# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000910073
**File Stem:** 0000910073-25-000143
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 377635
**Document Hash:** 12548b29f04f5f21f89c25dfe8589980
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000910073-25-000143.hdr.sgml**: 20251017

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000910073-25-000143

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 127

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251017

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251017

**FILER**: 

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

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-31565
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251401267

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

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

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

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

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

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-A**

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF**

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Flagstar Bank, National Association**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **United States of America** | **<u>38-2734984</u>** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br>**incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **102 Duffy Avenue**<br>**Hicksville, New York** | **11801** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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

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| **Title of each Class**<br>**to be so registered** | **Name of each exchange on which**<br>**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;each class is to be registered&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;** |
| **Bifurcated Option Note Unit SecuritiES**<sup>SM</sup>  | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates:**

**(If applicable)**

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:**

**None**

**(Title of Class)**

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Item 1. <u>Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered</u>.

The securities to be registered hereby are units, titled Bifurcated Option Note Unit SecuritiES (SM) (BONUSES(SM)) units, issued by Flagstar Bank, National Association (the "Company") and New York Community Capital Trust V (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust sponsored by the Company. Each unit consists of (1) a preferred security issued by the Trust and (2) a warrant to purchase 1.4036 shares (subject to adjustment) of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. The preferred securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and are guaranteed by the Company, to the extent set forth in the Guarantee Agreement by the Company.

A description of the units, including descriptions of the preferred securities and the warrants, is included under the headings "Description of the BONUSES(SM) Units," "Description of the Preferred Securities," "Description of the Debentures," "Description of the Preferred Securities Guarantee," "Relationship Among the Preferred Securities, the Debentures and the Preferred Securities Guarantee," "Description of the Warrants" and "Book-Entry-Only Issuance" in the Prospectus Supplement filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-86682 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by New York Community Bancorp, Inc. on October 30, 2002 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, which description is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Item 2. <u>Exhibits</u>.

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| Exhibit<br>Number | Description |
| 2.1 | <br>[Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger of Flagstar Financial Inc. and Flagstar Bank, National Association dated as of September 22, 2025 , incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Flagstar Bank, National Association's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2025.](a21-amendedagreementandp.htm) |
| 3.1 | [Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Flagstar Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Flagstar Bank, National Association's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2025.](a31-revisedarticlesofass.htm) |
| 3.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flagstar Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Flagstar Bank, National Association's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2025.](a32-revisedflagstarbankn.htm) |
| 4.1 | [Form of Warrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |
| 4.2 | [Form of Unit Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |
| 4.3 | [Guarantee Agreement, issued in connection with the BONUSES Units, between New York Community Bancorp, Inc., as Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee dated as of November 4, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |

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| 4.4 | [Unit Agreement among New York Community Bancorp, Inc., New York Community Capital Trust V, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, Property Trustee and Unit Agent, dated as of November 4, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |
| 4.5 | [Warrant Agreement between New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, dated as of November 4, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |
| 4.6 | [Debenture Subscription Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2002, between New York Community Bancorp, Inc. and New York Community Capital Trust V, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |
| 4.7 | [Common Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2002, between New York Community Capital Trust V and New York Community Bancorp, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 of New York Community Bancorp, Inc.'s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910073/000095016802003409/d10q.txt) |

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| | FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
| Date: October 17, 2025 | By: | /s*/ Paul Borja* | /s*/ Paul Borja* |
|  |  | Name: | Paul Borja |
|  |  | Title: | Executive Vice President and Senior Deputy General Counsel |

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## Exhibit 2.1

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER OF FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. AND FLAGSTAR BANK, N.A. This Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement"), dated as of September 22, 2025, is adopted and made by and between FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware corporation that will, prior to the Effective Time, convert into FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, an interim federal savings association chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "Conversion") (either Flagstar Financial, Inc. or Flagstar Financial, Federal Savings Association, as the case may be, is the "Company"), and FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a banking association organized under the laws of the United States with its main office in Hicksville, New York (the "Bank"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank have each adopted a resolution approving this Agreement, authorizing the execution hereof and recommending that this Agreement and the merger of the Company with and into the Bank (the "Merger") contemplated hereby be submitted to the shareholders of the Company and the Bank, respectively, for approval; WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Time, the Company intends to convert into Flagstar Financial, Federal Savings Association, an interim federal savings association chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; WHEREAS, it is intended that each of the Conversion and the Merger for federal tax purposes qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and this Agreement will constitute a plan of reorganization for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code; WHEREAS, the Company and the Bank previously entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 24, 2025, which the Company and the Bank subsequently amended and restated on August 22, 2025 (the "First Amended and Restated Agreement"); WHEREAS, Section 7.8 of the First Amended and Restated Agreement provides that the First Amended and Restated Agreement may be amended by a written instrument signed on behalf of each of the parties; and WHEREAS, the Company and the Bank now each desire and deem it advisable to amend and restate the terms of the First Amended and Restated Agreement as set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 ARTICLE I Merger 1.1 Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time (as defined below), the Company shall be merged with and into the Bank in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas with the effect provided in Tex. Fin. Code § 62.352 and the laws of the United States with the effect provided in 12 U.S.C. § 1828(c). At the Effective Time, the separate existence of the Company shall cease, and the Bank, as the surviving entity (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Entity"), shall continue as a national bank association governed by the laws of the United States. 1.2 Effective Time. The Merger shall become effective, and the effective time shall occur, upon the date and time set forth in the articles of merger and in the letter issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency certifying the effectiveness of the Merger (such date and time being herein referred to as the "Effective Time"). 1.3 Assumption of Liabilities. After the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger, the Bank shall be responsible for all liabilities of the Company. ARTICLE II Charter, Bylaws, Etc. 2.1 Articles of Association. At the Effective Time, the articles of association of the Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the articles of association of the Surviving Entity until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable law. 2.2 Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Bank in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Entity until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable law. 2.3 Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time, the directors of the Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time will continue as the directors of the Surviving Entity and the officers of the Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time will continue as the officers of the Surviving Entity, in each case, until thereafter changed in accordance with the articles of association and bylaws of the Surviving Entity. ARTICLE III Conversion of Shares 3.1 Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any shares of the capital stock of the Company, Bank or Surviving Entity: (a) Outstanding Company Common Stock. Each share of common stock of the Company ("Company Common Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive one share of common stock of the Bank ("Bank Common Stock"). Any fraction of a share of Company Common

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 Stock shall be converted into the right to receive the same fraction of a share of Bank Common Stock. (b) Outstanding Company Preferred Stock. Each share of: (i) Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company ("Company Series A") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive one share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Bank ("Bank Series A"); (ii) Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock ("Company Series B") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Bank Common Stock that would be receivable in the Merger by a holder of the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Series B was convertible immediately prior to the Merger; provided that, to the extent receipt of Bank Common Stock in the Merger would be prohibited by law or require the shareholder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold such Bank Common Stock, then the portion of Company Series B that is prohibited or requires such action to acquire or hold shall instead convert into a substantially identical non-voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Company Series B) of the Bank ("Bank Series B"); and (iii) Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Preferred Stock ("Company Series D" and together with Company Series A and Company Series B, the "Company Preferred Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Bank Common Stock that would be receivable in the Merger by a holder of the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which such share of Company Series D was convertible immediately prior to the Merger; provided that, to the extent receipt of Bank Common Stock in the Merger would be prohibited by law or require the shareholder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold such Bank Common Stock, then the shares of Company Series D that would result in the holder holding an amount of Bank Common Stock that would be prohibited or require consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any governmental entity to acquire or hold shall instead convert into a substantially identical non-voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Company Series D) of the Bank ("Bank Series D"). (c) Cancelation of Certificated Shares. Each holder of certificates that represent shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock (collectively, "Company Capital Stock") immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to receive new certificates evidencing shares of Bank Common Stock or Bank preferred stock (collectively, "Bank Capital Stock") as provided for in Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(b), as applicable, or an equivalent number of shares of Bank Capital Stock in book-entry form, as provided for in Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(b), as applicable, by complying with such reasonable and customary procedures as may be established by the Surviving Entity and/or its transfer agent to effectuate the intent and purposes. (d) Effect on Bank Capital Stock. Each share of Bank Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor. The Bank

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 Capital Stock issued in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Merger shall be the only Bank Capital Stock outstanding as of the Effective Time. (e) Company Warrants. (i) At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each warrant to purchase Company Series D (the "Company Series D Warrants") will cease to represent a warrant to purchase Company Series D and will be converted automatically into a warrant to purchase the number of shares of Bank Common Stock or Bank Series D, as applicable, that a holder of the number of shares of Company Series D to which the particular Company Series D Warrant relates immediately prior to the Merger would be entitled to receive in the Merger in accordance with the limits on conversion upon a reorganization event included in the terms of the Company Series D; (ii) At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each warrant to purchase Company Common Stock (the "Company Common Stock Warrants") forming part of a unit of the Company's outstanding Bifurcated Option Note Unit SecuritiESSM (the "BONUSES Units") will cease to represent a warrant to purchase Company Common Stock and will be converted automatically into a warrant to purchase Bank Common Stock. 3.2 Amount of Bank Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, the Bank will have approximately 415,353,394 shares of Bank Common Stock, par value of $0.01, issued and outstanding, 515,000 shares of Bank Series A, par value of $0.01, issued and outstanding, 750 shares of Bank Series B, par value of $0.01, issued and outstanding, and 15 shares of Bank Series D, par value of $0.01, issued and outstanding. As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time, Bank Capital Stock will be allocated to the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Merger, in accordance with Section 3.1. 3.3 Company Equity Awards and other Company Benefit Plans. (a) Each of the Company and the Bank shall take all actions as may be necessary so that at the Effective Time, each Company Equity Award shall automatically be converted into an equity award covering that number of shares of Bank Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Equity Award. (b) At the Effective Time, by operation of this Agreement and by reason of the Merger becoming effective, the Company shall assign to the Bank, and the Bank, as the Surviving Entity, shall assume and agree to honor, perform and discharge, all obligations of the Company pursuant to the Company Equity Plans (inclusive of the Company Equity Awards as converted in accordance with Section 3.3(a)) and the Company Benefit Plans. Each Company Equity Award and each obligation under a Company Benefit Plan so assumed by the Bank pursuant to this Agreement will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions (including vesting, exercisable, forfeiture and settlement terms) as set forth in the applicable Company Equity Plan or Company Benefit Plan, respectively, and any grant, award or similar agreements thereunder as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. (c) At the Effective Time, the Company Equity Plans and the Company Benefit Plans and in each case, any grant, award or similar agreements evidencing awards, rights or obligations thereunder shall each automatically be deemed to be amended as necessary to provide that references to the Company in such agreements shall be read to refer to the Bank.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 The Company and the Bank agree that they will, at or promptly following the Effective Time, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments, agreements or documents necessary or desirable to effect or memorialize the assignments and assumptions contemplated by this Section 3.3. (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 3.3, the following terms shall have the meanings provided below: (i) "Company Benefit Plans" means all compensation, retirement, benefit, incentive or other similar plans, programs, policies, practices, agreements, contracts, arrangements or other obligations, whether or not in writing, including those providing for bonuses, severance or separation, tax-qualified and non-qualified retirement, supplemental retirement, profit sharing, health and welfare, deferred compensation, cash balance, insurance, vacation, fringe or other benefits or remuneration of any kind and any employment, consulting, severance, termination, indemnification, retirement, change in control or similar agreements, in each case, which is sponsored or maintained by, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any potential liability is borne by the Company with respect to any of its current or former directors, officers, employees or other service providers, excluding any Company Equity Plan. (ii) "Company Equity Awards" means all awards of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance-based stock units, deferred units, stock appreciation rights and phantom units, any other equity or equity-based awards and any right of any kind to acquire or receive shares of Company Common Stock or benefits measured by the value of shares of Company Common Stock, in each case, issued under the Company Equity Plans and outstanding at the Effective Time. (iii) "Company Equity Plans" means all equity incentive compensation plans of the Company and any of its predecessors that provide for the purchase, grant or issuance of shares of Company Common Stock or awards convertible into, exchangeable for or denominated in shares of Company Common Stock, which are effective at the Effective Time, including the Queens County Savings Bank Directors' Deferred Fee Stock Unit Plan, the Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Management Incentive Compensation Plan, the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, and the New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan. ARTICLE IV Conditions to the Merger 4.1 Conditions to the Merger. The respective obligations of each of the Company and the Bank to consummate the Merger are subject to the fulfillment, or written waiver by the other party entitled to satisfaction thereof prior to the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions: (a) This Agreement and the Conversion shall have been approved by holders of Company Common Stock constituting a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on such matter at a shareholder meeting duly called and held for such purpose and shall have been ratified and confirmed by the sole shareholder of the Bank, in each case, in accordance with

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 applicable law and the certificate of incorporation and articles of association, respectively, and the bylaws of each such entity. (b) The Bank shall have caused the shares of Bank Common Stock and Bank Series A issued in the Merger and the BONUSES Units to be authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. (c) All approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and notifications to, all governmental authorities required for the consummation of the Merger shall have been obtained or made by the Company and the Bank, and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by law shall have expired. (d) The Conversion shall have been effectuated. (e) No governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (f) All third party consents and approvals required, or deemed by the Board of Directors of the Company advisable, to be obtained under any material note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, indenture, law, regulation, lease, license, contract, agreement, plan, instrument or obligation to which the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company is a party, or by which the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or any property of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, may be bound, in connection with the Conversion and the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby, shall have been obtained by the Company or its subsidiary or affiliate, as the case may be. (g) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it that the Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a). ARTICLE V Covenants 5.1 Meeting of Company Shareholders. The Company shall take, in accordance with applicable laws of the State of Delaware and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of Company Common Stock (the "Company Shareholders Meeting") as promptly as practicable to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement. 5.2 Proxy Statement. For the purpose of holding the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Company shall draft and prepare, and the Bank shall cooperate in the preparation of, a proxy statement. 5.3 Notes. Upon the Effective Time, the Bank shall expressly assume, by one or more indenture supplements, executed and delivered to the applicable trustee, in form satisfactory to such trustee, the due and punctual payment on each of the 7.573% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 6, 2028 and the 4.125% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 1, 2030 (collectively, the "Notes"), issued pursuant to the

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 applicable indentures and supplemental indentures and the performance or observance of every covenant of such indentures on the part of the Company to be performed or observed. In connection therewith, the Company and the Bank shall execute and deliver any documents required to make such assumptions effective and shall provide any opinion of counsel to the trustee thereof if requested. 5.4 Trust Preferred Securities. Upon the Effective Time, the Bank shall expressly assume, by one or more indenture supplements, executed and delivered to the applicable trustee, in form satisfactory to such trustee, the due and punctual payment on each of the junior subordinated debentures issued to New York Community Capital Trust V (BONUSES Units), New York Community Capital Trust X, PennFed Capital Trust III, New York Community Capital Trust XI, Flagstar Statutory Trust II, Flagstar Statutory Trust III, Flagstar Statutory Trust IV, Flagstar Statutory Trust V, Flagstar Statutory Trust VI, Flagstar Statutory Trust VII, Flagstar Statutory Trust VIII, Flagstar Statutory Trust IX, Flagstar Statutory Trust X (collectively, the "Debentures"), issued pursuant to the applicable indentures and supplemental indentures and the performance or observance of every covenant of such indentures on the part of the Company to be performed or observed. In connection therewith, the Company and the Bank shall execute and deliver any documents required to make such assumptions effective and shall provide any opinion of counsel to the trustee thereof if requested. 5.5 Stock Exchange Listing and Delisting. As soon as practicable after the date hereof, the Surviving Entity shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Bank Common Stock and Bank Series A issued in the Merger, as well as the BONUSES Units, each to be approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable laws and rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting by the Surviving Entity of the Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of such securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. 5.6 Other Actions. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Effective Time, each of the parties hereto agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 5.7 Further Documents. If at any time the Surviving Entity shall consider or be advised that any further deeds, assignments, conveyances or assurances in law are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record in the Surviving Entity the title to any property or rights of the constituent entities, or otherwise to carry out the provisions hereof, the persons who were the proper officers and directors of the constituent entities immediately prior to the Effective Time (or their successors in office) shall execute and deliver any and all proper deeds, assignments, conveyances and assurances in law, and do all things necessary or desirable, to vest, perfect or confirm title to such property or rights in the Surviving Entity and otherwise to carry out the provisions hereof. 5.8 Tax Treatment. It is intended that for United States federal income tax purposes (i) each of the Conversion and the Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (ii) this Agreement will constitute a plan of reorganization

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g). Neither the Company nor the Bank will take any action inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. ARTICLE VI Termination 6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto. ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous 7.1 Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof. 7.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein and attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 7.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic means), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. 7.4 Severability. In the event that any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to substitute a valid, legal and enforceable provision which, insofar as practical, implements the purposes and intents of this Agreement. 7.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to choice of law principles, except to the extent that the federal laws of the United States shall be applicable hereto. 7.6 Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of law or otherwise. Any purported assignment in contravention hereof shall be null and void. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies under this Agreement. 7.7 Nonsurvival of Agreements. None of the agreements in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement as provided in Article VI.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 7.8 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto. [Signature page follows]

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4900-0578-5427 v.5.2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first written above. FLAGSTAR FINANCIAL, INC. By: /s/ Joseph Otting Name: Joseph Otting Title: President & Chief Executive Officer FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: /s/ Joseph Otting Name: Joseph Otting Title: President & Chief Executive Officer

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1 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FIRST. The title of this association shall be Flagstar Bank, National Association.. SECOND. The main office of the association shall be located in Hicksville in the County of Nassau and State of New York. The general business of the association shall be conducted at its main office and its branches. THIRD. The board of directors of this association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit. The exact number is 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 either an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of $1,000. Determination of these values may be based as of either (i) the date of purchase, or (ii) the date the person became a director, whichever value is greater. 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 the shareholders or by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of preferred stock, shall be elected annually for terms of one year and will hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders. Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated. 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 therefore in the bylaws or by the board. In the absence of such designation, the annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on the last Tuesday during the month of May of each year or, if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the 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. A national bank must mail shareholders notice of the time, place, and purpose of all shareholders' meetings at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, and the power of shareholders to consent, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied.

