters' compensation, and any securities exchanges on which the securities are listed.

The underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account. They may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to some conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if any of the securities are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Until the distribution of the securities is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of any underwriters and selling group members to bid for and purchase the securities. As an exception to these rules, underwriters are permitted to engage in some transactions that stabilize the price of securities. Such transactions consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the securities, so long as stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriting syndicate a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriting syndicate has repurchased securities sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short-covering transactions.

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These activities by the underwriters, as well as other purchases by the underwriters for their own account, may have the effect of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the securities, and may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. As a result, the price of the securities may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected on an exchange or automated quotation system, if the securities are listed on that exchange or admitted for trading on that automated quotation system, or in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

In general, purchases of a security for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the price of the security to be higher than it might be in the absence of such purchases. The imposition of a penalty bid might also have an effect on the price of a security to the extent that it were to discourage resales of the security before the distribution is completed.

We make no representations or predictions as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above might have on the price of the securities. In addition, we make no representations that the underwriters will engage in such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against some civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make.

Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their businesses.

We may authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to solicit offers by some specified institutions to purchase securities from us at the public offering price stated in the applicable prospectus supplement under delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future.

These contracts will be subject only to those conditions included in the applicable prospectus supplement, and the applicable prospectus supplement will state the commission payable for solicitation of these contracts.

We may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third parties may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third parties in such sale transactions will be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).

Unless otherwise specified in any prospectus supplement, each series of the securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than our common stock. Any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be listed on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. We may elect to list any other securities on an exchange, but are not obligated to do so. Any underwriters who purchase securities from us for public offering and sale may make a market in those securities, but these underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot assure you that there will be a trading market for any securities, and, if a trading market for any securities does develop, we cannot assure you that such market will be liquid. Any guarantees of securities may only be resold in conjunction with the sale of the underlying securities.

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**Remarketing Transactions and Other Resales** 

We may use this prospectus in connection with offers and sales of the securities in remarketing transactions and other resales. In a remarketing transaction, we may resell a security acquired from other holders, after the original offering and sale of the security. Resales may occur in the open market or may be privately negotiated, at prevailing market prices at the time of resale or at related or negotiated prices.

In connection with a remarketing transaction, one or more firms, referred to as "remarketing firms", may also offer or sell the securities, if the prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with a remarketing arrangement upon their purchase. Remarketing firms will act as principals for their own accounts. These remarketing firms will offer or sell the securities pursuant to the terms of the securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and will describe the remarketing firm's compensation. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they remarket. Remarketing firms may be entitled to indemnification by us under agreements that may be entered into with us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution to payments which the remarketing firms may be required to make. Remarketing firms may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

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**LEGAL OWNERSHIP AND BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES** 

References to "Voya Financial," "us," "we" or "our" in this section mean Voya Financial, Inc. and do not include our subsidiaries. In this section we describe special considerations that will apply to registered debt securities issued in global—i.e., book-entry—form. First, we describe the difference between legal ownership and indirect ownership of registered debt securities. Then we describe special provisions that apply to global debt securities. In the case of a global security representing other securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will describe additional applicable considerations.

**Who Is the Legal Owner of a Registered Debt Security?** 

Each debt security in registered form will be represented either by a certificate issued in definitive form to a particular investor or by one or more global securities representing the entire issuance of debt securities. We refer to those who have debt securities registered in their own names, on the books that we or the trustee or other agent maintain for this purpose, as the "holders" of those debt securities. These persons are the legal holders of the debt securities. We refer to those who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in debt securities that are not registered in their own names as indirect owners of those debt securities. As we discuss below, indirect owners are not legal holders, and investors in debt securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be indirect owners.

***Book-Entry Owners***

We will issue each debt security in book-entry form only. This means debt securities will be represented by one or more global securities registered in the name of a financial institution that holds them as depositary on behalf of other financial institutions that participate in the depositary's book-entry system. These participating institutions, in turn, hold beneficial interests in the debt securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.

Under each indenture, only the person in whose name a debt security is registered is recognized as the holder of that debt security. Consequently, for debt securities issued in global form, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the debt securities and we will make all payments on the debt securities, including deliveries of any property other than cash, to the depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they are not obligated to do so under the terms of the debt securities.

As a result, investors will not own debt securities directly. Instead, they will own beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial institution that participates in the depositary's book-entry system or holds an interest through a participant. As long as the debt securities are issued in global form, investors will be indirect owners, and not holders, of the debt securities.

***Street Name Owners***

In the future we may terminate a global security or issue debt securities initially in non-global form. In these cases, investors may choose to hold their debt securities in their own names or in street name. Debt securities held by an investor in street name would be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would hold only a beneficial interest in those debt securities through an account he or she maintains at that institution.

For debt securities held in street name, we will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions in whose names the debt securities are registered as the holders of those debt securities and we will make all payments on those debt securities, including deliveries of any property other than cash, to them. These institutions pass along the payments they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners, but only because they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so. Investors who hold debt securities in street name will be indirect owners, not holders, of those debt securities.

***Legal Holders***

Our obligations as well as the obligations of the trustee under any indenture and any other third parties employed by us, the trustee or any of those agents, run only to the holders of the debt securities. We have no

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obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in street name or by any other indirect means. This will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect owner of a debt security or has no choice because we are issuing the debt securities only in global form.

For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder, we have no further responsibility for that payment or notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass it along to the indirect owners but does not do so. Similarly, if we want to obtain the approval of the holders for any purpose—e.g., to amend the indenture for a series of debt securities or to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply with a particular provision of an indenture—we would seek the approval only from the holders, and not the indirect owners, of the relevant debt securities. Whether and how the holders contact the indirect owners is up to the holders.

When we refer to "you" in this prospectus, we mean those who invest in the debt securities being offered by this prospectus, whether they are the holders or only indirect owners of those debt securities. When we refer to "your debt securities" in this prospectus, we mean the debt securities in which you will hold a direct or indirect interest.

***Special Considerations for Indirect Owners***

If you hold debt securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution, either in book-entry form or in street name, you should check with your own institution to find out:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• how it handles securities payments and notices;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether it imposes fees or charges;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether and how you can instruct it to exchange or convert a debt security for or into other property;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• how it would handle a request for the holders' consent, if ever required;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• whether and how you can instruct it to send you debt securities registered in your name so you can be a holder,
if that is permitted in the future;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• how it would exercise the rights under the debt securities if there were a default or other event triggering the
need for holders to act to protect their interests; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the global debt securities are in book-entry form, how the depository's rules and procedures will affect
these matters.

**What is a Global Security?** 

We will issue each debt security in book-entry form only. Each debt security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a global security that we deposit with and register in the name of one or more financial institutions or clearing systems, or their nominees, which we select. A financial institution or clearing system that we select for any debt security for this purpose is called the "depositary" for that debt security. A debt security will usually have only one depositary but it may have more.

Each series of debt securities will have one or more of the following as the depositaries:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, which is known as "DTC";

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a financial institution holding the debt securities on behalf of Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the
Euroclear system, which is known as "Euroclear";

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a financial institution holding the debt securities on behalf of Clearstream Banking, S.A., which is known as
"Clearstream"; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• any other clearing system or financial institution named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The depositaries named above may also be participants in one another's systems. Thus, for example, if DTC is the depositary for a global security, investors may hold beneficial interests in that security through Euroclear or Clearstream, as DTC participants. The depositary or depositaries for your debt securities will be named in your prospectus supplement; if none is named, the depositary will be DTC.

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A global security may represent one or any other number of individual debt securities. Generally, all debt securities represented by the same global security will have the same terms. We may, however, issue a global security that represents multiple debt securities of the same kind that have different terms and are issued at different times. We call this kind of global security a master global security. Your prospectus supplement will not indicate whether your debt securities are represented by a master global security.

A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the depositary or its nominee, unless special termination situations arise. We describe those situations below under "—Holder's Option to Obtain a Non-Global Security; Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated". As a result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole registered owner and holder of all debt securities represented by a global security, and investors will be permitted to own only indirect interests in a global security. Indirect interests must be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has an account with the depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor whose debt security is represented by a global security will not be a holder of the debt security, but only an indirect owner of an interest in the global security.

If the prospectus supplement for a particular debt security indicates that the debt security will be issued in global form only, then the debt security will be represented by a global security at all times unless and until the global security is terminated. We describe the situations in which this can occur below under "—Holder's Option to Obtain a Non-Global Security; Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated". If termination occurs, we may issue the debt securities through another book-entry clearing system or decide that the debt securities may no longer be held through any book-entry clearing system.

***Special Considerations for Global Securities***

As an indirect owner, an investor's rights relating to a global security will be governed by the account rules of the depositary and those of the investor's financial institution or other intermediary through which it holds its interest (e.g., Euroclear or Clearstream, if DTC is the depositary), as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize this type of investor or any intermediary as a holder of debt securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global security.

If debt securities are issued only in the form of a global security, an investor should be aware of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an investor cannot cause the debt securities to be registered in his, her or its own name, and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his, her or its interest in the debt securities, except in the special situations we describe below;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his, her or its own bank or broker for payments on the
debt securities and protection of his, her or its legal rights relating to the debt securities, as we describe above under "—Who Is the Legal Owner of a Registered Debt Security?";

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an investor may not be able to sell interests in the debt securities to some insurance companies and other
institutions that are required by law to own their debt securities in non-book-entry form;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an investor may not be able to pledge his, her or its interest in a global security in circumstances where
certificates representing the debt securities must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the depositary's policies will govern payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other matters
relating to an investor's interest in a global security, and those policies may change from time to time. We and the trustee will have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary's policies, actions or records of ownership
interests in a global security. We and the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the depositary will require that those who purchase and sell interests in a global security within its book-entry
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• financial institutions that participate in the depositary's book-entry system and through which an investor
holds its interest in the global securities, directly or indirectly, may also have their own policies affecting payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other matters relating to the debt securities, and those policies may change from
time to time. For example, if you hold an interest in a global security through Euroclear or Clearstream, when DTC is the depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, will require those who purchase and sell interests in that security
through them to use immediately available funds and comply with other policies and procedures, including deadlines for giving instructions as to transactions that are to be effected on a particular day. There may be more than one financial
intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not responsible for the policies or actions or records of ownership interests of any of those intermediaries.

