Document:

Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

$100,000,000 
  
 HIBERNIA CORPORATION 
  
 5.35% Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2014 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 April 26, 2004 
  
 Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 
 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. 
 Hibernia Southcoast Capital, Inc. 

	c/o	Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 

	  	Eleven Madison Avenue 

	  	New York, New York 10010-3629 

  
 Dear Sirs: 
  
 Hibernia Corporation, a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Keefe, Bruyette
& Woods, Inc. and Hibernia Southcoast Capital, Inc. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”), $100,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 5.35% Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2014 (the “Initial Notes”) The Initial Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2004, (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Notes (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers),
the Exchange Notes (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Notes (as defined below) (collectively the “Holders”), as follows: 
  
 1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and, not later than 90 days after (or if the 90th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) the date of original issue of the Initial Notes (the “Issue
Date”), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission
from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the “Exchange Notes”) of the Company issued under the
Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Notes and the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) that would be registered under the
Securities Act. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act within 180 days (or if the 180th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) after the Issue Date of the Initial Notes and shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”).

  
 If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the
Company will be entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the commencement thereof provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Notes theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange
Offer. 
  
 Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange 

  

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Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes (as defined in Section 6 hereof) electing to exchange the Initial Notes for Exchange Notes (assuming
that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Notes from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States. 
  
 The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Notes, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Notes (an “Exchanging
Dealer”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer”
section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Notes received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Initial Notes constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under
the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale. 
  
 The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons
subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days after the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the date on which all
Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
available to any Exchanging Dealer or Initial Purchaser for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Notes for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer. 
  
 If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser
holds Initial Notes acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written
request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the “Private Exchange”) for the Initial Notes held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all
material respects (including the existence of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of the United States, but excluding provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to
the Initial Notes (the “Private Exchange Notes”). The Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the “Notes”. 
  
 In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 
  
 (a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
  
 (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed
to the Holders; 
  
 (c) utilize the services of a depositary for
the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee; 
  

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 (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Initial Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New
York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and 
  
 (e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws. 
  
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall: 
  
 (a) accept for exchange all the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange; 
  
 (b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Notes so accepted for exchange; and 
  
 (c) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 
  
 The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Notes will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that
none of the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. 
  
 Interest on each Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the
last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Initial Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Notes, from the date of original issue of the Initial Notes. 
  
 Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required
to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Notes received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of
the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does
not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Notes and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus
forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is
not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 210 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the
Initial Notes (or the Private Exchange Notes) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of 

  

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the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the
case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange, the Company shall take the following actions:

  
 (a) The Company shall, at its cost, as
promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 60 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2) file with the Commission and thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective a registration statement (the
“Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted
Notes (as defined in Section 6 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf
Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Notes held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the
provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 
  
 (b) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant
Notes, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i)
have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) (such period, the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company shall be deemed not to
have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Notes covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Notes during
that period, unless such action is required by applicable law. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 
  
 (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the
Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in Annex C
hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary
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the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions or policies have
been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff
of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as selling securityholders. 
  
 (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Notes and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses
(ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 
  
 (i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
  
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
  
 (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 
  
 (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose; and 
  
 (v) of the
happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain
the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Notes included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one
copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference).

  
 (e) The Company shall deliver to each
Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference). 
  
 (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Notes included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Notes in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes covered by the prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration 

  

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Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection
with the offering and sale of the Exchange Notes covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  
 (h) Prior to any public offering of the Notes, pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall
register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Notes included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of
such states of the United States as any Holder of the Notes reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Notes covered by such Registration
Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to
taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Notes to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any
restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Notes pursuant to such Registration Statement. 
  
 (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Notes or purchasers of Notes, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by
written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Notes and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above, for a period not to exceed an aggregate of 30 days in any 90-day
period (each such period from and including the date of the giving of such written notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Notes and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j), a “Suspension Period”) if: 
  
 (x) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which such Registration Statement would, in the Company’s reasonable judgment,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and 
  
 (y) the Company reasonably determines that the disclosure of such event at such time would have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction; 
  
 provided, however, that Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 60 days in any 360-day period;
provided, further, the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days of each
Suspension Period; provided, further, however, that the commencement of a Suspension Period shall not relieve the Company of its obligations to pay Additional Interest in accordance with Section 6 (except as provided therein) or to consummate the
Registered Exchange Offer as provided herein. 
  