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2 In all elections of directors, each holder of common stock shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, each share of common stock owned by the holder for as many persons as there are directorships to be voted. There will be no right of cumulative voting for the election of directors. On all other questions, each holder of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock owned. 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. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, any director, or the entire board of directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of this association shall be 916,666,666 shares of common stock of the par value of one cent ($0.01) each (the "Common Stock"); and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock of the par value of one cent ($0.01) each (the "Preferred Stock"); 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 board of directors is expressly vested with the authority to (i) approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock and determine the timing, manner or terms of such issuance, (ii) approve the repurchase of any shares of Common Stock, determine the timing, manner or terms of any such repurchase or establish the methodology for determining any such timing, manner or terms, including by means of one or more share repurchase programs or plans, and determine whether any such repurchased shares shall be held by the association as treasury shares or shall be retired and the consequences thereof, and (iii) declare and pay dividends upon shares of Common Stock out of its undivided profits or, subject to the National Bank Act and the approval of the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, out of its permanent capital accounts. The board of directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in series. As to any series of Preferred Stock, the board of directors is authorized to determine the number of shares constituting such series, and to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of that series. The board of directors is expressly vested with the authority to determine, with respect to any class of Preferred Stock, the dividend rights (including rights as to cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative dividends) and preferences, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preferences. The board of directors is expressly vested with the authority to approve the repurchase or redemptions of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, and determine the timing, manner or terms of any such repurchase or redemption or establish the methodology for determining any such timing, manner or terms, including by means of one or more share repurchase programs or

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3 plans, and determine whether any such shares shall be held by the Association as treasury shares or shall be retired and the consequences thereof. The board of directors is expressly vested with the authority, subject to Article FIFTH in these Articles of Association, to declare and pay dividends upon shares of Preferred Stock out of its undivided profits or, subject to the National Bank Act and the approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, out of its permanent capital accounts. 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. Preemptive rights also must be approved by a vote of holders of two-thirds of the bank's outstanding voting shares. A. Series A Preferred Stock 1. Designation and Number, Issue Date. The series will be designated the "Fixed-to- Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock" (hereinafter called the "Series A Preferred Stock") and will initially consist of 575,000 shares. The number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock may be increased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee of the board of directors), without the vote or consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with law up to the maximum number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued under the Articles of Association of the association, as amended, less all shares at the time authorized of any other series of Preferred Stock. Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will be dated the date of issue. If the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock is increased, such additional shares will be issued only if they are fungible with the initial 575,000 shares for tax purposes. Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the association shall, after such redemption, purchase or acquisition, be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the board of directors. 2. Definitions. As used in this Article Fifth, Section A with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock: "Appropriate Federal Banking Agency" means the "appropriate federal banking agency" with respect to the association as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1813(q)), or any successor provision. "Articles of Association" means these Amended and Restated Articles of Association, as may be further amended from time to time. "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the association.

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4 "Business Day" means each weekday on which banking institutions in New York, New York are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close. "Bylaws" means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the association, as may be amended from time to time. "Calculation Agent" means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the association and serving as such agent at such time. "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association. "Dividend Parity Stock" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.3(b). "Dividend Payment Date" means (i) each March 17, June 17, September 17 and December 17, commencing June 17, 2017, to and including March 17, 2027 and (ii) each March 17, June 17, September 17 and December 17, commencing June 17, 2027; provided, however, that (x) if any such date on or before March 17, 2027 is not a Business Day, then such date shall nevertheless be a Dividend Payment Date but dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, when, as and if declared, shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of the Series A Preferred Stock), and (y) if any such date after March 17, 2027 is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day shall be the applicable Dividend Payment Date and dividends, when, as and if declared, shall be paid on such next succeeding Business Day. However, if the postponement would cause the day to fall in the next calendar month during a floating rate period, the dividend payment date will instead be brought forward to the immediately preceding business day. Each Dividend Payment Date "relates" to the Dividend Period most recently ending before such Dividend Payment Date, and vice versa (with the words "related" and "relating" of having correlative meanings). "Dividend Period" means each period from and including a Dividend Payment Date (except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on and include the Original Issue Date) and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date. "Dividend Record Date" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.3(a). "Fixed Rate Period" means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date on or before March 17, 2027. "Floating Rate Period" means each Dividend Period relating to a Dividend Payment Date after March 17, 2027. "Junior Stock" means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the association (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock either or both as to the payment of dividends and/or as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the association. "Liquidation Preference" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.4(b).

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5 "London Banking Day" means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars) in London, England. "Nonpayment Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.6(b). "Original Issue Date" means the first date on which any share of the Series A Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding. "Preferred Stock" means any and all series of Preferred Stock, having a par value of $0.01 per share, of the association, including the Series A Preferred Stock. "Preferred Stock Director" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.6(b). "Regulatory Capital Treatment Event" means the good faith determination by the association that, as a result of (i) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the initial issuance of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock, or (iii) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules or regulations or policies with respect thereto that is announced after the initial issuance of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the association will not be entitled to treat the full liquidation preference amount of $1,000 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding as "tier 1 capital" (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules of the Office of the comptroller of the Currency (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) as then in effect and applicable, for so long as any share of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding. "Series A Liquidation Amount" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section A.4(a). "Three-month Term SOFR" means, with respect to any Floating Rate Period, the CME Term SOFR Reference Rate published for the three-month tenor as administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration, Ltd. (or any successor administrator thereof), as that rate is published as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on the second London Banking Day immediately preceding the first day of such Floating Rate Period, plus a tenor spread adjustment of 0.26161 percent. "Voting Preferred Stock" means, with regard to any election or removal of a Preferred Stock Director or any other matter as to which the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Article Fifth, Section A.6, any and all series of Preferred Stock (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) that rank equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends, whether bearing dividends on a non-cumulative or cumulative basis, and having voting rights equivalent to those described in Article Fifth, Section A.6(b).

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6 3. Dividends. (a) Rate. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors), on each Dividend Payment Date, out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the Series A Liquidation Amount of $1,000 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock at a rate per annum equal to (i) 6.375% on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Fixed Rate Period (and for such Fixed Rate Period) and (ii) Three-month Term SOFR plus 408.26 basis points on each Dividend Payment Date relating to a Floating Rate Period (and for such Floating Rate Period). Such dividends shall be payable in arrear (as provided below in this Article Fifth, Section A.3(a)), but only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative; holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be declared or set aside for payment if and to the extent such dividends would cause the association to fail to comply with the capital adequacy rules of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor Appropriate Federal Banking Agency) applicable to the association. Dividends that are payable on the Series A Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the association on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a "Dividend Record Date"). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. Dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of each Fixed Rate Period shall be computed by the Calculation Agent on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of each Floating Rate Period shall be computed by the Calculation Agent by multiplying the per annum dividend rate in effect for that Floating Rate Period by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the actual number of days in that Floating Rate Period and the denominator of which will be 360, and multiplying the rate obtained by $1,000 to determine the dividend per share of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Calculation Agent's determination of any dividend rate, and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Period, will be maintained on file at the

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7 association's principal offices and will be available to any stockholder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. The association may terminate the appointment of the Calculation Agent and may appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time, provided that the association shall use its best efforts to ensure that there is, at all times during the Floating Rate Period, a person or entity appointed and serving as such agent. The Calculation Agent may be a person or entity affiliated with the association. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as specified in this Article Fifth, Section A.3 (subject to the other provisions of this Articles of Association). (b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than (1) a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock or (2) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders' rights plan or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan), unless (i) full dividends for the last preceding Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside) and (ii) the association is not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption. The association and its subsidiaries shall not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration any shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock (other than (1) as a result of a reclassification of such Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (2) the exchange or conversion of one share of such Junior Stock for or into another share of such Junior Stock, (3) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (4) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (5) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (6) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such securities or the security being converted or exchanged) nor shall the association pay or make available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock during a Dividend Period, unless the full dividends for the most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside). The foregoing provision shall not restrict the ability of the association or any other affiliate of the

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8 association to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business. When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other equity securities ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends ("Dividend Parity Stock"), all dividends paid or declared for payment on a dividend payment date with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and the Dividend Parity Stock shall be shared based on the ratio between the then-current dividends due on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and (i) in the case of any series of non-cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock and (ii) in the case of any series of cumulative Dividend Parity Stock, the aggregate of the current and accumulated and unpaid dividends due on such series of preferred stock. Subject to the foregoing, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock, any other Junior Stock and any Dividend Parity Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends. 4. Liquidation Rights (a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the association or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the association, and after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to creditors of the association and subject to the rights of any securities ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the association ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to such distribution, in full an amount equal to $1,000 per share (the "Series A Liquidation Amount"), together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment of such distribution (but without any amount in respect of dividends that have not been declared prior to such payment date). After payment of the full amount of such liquidation distribution, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets of the association. (b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Article Fifth, Section A.4(a) above the assets of the association or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preferences (as defined below) in full to all holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all holders of any stock of the association ranking equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to such

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9 distribution, the amounts paid to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and to the holders of all such other stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other stock. In any such distribution, the "Liquidation Preference" of any holder of stock of the association shall mean the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the association available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends (and, in the case of any holder of stock other than the Series A Preferred Stock and on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, as applicable). (c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other stock of the association ranking equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to distribution described in Article Fifth, Section A.4(a) above, the holders of other stock of the association shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the association (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences. (d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section A.4, the merger or consolidation of the association with any other association or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the association, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the association. 5. Redemption. (a) Optional Redemption. The Series A Preferred Stock is perpetual and has no maturity date. The association may, at its option, redeem the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any Dividend Payment Date on or after the Dividend Payment Date in March 2027, or (ii) in whole but not in part at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Capital Treatment Event, in each case, at a cash redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, together (except as otherwise provided herein) with an amount equal to any dividends that have been declared but not paid prior to the redemption date (but with no amount in respect of any dividends that have not been declared prior to such date). The redemption price for any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the association or its agent, if the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in

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10 Article Fifth, Section A.3 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the association may not redeem shares of the Series A Preferred Stock without having received the prior approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency if then required under capital rules applicable to the association. (b) No Sinking Fund. The Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption of any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. (c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the association. Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series A Preferred Stock or any depositary shares representing interests in the Series A Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each such notice given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption price or the manner of its calculation; and (4) if the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price. (d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by the association either pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the association may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the association shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate (if the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form) are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof. (e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if, on or before the redemption date specified in the notice, all funds

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11 necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the association, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation in the case that the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are issued in certificated form, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the extent permitted by law, shall be released to the association, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the association for payment of the redemption price of such shares. 6. Voting Rights. (a) General. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by applicable law. (b) Right To Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment Events. If and whenever the dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in an aggregate amount (i) in the case of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Voting Preferred Stock bearing non-cumulative dividends, in full for at least three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods or their equivalent (whether or not consecutive) or (ii) in the case of any class or series of Voting Preferred Stock bearing cumulative dividends, in an aggregate amount equal to full dividends for at least three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods or their equivalent (whether or not consecutive) (a "Nonpayment Event"), the number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, together with the holders of any outstanding shares of Voting Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the two additional directors (the "Preferred Stock Directors"), provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any such Preferred Stock Director that the election of such director shall not cause the association to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the association may then be listed or traded) that listed or traded companies must have a majority of independent directors and provided further that the Board of Directors shall at no time include more than two Preferred Stock Directors (including, for purposes of this limitation, all directors that the holders of any series of Voting Preferred Stock are entitled to elect pursuant to like voting rights).

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12 In the event that the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and such other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote for the election of the Preferred Stock Directors following a Nonpayment Event, such directors shall be initially elected following such Nonpayment Event only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series A Preferred Stock and each other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (unless such request for a special meeting is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the association, in which event such election shall be held only at such next annual or special meeting of stockholders), and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders of the association. Such request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment Event shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or Voting Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the association in such manner as provided for in Article Fifth, Section A.8 below, or as may otherwise be required by applicable law. If the Secretary of the association fails to call a special meeting for the election of the Preferred Stock Directors within 20 days of receiving proper notice, any holder of the Series A Preferred Stock may call such a meeting at the association's expense solely for the election of the Preferred Stock Directors, and for this purpose only such Series A Preferred Stock holder shall have access to the association's stock ledger. When dividends have been paid in full on the Series A Preferred Stock and any and all series of non-cumulative Voting Preferred Stock (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) for Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive, equivalent to at least one year after a Nonpayment Event and all dividends on any cumulative Voting Preferred Stock have been paid in full, then the right of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred Stock Directors shall cease (but subject always to revesting of such voting rights in the case of any future Nonpayment Event), and, if and when any rights of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred Stock Directors shall have ceased, the terms of office of all the Preferred Stock Directors shall forthwith terminate and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall automatically be reduced accordingly. Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and Voting Preferred Stock, when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class). The Preferred Stock Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders if such office shall not have previously terminated as set forth in the preceding paragraph. In case any vacancy shall occur among the Preferred Stock Directors, a successor shall be elected by the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders upon the nomination of the then remaining Preferred Stock Director or, if no Preferred Stock Director remains in office, by the vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Voting Preferred Stock for which

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13 dividends have not been paid, voting as a single class. The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote. (c) Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Articles of Association, the vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting separately as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating: (1) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the association ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to either the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the association; (2) Amendment of the Series A Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws so as to materially and adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock (taken as a whole); provided, however, that any amendment of the Articles of Association to authorize or create or to increase the authorized amount of any Junior Stock or any class or series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of Dividend Parity Stock or other series of Preferred Stock ranking equally with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the association will not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock; or (3) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series A Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the association with another corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the association with or into any entity other than a corporation unless in each case (x) the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the association is not the surviving or resulting corporation, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or a corporation controlling such corporation, and (y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, as would not

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14 require a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) above if such change were effected by an amendment of the Articles of Association. If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation specified in this Article Fifth, Section A.6(c) would adversely affect the Series A Preferred Stock and one or more but not all other series of Preferred Stock, then only the Series A Preferred Stock and such series of Preferred Stock as are adversely affected by and entitled to vote on the matter shall vote on the matter together as a single class in proportion to their respective stated liquidation amounts (in lieu of all other series of Preferred Stock). (d) Changes for Clarification. Without the consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, so long as such action does not adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Series A Preferred Stock, the association may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series A Preferred Stock: (1) to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision contained in this Article Fifth, Section A that may be defective or inconsistent; or (2) to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article Fifth, Section A. (e) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Article Fifth, Section A.6(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Article Fifth, Section A.5 above. (f) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles of Association, the Bylaws, applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series A Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time. Whether the vote or consent of the holders of a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of the Series A

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15 Preferred Stock and any Voting Preferred Stock has been cast or given on any matter on which the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote shall be determined by the association by reference to the specified liquidation amounts of the shares voted or covered by the consent. For purposes of determining the voting rights of the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock under this Article Fifth, Section A.6, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 of the Series A Liquidation Amount to which his or her shares are entitled. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share of the Series A Preferred Stock held by them. 7. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the association and the transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the association nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 8. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Article Fifth, Section A, otherwise in the Articles of Association or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued in book entry form through The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), such notices may be given to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock in any matter permissible by the DTC. 9. No Preemptive Rights. No share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the association, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted. 10. Other Rights. The shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or as provided by applicable law. 11. Certificates. The association may at its option issue shares of the Series A Preferred Stock without certificates. B. Series B Preferred Stock 1. Designation and Amount. A series of Preferred Stock designated as the "Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock" ("Series B Preferred Stock") is hereby established. The total number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be 267,062.

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16 2. Definitions. As used in this Article Fifth, Section B with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: "Adjustment Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section B.7(a). "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (as used in this definition, the term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise). "Applicable Conversion Rate" means, for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (a) one thousand (1,000) multiplied by (b) the quotient of (i) the Base Price divided by (ii) the then-applicable Conversion Price, subject to adjustment pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.7 for any applicable event occurring subsequent to the initial determination of the Applicable Conversion Rate. "Articles of Association" means these Articles of Association, as may be further amended from time to time. "Base Price" means $2.00. "BHC Act" means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (as amended) and its implementing regulations. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the association. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the city of New York, New York are required or authorized by Law to be closed. "Class of Voting Security" shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with how "class of voting shares" is defined in 12 C.F.R. Section 225.2(q)(3) or any successor provision. "Closing" has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement. "Closing Date" means the date that any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are first issued. "Closing Price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE on such date. If the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the

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17 Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the association for this purpose. For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section B, all references herein to the "Closing Price" and "last reported sale price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE (http://www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing sale price or last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service, the closing sale price and last reported sale price on the website of the NYSE shall govern. "Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the association authorized by the association on or after the date hereof. "Conversion Date" means the date on which any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall become convertible into any shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.3; provided, however, that if a Conversion Date would otherwise occur on or after an Ex-Date for an issuance, dividend or distribution that results in an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.7 and on or before the Record Date for such issuance, dividend or distribution, such Conversion Date shall instead occur on the first calendar day after the Record Date for such issuance, dividend or distribution. "Conversion Price" means, for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, $6.00, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Article Fifth, Section B. "Convertible Transfer" means a transfer by the Holder that is both (i) to a Person who is not an affiliate of the Holder for purposes of the BHC Act and (ii) (A) to the association; (B) in a widespread public distribution; (C) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive 2% or more of the outstanding securities of any Class of Voting Securities of the association; or (D) to a purchaser that would control more than 50% of every Class of Voting Securities of the association without any transfer from the Holder. "Current Market Price" means, on any date, the average of the daily Closing Price per share of the Common Stock or other securities on each of the five consecutive Trading Days preceding the earlier of the day before the date of the issuance, dividend or distribution in question and the day before the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution, giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.7(c). "DGCL" means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time. "Exchange Property" means the NVCE Exchange Property.

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18 "Ex-Date" means, when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.7, the first date on which the applicable Common Stock or other securities trade without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution. "Government Entity" means any (a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (b) governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, committee or entity and any court or other tribunal), whether foreign or domestic; or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, whether foreign or domestic, including any arbitral tribunal and self-regulatory organizations. "Holder" means the Person in whose name any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the association as the absolute owner of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversion and for all other purposes. "HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended from time to time. "HSR Approvals" means, with respect to the shares of Series B Preferred Stock of any Holder, the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (or extension thereof) under the HSR Act with respect to such Holder's acquisition or ownership of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock. "Investment Agreement(s)" means the investment agreement(s), by and between Flagstar Financial, Inc., predecessor of the association, and the investor parties thereto, dated as of March 7, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time). "Law" means, with respect to any Person, any legal, regulatory and administrative laws, statutes, rules, Orders and regulations applicable to such Person. "Liens" means any and all liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or arrangements, or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever. "NVCE Exchange Property" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section B.7(i)(2)(i). "NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange. "Order" means any applicable order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, or writ of any Government Entity. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a "person" as defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

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19 "Permanent Warrant" has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements. "Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Association. "Record Date" means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board or by Law, contract or otherwise). "Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section B.7(i)(3). "Series A Preferred Stock" means the association's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. "Series B NVCE Dividend Amount" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section B.4(a). "Series B Preferred Stock" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section B.1. "Series C Preferred Stock" means the Series C Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement(s). "Series D NVCE Stock" means the Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issuable upon conversion of a Permanent Warrant. "Subject Series B Share" means a share of Series B Preferred Stock that is automatically converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.3(a). "Trading Day" means a day on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock. 3. Conversion. (a) Conversion upon Convertible Transfer (1) The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into any other class of capital stock of the association, except in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section B.3. On the terms and in the manner set forth in this Article Fifth, Section B.3, upon the consummation of any Convertible Transfer of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock subject to such Convertible Transfer (each, a "Subject Series B Share") shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate; provided that, if at that time of the Convertible Transfer,

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20 (A) the HSR Approvals are required for the conversion of the Subject Series B Shares into Common Stock and (B) the HSR Approvals have not yet been obtained, then (1) the maximum number of Subject Series B Shares that can convert into Common Stock without receipt of the HSR Approvals shall so convert into Common Stock based on the Applicable Conversion Rate and (2) each other Subject Series B Share shall automatically convert into one share of the Series C Preferred Stock. (b) On the Conversion Date, the association shall effect the conversion of the Subject Series B Shares by delivering the shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, so converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.3(a). (c) Prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, issuable upon conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.3(a) shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable) by virtue of holding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article Fifth, Section B. (d) Effective immediately prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the rights of the Holders with respect to the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock so converted shall cease and the Persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, upon the conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record and beneficial owners of such shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable. In the event that the Holders shall not by written notice to the association designate the name in which shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the association shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holders and in the manner shown on the records of the association. (e) No fractional shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, shall be issued upon any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock. If more than one share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at any one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock so surrendered. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be

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21 issuable upon conversion of any Subject Series B Share, the association shall pay an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the fractional share of Common Stock, that otherwise would be issuable hereunder, multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date, in the case of Common Stock. (f) All shares of Common Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, which may be issued upon conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock will, upon issuance by the association, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions imposed under applicable securities Laws) and not issued in violation of any preemptive right or Law. (g) Effective immediately prior to the Conversion Date, dividends or distributions shall no longer be declared on any Subject Series B Shares and such shares shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the rights of a Holder to receive any declared and unpaid dividends or distributions on such shares and any other payments to which they are otherwise entitled pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.4 or Section B.7. 4. Dividend Rights. (a) To (but excluding) the applicable Conversion Date, (i) the Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board (but only out of assets legally available therefor under the DGCL) all cash dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly dividends or distributions) declared and paid or made in respect of the shares of Common Stock, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, in an amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the product of (x) the Applicable Conversion Rate then in effect and (y) any per share dividend or distribution, as applicable, declared and paid or made in respect of each share of Common Stock (the "Series B NVCE Dividend Amount"), and (ii) the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof may not declare and pay any cash dividend or make any cash distribution in respect of Common Stock unless the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board declares and pays to the Holders, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the Series B NVCE Dividend Amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding any provision in this Article Fifth, Section B.5(a) to the contrary, no Holder of a share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive any dividend or distribution made with respect to the Common Stock where the Record Date for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution occurs prior to the date of issuance of such share of Series B Preferred Stock. The foregoing shall not limit or modify the rights of any Holder to receive any dividend or other distribution pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.7.

