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Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.1 
 BANKS.COM, INC. 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 
 (Effective as of December 16, 2005) 

Section 1. PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS 
 (a)
Purpose. The purpose of this Banks.com, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of the shareholders of the Company by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain, and motivate persons who
make or are expected to make important contributions to the Company and its Subsidiaries by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives, thereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those
of the Company’s shareholders. In addition, by encouraging stock ownership by directors who are not employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company seeks to attract and retain on its Board persons of exceptional competence and to
provide a further incentive to serve as a director of the Company. 
 (b) Definitions. The following terms shall have the following
respective meanings unless the context requires otherwise: 
 (1) The term “Administrator” shall mean the Compensation Committee of
the Board or such other committee, individual or individuals appointed or delegated authority pursuant to Section 2(a) to administer the Plan. 
 (2) The term “Affiliate” or “Affiliates” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. 
 (3) The term “Annual Grant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section (4)(f)(2). 
 (4) The term “Beneficial Owner” shall mean beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. 
 (5) The term “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, and for purposes of votes to be taken by the Board at a properly
constituted meeting of the Board, unanimity shall mean the vote of all directors present and voting at such meeting; provided that all approvals comply with Section 2(a) of the Plan. 
 (6) The term “Cause” shall have the meaning set forth in the Participant’s employment or other agreement with the Company, any Subsidiary
or any Affiliate, provided that if the Participant is not a party to any such employment or other agreement or such employment or other agreement does not contain a definition of Cause, then Cause shall mean (i) the continued failure by the
Participant to substantially perform his or her duties and obligations to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate after receipt of written notice from the Company concerning such conduct, including without limitation, repeated refusal to follow
the reasonable directions of his or her employer, (ii) intentional violation of law in the course of performance of the duties of Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, (iii) engagement in misconduct
which is materially injurious to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate (other than any such failure resulting from his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness); (iv) fraud or material dishonesty against the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate; or (v) a conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere for the commission of a felony or a crime involving material dishonesty. Determination of Cause shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 (7) The term “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if an event set forth in any
one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred: 
 (A) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding securities; or 
 (B) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company following the completion of such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the
Company immediately prior to such sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of (i) an Initial Public Offering or (ii) the consummation of any transaction or series
of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. 
 (8) The term
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time. 
 (9) The term “Company” shall mean Banks.com, Inc., a Florida corporation. 
 (10) The term
“Employee” shall mean a person who is employed by the Company or any Subsidiary, including an officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary who is also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. 
 (11) The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended and in
effect from time to time. 
 (12) The term “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to a share of Stock, (i) if the Stock
is readily tradable on one or more established stock exchanges or national market systems, including, without limitation, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market of The
NASDAQ Stock Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on the principal exchange or system on which the Stock is listed on
the date of determination (or, if no closing sales price or closing bid was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price or closing bid was reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Administrator deems reliable; or (ii) if the Stock is regularly quoted on an automated quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board) or by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales
price for such stock as quoted on such system or by such securities dealer on the date of determination, but if selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices
for the Stock on the date of determination (or, if no such prices were reported on that date, on the last date such prices were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
(iii) in the absence of an established market for the Stock of the type described in (i) and (ii), above, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith by reasonable application of a reasonable valuation
method and in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder as in effect from time to time. 

 (13) The term “Incentive Stock Option” means an option granted under this Plan and which is an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or the corresponding provision of any subsequently enacted tax statute. 
 (14) The term “Initial Grant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(f)(2). 
 (15) The term “Initial
Public Offering” shall mean the date of the initial public offering of securities by the Company. 
 (16) The term “Non-Employee
Director” shall mean any member of the Company’s Board who is not an employee of the Company or of any Affiliate of the Company. 
 (17) The term “Nonqualified Stock Option” shall mean an option granted under the Plan which is not an Incentive Stock Option. 
 (18) The term “Option” or “Options” shall mean the option to purchase Stock in accordance with Section 4 on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Administrator, whether or not such option is an
Incentive Stock Option. 
 (19) The term “Other Stock-Based Awards” shall mean awards of Stock or other rights made in accordance
with Section 5 on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Administrator. 
 (20) The term “Participant” shall
mean any eligible person who is granted a Plan Award hereunder. 
 (21) The term “Performance Goals” shall mean one or more
business criteria based on individual, business unit, group, Company or other performance criteria selected by the Administrator. 
 (22)
The term “Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such terms shall not include (A) the Company or any Subsidiary
corporation, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary corporation, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
(D) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholder of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company. 
 (23) The term “Plan” shall mean the 2005 Banks.com, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time. 
 (24) The term “Plan Awards” or “Awards” shall mean awards or grants of stock Options and various other rights with respect to shares
of Stock. 
 (25) The term “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean the right to receive, without payment to the Company, an amount
of cash or Stock as determined in accordance with Section 4, based on the amount by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the relevant valuation date exceeds the grant price. 
 (26) The term “Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share. 

 (27) The term “Subsidiary” shall mean any “subsidiary corporation” within the
meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. 
 (28) The term “Ten Percent Shareholder” shall mean an individual who owns stock
possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporations within the meaning of Code Section 422. 
 Section 2. ADMINISTRATION AND PARTICIPANTS 
 (a)
Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors or by any other committee appointed by the Board. If the Company has a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act, subject to the discretion of the Board,
then such committee shall consist of not fewer than two members of the Board, each of whom shall qualify (at the time of appointment to the committee and during all periods of service on the committee) in all respects as a “non-employee
director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and as an outside director as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. The Administrator shall administer the Plan and perform such other functions as
are assigned to it under the Plan. The Administrator is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Plan, from time to time to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan and to make
such determinations under, and such interpretations of, and to take such steps in connection with, the Plan and the Plan Awards as it may deem necessary or advisable, in each case in its sole discretion. The Administrator’s decisions and
determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not they are similarly situated. Any authority granted to the Administrator may also be exercised by the entire Board. To the extent that
any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with any action taken by the Administrator, the Board action shall control. To the extent permitted by applicable law and except for Awards granted to Persons who are subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, the Administrator may delegate any or all of its powers or duties under the Plan, including, but not limited to, its authority to make awards under the Plan to such person or persons as it shall appoint pursuant to such conditions
or limitations as the Administrator may establish; provided, however, that the Administrator shall not delegate its authority to amend or modify the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 12(b) of the Plan. To the extent of any such
delegation, the term “Administrator” when used herein shall mean and include any such delegate. 
 (b) Eligibility for
Participation. Any Employee, director, officer, consultant, or advisor of the Company or its Subsidiaries may be granted Awards under the Plan, provided that consultants or advisors may only be granted Awards under the Plan if they are natural
persons that provide bona fide services to the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Administrator shall designate each individual who will become a Participant. The Administrator’s designation of a Participant in any year shall not require
the Administrator to designate such person to receive a Plan Award in any other year. 
 Section 3. STOCK AVAILABLE FOR PLAN AWARDS 

(a) Stock Subject to Plan. The Stock to be subject to or related to Plan Awards may be either authorized and unissued shares or shares held in
the treasury of the Company. The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Plan Awards may be granted under the Plan, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 9, shall be 2,544,124 shares. 
 (b) Computation of Stock Available for Plan Awards. For the purpose of computing the total number of shares of Stock remaining available for Plan
Awards under this Plan at any time while the Plan is in effect, the total number of shares determined to be available pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) of this Section 3 shall be reduced by, (1) the maximum number of shares of
Stock subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding Options or outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan, and (2) the maximum number of shares of Stock related to outstanding Other Stock-Based Awards granted under this
Plan, as determined by the Administrator in each case as of the dates on which such Plan Awards were granted. 

 (c) Terminated, Expired or Forfeited Plan Awards. The shares of Stock involved in the unexercised
or undistributed portion of any terminated, expired or forfeited Plan Award shall be made available for further Plan Awards. After the effective date of the Plan, if any shares of Stock subject to awards granted under the Company’s 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan, as amended, would again become available for new grants under the terms of such plan as if that plan had remained in effect after its termination date, then those shares of Stock will be available for the purpose of granting Awards
under this Plan, thereby increasing the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under this Plan as determined under the second sentence of Section 3(a). Any such shares of Stock will not be available for future awards under the terms
of the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. 
 Section 4. OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS 
 (a) Grant of Options. 
 (1) The
Administrator, at any time and from time to time while the Plan is in effect, may grant Options to such Employees and other eligible individuals as the Administrator may select, subject to the provisions of this Section 4 and Section 3 of
the Plan. Subject to any limitations set forth in the Plan, the Administrator shall have complete discretion in determining: (a) the eligible individuals to be granted an Option; (b) the number of shares of Stock to be subject to the
Option; (c) whether the Option is to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option; provided that, Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or a Subsidiary; and (d) any other terms and
conditions of the Option as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. 
 (2) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator,
Incentive Stock Options: (a) will be exercisable at a purchase price per share of not less than One Hundred percent (100%) (or, in the case of a Ten Percent Shareholder, one hundred and ten percent (110%)) of the Fair Market Value of
the Stock on the date of grant; (b) will be exercisable over not more than ten (10) years (or, in the case of a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years) after the date of grant; (c) will terminate not later than three
(3) months after the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason other than disability or death; (d) will terminate not later than twelve (12) months after the Participant’s termination of employment as a result
of a disability (within the meaning of Code Section 424); and (e) will comply in all other respects with the provisions of Code Section 422. 
 (3) Nonqualified Stock Options will be exercisable at purchase prices of not less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. Nonqualified Stock Options will be exercisable during such periods or on such date as determined by the Administrator and shall terminate at such time as the
Administrator shall determine. Nonqualified Stock Options shall be subject to such terms and conditions as are determined by the Administrator; provided that any Option granted to a Section 162(m) Participant shall either have a purchase
price of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant or be subject to the attainment of such Performance Goals as are established by the Administrator, unless otherwise determined by the
Administrator. In no event shall the exercise price of an Option be reduced after grant, except pursuant to Section 9 hereof. 
 (4)
Each award agreement evidencing an Incentive Stock Option shall provide that, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Stock (as determined on the date of the option grant) that may be purchased by a Participant for the first time
during any calendar year pursuant to Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan or any other plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries exceeds $100,000, then such option as to the excess shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. This
limitation shall be applied by taking stock options into account in the order in which they were granted. 
 (b) Grant of Stock Appreciation
Rights. 
 (1) The Administrator, at any time and from time to time while the Plan is in effect, may grant Stock Appreciation Rights to such
Employees and other eligible individuals as it may select, subject to the provisions of this Section 4 and Section 3 

 
of the Plan. Each Stock Appreciation Right may relate to all or a portion of a specific Option granted under the Plan and may be granted concurrently with
the Option to which it relates or at any time prior to the exercise, termination or expiration of such Option (a “Tandem SAR”), or may be granted independently of any Option, as determined by the Administrator. If the Stock Appreciation
Right is granted independently of an Option, the grant price of such right shall be the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date of grant of such Stock Appreciation Right; provided, however, that the Administrator may, in its discretion, fix a
grant price in excess of the Fair Market Value of Stock on such grant date. In no event shall the grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right be reduced after grant, except pursuant to Section 9 hereof. 
 (2) Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, without payment to the Company, either (A) that
number of shares of Stock determined by dividing (i) the total number of shares of Stock subject to the Stock Appreciation Right being exercised by the Participant, multiplied by the amount by which the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on
the day the right is exercised exceeds the grant price (such amount being hereinafter referred to as the “Spread”), by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the exercise date; or (B) cash in an amount determined by
multiplying (i) the total number of shares of Stock subject to the Stock Appreciation Right being exercised by the Participant, by (ii) the amount of the Spread; or (C) a combination of shares of Stock and cash, in amounts determined
as set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, in the case of a Tandem SAR, the total number of shares of Stock that may be received upon exercise of a
Stock Appreciation Right for Stock shall not exceed the total number of shares subject to the related Option or portion thereof, and the total amount of cash which may be received upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right for cash shall not exceed
the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the total number of shares subject to the related Option or portion thereof. 
 (c) Terms
and Conditions. 
 (1) Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall be exercisable on such date or dates, during
such period, for such number of shares and subject to such further conditions, including but not limited to the attainment of Performance Goals, as shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion and set forth in the provisions of
the award agreement with respect to such Option and Stock Appreciation Right; provided, however, that a Tandem SAR shall not be exercisable prior to or later than the time the related Option could be exercised; and provided, further,
that in any event no Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised beyond ten (10) years from the date of grant. 
 (2) The
Administrator may impose such conditions as it may deem appropriate upon the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, including, without limitation, a condition that the Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised only in
accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Administrator from time to time and consistent with the Plan. 
 (3) With respect to
Options issued with Tandem SARs, the right of a Participant to exercise the Tandem SAR shall be cancelled if and to the extent the related Option is exercised, and the right of a Participant to exercise an Option shall be cancelled if and to the
extent that shares of Stock covered by such Option are used to calculate shares or cash received upon exercise of the Tandem SAR. 
 (4) If
any fractional share of Stock would otherwise be issued to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be paid a cash amount equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the
date of exercise. 
 (5) In the event that any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted hereunder is deemed to constitute deferred
compensation within the meaning of Code section 409A, the award agreement representing such grant shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

 (d) Award Agreement. Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by an award
agreement in such form and containing such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Administrator from time to time shall approve. 
 (e) Payment for Option Shares. 
 (1) Payment for shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of an Option
granted hereunder shall be made in such manner as is provided in the applicable award agreement. 
 (2) Any payment for shares of Stock
purchased upon exercise of an Option granted hereunder shall be made in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if permitted by the Award Agreement or otherwise permitted by the Administrator, the payment may be made by delivery of shares of Stock
beneficially owned by the Participant, or attestation by the Participant to the ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Stock, or by a combination of cash and Stock, at the election of the Participant; provided, however, that any shares
of Stock so delivered or attested shall have been beneficially owned by the Participant for a period of not less than six (6) months prior to the date of exercise. Any such shares of Stock so delivered or attested shall be valued at their Fair
Market Value on the date of such exercise. The Administrator shall determine whether and if so the extent to which actual delivery of share certificates to the Company shall be required. The Administrator also may authorize payment in accordance
with a cashless exercise program under which, if so instructed by the Participant, Stock may be issued directly to the Participant’s broker upon receipt of the Option purchase price in cash directly to the broker. 
 (3) To the extent that the payment of the exercise price for the Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option is made with shares of Stock as
provided in Section 4(e)(2) of the Plan, then, at the discretion of the Administrator, the Participant may be granted a replacement Option under the Plan to purchase a number of shares of Stock equal to the number of shares tendered or attested
to as permitted in Section 4(e)(2) hereof, with an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of such replacement Option and with a term extending to the expiration date of the original Option. 
 (f) Nonqualified Stock Option Awards to Non-Employee Directors. 
 (1) Each Non-Employee Director shall automatically be granted Nonqualified Stock Options under the Plan in the manner set forth in this Section 4(f). A Non-Employee Director may hold more than one Nonqualified
Stock Option, but only on the terms and subject to any restrictions set forth herein. 
 (2) Except as otherwise provided by the
Administrator, each Non-Employee Director shall, as of the day such person first becomes a member of the Board, automatically be granted a Non-Qualified Stock Option to purchase 60,000 shares of Stock minus, 5,000 shares of Stock multiplied by the
number of full 30-day periods between the date of the last annual meeting of shareholders and the day such person first becomes a member of the Board (the “Initial Grant”); provided, however, that the date of the Initial Grant to
Non-Employee Directors serving in such capacity as of the effective date of the Plan shall be on the effective date of the Plan. Further, except as otherwise provided by the Administrator, each Non-Employee Director (if he or she continues to serve
in such capacity) shall, on the first business day following the annual meeting of shareholders in each year during the time the Plan is in effect (beginning with the annual shareholders’ meeting in 2007), be granted a Non-Qualified Stock
Option to purchase 45,000 shares of Stock (the “Annual Grant”), which number of shares shall be subject to adjustment in the manner provided in Section 9 of the Plan. If that number of shares of Stock available for grant under the
Plan is not sufficient to accommodate the awards of Nonqualified Stock Options to Non-Employee Directors, then the remaining shares of Stock available for such automatic awards shall be granted to each Non-Employee Director who is to receive such an
award on a pro-rata basis. No further grants shall be made until such time, if any, as additional shares of Stock become available for grant under the Plan. 