 (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may 

  

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be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
  
 (l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally
available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month
period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.

  
 (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to
be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee
under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
  
 (n) The Company may require each Holder of Notes to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Notes as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Notes of any Holder
that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 
  
 (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take
all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Notes shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Notes pursuant to any Shelf Registration. 
  
 (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by
the Holders of the Notes, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Notes or any such underwriter all relevant financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the
Notes or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on
behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof. 
  
 (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates
thereof relating to the Notes in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the
matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations;
the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Notes; the
absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the
applicable Notes, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the
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of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement
and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act), (ii) its officers to
execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Notes and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Notes and any
underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and
only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to provide each of the opinions, certificates, letters or other documents required by each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) no more
than one time. 
  
 (r) In the case of the
Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or Participating Broker-Dealers holding at least 10% of the principal amount of Exchange Notes received, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or
such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate
date changes; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to provide each of the opinions, letters or other documents required by each of clauses (i) and (ii) no more than one time. 
  
 (s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is
to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or
caused to be marked, on the Initial Notes so exchanged that such Initial Notes are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Notes be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied. 
  
 (t) The Company will use
its best efforts to (a) if the Initial Notes have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Notes, confirm such ratings will apply to the Notes covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Notes were not previously rated,
cause the Notes covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing
underwriters, if any. 
  
 (u) In the event that
any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Notes or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the
“Rules”) of the NASD) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Notes or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the
requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Notes, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement
or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Notes, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such
broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 
  
 (v) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Notes covered by a
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 4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the performance of its obligations under Sections 1 through 3 hereof (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in connection with the Registered Exchange
Offer), whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Notes covered thereby for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Notes covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the Initial Notes in connection therewith. 
  
 5. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of the Notes, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any Participating
Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not
limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Notes) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall
reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that
(i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration
Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by
or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the
indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Notes concerned, to the
extent that a prospectus relating to such Notes was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Notes to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall
also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the
Holders of the Notes if requested by such Holders. 
  
 (b) Each Holder of the Notes, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus
relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the 

  

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extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons. 
  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
(including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than
reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending
or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified
party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
  
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party
on the other from the exchange of the Notes, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Notes shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the 

  

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Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified
party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. 
  
 (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Notes pursuant to a
Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
  
 6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
interest (the “Additional Interest”) with respect to the Initial Notes shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iii) below a “Registration Default”: 
  
 (i) If by July 24, 2004, neither the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission; 
  
 (ii) If by November 22, 2004, neither the Registered Exchange Offer is consummated nor, if required in lieu thereof, the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission; or 
  
 (iii) If after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such Registration
Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b) of this Section 6) in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Notes during the periods specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a
result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder. 

 
 Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Notes over and above the interest set
forth in the title of the Notes from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50% per annum. 
  
 (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section
6(a)(iii)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of: 
  
 (i) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf
Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus;
provided, however, that if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with Section 6(a) above from the day such Registration Default occurs until such
Registration Default is cured; or 
  
 (ii) the
occurrence of a Suspension Period; provided, however, that if, prior to the 30th day of any such Suspension Period,
suspension has not been terminated or all such Suspension Periods exceed an aggregate of 60 days in any 360 day period; Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with Section 6(a) above from such 30th or 60th day, as
the case may be. 
  
 (c) Any amounts of
Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 6(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Initial Notes. The amount of 

  

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Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Notes, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 
  
 (d) “Transfer Restricted Notes” means each Note
until (i) the date on which such Transfer Restricted Note has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Note in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the
Registered Exchange Offer of a Initial Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Note has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Initial
Notes is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 
  
 7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Notes, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their
securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Initial Notes may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Initial Notes
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of
Initial Notes identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of Initial Notes, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
  

8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Notes to be included in such offering. 
  