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22 (b) Each dividend or distribution declared and paid pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.5(a) will be payable to Holders of record of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as they appear in the records of the association at the close of business on the same day as the Record Date for the corresponding dividend or distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock. (c) Except as set forth in this Article Fifth, Section B, the association shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no right to receive, dividends or distributions at any time, including with respect to dividends or distributions with respect to Common Stock or any other class or series of authorized Preferred Stock. To the extent the association declares dividends or distributions on the Series B Preferred Stock and on any Common Stock and the Series D NVCE Stock, but does not make full payment of such declared dividends or distributions, the association will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of any Common Stock and Series D NVCE Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the allocation of partial dividend payments, the association will allocate dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the Holders and the holders of any Common Stock and Series D NVCE Stock so that the amount of dividends or distributions paid per share on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and such Common Stock and Series D NVCE Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that payable dividends or distributions per share on the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and such Common Stock and Series D NVCE Stock (but without, in the case of any noncumulative Preferred Stock, accumulation of dividends or distributions for prior dividend periods) bear to each other. The foregoing right shall not be cumulative and shall not in any way create any claim or right in favor of Holders in the event that dividends or distributions have not been declared or paid in respect of any prior calendar quarter. (d) No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on shares of Series B Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. (e) Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends or distributions, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends or distributions (if any) declared and payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock as specified in this Article Fifth, Section B. (f) Notwithstanding any provision in this Article Fifth, Section B to the contrary, Holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or distributions on any shares of Series B Preferred Stock on or after the applicable Conversion Date in respect of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have been converted as provided herein, except to the extent that any such dividends or distributions have been declared by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board and the Record Date for such dividend occurs prior to such applicable Conversion Date.

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23 5. Voting. (a) Notwithstanding any stated or statutory voting rights, except as set forth in Article Fifth, Section B.5(b), the Holders shall not be entitled to vote (in their capacity as Holders) on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the association. (b) So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a single and separate class, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series B Preferred Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section B.7(i)) any provision of the Articles of Association that would alter, modify or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series B Preferred Stock so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided, that any such amendment or alteration to any provision of the Articles of Association that alters, modifies or changes the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of a particular Holder so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of such Holder in a manner disproportionate from any other Holder shall require the prior written consent of such significantly and adversely affected Holder; provided, further, that neither (x) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued Series B Preferred Stock or any securities convertible into Series B Preferred Stock nor (y) the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into Preferred Stock, ranking equal with and/or junior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding up, in either case, will, in and of itself, be deemed to significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series B Preferred Stock or any Holder and the Holders will have no right to vote their shares of Series B Preferred Stock or consent to such action solely by reason of such an increase, creation or issuance. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by the unanimous consent of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series B Preferred Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section B.7(i)) the definitions of Applicable Conversion Rate, Base Price, Conversion Price, or Dividend Rate under this Article Fifth, Section B.

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24 (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders shall not have any voting rights set out in Article Fifth, Section B.6(b) if, at or prior to the effective time of the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required, all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have been converted into shares of Common Stock. 6. Rank; Liquidation. (a) The Series B Preferred Stock shall, consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. Section 3.20(b)(1) (or any successor regulation) with respect to common equity tier 1 capital, rank equally with, and have identical rights, preferences and privileges as, the Common Stock with respect to dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly dividends) declared by the Board and rights upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up or similar proceeding of the association, as provided in the Articles of Association. (b) For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section B.6, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association shall not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the association into or with any other corporation or Person or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination of any other corporation or Person into or with the association be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association. 7. Adjustments. (a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the adjustments described in this Article Fifth, Section B.7 (each such event set forth in clauses (b) through (j), an "Adjustment Event"). (b) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the association pays dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex- Date for such dividend or distribution by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution.

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25 OS1= the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution, plus (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock issued in such dividend or distribution. The adjustment pursuant to this clause (b) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. For the purposes of this clause (b), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (b) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (c) Subdivisions, Splits and Combinations of Common Stock. If the association subdivides, splits or combines the shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination. OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the opening of business on the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination. The adjustment pursuant to this clause (c) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the effective date of such subdivision, split or combination. For the purposes of this clause (c), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any subdivision, split or combination described in this clause (c) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not subdivided, split or combined, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to subdivide, split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such subdivision, split or combination had not been announced. (d) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the association issues to all or substantially all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans) entitling them, for a period of up to 45 days

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26 from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase the shares of Common Stock at less than the Current Market Price on the date immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such issuance, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such issuance by the following fraction: OS0 + Y OS0 + Y Where, OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution. X= the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants. Y= the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the Current Market Price on the date immediately preceding the Ex-Date for the issuance of such rights or warrants. Any adjustment pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section B.7(d) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Date for such issuance. For the purposes of this Article Fifth, Section B.7(d), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. The association shall not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of shares of the Common Stock held in treasury by the association. In the event that such rights or warrants described in this Article Fifth, Section B.7(d) are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In determining the aggregate offering price payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be reasonably determined by the Board). (e) Debt or Asset Distributions. If the association distributes to all or substantially all holders of shares of Common Stock evidences of indebtedness,

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27 shares of capital stock, securities, cash or other assets (excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in clause (b) above, any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the association or any of its subsidiaries, and any dividend of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit in the case of certain spin-off transactions as described below), then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution by the following fraction: SP0 - FMV SP0 Where, SP0= the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such date. FMV= the fair market value of the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board; provided that, if "FMV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall receive on the date on which such distribution is made to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, the amount of such distribution such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In a "spin-off", where the association makes a distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock consisting of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests of, or relating to, a subsidiary or other business unit, if a Holder did not participate in such distribution with respect to such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as provided for in Article Fifth, Section B.4, the Conversion Price with respect to such share held by such Holder will be adjusted on the 15th Trading Day after the effective date of the distribution by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such 15th Trading Day by the following fraction: MP0 MP0 + MPS Where, MP0 = the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution.

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28 MPs= the average of the Closing Prices of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution, or, if not traded on a national or regional securities exchange or over-the-counter market, the fair market value of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment pursuant to this clause (e) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In the event that such distribution described in this clause (e) is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (f) Cash Distributions. If the association makes a distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Stock, excluding (i) any cash dividend on the Common Stock to the extent a corresponding cash dividend is paid on the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.5(a), (ii) cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event or as part of a "spin-off" referred to in clause (e) above, (iii) dividend or distribution in connection with the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, and (iv) consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the association or any of its subsidiaries, then in each event, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution will be multiplied by the following fraction: SP0 - DIV SP0 Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date. DIV= the amount per share of Common Stock of the cash distribution, as determined pursuant to the introduction to this clause (f). In the event that any distribution described in this clause (f) is not so made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay such distribution, to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if "DIV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate

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29 provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive on the date on which the relevant cash dividend or distribution is distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, the amount of cash such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. (g) Self-Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the association or any of its subsidiaries successfully completes a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time prior to the commencement of the offer by the following fraction: OS0 × SP0 AC + (SP0 × OS1) Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the commencement of the tender or exchange offer. OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, including any shares validly tendered and not withdrawn. OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the expiration of the tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer). AC= the aggregate cash and fair market value of the other consideration payable in the tender or exchange offer, as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (g) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the expiration of the tender or exchange offer. In the event that the association or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the association or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be such Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. (h) Rights Plans. To the extent that the association has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of

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30 any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Holders will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Price will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the association had made a distribution to all holders of Common Stock as described in clause (e) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. (i) Reorganization Events. (1) (i) Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event prior to an applicable Conversion Date, each share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders, automatically convert into the types and amounts of securities, cash, and other property that is or was receivable in such Reorganization Event by a holder (other than the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an Affiliate of such other party) of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock was convertible immediately prior to such Reorganization Event in exchange for such shares of Series B Preferred Stock (such securities, cash, and other property, the "NVCE Exchange Property"); provided that, to the extent receipt of any NVCE Exchange Property would be prohibited by Law or would require the Holder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any Governmental Entity to acquire or hold the NVCE Exchange Property, then the portion of the Series B Preferred Stock of such Holder that such Holder is prohibited by Law or requires such action to acquire or hold shall instead either (A) convert into a substantially identical non-voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Series B Preferred Stock hereunder) of the entity surviving such Reorganization Event or other entity in which holders of shares of Common Stock receive securities in connection with such Reorganization Event or (B) if proper provision is not made to give effect to the foregoing subclause (A), remain outstanding without any alterations to the terms thereof and be convertible into the NVCE Exchange Property. (ii) In the event that holders of the shares of the Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such Reorganization Event, the association shall ensure that the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have the same opportunity to elect the form of consideration in accordance with the same procedures and pro ration mechanics that apply to the

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31 election to be made by the holders of the Common Stock. The amount of NVCE Exchange Property receivable upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Stock shall be determined based upon the Conversion Price in effect on the date on which such Reorganization Event is consummated. (iii) The association shall not enter into any definitive agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless such definitive agreement provides for the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to this Article Fifth, Section B.7(j)(ii). (2) A "Reorganization Event" shall mean: (i) any consolidation, merger, conversion or other similar business combination of the association with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (ii) any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case pursuant to which all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (iii) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities other than the Common Stock; or (iv) any statutory exchange of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition). (3) The provisions of this Article Fifth, Section B.7(i) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events or any series of transactions that results in a Reorganization Event and the provisions of Article Fifth, Section B.7(i) shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the association (or any successor) received by the holders of the Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event. (4) The association (or any successor) shall, at least twenty days prior to the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of the anticipated occurrence of such event and of the type and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property; provided, that no such notice shall be required if the anticipated occurrence of any Reorganization Event is disclosed in any

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32 registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule or proxy statement filed with or furnished by the association to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Article Fifth, Section B.7. (j) No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made with respect to a share of Series B Preferred Stock if the Holder thereof has participated in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment with respect to such share of Series B Preferred Stock, as a result of holding such share of Series B Preferred Stock at the time of such transaction (including pursuant to Article Fifth, Section B.4), without having to convert such share of Series B Preferred Stock, as if they held the full number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of the Series B Preferred Stock held by them may then be converted. (k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an Adjustment Event shall not allow the Holder to acquire a higher percentage of any Class of Voting Securities of the association than the Holder (together with its affiliates for purposes of the BHC Act) beneficially owned immediately prior to such Adjustment Event. 8. Reports as to Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are convertible is adjusted as provided in Article Fifth, Section B.7, the association shall promptly, but in any event within ten days thereafter, compute such adjustment and furnish to the Holders a notice stating the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible as a result of such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and the computation thereof and when such adjustment will become effective. Amounts resulting from any calculation hereunder will be rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th. 9. Reservation of Stock. (a) The association shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock and shares of Series C Preferred Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as provided in this Article Fifth, Section B, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding. (b) Following the approval of the applicable supplemental listing application, the association hereby covenants and agrees that, for so long as shares of the Common Stock are listed on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the association will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of all the Series B Preferred Stock.

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33 10. Exclusion of Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers except as expressly described herein, and, except as may otherwise be required by Law, shall not have any preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in the Articles of Association. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive or subscription rights. 11. Severability of Provisions. If any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the Series B Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in the this Article Fifth, Section B (as this Article Fifth, Section B may be amended from time to time) are invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of Law, all other voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series B Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Article Fifth, Section B (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series B Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series B Preferred Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series B Preferred Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof unless so expressed herein. 12. Cancellation of Series B Preferred Stock. Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have been duly converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section B, or reacquired by the association, shall be cancelled promptly thereafter and revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Such shares may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of Preferred Stock. The association may from time to time take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock solely in accordance with the foregoing. 13. Additional Authorized Shares. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Association to the contrary, the Board or any authorized committee of the Board, without the vote of the Holders, may increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock or other stock ranking junior or senior to, or on parity with, the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association. 14. Determinations. The association shall have the sole right to make all calculations called for hereunder. Absent fraud or manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The association shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity and its action in so doing, as evidenced by a resolution of the Board, shall be final and conclusive unless clearly inconsistent with the intent hereof. Amounts resulting from any calculation will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one ten-thousandth, with five one- hundred thousandths being rounded upwards.

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34 15. No Redemption. The association may not, at any time, redeem the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, other than as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article Fifth, Section B with the prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 16. Maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, unless converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section B. 17. Repurchase. Subject to the limitations imposed herein, the association may purchase and sell shares of Series B Preferred Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board may determine; provided that any repurchase of shares of Series B Preferred Stock by the association shall require prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 18. No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund. 19. Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally to the recipient, or if by email, upon delivery (provided that no auto- generated error or non-delivery message is generated in response thereto), (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered to (i) if to the association, Flagstar Bank, N.A., 102 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, Email: Joseph.Otting@flagstar.com; with a copy to: General Counsel, Email: Bao.Nguyen@flagstar.com, or (ii) if to any Holder or holder of Common Stock, as the case may be, to such Holder or holder at the address listed in the stock record books of the association, or, in each case, such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. 20. Taxes. (a) The association and each Holder shall bear their own costs, fees and expenses in connection with any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section B.3, except that the association shall pay any and all transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, documentary taxes, or other similar taxes imposed upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock on account of any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section B.3; provided that the association shall not be required to pay any such tax to the extent such tax is payable because a Holder requests Common Stock to be registered in a name other than such registered holder's name (including in connection with any Convertible Transfer) and no such Common Stock will be so registered unless and until the registered holder making

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35 such request has paid such taxes to the association or has established to the satisfaction of the association that such taxes have been paid or are not payable. (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the association and any applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable on or with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock (including upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Stock) such amounts as it is required to deduct or withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any other applicable tax Law. If the Holder is deemed for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have received a distribution with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, the association and any applicable withholding agent may satisfy any resulting applicable withholding obligations (including with respect to backup withholding) required by applicable Tax Law imposed in connection with such deemed distribution by withholding from any other payments due with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock, including any payments upon conversion, repurchase or redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock. If any amounts are so deducted or withheld and subsequently paid to the applicable Government Entity, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as having be paid to the person to which such amounts would have otherwise been payable. (c) The association and each Holder each agree that there shall be no deemed distribution on the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 305(c) of the Code in respect of a difference between the "issue price" and the "redemption price" of the Series B Preferred Stock and except to the extent otherwise required by a "determination" within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code, neither the association nor Holder shall take any position inconsistent therewith. 21. No Stock Certificates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article Fifth, Section B, no shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be issued in physical, certificated form. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be evidenced by book-entry on the record books maintained by the association or its transfer agent. 22. Transfers. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock are subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Investment Agreement(s). Any purported transfer in violation of such restrictions shall be null and void. C. Series C Preferred Stock 1. Designation and Amount. A series of Preferred Stock designated as the "Series C Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock" ("Series C Preferred Stock") is hereby established. The total number of authorized shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be 523,369.

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36 2. Definitions. As used in this Article Fifth, Section C with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: "Adjustment Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section C.7(a). "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (as used in this definition, the term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise). "Applicable Conversion Rate" means, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (a) one thousand (1,000) multiplied by (b) the quotient of (i) the Base Price divided by (ii) the then-applicable Conversion Price, subject to adjustment pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.7 for any applicable event occurring subsequent to the initial determination of the Applicable Conversion Rate. "Base Price" means $2.00. "BHC Act" means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (as amended) and its implementing regulations. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the association. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the city of New York, New York are required or authorized by Law to be closed. "Class of Voting Security" shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with how "class of voting shares" is defined in 12 C.F.R. Section 225.2(q)(3) or any successor provision. "Closing" has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement. "Closing Date" means the date that any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are first issued. "Closing Price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE on such date. If the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or

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37 other relevant capital stock or equity interest) in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the association for this purpose. For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section C, all references herein to the "Closing Price" and "last reported sale price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE (http://www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing sale price or last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service, the closing sale price and last reported sale price on the website of the NYSE shall govern. "Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the association authorized by the association on or after the date hereof. "Conversion Date" means the date on which any shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall become convertible into any shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.3; provided, however, that if a Conversion Date would otherwise occur on or after an Ex-Date for an issuance, dividend or distribution that results in an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.7 and on or before the Record Date for such issuance or distribution, such Conversion Date shall instead occur on the first calendar day after the Record Date for such issuance, dividend or distribution. "Conversion Price" means, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock, $6.00, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Article Fifth, Section C. "Convertible Transfer" means a transfer by the Holder that is both (i) to a Person who is not an affiliate of the Holder for purposes of the BHC Act and (ii) (A) to the association; (B) in a widespread public distribution; (C) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive 2% or more of the outstanding securities of any Class of Voting Securities of the association; or (D) to a purchaser that would control more than 50% of every Class of Voting Securities of the association without any transfer from the Holder. "Current Market Price" means, on any date, the average of the daily Closing Price per share of the Common Stock or other securities on each of the five consecutive Trading Days preceding the earlier of the day before the date of the issuance, dividend or distribution in question and the day before the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution, giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.7. "DGCL" means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time. "Exchange Property" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section C.7(h). "Ex-Date" means, when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.7, the first date on

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38 which the applicable Common Stock or other securities trade without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution. "Government Entity" means any (a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (b) governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, committee or entity and any court or other tribunal), whether foreign or domestic; or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, whether foreign or domestic, including any arbitral tribunal and self-regulatory organizations. "Holder" means the Person in whose name any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the association as the absolute owner of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversion and for all other purposes. "HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended from time to time. "HSR Approvals" means, with respect to the shares of Series C Preferred Stock of any Holder, the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (or extension thereof) under the HSR Act with respect to such Holder's acquisition or ownership of Common Stock upon conversion of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock. "HSR Approvals Date" means, with respect to the shares of Series C Preferred Stock of any Holder, the day that is the fifth Business Day after the date on which such Holder shall have obtained the HSR Approvals. "Investment Agreements" means the investment agreements, by and between Flagstar Financial, Inc., predecessor of the association, and the investor parties thereto, dated as of March 7, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time). "Law" means, with respect to any Person, any legal, regulatory and administrative laws, statutes, rules, Orders and regulations applicable to such Person. "Liens" means any and all liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or arrangements, or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever. "NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange. "Order" means any applicable order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, or writ of any Government Entity. "Permanent Warrant" has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a "person" as defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d) of

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39 the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government. "Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Association. "Record Date" means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board or by Law, contract or otherwise). "Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section C.7(h)(2). "Series A Preferred Stock" means the association's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series A Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. "Series B Preferred Stock" means the Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issued pursuant to the Investment Agreements. "Series C Preferred Stock" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section C.1. "Series D NVCE Stock" means the Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issuable upon conversion of a Permanent Warrant. "Subject Series C Share" means a share of Series C Preferred Stock that is automatically converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.3(a). "Trading Day" means a day on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock. 3. Conversion. (a) Conversion upon Convertible Transfer. On the terms and in the manner set forth in this Article Fifth, Section C.3, upon the consummation of any Convertible Transfer of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, each outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock subject to such Convertible Transfer (each, a "Subject Series C Share") shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate; provided that, if at that time of the Convertible Transfer, (A) the HSR Approvals are required for the conversion of the Subject Series C Shares into Common Stock and (B) the HSR Approvals have not yet been obtained, then the maximum number of Subject Series C Shares that can convert into Common Stock without receipt of the HSR Approvals, as applicable, shall so convert into Common Stock based on the Applicable Conversion Rate.