**Holder's Option to Obtain a Non-Global Security; Special Situations When a Global Security Will be Terminated** 

If we issue any series of debt securities in book-entry form but we choose to give the beneficial owners of that series the right to obtain non-global securities, any beneficial owner entitled to obtain non-global securities may do so by following the applicable procedures of the depositary, any transfer agent or registrar for that series and that owner's bank, broker or other financial institution through which that owner holds its beneficial interest in the debt securities. If you are entitled to request a non-global certificate and wish to do so, you will need to allow sufficient lead time to enable us or our agent to prepare the requested certificate.

In addition, in a few special situations described below, a global security will be terminated and interests in it will be exchanged for certificates in non-global form representing the debt securities it represented. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold the debt securities directly or in street name will be up to the investor. Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their interests in a global security transferred on termination to their own names, so that they will be holders. We have described the rights of holders and street name investors above under "—Who Is the Legal Owner of a Registered Debt Security?".

The special situations for termination of a global security are as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue as depositary for
that global security and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within 60 days;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• if we notify the trustee that we wish to terminate that global security; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• in the case of a global security representing debt securities issued under an indenture, if an event of default
has occurred with regard to these debt securities and has not been cured or waived.

If a global security is terminated, only the depositary, and not we or the trustee for any debt securities is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions in whose names the debt securities represented by the global security will be registered and, therefore, who will be the holders of those debt securities.

***Considerations Relating to Euroclear and Clearstream***

Euroclear and Clearstream are securities clearance systems in Europe. Both systems clear and settle securities transactions between their participants through electronic, book-entry delivery of securities against payment.

Euroclear and Clearstream may be depositaries for a global security. In addition, if DTC is the depositary for a global security, Euroclear and Clearstream may hold interests in the global security as participants in DTC.

As long as any global security is held by Euroclear or Clearstream, as depositary, you may hold an interest in the global security only through an organization that participates, directly or indirectly, in Euroclear or Clearstream. If Euroclear or Clearstream is the depositary for a global security and there is no depositary in the United States, you will not be able to hold interests in that global security through any securities clearance system in the United States.

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Payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other matters relating to the debt securities made through Euroclear or Clearstream must comply with the rules and procedures of those systems. Those systems could change their rules and procedures at any time. We have no control over those systems or their participants, and we take no responsibility for their activities. Transactions between participants in Euroclear or Clearstream, on one hand, and participants in DTC, on the other hand, when DTC is the depositary, would also be subject to DTC's rules and procedures.

***Special Timing Considerations for Transactions in Euroclear and Clearstream***

Investors will be able to make and receive through Euroclear and Clearstream payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other transactions involving any debt securities held through those systems only on days when those systems are open for business. Those systems may not be open for business on days when banks, brokers and other institutions are open for business in the United States.

In addition, because of time-zone differences, U.S. investors who hold their interests in the debt securities through these systems and wish to transfer their interests, or to receive or make a payment or delivery or exercise any other right with respect to their interests, on a particular day may find that the transaction will not be effected until the next business day in Luxembourg or Brussels, as applicable. Thus, investors who wish to exercise rights that expire on a particular day may need to act before the expiration date. In addition, investors who hold their interests through both DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream may need to make special arrangements to finance any purchases or sales of their interests between the U.S. and European clearing systems, and those transactions may settle later than would be the case for transactions within one clearing system.

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**VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES** 

Unless otherwise specified in any prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and for the underwriters by counsel to the underwriters that will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in any prospectus supplement, certain legal matters related to Connecticut law may be passed upon for us by Day Pitney LLP. In addition, the validity of the securities offered by this prospectus may also be passed upon for us by Mark Sides, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel of Voya Financial, or another Voya Financial attorney. Mr. Sides is regularly employed by Voya Financial, participates in various Voya Financial employee benefit plans under which he may receive shares of common stock and currently beneficially owns less than one percent of the outstanding shares of common stock of Voya Financial.

**EXPERTS** 

The consolidated financial statements of Voya Financial, Inc. appearing in Voya Financial, Inc.'s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2025 (including schedules appearing therein) and the effectiveness of Voya Financial, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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**PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS** 

**Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution** 

The following table sets forth all expenses, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the distribution of the securities registered under this registration statement. All of the fees set forth below, except for the SEC registration fee, are estimates.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SEC registration fee | $\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Listing fee | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Printing and engraving | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Legal fees and expenses | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trustee fees and expenses | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accounting fees and expenses | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transfer agent and registrar fees | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Miscellaneous fees and expenses | $\*\* |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Total | $— |

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\* Deferred in reliance on Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act.

\*\* Since an indeterminate amount of securities is covered by this registration statement, the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities are not, as of the date of this prospectus, determinable.

**Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers** 

The proposed form of underwriting agreement to be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement in connection with an offering of these particular securities may provide that the underwriters are obligated under certain circumstances to indemnify our directors, officers and certain controlling persons against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

***Delaware Registrant—Voya Financial***

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

The DGCL also permits a corporation to indemnify such persons against expenses (including attorneys' fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former director or officer is successful in the defense of such an action, suit or proceeding referenced above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by such persons in defending any action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon, in the case of a current officer or director, receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be so indemnified.

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The DGCL provides that the indemnification described above is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification by the Company of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for violations of the directors' fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.

The DGCL also provides corporations with the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above. Policies of insurance are maintained by the Company under which our directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the terms of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.

The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and the full text of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto.

We have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and officers that provide, subject to their terms, the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and officers by Section 145 of the DGCL and certain additional procedural protections.

***Connecticut Registrant—Voya Holdings***

Sections 33-771 and 33-776 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (the "CBCA") provide in relevant part that a corporation formed before January 1, 1997 shall, except to the extent the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation or an action with respect to conduct alleging receipt of an improper financial benefit) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity, against judgments, settlements, penalties, fines and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees), incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed, (i) in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity, to be in the best interests of the corporation, and (ii) in all other cases, to be at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Voya Holdings was formed prior to January 1, 1997 and has not opted out of this mandatory indemnification rule.

The CBCA prohibits indemnification of directors, unless authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction, (1) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant statutory standard of conduct, or (2) in connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he received a financial benefit to which he or she was not entitled, whether or not involving action in his or her official capacity. Where a present or former director is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of such an action, suit or proceeding to which he or she was

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a party because he was a director of the corporation, the corporation must indemnify him or her against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.

A corporation may, before final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a director if he or she delivers to the corporation (1) a written affirmation of such director's good faith belief that the relevant statutory standard of conduct has been met by the director or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been limited under the corporation's certificate of incorporation, and (2) a signed written undertaking to repay any such funds if the director is not entitled to mandatory indemnification and it is ultimately determined that the director is not entitled to indemnification whether because following an application for it a court does not order indemnification or the corporation makes a determination that the director has not met the relevant statutory standard of conduct.

The CBCA permits a corporation to obligate itself in advance of the act or omission giving rise to a proceeding to indemnify directors in its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or in a resolution adopted or a contract approved by the board of directors or shareholders. Voya Holdings' amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification by Voya Holdings of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the CBCA.

In accordance with Section 33-636(b)(4) of the CBCA, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Voya Holdings contains a provision to limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director to an amount that is not less than the compensation received by the director for serving the corporation during the year of the violation if such breach did not (A) involve a knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (B) enable the director or an associate, as defined in the CBCA, to receive an improper personal economic gain, (C) show a lack of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the corporation under circumstances in which the director was aware that his or her conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the corporation, (D) constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of the director's duty to the corporation, or (E) create liability under Section 33-757 of the CBCA, providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions.

The CBCA also provides corporations with the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above. Policies of insurance are maintained by the Company under which the directors and officers of Voya Holdings are insured, within the limits and subject to the terms of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.

The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the CBCA and the full text of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Voya Holdings, which is filed as Exhibit 3.3 hereto.