 (3) The exercise price per share for a Non-Qualified Stock Option granted to a Non-Employee Director
under the Plan shall be equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of such Option. 
 (4) Except as
otherwise provided by the unanimous approval of the Board, Initial Grants shall vest and become exercisable immediately as to one-half of the Option shares and shall vest and become exercisable as to the remaining one-half of the Option shares on
the first anniversary of the date of grant (subject to continued service as a director through such vesting date). Except as otherwise provided by the unanimous approval of the Board, Annual Grants shall vest and become exercisable with respect to
1/12th of the Option shares on and after the first day of each calendar month following the date of grant (subject to continued service as a director through such vesting date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Options shall terminate on the
earlier of: 
 (A) ten years after the date of grant; 
 (B) ninety (90) calendar days after the Non-Employee Director ceases to be a director of the Company for any reason, including as a
result of the Non-Employee Director’s death, disability or retirement; or 
 (C) upon the Non-Employee Director’s
removal for Cause. 
 (5) Except as otherwise provided by the unanimous approval of the Board, Annual Grants shall vest and become
exercisable with respect to 1/12th of the Option shares on and after the first day of each calendar month following the date of grant (subject to continued service as a director through such vesting date). 
 Section 5. STOCK AND OTHER STOCK-BASED AND COMBINATION AWARDS 
 (a) Grants of Other Stock-Based Awards. The Administrator, at any time and from time to time while the Plan is in effect, may grant Other Stock-Based Awards to such Employees or other eligible individuals as it
may select. Such Plan Awards pursuant to which Stock is or may in the future be acquired, or Plan Awards valued or determined in whole or part by reference to or otherwise based on Stock, may include, but are not limited to, awards of restricted
Stock or Plan Awards denominated in the form of “stock units”, grants of so-called “phantom stock” and options containing terms or provisions differing in whole or in part from Options granted pursuant to Section 4 of the
Plan. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, in tandem with or as an alternative to any other kind of Plan Award, grant or benefit granted under the Plan or under any other employee plan of the Company or Subsidiary,
including a plan of any acquired entity. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be evidenced by an award agreement in such form as the Administrator may determine. 
 (b) Terms and Conditions. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator shall have the authority to determine the time or times at which Other Stock-Based Awards shall be made, the number of shares
of Stock or stock units and the like to be granted or covered pursuant to such Plan Awards (subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Plan) and all other terms and conditions of such Plan Awards, including, but not limited to, whether such
Plan Awards shall be subject to the attainment of Performance Goals, and whether such Plan Awards shall be payable or paid in cash, Stock or otherwise. In the event that any Other Stock-Based Award granted hereunder is deemed to constitute deferred
compensation within the meaning of Code section 409A, the award agreement representing such grant shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 
 (c) Consideration for Other Stock-Based Awards. In the discretion of the Administrator, any Other Stock-Based Award may be granted as a Stock bonus for no consideration other than services rendered. 

(d) Dividend Equivalents on Plan Awards. 

 (1) The Administrator may determine that a Participant to whom an Other Stock-Based Award is granted
shall be entitled to receive payment of the same amount of cash that such Participant would have received as cash dividends if, on each record date during the performance or restriction period relating to such Plan Award, such Participant had been
the holder of record of a number of shares of Stock subject to the Award (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan). Any such payment may be made at the same time as a dividend is paid or may be deferred until such later date as so
expressly provided in the award agreement. Such cash payments are hereinafter called “dividend equivalents”. 
 (2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d)(1) of this Section 5, the Administrator may determine that, in lieu of receiving all or any portion of any such dividend equivalent in cash, a Participant shall receive an award of whole shares
of Stock having a Fair Market Value approximately equal to the portion of such dividend equivalent that was not paid in cash. Certificates for shares of Stock so awarded may be issued as of the payment date for the related cash dividend or may be
deferred until a later date, and the shares of Stock covered thereby may be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan Award to which it relates (including but not limited to the attainment of any Performance Goals) and the terms and conditions
of the Plan, all as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. 
 (3) No grant of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall
include any Dividend Equivalent rights. Dividend Equivalent rights granted in connection with Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by a separate award agreement. 
 Section 6. AWARDS TO PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES 
 In order to facilitate the
granting of Plan Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Administrator may provide for such special terms and conditions, including without limitation substitutes for Plan
Awards, as the Administrator may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Such substitutes for Plan Awards may include a requirement that the Participant receive cash, in such amount as the
Administrator may determine in its sole discretion, in lieu of any Plan Award or share of Stock that would otherwise have been granted to or delivered to such Participant under the Plan. The Administrator may approve any supplements to, or
amendments, restatements or alternative versions of the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for purposes of this Section 6 without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or
other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such documents as having been approved and adopted pursuant to properly delegated authority; provided, however, that no such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative
versions shall include any provision that is inconsistent with the terms of the Plan as then in effect. Participants subject to the laws of a foreign jurisdiction may request copies of, or the right to view, any materials that are required to be
provided by the Company pursuant to the laws of such jurisdiction. 
 Section 7. PAYMENT OF PLAN AWARDS AND CONDITIONS THEREON 
 (a) Issuance of Shares. Certificates for shares of Stock issuable pursuant to a Plan Award shall be issued to and registered in the name of the
Participant who received such Award. The Administrator may require that such certificates bear such restrictive legend as the Administrator may specify and be held by the Company in escrow or otherwise pursuant to any form of agreement or instrument
that the Administrator may specify. If the Administrator has determined that deferred dividend equivalents shall be payable to a Participant with respect to any Plan Award pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Plan, then concurrently with the
issuance of such certificates, the Company shall deliver to such Participant a cash payment or additional shares of Stock in settlement of such dividend equivalents. 
 (b) Substitution of Shares. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (b) or any other provision of the Plan, the Administrator may specify that a Participant’s Plan Award shall not be
represented by certificates for shares of Stock but shall be represented by rights approximately equivalent (as determined by the Administrator) to the rights that such Participant would have received if certificates for shares of Stock had been
issued in the name of such Participant in accordance with subsection (a) of 

 
this Section 7 (such rights being called “Stock Equivalents”). Subject to the provisions of Section 9 of the Plan and the other terms and
provisions of the Plan, if the Administrator shall so determine, each Participant who holds Stock Equivalents shall be entitled to receive the same amount of cash that such Participant would have received as dividends if certificates for shares of
Stock had been issued in the name of such Participant pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 7 covering the number of shares equal to the number of shares to which such Stock Equivalents relate. Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan to the contrary, the Stock Equivalents may, at the option of the Administrator, be converted into an equivalent number of shares of Stock or, upon the expiration of any restriction period imposed on such Stock Equivalents, into cash, under
such circumstances and in such manner as the Administrator may determine. 
 (c) Cooperation. Anything contained in the Plan to the
contrary notwithstanding, if the employment of any Participant shall terminate, for any reason other than death, while any Plan Award granted to such Participant is outstanding hereunder, and such Participant has not yet received the Stock covered
by such Plan Award or otherwise received the full benefit of such Plan Award, such Participant, if otherwise entitled thereto, shall receive such Stock or benefit only if, during the entire period from the date of such Participant’s termination
to the date of such receipt, such Participant shall have made himself or herself available, upon request, at reasonable times and upon a reasonable basis, to consult with, supply information to, and otherwise cooperate with the Company; provided,
however, that the failure to comply with such condition may at any time (whether before, at the time of or subsequent to termination of employment) be waived by the Administrator upon its determination that in its sole judgment there shall not
have been and will not be any such substantial adverse effect. 
 (d) Tax and Other Withholding. Prior to any distribution of cash,
Stock or any other benefit available under a Plan Award (including payments under Section 5(d) and Section 7(b) of the Plan) to any Participant, appropriate arrangements (consistent with the Plan and any rules adopted hereunder) shall be
made for the payment of any taxes and other amounts required to be withheld by federal, state or local law. 
 (e) Substitution. The
Administrator, in its sole discretion, may substitute a Plan Award for another outstanding Plan Award or Plan Awards of the same or different type, so long as the substituted Plan Award is substantially equivalent in value to the outstanding Award
for which the substitution is being made. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Administrator shall not substitute an award for another award to the extent that such substitution would result in a new grant or other deferral of compensation for
purposes of, or would in any way otherwise violate, Section 409A of the Code. 
 Section 8. NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF PLAN AWARDS 

(a) Restrictions on Transfer of Awards. Plan Awards shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant other than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution except that the Participant may, with the consent of the Administrator, transfer, without consideration, Plan Awards that do not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the Participant’s children, stepchildren,
grandchildren, parent(s), stepparent(s), grandparent(s), spouse, sibling(s), mother-in-law, father-in-law, son(s)-in-law, daughter(s)-in-law, brother(s)-in-law or sister(s)-in-law, and to persons with whom the Participant has an adoptive
relationship, (or to one or more trusts for the benefit of any such family members or to one or more partnerships in which any such family members are the only partners). 
 (b) Attachment and Levy. No Plan Award shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, no domestic relations order purporting to authorize a transfer of a Plan Award, or to grant to any person other than the Participant the authority to exercise or otherwise act with respect to a Plan Award,
shall be recognized as valid. 

 Section 9. ADJUSTMENTS TO AWARDS 
 In the event that the Administrator shall determine that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock, other securities, or
other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to
purchase Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Stock such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Administrator may, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Stock subject to the Plan and which thereafter may
be made the subject of Awards under the Plan, (ii) the number and type of Stock subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award, or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash
payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from the adjustment shall be eliminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Awards of Incentive Stock Options no such
adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b) of the Code (or any successor provision thereto); and provided further that no such adjustment shall be made to the extent
that such adjustment would result in a new Award grant for purposes of Section 409A of the Code or otherwise cause an Award to become subject to Section 409A; and provided further that Nonqualified Stock Options subject to grant or
previously granted to Non-Employee Directors under Section 4(f) of the Plan at the time of any event described in the preceding sentence shall be subject to only such adjustments as shall be necessary to maintain the relative proportionate
interest represented thereby immediately prior to any such event and to preserve, without exceeding, the value of such Options. 
 Section 10.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE OR CHANGE OF STATUS 
 In the event of the termination of a Participant’s employment or service
for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall expire at the commencement of business on the date of such termination. 
 Section 11. UNFUNDED STATUS OF THE PLAN 
 Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the Plan shall be unfunded
and shall not create (or be construed to create) a trust or a separate fund or funds. The Plan shall not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, any Non-Employee Director, or other Person. To the extent any
Person holds any right by virtue of a grant under the Plan, such right (unless otherwise determined by the Administrator) shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. 
 Section 12. RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER 
 A
Participant shall not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any share of Stock covered by any Plan Award until such Participant shall have become the holder of record of such share of Stock. 
 Section 13. TERM, AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN AND AGREEMENTS 
 (a) Term. Unless the Plan is terminated earlier pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 12, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted
under the Plan after ten (10) years from the earlier of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or the date the Plan is duly approved by the shareholders of the Company. 
 (b) Amendment, Modification and Termination of Plan. The Board may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan or any outstanding Plan Award, including
without limitation, to authorize the Administrator to make Plan Awards payable in other securities or other forms of property of a kind to be determined by the Administrator, and such other amendments as may be necessary or desirable to implement
such Plan Awards, and may terminate the Plan or any provision thereof; provided, however, that the approval 

 
of the shareholders of the Company shall be required for any amendment to the Plan to the extent required by applicable law, rules or regulations; and
provided, further, that no amendment, alteration, suspension or termination may adversely affect the terms of any option previously granted without the consent of the affected Participant. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of
this Section 12, the Administrator may, at any time and from time to time, amend or modify any outstanding Plan Award to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. 
 (c) Limitation. Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this Section 12, no amendment to or termination of the Plan or any
provision hereof, and no amendment or cancellation of any outstanding Plan Award, by the Board, the Administrator or the shareholders of the Company, shall, without the written consent of the affected Participant, adversely affect any outstanding
Plan Award. The foregoing notwithstanding, in no event shall an award agreement be amended to reduce the exercise price of an Option or grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right, except as provided in Section 9, or to incorporate any feature
for the deferral of compensation. 
 (d) Survival. The Administrator’s authority to act with respect to any outstanding Plan
Award and the Board’s authority to amend the Plan shall survive termination of the Plan. 
 (e) Amendment for Changes in Law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Board and Administrator shall have the authority to (i) amend outstanding Plan Awards and the Plan to take into account changes in law and tax and accounting rules as well as other developments and
to comply with the requirements of, or satisfy an exception under, the statutory or regulatory requirements set forth in Code Section 409A, and (ii) grant Plan Awards that qualify for beneficial treatment under such rules, without
shareholder approval (unless otherwise required by law or the applicable rules of any securities exchange on which the Stock is then traded) and without Participant consent. 
 Section 14. INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION 
 (a) Indemnification. Each person who is or
shall have been a member of the Board and the Administrator shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any and all loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be or become a party or in which such person may be or become involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and
from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof (with the Company’s written approval) or paid by such person in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except a judgment in favor of the Company
based upon a finding of such person’s lack of good faith; subject, however, to the condition that, upon the institution of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person, such person shall in writing give the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person’s behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right to which such person
may be entitled as a matter of law or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold such person harmless. 
 (b)
Exculpation. Each member of the Board and the Administrator, and each officer and employee of the Company, shall be fully justified in relying or acting in good faith upon any information furnished in connection with the administration of the
Plan by any appropriate person or persons other than such person. In no event shall any person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or the Administrator, or an officer or employee of the Company, be held liable for any determination made
or other action taken or any omission to act in reliance upon any such information, or for any action (including the furnishing of information) taken or any failure to act, if in good faith. 