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40 (b) Conversion on the HSR Approval Date. On the terms and in the manner set forth in this Article Fifth, Section C.3, effective as of the close of business on the HSR Approvals Date with respect to outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock of a Holder, such shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock. (c) The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into any other class of capital stock of the association, except in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section C.3. (d) Each Holder shall, promptly upon receipt of the HSR Approvals (if any) applicable to such Holder, provide written notice to the association thereof. (e) On the Conversion Date, the association shall effect the conversion of the Subject Series C Shares by delivering the shares of Common Stock so converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.3(a). (f) The association and each Holder agree to, during the two Business Days prior to the Conversion Date, use commercially reasonable efforts to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.3(a). in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section C.3. (g) Prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.3 shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock) by virtue of holding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article Fifth, Section C. (h) Effective immediately prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the rights of the Holders with respect to the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock so converted shall cease and the Persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record and beneficial owners of such shares of Common Stock. In the event that the Holders shall not by written notice to the association designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the association shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holders and in the manner shown on the records of the association.

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41 (i) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon any conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock. If more than one share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at any one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock so surrendered. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Subject Series C Share, the association shall pay an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the fractional share of Common Stock that otherwise would be issuable hereunder, multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date. (j) All shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock will, upon issuance by the association, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions imposed under applicable securities Laws) and not issued in violation of any preemptive right or Law. (k) Effective immediately prior to the Conversion Date, dividends or distributions shall no longer be declared on any Subject Series C Shares and such shares shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the rights of a Holder to receive any declared and unpaid dividends or distributions on such shares and any other payments to which they are otherwise entitled pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.4 or Article Fifth, Section C.7. 4. Dividend Rights. (a) Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board), on each Dividend Payment Date, out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends on the Series C Preferred Liquidation Amount per share of Series C Preferred Stock at a rate per annum equal to the Dividend Rate on each Dividend Payment Date for each Dividend Period. Such dividends shall be payable in arrear (as provided below in this Article Fifth, Section C.4(a)), but only when, as and if declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board). Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative; Holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) and no interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared. Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be declared or set aside for payment if and to the extent such dividends would cause the association to fail to comply with the capital adequacy rules of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency) applicable to the association. Dividends that are payable on the Series C Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to Holders as they appear on the stock register of the association on the applicable record date, which

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42 shall be the 15th calendar day before such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a "Dividend Record Date"). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. Dividends payable on the Series C Preferred Stock shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The association's determination of any dividend rate and its calculation of the amount of dividends for any Dividend Period will be maintained on file at the association's principal offices and will be available to any Holder upon request and will be final and binding in the absence of manifest error. Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on the Series C Preferred Stock as specified in this Article Fifth, Section C.4 (subject to the other provisions of this Article Fifth, Section C); provided, that the foregoing shall not limit or modify the rights of any Holder to receive any dividend or other distribution pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.7. (b) So long as any share of Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders' rights plan or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan), unless full dividends for the last preceding Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside). The association and its subsidiaries shall not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration any shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of such Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of such Junior Stock for or into another share of such Junior Stock, (C) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants or (D) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such securities or the security being converted or exchanged) nor shall the association pay or make available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock during a Dividend Period, unless the full dividends for the most recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside). The foregoing provision shall not restrict the ability of the association or any affiliate of the association to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business. (c) When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and other equity securities ranking on a parity, which, for avoidance of doubt, includes the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock,

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43 with the Series C Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends ("Dividend Parity Stock"), all dividends declared and unpaid for payment on a dividend payment date with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock and the Dividend Parity Stock shall be shared ratably by the Holders and holders of any Dividend Parity Stock, in proportion to the respective amounts of the declared and unpaid dividends relating to the current dividend period. To the extent a dividend period with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence the Board shall treat such dividend period as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, or shall treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Parity Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock. To the extent a Dividend Period with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock, for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph the Board shall treat such Dividend Period as two or more consecutive Dividend Periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to such Dividend Parity Stock, or shall treat such Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock and dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock and such Dividend Parity Stock. The term "dividend period" as used in this paragraph means such dividend periods as are provided for in the terms of any Dividend Parity Stock and, in the case of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, Dividend Periods applicable to shares of Series C Preferred Stock; and the term "dividend payment dates" as used in this paragraph means such dividend payment dates as are provided for in the terms of any Dividend Parity Stock and, in the case of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, Dividend Payment Dates applicable to shares of Series C Preferred Stock. (d) Subject to the foregoing, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock, any other Junior Stock and any Dividend Parity Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment. In the event such dividends are declared and paid, the Holders shall be entitled to receive the greater of the (i) dividends that would be due to the Holders on an as-converted basis or (ii) dividends such Holder receives on its shares of Series C Preferred Stock during the same period. (e) Notwithstanding any provision in this Article Fifth, Section C to the contrary, Holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or distributions on any shares of Series C Preferred Stock on or after the applicable Conversion Date

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44 in respect of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock that have been converted as provided herein, except to the extent that any such dividends or distributions have been declared by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board and the Record Date for such dividend occurs prior to such applicable Conversion Date. 5. Voting. (a) Notwithstanding any stated or statutory voting rights, except as set forth in Article Fifth, Section C.5(b), the Holders shall not be entitled to vote (in their capacity as Holders) on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the association. (b) So long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, voting as a single and separate class, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series C Preferred Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section C.7(h)) any provision of the Articles of Association, in either case, that would alter, modify or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series C Preferred Stock so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series C Preferred Stock; provided that any such amendment or alteration to any provision of the Articles of Association that alters, modifies or changes the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of a particular Holder so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of such Holder in a manner disproportionate from any other Holder shall require the prior written consent of such significantly and adversely affected Holder; provided, further, that neither (x) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued Series C Preferred Stock or any securities convertible into Series C Preferred Stock nor (y) the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into Preferred Stock, ranking equal with and/or junior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non- cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding up, in either case, will, in and of itself, be deemed to significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series C Preferred Stock or any Holder and the Holders will have no right to vote their shares of Series C Preferred Stock or consent to such action solely by reason of such an increase, creation or issuance. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by the unanimous consent of the holders of the outstanding

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45 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series C Preferred Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section C.7(h)) the definitions of Applicable Conversion Rate, Base Price, Conversion Price, Dividend Rate or Series C Preferred Liquidation Amount under this Article Fifth, Section C. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders shall not have any voting rights set out in Article Fifth, Section C.5(b) if, at or prior to the effective time of the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required, all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have been converted into shares of Common Stock. 6. Rank; Liquidation. (a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the association or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the association, and after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to creditors of the association and subject to the rights of any securities ranking senior to the Series C Preferred Stock, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock, in full an amount per share equal to the Base Price multiplied by the Applicable Conversion Rate, together with an amount equal to all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the date of payment of such distribution (but without any amount in respect of dividends that have not been declared prior to such payment date) (the "Series C Preferred Liquidation Amount"). The rights of the Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section C.6(a) shall rank pari passu with the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock. Thereafter, the Series C Preferred Stock will participate with the Common Stock on an as-converted basis as if Series C Preferred Stock was converted immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. (b) If in any distribution described in Article Fifth, Section C.6(a) above the assets of the association or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay the Liquidation Preferences (as defined below) in full to all holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and all holders of any stock of the association ranking equally with the Series C Preferred Stock as to such distribution, the amounts paid to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and to the holders of all such other stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of all such other stock. In any such distribution, the "Liquidation Preference" of any holder of stock of the association shall mean the amount otherwise payable to such holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the

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46 association available for such distribution), including an amount equal to any declared but unpaid dividends (and, in the case of any holder of stock other than the Series C Preferred Stock and on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to any unpaid, accrued, cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, as applicable). (c) For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section C.6, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association shall not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the association into or with any other association or Person or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination of any other corporation or Person into or with the association be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association. 7. Adjustments. (a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the adjustments described in this Article Fifth, Section C.7 (each such event set forth in clauses (b) through (h), an "Adjustment Event"). (b) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the association pays dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex- Date for such dividend or distribution by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0=the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. OS1=the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution, plus (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock issued in such dividend or distribution. The adjustment pursuant to this clause (b) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. For the purposes of this clause (b), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (b) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such

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47 Conversion Price that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (c) Subdivisions, Splits and Combinations of Common Stock. If the association subdivides, splits or combines the shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0=the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination. OS1=the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the opening of business on the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination. The adjustment pursuant to this clause (c) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the effective date of such subdivision, split or combination. For the purposes of this clause (c), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any subdivision, split or combination described in this clause (c) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not subdivided, split or combined, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to subdivide, split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such subdivision, split or combination had not been announced. (d) Debt or Asset Distributions. If the association distributes to all or substantially all holders of shares of Common Stock evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, securities, cash or other assets (excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in clause (b) above, any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the association or any of its subsidiaries, and any dividend of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit in the case of certain spin-off transactions as described below), then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution by the following fraction:

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48 SP0 - FMV SP0 Where, SP0= the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such date. FMV= the fair market value of the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board; provided that, if "FMV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall receive on the date on which such distribution is made to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock, the amount of such distribution such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In a "spin-off", where the association makes a distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock consisting of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests of, or relating to, a subsidiary or other business unit, if a Holder did not participate in such distribution with respect to such shares of Series C Preferred Stock as provided for in Article Fifth, Section C.4, the Conversion Price with respect to such share held by such Holder will be adjusted on the 15th Trading Day after the effective date of the distribution by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such 15th Trading Day by the following fraction: MP0 MP0 + MPS Where, MP0 = the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution. MPs= the average of the Closing Prices of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution, or, if not traded on a national or regional securities exchange or over-the-counter market, the fair market value of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment pursuant to this clause (d) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In

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49 the event that such distribution described in this clause (d) is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (e) Cash Distributions. If the association makes a distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Stock, excluding any (i) regular quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock not in excess of $0.05 per share, which per share amount shall be adjusted accordingly in the event that the association subdivides, splits or combines the shares of Common Stock, (ii) cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event or as part of a "spin-off" referred to in clause (d) above, (iii) dividend or distribution in connection with the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, and (iv) consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the association or any of its subsidiaries, then in each event, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution will be multiplied by the following fraction: SP0 - DIV SP0 Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date. DIV= the amount per share of Common Stock of the cash distribution, as determined pursuant to the introduction to this clause (e). In the event that any distribution described in this clause (e) is not so made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay such distribution, to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if "DIV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive on the date on which the relevant cash dividend or distribution is distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series C Preferred Stock, the amount of cash such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. (f) Self-Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the association or any of its subsidiaries successfully completes a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the

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50 payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time prior to the commencement of the offer by the following fraction: OS0 × SP0 AC + (SP0 × OS1) Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the commencement of the tender or exchange offer. OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, including any shares validly tendered and not withdrawn. OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the expiration of the tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer). AC= the aggregate cash and fair market value of the other consideration payable in the tender or exchange offer, as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (f) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the expiration of the tender or exchange offer. In the event that the association or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the association or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be such Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. (g) Rights Plans. To the extent that the association has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Holders will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Price will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the association had made a distribution to all holders of Common Stock as described in clause (d) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

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51 (h) Reorganization Events. (1) Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event prior to an applicable Conversion Date, each share of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of any Holders, be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the association or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the association, and after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to creditors of the association and subject to the rights of any securities ranking senior to the Series C Preferred Stock, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other Junior Stock, in full, the greater of the (1) amount per share equal to two times the Series C Preferred Liquidation Amount or (2) amount equal to the distribution amount of such assets or proceeds of the association as was receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series C Preferred Stock was convertible immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such payment, the "Exchange Property"). (2) A "Reorganization Event" shall mean: (i) any consolidation, merger, conversion or other similar business combination of the association with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (ii) any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case pursuant to which all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (iii) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities other than the Common Stock; or (iv) any statutory exchange of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition). (3) The provisions of this Article Fifth, Section C.7(h) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events or any series of transactions that results in a Reorganization Event and the provisions of Article Fifth, Section C.7(h) shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the association (or any successor) received by the holders of the Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

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52 (4) The association (or any successor) shall, at least twenty days prior to the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of the anticipated occurrence of such event and of the type and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property; provided, that no such notice shall be required if the anticipated occurrence of any Reorganization Event is disclosed in any registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule or proxy statement filed with or furnished by the association to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Article Fifth, Section C.7. (i) No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made with respect to a share of Series C Preferred Stock if the Holder thereof has participated in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment with respect to such share of Series C Preferred Stock, as a result of holding such share of Series C Preferred Stock at the time of such transaction (including pursuant to Article Fifth, Section C.4), without having to convert such share of Series C Preferred Stock, as if they held the full number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of the Series C Preferred Stock held by them may then be converted. (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an Adjustment Event shall not allow the Holder to acquire a higher percentage of any Class of Voting Securities of the association than the Holder (together with its affiliates for purposes of the BHC Act) beneficially owned immediately prior to such Adjustment Event. 8. Reports as to Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are convertible is adjusted as provided in Article Fifth, Section C.7, the Corporation shall promptly, but in any event within ten days thereafter, compute such adjustment and furnish to the Holders a notice stating the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible as a result of such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and the computation thereof and when such adjustment will become effective. Amounts resulting from any calculation hereunder will be rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th. 9. Reservation of Stock. (a) The association shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock as provided in this Article Fifth, Section C, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding.

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53 (b) Following the approval of the applicable supplemental listing application, the association hereby covenants and agrees that, for so long as shares of the Common Stock are listed on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the association will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of all the Series C Preferred Stock. 10. Exclusion of Other Rights. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers except as expressly described herein, and, except as may otherwise be required by Law, shall not have any preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth herein (as this Article Fifth, Section C may be amended from time to time) and in the Articles of Association. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive or subscription rights. 11. Severability of Provisions. If any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the Series C Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Article Fifth, Section C (as this Article Fifth, Section C may be amended from time to time) are invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of Law, all other voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series C Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Article Fifth, Section C (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series C Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series C Preferred Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series C Preferred Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof unless so expressed herein. 12. Cancellation of Series C Preferred Stock. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock that have been duly converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section C, or reacquired by the association, shall be cancelled promptly thereafter and revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Such shares may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of Preferred Stock. The association may from time to time take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock solely in accordance with the foregoing.

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54 13. Additional Authorized Shares. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Association or this Article Fifth, Section C to the contrary, the Board or any authorized committee of the Board, without the vote of the Holders, may increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other stock ranking junior or senior to, or on parity with, the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association. 14. Determinations. The association shall have the sole right to make all calculations called for hereunder. Absent fraud or manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The association shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity and its action in so doing, as evidenced by a resolution of the Board, shall be final and conclusive unless clearly inconsistent with the intent hereof. Amounts resulting from any calculation will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one ten-thousandth, with five one-hundred thousandths being rounded upwards. 15. No Redemption. The association may not, at any time, redeem the outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, other than as otherwise expressly set forth in Article Fifth, Section C.7 with the prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 16. Maturity. The Series C Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, unless converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section C. 17. Repurchases. Subject to the limitations imposed herein, the association may purchase and sell shares of Series C Preferred Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board may determine; provided that any repurchase of shares of Series C Preferred Stock by the association shall require prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 18. No Sinking Funds. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund. 19. Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally to the recipient, or if by email, upon delivery (provided that no auto-generated error or non-delivery message is generated in response thereto), (b) on the first Business Day

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55 following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth business day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered to (i) if to the association, Flagstar Bank, N.A., 102 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, Email: Joseph.Otting@flagstar.com; with a copy to: General Counsel, Email: Bao.Nguyen@flagstar.com, or (ii) if to any Holder or holder of Common Stock, as the case may be, to such Holder or holder at the address listed in the stock record books of the association, or, in each case, such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. 20. Taxes. (a) The association and each Holder shall bear their own costs, fees and expenses in connection with any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section C.3, except that the association shall pay any and all transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, documentary taxes, or other similar taxes imposed upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock on account of any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section C.3; provided that the association shall not be required to pay any such tax to the extent such tax is payable because a Holder requests Common Stock to be registered in a name other than such registered holder's name (including in connection with any Convertible Transfer) and no such Common Stock will be so registered unless and until the registered holder making such request has paid such taxes to the association or has established to the satisfaction of the association that such taxes have been paid or are not payable. (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the association and any applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable on or with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock (including upon conversion of any Series C Preferred Stock) such amounts as it is required to deduct or withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any other applicable tax Law. If the Holder is deemed for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have received a distribution with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, the association and any applicable withholding agent may satisfy any resulting applicable withholding obligations (including with respect to backup withholding) required by applicable Tax Law imposed in connection with such deemed distribution by withholding from any other payments due with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock, including any payments upon conversion, repurchase or redemption of the Series C Preferred Stock. If any amounts are so deducted or withheld and subsequently paid to the applicable Government Entity, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as having be paid to the person to which such amounts would have otherwise been payable.

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56 (c) The association and each Holder each agree that there shall be no deemed distribution on the Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 305(c) of the Code in respect of a difference between the "issue price" and the "redemption price" of the Series C Preferred Stock and except to the extent otherwise required by a "determination" within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code, neither the association nor Holder shall take any position inconsistent therewith. 21. No Stock Certificates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article Fifth, Section C, no shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be issued in physical, certificated form. All shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be evidenced by book-entry on the record books maintained by the association or its transfer agent. 22. Transfers. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock are subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Investment Agreements. Any purported transfer in violation of such restrictions shall be null and void. D. Series D Preferred Stock 1. Designation and Amount. A series of Preferred Stock designated as the "Series D Non-Voting Common Equivalent Stock" ("Series D NVCE Stock") is hereby established. The total number of authorized shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall be 315,000. 2. Definitions. As used in this Article Fifth, Section D with respect to the Series D NVCE Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: "Adjustment Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section D.7(a). "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (as used in this definition, the term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise). "Applicable Conversion Rate" means, for each share of Series D NVCE Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (a) one thousand (1,000) multiplied by (b) the quotient of (i) the Base Price divided by (ii) the then-applicable Conversion Price, subject to adjustment pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.7 for any applicable event occurring subsequent to the initial determination of the Applicable Conversion Rate. "Articles of Association" means these Articles of Association, as may be further amended from time to time. "Base Price" means $2.00.