 No person
may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Notes on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

  
 9. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes affected by such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents. 
  

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 (b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be
made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 
  
 (1) if to a Holder of the Notes, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company. 
  
 (2) if to the Initial Purchasers; 
  
  Credit Suisse First Boston LLC 
  Eleven Madison Avenue 
  New York, NY 10010-3629 
  Fax No.: (212) 325-8278 
  Attention: Transactions Advisory Group 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
  425 Lexington Avenue 
  New York, NY 10017 
  Fax No.: (212) 455-2502 
  Attention: Lee Meyerson 
  
 (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 
  
  Hibernia Corporation 
  313 Carondelet Street, 4th Floor 
  New Orleans, LA 70130 
  Fax No.: (504) 533-2367 
  Attention: Chief Financial Officer 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
  Phelps Dunbar, LLP 
  365 Canal Street, Suite 2000 
  New Orleans, LA 70130 
  Fax No.: (504) 568-9130 
  Attention: Mark A. Fullmer 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery. 
  
 (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The
Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof. 
  
 (d) Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
  
 (e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 (f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  

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 (g) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  
 (h) Severability. If any one
or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 (i) Notes Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Notes is required hereunder, Notes held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of
Notes if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Notes) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  
 (j) Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of
Immunities. By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed · (and any successor entity), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the
State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, and acknowledges that · has accepted such designation, (ii) submits to the
nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon · and written notice of
said service to the Company shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents
and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of · in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall
be outstanding. To the extent that the Company may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or
otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 HIBERNIA CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/    Marsha M. Gassan        

	 	 	 Name: Marsha M. Gassan

	 	 	 Title: Chief Financial Officer

  
 The foregoing Registration

 Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed 
 and accepted as of the
date first 
 above written. 
  
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC 
 KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC. 
 HIBERNIA SOUTHCOAST CAPITAL, INC. 
  

					
	 by:
	 	 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

			
	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/     Sharon
Harrison          

	 	 	 	 	 Name: Sharon Harrison

	 	 	 	 	 Title: Director

  

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 ANNEX A 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Initial Notes where such Initial Notes were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.” 
  

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 ANNEX B 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes, where such Initial Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See “Plan of Distribution.” 
  

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 ANNEX C 
  
 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Initial Notes where such
Initial Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                     , 200  , all dealers effecting
transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.(1) 
  
 The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes by
broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing
of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to
purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will
deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
  
 For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

 
  

	(1)	In addition, the legend required by Item 502(b) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus. 

  

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 ANNEX D 
  
  ̈    CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER
AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. 
  

					
	 	 	 Name:
	 	  

	 	 	 Address:
	 	  

	 	 	 	 	  

  
 If the undersigned is
not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for
Initial Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
  

 19Form of Exchange Subordinated Note

 Exhibit 4.3 
  

(Face of Note) 
  
 THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL
OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH
THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 
  
 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 HIBERNIA CORPORATION 
  

			
	 No.        
	  	 Principal Amount $            

		
	 	  	 CUSIP NO. 428656 AB 8

  
 5.35% Subordinated
Notes due May 1, 2014 
  
 Hibernia Corporation, a Louisiana
corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars on May 1, 2014. 

 
 Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1. 
  
 Record Dates: April 15 and October 15. 
  
 Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this
Note. 
  

							
	 Dated:                    
	 	 	 	 HIBERNIA CORPORATION

				
	 	 	 	 	By: 	 	  

	 	 	 	 	 	 	     Name:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	     Title:

  
 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION 
  
 This is one of the Notes 
 referred to in the Indenture. 
  