 Section 15. EXPENSES OF PLAN 
 The entire expense of offering and administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its participating Subsidiaries; provided, that the costs and expenses associated with the redemption or exercise of
any Plan Award, including but not limited to commissions charged by any agent of the Company, may be charged to the Participants. 
 Section 16.
FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS 
 Each determination, interpretation, or other action made or taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan by
the Board or the Administrator shall be final and shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons, including, but without limitation thereto, the Company, its Subsidiaries, the shareholders, the Administrator, the directors,
officers, and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Participants, and their respective successors in interest. 
 Section 17. NO RIGHTS
TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OR TO PLAN AWARD 
 (a) No Right to Employment. Nothing contained in this Plan, or in any booklet or
document describing or referring to the Plan, shall be deemed to confer on any Participant the right to continue as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether for the duration of any performance period, restriction period, or vesting
period under a Plan Award, or otherwise, or affect the right of the Company or Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any Participant for any reason. 
 (b) No Right to Award. No Employee or other person shall have any claim or right to be granted a Plan Award under the Plan. Receipt of an Award under the Plan shall not give a Participant or any other person
any right to receive any other Plan Award under the Plan. A Participant shall have no rights in any Plan Award, except as set forth herein and in the applicable award agreement. 
 Section 18. ACCELERATED VESTING IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE IN CONTROL. 
 In the event of a
Change in Control, any outstanding Option that is not assumed or continued, or an equivalent option or right is not substituted therefor pursuant to the Change in Control transaction’s governing document, shall become fully vested and
exercisable “immediately prior to” the effective date of such Change in Control and shall expire upon the effective date of such Change in Control. For purposes of this Section 18, “immediately prior to” shall mean
sufficiently in advance of the Change in Control transaction such that there will be time for each affected Participant to exercise his or her Option and participate in the Change in Control transaction in the same manner as all other holders of
Stock. If an Option becomes fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to a Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the affected Participant in writing or electronically that the Option has become fully vested and exercisable, and that
the Option will terminate upon the Change in Control. 
 Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator and evidenced in an Award
Agreement, in the event that (i) a Change in Control occurs and (ii) the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company, its successor or Affiliate thereof without Cause on or after the effective date of the Change in Control
but prior to 12 months following such Change in Control, then: 
 (a) any Award carrying a right to exercise that was not previously vested
and exercisable shall become fully vested and exercisable and all outstanding Awards shall remain exercisable for one year following such date of termination of employment or service but in no event beyond the original terms of the Award and shall
thereafter terminate; and 
 (b) the restrictions, deferral limitations, payment conditions and forfeiture conditions applicable to any Award
other than an Award described in (a) granted under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be deemed fully vested and performance conditions imposed with respect to such Awards shall be deemed to be fully achieved. 

 Section 19. GOVERNING LAW AND CONSTRUCTION 
 The Plan and all actions taken hereunder shall be governed by, and the Plan shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida
without regard to principles of conflict of laws. Titles and headings to Sections are for purposes of reference only, and shall in no way limit, define or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of the Plan.Amended and Restated Trust Agreement

 Exhibit 4.6 
  

 AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT 
 among 
 NORTH STATE BANCORP, 
 as Depositor 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 
 as Property Trustee 
 WELLS FARGO DELAWARE
TRUST COMPANY, 
 as Delaware Trustee 
 and 
 THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN 
 as Administrative Trustees 
  

 Dated as of November 28, 2007 
 NORTH STATE STATUTORY TRUST III 
  

  

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page
	ARTICLE I
		
	 ARTICLE I. Defined Terms
	  	1
	 SECTION 1.1.
	  	 Definitions.
	  	1
		
	 ARTICLE II. The Trust
	  	11
	 SECTION 2.1.
	  	 Name.
	  	11
	 SECTION 2.2.
	  	 Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
	  	11
	 SECTION 2.3.
	  	 Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses.
	  	11
	 SECTION 2.4.
	  	 Purposes of Trust.
	  	11
	 SECTION 2.5.
	  	 Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
	  	12
	 SECTION 2.6.
	  	 Assets of Trust.
	  	14
	 SECTION 2.7.
	  	 Title to Trust Property.
	  	15
		
	 ARTICLE III. Payment Account; Paying Agents
	  	15
	 SECTION 3.1.
	  	 Payment Account.
	  	15
	 SECTION 3.2.
	  	 Appointment of Paying Agents.
	  	15
		
	 ARTICLE IV. Distributions; Redemption
	  	16
	 SECTION 4.1.
	  	 Distributions.
	  	16
	 SECTION 4.2.
	  	 Redemption.
	  	18
	 SECTION 4.3.
	  	 Subordination of Common Securities.
	  	20
	 SECTION 4.4.
	  	 Payment Procedures.
	  	21
	 SECTION 4.5.
	  	 Withholding Tax.
	  	21
	 SECTION 4.6.
	  	 Tax Returns and Other Reports.
	  	22
	 SECTION 4.7.
	  	 Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
	  	22
	 SECTION 4.8.
	  	 Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
	  	22
	 SECTION 4.9.
	  	 Exchanges.
	  	22
	 SECTION 4.10.
	  	 Calculation Agent.
	  	23
	 SECTION 4.11.
	  	 Certain Accounting Matters.
	  	24
		
	 ARTICLE V. Securities
	  	25
	 SECTION 5.1.
	  	 Initial Ownership.
	  	25
	 SECTION 5.2.
	  	 Authorized Trust Securities.
	  	25
	 SECTION 5.3.
	  	 Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes.
	  	25
	 SECTION 5.4.
	  	 The Securities Certificates.
	  	25
	 SECTION 5.5.
	  	 Rights of Holders.
	  	26
	 SECTION 5.6.
	  	 Book-Entry Preferred Securities.
	  	26
	 SECTION 5.7.
	  	 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
	  	28
	 SECTION 5.8.
	  	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates.
	  	30
	 SECTION 5.9.
	  	 Persons Deemed Holders.
	  	31
	 SECTION 5.10.
	  	 Cancellation.
	  	31
	 SECTION 5.11.
	  	 Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
	  	31
	 SECTION 5.12.
	  	 Restricted Legends.
	  	32
	 SECTION 5.13.
	  	 Form of Certificate of Authentication.
	  	35
		
	 ARTICLE VI. Meetings; Voting; Acts of Holders
	  	35

  

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	 SECTION 6.1.
	  	 Notice of Meetings.
	  	35
	 SECTION 6.2.
	  	 Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities.
	  	35
	 SECTION 6.3.
	  	 Voting Rights.
	  	36
	 SECTION 6.4.
	  	 Proxies, Etc.
	  	36
	 SECTION 6.5.
	  	 Holder Action by Written Consent.
	  	36
	 SECTION 6.6.
	  	 Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
	  	36
	 SECTION 6.7.
	  	 Acts of Holders.
	  	36
	 SECTION 6.8.
	  	 Inspection of Records.
	  	37
	 SECTION 6.9.
	  	 Limitations on Voting Rights.
	  	38
	 SECTION 6.10.
	  	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults.
	  	38
		
	 ARTICLE VII. Representations and Warranties
	  	41
	 SECTION 7.1.
	  	 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
	  	41
	 SECTION 7.2.
	  	 Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
	  	42
		
	 ARTICLE VIII. The Trustees
	  	43
	 SECTION 8.1.
	  	 Number of Trustees.
	  	43
	 SECTION 8.2.
	  	 Property Trustee Required.
	  	43
	 SECTION 8.3.
	  	 Delaware Trustee Required.
	  	43
	 SECTION 8.4.
	  	 Appointment of Administrative Trustees.
	  	44
	 SECTION 8.5.
	  	 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees.
	  	44
	 SECTION 8.6.
	  	 Notices of Defaults and Extensions.
	  	46
	 SECTION 8.7.
	  	 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
	  	46
	 SECTION 8.8.
	  	 Delegation of Power.
	  	49
	 SECTION 8.9.
	  	 May Hold Securities.
	  	49
	 SECTION 8.10.
	  	 Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity.
	  	49
	 SECTION 8.11.
	  	 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
	  	50
	 SECTION 8.12.
	  	 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
	  	51
	 SECTION 8.13.
	  	 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
	  	52
	 SECTION 8.14.
	  	 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
	  	52
	 SECTION 8.15.
	  	 Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
	  	52
	 SECTION 8.16.
	  	 Reports to the Property Trustee.
	  	53
	 SECTION 8.17.
	  	 Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrative Trustees.
	  	54
			
		  	Meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or Administrative Trustee, as applicable. Regular meetings of the Trustees
and the Administrative Trustees, respectively, may be in person in the United States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by resolution of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees, as applicable. Notice of any in-person
meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic
meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting.
Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of a Trustee or an Administrative Trustee, as the case may be, at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of such notice of such meeting except where a Trustee or an Administrative Trustee, as the case may be, attends a meeting for the express	  	

  

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		  	purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Trust Agreement, any action
of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees, as the case may be, may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such
matter; provided, that, in the case of the Administrative Trustees, a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees, as the case may be. Meetings of the Trustees and the
Administrative Trustees together shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or Administrative Trustee.	  	54
		
	 ARTICLE IX. Termination, Liquidation and Merger
	  	54
	 SECTION 9.1.
	  	 Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.
	  	54
	 SECTION 9.2.
	  	 Early Termination.
	  	54
	 SECTION 9.3.
	  	 Termination.
	  	55
	 SECTION 9.4.
	  	 Liquidation.
	  	55
	 SECTION 9.5.
	  	 Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust.
	  	56
		
	 ARTICLE X. Information to Purchaser
	  	58
	 SECTION 10.1.
	  	 Depositor Obligations to Purchaser.
	  	58
	 SECTION 10.2.
	  	 Property Trustee’s Obligations to Purchaser.
	  	58
		
	 ARTICLE XI. Miscellaneous Provisions
	  	59
	 SECTION 11.1.
	  	 Limitation of Rights of Holders.
	  	59
	 SECTION 11.2.
	  	 Agreed Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities.
	  	59
	 SECTION 11.3.
	  	 Amendment.
	  	59
	 SECTION 11.4.
	  	 Separability.
	  	61
	 SECTION 11.5.
	  	 Governing Law.
	  	61
	 SECTION 11.6.
	  	 Successors.
	  	61
	 SECTION 11.7.
	  	 Headings.
	  	61
	 SECTION 11.8.
	  	 Reports, Notices and Demands.
	  	61
	 SECTION 11.9.
	  	 Agreement Not to Petition.
	  	62

  

			
	Exhibit A	  	Certificate of Trust of North State Statutory Trust III
	Exhibit B	  	Form of Common Securities Certificate
	Exhibit C	  	Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
	Exhibit D	  	Junior Subordinated Indenture
	Exhibit E	  	Form of Transferee Certificate to be Executed by Transferees other than QIB/QPs
	Exhibit F	  	Form of Transferor Certificate to be Executed by QIB/QPs
	Exhibit G	  	Form of Officers’ Certificate
	Exhibit H	  	Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 8.16(a)
		
	Schedule A	  	Calculation of LIBOR

  

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 AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of November 28, 2007, among (i) North State
Bancorp, a North Carolina corporation (including any successors or permitted assigns, the “Depositor”), (ii) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property
Trustee”), (iii) Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the “Delaware Trustee”), (iv) Kirk Whorf, an individual, David Shipp, an individual, and Sandra
Temple, an individual, each of whose address is c/o North State Bancorp, 4270 the Circle at North Hills, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609, as administrative trustees (in such capacities, each an “Administrative Trustee” and, collectively, the
“Administrative Trustees” and, together with the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the “Trustees”) and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined. 
 WITNESSETH 
 WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore created a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act by entering into a Trust Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2007 (the “Original Trust Agreement”), and by
executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Trust, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A; and 
 WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the
Common Securities by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities by the Trust pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title
and interest in and to the Notes; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and restates the Original
Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows: 
 ARTICLE I. 
 DEFINED TERMS 
 SECTION 1.1. Definitions. 
 For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (a) the terms defined in this Article I have the meanings assigned to them in this Article I; 
 (b) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
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 (c) all accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles; 
 (d) unless the context otherwise requires, any
reference to an “Article”, a “Section”, a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Trust Agreement; 
 (e) the words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer
to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 
 (f) a reference to the
singular includes the plural and vice versa; and 
 (g) the masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include
the masculine, feminine and neuter genders. 
 “Act” has the meaning specified in Section 6.7. 
 “Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. 
 “Additional Interest Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of
Additional Interest paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Notes for such period. 
 “Additional Taxes” has the meaning
specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. 
 “Additional Tax Sums” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5 of the Indenture. 
 “Administrative Trustee” means each of the Persons identified as an
“Administrative Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in each such Person’s capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee
appointed as herein provided. 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 
 “Applicable Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Book-Entry Preferred Security, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time. 
 “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person: 
  

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 (a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
(i) judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, (iii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or (iv) ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or 
 (b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by
it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such action. 
 “Bankruptcy Laws” means all Federal and state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws, including the United States
Bankruptcy Code. 
 “Book-Entry Preferred Security” means a Preferred Security, the ownership and transfers of which shall be made
through book entries by a Depositary. 
 “Business Day” means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on
which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or (c) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business. 
 “Calculation Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10 of this Agreement. 
 “Capital Disqualification Event” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. 
 “Closing Date” has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement. 
 “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this Trust Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing the duties assigned to it, then the body performing such duties at such time. 
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 “Common Security” means a common security of the Trust, denominated as such and representing an
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the terms provided therefor in this Trust Agreement. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Property Trustee at which any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of this Trust Agreement
is located at 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Department. 
 “Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates” means Preferred Securities issued in certificated, fully registered form that are not Global Preferred Securities. 
 “Delaware Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code § 3801 et seq., or any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. 
 “Delaware Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in its
capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware Trustee appointed as herein provided. 
 “Depositary” means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that is designated as Depositary by the Depositor or
any successor thereto. DTC will be the initial Depositary. 
 “Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary. 
 “Depositor” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and any successors and permitted assigns. 
 “Depositor Affiliate” has the meaning specified in Section 4.9. 
 “Distribution
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(i). 
 “Distributions” means amounts payable in respect of the
Trust Securities as provided in Section 4.1. 
 “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

 “Early Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2. 
 “EDGAR” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11(c). 
 “Equity Interests” means any of (a) the partnership interests (general or limited) in a partnership, (b) the membership interests in
a limited liability company or (c) the shares or stock interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a corporation. 
  

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 “Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such event
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 
 (a) the occurrence of a Note Event of Default; or 
 (b) default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such default for a period
of thirty (30) days; or 
 (c) default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it
becomes due and payable; or 
 (d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect of any covenant or warranty
of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than those specified in clause (b) or (c) above) and continuation of such default or breach for a period of thirty (30) days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Trustees and to the Depositor by the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 
 (e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with
respect to the Property Trustee if a successor Property Trustee has not been appointed within ninety (90) days thereof. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. 
 “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1. 
 “Extension
Period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(ii). 
 “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, the staff thereof, or a Federal Reserve Bank, acting through delegated authority, in each case under the rules, regulations and policies of the Federal Reserve System, or if at any time after the execution of this Trust
Agreement any such entity is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it, any successor body performing similar duties or functions. 
 “Fiscal Year” shall be the fiscal year of the Trust, which shall be the calendar year, or such other period as is required by the Code. 
 “Global Preferred Security” means a Preferred Securities Certificate evidencing ownership of Book-Entry Preferred Securities. 
 “Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the Depositor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as guarantee trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
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 “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust Securities are registered in
the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. 
 “Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified in Section 8.10(c). 
 “Indenture” means the Junior
Subordinated Indenture executed and delivered by the Depositor and the Note Trustee contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit D, as amended or supplemented from time to time. 
 “Indenture Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.2(c). 
 “Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture.

 “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended
from time to time. 
 “Investment Company Event” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. 