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57 "BHC Act" means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (as amended) and its implementing regulations. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the association. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the city of New York, New York are required or authorized by Law to be closed. "Class of Voting Security" shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with how "class of voting shares" is defined in 12 C.F.R. Section 225.2(q)(3) or any successor provision. "Closing Date" means the date that any shares of Series D NVCE Stock are first issued. "Closing Price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE on such date. If the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the association for this purpose. For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section D, all references herein to the "Closing Price" and "last reported sale price" of the Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on the NYSE shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE (http://www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing sale price or last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the NYSE and as reported by Bloomberg Professional service, the closing sale price and last reported sale price on the website of the NYSE shall govern. "Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the association authorized by the association. "Conversion Date" means the date on which any shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall become convertible into any shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.3(a); provided, however, that if a Conversion Date would otherwise occur on or after an Ex-Date for an issuance, dividend or distribution that results in an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant

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58 to Article Fifth, Section D.7 and on or before the Record Date for such issuance, dividend or distribution, such Conversion Date shall instead occur on the first calendar day after the Record Date for such issuance, dividend or distribution. "Conversion Price" means, for each share of Series D NVCE Stock, $6.00, as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Article Fifth, Section D. "Convertible Transfer" means a transfer by the Holder that is both (i) to a Person who is not an affiliate of the Holder for purposes of the BHC Act and (ii) (A) to the association; (B) in a widespread public distribution; (C) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive 2% or more of the outstanding securities of any Class of Voting Securities of the association; or (D) to a purchaser that would control more than 50% of every Class of Voting Securities of the association without any transfer from the Holder. "Current Market Price" means, on any date, the average of the daily Closing Price per share of the Common Stock or other securities on each of the five consecutive Trading Days preceding the earlier of the day before the date of the issuance, dividend or distribution in question and the day before the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution, giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.7. "DGCL" means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time. "Exchange Property" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section D.7(i). "Ex-Date" means, when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.7, the first date on which the applicable Common Stock or other securities trade without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution. "Government Entity" means any (a) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (b) governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, committee or entity and any court or other tribunal), whether foreign or domestic; or (c) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, whether foreign or domestic, including any arbitral tribunal and self-regulatory organizations. "Holder" means the Person in whose name any shares of Series D NVCE Stock are registered, which may be treated by the association as the absolute owner of such shares of Series D NVCE Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversion and for all other purposes. "HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended from time to time. "HSR Approvals" means, with respect to the shares of Series D NVCE Stock of any Holder, the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (or extension thereof) under the HSR Act with respect to such Holder's acquisition or ownership of Common Stock upon conversion of such shares of Series D NVCE Stock.

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59 "Investment Agreements" means the investment agreements, by and between Flagstar Financial, Inc., predecessor to the association, and the investor parties thereto, dated as of March 7, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time). "Law" means, with respect to any Person, any legal, regulatory and administrative laws, statutes, rules, Orders and regulations applicable to such Person. "Liens" means any and all liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or arrangements, or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever. "NVCE Dividend Amount" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section D.4(a). "NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange. "Order" means any applicable order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, or writ of any Government Entity. "Permanent Warrant" has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreements. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a "person" as defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government. "Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in the Articles of Association. "Record Date" means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board or by Law, contract or otherwise). "Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section D.7(i)((2). "Series B Preferred Stock" means the Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issued pursuant to the Investment Agreements. "Series C Preferred Stock" means the Series C Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the association, issued pursuant to the Investment Agreements. "Series D NVCE Stock" has the meaning specified in Article Fifth, Section D.2. "Subject Series D Share" means a share of Series D NVCE Stock that is automatically converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.3(a).

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60 "Trading Day" means a day on which the shares of Common Stock: (i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock. 3. Conversion. (a) Conversion upon Convertible Transfer. (1) The shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall not be convertible into any other class of capital stock of the association, except in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section D.3. On the terms and in the manner set forth in this Article Fifth, Section D.3, upon the consummation of any Convertible Transfer of shares of Series D NVCE Stock, each outstanding share of Series D NVCE Stock subject to such Convertible Transfer (each, a "Subject Series D Share") shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate; provided that, if at that time of the Convertible Transfer, (A) the HSR Approvals are required for the conversion of the Subject Series D Shares into Common Stock and (B) the HSR Approvals have not yet been obtained, then the maximum number of Subject Series D Shares that can convert into Common Stock without receipt of the HSR Approvals shall so convert into Common Stock based on the Applicable Conversion Rate. (2) On the Conversion Date, the association shall effect the conversion of the Subject Series D Shares by delivering the shares of Common Stock so converted pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.3(a)(1). (b) Prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of Series D NVCE Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.3(a)(1) shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock, and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock) by virtue of holding shares of Series D NVCE Stock, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article Fifth, Section D. (c) Effective immediately prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, the rights of the Holders with respect to the shares of the Series D NVCE Stock so converted shall cease and the Persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of such shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record and beneficial owners of such shares of Common Stock. In the event that the Holders shall not by written notice to the association designate the name in which shares of

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61 Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series D NVCE Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the association shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holders and in the manner shown on the records of the association. (d) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon any conversion of shares of Series D NVCE Stock. If more than one share of Series D NVCE Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at any one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series D NVCE Stock so surrendered. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Subject Series D Share, the association shall pay an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the fractional share of Common Stock, that otherwise would be issuable hereunder, multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date. (e) All shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the shares of Series D NVCE Stock will, upon issuance by the association, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions imposed under applicable securities Laws) and not issued in violation of any preemptive right or Law. (f) Effective immediately prior to the Conversion Date, dividends or distributions shall no longer be declared on any Subject Series D Shares and such shares shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the rights of a Holder to receive any declared and unpaid dividends or distributions on such shares and any other payments to which they are otherwise entitled pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.4 or Article Fifth, Section D.7. 4. Dividend Rights. (a) From and after the Closing Date to (but excluding) the applicable Conversion Date, (i) the Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board (but only out of assets legally available therefor under the DGCL) all cash dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly dividends or distributions) declared and paid or made in respect of the shares of Common Stock, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, in an amount per share of Series D NVCE Stock equal to the product of (x) the Applicable Conversion Rate then in effect and (y) any per share dividend or distribution, as applicable, declared and paid or made in respect of each share of Common Stock (the "NVCE Dividend Amount"), and (ii) the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof may not declare and pay any cash dividend or make any cash distribution in respect of

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62 Common Stock unless the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board declares and pays to the Holders, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the NVCE Dividend Amount per share of Series D NVCE Stock. Notwithstanding any provision in this Article Fifth, Section D.4(a) to the contrary, no Holder of a share of Series D NVCE Stock shall be entitled to receive any dividend or distribution made with respect to the Common Stock where the Record Date for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution occurs prior to the date of issuance of such share of Series D NVCE Stock. The foregoing shall not limit or modify the rights of any Holder to receive any dividend or other distribution pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.7. (b) Each dividend or distribution declared and paid pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.4(a) will be payable to Holders of record of shares of Series D NVCE Stock as they appear in the records of the association at the close of business on the same day as the Record Date for the corresponding dividend or distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock. (c) Except as set forth in this Article Fifth, Section D, the association shall have no obligation to pay, and the holders of shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall have no right to receive, dividends or distributions at any time, including with respect to dividends or distributions with respect to Common Stock or any other class or series of authorized Preferred Stock. To the extent the association declares dividends or distributions on the Series D NVCE Stock and on any Common Stock but does not make full payment of such declared dividends or distributions, the association will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Series D NVCE Stock and the holders of any Common Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the allocation of partial dividend payments, the association will allocate dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the Holders and the holders of any Common Stock so that the amount of dividends or distributions paid per share on the shares of Series D NVCE Stock and such Common Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that payable dividends or distributions per share on the shares of the Series D NVCE Stock and such Common Stock (but without, in the case of any noncumulative Preferred Stock, accumulation of dividends or distributions for prior dividend periods) bear to each other. The foregoing right shall not be cumulative and shall not in any way create any claim or right in favor of Holders in the event that dividends or distributions have not been declared or paid in respect of any prior calendar quarter. (d) No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on shares of Series D NVCE Stock that may be in arrears. (e) Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends or distributions, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends or distributions

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63 (if any) declared and payable on shares of Series D NVCE Stock as specified in this Article Fifth, Section D. (f) Notwithstanding any provision in this Article Fifth, Section D to the contrary, Holders shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or distributions on any shares of Series D NVCE Stock on or after the applicable Conversion Date in respect of such shares of Series D NVCE Stock that have been converted as provided herein, except to the extent that any such dividends or distributions have been declared by the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board and the Record Date for such dividend occurs prior to such applicable Conversion Date. 5. Voting. (a) Notwithstanding any stated or statutory voting rights, except as set forth in Article Fifth, Section D.5(b), the Holders shall not be entitled to vote (in their capacity as Holders) on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the association. (b) So long as any shares of Series D NVCE Stock are outstanding, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series D NVCE Stock, voting as a single and separate class, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series D NVCE Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section D.7(i)) any provision of the Articles of Association that would alter, modify or change the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series D NVCE Stock so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series D NVCE Stock; provided, that any such amendment or alteration to any provision of the Articles of Association that alters, modifies or changes the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of a particular Holder so as to, or in a manner that would, significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of such Holder in a manner disproportionate from any other Holder shall require the prior written consent of such significantly and adversely affected Holder; provided, further, that neither (x) any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued Series D NVCE Stock or any securities convertible into Series D NVCE Stock nor (y) the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into Preferred Stock, ranking equal with and/or junior to the Series D NVCE Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding up, in either case, will, in and of itself, be deemed to significantly and adversely affect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers of the Series D NVCE Stock or any Holder and the

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64 Holders will have no right to vote their shares of Series D NVCE Stock or consent to such action solely by reason of such an increase, creation or issuance. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the association shall not, without the written consent or affirmative vote, given in person or by proxy, at a meeting called for that purpose by the unanimous consent of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series D NVCE Stock, amend, alter or repeal (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than a Reorganization Event pursuant to which the Series D NVCE Stock is treated in accordance with Article Fifth, Section D.7(i)) the definitions of Base Price, Conversion Price or Applicable Conversion Rate under this Article Fifth, Section D. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders shall not have any voting rights set out in Article Fifth, Section D.5(b) if, at or prior to the effective time of the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required, all outstanding shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall have been converted into shares of Common Stock. 6. Liquidation. (a) Subject to the terms hereof, the Series D NVCE Stock shall, consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. Section 3.20(b)(1) (or any successor regulation) with respect to common equity tier 1 capital, rank equally with the Common Stock with respect to dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly dividends) declared by the Board and rights upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up or similar proceeding of the association, as provided in the Articles of Association; provided, that, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association, holders of the Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, in preference to the holders of the Common Stock, an amount per share equal to $0.0001. (b) For purposes of this Article Fifth, Section D.6, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association shall not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association, nor shall the merger, consolidation or any other business combination transaction of the association into or with any other corporation or Person or the merger, consolidation or any other business combination of any other corporation or Person into or with the association be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the association.

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65 7. Adjustments. (a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the adjustments described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7 (each such event set forth in Article Fifth, Section D.7(b) through Section D.7(i), an "Adjustment Event"). (b) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the association pays dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex- Date for such dividend or distribution by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. OS1= the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution, plus (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock issued in such dividend or distribution. The adjustment pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(b) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. For the purposes of this Article Fifth, Section D.7(b), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any dividend or distribution described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7(b) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (c) Subdivisions, Splits and Combinations of Common Stock. If the association subdivides, splits or combines the shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination by the following fraction: OS0 OS1 Where, OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination.

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66 OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the opening of business on the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination. The adjustment pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(c) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the effective date of such subdivision, split or combination. For the purposes of this Article Fifth, Section D.7(c), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held in treasury by the association. If any subdivision, split or combination described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7(c) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not subdivided, split or combined, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to subdivide, split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such subdivision, split or combination had not been announced. (d) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the association issues to all or substantially all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans) entitling them, for a period of up to 45 days from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase the shares of Common Stock at less than the Current Market Price on the date immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such issuance, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such issuance by the following fraction: OS0 + Y OS0 + X Where, OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution. X= the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants. Y= the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the Current Market Price on the date immediately preceding the Ex-Date for the issuance of such rights or warrants. Any adjustment pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(d) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Date for such issuance. For the purposes of this Article Fifth, Section D.7(d), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares held

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67 in treasury by the association. The association shall not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of shares of the Common Stock held in treasury by the association. In the event that such rights or warrants described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7(d) are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In determining the aggregate offering price payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be reasonably determined by the Board). (e) Debt or Asset Distributions. If the association distributes to all or substantially all holders of shares of Common Stock evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock, securities, cash or other assets (excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in Article Fifth, Section D.7(b), any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash, any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the association or any of its subsidiaries, and any dividend of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit in the case of certain spin-off transactions as described below), then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution by the following fraction: SP0 - FMV SP0 Where, SP0= the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such date. FMV= the fair market value of the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board; provided that, if "FMV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall receive on the date on which such distribution is made to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series D NVCE Stock, the amount of such distribution such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on

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68 the Ex-Date for such distribution. Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In a "spin-off", where the association makes a distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock consisting of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests of, or relating to, a subsidiary or other business unit, if a Holder did not participate in such distribution with respect to such shares of Series D NVCE Stock as provided for in Article Fifth, Section D.4, the Conversion Price with respect to such share held by such Holder will be adjusted on the 15th Trading Day after the effective date of the distribution by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such 15th Trading Day by the following fraction: MP0 MP0 + MPS Where, MP0 = the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution. MPs= the average of the Closing Prices of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution, or, if not traded on a national or regional securities exchange or over-the-counter market, the fair market value of the capital stock or equity interests representing the portion of the distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock on such date as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(e) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Date for such distribution. In the event that such distribution described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7(e) is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. (f) Cash Distributions. If the association makes a distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Stock, excluding any (i) cash dividend on the Common Stock to the extent a corresponding cash dividend is paid on the Series D NVCE Stock pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.4(a), (ii) cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event or as part of a "spin-off" referred to in Article Fifth, Section D.7(e), (iii) dividend or distribution in connection with the association's liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, and (iv) consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by

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69 the association or any of its subsidiaries, then in each event, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution will be multiplied by the following fraction: SP0 - DIV SP0 Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date.. DIV= the amount per share of Common Stock of the cash distribution, as determined pursuant to the introduction to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(f). In the event that any distribution described in this Article Fifth, Section D.7(f) is not so made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to pay such distribution, to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if "DIV" as set forth above is equal to or greater than "SP0" as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive on the date on which the relevant cash dividend or distribution is distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series D NVCE Stock, the amount of cash such Holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date for such distribution. (g) Self-Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the association or any of its subsidiaries successfully completes a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time prior to the commencement of the offer by the following fraction: OS0 × SP0 AC + (SP0 × OS1) Where, SP0= the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the commencement of the tender or exchange offer.

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70 OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, including any shares validly tendered and not withdrawn. OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the expiration of the tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer). AC= the aggregate cash and fair market value of the other consideration payable in the tender or exchange offer, as reasonably determined by the Board. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(g) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the expiration of the tender or exchange offer. In the event that the association or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the association or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be such Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. (h) Rights Plans. To the extent that the association has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series D NVCE Stock, the Holders will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Price will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the association had made a distribution to all holders of Common Stock as described in Article Fifth, Section D.7(e), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. (i) Reorganization Events. (1) Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event prior to an applicable Conversion Date, each share of Series D NVCE Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders, automatically convert into the types and amounts of securities, cash, and other property that is or was receivable in such Reorganization Event by a holder (other than the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an Affiliate of such other party) of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series D NVCE Stock was convertible immediately prior to such Reorganization Event in exchange for such shares of Series D NVCE Stock (such securities, cash, and other property, the "Exchange Property"); provided that, to the extent receipt of any Exchange Property would be prohibited by Law or would require the Holder to obtain any consent, authorization, approval, license or permit of any Governmental Entity to acquire or hold the Exchange

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71 Property, then the portion of the Series D NVCE Stock of such Holder that such Holder is prohibited by Law or requires such action to acquire or hold shall instead either (A) convert into a substantially identical non- voting security (with commensurate voting powers and conversion rights as the Series D NVCE Stock hereunder) of the entity surviving such Reorganization Event or other entity in which holders of shares of Common Stock receive securities in connection with such Reorganization Event or (B) if proper provision is not made to give effect to the foregoing subclause (A), remain outstanding without any alterations to the terms thereof and be convertible into the Exchange Property. (2) A "Reorganization Event" shall mean: (i) any consolidation, merger, conversion or other similar business combination of the association with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (ii) any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the association and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case pursuant to which all of the Common Stock outstanding will be converted into cash, securities, or other property of the association or another Person; (iii) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities other than the Common Stock; or (iv) any statutory exchange of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition). (3) In the event that holders of the shares of the Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such Reorganization Event, the association shall ensure that the Holders have the same opportunity to elect the form of consideration in accordance with the same procedures and pro ration mechanics that apply to the election to be made by the holders of the Common Stock. The amount of Exchange Property receivable upon conversion of any Series D NVCE Stock shall be determined based upon the Conversion Price in effect on the date on which such Reorganization Event is consummated. (4) The provisions of this Article Fifth, Section D.7(i) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events or any series of transactions that results in a Reorganization Event and the provisions of Article Fifth, Section D.7(i) shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the association

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72 (or any successor) received by the holders of the Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event. (5) The association (or any successor) shall, at least twenty (20) days prior to the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, use reasonable best efforts to provide written notice to the Holders of the anticipated occurrence of such event and of the type and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property; provided, that no such notice shall be required if the anticipated occurrence of any Reorganization Event is disclosed in any registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule or proxy statement publicly filed with or furnished by the association to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Article Fifth, Section D.7. (6) The association shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless such agreement provides for the conversion of the Series D NVCE Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to this Article Fifth, Section D.7(i). (j) No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made with respect to a share of Series D NVCE Stock if the Holder thereof has participated in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment with respect to such share of Series D NVCE Stock, as a result of holding such share of Series D NVCE Stock at the time of such transaction (including pursuant to Article Fifth, Section D.4), without having to convert such share of Series D NVCE Stock, as if they held the full number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of the Series D NVCE Stock held by them may then be converted. (k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an Adjustment Event shall not allow the Holder to acquire a higher percentage of any Class of Voting Securities of the association than the Holder (together with its affiliates for purposes of the BHC Act) beneficially owned immediately prior to such Adjustment Event. 8. Reports as to Adjustments. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of the Series D NVCE Stock are convertible is adjusted as provided in Article Fifth, Section D.7, the association shall promptly, but in any event within ten days thereafter, compute such adjustment and furnish to the Holders a notice stating the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series D NVCE Stock is convertible as a result of such adjustment, a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and the computation thereof and when such adjustment will become effective. Amounts resulting from any calculation hereunder will be rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th.