**Item 16. Exhibits** 

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for senior and subordinated debt securities.\* |
| 1.2 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for common stock.\* |
| 1.3 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for preferred stock.\* |
| 1.4 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for depositary shares.\* |
| 1.5 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for warrants.\* |

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 1.6 | Form of Underwriting Agreement for units.\* |
| 3.1 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Voya Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196883), filed on June 18, 2014).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312514241114/d745703dex31.htm) |
| 3.2 | [Amended and Restated By-Laws of Voya Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on October 27, 2022).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592922000093/exhibit31-bylaws.htm) |
| 3.3 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Voya Holdings Inc.](d78026dex33.htm) |
| 3.4 | [Bylaws of Voya Holdings Inc.](d78026dex34.htm) |
| 3.5 | [Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock of the Company, dated September 12, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on September 12, 2018).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312518271766/d606038dex31.htm) |
| 3.6 | [Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock of the Company, dated June 17, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on June 17, 2019).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312519174824/d755126dex33.htm) |
| 4.1 | [Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2012, among ING U.S., Inc., Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184847), filed on January 23, 2013).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312513020843/d430323dex101.htm) |
| 4.2 | [Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2013 among ING U.S., Inc., Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on July 26, 2013).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312513304735/d573574dex101.htm) |
| 4.3 | [Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, among Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on June 14, 2016).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312516621430/d205180dex41.htm) |
| 4.4 | [Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, among Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on June 14, 2016).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312516621430/d205180dex42.htm) |
| 4.5 | [Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2024, among Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-035897) filed on September 20, 2024).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312524222922/d889938dex41.htm) |
| 4.6 | [Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 16, 2013, among ING U.S., Inc., Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-35897), filed on May 23, 2013).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592913000010/ingusinc2013q1ex1015.htm) |
| 4.7 | [Second Supplemental Indenture (to the Junior Subordinated Indenture), dated as of January 23, 2018, among Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Holdings Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on 8-K (File No. 001-35897), filed on January 23, 2018).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312518017421/d508385dex41.htm) |
| 4.8 | Form of Senior Debt Security of Voya Financial, Inc.\* |

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| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 4.9 | Form of Subordinated Debt Security of Voya Financial, Inc.\* |
| 4.10 | Form of Guarantee.\* |
| 4.11 | [Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-184847), filed on April 16, 2013).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000119312513156812/d430323dex42.htm) |
| 4.12 | Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock.\* |
| 4.13 | Form of Deposit Agreement (including Form of Depositary Receipt).\* |
| 4.14 | Form of Warrant Agreement.\* |
| 4.15 | Form of Warrant Certificate.\* |
| 4.16 | Form of Unit Agreement.\* |
| 4.17 | Form of Unit Certificate.\* |
| 5.1 | [Opinion of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.](d78026dex51.htm) |
| 5.2 | [Opinion of Day Pitney LLP.](d78026dex52.htm) |
| 23.1 | [Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.](d78026dex231.htm) |
| 23.2 | [Consent of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).](d78026dex51.htm) |
| 23.3 | [Consent of Day Pitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).](d78026dex52.htm) |
| 24.1 | [Power of Attorney (included on signature pages).](#sig) |
| 25.1 | [Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee, for the Senior Indenture.](d78026dex251.htm) |
| 25.2 | [Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee, for the Subordinated Indenture.](d78026dex252.htm) |
| 107.1 | [Filing Fee Table.](d78026dexfilingfees.htm) |

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\* To be filed, if necessary, by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement in connection with an offering of these particular securities.

**Item 17. Undertakings** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering

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range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in Exhibit 107.1 filed with the effective registration statement; and <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of the registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of
and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in
Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which
the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to
such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to

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this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or
used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about
such undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of such undersigned Registrant; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of our annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on February 20, 2026.

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|  **VOYA FINANCIAL, INC.** | **VOYA FINANCIAL, INC.** |
|  By: | /s/ Michael R. Katz |

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|  Name:<br>| Michael R. Katz |
|  Title:<br>| Chief Financial Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Heather H. Lavallee, Michael R. Katz and Trevor Ogle as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement on Form S-3, and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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| **Signatures** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Heather H. Lavallee<br> Heather H. Lavallee | Director and Chief Executive Officer<br> *(Principal Executive Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Lynne Biggar<br> Lynne Biggar | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Stephen Bowman<br> Stephen Bowman | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Yvette S. Butler<br> Yvette S. Butler | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Jane P. Chwick<br> Jane P. Chwick | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Kathleen DeRose<br> Kathleen DeRose | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Hikmet Ersek<br> Hikmet Ersek | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Ruth Ann M. Gillis<br> Ruth Ann M. Gillis | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Robert G. Leary<br> Robert G. Leary | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Aylwin B. Lewis<br> Aylwin B. Lewis | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ William J. Mullaney<br> William J. Mullaney | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Joseph V. Tripodi<br> Joseph V. Tripodi | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Michael R. Katz<br> Michael R. Katz | Chief Financial Officer<br> *(Principal Financial Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Tony D. Oh<br> Tony D. Oh | Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller<br> *(Principal Accounting Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on February 20, 2026.

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|  **VOYA HOLDINGS INC.** | **VOYA HOLDINGS INC.** |
|  By: | /s/ Michael R. Katz |

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|  Name:<br>| Michael R. Katz |
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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Heather H. Lavallee, Michael R. Katz and Trevor Ogle as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement on Form S-3, and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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| **Signatures** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Heather H. Lavallee<br> Heather H. Lavallee | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<br> *(Principal Executive Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Michael R. Katz<br> Michael R. Katz | Director and Chief Financial Officer<br> *(Principal Financial Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Michelle Luk<br> Michelle Luk | Director | February 20, 2026 |
| /s/ Tony D. Oh<br> Tony D. Oh | Chief Accounting Officer<br> *(Principal Accounting Officer)* | February 20, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 3.3

**Exhibit 3.3** 

**Amended and Restated** 

**Certificate of Incorporation** 

**Voya Holdings Inc.** 

**Reflecting amendments through August 4, 2014** 

*[This document represents the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Voya Holdings Inc. in compiled form, incorporating all amendments. This compiled document has not been filed with the Secretary of State of Connecticut.]* 

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| Section 1. | The name of the Corporation is Voya Holdings Inc. |
| Section 2. | The total number of authorized shares of the Corporation is 1,000. |
| Section 3. | The Corporation shall have authority to issue 1,000 shares of Common Stock, and the par value of each of such shares is $0.01. Such Common Stock shall have unlimited voting rights and the right to receive the net assets of the Corporation upon dissolution. |
| Section 4. | The Registered Agent of the Corporation is CT Corporation System, One Corporate Center, Hartford CT 06103. |
| Section 5. | Other Provisions: |

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The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Connecticut Business Corporation Act.

The Corporation shall have all powers granted by law and all powers granted in the Connecticut Business Corporation Act.

The Corporation shall have a board of directors that shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than ten (10) members, as determined by the shareholders of the Corporation.

The board of directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation.

A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a director for an amount that is in excess of the compensation received by the director for serving the Corporation during the year of the violation if such breach did not (a) involve a knowing and culpable violation of law by the director, (b) enable the director or an associate, as defined in Section 33-840 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, to receive an improper personal economic gain, (c) show a lack of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director to the Corporation under circumstances in which the director was aware that his conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the Corporation, (d) constitute a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of the director's duty to the Corporation, or (e) create liability under Section 33-757 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, provided that this limitation of liability provision shall not limit or preclude the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of this provision. No amendment, modification or repeal of this provision shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, indemnify its directors and officers for liability (including any obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine or excise tax, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to any proceeding) to any person for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director or officer, except liability that (a) involved a knowing and culpable violation of law by the director or officer, (b) enabled the director or officer or an associate, as defined in subdivision (2) of Section 33-840 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, to receive an improper personal economic gain, (c) showed a lack of good faith and a conscious disregard for the duty of the director or officer to the Corporation under circumstances in which the director or officer was aware that his conduct or omission created an unjustifiable risk of serious injury to the Corporation, (d) constituted a sustained and unexcused pattern of inattention that amounted to an abdication of the director's or officer's duty to the Corporation, or (e) created liability under Section 33-757 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act. For purposes of this Section 5, "proceeding" shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative and whether formal or informal. Any lawful repeal or modification of this provision shall not adversely affect any right or

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protection of a director or officer existing at or prior to the time of such repeal or modification. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification, whether under the Bylaws or any agreement, by vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

The indemnification rights provided in this Section 5 shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of the director or officer.

Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by the Connecticut Business Corporation Act.

References to directors and officers throughout this Section 5 shall include former directors and officers.

## Exhibit 3.4

**Exhibit 3.4** 

**AMENDED BYLAWS OF** 

**VOYA HOLDINGS INC.** 

**(the "Corporation")** 

**(Effective September 1, 2014)** 

**<u>Article I. General</u>**

Section 1. Purpose. These Bylaws supplement and implement certain provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation and the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to time (the "Act").

Section 2. Offices of Corporation. The initial registered office of the Corporation is as stated in its Certification of Incorporation. The Board of Directors (the "Board") shall have the power to change the location of the registered office, in accordance with applicable law, from time to time, and to designate the principal office of the Corporation and such additional offices as it shall determine in its discretion.

**<u>Article II. Meetings of Shareholders</u>**

Section 1. <u>Location</u>. Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at any other location, either within or without the State of Connecticut, as may be determined by the Board.

Section 2. <u>Annual Meetings</u>. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held each year at a time and place designated by the Board. Annual Meetings may be called by the Board or by any officer of the Corporation instructed by the Board to call the meeting. At the annual meeting, the shareholders shall elect Directors to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors shall be elected and qualified, whichever is later. Any other proper business may also be transacted at the Annual Meeting.

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Section 3. <u>Special Meetings</u>. Special meetings of the Shareholders may be called by the President or by the Board, and shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon receipt of one or more written demands for a special meeting by the holders of the requisite percentage of votes specified by the Act.

Section 4. <u>Notice</u>. Notice of the date, hour and place of the annual meeting or any special meeting of Shareholders shall be given in a manner permitted by the Act no fewer than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date to each Shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to any other Shareholders to whom notice of such meeting is required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Act. Unless provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Act, notice of an annual meeting is not required to contain a description of the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of a special meeting must include a description of the purpose or purposes for which it is called. If an annual or special Shareholders' meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must, as required by the Act, be fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to persons who are Shareholders as of the new record date.