“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in Schedule A. 
 “LIBOR Business Day” has the meaning specified in Schedule A. 
 “LIBOR Determination
Date” has the meaning specified in Schedule A. 
 “Lien” means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever. 
 “Like Amount” means (a) with respect to a redemption of any Trust Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the
principal amount of Notes to be contemporaneously redeemed or paid at maturity in accordance with the Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of
Notes to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution of the Trust, Notes having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Notes are distributed and (c) with respect to
any distribution of Additional Interest Amounts to Holders of Trust Securities, Notes having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities in respect of which such distribution is made. 
 “Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security. 
 “Liquidation Date” means the date on which assets are to be distributed to Holders in accordance with Section 9.4(a) hereunder
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 “Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities” means Preferred Securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all (or a specified group of) then Outstanding Preferred Securities. 
 “Note Event of Default” means any “Event of Default” specified in Section 5.1 of the Indenture. 
 “Note Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption of such Notes under the Indenture. 
 “Note Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Trustee” in the Indenture, solely in its capacity as Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture. 
 “Notes” means the Depositor’s Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. 
 “Office of Thrift Supervision” means the Office of Thrift Supervision, as from time to time constituted or, if at any time after the execution of this Trust Agreement such Office is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it, then the body performing such duties at such time. 
 “Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Credit Officer, President or Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor, and delivered to the Trustees. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement (other than the certificate provided
pursuant to Section 8.16(a)) shall include: 
 (a) a statement by each officer signing the Officers’
Certificate that such officer has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto; 
 (b) a brief
statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate; 
 (c) a statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and 
 (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such officer, such condition or
covenant has been complied with. 
 “Operative Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Guarantee Agreement, the Notes and the Trust Securities. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
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 “Original Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the Trust Securities. 

“Original Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust Agreement. 
 “Outstanding”, when used with respect to any Trust Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore
executed and delivered under this Trust Agreement, except: 
 (a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Property
Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation; 
 (b) Trust Securities for which payment or redemption money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided, that if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and 
 (c) Trust Securities that have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Trust Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Property Trustee is presented that any such Trust Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such
Trust Securities are valid, legal and binding obligations of the Trust; 
 provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Securities owned by the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or of any
Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (i) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred
Securities that such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any
such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or of any Trustee. 
 “Owner” means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Preferred Securities as reflected in the records of the Depositary or, if a Depositary Participant is not the beneficial owner, then the beneficial owner as
reflected in the records of the Depositary Participant. 
 “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Administrative
Trustees to pay Distributions or other amounts in respect of any Trust Securities on behalf of the Trust. 
 “Payment Account”
means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account maintained by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in respect of the Notes will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the Paying
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 “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature. 
 “Preferred Security” means a preferred security of the Trust, denominated as such and representing an undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the terms provided therefor in this Trust Agreement. 
 “Preferred
Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C. 
 “Property Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Property Trustee” in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Property Trustee appointed as herein provided. 
 “Purchase
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2007, executed and delivered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Purchaser. 
 “Purchaser” means WFC Holdings Corporation, as purchaser of the Preferred Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, whose address is *MAC A0112-114, 550 California Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco,
California 94104, or any other address previously furnished by the Purchaser. *Mail Access Code is necessary only for U.S. Mail (not for FedEx or other private delivery services). 
 “Quorum” means a majority of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them. 
 “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 “QIB/QP” means a QIB that is also a Qualified Purchaser. 
 “Qualified Purchaser” means a “qualified purchaser” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act. 
 “Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided, that each Note Redemption Date and the stated
maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities. 
 “Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if any, paid by
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 “Reference Banks” has the meaning specified in Schedule A. 
 “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President,
the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer or any other officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration
of this Trust Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Property Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time
to time. 
 “Securities Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.

 “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 5.7.

 “Special Event Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 11.2 of the Indenture. 
 “Successor Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 9.5(a). 
 “Tax Event” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Indenture. 
 “Trust” means the Delaware statutory trust known as “North State Statutory Trust III,” which was created on November 21, 2007,
under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and continued pursuant to this Trust Agreement. 
 “Trust Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, including all Schedules and Exhibits (other than Exhibit D), as the
same may be modified, amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof. 
 “Trustees”
means the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each as defined in this Article I. 
 “Trust
Property” means (a) the Notes, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be
held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust Agreement. 
 “Trust Security” means any one of the Common
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 ARTICLE II. 
 THE TRUST 
 SECTION 2.1. Name. 
 The trust continued hereby shall be known as “North State Statutory Trust III,” as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and
sue and be sued. 
 SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business. 
 The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, 919 North Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington,
Delaware 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders, the Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. The
principal executive office of the Trust is c/o North State Bancorp, 4270 The Circle at North Hills, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 Attention: Chief Financial Officer, as such address may be changed from time to time by the Administrative Trustees
following written notice to the Holders and the other Trustees. 
 SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and
Expenses. 
 The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt from the Depositor in connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of ten
dollars ($10), which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay all fees, costs and expenses of the Trust (except with respect to the Trust Securities) as they arise or shall, upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such
Trustee for any such fees, costs and expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for the payment of such fees, costs or expenses. 
 SECTION 2.4. Purposes of Trust. 
 (a) The
exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are to (i) issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Notes and (ii) engage in only those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Delaware
Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are trustees of the Trust, and have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein. The Trustees hereby acknowledge that they are trustees of the Trust. 
 (b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business,
activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not authorized by
this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except as expressly provided herein, (iii) incur any
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any of the Trust Property, (v) take or consent to any action that would reasonably be expected to cause (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, to the
actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would cause) the Trust to become taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (vi) take or consent to any action that would cause
(or, in the case of the Property Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would cause) the Notes to be treated as other than indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes or (vii) take or consent
to any action that would cause (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would cause) the Trust to be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act. 
 SECTION 2.5. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions. 
 (a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement. In accordance with the
following provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the
Trustees, under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including the following: 
 (i) As among
the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall severally have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following matters: 
 (A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities; 
 (B) to cause the Trust to enter into,
and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust, such agreements, documents, instruments, certificates and other writings as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of the Trust, including, without
limitation, a common securities subscription agreement and a junior subordinated note subscription agreement and to cause the Trust to perform under the Purchase Agreement; 
 (C) assisting in the sale of the Preferred Securities in one or more transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and
in compliance with applicable state securities or blue sky laws; 
 (D) assisting in the sending of notices (other than
notices of default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities and the Notes to the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement; 
 (E) the appointment of a successor Paying Agent and Calculation Agent in accordance with this Trust Agreement; 
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 (G) execution and delivery of closing certificates, if any, pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement and the application for a taxpayer identification number for the Trust; 
 (H) preparation and filing of all
applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed on behalf of the Trust; 
 (I) establishing a
record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date to be established, except as provided in Section 6.10(a); 
 (J) unless otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, to execute on behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with
the other Administrative Trustees) any documents and other writings that such Administrative Trustee has the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; 
 (K) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation,
execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation of the Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and 
 (L) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as such Administrative Trustee may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement. 
 (ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters: 
 (A) the receipt and holding of legal title of the Notes; 
 (B) the establishment of the Payment Account; 
 (C) the receipt of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the Notes and the holding of such amounts in the Payment
Account; 
 (D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts distributable to the Holders in respect of the Trust
Securities; 
 (E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Notes in accordance with the
terms of this Trust Agreement; 
 (F) the sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust Securities
and the Notes to the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement; 
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 (H) the authentication of the Preferred Securities as provided in this Trust Agreement;
and 
 (I) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is
necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such action on any particular Holder). 
 (b) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects): 
 (i) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Purchase Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred
Securities in one or more transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and in compliance with applicable state securities or blue sky laws; and 
 (ii) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing activities. 
 (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to
operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, so that the Notes will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States
federal income tax purposes and so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an “investment company” required to be registered under the Investment Company Act. In connection therewith, each Administrative Trustee is authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that such Administrative Trustee determines in his or her discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event shall the Administrative Trustees be liable to the Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this
Section 2.5 to the extent that such failure results solely from a change in law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof. 
 (d) Any action taken by a Trustee in accordance with his, her or its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with any Trustee acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the
authority of such Trustee to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of any Trustee as set forth in this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 2.6. Assets of Trust. 
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 SECTION 2.7. Title to Trust Property. 
 (a) Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee in
trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement. 
 (b) The Holders shall not have any right or
title to the Trust Property other than the undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Trust
except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. 
 ARTICLE III. 
 PAYMENT ACCOUNT; PAYING AGENTS

 SECTION 3.1. Payment Account. 
 (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the
purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in the
Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders and for Distribution as herein provided. 
 (b) The Property Trustee shall deposit
in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt, all payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, and any other payments with respect to, the Notes. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee
pending distribution thereof. 
 SECTION 3.2. Appointment of Paying Agents. 
 The Property Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Paying Agent and the Property Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. The Paying Agent shall make
Distributions to Holders from the Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account
solely for the purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent in their sole discretion. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying
Agent upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. If the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked,
the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor (which shall be a bank or trust company) to act as Paying Agent. Such successor Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in
which such successor Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto until such
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shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent
shall also return all funds in its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Article VIII shall apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to
the extent applicable, to any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise. 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 DISTRIBUTIONS;
REDEMPTION 
 SECTION 4.1. Distributions. 
 (a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property, and Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) will be made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates
that payments of interest (including any Additional Interest) are made on the Notes. Accordingly: 
 (i) Distributions on the
Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and shall accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accumulate from November 28, 2007 and, except as provided in clause
(ii) below, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15th, June 15th, September 15th and December 15th of each year, commencing on March 15, 2008. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise payable
on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after
each such date until the next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect
as if made on such date (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a)(i), a “Distribution Date”); 
 (ii) in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right under the Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the
Notes, Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be deferred. Under the Indenture, so long as no Note Event of Default pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Section 5.1 of the
Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Depositor shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Notes, to defer the payment of interest on the Notes for a period of up to twenty (20) consecutive quarterly
interest payment periods (each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period no interest on the Notes shall be due and payable (except any Additional Tax Sums that may be due and payable). No
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rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 2.75%, compounded quarterly, from the dates on which amounts would have otherwise been due and payable
until paid or until funds for the payment thereof have been made available for payment. If Distributions are deferred, the deferred Distributions (including Additional Interest Amounts) shall be paid on the date that the related Extension Period
terminates, to Holders of the Trust Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such termination date. 
 (iii) Distributions shall accumulate in respect of the Trust Securities at a variable rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus
2.75% of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Notes. LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with Schedule A. The amount of Distributions payable for any
Distribution period shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant Distribution period; and 
 (iv) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions. 
 (b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on the
relevant record date, which shall be at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the relevant Distribution Date. Distributions payable on any Trust Securities that are not punctually paid on any
Distribution Date as a result of the Depositor having failed to make an interest payment under the Notes will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distributions and any Additional Interest Amounts will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are registered on the special record date, or other specified date for determining Holders entitled to such defaulted
Distribution and Additional Interest Amount, established in the same manner, and on the same date, as such is established with respect to the Notes under the Indenture. 
 (c) As a condition to the payment of any principal of or interest on the Trust Securities without the imposition of withholding tax, the Administrative Trustees shall require the previous delivery of properly
completed and signed applicable U.S. federal income tax certifications (generally, an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of person that is a “U.S. person” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is not a “U.S. person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and any other
certification acceptable to it to enable the Paying Agent to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other charges that it may be required to pay, deduct or withhold in respect of such Trust Securities. 
  

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 SECTION 4.2. Redemption. 
 (a) On each Note Redemption Date and on the stated maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes and on each other date on (or in respect of) which any principal on the Notes is
repaid, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price. 
 (b) Notice of redemption shall be
given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s
address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of redemption shall state: 
 (i) the Redemption Date; 