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73 9. Reservation of Stock. (a) The association shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series D NVCE Stock as provided in this Article Fifth, Section D, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series D NVCE Stock then outstanding. (b) Following the approval of the applicable supplemental listing application with NYSE, the association hereby covenants and agrees that, for so long as shares of the Common Stock are listed on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the association will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of all the Series D NVCE Stock. 10. Exclusion of Other Rights. The shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall not have any voting powers except as expressly described herein, and, except as may otherwise be required by Law, shall not have any preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in the Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time). The shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall have no preemptive or subscription rights. 11. Severability of Provisions. If any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the Series D NVCE Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Article Fifth, Section D (as this Article Fifth, Section D may be amended from time to time) are invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of Law, all other voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series D NVCE Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Article Fifth, Section D (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series D NVCE Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series D NVCE Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series D NVCE Stock or qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof unless so expressed herein. 12. Cancellation of Series D NVCE Stock. Any shares of Series D NVCE Stock that have been duly converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section D, or reacquired by the association, shall be cancelled promptly thereafter and revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Such shares may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of Preferred Stock. The association may from time to time take such appropriate

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74 action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series D NVCE Stock solely in accordance with the foregoing. 13. Additional Authorized Shares. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Articles of Association to the contrary, the Board or any authorized committee of the Board, without the vote of the Holders, may increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Series D NVCE Stock or other stock ranking junior or senior to, or on parity with, the Series D NVCE Stock as to dividends and the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the association. 14. Determinations. The association shall have the sole right to make all calculations called for hereunder. Absent fraud or manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The association shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity and its action in so doing, as evidenced by a resolution of the Board, shall be final and conclusive unless clearly inconsistent with the intent hereof. Amounts resulting from any calculation will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one ten-thousandth, with five one- hundred thousandths being rounded upwards. The Series D NVCE Stock is intended to qualify as common equity tier 1 capital for purposes of 12 C.F.R. Section 3.20(b)(1) (or any successor regulation), and the terms of this Article Fifth, Section D shall be interpreted, construed and applied to achieve such regulatory capital treatment. 15. No Redemption. The association may not, at any time, redeem the outstanding shares of the Series D NVCE Stock, other than as otherwise expressly set forth in Article Fifth, Section D.7 with the prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 16. Maturity. The Series D NVCE Stock shall be perpetual, unless converted in accordance with this Article Fifth, Section D. 17. Repurchases. Subject to the limitations imposed herein, the association may purchase and sell shares of Series D NVCE Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board or any duly authorized committee of the Board may determine; provided that any repurchase of shares of Series D NVCE Stock by the association shall require prior approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 18. No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series D NVCE Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund. 19. Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally to the recipient, or if by email, upon delivery (provided that no auto- generated error or non-delivery message is generated in response thereto), (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth business

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75 day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered to (i) if to the association, Flagstar Bank, N.A., 102 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, Email: Joseph.Otting@flagstar.com; with a copy to: General Counsel, Email: Bao.Nguyen@flagstar.com, or (ii) if to any Holder or holder of Common Stock, as the case may be, to such Holder or holder at the address listed in the stock record books of the association, or, in each case, such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. 20. Taxes. (a) The association and each Holder shall bear their own costs, fees and expenses in connection with any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section D.3(a)(1), except that the association shall pay any and all transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, documentary taxes, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, any issuance or delivery of shares of Series D NVCE Stock or Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series D NVCE Stock pursuant hereto, including in connection with any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section D.3(a)(1); provided that the association shall not be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in connection with any conversion contemplated by Article Fifth, Section D.3(a)(1) to the extent such tax is payable because a registered holder of Series D NVCE Stock requests Common Stock to be registered in a name other than such registered holder's name and no such Common Stock will be so registered unless and until the registered holder making such request has paid such taxes to the association or has established to the satisfaction of the association that such taxes have been paid or are not payable. (b) The association and each Holder agree that (i) it is intended that the Series D NVCE Stock not constitute "preferred stock" within the meaning of Section 305 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) except to the extent otherwise required by a "determination" within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code, neither the association nor any Holder shall treat the Series D NVCE Stock as such for United States federal income tax or withholding tax purposes or otherwise take any position inconsistent with such treatment. (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the association shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration otherwise payable on or with respect to the Series D NVCE Stock such amounts as it is required to deduct or withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any other applicable tax Law. If any amounts are so deducted or withheld and subsequently paid to the applicable Government Entity, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereunder as having been paid to the person to which such amounts would have otherwise been payable.

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76 21. No Stock Certificates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article Fifth, Section D, no shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall be issued in physical, certificated form. All shares of Series D NVCE Stock shall be evidenced by book-entry on the record books maintained by the association or its transfer agent. Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively including amendments to the Articles of Association, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share. 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. If a proposed amendment would affect two or more classes or series in the same or a substantially similar way, all the classes or series so affected, must vote together as a single voting group on the proposed amendment. All shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive any dividends duly declared by the association on a pro rata basis. Shares of one class or series may be issued as a dividend for shares of the same class or series on a pro rata basis and without consideration. Shares of one class or series may be issued as share dividends for a different class or series of stock if approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued, unless there are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued. Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend shall be the date authorized by the board of directors for the share dividend. 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 or not subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether or not 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 according to the Bylaws.

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77 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 into 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 in which 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 according to law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital. (8) Manage and administer the business and affairs of the association. (9) Adopt initial Bylaws for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the association that are not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association. (10) Amend or repeal the Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or in part to 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 Hicksville, New York without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of such association for a relocation 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 Hicksville, New York, but not more than 30 miles beyond such limits. The main office location may also be changed pursuant to 12 USC 1831u(d)(1) or other applicable law. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any branch or branches 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.

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78 NINTH. A national bank must mail shareholders notice of the time, place, and purpose of all shareholders' meetings at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the Articles of Association, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting. If action requiring approval of the shareholders is effected at an annual or special meeting, the meeting must be duly called. TENTH. A director of the association shall not be personally liable to the association or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty as a director, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under applicable law. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article TENTH shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such amendment, modification or repeal. The bank may make or agree to make indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 USC 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by any federal banking agency, that are reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 USC 1828(k), 12 CFR 359, and 12 CFR 7.2014. The bank may indemnify an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 USC 1813(u), for damages and expenses, including the advancement of expenses and legal fees, in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 8 (1991, as amended 1994, and as amended thereafter), provided such payments are consistent with safe and sound banking practices. The association may, upon affirmative vote of a majority of its board of directors, purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify its institution-affiliated parties, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), to the extent that such indemnification is allowed in these Articles of Association or the Bylaws; provided, however, that no such insurance shall include coverage for the cost of any judgment or civil money penalty assessed against such person in an administrative proceeding or civil action commenced by any federal banking agency. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all institution-affiliated parties. If this Article TENTH or any part hereof, shall be held unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remainder of this Article TENTH shall remain fully enforceable. ELEVENTH. These Articles of Association may be amended in any manner prescribed by the National Bank Act and at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of this 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. 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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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;79 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this __________ day of __________, 2025. Joseph M. Otting Milton Berlinski Alessandro P. DiNello Alan Frank Marshall Lux Steven T. Mnuchin Allen C. Puwalski Jennifer R. Whip Brian R. Callanan Notary's Affirmation Subscribed and sworn (affirmed) to before the undersigned, who is not an officer of the above- named bank, this ___ day of __________, 2025. Notary Public: __________ Commission Expires: __________

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## Exhibit 3.2

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ARTICLE I OFFICES; GOVERNANCE PROCEDURES Section 1.01 Business Offices. Flagstar Bank, National Association (the "Association") may have such offices, either within or outside New York, as the board of directors of the Association (the "Board of Directors") may from time to time determine or as the business of the Association may from time to time require. Section 1.02 Principal Office. The principal office of the Association shall be located at any place either within or outside New York. The Association shall maintain at its principal office a copy of such corporate records as required by applicable law of these Bylaws. Section 1.03 Governance Procedures. The Association elects to follow, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable Federal banking statutes or regulations, or bank safety and soundness, the corporate governance procedures of Delaware General Corporation Law, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 8. The Association elects not to be governed by the requirements of Section 203 of Delaware General Corporate Law. ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS Section 2.01 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time and place designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of such designation, the annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on the last Tuesday during the month of May of each year. If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a legal holiday in New York, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next succeeding banking day. At the meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as may be convenient. 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 2.02 Special Meetings. (a) Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board or, solely to the extent required by Section 2.02(b) of these Bylaws, the Secretary. The notice of such meeting shall state the purpose of such meeting and no business shall be transacted thereat except as stated in the notice thereof. (b) A special meeting of shareholders shall be called by the Secretary at the written request (a "Special Meeting Request") of any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the meeting (the "Requisite Percentage") based on the number

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-2- of outstanding voting shares of the Association most recently disclosed prior to the date of the Special Meeting Request by the Association in its filings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulator. A Special Meeting Request to the Secretary shall be signed by each shareholder requesting the special meeting (each, a "Requesting Shareholder"), and shall be accompanied by a notice setting forth (x) with respect to each Requesting Shareholder and any proposed nominee (if the special meeting is called for the election of one or more Directors), the information, representations and agreements described in Section 2.16(a)(iii) and (v) of these Bylaws, or (y) with respect to each Requesting Shareholder and proposal (if the special meeting is called for the consideration of any other matter), the information, representations and agreements described in Section 2.16(a)(iv) and (v) of these Bylaws. Requesting Shareholders who collectively hold at least the Requisite Percentage on the date the Special Meeting Request is submitted to the Secretary must: (i) continue to hold at least the number of shares of stock set forth in the Special Meeting Request with respect to each such Requesting Shareholder through the date of the special meeting; (ii) submit a written certification (an "Ownership Certification") confirming the continuation of such holdings on the business day immediately preceding the special meeting, which Ownership Certification shall include the information required by Section 2.16(a)(v) of these bylaws; and (iii) notify the Association immediately in the case of any reduction prior to the date of the requested special meeting of shares of capital stock owned beneficially or of record by such Requesting Shareholder and acknowledge that any such reduction shall be deemed a revocation of such Special Meeting Request if the number of shares so owned by such Requesting Shareholder has been reduced below the Requisite Percentage. (c) The date of any special meeting called pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of these Bylaws shall not be more than 90 days after a Special Meeting Request that satisfies the requirements of Section 2.02(b) of these Bylaws is received by the Secretary. The date, place, if any, and hour of such special meeting shall be set forth in the notice of special meeting. If more than one valid Special Meeting Request is received by the Secretary within a 90- day period, all items of business contained in such Special Meeting Requests may be presented at one special meeting. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.02 (b) and (c) of these Bylaws, a special meeting requested by shareholders pursuant to Section 2.02 (b) of these Bylaws shall not be held if: (i) the Special Meeting Request does not comply with Section 2.02(b) of these Bylaws; (ii) the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for shareholder action under applicable law; (iii) the Special Meeting Request is received by the Association during the period commencing 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders and ending on the date of the next annual meeting; (iv) an annual or special meeting of shareholders that included a substantially similar item of business ("Similar Business") (as determined in good faith by the Board) was held not more than 120 days before the Special Meeting Request was received by the Secretary; provided, however, that this clause (iv) does

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-3- not apply if a material corporate event relating to the item of business has occurred since the date of such prior annual or special meeting; (v) two or more special meetings of shareholders called pursuant to the request of shareholders have been held within the 12-month period before the Special Meeting Request was received by the Secretary; (vi) the Board has called or calls for an annual or special meeting of shareholders to be held within 90 days after the Special Meeting Request is received by the Secretary, and the Board determines in good faith that the business to be conducted at such meeting includes the Similar Business; (vii) such Special Meeting Request was made in a manner that involved a violation of the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable law; or (viii) the Requesting Shareholders fail to own the Requisite Percentage at all times on and between the date of the Special Meeting Request and the date of the requested special meeting. For purposes of this Section 2.02(d), the nomination, election or removal of Directors shall be deemed to be Similar Business with respect to all items of business involving the nomination, election or removal of Directors, changing the size of the Board and filling of vacancies and/or newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors. (e) Any Requesting Shareholder may revoke such shareholder's participation in a Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary and if, following any such revocation, there are outstanding unrevoked requests from shareholders holding less than the Requisite Percentage, the Board may, in its discretion, cancel the special meeting. If none of the Requesting Shareholders appears or sends a Qualified Representative to present the business to be presented for consideration that was specified in the Special Meeting Request, or, if the Ownership Certification does not confirm that the Requesting Shareholders continue to hold the Requisite Percentage, the Association need not present such business for a vote at such special meeting. For purposes of these Bylaws, a "Qualified Representative" of any shareholder shall mean a person who is a duly authorized officer, manager, or partner of such shareholder, or another individual who is authorized in a writing signed by such shareholder, or an electronic transmission delivered to the Secretary by such shareholder, to act as its proxy at the applicable shareholder meeting and who produces the writing or the electronic transmission or a reliable reproduction of either. (f) Business conducted at a special meeting requested by shareholders pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of these Bylaws shall be limited to the matters described in the applicable Special Meeting Request; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Board from submitting matters to the shareholders at any such special meeting. (g) Compliance by a Requesting Shareholder with the requirements of this Section 2.02 shall be determined in good faith by the Board (or, to the extent expressly provided in this Section 2.02, any person to whom the Board has expressly delegated authority for such purpose).

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-4- Section 2.03 Place of Meetings. Each annual or special meeting of the shareholders shall be held at such place, either within or outside New York, as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors 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 Delaware General Corporation Law. In the absence of any such designation, meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Association. Section 2.04 Notice of Meetings. (a) Required Notice. The Association shall give notice to shareholders of the date, time, and place of each annual and special meeting of the shareholders no fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date, by first class mail or email, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") determines that an emergency circumstance exists. Unless otherwise required by law or the Association's Articles of Association, as it may have been amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time (the "Articles of Association"), the Association is required to give the notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. (b) Contents of Notice. The notice of each special meeting must include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as provided in this Section 2.04(b), or as otherwise required by applicable law, or the Articles of Association, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. (c) Adjourned Meeting. If any annual or special meeting of shareholders is adjourned to a different date, time or place, then, subject to the requirements of the following sentence, notice need not be given of the new date, time and place if the new date, time and place are announced at the meeting before adjournment. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 2.05 of these Bylaws, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 2.04(a) of these Bylaws to shareholders of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 2.05 Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders of entitled to: (i) notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof; (ii) take action without a meeting; (iii) demand a special meeting; (iv) receive payment of any distribution or share dividend; or (v) take any other action, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date in reasonable proximity to the date that notice is given to such shareholders, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of shareholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described. If no record date is otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors as provided herein, then the record date for the purposes set forth below shall be the close of business on the dates indicated: (a) With respect to a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders;

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-5- (b) With respect to a determination of shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting of shareholders, the later of (i) the earliest date of any of the demands pursuant to which the meeting is called, and (ii) the date that is sixty days prior to the date the first of the written demands pursuant to which the meeting is called is received by the Association; (c) With respect to a determination of shareholders entitled to a share dividend, the date the Board of Directors authorizes the share dividend; and (d) With respect to a determination of shareholders entitled to a distribution (other than one involving a purchase or reacquisition of shares for which no record date is necessary), the date the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution. A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting. Section 2.06 Shareholder List for Meetings. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the Association shall prepare a list of the names of all shareholders entitled to be given notice of, and to vote at, each meeting of shareholders. The list must be in alphabetical order within each class or series of shares and must show the address of, and the number of shares held by, each shareholder. The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them. The shareholder list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning ten days before the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting and any adjournments thereof. The list must be available at the Association's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting is to be held. A shareholder or a shareholder's agent or attorney is entitled, on written demand to the Association, to inspect and copy the list during regular business hours during the period it is available for inspection. The list is to be available at the meeting for which it was prepared, and any shareholder or any shareholder's agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting. The shareholder list is to be maintained in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time. Section 2.07 Shareholder Quorum and Voting Requirements. The holders of a majority of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number may be required by law. Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, including the purpose of determining that a quorum exists, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of the meeting, unless a new record date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting.

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-6- If a quorum exists, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the Articles of Association, a bylaw hereof or applicable law requires a greater number of affirmative votes. Section 2.08 Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy by signing an appointment form, either personally or by the shareholder's attorney-in-fact, or by any of the other means permitted under applicable law. A shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such shareholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by shareholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. A proxy appointment is valid for three years unless a longer period is expressly provided in the appointment form. Any person or group of persons, except the Association's officers, clerks, tellers, or bookkeepers, may be designated as proxy. The Association's directors or attorneys may act as proxy if they are not also employed as an officer, clerk, teller or bookkeeper of the Association. Section 2.09 Voting of Shares. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Association or other applicable law, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote, and each fractional share is entitled to a corresponding fractional vote, on each matter voted on at a shareholders' meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote. Section 2.10 No Shareholder Action by Consent. No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, and the power of shareholders to consent, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. Section 2.11 Chairperson of Meetings of Shareholders. Meetings of shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors; or in the absence of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, by the Chief Executive Officer; or in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, by a chairperson designated by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors. A Secretary, or in the absence of a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of a Secretary and any Assistant Secretary, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairperson of the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent

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-7- inconsistent with such rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn a meeting of shareholders without a vote of shareholders and to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as, in the judgment of such chairperson of the meeting, are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, the establishment of rules and procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall determine, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the association, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof and the opening and closing of the voting polls for each item upon which a vote is to be taken. Section 2.12 Meetings by Telecommunication. Unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws, any or all of the shareholders may participate in an annual or special meeting of shareholders by, or the meeting may be conducted through the use of, any means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is considered to be present in person at the meeting. Section 2.13 Voting for Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Association with respect to directors to be elected by the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Association and in these Bylaws with respect to the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors, each director shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast, with abstentions not counted as a vote cast either "for" or "against" that director nominee, with respect to such director at any meeting of shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present and directors are to be elected; provided, however, that the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of the shareholders duly called and at which a quorum is present and directors are to be elected if, in connection with such meeting (i) the Secretary of the Association shall have received one or more notices that a shareholder has nominated or proposes to nominate a person or persons for election as a director, which notice(s) purports to be in compliance with the advance notice requirements set forth in Section 2.16 of the Bylaws and applicable rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, irrespective of whether the Board of Directors thereafter determines that any such notice(s) is (are) not in compliance with such requirements, and (ii) as of the fourteenth (14th) day preceding the date on which notice of such meeting of the shareholders is first mailed or otherwise given in accordance with applicable law to the shareholders of the Association, such nomination or proposed nomination has not been withdrawn by such shareholder and would thereby cause the number of nominees and proposed nominees to exceed the number of directors to be elected at such meeting, as determined by the Secretary of the Association, irrespective of whether such nomination or proposed nomination is thereafter withdrawn by such shareholder (a "Contested Election"). If the directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, shareholders shall not be permitted to vote