Section 5. <u>Waiver of Notice</u>. A Shareholder may waive any notice required by the Act, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver must be in writing, be signed by the Shareholder entitled to the notice and be delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A Shareholder's attendance at a meeting: (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the Shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular

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matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the Shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

Section 6. <u>Record Date</u>. In order to determine the Shareholders entitled to notice of a Shareholder's meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote or to take other action, the Board may fix a future date as the record date; provided that the date selected may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of Shareholders. If the Board fails to select a record date, the record date shall be (i) the day before notice is sent or otherwise given to Shareholders of an annual meeting or a special meeting called other than by demand of the requisite number of Shareholders; (ii) the day the first Shareholder signs a demand for any special meeting to be held as a result of such demand; or (iii) the day the first Shareholder signs a writing to take action without a meeting for any Shareholder action to be so taken.

Section 7. <u>Shareholders' List</u>. After a record date is fixed for a meeting, the Secretary shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all the Shareholders who are entitled to notice of the meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and shall show the address of and number of shares held by each Shareholder. The list shall be available for inspection by any Shareholder, beginning two business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. The Corporation shall make the Shareholders' list available at the meeting, and any Shareholder, his agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

Section 8. <u>Quorum and Voting</u>. Shares entitled to vote may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless otherwise

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provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Act, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of Directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or the Act require a greater number of affirmative votes. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation or the Act specifies otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a Shareholders' meeting.

Section 9. <u>Action Without Meeting</u>. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting by consent in writing which sets forth the action so taken or to be taken, signed by all of the persons who would be entitled to vote upon such action at a meeting, or by their duly authorized attorneys. The Secretary shall file such consent or consents, or certify the tabulation of such consents and file such certificate, with the minutes of the meetings of the Shareholders. Any consent or consents which become effective as provided herein shall have the same force and effect as a vote of Shareholders at a meeting duly held, and may be described as such in any certificate or document.

**<u>Article III. Board of Directors</u>**

Section 1. <u>Authority</u>. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board, subject to any limitation set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

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Section 2. <u>Number</u>. The Corporation shall have such number of directors as shall be set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. In the event that the Corporation shall have only one (1) director, plural expressions such as "Directors" and "Board," as used herein, shall refer to such one (1) director.

Section 3. <u>Term</u>. The terms of Directors shall expire at the next annual Shareholders' meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of Directors does not shorten an incumbent Director's term. Despite the expiration of a Director's term, the Director continues to serve until the Director's successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors.

Section 4. <u>Removal of Directors</u>. The Shareholders may remove a Director with or without cause unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Director may be removed only for cause. A Director may be removed by the Shareholders only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the Director, and the meeting notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is the removal of the Director. A Director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove. If a Director is elected by a voting group of Shareholders, only the Shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove the Director.

Section 5. <u>Vacancy</u>. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, the Shareholders or the Directors may fill the vacancy. If the Directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, such Directors may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Directors remaining in office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the vacant office was held by a Director elected by a voting group of Shareholders,

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only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy, if it is to be filled by the Shareholders. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, by reason of a resignation effective at a later date, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new Director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

Section 6. <u>Committees</u>. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, the Board may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board to serve on them. Each committee shall have two or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by the greater of a majority of all the Directors in office when the action is taken or the number of Directors otherwise required to take action. If the Corporation has at least one hundred (100) Shareholders, it shall have an audit committee as required by the Act. All provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Act that govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board, shall apply to committees and their members. To the extent specified by the Board, a committee may exercise the authority of the Board; provided that a committee may not: (i) authorize distributions; (ii) approve or propose to Shareholders action for which the Act requires Shareholder approval; (iii) fill vacancies on the Board or any Board committee; (iv) amend the Certificate of Incorporation when the Board is permitted to do so without Shareholder approval; (v) adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws; (vi) approve a plan of merger not requiring Shareholder approval; (vii) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board; or (viii) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares unless authorized by the Board with specifically prescribed limits.

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Section 7. <u>Meetings</u>. The Board shall hold a regular annual meeting immediately after the annual meeting of the Shareholders, or as soon thereafter as appropriate. Other regular meetings may be scheduled for such time and place as may be set by resolution of the Board. Special meetings of the Board shall be held when called by the President on the President's own initiative, or when requested by at least one Director. Special meetings shall be held at such time and location as the President shall specify when calling a meeting. The Board may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of Connecticut. The Board may permit any or all Directors to participate in a meeting by any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting.

Section 8. <u>Notice of Meetings</u>. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. Special meetings of the Board shall require at least two days' advance notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

Section 9. <u>Waiver of Notice</u>. A Director may waive any required notice before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as provided below, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the Director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A Director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to that Director of the meeting, unless the Director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

Section 10. <u>Quorum and Voting</u>. A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of the number of Directors fixed from time to time in accordance with these Bylaws and the Act; provided that if at any time no number has been fixed, a quorum shall equal a majority of the number of

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Directors in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of Directors present is the act of the Board. A Director who is present at a meeting of the Board or a committee of the Board when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (i) the Director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, to holding it or transacting business at it; (ii) the Director's dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (iii) the Director delivers written notice of dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a Director who votes in favor of the action taken.

Section 11. <u>Action Without Meeting</u>. Action required or permitted to be taken at a Board meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of the Board. The action shall be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each Director, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken by written consent is effective when the last Director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Action by written consent has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

**<u>Article IV. Officers</u>**

Section 1. <u>Appointment</u>. The Board shall appoint and employ such officers as it may deem to be in the interests of the Corporation and shall define the powers and duties of all such officers. All such officers, employees and agents shall be subject to the orders of the Board and serve at its discretion. Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Corporation's officers shall consist of a president, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall have the authority and

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responsibilities set forth in these Bylaws. Any person may simultaneously hold multiple offices. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board annual at the regular annual meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of the Shareholders. The act of appointment of an officer does not in and of itself create contract rights for the officer or the Corporation.

Section 2. <u>President</u>. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. Subject to the control of the Board, the President shall oversee all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The President shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and of the Board. The President may sign any contract, or other instrument which the Board has authorized, unless the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these Bylaws or applicable law to another officer. In general, the President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board from time to time.

Section 3. <u>Vice President</u>. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President's death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or the Board.

Section 4. <u>Secretary</u>. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of Shareholders and Directors, see that all notices are duly given, be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation, maintain the Shareholder records required by the Act, have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and execute certificate authenticating corporate documents or actions taken by the Shareholder, Directors, any officer or any representative of the Corporation. Such authentications shall constitute, as to all persons who rely thereon in good faith,

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conclusive evidence of such action. In general, the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board.

Section 5. <u>Treasurer</u>. The Treasurer shall be responsible for collecting and managing all funds and securities of the Corporation and shall deposit all funds and securities in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board. In general, the Treasurer shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board.

Section 6. <u>Resignation and Removal</u>. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date, provided that the successor is not permitted to take office until the effective date. The Board may remove any officer at any time with or without cause. An officer's removal does not affect the officer's contract rights, if any, with the Corporation. An officer's resignation does not affect the Corporation's contract rights, if any, with the officer.

**<u>Article V. Indemnification</u>**

The Corporation shall indemnify its Directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation shall advance the payment of legal expenses to a Director, officer, employee or agent in the defense of any claim for which indemnification may be available to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Certificate of Incorporation.

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**<u>Article VI. Shares</u>**

Section 1. <u>Issuance of Shares</u>. The Board may authorize the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of any class or series for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed or other securities of the Corporation. When the Corporation receives the consideration for which the Board authorized the issuance of shares, the shares issued therefor shall be fully paid and nonassessable.

Section 2. <u>Form and Content of Share Certificates</u>. Shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates. Each share certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer unless the Board authorizes another combination of two officers to sign certificates. If the person who signed a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate is nevertheless valid.

Section 3. <u>Transfers</u>. Subject to valid restrictions on transfer, if any, shares may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender of the certificate evidencing the shares to the Corporation or its transfer agent with proper endorsement on the back or with a separate written assignment and power of attorney, with any necessary stamps affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Upon such surrender, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate(s) in accordance with the endorsement or assignment. The old certificate shall be canceled. The Corporation shall maintain a share transfer book which shall be kept at its principal office and upon which shall be recorded all share transfers, certificate issuances and certificate cancellations.

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**<u>Article VII. Miscellaneous</u>**

Section 1. <u>Seal</u>. The seal of the Corporation shall contain the name of the Corporation and the words "Seal" and "Connecticut". The use of the seal shall be symbolic only and shall not be required to bind the Corporation or to evidence any official act, document or instrument.

Section 2. <u>Fiscal Year</u>. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by action of the Board.

**<u>Article VIII. Amendment</u>**

The Board may amend or repeal the Corporation's Bylaws unless: (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or the Act reserves this power exclusively to the Shareholders in whole or part; or (ii) the Shareholders in amending or repealing a particular Bylaw provide expressly that the Board may not amend or repeal that Bylaw. The Shareholders may amend or repeal the Corporation's Bylaws even though the Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the Board.

## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1** 

**Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP** 

2200 Wells Fargo Center q 90 South Seventh Street

Minneapolis q Minnesota 55402-3901

**Phone +1 612 766 7000** 

**Fax +1 612 766 1600** 

February 20, 2026

Voya Financial, Inc.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Voya Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "***Company***"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (the "***Registration Statement***") filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "***Commission***") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "***Securities Act***"), relating to the proposed offer and sale from time to time of the following securities:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) unsecured unsubordinated debt securities of the Company in a form to be filed and incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement, with appropriate insertions (the "  ***Senior Debt Securities*** "),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) unsecured subordinated debt securities of the Company in a form to be filed and incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement, with appropriate insertions (the "  ***Subordinated Debt Securities*** ," and together with the Senior Debt Securities, the "  ***Debt Securities*** "),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "  ***Preferred Stock*** "), of
the Company, interests in which may be evidenced by depositary shares (the "  ***Depositary Shares*** "),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "  ***Common Stock*** "), of the
Company,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) warrants to purchase Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Common Stock (the "  ***Securities Warrants*** "),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) units consisting of any combination of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock, Securities Warrants
and Depositary Shares issued by the Company or debt obligation of third parties, in each case in a form to be filed and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, with appropriate insertions (the "  ***Units*** ,"
and together with the

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Debt Securities, the Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, the Depository Shares and the Securities Warrants, the "***Company Securities***"), <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) guarantees of the Debt Securities (the "  ***<u>Debt Securities Guarantees</u>***") by
Voya Holdings Inc., a Connecticut corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("  ***<u>Voya Holdings</u>*** "), and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) guarantees by the Company or Voya Holdings, either independently or together, of debt securities of other
subsidiaries (the "  ***<u>Guarantees</u>***" and, together with the Company Securities and the Debt Securities Guarantees, the "  ***Securities*** ")

The Securities may be offered separately or together with other Securities, in separate classes or series, in amounts, at prices, and on terms to be set forth in the prospectus and one or more supplements to the prospectus (collectively, the "***Prospectus***") constituting a part of the Registration Statement, and in the Registration Statement.

Any Senior Debt Securities are to be issued under the indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement (the "***Senior Indenture***") entered into by the Company, Voya Holdings, as the initial guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the "***Trustee***"). Any Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued under the indenture filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement entered into by the Company, Voya Holdings, as the initial guarantor, and the Trustee (the "***Subordinated Indenture***" and, together with the Senior Indenture, the "***Indentures***"). Any series of Preferred Stock is to be issued under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "***Certificate of Incorporation***") and a certificate of designation (a "***Certificate of Designation***") to be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "***Delaware Secretary of State***") in accordance with Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Any Depositary Shares are to be issued under one or more deposit agreements (the "***Deposit Agreements***") to be entered into by the Company, a depositary to be named by the Company (a "***Depositary***"), and the holders from time to time of depositary receipts evidencing Depositary Shares, which will be filed as an exhibit to and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. Any Securities Warrants are to be issued under one or more warrant agreements and warrant certificates (the "***Warrant Agreements***"), to be entered into by the Company and warrant agents to be named by the Company, which will be filed as an exhibit to and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. Any Units are to be issued under one or more unit agreements and unit certificates (the "***Unit Agreements***"), to be entered into by the Company and a unit agent or agents to be named by the Company, which will be filed as an exhibit to and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The Debt Securities Guarantees are to be issued pursuant to the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture, as applicable. The Guarantees are to be issued pursuant to one or more guarantees to be issued by the Company or Voya Holdings, as applicable. Any Common Stock is to be issued under the Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificate

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of Designation, the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture, each Deposit Agreement, each Warrant Agreement, each Unit Agreement, each Debt Securities Guarantee of Voya Holdings and each Guarantee of the Company or Voya Holdings are sometimes referred to herein individually as a "***Governing Document***" and, collectively, as the "***Governing Documents***."

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

Certain terms of the Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time will be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof or certain authorized officers of the Company as part of the corporate action taken and to be taken (the "***Corporate Proceedings***") in connection with issuance of the Securities. For purposes of this opinion, we have reviewed originals, or copies certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended to date (the "***By-Laws***"), the Registration Statement, the Indentures, such of the Corporate Proceedings that have occurred as of the date hereof, and such other documents, records, agreements, certificates and instruments, and have reviewed such authorities of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for our opinions hereinafter set forth.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and to the other qualifications, assumptions, exceptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. With respect to any Debt Securities, upon (a) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings, (b) the due execution, authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, and (c) in the case of Debt Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, another Security, the issuance of such Debt Securities upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, such other Security in accordance with the terms of such other Security or any instrument governing such other Security as approved by the Corporate Proceedings, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. Each of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. With respect to any Preferred Stock, upon (a) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings, (b) the due authorization, execution, acknowledgment, delivery and filing with, and recording by, the Delaware Secretary of State of a Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock, (c) the due execution, registration of issuance and delivery of certificates representing such Preferred Stock (or, in the case of Preferred Stock issued without certificates, the due registration of issuance and constructive delivery through book entry of such Preferred Stock), and (d) in the case of Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, another Security, the issuance of such Preferred Stock upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, such other Security in accordance with the terms of such other Security or any instrument

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governing such other Security as approved by the Corporate Proceedings, such Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. With respect to any Depositary Shares, upon (a) the due authorization, execution and delivery of a Deposit Agreement establishing the terms of such Depositary Shares, (b) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings with respect to the issuance and terms of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depository Shares, (c) the due authorization, execution, acknowledgment, delivery and filing with, and recording by, the Delaware Secretary of State of a Certificate of Designation in respect of such Preferred Stock, (d) the due execution of certificates representing such Preferred Stock, the delivery of such certificates to the Depositary for deposit in accordance with the terms of such Deposit Agreement, and the recordation of such certificates on the books of the Company in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (e) the due execution, registration of issuance and delivery of depositary receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms of such Deposit Agreement, and (f) in the case of Depositary Shares constituting a component of any other Security, the issuance of such Depositary Shares as a component of such other Security in accordance with the terms of such other Security or any instrument governing such other Security, such Deposit Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and the depositary receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares will be valid and binding obligations of the Company and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in such Deposit Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. With respect to any Securities Warrants, upon (a) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings, (b) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the related Warrant Agreement, (c) the due execution, countersignature and delivery of such Securities Warrants, (d) the due authorization and registration of the Securities issuable upon conversion or exercise of such Securities Warrants (within the limits of the then remaining authorized but unreserved and unissued amounts of such Securities), and (e) in the case of Securities Warrants constituting a component of any other Security, the issuance of such Securities Warrants as a component of such other Security in accordance with the terms of such other Security or any instrument governing such other Security, such Securities Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. With respect to any Units, upon (a) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings, (b) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the related Unit Agreement, (c) if the Units are to be evidenced by certificates, the due execution, registration of issuance and delivery of unit certificates evidencing such Units pursuant to such Unit Agreement, and (d) the completion of all actions in respect of the Securities constituting a component of such Units referred to in the applicable numbered paragraph(s) hereof, such Unit Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and any certificates evidencing such Units will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in such Unit Agreement.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. With respect to any Common Stock, upon (a) the completion of all required Corporate Proceedings, (b) the due execution, registration of issuance and delivery of certificates representing such Common Stock (or, in the case of Common Stock issued without certificates, the due registration of issuance and constructive delivery through book entry of such Common Stock), and (c) in the case of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, another Security, the issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, such other Security in accordance with the terms of such other Security or any instrument governing such other Security as approved by the Corporate Proceedings, such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. With respect to any Debt Securities Guarantee, upon (a) the completion of all required corporate proceedings by Voya Holdings, and (b) the completion of all actions in respect of any Debt Securities subject to such Debt Securities Guarantee referred to in paragraph 1 hereof, such Debt Securities Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of Voya Holdings enforceable against Voya Holdings in accordance with its terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. With respect to any Guarantee, upon (a) the completion of all required corporate proceedings by the Company and/or Voya Holdings, as applicable, and (b) the completion of all actions in respect of any securities subject to such Guarantee required for the validity, binding effect, and enforceability of such underlying securities, such Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company and/or Voya Holdings, as appliable, enforceable against the Company and/or Voya Holdings, as applicable, in accordance with its terms.

The foregoing opinions as to the validity, binding effect and enforceability of provisions of such instruments and agreements are subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, voidable transactions, fraudulent conveyance, receivership or other laws of general application affecting creditors' rights, (ii) general equity principles, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith, fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) public policy considerations that may limit the rights of parties to obtain specific remedies or enforce specific terms, and (iv) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside of the United States.

With respect to the foregoing opinions in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 above, we hereby advise you that (i) in the absence of an effective waiver or consent, a guarantor or other accommodation party may be discharged from its guaranty, accommodation security or other support to the extent the supported obligations are modified or other action or inaction by a creditor increases the scope of the accommodation party's risk or otherwise detrimentally affects its interests (such as by impairing the value of collateral securing the supported obligations, negligently administering the supported obligations, or releasing the borrower or another guarantor or co-accommodation party of the supported obligations) and (ii) a guarantor or other accommodation party may have the right to revoke its guaranty, accommodation security or other

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support with respect to supported obligations incurred after the revocation, notwithstanding the absence of an express right of revocation in the documents providing for support.

The foregoing opinions assume that (a) the Company will remain duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (b) the consideration designated in the applicable Corporate Proceedings for any Securities shall have been received by the Company and/or Voya Holdings, as applicable, and such consideration shall be legally sufficient; (c) each party to any Governing Document or any Securities other than the Company shall have complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates to its rights to enforce such agreements or instruments against the Company and shall have satisfied those legal requirements applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreements or instruments enforceable against it; (d) the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and will continue to be effective; (e) at the time of the issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities, the Corporate Proceedings related thereto will not have been modified or rescinded, there will not have occurred any change in the law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws affecting the authorization, issuance, execution, authentication, acknowledgement, delivery, filing, validity or enforceability of such Securities or any related Governing Documents, neither the issuance and sale of such Securities nor the compliance by the Company with the terms of such Securities or the related Governing Documents will result in a violation of any agreement or instrument then binding upon the Company or any order of any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and any other Securities issuable upon conversion, exercise or settlement, as applicable, of such Securities will have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance (in each case within the limits of the then remaining authorized but unreserved and unissued amounts of such other Securities); (f) the Securities will be issued in accordance with, and in compliance with any limitations on issuance contained in, the Corporate Proceedings related thereto; (g) the terms of the Securities will be established in conformity with the related Governing Documents and the Securities will be issued within the limits of the then remaining authorized but unreserved and unissued amounts of such Securities under such Governing Documents; (h) none of the particular terms of the Securities or Governing Documents hereafter established will violate, or be void or voidable under, any applicable law; (i) all certificates evidencing any Securities will be in the form required by law and approved for issuance by the Company; (j) the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; (k) no shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock will be issued for less than the par value thereof; (l) the Securities will be duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar thereof in the name and on behalf of the holders thereof; (m) in the case of any Securities represented by, or issuable upon conversion, exchange, exercise or settlement of, or constituting a component of, any other Securities, all actions in respect of such other Securities referred to in the applicable numbered paragraph(s) above shall have been completed; and (n) a prospectus supplement and any other offering material describing each class or series of Securities offered pursuant to the Registration Statement, to the extent required by applicable law, will be timely filed with the Commission.