(ii) the Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the
estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture, as calculated by the Depositor, together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the fifth
Business Day prior to the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that such Redemption Price is calculated); 
 (iii) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the respective Liquidation Amounts) and Liquidation Amounts of the particular Trust Securities to be redeemed; 
 (iv) that on
the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Trust Security, or portion thereof, to be redeemed and that Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on such Trust Security or such portion, as the case may
be, on and after said date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d); 
 (v) the place or places where the Trust
Securities are to be surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price; and 
 (vi) such other provisions as the Property
Trustee deems relevant. 
 (c) The Trust Securities (or portion thereof) redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption
Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption or payment at maturity of Notes. Redemptions of the Trust Securities (or portion thereof) shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent
that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price. Under the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed by the Depositor on any Interest Payment Date, at the Depositor’s option, on or
after December 15, 2012, in whole or in part, from time to time at a redemption price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof, together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued interest, including any
Additional Interest, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the “Indenture Redemption Price”); provided, that the Depositor shall have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required. The Notes may also be
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option, at any time, in whole but not in part, upon the occurrence of a Capital Disqualification Event, an Investment Company Event or a Tax Event at the
Special Event Redemption Price (as set forth in the Indenture); provided, that the Depositor shall have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required. 
 (d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred Securities, then by 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Redemption Date, the Depositor shall deposit sufficient funds with the Property Trustee to pay the Redemption Price. If such deposit has been made by such time, then by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Property Trustee
will, with respect to Book-Entry Preferred Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Securities, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such
Depositary irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities. With respect to Preferred Securities that are not Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee will irrevocably
deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities upon surrender of their Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities Register on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then upon the
date of such deposit, all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities (or portion thereof) so called for redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the Redemption Price and any Distribution payable in respect of the Trust
Securities on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest, and, in the case of a partial redemption, the right of such Holders to receive a new Trust Security or Securities of authorized denominations, in aggregate Liquidation Amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of such Trust Security or Securities, and such Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day,
then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after each such date until the
next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee
Agreement, Distributions on such Trust Securities (or portion thereof) will continue to accumulate, as set forth in Section 4.1, from the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust Securities (or portion thereof)
to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price. 
 (e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
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based upon the relative aggregate Liquidation Amounts of the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities. The Preferred Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected on a pro rata basis based upon their respective Liquidation Amounts not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption;
provided, however, that with respect to Holders that would be required to hold less than one hundred (100) but more than zero (0) Trust Securities as a result of such redemption, the Trust shall redeem Trust Securities of each such Holder
so that after such redemption such Holder shall hold either one hundred (100) Trust Securities or such Holder no longer holds any Trust Securities, and shall use such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Trust shall deem fair
and appropriate; and provided, further, that so long as the Preferred Securities are Book-Entry Preferred Securities, such selection shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures for the Preferred Securities by such
Depositary. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred Securities (or portion thereof) selected for redemption and, in the case of any Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the
Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities that has been or is to be redeemed. 
 (f) The Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall indicate the “CUSIP” numbers of the Trust Securities in
notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust Securities or as contained in any
notice of redemption and related materials. 
 SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities. 
 (a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, the Redemption Price of and the Liquidation Distribution in respect of, the
Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, pro rata among the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the respective Trust Securities; provided, that if on any Distribution Date, Redemption Date or
Liquidation Date an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, Redemption Price of or Liquidation Distribution in respect of, any Common Security, and no
other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on all
Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Preferred Securities then called for
redemption, or in the case of payment of the Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such Liquidation Distribution on all Outstanding Preferred Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds immediately available to the Property
Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of or the Liquidation Distribution in respect of, the Preferred Securities then due and
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 (b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holders of the Common Securities shall
have no right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until all such Events of Default
under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and not on behalf of the Holders of
the Common Securities, and only the Holders of all the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf. 
 SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures. 
 Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts), the
Redemption Price, Liquidation Amount or any other amounts in respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing at least
ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto unless proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check mailed to the
address of such Person as such address shall appear in the Securities Register. If any Preferred Securities are held by a Depositary, such Distributions thereon shall be made to the Depositary in immediately available funds. Payments in respect of
the Common Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the Holder of all the Common Securities. 
 SECTION 4.5. Withholding Tax. 
 The Trust and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with all withholding
and backup withholding tax requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary to
establish an exemption from withholding and backup withholding tax with respect to each Holder and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding and backup withholding tax obligations, including without limitation, the forms specified in Section 4.1(c). The Administrative Trustees shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and,
unless an exemption from withholding and backup withholding tax is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay
over any amounts to any jurisdiction with respect to Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed overwithholding,
Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions
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 SECTION 4.6. Tax Returns and Other Reports. 
 (a) The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes
of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, at the Depositor’s expense, and file, all United States federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. The Administrative Trustees
shall prepare at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished), by January 31 in each taxable year of the Trust to
each Holder all Internal Revenue Service forms and returns required to be provided by the Trust. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly after such filing
or furnishing. 
 (b) So long as the Property Trustee is the holder of the Notes, the Administrative Trustees shall furnish to the Property
Trustee (i) the Depositor’s reports on Federal Reserve form FR Y-9SP promptly following their filing with the Federal Reserve, or (ii) if the Depositor is no longer required to file the reports set forth in (i) above, such other
similar reports as the Depositor may be required to file at such time with the Depositor’s primary federal banking regulator promptly following their filing with such banking regulator. 
 SECTION 4.7. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust. 
 Upon receipt under the Notes of Additional Tax Sums and upon the written direction of the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay, solely out of monies on deposit pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, any Additional Taxes imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing authority. 
 SECTION 4.8. Payments under
Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions. 
 Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced by the amount
of any corresponding payment such Holder (or any Owner with respect thereto) has directly received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 6.10(b) of this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 4.9. Exchanges. 
 (a) If at any time
the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (in either case, a “Depositor Affiliate”) is the Owner or Holder of any Preferred Securities, such Depositor Affiliate shall have the right to deliver to the Property Trustee all or such portion of
its Preferred Securities as it elects and, subject to compliance with Sections 2.2 and 3.5 of the Indenture, receive, in exchange therefor, a Like Amount of Notes. Such election (i) shall be exercisable effective on any
Distribution Date by such Depositor Affiliate delivering to the Property Trustee a written notice of such election specifying the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities with respect to which such election is being made and the Distribution Date
on which such exchange shall occur, which Distribution Date shall be not less than ten (10) Business Days after the date of receipt by the Property Trustee of such election notice and (ii) shall be conditioned upon such Depositor Affiliate
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Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur. After the exchange, such Preferred Securities will be canceled and will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding and all rights of the Depositor Affiliate with respect to such Preferred Securities will cease. 
 (b) In the case of an exchange
described in Section 4.9(a), the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust will, on the date of such exchange, exchange Notes having a principal amount equal to a proportional amount of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Common Securities, based on the ratio of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities exchanged pursuant to Section 4.9(a) divided by the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities Outstanding immediately
prior to such exchange, for such proportional amount of Common Securities held by the Depositor (which contemporaneously shall be canceled and no longer be deemed to be Outstanding); provided, that the Depositor delivers or causes to be delivered to
the Property Trustee or its designee the required amount of Common Securities to be exchanged by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur. 
 SECTION 4.10. Calculation Agent. 
 (a) The
Property Trustee shall initially, and, subject to the immediately following sentence, for so long as it holds any of the Notes, be the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining LIBOR for each Distribution Date. The Calculation Agent may be
removed by the Administrative Trustees at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Administrative Trustees, the Administrative Trustees will promptly appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent the
London office of a leading bank which is engaged in transactions in three-month U.S. dollar deposits in Europe and which does not control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Administrative Trustees or their Affiliates. The
Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been duly appointed. 
 (b) The Calculation Agent shall be required to
agree that, as soon as possible after 11:00 a.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date, but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day immediately following each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will
calculate the interest rate and dollar amount (rounded to the nearest cent, with half a cent being rounded upwards) for the related Distribution Date, and will communicate such rate and amount to the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees, the Note
Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Depositary. The Calculation Agent will also specify to the Administrative Trustees the quotations upon which the foregoing rates and amounts are based and, in any event, the Calculation Agent shall notify the
Administrative Trustees before 5:00 p.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date that either: (i) it has determined or is in the process of determining the foregoing rates and amounts or (ii) it has not determined and is not in the
process of determining the foregoing rates and amounts, together with its reasons therefor. The Calculation Agent’s determination of the foregoing rates and amounts for any Distribution Date will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and
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 SECTION 4.11. Certain Accounting Matters. 
 (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Trust in
the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be
maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. 
 (b) The
Administrative Trustees shall either (i) if the Depositor is then subject to such reporting requirements, except as provided in Section 4.11(c), cause each Form 10-K and Form 10-Q prepared by the Depositor and filed with the
Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act to be delivered to each Holder, with a copy to the Property Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof or (ii) cause to be prepared at the principal office of the Trust in the
United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, and delivered to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Property Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, annual financial statements
of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss. 
 (c)
If the Depositor files its annual and quarterly information with the Commission in electronic form pursuant to Regulation S-T of the Commission using the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”)
system, the Administrative Trustees shall notify the Property Trustee in the manner prescribed herein of each such annual and quarterly filing. The Property Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of
retrieving the financial information so filed and to provide a copy thereof to each Holder, the Purchaser and any Owner of the Preferred Securities reasonably identified to the Property Trustee (which identification may be made either by such Owner
or by the Purchaser). The Property Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain any electronic or other filings that the Depositor makes with the Commission, regardless of whether such filings are periodic, supplemental or otherwise. Delivery
of reports, information and documents to the Property Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.11(c) shall be solely for purposes of compliance with this Section 4.11 and, if applicable, with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The
Property Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute notice to it of the content thereof or any matter determinable from the content thereof, including the Depositor’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder, as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely upon Officers’ Certificates. 
 (d) The Trust shall maintain
one or more bank accounts in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the
Notes held by the Property Trustee shall be made directly to the Payment Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Payment Account. The sole signatories for such accounts (including the Payment Account) shall be designated by
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 ARTICLE V. 
 SECURITIES 
 SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership. 
 Upon the creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor referred to in Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust
Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are Outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Trust. 
 SECTION 5.2. Authorized Trust Securities. 
 The Trust shall be authorized to issue one series of Preferred Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of $5,000,000 and one series of Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $155,000. 
 SECTION
5.3. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes. 
 On the Closing Date, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall execute and deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor, evidencing an aggregate of 155 Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $155,000, against receipt by
the Trust of the aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of $155,000. Contemporaneously therewith and with the sale by the Trust to the Holders of an aggregate of 5,000 Preferred Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of
$5,000,000, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase from the Depositor Notes, to be registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to
$5,155,000, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Notes, the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $5,155,000 (being the aggregate amount paid by the Holders for the Preferred Securities
and the amount paid by the Depositor for the Common Securities). 
 SECTION 5.4. The Securities Certificates. 
 (a) The Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $100,000 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $10,000 Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by
manual or facsimile signature of at least one Administrative Trustee. Securities Certificates bearing the signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign such Securities Certificates
on behalf of the Trust shall be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of such Securities Certificates or
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 (b) On the Closing Date, upon the written order of an authorized officer of the Depositor, the
Administrative Trustees shall cause Securities Certificates to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations. 
 (c) The Preferred Securities issued on the Closing Date to QIB/QPs shall be issued as directed by the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date, either
(i) in the form of one or more Global Preferred Securities or (ii) in the form of one or more Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. Global Preferred Securities shall be, except as provided in Section 5.6, Book-Entry
Preferred Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee and deposited with the Depositary or the Property Trustee as custodian for the Depositary for credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of the Depositary
Participants thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct). The Preferred Securities issued to a Person other than a QIB/QP shall be issued in the form of Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. 
 (d) A Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Security has been authenticated under this Trust Agreement. Upon written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or
more Preferred Security Certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities for original issue. The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that is a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the Preferred Securities. A Common
Security need not be so authenticated and shall be valid upon execution by one or more Administrative Trustees. The form of this certificate of authentication can be found in Section 5.13. 
 (e) Upon issuance of the Trust Securities as provided in this Trust Agreement, the Trust Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, and each Holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits provided by this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 5.5. Rights of
Holders. 
 The Trust Securities shall have no, and the issuance of the Trust Securities is not subject to, preemptive or similar rights and
when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Trust. Except as provided in Section 5.11(b), the Holders of the Trust Securities, in their capacities as
such, shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. 
 SECTION 5.6. Book-Entry Preferred Securities. 
 (a) A Global Preferred Security may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates registered in the names of the Owners only if such exchange complies with Section 5.7 and (i) the
Depositary advises the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee in writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able properly to discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Global Preferred Security, and no qualified successor
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Administrative Trustees fail to appoint a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the
Administrative Trustees at their option advise the Property Trustee in writing that the Trust elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iv) a Note Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the occurrence
of any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Administrative Trustees shall notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the Delaware Trustee and the
Property Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to Owners of the Preferred Securities requesting the same. Upon the issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security wishes at any time to transfer
an interest in such Global Preferred Security to a Person other than a QIB/QP, such transfer shall be effected, subject to the Applicable Depositary Procedures, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.6 and
Section 5.7, and the transferee shall receive a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate in connection with such transfer. A holder of a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate that is a QIB/QP may, upon request, and in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 5.6 and Section 5.7, exchange such Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate for a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security. 
 (b) If any Global Preferred Security is to be exchanged for Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates or canceled in part, or if any Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for any Global Preferred Security, then either (i) such Global Preferred Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article V
or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Preferred Security shall be reduced, subject to Section 5.4, or increased by an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global
Preferred Security to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by such Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for any Global Preferred Security, as the case may be, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding
adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender to the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar of any Global Preferred Security or Securities by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or
any one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary, and the Property Trustee, upon receipt thereof, shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates. None of the Securities Registrar or the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions. 
 (c) Every Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Preferred Security
or any portion thereof shall be executed and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Preferred Security, unless such Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Preferred Security
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 (d) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Preferred Security, shall be the
Holder of such Global Preferred Security for all purposes under this Trust Agreement and the Global Preferred Security, and Owners with respect to a Global Preferred Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Depositary
Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Trust Agreement relating to the Global Preferred Securities (including the payment of the Liquidation Amount of and
Distributions on the Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby and the giving of instructions or directions by Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby and the giving of notices) as the sole Holder of the Book-Entry
Preferred Securities represented thereby and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof. None of the Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary. 
 (e) The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those
established by law, the Applicable Depositary Procedures and agreements between such Owners and the Depositary and/or the Depositary Participants; provided, that, solely for the purpose of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of
Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust Agreement, to the extent that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security, the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in
relying on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Property Trustee by the Depositary setting forth the Owners’ votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any other Persons either in whole or in part. To the
extent that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security, the Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the Depositary Participants and receive and transmit payments on the Preferred Securities that are represented by a
Global Preferred Security to such Depositary Participants, and none of the Depositor or the Trustees shall have any responsibility or obligation with respect thereto. 
 (f) To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is required under this Trust Agreement, for so long as Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security, the Trustees shall give
all such notices and communications to the Depositary, and shall have no obligations to the Owners. 
 SECTION 5.7. Registration of Transfer
and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates. 
 (a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the Corporate Trust Office,
a register or registers (the “Securities Register”) in which the registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Trust Securities (the “Securities Registrar”), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall
provide for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall at all times also be
the Securities Registrar. The provisions of Article VIII shall apply to the Property Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar. 
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Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and deliver to the Property Trustee, and upon receipt thereof the
Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount as may be required by this
Trust Agreement dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee or Trustees. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificate to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.7(f). Whenever any Preferred Securities Certificates are so surrendered for
exchange, the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile signature and deliver to the Property Trustee, and upon receipt thereof the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Preferred Securities
Certificates that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 (c) The Securities Registrar shall not be required, (i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Security during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the day of selection for redemption of such Preferred Securities pursuant to Article IV and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such Preferred
Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed. 
 (d) Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing and (i) if such Preferred Securities Certificate is being transferred otherwise than to a QIB/QP, accompanied by a certificate of the transferee substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit E hereto or
(ii) if such Preferred Securities Certificate is being transferred to a QIB/QP, accompanied by a certificate of the transferor substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F hereto. 
 (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Property Trustee on behalf
of the Trust may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates. 
 (f) The Administrative Trustees shall designate an office or offices or agency or agencies where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, and initially designate the Corporate Trust Office as its office and agency for such purposes. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Property Trustee and to the
Holders of any change in the location of any such office or agency. 
 (g) With respect to Preferred Securities issued to QIB/QPs in the form
of one or more Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as provided in Section 5.4(c), and any subsequent transfers thereof, the Depositor and the Trust shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to make such Preferred Securities
eligible for clearance and settlement as Book-Entry Preferred Securities through the facilities of the Depositary and listed for trading through the PORTAL Market, and will execute, deliver and comply with all representations made to, and agreements
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 (h) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining
whether any transfer hereunder complies with the registration provisions of or any exemptions from the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws or the applicable laws of any other jurisdiction, ERISA, the Code or the Investment Company Act;
provided, that if a Preferred Securities Certificate is specifically required by the express terms of this Section 5.7 to be delivered to the Property Trustee or the Securities Registrar by a Holder or transferee of a Preferred Security, the
Property Trustee and the Securities Registrar shall be under a duty to receive and examine the same to determine whether or not the Preferred Securities Certificate substantially conforms on its face to the requirements of this Trust Agreement and
shall promptly notify the party delivering the same if such certificate does not comply with such terms. 
 SECTION 5.8. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates. 
 (a) If any mutilated Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities
Registrar together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees to save each of them harmless, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute
and make available for delivery and, with respect to Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange therefor a new Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. 
 (b) If the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Securities Certificate and there
shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Securities Certificate shall have been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and make available for delivery, and, with respect to Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee shall authenticate, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Securities Certificate, a new Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. 
 (c) In connection with the issuance of any new Securities Certificate under this Section 5.8, the Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. 
 (d) Any duplicate Securities Certificate issued pursuant
to this Section 5.8 shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust corresponding to that evidenced by the mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Securities Certificate, as if originally
issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Securities Certificate shall be found at any time. 
 (e) If any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities Certificate has become or is about to become due and payable, the Depositor in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Trust Security, pay such Trust Security. 
  

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 (f) The provisions of this Section 5.8 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities Certificates. 
 SECTION 5.9. Persons Deemed Holders. 
 The Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall each treat the Person in whose name any
Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the owner of the Trust Securities evidenced by such Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the
Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary. 
 SECTION 5.10. Cancellation. 
 All Preferred Securities Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Property Trustee, be delivered to the Property Trustee, and any such Preferred Securities Certificates and Preferred Securities Certificates surrendered directly to the Property Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The
Administrative Trustees may at any time deliver to the Property Trustee for cancellation any Preferred Securities Certificates previously delivered hereunder that the Administrative Trustees may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Preferred Securities Certificates so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Property Trustee. No Preferred Securities Certificates shall be executed and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Preferred Securities Certificates canceled as
provided in this Section 5.10, except as expressly permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Preferred Securities Certificates shall be disposed of by the Property Trustee in accordance with its customary practices. 
 SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor. 
 (a) On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter shall retain, beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor nor any successor Holder of the Common Securities may
transfer less than all the Common Securities, and the Depositor or any such successor Holder may transfer the Common Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger of the Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance,
transfer or lease by the Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person (in which event such Common Securities will be transferred to such surviving entity, transferee or lessee, as the case may be), pursuant to
Section 8.1 of the Indenture or (ii) to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, in each such case in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act, and applicable state securities and blue sky laws). To the
fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the
Depositor to contain a legend stating substantially “THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.” 
  