 The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., 
 as Trustee 
  

			
	 By: 
	 	  

	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  

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 (Reverse of Note) 
  

5.35% Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2014 
  

	1.	Interest 

  
 Hibernia Corporation, a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay accrued interest
semi-annually on each May 1 and November 1, commencing November 1, 2004 or if any such day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture referred to below), on the next Business Day. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at 1% per
annum in excess of the rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
  

	2.	Method of Payment 

  
 By at least 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which any principal of or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Company shall
irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent money (in funds which are immediately available) sufficient to pay such principal and/or interest. The Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered
Holders of Notes at the close of business on April 15 or October 15 next preceding the interest payment date even if Notes are cancelled, repurchased or redeemed after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must
surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the U.S. dollar accounts with a bank in the United States specified by the Holder hereof or, if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to the Holder’s registered address. 
  

	3.	Paying Agent and Registrar 

  
 Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-registrar without notice to any Noteholder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent. 
  

	4.	Indenture 

  
 The Company is issuing the Notes under an Indenture dated as of April 26, 2004 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”), between the
Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a banking corporation (“the Trustee”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all
such terms, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. 
  
 The Notes are unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company limited to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (subject to Section 2.1(a) of the
Indenture, which, inter alia, allows for the issuance of Additional Notes in some circumstances). 
  
 The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Private Exchange Note and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Indenture and
the Registration Rights Agreement, and any Additional Notes actually issued. The Initial Notes, the Private Exchange Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes actually issued are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

  

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	5.	Subordination 

  
 The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Note, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in Article X of the Indenture, the indebtedness represented by the Notes and the payment of principal of and interest on each and all of the Notes are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness and Other Financial Obligations. 
  

	6.	Registration Rights 

  
 The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2004 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company,
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Hibernia Southcoast Capital, Inc. pursuant to which the Company is obligated to undertake a registered exchange offering whereby the Company will exchange the Initial Notes for
the Exchange Notes. 
  

	7.	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange 

  
 The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register,
transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period beginning on a record date and ending on the next succeeding interest payment date. 
  

	8.	Persons Deemed Owners 

  
 The registered holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 
  

	9.	Unclaimed Money 

  
 If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for one year after the date of payment of principal and interest, the Trustee or
Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

  

	10.	Defeasance 

  
 Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity. 
  

	11.	Amendment, Waiver 

  
 Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding
Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Noteholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; to comply with Article
V of the Indenture; to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; to add guarantees with respect to the Notes or to secure the Notes; to add additional covenants of or surrender rights and powers conferred on
the Company; to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Noteholders; to make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder; or to comply with any request of the SEC in connection with
qualifying the Indenture under the TIA. 
  

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	12.	Defaults and Remedies 

  
 Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days, (ii) default in the payment of the principal of any Notes at its Stated Maturity, (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of the Company in the Indenture, and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after notice, (iv) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. Certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization are Events of Default that will
result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. 
  
 Noteholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes
unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Noteholders
notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is not opposed to their interest. 
  

	13.	Trustee Dealings with the Company 

  
 Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 
  

	14.	No Recourse Against Others 

  
 No director, officer, employee, member, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
  

	15.	Authentication 

  
 This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent acting on its behalf) manually signs the certificate
of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
  

	16.	Abbreviations 

  
 Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety),
JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 
  

	17.	CUSIP Numbers 

  
 Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on
the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices to Noteholders as a convenience to Noteholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any such notice and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
  

	18.	GOVERNING LAW 

  
 THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  

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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 
  
 To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
  
 I or we assign and transfer this Note to: 
  

	
	  

	  

	  

  
 (Print or type
assignee’s name, address and zip code) 
  
 (Insert
assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.) 
  
 and irrevocably appoint
                     as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  
  

							
	  

				
	 Date: 
	 	  

	  	Your Signature: 	 	  

				
	 	 	 	  	 	 	Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.

  

			
	Signature Guarantee: 	 	  

  
 (Signature must be
guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) 
  

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 [TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES] 
  
 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE 
  
 The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 
  

									
	 Date of Exchange

	  	Amount of
decrease in
Principal Amount
of this Global Note

	  	Amount of increase
in Principal
Amount of this
Global Note

	  	Principal Amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or increase

	  	Signature of
authorized officer of
Trustee or Notes
Custodian

	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 

  

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