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We have relied upon certificates of public officials as to the accuracy of all matters addressed therein and, with respect to certain factual matters, upon certificates of and information provided by officers and employees of the Company as to the accuracy of such factual matters, in each case without independent verification thereof or other investigation. We have also assumed, without investigation, the following: (a) the accuracy and truthfulness of all public records of the Company and of all certifications, documents and other proceedings examined by us that have been produced by officials of the Company acting within the scope of their official capacities, without verifying the accuracy or truthfulness of such representations, (b) that each document submitted to us for review is accurate and complete, each such document that is an original is authentic, each such document that is a copy conforms to an authentic original, and all signatures on each such document, including electronic signatures, are genuine, (c) the legal capacity of the natural persons who are involved on behalf of the Company to enter into and perform the referenced instrument or agreement or to carry out their role in the transactions contemplated thereby, (d) the absence of any undisclosed modifications to the agreements and instruments reviewed by us, and (e) New York law has or will be chosen to govern the Indentures, each Deposit Agreement, each Warrant Agreement and each Unit Agreement and all Securities issued thereunder and/or certificates evidencing such Securities.

We express no opinion as to (i) whether a court would award a judgment in a currency other than United States dollars or as to the enforceability of any provision specifying rates of exchange for, or requiring indemnity against loss in, converting into a specified currency the proceeds or amount of a court judgment in another currency, (ii) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any particular court or other governmental authority (either as to personal jurisdiction or subject matter jurisdiction), any waivers of the right to jury trial, any provision restricting access to courts (including, without limitation, agreements to arbitrate disputes, any waivers of service of process requirements that would otherwise be applicable, any agreement that a judgment rendered by a court in one jurisdiction may be enforced in another jurisdiction, or any provision otherwise affecting the jurisdiction or venue of courts, (iii) any provision waiving legal, statutory or equitable defenses or other procedural, judicial or substantive rights, or (iv) any provision that authorizes one party to act as attorney-in-fact for another party.

The opinions herein expressed are rendered as of the date first written above and are limited to the specific issues addressed and to documents, facts and laws existing on the date hereof. By rendering our opinion, we do not undertake to advise you with respect to any other matter or of any change in such documents and laws, or in the interpretation thereof, or of any change in facts, which may occur after the date hereof.

Our opinions set forth herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of any other laws. Insofar as the opinion expressed herein relates to or is dependent upon matters governed by Connecticut law, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon, and our opinion expressed herein is subject to all of the qualifications, assumptions and limitations expressed in, the opinion of Day Pitney LLP, special counsel to the Company in the State of

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Connecticut. A copy of such opinion letter, dated as of the date hereof, is to be filed as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to being named in the Prospectus included therein under the caption "Legal Opinions." In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

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## Exhibit 5.2

**Exhibit 5.2** 

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|  | Goodwin Square<br> 225 Asylum Street<br> Hartford, CT 06103-1212<br> T: (860) 275-0100 F: (860) 275-0343 |

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Voya Financial, Inc.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

Re: <u>Subsidiary Guarantees to be made by Voya Holdings Inc.</u>

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as Connecticut counsel to Voya Holdings Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the **"Guarantor"**) and a subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the **"Company"**), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the **"Securities Act"**), of senior debt securities (the **"Senior Debt Securities"**) and subordinated debt securities (the **"Subordinated Debt Securities"**), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the **"Registration Statement"**) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act. The Senior Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2012 (as supplemented, the **"Senior Indenture"**), among the Company, the Guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee. The Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of May 16, 2013 (as supplemented, the **"Subordinated Indenture"**), among the Company, the Guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee (the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the **"Indentures"**). The Senior Debt Securities will be guaranteed by the Guarantor on a senior unsecured basis, and the Subordinated Debt Securities will be guaranteed by the Guarantor on a subordinated unsecured basis (collectively, the **"Guarantees"**).

In connection with the opinions expressed herein, we have reviewed copies of the following documents:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the Senior Indenture,

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the Subordinated Indenture,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the Registration Statement,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Certificate of the Secretary of the Guarantor, dated June 23, 2017, as to the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Guarantor, authorizing resolutions of the Guarantor's board of directors and the incumbency of the officers of the Guarantor signing the Indentures on behalf of the Guarantor (the "**2017 Corporate Secretary's Certificate** "),

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) Certificate of the Secretary of the Guarantor, dated as of February 23, 2022, as to the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Guarantor, and authorizing resolutions of the Guarantor's board of directors (the "**2022 Corporate Secretary's Certificate** "); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) Certificate of the Secretary of the Guarantor, dated as of the date hereof, as to the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Guarantor, and authorizing resolutions of the Guarantor's board of directors (the "**2026 Corporate Secretary's Certificate**" and, together with the 2017 Corporate Secretary's
Certificate and the 2022 Corporate Secretary's Certificate, the "**Corporate Secretary's Certificates** ").

We have also made such other investigation as we have considered necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth herein.

In preparing this opinion, we have relied upon the certifications as to factual matters made in the Corporate Secretary's Certificates and in certificates of the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut; and we have assumed that all of the same are true, correct and complete and have not undertaken any further inquiry as to the accuracy thereof. We have no knowledge that any of such factual matters are untrue, incomplete or incorrect.

Our opinion in opinion paragraph 1 as to the existence of the Guarantor is based solely upon the certificate dated February 10, 2026, issued by the Office of the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut, stating that, as of such date, the Guarantor is in existence in the State of Connecticut.

We have also assumed without any independent inquiry:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) that the Guarantor is part of an insurance company holding company system but is not a Connecticut-domiciled insurance company; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) that the Guarantor has not entered into any agreements that modifies or amends the terms of the Guarantees.

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February 20, 2026

Based upon the foregoing assumptions, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Guarantor is a corporation in existence under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and the Guarantor has all requisite power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indentures and the Guarantees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Guarantees and the Indentures have been duly authorized by the Guarantor and the Indentures have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of the Indentures and the performance of the Guarantor's obligations thereunder and under the Guarantees in accordance with their terms, does not and will not (i) violate the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of the Guarantor, in each case as in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) violate the laws of the State of Connecticut.

Our opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. We express no opinion herein as to the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. We express no opinion herein as to what governmental consents, authorizations or approvals, if any, may be required in order for the Guarantor to cause any of its subsidiaries to make available, or cause to be made available, to the Guarantor any funds that may be necessary for the Guarantor to meet its obligations under the Guarantees.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. The foregoing opinions are limited to matters involving the laws of the State of Connecticut, and we do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the matter described in the initial paragraph of this opinion letter and is solely for your benefit and is not to be made available to, nor may it be relied upon, by any other party, firm or entity; provided that Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP may rely on this opinion in the formation of its opinion to the Company on the validity of the Guarantees. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading "Validity of the Securities" in the prospectus that forms part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

This opinion speaks only as of its date, and we do not assume any obligation to provide you with any subsequent or updating opinion or advice in the event of any change in fact or law after the date hereof or for any other reason.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Day Pitney LLP

BWF:LTW

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1** 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Voya Financial, Inc. for the registration of Debt Securities, Guarantees, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Warrants, and Units and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 20, 2026, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Voya Financial, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Voya Financial, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

February 20, 2026

## Exhibit 25.1

**Exhibit 25.1** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM T-1** 

**STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER** 

**THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A** 

**CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE** 

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of

a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ☐

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

**91-1821036** 

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; 800 Nicollet Mall<br> Minneapolis, Minnesota | 55402 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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James H. Byrnes

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 603-6408

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

**Voya Financial, Inc.** 

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware | 52-1222820 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; 200 Park Avenue<br> New York, New York | 10166 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**Voya Holdings Inc.** 

(Name of Co-Registrant)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Connecticut | 02-0488491 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 <br>

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) <br>

**Senior Debt Securities** 

**(Title of the Indenture Securities)** 

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**<u>FORM T-1</u>**

**Item 1.** **GENERAL INFORMATION*.*** Furnish the following information as to the Trustee. <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) *Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.* 

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) *Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.* 

Yes

**Item 2.** **AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.** *If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.* <br>

None

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| **Items 3-15** | *Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.*  |

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**Item 16.** **LIST OF EXHIBITS:** *List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.* <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. A copy of the authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, included as Exhibit 2.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 4.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as
Exhibit 6.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of December 31, 2025, published pursuant to law or the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston, Commonmwealth of Massachusetts on the 20th of February, 2026.

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| By: | <u>/s/ James H. Byrnes</u> <br> James H. Byrnes<br> Vice President |

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**<u>Exhibit 1</u>**

**ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION** 

**OF** 

**U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

For the purpose of organizing an association (the "Association") to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:

**FIRST.** The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.

**SECOND.** The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.

**THIRD.** The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that person's most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.

Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.

Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.