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 (b) Any Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and obligations of the Trust in the
manner and to the extent set forth herein with respect to the Depositor and agrees that it shall be subject to all liabilities to which the Depositor may be subject and, prior to becoming such a Holder, shall deliver to the Administrative Trustees
an instrument of assumption satisfactory to such Trustees. 
 SECTION 5.12. Restricted Legends. 
 (a) Each Preferred Security Certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
 “[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT: THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
 UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO NORTH STATE STATUTORY TRUST III OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON 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 OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] 
 THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
  

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 THE HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR THAT (A) SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE TRUST OR (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 2(a)(51) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED) THAT IS ALSO (X) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, OR
(Y) AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND, IN THE CASE OF (II)(Y), SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUST AND
THE DEPOSITOR TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES LAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE
RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. 
 THE PREFERRED SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN
AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND
MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES FOR ANY
PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF OR DISTRIBUTIONS ON SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH PREFERRED
SECURITIES. 
 THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS
THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE

  

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CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF
ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS PREFERRED SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER SECTION 408(b)(17) OF ERISA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, ARE NOT
PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN TO WHICH TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER
PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL EXEMPTIVE RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER AN APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION. 
 THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT
A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.” 
 (b) The above legend shall not be removed from any of the Preferred Securities Certificates unless there is delivered to the Property Trustee and the Depositor satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of
Counsel, as may be reasonably required to ensure that any future transfers thereof may be made without restriction under or violation of the provisions of the Securities Act and other applicable law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, one
or more of the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver to the Property Trustee, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, at the written direction of the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor,
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 SECTION 5.13. Form of Certificate of Authentication. 
 The Property Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: 
 This represents Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement. 
  

					
	Dated:	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Authorized officer

 ARTICLE VI. 
 MEETINGS; VOTING; ACTS OF HOLDERS 
 SECTION 6.1. Notice of Meetings. 
 Notice of all meetings of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 11.8 to each Holder of Preferred Securities, at such Holder’s registered address, at least fifteen (15) days and not more than ninety
(90) days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

 SECTION 6.2. Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities. 
 (a) No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to
vote on any matter upon the written request of the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities and the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in
their discretion, call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any matters as to which such Holders are entitled to vote. 
 (b) The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities. 
 (c) If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders present, in person or by proxy, holding Preferred Securities representing at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement
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 SECTION 6.3. Voting Rights. 
 Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $10,000 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which such Holders are entitled to vote. 
 SECTION 6.4. Proxies, Etc. 
 At any meeting
of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy, provided, that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have been placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as
the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property Trustee or one or more officers of
the Property Trustee. Only Holders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than
one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be
executed by or on behalf of a Holder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of execution.

 SECTION 6.5. Holder Action by Written Consent. 
 Any action that may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of all Preferred Securities entitled to vote in
respect of such action (or such lesser or greater proportion thereof as shall be required by any other provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing; provided, that notice of such action is promptly provided to the
Holders of Preferred Securities that did not consent to such action. Any action that may be taken by the Holders of all the Common Securities may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if such Holders shall consent to the action in
writing. 
 SECTION 6.6. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes. 
 Except as provided in Section 6.10(a), for the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting or
to act by written consent, or to participate in any distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action, the Administrative Trustees may
from time to time fix a date, not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment of a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the determination of the identity of the Holders
of record for such purposes. 
 SECTION 6.7. Acts of Holders. 
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be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent thereof duly appointed
in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Trust Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section 6.7. 
 (b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that any Trustee
receiving the same deems sufficient. 
 (c) The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register. 
 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees, the
Administrative Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security. 
 (e)
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount. 
 (f) If
any dispute shall arise among the Holders or the Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of such Holder or Trustee under this
Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter. 
 SECTION
6.8. Inspection of Records. 
 Upon reasonable written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the
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 SECTION 6.9. Limitations on Voting Rights. 
 (a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Securities shall
have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Securities
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Holders from time to time as partners or members of an association. 
 (b) So long as any
Notes are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Note Trustee, or exercise any trust or power
conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to the Notes, (ii) waive any past default that may be waived under Section 5.13 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of
all the Notes shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Notes, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities; provided, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Notes (or each Holder of Preferred Securities) affected thereby, no such consent shall
be given by the Property Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities,
except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the
expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action shall not cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes. 
 (c) If any proposed amendment to this Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees otherwise propose to effect,
(i) any action that would adversely affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to this Trust Agreement or otherwise or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result
of such amendment, it would cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes. 
 SECTION 6.10. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults. 
 (a) For so long
as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a Note Event of Default pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Section 5.1 of the Indenture, the Note Trustee fails or the
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outstanding Notes fail to declare the principal of all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at least twenty-five percent
(25%) in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then Outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee. At any time after a declaration of
acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Note Trustee as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
 (i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Note Trustee a sum sufficient to pay: 
 (A) all overdue installments of interest on all of the Notes; 
 (B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Notes; 
 (C) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Notes that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest and Additional Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and 
 (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Note
Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Note Trustee, the Property Trustee and their agents and counsel; and 
 (ii) all Note Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of the Indenture. 
 Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice
requesting such an acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of the Preferred Securities, a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding Preferred Securities entitled to join in such notice,
which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such
notice prior to the day that is ninety (90) days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and
of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such ninety (90)-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof,
as the case may be, that is identical to a written notice that has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.10(a).

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Event of Default specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Section 5.1 of the Indenture, any Holder of Preferred Securities shall have
the right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of any amounts payable in respect of Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder. Except as set forth in Section 6.10(a) and this Section 6.10(b), the Holders of Preferred Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any
right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Notes. 
 (c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 6.10, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Preferred Securities, waive any Note Event of Default, except any Note Event of Default arising
from the failure to pay any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on (including any Additional Interest) the Notes (unless such Note Event of Default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and all
principal and premium, if any, on all Notes due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Note Trustee) or a Note Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note. Upon any such waiver, such Note Event of Default shall cease to exist and any Note Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Indenture; but no
such waiver shall affect any subsequent Note Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section 6.10 and subject to paragraph (c), the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Preferred Securities, waive any Event
of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 (e) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust Agreement or the Notes or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, that, subject to Sections 8.5 and 8.7, the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Property Trustee being
advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith shall, by an officer or officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the proceedings so directed would be illegal or
involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction, and provided, further, that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed
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 ARTICLE VII. 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
 SECTION 7.1. Representations
and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee. 
 The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of
and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor and the Holders that: 
 (a) the Property Trustee is a
national banking association with trust powers, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America; 
 (b)
the Property Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement; 
 (c) the Delaware Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation, duly organized with trust powers, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware; 
 (d) the Delaware
Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement; 
 (e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 
 (f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of
the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and do not require any approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the charter or By-laws of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien on any properties included in the Trust Property pursuant
to the provisions of any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which either is bound, or (iii) violate any applicable law,
governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking and trust powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property
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 (g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of
this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee contemplated herein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other
action with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any existing law of the United States or the State of Delaware governing the banking and trust powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be; and

 (h) to the best of each of the Property Trustee’s and the Delaware Trustee’s knowledge, there are no proceedings pending or
threatened against or affecting the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the
Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor. 
 The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Holders that: 
 (a) the Depositor is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation; 
 (b) the Depositor has full
corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust Agreement; 

(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of
the Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity; 
 (d) the Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Date on behalf of the Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly and validly executed,
issued and delivered by the applicable Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Holders will be, as of such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement;

 (e) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action
on the part of the Depositor and do not require any approval of stockholders of the Depositor and such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other organizational
documents) of the Depositor or (ii) violate any applicable law, governmental rule or regulation governing the Depositor or any material portion of its property or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor or any material portion
of its property; 
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herein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to any governmental
authority or agency under any existing law governing the Depositor or any material portion of its property; and 
 (g) there are no
proceedings pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Depositor or any material portion of its property in any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal
that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Depositor, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement.

 ARTICLE VIII. 
 THE TRUSTEES 
 SECTION 8.1. Number of Trustees. 
 The number of Trustees shall be five (5), provided, that the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person, in which case the number of
Trustees shall be four (4). The number of Trustees may be increased or decreased by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities subject to Sections 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4. The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust. 
 SECTION 8.2.
Property Trustee Required. 
 There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. The Property
Trustee shall be a corporation or national banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, authorized to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or having a parent that has) a combined
capital and surplus of at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and having an office within the United States. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.2, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.2, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. 
 SECTION 8.3. Delaware Trustee Required. 
 (a) If required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, there shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware
Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity that has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable Delaware law and shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity. If at any time the Delaware Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.3, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VIII. The Delaware Trustee shall have the same rights, privileges and immunities as the Property Trustee. 
  

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 (b) The Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee
have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and for taking such actions as are required to be taken by a Delaware trustee under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the
Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a) accepting legal process served on the Trust in the State of Delaware and (b) the execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware that the
Delaware Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and there shall be no other duties (including fiduciary duties) or obligations, express or implied, at law or in equity, of the Delaware Trustee.

 SECTION 8.4. Appointment of Administrative Trustees. 
 (a) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a
legal entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that entity. Each of the individuals identified as an “Administrative Trustee” in the preamble of this Trust Agreement hereby accepts his or her appointment as
such. 
 (b) Except where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrative Trustees is expressly set forth in this Trust
Agreement, any act required or permitted to be taken by, and any power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative Trustee. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall
occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 8.11, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust
Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 8.5. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees. 
 (a) The rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and there shall be no other duties (including fiduciary duties) or obligations, express or implied,
at law or in equity, of the Trustees; provided, however, that if an Event of Default known to the Property Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from the Holders of at least a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require any of the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
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powers, if it or they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it. Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 8.5. To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) to the Trust or to the Holders, such Trustee’s duties may be restricted or eliminated by the provisions in this Trust Agreement,
except that this Trust Agreement may not eliminate the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. A Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or a Holder or another Person that is party to or is otherwise bound by this Trust
Agreement for such Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they limit or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the Trustees otherwise existing at law
or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustees, except that no provision of this Trust Agreement may limit or eliminate liability for any act or omission that constitutes a bad
faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing. 
 (b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a
Paying Agent in respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee
or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.5(b)
does not limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement. 
 (c) No provisions of this Trust
Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee from liability with respect to matters that are within the authority of the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful
misconduct, except that: 
 (i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in good faith by an
authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 
 (ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee hereunder or under the Indenture, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee
under this Trust Agreement; 
 (iii) the Property Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and
physical preservation of the Notes and the Payment Account shall be to deal with such Trust Property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
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 (iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by
it; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent otherwise
required by law; and 
 (v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative
Trustees or the Depositor with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Trustee or the Depositor. 
 SECTION 8.6. Notices of Defaults and Extensions. 
 (a) Within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of a default actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit notice of such default to the Holders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Trust Security, the Property Trustee shall be fully
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Trust Securities. For the purpose of this Section 8.6, the
term “default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default. 
 (b) Within
three (3) Business Days after the receipt of written notice of the Depositor’s exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the
extent provided in Section 11.8, notice of such exercise to the Holders and the Administrative Trustees, unless such exercise shall have been revoked. 
 (c) The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless the Property Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Depositor, any Administrative Trustee
or any Holder or unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default. 
 (d) The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any notice of default received with respect to the Notes. 
 SECTION 8.7. Certain Rights of Property Trustee. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5: 
 (a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith and in accordance with the terms
hereof upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate, written representation of a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 
  

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 (b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is required to
decide between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds a provision ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (iii) the
Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property
Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting the Depositor’s written instruction as to the course of action to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee
shall be instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, that if the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten (10) Business Days after it has delivered such notice or
such reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice, the Property Trustee may, but shall be under no duty to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best interests of
the Holders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; 
 (c) any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate unless otherwise expressly provided herein; 
 (d) any direction or act of an Administrative Trustee contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate executed by
such Administrative Trustee and setting forth such direction or act; 
 (e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any re-recording, re-filing or re-registration thereof; 
 (f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Property Trustee, the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance with
such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction; 
 (g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses)
and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction, including reasonable advances as may be requested by the Property Trustee; 
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request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless requested in writing
to do so by one or more Holders, but the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Depositor, personally or by agent or attorney; 
 (i) the Property Trustee may
execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for any negligence or misconduct on the
part of any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder; 
 (j) whenever in the administration of this
Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders (which instructions may only be
given by the Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement in respect of such remedy, right or action), (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such instructions; 
 (k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is
discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement; 
 (l) without prejudice to any other rights available to the Property Trustee
under applicable law, when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including legal fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law or law relating to creditors rights generally; and 
 (m) whenever
in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely on an Officers’ Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor. 
 No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on any Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right,
power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which such Person shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise
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 SECTION 8.8. Delegation of Power. 
 Any Trustee may, by power of attorney or otherwise delegate to any other Person its, his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in Section 2.5. The Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the
names of the Trustees or otherwise as the Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 8.9. May Hold Securities. 
 Any
Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and except as provided in the definition of the term “Outstanding” in Article I,
may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee or such other agent. 
 SECTION 8.10.
Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity. 
 The Depositor agrees: 
 (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as may be agreed by the Depositor and the Trustees from time to time (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 
 (b) to reimburse the Trustees upon
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and 
 (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Trustee (including in its individual capacity), (ii) any Affiliate of any Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder,
employee, representative or agent of any Trustee or any Affiliate of any Trustee and (iv) any employee or agent of the Trust (referred to herein as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax (other than
income, franchise or other taxes imposed on amounts paid pursuant to Section 8.10(a) or (b) hereof), penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Trust hereunder, including the advancement of funds to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. 
 The Trust shall have no payment, reimbursement or indemnity
obligations to the Trustees under this Section 8.10. The provisions of this Section 8.10 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement and the earlier removal or resignation of any Trustee. 
  