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-8- "against" any one or more nominees but shall only be permitted to vote "for" one or more nominees or withhold their votes with respect to one or more nominees. For purposes hereof, a majority of the votes cast means the number of votes cast "for" a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast "against" that director nominee, with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as a vote cast either "for" or "against" that director nominee. If, in any election of directors of the Association which is not a Contested Election, an incumbent director does not receive a majority of the votes cast, such incumbent director shall promptly following certification of the election results tender an irrevocable resignation as a director, subject to acceptance or rejection thereof or other action with respect thereto by the Board, for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will promptly consider any such tendered resignation and will make recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether such tendered resignation should be accepted or rejected, or whether other action should be taken with respect to such tendered resignation. Any incumbent director whose tendered resignation is under consideration may not participate in any deliberation or vote of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Board of Directors regarding such tendered resignation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in making its recommendation, and the Board of Directors in making its decision as to whether to accept, reject or take any other action with respect to such recommendation, may each consider any factors they deem relevant, including, without limitation, the incumbent director's qualifications and past and expected future contributions to the Association, the overall composition of the Board of Directors and whether accepting the tendered resignation would cause the Association to fail to satisfy any applicable law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, New York Stock Exchange listing requirements and federal securities laws and regulations), in accordance with such policies and procedures adopted by the Committee and/or the Board of Directors for such purpose. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date on which certification of the shareholder vote on the election of directors is made, the Board of Directors will publicly disclose its decision and rationale regarding whether to accept, reject or take other action with respect to the tendered resignation in a press release, a periodic or current report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other public announcement. If any incumbent director fails to tender his or her resignation as required pursuant to this Section 2.13, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall nevertheless assess the appropriateness of such director's continued service as a director and shall recommend to the Board of Directors the action to be taken with respect to such director as if the director had tendered his or her resignation. Should the Board of Directors determine that it would have accepted the resignation of such director if it had been tendered as required pursuant to this Section 2.13, then the term of such director shall be deemed to expire on the day that is one hundred twenty (120) days following certification of the shareholder vote and the Board of Directors will publicly disclose its decision and rationale in a press release, a periodic or current report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other public

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-9- announcement within one hundred twenty (120) days after certification of the shareholder vote. Section 2.14 Records. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws, and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors, and standing committees of the board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for that purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the secretary, cashier, or other officer appointed to act as secretary of the meeting. Section 2.15 Shares Held by Nominees. The Board of Directors is authorized to establish for the Association from time to time such procedures as the directors may determine to be appropriate, by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered by a nominee is recognized by the Association as a shareholder. Section 2.16 Notice of Shareholder Business and Nominations. (a) Annual Meetings of Shareholders. (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders at an annual meeting of shareholders may be made (A) pursuant to the Association's notice of meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (C) by any shareholder of the Association who was a shareholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.16 is delivered to the Secretary, who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and who complied with the notice and other procedures set forth in this Section 2.16, or (D) in the case of shareholder nominations to be included in the Association's proxy statement for such annual meeting, by any Eligible Holder (as defined in Section 2.17 of these Bylaws) who satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 2.17 of these Bylaws; (ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.16, the shareholder must give timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such other business must be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Association not less than one hundred and twenty days (120) nor more than one hundred and fifty days (150) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's proxy statement; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or after the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.16(a) to the contrary, in the event that (x) the number of Directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at the next annual meeting of shareholders is increased by virtue of an increase in the size of the Board of Directors and (y) either all the nominees for Director at the next annual meeting of shareholders or the size of the increased Board of Directors is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Association at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, then such shareholder's notice shall also be considered timely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions

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-11- concert with such shareholder under applicable federal or state securities or banking laws) pursuant to which the proposal is made by the shareholder; and (B) the names and addresses of any other shareholders or beneficial owners known to be supporting such nomination or proposal of business by the proposing shareholder; (vi) The Association may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information, including, without limitation, completion of the Association's Directors questionnaire, as it may reasonably require to determine whether the nominee would be considered "independent" as a member of the Board of Directors or meet the requirements for membership on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; (vii) For nominations to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (D) of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.16, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (d) of Section 2.17 of these Bylaws and satisfy all other requirements of Section 2.17 of these Bylaws; (b) Special Meetings of Shareholders. Except as provided in the immediately following sentence, only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Association's notice of meeting. In the event that the Association calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any shareholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Association's notice of meeting, if the shareholder notice required by Section 2.16(a)(ii) hereof shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Association at the principal office of the Association not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which the date of the special meeting and either the names of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting or the number of directors to be elected is publicly announced or disclosed. (c) General. (i) The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Association shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16 and, if applicable, Section 2.17 of these Bylaws. (ii) The person presiding at any meeting of shareholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 2.16 or Section 2.17 of these Bylaws and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are not properly before the meeting and shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.16 and the provisions of Section 2.17 of these Bylaws, if the shareholder or a qualified representative of the shareholder does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Association to present any such nomination or make any such proposal, such nomination or proposal may be

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-12- disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Association (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, at the time its notice is delivered to the Secretary and at all times thereafter, a shareholder, as well as the shareholder's nominee, shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws, as well as the federal and state banking requirements applicable to the Association or any subsidiary. Nothing in this Section 2.16 shall apply to (A) shareholder proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) the election of Directors selected by or pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Articles of Association relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Association to elect directors under specified circumstances. (iv) In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting or a special meeting or the postponement of any meeting that does not require a change in the record date for such meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder's notice as described in these Bylaws. (v) For purposes of these Bylaws, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Association under the Exchange Act." Section 2.17 Shareholder Nominations Included in the Association's Proxy Materials. (a) Inclusion of Nominees in Proxy Statement. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.17, if expressly requested in the relevant Nomination Notice (as defined below), the Association shall include in its proxy statement for any annual meeting of shareholders: (i) the names of any person or persons nominated for election (each, a "Nominee"), which shall also be included on the Association's form of proxy and ballot, by any Eligible Holder (as defined below) or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders that has (individually and collectively, in the case of a group) satisfied, as determined by the Board of Directors, all applicable conditions and complied with all applicable procedures set forth in this Section 2.17 (such Eligible Holder or group of Eligible Holders being a "Nominating Shareholder"); (ii) disclosure about each Nominee and the Nominating Shareholder required under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable law to be included in the proxy statement; (iii) any statement included by the Nominating Shareholder in the Nomination Notice for inclusion in the proxy statement in support of each Nominee's election to the Board of Directors (subject, without limitation, to Section 2.17(e)(ii)), if such statement does not exceed five hundred (500) words and fully complies with

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-13- Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Rule 14a-9 (the "Supporting Statement"); and (iv) any other information that the Association or the Board of Directors determines, in their discretion, to include in the proxy statement relating to the nomination of each Nominee, including, without limitation, any statement in opposition to the nomination, any of the information provided pursuant to this Section 2.17 and any solicitation materials or related information with respect to a Nominee. For purposes of this Section 2.17, any determination to be made by the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors, a committee of the Board of Directors or any officer of the Association designated by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors, and any such determination shall be final and binding on the Association, any Eligible Holder, any Nominating Shareholder, any Nominee and any other person so long as made in good faith (without any further requirements). The chairperson of any annual meeting of shareholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether a Nominee has been nominated in accordance with the requirements of this Section 2.17 and, if not so nominated, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such Nominee shall not be considered. (b) Maximum Number of Nominees. (i) The Association shall not be required to include in the proxy statement for an annual meeting of shareholders more Nominees than that number of directors constituting twenty percent (20%), but no less than two (2), of the total number of directors of the Association on the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be submitted pursuant to this Section 2.17 (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (the "Maximum Number"). The Maximum Number for a particular annual meeting shall be reduced by: (1) Nominees who the Board of Directors itself decides to nominate for election at such annual meeting; (2) Nominees who cease to satisfy, or Nominees of Nominating Shareholders that cease to satisfy, the eligibility requirements in this Section 2.17, as determined by the Board of Directors; (3) Nominees whose nomination is withdrawn by the Nominating Shareholder or who become unwilling to serve on the Board of Directors; and (4) the number of incumbent directors who had been Nominees with respect to any of the preceding three (3) annual meetings of shareholders and whose reelection at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the Board of Directors. In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board of Directors after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 2.17(d) below but before the date of the annual meeting, and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the board in connection therewith, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. (ii) If the number of Nominees pursuant to this Section 2.17 for any annual meeting of shareholders exceeds the Maximum Number then, promptly upon notice from the Association, each Nominating Shareholder will select one Nominee for inclusion in the proxy statement until the Maximum Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of the ownership position as disclosed in each Nominating Shareholder's Nomination Notice, with the process repeated if the

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-14- Maximum Number is not reached after each Nominating Shareholder has selected one Nominee. If, after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Section 2.17(d), a Nominating Shareholder or a Nominee ceases to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 2.17 as determined by the Board of Directors, a Nominating Shareholder withdraws its nomination or a Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors, whether before or after the mailing or other distribution of the definitive proxy statement, then the nomination shall be disregarded, and the Association: (A) shall not be required to include in its proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy the disregarded Nominee or any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the Nominating Shareholder or by any other Nominating Shareholder and (B) may otherwise communicate to its shareholders, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy statement or ballot or form of proxy, that a Nominee will not be included as a nominee in the proxy statement or on any ballot or form of proxy and will not be voted on at the annual meeting. (c) Eligibility of Nominating Shareholder. (i) An "Eligible Holder" is a person who has either (A) been a record holder of the shares of the Association used to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 2.17(c) continuously for the three-year period specified in Subsection (ii) below or (B) provides to the Secretary of the Association, within the time period referred to in Section 2.17(d), evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or more securities intermediaries in a form that the Board of Directors determines would be deemed acceptable for purposes of a shareholder proposal under Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule). (ii) An Eligible Holder or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Holders may submit a nomination in accordance with this Section 2.17 only if the person or group (in the aggregate) has continuously owned at least the Minimum Number (as defined below) of shares of the Association throughout the three-year period preceding and including the date of submission of the Nomination Notice, and continues to own at least the Minimum Number through the date of the annual meeting. Two or more funds that are (A) under common management and investment control, (B) under common management and funded primarily by a single employer or (C) a "group of investment companies," as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, shall be treated as one Eligible Holder if such Eligible Holder shall provide together with the Nomination Notice documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Association that demonstrates that the funds meet the criteria set forth in (A), (B) or (C) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a nomination by a group of Eligible Holders, any and all requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Holder that are set forth in this Section 2.17, including the minimum holding period, shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Minimum Number shall apply to the ownership of the group in the aggregate. Should any shareholder cease to satisfy the eligibility requirements in this Section 2.17, as determined by the Board of Directors, or withdraw from a group of Eligible Holders at any time prior to the annual meeting of shareholders, the group of Eligible Shareholders shall only be deemed to own the shares held by the remaining members of the group.

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-15- (iii) The "Minimum Number" of shares of the Association means 3% of the number of outstanding shares of the Association as of the most recent date for which such amount is given in any filing by the Association under the Exchange Act prior to the submission of the Nomination Notice. (iv) For purposes of this Section 2.17, an Eligible Holder "owns" only those outstanding shares of the Association as to which the Eligible Holder possesses both: (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (A) and (B) shall not include any shares: (1) purchased or sold by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (2) sold short by such Eligible Holder, (3) borrowed by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates for any purpose or purchased by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or subject to any other obligation to resell to another person, or (4) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Association, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of: (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Eligible Holder's or any of its affiliates' full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree, gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Holder or any of its affiliates. An Eligible Holder "owns" shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Eligible Holder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. An Eligible Holder's ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other similar instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the Eligible Holder. An Eligible Holder's ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the Eligible Holder has loaned such shares provided that the Eligible Holder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days' notice, promptly recalls such loaned shares upon being notified by the Association that any of its Nominees will be included in the Association's proxy materials and continues to hold such shares through the date of the annual meeting. The terms "owned," "owning" and other variations of the word "own" shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of the Association are "owned" for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

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-16- (v) No Eligible Holder shall be permitted to be in more than one group constituting a Nominating Shareholder, and if any Eligible Holder appears as a member of more than one group, it shall be deemed to be a member of the group that has the largest ownership position as reflected in the Nomination Notice. (d) Nomination Notice. To nominate a Nominee, the Nominating Shareholder must, no earlier than one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days and no later than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days before the anniversary of the date that the Association mailed its proxy statement for the prior year's annual meeting of shareholders, submit to the Secretary of the Association at the principal office of the Association all of the following information and documents (collectively, the "Nomination Notice"); provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary of the prior year's meeting date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an "Other Meeting Date"), the Nomination Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on the date that is one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or the tenth day following the date such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed: (i) A Schedule 14N (or any successor form) relating to each Nominee, completed and filed by the Nominating Shareholder as applicable, in accordance with applicable rules; (ii) A written notice, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors, of the nomination of each Nominee that includes the following additional information, agreements, representations and warranties by the Nominating Shareholder (including each group member); (A) the information required with respect to the nomination of directors pursuant to Sections 2.17(a)(iii) and 2.17(a)(iv) of these Bylaws; (B) the details of any relationship that existed within the past five years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N; (C) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Shareholder acquired the securities of the Association in the ordinary course of business and did not acquire, and is not holding, securities of the Association for the purpose or with the effect of influencing or changing control of the Association; (D) a representation and warranty that each Nominee's candidacy or, if elected, Board membership would not violate applicable state or federal law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Association's securities are traded; (E) a representation and warranty that each Nominee: (1) does not have any direct or indirect relationship with the Association that would cause the Nominee to be considered

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-17- not independent pursuant to the Association's Corporate Governance Guidelines as most recently published on its website and otherwise qualifies as independent under the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Association's shares are traded; (2) meets the audit committee and compensation committee independence requirements under the rules of the primary stock exchange on which the Association's shares are traded; (3) is a "non-employee director" for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule); (4) is an "outside director" for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision); (5) meets the director qualifications set forth in Section 3.02 of these Bylaws; (6) is not and has not been subject to any event specified in Rule 506(d)(1) of Regulation D (or any successor rule) under the Securities Act or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act, without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of such Nominee; and (7) does not serve as a director of more than four other entities other than the Association. (F) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Shareholder satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 2.17(c) and has provided evidence of ownership to the extent required by Section 2.17(c)(i); (G) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Shareholder intends to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 2.17(c) through the date of the annual meeting and a statement regarding the Nominating Shareholder's intent with respect to continued ownership of the Minimum Number of shares for at least one (1) year following the annual meeting; provided, however, that any Eligible Holder that is a registered open-end mutual fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and that seeks to replicate an index, will not violate this requirement as a result of changes to its common stock holdings in response to changes in the index or weightings of the securities in the index; (H) details of any position of a Nominee as an officer or director of any competitor (that is, any entity that offers products, provides services or engages in business activities that compete with or are alternatives to the products offered, services provided or business activities engaged in by the Association or its affiliates) of the Association, within the five years preceding the submission of the Nomination Notice;

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-18- (I) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Shareholder will not engage in a "solicitation" within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) (without reference to the exception in Section 14a-1(l)(2)(iv)) (or any successor rules) with respect to the annual meeting, other than with respect to a Nominee or any nominee of the Board of Directors; (J) the details of any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with service or action as a director of the Association and details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a "Voting Commitment"); (K) a statement detailing whether the Nominee is experienced in matters of risk management as set forth in 12 C.F.R. § 30; (L) a representation and warranty that the Nominating Shareholder will not use any proxy card other than the Association's proxy card in soliciting shareholders in connection with the election of a Nominee at the annual meeting; (M) if desired, a Supporting Statement, provided that such statement shall not exceed 500 words; and (N) in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all group members with respect to matters relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination; (iii) An executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors, pursuant to which the Nominating Shareholder (including each group member) agrees: (A) to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with the nomination, solicitation and election; (B) to assume all liability stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any actual or alleged legal or regulatory violation arising out of any communication by the Nominating Shareholder or any of its Nominees with the Association, its shareholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election of directors, including, without limitation, the Nomination Notice; (C) to indemnify and hold harmless (jointly with all other group members, in the case of a group member) the Association and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss, damages, expenses or other costs (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Association or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of or relating to a failure or alleged failure of the Nominating Shareholder or any of its Nominees to comply with,

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-19- or any breach or alleged breach of, its or their obligations, agreements or representations under this Section 2.17; (D) in the event that any information included in the Nomination Notice, or any other communication by the Nominating Shareholder (including with respect to any group member), with the Association, its shareholders or any other person in connection with the nomination or election ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading), or that the Nominating Shareholder (including any group member) has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 2.17(c), to promptly (and in any event within 48 hours of discovering such misstatement, omission or failure) notify the Association and any other recipient of such communication of (1) the misstatement or omission in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct the misstatement or omission or (2) such failure; and (iv) An executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors, by each Nominee; (A) to provide to the Association such other information and certifications, including completion of the Association's director questionnaire, as it may reasonably request; (B) at the reasonable request of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to meet with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to discuss matters relating to the nomination of such Nominee to the Board of Directors, including the information provided by such Nominee to the Association in connection with his or her nomination and such Nominee's eligibility to serve as a member of the Board of Directors; (C) that such Nominee has read and agrees, if elected, to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, to adhere to the Association's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Related-Party Transaction Policy, Insider Trading Policy and any other Association policies and guidelines applicable to directors; and (D) that such Nominee is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with his or her nomination, service or action as a director of the Association that has not been disclosed to the Association, (ii) any Voting Commitment that has not been disclosed to the Association or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such Nominee's ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Association, with its fiduciary and other duties under applicable law. The information and documents required by this Section 2.17(d) to be provided by the Nominating Shareholder shall be: (i) provided with respect to and executed by each group member, in the case of information applicable to group members; and (ii) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instruction 1 to Items 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any

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-20- successor item) in the case of a Nominating Shareholder or group member that is an entity. The Nomination Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all the information and documents referred to in this Section 2.17(d) (other than such information and documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Nomination Notice is provided) have been delivered to or, if sent by mail, received by the Secretary of the Association. (e) Exceptions. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.17, the Association may omit from its proxy statement any Nominee and any information concerning such Nominee (including a Nominating Shareholder's Supporting Statement) and no vote on such Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Association), and the Nominating Shareholder may not, after the last day on which a Nomination Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of such Nominee, if: (A) the Nominating Shareholder or the designated lead group member, as applicable, or any qualified representative thereof, does not appear at the meeting of shareholders to present the nomination submitted pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Nominating Shareholder withdraws its nomination or the chairperson of the annual meeting declares that such nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 2.17 and shall therefore be disregarded; (B) the Board of Directors determines that such Nominee's nomination or election to the Board of Directors would result in the Association violating or failing to be in compliance with the Bylaws or Articles of Association or any applicable law, rule or regulation to which the Association is subject, including any rules or regulations of the primary stock exchange on which the Association's shares are traded; (C) such Nominee was nominated for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 2.17 at one of the Association's two (2) preceding annual meetings of shareholders and either withdrew or became ineligible or received less than 25% of the votes cast at such annual meeting; (D) (1) such Nominee has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended; or (2) the Nominee's election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the Association to seek, or assist in the seeking of, advance approval or to obtain, or assist in the obtaining of, an interlock waiver pursuant to the rules or regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal or state regulator; (E) the Association is notified, or the Board of Directors determines, that the Nominating Shareholder or the Nominee has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 2.17(c), any of the representations and warranties made in the Nomination Notice ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact

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-21- necessary to make the statements made not misleading), such Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors or any material violation or breach occurs of the obligations, agreements, representations or warranties of the Nominating Shareholder or such Nominee under this Section 2.17; or (F) the Association receives a notice pursuant to Section 2.16 of these Bylaws that a shareholder intends to nominate a candidate for director at the annual meeting. (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.17, the Association may omit from its proxy statement, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all or any portion of the Supporting Statement or any other statement in support of a Nominee included in the Nomination Notice, if the Board of Directors determines that: (A) such information is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make the statements made not misleading; (B) such information directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to, any person; or (C) the inclusion of such information in the proxy statement would otherwise violate the SEC proxy rules or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. The Association may solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statement relating to, any Nominee. ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 3.01 General Powers. The Board of Directors shall have power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association and appoint management of the Association. The Board of Directors shall oversee the Association's compliance with safe and sound banking practices and shall require management of the Association to establish and implement an effective risk governance framework that meets the standards of the OCC. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board of Directors. Section 3.02 Qualifications. Every director must, during his whole term of service, be a citizen of the United States, and at least a majority of the directors must have resided in the state, territory or district in which the Association is located, or within one hundred miles of the location of the office of the Association, for at least one year immediately preceding their election, and must be residents of such state or within one-hundred-mile territory of the location of the Association during their continuance in office, except that the OCC may, in the discretion of the OCC, waive the requirement of residency, and waive the requirement of citizenship in the case of not more than a minority of the total number of directors.