**FOURTH.** There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the

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Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days' advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.

In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.

**FIFTH.** The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.

No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.

Transfers of the Association's stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.

Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.

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Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.

Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.

The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.

**SIXTH.** The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors' and shareholders' meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.

The board of directors shall have the power to:

(1) Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association.

(2) Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers,
employees, and agents of the Association.

(3) Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms
and conditions consistent with applicable law.

(4) Dismiss officers and employees.

(5) Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof.

(6) Ratify written policies authorized by the Association's management or committees of the board.

(7) Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that
nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required
for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital.

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(8) Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association.

(9) Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business
and regulating the affairs of the Association.

(10) Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or
in part to the shareholders.

(11) Make contracts.

(12) Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform.

**SEVENTH.** The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.

**EIGHTH.** The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.

**NINTH.** The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.

**TENTH.** These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Association's activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Association's board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.

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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this <u>11<sup>th</sup></u> of June, 1997.

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**<u>Exhibit 2</u>**

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| ![LOGO](g78026dsp104.jpg)  | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| ![LOGO](g78026dsp104.jpg)  | Washington, DC 20219 |

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**CERTIFlCATE OF CORPORATE EXISTIENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS** 

I, Jonathan Gould, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. "U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association," Portland, Oregon (Charter No. 23412), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, December l, 2025, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

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Comptroller of the Currency

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2026-00320-C

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**<u>Exhibit 4</u>**

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

**<u>AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS</u>**

<u>ARTICLE I</u> 

<u>Meetings of Shareholders</u> 

Section 1.1. <u>Annual Meeting</u>. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.

Section 1.2. <u>Special Meetings</u>. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the "Board"), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock.

Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.

Section 1.3. <u>Nominations for Directors</u>. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.

Section 1.4. <u>Proxies</u>. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.

Section 1.5. <u>Record Date</u>. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Section 1.6. <u>Quorum and Voting</u>. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any

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meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.

Section 1.7. <u>Inspectors</u>. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.

Section 1.8. <u>Waiver and Consent</u>. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.

Section 1.9. <u>Remote Meetings</u>. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

<u>ARTICLE II</u> 

<u>Directors</u> 

Section 2.1. <u>Board of Directors</u>. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.

Section 2.2. <u>Term of Office</u>. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Section 2.3. <u>Powers</u>. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.

Section 2.4. <u>Number</u>. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five-member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board

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by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.

Section 2.5. <u>Organization Meeting</u>. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.

Section 2.6. <u>Regular Meetings</u>. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.

Section 2.7. <u>Special Meetings</u>. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.

Section 2.8. <u>Quorum and Necessary Vote</u>. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.

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Section 2.9. <u>Written Consent</u>. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.

Section 2.10. <u>Remote Meetings</u>. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.11. <u>Vacancies</u>. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

<u>ARTICLE III</u> 

<u>Committees</u> 

Section 3.1. <u>Advisory Board of Directors</u>. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Board's responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.

Section 3.2. <u>Trust Audit Committee</u>. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).

The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association's fiduciary activities; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.

Section 3.3. <u>Executive Committee</u>. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.

Section 3.4. <u>Trust Management Committee</u>. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.

Section 3.5. <u>Other Committees</u>. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.

Section 3.6. <u>Meetings, Minutes and Rules</u>. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of

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its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.

<u>ARTICLE IV</u> 

<u>Officers</u> 

Section 4.1 Who Shall Constitut<u>e.</u> The Officers of the Association shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and other officers such as Vice Chair, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Trust Officers, Assistant Trust Officers, Controller, and Assistant Controller, as the Board may appoint from time to time. The Board may appoint or elect a person as a Vice Chair without regard to whether such person is a member of the Board. The Board may choose to delegate authority to elect officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chairs and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President. Any person may hold two offices. The President shall at all times be a member of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.2 Term of Offic<u>e.</u> All officers shall be elected for and shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to discharge any officer at any time. The Board may choose to delegate authority to remove officers other than the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chair and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President.

Section 4.3. <u>Chairman of the Board</u>. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.4. <u>President</u>. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.5. <u>Vice President</u>. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the

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Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.

Section 4.6. <u>Secretary</u>. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.

Section 4.7. <u>Other Officers</u>. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association.

Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.

<u>ARTICLE V</u> 

<u>Stock</u> 

Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such person's shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the

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Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.

<u>ARTICLE VI</u> 

<u>Corporate Seal</u> 

Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:

<u>ARTICLE VII</u> 

<u>Miscellaneous Provisions</u> 

Section 7.1. <u>Execution of Instruments</u>. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.

Section 7.2. <u>Records</u>. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 7.3. <u>Trust Files</u>. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.

Section 7.4. <u>Trust Investments</u>. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class

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of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.

Section 7.5. <u>Notice</u>. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e-mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association. Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.

<u>ARTICLE VIII</u> 

<u>Indemnification</u> 

Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).

Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

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<u>ARTICLE IX</u> 

<u>Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment</u> 

Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.

<u>ARTICLE X</u> 

<u>Miscellaneous Provisions</u> 

Section 10.1. <u>Fiscal Year</u>. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.

Section 10.2. <u>Governing Law</u>. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.

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(November 6, 2025)

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**<u>Exhibit 6</u>**

**CONSENT** 

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

Dated: February 20, 2026

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| By: | <u>/s/ James H. Byrnes</u>  |
|  | James H. Byrnes |
|  | Vice President |

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**<u>Exhibit 7</u>**

**U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association** 

**Statement of Financial Condition** 

**as of 12/31/2025** 

**($000's)** 

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|  | **12/31/2025** |
|  **Assets** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cash and Balances Due From | $2035855 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Depository Institutions |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities | 4696 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal Funds | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Loans & Lease Financing Receivables | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fixed Assets | 623 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Intangible Assets | 574084 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Assets | 173370 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Assets** | **$2788628** |
|  **Liabilities** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Deposits | $0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fed Funds | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasury Demand Notes | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trading Liabilities | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Borrowed Money | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acceptances | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subordinated Notes and Debentures | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Liabilities | 237596 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Liabilities** | **$237596** |
|  **Equity** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Common and Preferred Stock | 200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surplus | 1171635 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undivided Profits | 1379197 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minority Interest in Subsidiaries | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Equity Capital** | **$2551032** |
|  **Total Liabilities and Equity Capital** | **$2788628** |

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## Exhibit 25.2

**Exhibit 25.2** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM T-1** 

**STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER** 

**THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A** 

**CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE** 

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of

a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ☐

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

**91-1821036** 

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; 800 Nicollet Mall<br> Minneapolis, Minnesota | 55402 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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James H. Byrnes

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 603-6408

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

**Voya Financial, Inc.** 

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware | 52-1222820 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 200 Park Avenue<br> New York, New York | 10166 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**Voya Holdings Inc.** 

(Name of Co-Registrant)

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Connecticut | 02-0488491 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 <br>

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) <br>

**Subordinated Debt Securities** 

**(Title of the Indenture Securities)** 

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**<u>FORM T-1</u>**

**Item 1.** **GENERAL INFORMATION*.*** Furnish the following information as to the Trustee. <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) *Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.* 

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) *Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.* 

Yes

**Item 2.** **AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.** *If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.* <br>

None

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| **Items 3-15** | *Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.*  |

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**Item 16.** **LIST OF EXHIBITS:** *List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.* <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. A copy of the authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, included as Exhibit 2.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 4.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as
Exhibit 6.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. Report of Condition of the Trustee as of December 31, 2025, published pursuant to law or the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston, Commonmwealth of Massachusetts on the 20th of February, 2026.

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| By: | <u>/s/ James H. Byrnes</u> <br> James H. Byrnes<br> Vice President |

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**<u>Exhibit 1</u>**

**ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION** 

**OF** 

**U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

For the purpose of organizing an association (the "Association") to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:

**FIRST.** The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.

**SECOND.** The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.

**THIRD.** The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that person's most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.

Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.

Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.

**FOURTH.** There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the

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Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days' advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.

In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.

**FIFTH.** The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.

No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.

Transfers of the Association's stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.

Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.

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Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.

Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.

The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.

**SIXTH.** The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors' and shareholders' meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.

The board of directors shall have the power to:

(1) Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association.

(2) Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers,
employees, and agents of the Association.

(3) Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms
and conditions consistent with applicable law.

(4) Dismiss officers and employees.

(5) Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof.

(6) Ratify written policies authorized by the Association's management or committees of the board.

(7) Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that
nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required
for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital.

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(8) Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association.

(9) Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business
and regulating the affairs of the Association.

(10) Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or
in part to the shareholders.

(11) Make contracts.

(12) Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform.

**SEVENTH.** The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.

**EIGHTH.** The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.

**NINTH.** The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.

**TENTH.** These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Association's activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Association's board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.

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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this <u>11<sup>th</sup></u> of June, 1997.

![LOGO](g78026g0218130251389.jpg)

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**<u>Exhibit 2</u>**

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| ![LOGO](g78026dsp104.jpg)  | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| ![LOGO](g78026dsp104.jpg)  | Washington, DC 20219 |

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**CERTIFlCATE OF CORPORATE EXISTIENCE AND FIDUCIARY POWERS** 

I, Jonathan Gould, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. "U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association," Portland, Oregon (Charter No. 23412), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking and exercise fiduciary powers on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, December l, 2025, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

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Comptroller of the Currency

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**<u>Exhibit 4</u>**

**U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION** 

**<u>AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS</u>**

<u>ARTICLE I</u> 

<u>Meetings of Shareholders</u> 

Section 1.1. <u>Annual Meeting</u>. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.

Section 1.2. <u>Special Meetings</u>. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the "Board"), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock.

Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.