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 No Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property whether before or after termination of the Trust as a
result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.10. 
 To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of the form of action. 
 In no event shall the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee be liable for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo, government action,
including any laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 8.11. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 
 (a) No resignation or removal of any Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12. 
 (b) A Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Depositor and, in the case of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, to the Holders. 
 (c) Unless an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause) at any time by Act of the Holder of Common Securities. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause) at such time by Act of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, delivered to the removed
Trustee (in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed (with or without cause) only by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. 
 (d) If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
reason, at a time when no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities, by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee
and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders of the Preferred Securities, by Act of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, shall
promptly appoint a successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, and such successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and the retiring Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
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occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities by Act of the Holder of Common Securities shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative
Trustee and such successor Administrative Trustee and the retiring Administrative Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.12. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the Common
Securities or Holders of the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.12 within thirty (30) days after the giving of a notice of resignation by a Trustee, the removal of
a Trustee, or a Trustee becoming incapable of acting as such Trustee, any Holder who has been a Holder of Preferred Securities for at least six (6) months (or, if the Preferred Securities have been Outstanding for less than six (6) months,
the entire period of such lesser time) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and any resigning Trustee may, in each case, at the expense of the Depositor, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee. 
 (e) The Depositor shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee and each appointment of a successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 11.8. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee. 
 (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence
or incapacity may be filled by (i) the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Holder of the Common Securities (with the successor in each case being a Person who
satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in Sections 8.3 and 8.4). 
 (g) Upon the appointment of a successor Delaware Trustee, such successor Delaware Trustee shall file a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3810 of the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act. 
 SECTION 8.12. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 
 (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Depositor and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Trust or any successor Trustee such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all Trust
Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust. 
 (b)
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust (or the retiring Trustee if requested by the Depositor) shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
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 (c) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VIII. 
 SECTION 8.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business. 
 Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall be the successor
of such Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided, that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VIII. 
 SECTION 8.14. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. 
 The recitals contained herein and in the Securities Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Trust and the Depositor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees
make no representations as to the title to, or value or condition of, the property of the Trust or any part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, the Notes or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Notes. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that insofar as any document, agreement or certificate is executed on behalf of the Trust by any
Trustee (a) such document, agreement or certificate is executed and delivered by such Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee under this Trust Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in
it, (b) each of the representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and agreements made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as a representation, warranty, covenant, undertaking or agreement by any Trustee in its individual
capacity but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust and (c) under no circumstances shall any Trustee in its individual capacity be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be
liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under this Trust Agreement or any other document, agreement or certificate. 
 SECTION 8.15. Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 
 (a) In case of any Bankruptcy Event (or event that with the passage of time would become a Bankruptcy Event) relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities or the property of the Trust or of such
other obligor or their creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the
payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: 
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may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and 
 (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 
 and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee first any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee. 
 (b) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Property Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 
 SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee. 
 (a) The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall deliver to the Property Trustee, not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Depositor ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate (substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H) covering the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not to the knowledge of the
signers thereof the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust are in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Trust Agreement (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of
notice provided hereunder) and, if the Depositor, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they have knowledge. 
 (b) The Depositor shall furnish to (i) the Property Trustee, (ii) the Purchaser, (iii) any Owner of the Preferred Securities reasonably
identified to the Depositor and the Trust (which identification may be made either by such Owner or by the Purchaser) and (iv) any designee of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, a duly completed and executed certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit G, which certificate shall be so furnished by the Depositor not later than forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Depositor and not later than ninety
(90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Depositor. 
 (c) The Property Trustee shall receive all reports, certificates and
information, which it is entitled to obtain under each of the Operative Documents, and deliver to the Purchaser or its designee as identified in writing to the Property Trustee, copies of all such reports, certificates or information promptly upon
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 SECTION 8.17. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrative Trustees. 
 Meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or Administrative Trustee, as
applicable. Regular meetings of the Trustees and the Administrative Trustees, respectively, may be in person in the United States or by telephone, at a place (if applicable) and time fixed by resolution of the Trustees or the Administrative
Trustees, as applicable. Notice of any in-person meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours
before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier)
not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of a Trustee or an Administrative Trustee, as the case may
be, at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of such notice of such meeting except where a Trustee or an Administrative Trustee, as the case may be, attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the
ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Trust Agreement, any action of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees, as the case may be, may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of
the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter; provided, that, in the case of the Administrative Trustees, a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by
the unanimous written consent of the Trustees or the Administrative Trustees, as the case may be. Meetings of the Trustees and the Administrative Trustees together shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee or Administrative
Trustee. 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER 
 SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon
Expiration Date. 
 Unless earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 15, 2042 (the “Expiration
Date”), and the Trust Property shall be liquidated in accordance with Section 9.4. 
 SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.

 The first to occur of any of the following events is an “Early Termination Event”, upon the occurrence of which the Trust shall
be dissolved: 
 (a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor, in its capacity
as the Holder of the Common Securities, unless the Depositor shall have transferred the Common Securities as provided by Section 5.11, in which case this provision shall refer instead to any such successor Holder of the Common
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 (b) the Administrative Trustees at any time elect, at the written direction of the Holder of the Common
Securities, to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of any liabilities of the Trust as required by applicable law, to instruct the Property Trustee in writing to distribute the Notes to Holders in exchange for the Preferred Securities (which
direction is optional and wholly within the discretion of the Holder of the Common Securities), provided, that the Holder of the Common Securities shall have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required; 
 (c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection with the payment at maturity or redemption of all the Notes; and 
 (d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 9.3. Termination. 
 (a) The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust shall terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the Property Trustee to Holders of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder
upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2; (b) the satisfaction of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the discharge
of all administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the Holders. 
 (b) As soon as practicable thereafter, and after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, including section 3808 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Delaware Trustee,
when notified in writing of the completion of the winding up of the Trust by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, shall terminate the Trust by filing, at the expense of the Depositor, a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. 
 SECTION 9.4. Liquidation. 
 (a) If an Early Termination Event specified in Section 9.2(a), (b) or (d) occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the
Trust shall be liquidated by the Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees shall determine to be possible by instructing the Property Trustee to distribute, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Holder a Like Amount of Notes, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by an Administrative Trustee not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to
the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register. All such notices of liquidation shall: 
 (i) state the Liquidation Date; 
 (ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and (subject to Section 9.4(d)) any Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange
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 (iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may
exchange Securities Certificates for Notes, or if Section 9.4(d) applies, receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate. 
 (b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Notes to Holders, an Administrative Trustee, either itself acting as
exchange agent or through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish a record date for such distribution (which shall not be more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Liquidation Date nor prior to the date on which notice
of such liquidation is given to the Holders) and establish such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Notes in exchange for the Outstanding Securities Certificates. 
 (c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed
to be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Notes will be issued to Holders of Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such Certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall use its best
efforts to have the Notes listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other exchange, interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any, (iv) Securities Certificates not
so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Notes bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Securities Certificates until such certificates are so
surrendered (and until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will be made to Holders of Securities Certificates with respect to such Notes) and (v) all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities will cease,
except the right of such Holders to receive Notes upon surrender of Securities Certificates. 
 (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Section 9.4, if distribution of the Notes in the manner provided herein is determined by an Administrative Trustee not to be permitted or practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound up by such
Administrative Trustee in such manner as such Administrative Trustee determines. In such event, Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors
of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”). If, upon
any such winding up the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable
by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding up pro rata (based upon
Liquidation Amounts) with Holders of all Trust Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities as provided in Section 4.3.

 SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust. 
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except pursuant to this Article IX. At the request of the Holders of the Common Securities, without the consent of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided, that:

 (a) such successor entity either (i) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under this Trust Agreement with respect to
the Preferred Securities or (ii) substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (such other Securities, the “Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor
Securities have the same priority as the Preferred Securities with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise; 
 (b) a trustee of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Notes; 
 (c) if the Preferred Securities or the Notes are rated, such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
cause the Preferred Securities or the Notes (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization that then assigns a rating to the Preferred Securities or the Notes; 
 (d) the Preferred Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notice of issuance, on any national securities exchange or
interdealer quotation system on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any; 
 (e) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect; 
 (f) such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust; 
 (g) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that (i) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect; (ii) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as an “investment
company” under the Investment Company Act and (iii) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Trust (or the successor entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for
U.S. federal income tax purposes; 
 (h) the Depositor guarantees the obligations of the successor entity under the Successor Securities to
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 (i) the Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of such successor entity
and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee Agreement; and 
 (j) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Property Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect
that conditions precedent of this Section 9.5 to such transaction have been met. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except
with the consent of Holders of all of the Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person or permit any
other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace, the Trust if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be taxable as a corporation
or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or cause the Notes to be treated as other than indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes. 
 ARTICLE X. 
 INFORMATION
TO PURCHASER 
 SECTION 10.1. Depositor Obligations to Purchaser. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Depositor shall furnish to (a) the Purchaser, (b) any Owner of the Preferred Securities
reasonably identified to the Depositor or the Trust (which identification may be made either by such Owner or by the Purchaser) and (c) any designee of (a) or (b) above, copies of all correspondence, notices, forms, filings, reports
and other documents required to be provided by the Depositor, whether acting through an Administrative Trustee or otherwise, to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 10.2. Property Trustee’s Obligations to Purchaser. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Property Trustee shall furnish to the Purchaser, or its designee, as identified in writing to the Property Trustee, copies of all (i) correspondence, notices,
forms, filings, reports and other documents received by the Property Trustee from the Depositor, whether acting through an Administrative Trustee or otherwise, under this Trust Agreement, and (ii) all correspondence, notices, forms, filings,
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 ARTICLE XI. 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 SECTION 11.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.

 Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the death, bankruptcy, termination, dissolution or incapacity of any Person having an
interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust nor entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Holder for such Person, to
claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

 SECTION 11.2. Agreed Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities. 
 The parties hereto and, by its acceptance or acquisition of a Trust Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires
a beneficial interest in, such Trust Security intend and agree to treat the Trust as a grantor trust for United States federal, state and local tax purposes, and to treat the Trust Securities (including all payments and proceeds with respect to such
Trust Securities) as undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust Property (and payments and proceeds therefrom, respectively) for United States federal, state and local tax purposes and to treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Depositor
for United States federal, state and local tax purposes unless otherwise required by law. The provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further this intention and agreement of the parties. 
 SECTION 11.3. Amendment. 
 (a) This Trust
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all the Common Securities, without the consent of any Holder of the Preferred Securities, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or
supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make or amend any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent
with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will neither be taxable as a corporation nor be
classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes at all times that any Trust Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Notes are treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income
tax purposes, or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or (iii) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Depositor; provided, that in
the case of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder. 
 (b) Except as provided in Section 11.3(c), any provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all of the Common Securities and with (i) the consent of
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Amount of the Preferred Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any
power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or affect the treatment of the Notes as
indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes or affect the Trust’s exemption from status (or from any requirement to register) as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. 
 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each Holder, this Trust Agreement may not be amended to
(i) change the accrual rate, amount, currency or timing of any Distribution on or the redemption price of the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution or other payment required to be made in respect of the
Trust Securities as of a specified date, (ii) restrict or impair the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, (iii) reduce the percentage of aggregate Liquidation Amount of
Outstanding Preferred Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with any provision of this Trust Agreement or of defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this Trust Agreement; (iv) impair or adversely affect the rights and interests of the Holders in the Trust Property, or permit the creation of any Lien on any portion of the Trust Property; or (v) modify the
definition of “Outstanding,” this Section 11.3(c), Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.10(e) or Article IX. 
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement that would cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or to be
classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or that would cause the Notes to fail or cease to be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes or that would cause
the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from status (or from any requirement to register) as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. 
 (e) If any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the Depositor and the
Note Trustee a copy of such amendment. 
 (f) No Trustee shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement that affects
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The Trustees shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this Trust
Agreement and all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such action have been met. 
 (g) No amendment or modification to this
Trust Agreement that adversely affects in any material respect the rights, duties, liabilities, indemnities or immunities of the Delaware Trustee hereunder shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Delaware Trustee. 
  

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 SECTION 11.4. Separability. 
 If any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby, and there shall be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal and enforceable provision as similar as possible to the provision at issue. 
 SECTION 11.5. Governing Law. 
 THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS. 
 SECTION 11.6. Successors. 
 This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Trust and any Trustee, including any
successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a transaction involving the Depositor that is permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor’s
obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its obligations hereunder. 
 SECTION 11.7. Headings. 
 The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement. 
 SECTION 11.8. Reports, Notices and Demands. 
 (a) Any report, notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any Holder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing delivered in person,
or by reputable, overnight courier, by telecopy or by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Preferred Securities, to such Holder as such Holder’s name and address
may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of all the Common Securities or the Depositor, to North State Bancorp, 4270 The Circle at Circle Hills, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609, Attention: Chief Financial Officer,
or to such other address as may be specified in a written notice by the Holder of all the Common Securities or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the Property Trustee. Such report, notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder or the
Depositor shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, within one (1) Business Day following delivery by overnight courier, when telecopied with receipt confirmed, or within three (3) Business Days following delivery by
mail, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or
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 (b) Any notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust Agreement is required
or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust shall be given in writing by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the U.S. mail, personal delivery or
facsimile transmission, addressed to such Person as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, facsimile
no. (302) 575-2006; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, facsimile no. (302) 575-2006;
(c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked “Attention: Administrative Trustees of North State Statutory Trust III,” and (d) with respect to the Trust, to its
principal executive office specified in Section 2.2, with a copy to the Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees. 
 SECTION 11.9. Agreement Not to Petition. 
 Each of the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Holders that, until
at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law or otherwise join in the commencement of any
proceeding against the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. If the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 11.9, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of the Depositor, it shall file an
answer with the applicable bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take
such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the Property Trustee or the Trust may assert. 
 This Trust Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Delivery of an executed signature page of this Trust Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement as of the
day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 North State Bancorp,
 as
Depositor

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Kirk Whorf
		 	Chief Financial Officer

  

											
	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Property Trustee	 		 		 	Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee
						
	By:	 	  
	 		 		 	By:	 	  

	Name:	 		 		 		 	Name:	 	
	Title:	 		 		 		 	Title:	 	
				
	  
	 		 		 	  

	Administrative Trustee	 		 		 	Administrative Trustee
	Name:	 		 		 		 	Name:	 	
					
	  
	 		 		 		 	
	Administrative Trustee	 		 		 		 	
	Name:	 		 		 		 		 	

  

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 Exhibit A 
 CERTIFICATE OF TRUST 
 OF 
 NORTH STATE STATUTORY TRUST III 
 This Certificate of Trust of North State Statutory Trust III (the
“Trust”) is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. §3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).

 1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed by this Certificate of Trust is: North State Statutory Trust III. 
 2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust with its principal place of business in the State of Delaware are
Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1600, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, Attention: Corporate Trust Department. 
 3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act. 
  

			
	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Delaware Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  

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 Exhibit B 
 [FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE] 
 THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON THAT IS NOT A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2(a)(51) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED). THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT. 
  

			
	Certificate Number C-	 	                            
Common Securities

 Certificate Evidencing Common Securities 
 of 
 North State Statutory Trust III 
 Floating Rate Common Securities 
 (liquidation
amount $1,000 per Common Security) 
 North State Statutory Trust III, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Trust”), hereby certifies that
                                        
(the “Holder”) is the registered owner of                      common securities of the Trust representing undivided common
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and designated the North State Statutory Trust III Floating Rate Common Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per Common Security) (the “Common Securities”). Except in accordance with
Section 5.11 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below), the Common Securities are not transferable and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer hereof other than in accordance therewith shall be void. The
designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject
to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated as of November 28, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), among North State Bancorp, as Depositor, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as Property Trustee, Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees named therein and the Holders, from time to time, of Trust Securities. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement
to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office. 
 Upon receipt of
this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder. 
  

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 This Common Securities Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware. 
 Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed on behalf of the Trust this
certificate this      day of         . 
  