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-22- 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 3.03 Number and Tenure. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Articles of Association, and subject to the provisions of 12 U.S.C. § 71a, the number of directors of the Association shall be as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders, but in no instance shall there be less than five nor more than 25 members, except that the OCC may, by regulation or order, exempt the Association from the 25-member limit established by that section. Pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 76, the President (as defined below) of the Association shall be a member of the Board of Directors, but a director other than the President may be elected Chairperson (as defined below) of the Board of Directors. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders (unless the Articles of Association provide for staggering the terms of directors as permitted by applicable law or until removed). A director whose term expires shall continue to serve until such director's successor shall have been elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the authorized number of directors. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Unless required by the Articles of Association, directors do not need to be residents of New York. As required by applicable law, (i) each director shall execute either a joint or individual oath at the first meeting of the Board of Directors that the director attends after the director is appointed or elected; (ii) each director shall take another oath upon re-election, notwithstanding uninterrupted service; and (iii) the Association shall file the original executed oaths of directors with the appropriate OCC licensing office and retain a copy in the Association's records. Section 3.04 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by giving a written notice of resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Association. A director's resignation is effective when the notice is received by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Association, unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation that is conditioned on failing to receive a specified vote for election as a director may provide it is irrevocable. Section 3.05 Vacancies. Unless the Articles of Association provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the vacancy may be filled by the shareholders, a majority of the Board of Directors remaining in office, whether or not the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board.. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs. The terms of directors elected to fill vacancies expire at the next annual shareholders' meeting.

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-23- Section 3.06 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purposes of the meetings, if the times of such meetings are fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 3.07 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer (as defined below) or not less than three (3) directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the time and place of the meetings so called. Section 3.08 Place of Meetings – Meetings by Telecommunications. The Board of Directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of New York. Unless the Articles of Association or another provision in the Bylaws provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may hear each other during the meeting. Section 3.09 Notice of Meetings. Unless the Articles of Association, another provision in the Bylaws or applicable law provides otherwise, regular meetings of the board may be held without notice of the date, time, place, or purposes of the meeting. Unless the Articles of Association or another provision in the Bylaws provide for a longer or shorter period, special meetings of the Board of Directors must be preceded by at least one days' notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting unless required by the Articles of Association, another provision in the Bylaws or applicable law. Section 3.10 Waiver of Notice. Any director may waive notice of any meeting before or after the date of the meeting. Except as provided in the next sentence, the waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice, and delivered to the Association for filing with the corporate records (but delivery and filing are not conditions to its effectiveness). A director's attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to the director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director's arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Section 3.11 Quorum and Manner of Acting. For the transaction of business, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall be at least a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office. Once a director is represented for any purpose at a meeting, including the purpose of determining that a quorum exists, such director shall be deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of the meeting, unless a new notice is sent for the adjourned meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Association, another provision in the Bylaws or applicable law require the vote of a greater number of directors. A director may not vote by proxy. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Lead Independent Director, if at the time a Director of the Association has been designated by the

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-24- Board of Directors as such, shall have and exercise all powers and duties of the Chair of the Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. If at any Board of Directors meeting neither of such persons is designated, present or able to act, the Board of Directors shall select one of its members as acting chair of the meeting or any portion thereof. Section 3.12 Action Without a Meeting. Unless the Articles of Association, these Bylaws or applicable law provide otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent in writing or by email or other electronic transmission to the action as permitted by applicable law. Action is considered to have been taken by such written consent when the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless prior to that time any director has revoked a consent by a writing signed by the director and received by an authorized officer of the Association. An action so taken is effective at the time it is taken, unless the Board of Directors establishes a different effective date. An action taken by written consent of the directors as described in this Section has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of directors and may be described as such in any document. Section 3.13 Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Association or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may fix the compensation of directors. Pursuant to this authority, the directors may, by resolution, provide for directors to be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or both. The directors may, by resolution, further provide for directors to be compensated for their services as members of committees of the Board of Directors. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Association in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 3.14 Committees. (a) Creation of Committees. Unless the Articles of Association or these Bylaws provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee must have one or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (b) Selection of Committee Members. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of: (i) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; or (ii) the number of directors required by the Articles of Association or Bylaws to take action under Section 3.11 of these Bylaws. (c) Procedures. The Board shall designate one member of each committee as its Chairperson. Each committee may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not be inconsistent with these Bylaws. It shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and periodically report the same to the Board of Directors. Section 3.06 through 3.12 of these Bylaws, which govern meetings, action without meeting, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors, apply to committees and their members as well; provided that regular or special meetings of Board committees may be held

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-25- without notice at such times and places as called by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairperson or a majority of the members of such committee. (d) Authority. Unless limited by the Articles of Association or these Bylaws, each committee may exercise those lawfully delegable aspects of the authority of the Board of Directors (as set forth in Section 3.01 of these Bylaws) which the Board of Directors confers upon such committee in the resolution creating the committee. Any committee so designated, may exercise the power and authority of the Board of Directors to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law if the resolution which designates the committee or a supplemental resolution of the Board of Directors shall so provide. (e) Impact on Duty of Directors. The creation of, delegation of authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance by a director with the standards of conduct referenced in Section 3.15 of these Bylaws. Section 3.15 Standards of Conduct. Each director is to discharge such director's duties as a director, including duties as a member of a committee, in compliance with the standards of conduct set forth by applicable law. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 4.01 Number and Qualifications. The officers of the Association shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The Association may also have such other officers and assistant officers as the Board of Directors in its discretion may determine, by resolution, to be appropriate, including a Chairperson of the board, one or more vice presidents (which may have the designation "Senior Executive", "Executive" or "Senior" before "Vice President"), a controller, a treasurer, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. All such officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, except that if specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Association. Section 4.02 Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the Association shall be appointed by the Board of Directors (or, to the extent permitted by Section 4.01 above, by an officer specifically authorized by the board to make such appointments), for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Neither the appointment of an officer nor the designation of a specified term creates or grants to the officer any contract rights, and the Board of Directors can remove the officer at any time prior to the termination of any term for which the officer may be appointed. If no other term is specified, officers shall hold office for the current year for which the board was elected, unless they resign, die, or are removed or replaced in the manner provided in Section 4.03 below, or applicable law. Section 4.03 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Any officer or agent of the Association may be removed or replaced by the Board of Directors, or by the supervising officer to whom the officer reports, at any time with or without cause. If the employment of an officer who is also an employee of the Association is terminated for any reason, then, unless provided for differently in writing at or prior to the time of termination, the supervising officer to whom the terminated employee reports shall be deemed to remove such

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-26- officer from all such offices held by such officer, effective as of the officer's termination date, automatically and without further action by the supervising officer. The appointment of a replacement officer shall constitute the removal of the person previously holding such office. An officer may resign at any time by giving a written notice of the resignation to the Association. Resignations shall become effective as provided under applicable law. Section 4.04 Authority and Duties. In each case subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors and the supervising officer(s) to whom such individual reports, the officers of the Association shall have the authority and perform the duties specified below and as may be additionally specified by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or these Bylaws, except that in any event each officer shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be required by law: (a) Chairperson of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members to be its Chairperson (the "Chairperson") to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairperson shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board of Directors. The Chairperson shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Association that are authorized. The Chairperson shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to the Chairperson by the Board of Directors. (b) Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members as Chief Executive Officer of the Association (the "Chief Executive Officer"). The Chief Executive Officer shall serve in that capacity and have general and active control of the Association's affairs and business and general supervision of its officers, agents and employees. The Chief Executive Officer shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Association that are authorized. The Chief Executive Officer shall: (i) in the absence of a Chairperson of the Board of Directors, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors; (ii) cause all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors to be carried into effect; and (iii) perform all other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. (c) President. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members to be President of the Association (the "President"). The President shall serve in that capacity and participate in the supervision of the business and affairs of the Association. The President shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Association that are authorized. The President shall: (i) in the absence of the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors; (ii) at the request of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer; and (iii) perform all other duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. (d) Secretary. The Board of Directors shall appoint a secretary or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board of Directors and of the Association (the "Secretary"). The Secretary shall take such actions, or exercise supervision over assistant secretaries or any such other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors, to:

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-27- (i) prepare and maintain minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors; (ii) prepare and maintain the other records and information required to be kept by the Association under Section 2.14 of these Bylaws; (iii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or other applicable law; (iv) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the Association; (v) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the Association; (vi) sign with the Chief Executive Officer, President, or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Association, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (vii) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Association, unless the Association has a transfer agent; and (viii) perform all other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to time prescribe. (e) Chief Audit Officer. The Board of Directors shall appoint or approve the appointment of a Chief Audit Officer (or similarly designated office) of the Association (the "Chief Audit Officer") who shall lead the internal audit function of the Association, and shall have and may exercise the powers conferred by these Bylaws and any and all other powers and duties which by law, regulation or practice pertain to the office of the Chief Audit Officer. The Chief Audit Officer shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to the Chief Audit Officer by the Board of Directors. The Chief Audit Officer may delegate the powers and duties held by the Chief Audit Officer to such other officers of the Association as the Chief Audit Officer sees fit. The Chief Audit Officer shall have unrestricted access to the Board of Directors and its audit committee. (f) Chief Risk Officer. The Board of Directors shall appoint or approve the appointment of a Chief Risk Officer of the Association (the "Chief Risk Officer") who shall lead an independent risk management unit of the Association, and shall have and may exercise the powers conferred by these Bylaws and any and all other powers and duties which by law, regulation or practice pertain to the office of the Chief Risk Officer. The Chief Risk Officer shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to the Chief Risk Officer by the Board of Directors. The Chief Risk Officer may delegate the powers and duties held by the Chief Risk Officer to such other officers of the Association as the Chief Risk Officer sees fit. The Chief Risk Officer shall have unrestricted access to the Board of Directors and its committees. (g) Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the Association (the "Chief Financial Officer") shall be the principal financial officer of the Association and participate in or provide oversight of strategic planning, corporate finance and accounting for the Association. The Chief Financial Officer shall exercise general supervision of any controller, treasurer or such other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors to conduct or oversee the financial activities of the Association, including such acts to: (i) pay out of available funds all bills and other just debts of the Association of whatever nature upon maturity; (ii) maintain the Association's financial records and methods and systems of accounting; (iii) prepare and furnish to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors such reports and financial information as may be required from time to time; and (iv) perform all other duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. (h) Vice Presidents. Vice presidents, however designated, shall directly or indirectly assist the Chief Executive Officer and President and shall perform all other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the officer appointing

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-28- such Vice President may from time to time prescribe. A Vice President or Vice Presidents may be designated as "Senior Executive Vice President", "Executive Vice President" or "Senior Vice President". (i) Assistant Secretaries and Other Officers. In addition to the above named officers, the Association may establish such offices, and the Board of Directors may appoint such officers, Assistant Secretaries, and attorneys-in-fact, as the Board of Directors in its discretion may from time to time determine to be appropriate. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Association. Such officers shall respectively exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several divisions and/or offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate any or all of its powers, discretion and authority set forth in this Section 4.04 to any officer of the Association. ARTICLE V FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES Section 5.01 All fiduciary powers of the Association shall be exercised, subject to such regulations as the OCC shall from time to time establish, by one or more directors, officers, employees or committees as the board of directors shall from time to time determine. Section 5.02 Annual Audit and Trust Committee. 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 committee. 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 of directors. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 CFR 9.9(b). The Board of Directors shall appoint a trust committee of at least three directors, which may be the audit committee of the Association. However, the trust committee: (a) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association's fiduciary activities; and (b) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the board of directors has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association. ARTICLE VI STOCK Section 6.01 Certificates for Shares; Shares Without Certificates. (a) Shares Without Certificates. Unless the Articles of Association or these Bylaws provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. Such an authorization will not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Association.

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-29- Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Association shall send the shareholder a written statement of the following information: (i) the name of the Association, and that it is a national bank under Federal law; (ii) the name of the person to whom the statement is stent; and (iii) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents; (iv) and, if the Association is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, a summary of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class, the variations in preferences, limitations, and relative rights determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series. (b) Shareholder List. The Association shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of the persons to whom shares are issued. (c) Transferring Certificated Shares. All certificates surrendered to the Association for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Association as the Board of Directors may prescribe. (d) Registration of the Transfer of Shares. Registration of the transfer of shares of the Association shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Association. In order to register a transfer, the record owner shall surrender the shares to the Association for cancellation, properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the Association has established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee is to be recognized by the Association as the owner, the person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Association shall be deemed by the Association to be the owner thereof for all purposes. Section 6.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Shares Permitted. The Association may impose restrictions on the transfer of its stock reasonably calculated to assure compliance with applicable laws, to simplify the work of the Association with respect to stock transfers, voting at shareholders' meetings and related matters and to protect it against fraudulent transfers. A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to a restriction agreement or otherwise consented to the restriction. A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this section and its existence is contained in the information statement required by Section 6.01(a) of these Bylaws with regard to shares issued without certificates. Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction.

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-30- Section 6.03 Acquisition of Shares by the Association. Subject to any limitations under applicable law, the Association may acquire its own shares and shares so acquired constitute authorized but unissued shares. ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION Section 7.01 Indemnification. Except as provided in Section 7.03 of these Bylaws, the Association shall, to the maximum extent permitted, indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u) (an "Institution-Affiliated Party"), against liability incurred in the proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith, he or she reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the Association's best interests, and in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Termination of the proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, is not, of itself, determinative that the Institution- Affiliated Party did not meet the standard of conduct described in this Section 7.01. Section 7.02 Banking Agency Proceedings or Actions. The Association shall make or agree to make indemnification payments to an Institution-Affiliated Party for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by any Federal banking agency, that are reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and its implementing regulations. The Association shall indemnify an Institution-Affiliated Party for damages and expenses, including the advancement of expenses and legal fees, in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a Federal banking agency, in accordance with applicable law; provided, that such payments are consistent with safe and sound banking practices. Section 7.03 Certain Restrictions on Indemnification. The Association may not indemnify an Institution-Affiliated Party in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of an Association in which such Institution-Affiliated Party was adjudged liable to the Association, or in connection with any other proceeding charging that such party derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit. Section 7.04 Mandatory Indemnification. Subject to the restrictions in Section 7.03 above, the Association shall indemnify a director or officer of the Association who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding, to which he or she was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the Association, against reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has been successful. Section 7.05 Determination. The Association may not indemnify an Institution- Affiliated Party under Section 7.01 of these Bylaws unless authorized and a determination has been made in a specific case that indemnification of the Institution-Affiliated Party is permissible in the circumstances because the Institution-Affiliated Party has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.01 of these Bylaws. Such determination shall be made either (a) by the Board of Directors or their designee in accordance with applicable law, or (b) by the holders of common stock of the Association, by a majority of the

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-31- votes entitled to be cast by holders of qualified shares present in person or by proxy at a meeting. The majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all qualified shares constitute a quorum for purposes of action that complies with this Section 7.05. Section 7.06 General Indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article VII shall not be construed to be exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Articles of Association, these Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. Section 7.07 Advances. The Association, in accordance applicable law, shall pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an Institution-Affiliated Party who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if (a) such party furnishes the Association a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct described in Section 7.01 of these Bylaws, (b) such party furnishes to the Association a written undertaking in the form required by applicable law, executed personally or on his or her behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the applicable standard of conduct and (c) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making a determination would not preclude indemnification under this Article VII. Section 7.08 Scope of Indemnification. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized by this Article VII are intended to permit the Association to indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under applicable law from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by such laws. Any indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall, unless otherwise provided when the indemnification or advancement of expenses is authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be an Institution-Affiliated Party and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators. Section 7.09 Insurance. The Association may provide for the payment of reasonable premiums for insurance on behalf of a person who is or was an Institution-Affiliated Party, or who, while serving as an Institution-Affiliated Party, is or was serving at the request of the Association as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another foreign or domestic Association, or other person, or of an employee benefit plan, against liability asserted against or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status in any such capacity, whether or not the Association would have the power to indemnify him or her against the liability under the provisions of this Article VII or applicable law, as the same may hereafter be amended or modified; provided, that such liability 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. Section 7.10 Reliance Upon Corporate Records. Each director and officer and each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Association or of any of its subsidiaries, or upon information, opinions, reports or statements made to the Association or any of its subsidiaries by any officer or employee of the Association or of a subsidiary or by any committee designated by the Board

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-32- of Directors or by any other person as to matters such director, officer or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Association. Section 7.11 Other Rights and Remedies. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided in this Article VII shall be in addition to any other rights which a party may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable law, contract, order or otherwise. Section 7.12 Severability. If any provision of this Article VII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions of this Article VII shall not be affected or impaired thereby, but shall, to the fullest extent possible, be construed so as to give effect to the intent of this Article VII that each party covered hereby is entitled to the fullest protection permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS Section 8.01 Authority to Amend. The Association's Board of Directors may amend these Bylaws or repeal and adopt new bylaws at any time by a vote of a majority of the total number of the directors. The Association's shareholders entitled to vote may adopt additional bylaws and may amend or repeal any of these Bylaws, whether or not adopted by them, at any time. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.01 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors shall provide for a corporate seal, to be in such a form as the directors may determine to be appropriate, and the President, the cashier, the Secretary, or any assistant cashier or assistant secretary, or other officer thereunto designated by the board of directors any officer of the Association may, when and as required or as determined to be appropriate, affix or impress the seal, or a facsimile thereof, to or on any instrument or document of the Association. Section 9.02 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December in each year. Section 9.03 Execution of Instruments. All agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, proxies and other instruments or documents (collectively, "instruments") may be signed, executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted in behalf of the Association by the Chairperson, or the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, or any vice president (however designated), or any other officer who holds a position that is senior to a vice president (however designated), or the Secretary or any assistant secretary, or if in connection with the exercise of fiduciary powers of the Association, by any of said officers or by any Trust Officer. Any such instruments may also be executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted in behalf of the Association in such other manner and by such other officers or individuals as the board of directors or its authorized delegee may from time to time direct. The provisions of this Section 9.03 are supplementary to any other provisions of these Bylaws.

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-33- Section 9.04 Exclusive Forum. (a) Unless the Association consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another state court located within the State of Delaware or, if no court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Association; (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any Director, officer, employee, or shareholder of the Association to the Association or the Association's shareholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Articles of Association, or these Bylaws (as either may be amended or restated) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; (iv) or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine or any action asserting one or more "internal corporate claims," as defined in Section 115 of the DGCL. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Section 6(a) is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a "Foreign Action") in the name of any shareholder, such shareholder shall be deemed to have consented to: (i) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Section 6(a) (an "Enforcement Action"); and (ii) having service of process made upon such shareholder in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such shareholder's counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such shareholder. (b) Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 6. (END)

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