Section 1.3. <u>Nominations for Directors</u>. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.

Section 1.4. <u>Proxies</u>. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.

Section 1.5. <u>Record Date</u>. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Section 1.6. <u>Quorum and Voting</u>. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any

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meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.

Section 1.7. <u>Inspectors</u>. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.

Section 1.8. <u>Waiver and Consent</u>. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.

Section 1.9. <u>Remote Meetings</u>. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

<u>ARTICLE II</u> 

<u>Directors</u> 

Section 2.1. <u>Board of Directors</u>. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.

Section 2.2. <u>Term of Office</u>. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Section 2.3. <u>Powers</u>. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.

Section 2.4. <u>Number</u>. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five-member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board

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by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.

Section 2.5. <u>Organization Meeting</u>. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.

Section 2.6. <u>Regular Meetings</u>. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.

Section 2.7. <u>Special Meetings</u>. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.

Section 2.8. <u>Quorum and Necessary Vote</u>. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.

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Section 2.9. <u>Written Consent</u>. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.

Section 2.10. <u>Remote Meetings</u>. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.11. <u>Vacancies</u>. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

<u>ARTICLE III</u> 

<u>Committees</u> 

Section 3.1. <u>Advisory Board of Directors</u>. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Board's responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.

Section 3.2. <u>Trust Audit Committee</u>. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).

The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association's fiduciary activities; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.

Section 3.3. <u>Executive Committee</u>. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.

Section 3.4. <u>Trust Management Committee</u>. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.

Section 3.5. <u>Other Committees</u>. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.

Section 3.6. <u>Meetings, Minutes and Rules</u>. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of

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its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.

<u>ARTICLE IV</u> 

<u>Officers</u> 

Section 4.1 Who Shall Constitut<u>e.</u> The Officers of the Association shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and other officers such as Vice Chair, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Trust Officers, Assistant Trust Officers, Controller, and Assistant Controller, as the Board may appoint from time to time. The Board may appoint or elect a person as a Vice Chair without regard to whether such person is a member of the Board. The Board may choose to delegate authority to elect officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chairs and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President. Any person may hold two offices. The President shall at all times be a member of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.2 Term of Offic<u>e.</u> All officers shall be elected for and shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to discharge any officer at any time. The Board may choose to delegate authority to remove officers other than the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chair and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President.

Section 4.3. <u>Chairman of the Board</u>. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.4. <u>President</u>. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.

Section 4.5. <u>Vice President</u>. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the

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Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.

Section 4.6. <u>Secretary</u>. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.

Section 4.7. <u>Other Officers</u>. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association.

Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.

<u>ARTICLE V</u> 

<u>Stock</u> 

Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such person's shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the

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Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.

<u>ARTICLE VI</u> 

<u>Corporate Seal</u> 

Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:

<u>ARTICLE VII</u> 

<u>Miscellaneous Provisions</u> 

Section 7.1. <u>Execution of Instruments</u>. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.

Section 7.2. <u>Records</u>. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 7.3. <u>Trust Files</u>. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.

Section 7.4. <u>Trust Investments</u>. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class

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of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.

Section 7.5. <u>Notice</u>. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e-mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association.

Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.

<u>ARTICLE VIII</u> 

<u>Indemnification</u> 

Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).

Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

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<u>ARTICLE IX</u> 

<u>Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment</u> 

Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.

<u>ARTICLE X</u> 

<u>Miscellaneous Provisions</u> 

Section 10.1. <u>Fiscal Year</u>. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.

Section 10.2. <u>Governing Law</u>. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.

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(November 6, 2025)

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**<u>Exhibit 6</u>**

**CONSENT** 

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

Dated: February 20, 2026

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| By: | <u>/s/ James H. Byrnes</u>  |
|  | James H. Byrnes |
|  | Vice President |

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**<u>Exhibit 7</u>**

**U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association** 

**Statement of Financial Condition** 

**as of 12/31/2025** 

**($000's)** 

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|:---|:---|
|  | **12/31/2025** |
|  **Assets** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cash and Balances Due From | $2035855 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Depository Institutions |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Securities | 4696 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Federal Funds | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Loans & Lease Financing Receivables | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fixed Assets | 623 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Intangible Assets | 574084 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Assets | 173370 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Assets** | **$2788628** |
|  **Liabilities** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Deposits | $0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fed Funds | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treasury Demand Notes | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trading Liabilities | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Borrowed Money | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acceptances | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subordinated Notes and Debentures | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other Liabilities | 237596 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Liabilities** | **$237596** |
|  **Equity** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Common and Preferred Stock | 200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surplus | 1171635 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undivided Profits | 1379197 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minority Interest in Subsidiaries | 0 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Total Equity Capital** | **$2551032** |
|  **Total Liabilities and Equity Capital** | **$2788628** |

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## Ex-Filing

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? EX-FILING FEES

#### Exhibit 107

#### Calculation of Filing Fee Table

#### Form S-3 ASR
(Form Type)

#### Voya Financial, Inc. ("Voya")

#### Voya Holdings Inc. ("Holdings")
(Exact Names of Registrants as Specified in their Respective Charters)

#### Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

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|  | Security<br> Type | Security<br>Class<br>Title | Fee Calculation<br> or Carry<br> Forward Rule | Amount<br> Registered | Proposed<br> Maximum <br> Offering<br> Price Per<br> Unit | Maximum <br> Aggregate<br> Offering<br> Price | Fee<br> Rate | Amount of<br> Registration Fee | Carry<br> Forward <br> Form<br> Type | Carry<br> Forward <br> File<br> Number | Carry<br> Forward<br> Initial<br> effective<br> date | Filing Fee<br> Previously<br> Paid In<br> Connection<br> with<br> Unsold<br> Securities<br> to be<br> Carried<br> Forward |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Newly Registered Securities |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to Be<br>Paid | Debt | Senior Debt Securities of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Other | Guarantees of Holdings of Senior Debt Securities of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1)(3) | (1)(3) | (1) | (2) | (2)(3) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Debt | Subordinated Debt Securities of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Other | Guarantees of Holdings of Subordinated Debt Securities of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1)(3) | (1)(3) | (1) | (2) | (2)(3) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Other | Guarantees of Voya and Holdings | Rule 457(r) | (1)(3) | (1)(3) | (1) | (2) | (2)(3) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Equity | Common Stock of Voya, par value $0.01 per share | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Equity | Preferred Stock of Voya, par value $0.01 per share | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Equity | Depositary Shares of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1)(3) | (1)(3) | (1) | (2) | (2)(3) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Other | Warrants of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees to be<br>Paid | Other | Units of Voya | Rule 457(r) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees<br>Previously<br>Paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry Forward Securities |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry<br>Forward<br>Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts |  | $0.00 |  | $0.00 |  |  |  |  |
|  | Total Fees Previously Paid | Total Fees Previously Paid | Total Fees Previously Paid | Total Fees Previously Paid |  |  |  | $0.00 |  |  |  |  |
|  | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  | $0.00 |  |  |  |  |
|  | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due |  |  |  | $0.00 |  |  |  |  |

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(1) An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price and number or amount of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be sold at indeterminate prices.

(2) Each registrant hereby states that it elects to rely on Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to defer payment of all of the registration fee. Registration fees will be paid subsequently on a "pay as you go" basis. Each registrant will calculate the registration fee applicable to an offer of securities pursuant to this Registration Statement based on the fee payment rate in effect on the date of such fee payment.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no registration fee is payable with respect to the guarantees of Voya or Holdings being registered. No separate consideration will be received for Depositary Shares representing shares of Preferred Stock issued by Voya, and no separate registration fee will be paid in respect of such Depositary Shares.

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Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources

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|  | Registrant<br>or Filer<br>Name | Form<br>or<br>Filing<br>Type | File<br>Number | Initial<br>Filing<br>Date | Filing<br>Date | Fee Offset<br>Claimed | Security<br>Type<br>Associated<br>with Fee<br>Offset<br>Claimed | Security<br>Title<br>Associated<br>with Fee<br>Offset<br>Claimed | Unsold<br>Securities<br>Associated<br>with Fee<br>Offset<br>Claimed | Unsold<br>Aggregate<br>Offering<br>Amount<br>Associated<br>with Fee<br>Offset<br>Claimed | Fee Paid<br>with Fee<br>Offset<br>Source |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rules 457(b) and 0-<br>11(a)(2) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fee Offset<br>Claims |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fee<br>Offset<br>Sources |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rule 457(p) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fee Offset<br>Claims | Voya Financial, Inc. | S-3 | 333-262924 | 2/23/2022 |  | $0.00 | Unallocated (Universal) Shelf |  | 0 | $1600656000 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fee<br>Offset<br>Sources | Voya Financial, Inc. | S-3 | 333-262924 |  | 2/23/2022 |  |  |  |  |  | $185400 |

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#### Rule 457(p) Statement of Withdrawal, Termination or Completion :
1 Voya and Holdings previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 on February 23, 2022 (Registration Nos. 333-262924 and 333-262924-01), as amended on November 9, 2022 and declared effective on November 15, 2022 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). In connection with the filing of the Prior Registration Statement, a total registration fee of $185,400 was paid to the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to an aggregate maximum offering price of $2,000,000,000 (fee rate $92.70/$1 million). As of the date of the filing of this Registration Statement, securities having an aggregate offering price of up to $1,600,656,000 were not sold under the Prior Registration Statement. The Prior Registration Statement expired on November 15, 2025, and the offering that included the unsold securities under the Prior Registration Statement has been terminated. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registration fee of $148,380.81 that was previously paid and remains unused with respect to securities that were previously registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement and were not sold thereunder may be applied to the filing fees payable pursuant to this Registration Statement.