			
	NORTH STATE STATUTORY TRUST III
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Administrative Trustee

  

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 Exhibit C 
 [FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE] 
 “[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT: THIS
PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE
FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED
SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
 UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO NORTH STATE STATUTORY TRUST III OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON 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 OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] 
 THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF
ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 THE HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR THAT (A) SUCH PREFERRED
SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE TRUST OR (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2(a)(51) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940,
AS AMENDED) THAT IS ALSO (X) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, OR (Y) AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED 

  

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INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND, IN THE CASE OF (II)(Y),
SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES LAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY
PREFERRED SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. 
 THE PREFERRED SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE
TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION
AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH
PREFERRED SECURITIES FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF OR DISTRIBUTIONS ON SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST
WHATSOEVER IN SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES. 
 THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF ALSO
AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON
INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS PREFERRED SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER SECTION 408(b)(17) OF ERISA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS 

  

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PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN TO WHICH TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH
PURCHASE OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL EXEMPTIVE RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER AN APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION. 
 THIS OBLIGATION IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION. 
  

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	Certificate Number P-	 	                     Preferred Securities
		 	$                     Aggregate Liquidation Amount

 CUSIP NO. 
 662630 AA0 
 Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities 
 of 
 North State Statutory Trust III

 Floating Rate Preferred Securities 
 (liquidation amount $1,000 per Preferred Security) 
 North State Statutory Trust III, a statutory trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the “Trust”), hereby certifies that                              (the
“Holder”) is the registered owner of Preferred Securities, or such other number of Preferred Securities [if the Preferred is Global Security then insert, represented hereby as may be set forth in the records of the Securities
Registrar hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Trust Agreement (as defined below)], of the Trust representing an undivided preferred beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and designated the North State Statutory Trust III Floating
Rate Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per Preferred Security) (the “Preferred Securities”). The Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer as provided in Section 5.7 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
the Trust, dated as of November 28, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), among North State Bancorp, a North Carolina corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Property Trustee, Wells
Fargo Delaware Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees named therein and the Holders, from time to time, of Trust Securities. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by North State
Bancorp and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Guarantee Trustee, dated as of November 28, 2007, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Guarantee Agreement”), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of each
of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Property Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office. 
 Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder. 
 This Preferred Securities Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. 
 All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Preferred Securities Certificate are used with the meanings specified in the Trust Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits thereto. 
  

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 In Witness Whereof, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has executed on behalf of the Trust this Preferred
Securities Certificate this      day of             ,         . 
  

			
	North State Statutory Trust III
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Administrative Trustee

 This represents Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust Agreement.

 Dated: 

					
		
		 	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Authorized officer

  

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 [FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY] 
 The Trust promises to pay Distributions from November 28, 2007, or from the most recent Distribution Date to which Distributions have been paid or
duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15th, June 15th, September 15th and December 15th of each year, commencing on March 15, 2008, at a variable rate per annum,
reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 2.75% of the Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities represented by this Preferred Securities Certificate, together with any Additional Interest Amounts, in respect of such period. 
 Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date only to
the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions. 
 In the event
(and to the extent) that the Depositor exercises its right under the Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Notes, Distributions on the Preferred Securities shall be deferred. 
 Under the Indenture, so long as no Note Event of Default pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of
Section 5.1 of the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Depositor shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Notes, to defer the payment of interest on the Notes for a period of up to twenty
(20) consecutive quarterly interest payment periods (each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable (except any Additional Tax Sums that may be
due and payable). No interest on the Notes shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during such Extension Period shall bear
Additional Interest (to the extent payment of such interest would be legally enforceable) at a variable rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 2.75%, compounded quarterly, from the dates on which amounts would have otherwise been due
and payable until paid or until funds for the payment thereof have been made available for payment. If Distributions are deferred, the deferred Distributions (including Additional Interest Amounts) shall be paid on the date that the related
Extension Period terminates to Holders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Trust Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date immediately preceding such termination date. 
 Distributions on the Securities must be paid on the dates payable (after giving effect to any Extension Period) to the extent that the Trust has funds
available for the payment of such Distributions in the Payment Account of the Trust. The Trust’s funds available for Distribution to the Holders of the Preferred Securities will be limited to payments received from the Depositor. The payment of
Distributions out of moneys held by the Trust is guaranteed by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement. 
 During any such
Extension Period, the Depositor shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with 

  

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respect to, any of the Depositor’s Equity Interests, (ii) vote in favor of or permit or otherwise allow any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the
Indenture) to declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to or otherwise retire, any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests entitling the holders thereof to a stated
rate of return other than dividends or distributions on Equity Interests issued by any Subsidiary solely payable to the Depositor or any Subsidiary thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, whether such Equity Interests are perpetual or otherwise), or
(iii) make any payment of principal of or any interest or premium on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Depositor that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Notes (other than
(a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Equity Interests of the Depositor in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
officers, directors or consultants, (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase or similar plan with respect to any Equity Interests or (3) the issuance of Equity Interests of the Depositor (or securities convertible into or
exercisable for such Equity Interests) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Depositor’s Equity
Interests (or any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of the Depositor) for any class or series of the Depositor’s Equity Interests or of any class or series of the Depositor’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Depositor’s
Equity Interests, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in Equity Interests of the Depositor pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Equity Interests or the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of
a dividend in connection with any Rights Plan (as defined in the Indenture), the issuance of rights, Equity Interests or other property under any Rights Plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto or (e) any dividend in the
form of Equity Interests, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend Equity Interests or the Equity Interests issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights are the same Equity Interests as those on which the dividend is
being paid or rank pari passu with or junior to such Equity Interests). 
 On each Note Redemption Date, on the stated maturity (or any date
of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes and on each other date on (or in respect of) which any principal on the Notes is repaid, the Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price. Under
the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed by the Depositor on any Interest Payment Date, at the Depositor’s option, on or after December 15, 2012 in whole or in part from time to time at a redemption price equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the principal amount thereof or the redeemed portion thereof, as applicable, together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued interest, including any Additional Interest, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption;
provided, that the Depositor shall have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required. The Notes may also be redeemed by the Depositor, at its option, at any time, in whole but not in part, upon the occurrence of a Capital
Disqualification Event, an Investment Company Event or a Tax Event at the Special Event Redemption Price; provided, that the Depositor shall have received the prior approval of the Federal Reserve if then required. 
 The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous redemption or
payment at maturity of Notes. Redemptions of the Trust Securities (or portion thereof) shall be made and the 

  

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Redemption Price shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for
the payment of such Redemption Price. 
 Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts), the Redemption Price,
Liquidation Amount or any other amounts in respect of the Preferred Securities shall be made by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing at least ten
(10) Business Days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto unless proper written transfer instructions have not been received by the relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check mailed to the
address of such Person as such address shall appear in the Security Register. If any Preferred Securities are held by a Depositary, such Distributions shall be made to the Depositary in immediately available funds. 
 The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of all Senior Debt (as defined in the Indenture), and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. 
  

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 ASSIGNMENT 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Securities Certificate to: 
 (Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number) 
 (Insert address
and zip code of assignee) 
 and irrevocably appoints 
 agent to
transfer this Preferred Securities Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her. 
  

					
	Date:	 	                                        
  
	 	
		
	Signature:	 	  

		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Securities Certificate)

 The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15. 
  

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 Exhibit D 
 Junior Subordinated Indenture 
  

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 Exhibit E 
 FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE 
 TO BE EXECUTED BY TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN QIB/QPs 
                 , [        ]

 North State Bancorp 
 North State Statutory Trust III

 4270 the Circle at North Hills 
 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

 Re: Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate Preferred  
 Securities (the “Preferred Securities”) of North State Statutory Trust III 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In connection with our purchase of the Preferred Securities we confirm that:

 1. We understand that the Floating Rate Preferred Securities (the “Preferred Securities”) of North State Statutory Trust III (the
“Trust”) (including the guarantee (the “Guarantee”) of North State Bancorp (the “Company”) executed in connection therewith) and the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2037 of the Company (the
“Subordinated Notes”) (the Preferred Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated Notes together being referred to herein as the “Offered Securities”), have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing the Offered Securities that, if we decide to
offer, sell or otherwise transfer any such Offered Securities, such offer, sale or transfer will be made only (i) to the Trust, (ii) to a person we reasonably believe is a “qualified purchaser” (as defined in
Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that is also (a) a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, or (b) an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act that is acquiring Offered Securities for its own
account, or for the account of such an “accredited investor,” for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, in each case in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and, in the case of (ii)(b), subject to the right of the Trust and the depositor to require an opinion of counsel and other information
satisfactory to each of them. If any resale or other transfer of the Offered Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (ii)(b) above, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to
the Property Trustee as Transfer Agent, which shall provide as applicable, among other things, that the transferee is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act that is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge on our behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Securities that the
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delivery of any opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Trust and the Company. We understand that the certificates
for any Offered Security that we receive will bear a legend substantially to the effect of the foregoing. 
 2. We are an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and a “qualified purchaser” (as defined above), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an
“accredited investor” and “qualified purchaser” and we are acquiring the Offered Securities for investment purposes and not with view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities
Act, and we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Offered Securities, and we and any account for which we are acting are each able to bear
the economic risks of our or its investment. 
 3. We are acquiring the Offered Securities purchased by us for our own account (or for one or
more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) and not with a view to any distribution of the Offered Securities, subject, nevertheless, to
the understanding that the disposition of our property will at all times be and remain within our control. 
 4. In the event that we
purchase any Preferred Securities or any Subordinated Notes, we will acquire such Preferred Securities having an aggregate stated liquidation amount of not less than $100,000 or such Subordinated Notes having an aggregate principal amount not less
than $100,000, for our own account and for each separate account for which we are acting. 
 5. We acknowledge that either (A) we are
not and are not acting as a fiduciary of or on behalf of an employee benefit, individual retirement account or other plan or arrangement subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (each a “Plan”), or an entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s investment in the entity, and are
not purchasing the Offered Securities on behalf of or with “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s investment in the entity; (B) we are eligible for the exemptive relief available under Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA, one or more
of the following prohibited transaction class exemptions (“PTCEs”) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor: PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 or another applicable exemption; or (C) our purchase and holding of this security, or
any interest therein, is not prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to such purchase or holding. 
 6. We acknowledge that the Trust and the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations, warranties and agreements and agree that if any of the acknowledgments, representations,
warranties and agreements deemed to have been made by our purchase of the Offered Securities are no longer accurate, we shall promptly notify the Company. If we are acquiring any Offered Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor
accounts, we represent that we have sole discretion with respect to each such investor account and that we have full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreement on behalf of each such investor account. 
  

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	(Name of Purchaser)
		
	By:	 	  

	Date:	 	  

 Upon transfer, the Offered Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial
owner as follows. 
  

			
	Name:	 	  

	Address:	 	  

			
	Taxpayer ID Number:	 	  

  

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 EXHIBIT F 
 FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE 
 TO BE EXECUTED FOR QIB/QPs 
                 , [        ]

 North State Bancorp 
 North State Statutory Trust III

 4270 the Circle at North Hills 
 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

  

	 	Re:	Purchase of $1,000 stated liquidation amount of Floating Rate 

 Preferred Securities (the “Preferred Securities”) of North State Statutory Trust III 
 Reference is hereby made to
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of North State Statutory Trust III, dated as of November 28, 2007 (the “Trust Agreement”), among Kirk Whorf, David Shipp and Sandra Temple, as Administrative Trustees, Wells Fargo Delaware
Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Property Trustee, North State Bancorp, as Depositor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of North State Statutory Trust III. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Trust Agreement. 
 This letter relates to
$                             aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities which are held in
the name of                      (the “Transferor”). 
 In accordance with Article V of the Trust Agreement, the Transferor hereby certifies that such Preferred Securities are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the
Preferred Securities and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Preferred Securities for its own account or an account with respect to which the
transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified purchaser,” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is also a “qualified
institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction. 
 You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any
administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. 
  

			
	(Name of Transferor)
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 Date:
                     
  

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 Exhibit G 
 Form of Officers’ Certificate 
 The undersigned, the [Chief Financial Officer] [Treasurer] [Assistant Treasurer] hereby
certifies, pursuant to Section 8.16(b) of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of [Closing Date] (the “Trust Agreement”), among North State Bancorp (the “Company”), the Trustees named therein and the Holders,
that, as of             , 20    , the Company had the following ratios and balances: 
 BANK HOLDING COMPANY 
 As of [Quarterly Financial Dates] 
  

			
	Tier 1 Risk Weighted Assets	  	            %
	Ratio of Double Leverage	  	            %
	Non-Performing Assets to Loans and OREO	  	            %
	Tangible Common Equity as a Percentage of Tangible Assets	  	            %
	Ratio of Reserves to Non-Performing Loans	  	            %
	Ratio of Net Charge-Offs to Loans	  	            %
	Return on Average Assets (annualized)	  	            %
	Net Interest Margin (annualized)	  	            %
	Efficiency Ratio	  	            %
	Ratio of Loans to Assets	  	            %
	Ratio of Loans to Deposits	  	            %
	Double Leverage (exclude trust preferred as equity)	  	            %
	Total Assets	  	$            
	Year to Date Income	  	$            

	*	A table describing the quarterly report calculation procedures is attached. 

 Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement. 
 [FOR FISCAL YEAR END: Attached
hereto are the audited consolidated financial statements (including the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows, and notes thereto, together with the report of the independent accountants thereon) of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries for the three years ended         , 20    .] 
 [FOR
FISCAL QUARTER END: Attached hereto are the unaudited consolidated and consolidating financial statements (including the balance sheet and income statement) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter and [six/nine]
month period ended         , 20    .] 
 The financial statements fairly present in
all material respects, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the results of operations and changes in financial condition as
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 Exhibit G 
  

 
the date, and for the [         quarter interim] [annual] period ended
        , 20    , and such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period involved (except as otherwise noted
therein). 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Financial Officer’s Certificate as of this      day of
        , 20     
  

			
	  
	 	
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
		
	North State Bancorp	 	
	[Company Street Address]	 	
	[Company City, State and Zip]
	[Company Telephone Number]

  

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 Exhibit H 
 FORM OF 
 OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE 
 UNDER 
 SECTION 8.16(a) 
 Pursuant to Section 8.16(a) of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2007 (as modified, supplemented or amended
from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”) of North State Statutory Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies that, to the knowledge of the undersigned, none of the Depositor,
the Administrative Trustees and the Trust are in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under the Trust
Agreement) for the fiscal period ending on         , 20     [, except as follows: specify each such default and the nature and status thereof]. 
 Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement. 
 [signatures appear on the next page] 
  

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 Exhibit H 
  

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Officers’ Certificate as of
        , 20    . 
  

			
	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	[Must be the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Credit Officer or an Executive Vice President] of North State Bancorp
	
	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	[Must be the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, or an Assistant Treasurer] of North State Bancorp
	
	  

	Administrative Trustee of North State Statutory Trust III
	Name:	 	
	
	  

	Administrative Trustee of North State Statutory Trust III
	Name:	 	
	
	  

	Administrative Trustee of North State Statutory Trust III
	Name:	 	

  

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 Schedule A 
 With respect to the Trust Securities, the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions (in each case rounded to the nearest
..000001%): 
 (1) On the second LIBOR Business Day (as defined below) prior to a Distribution Date (except, with respect to the first distribution payment
period, on November 26, 2007) (each such day, a “LIBOR Determination Date”), LIBOR for any given security shall, for the following distribution period, equal the rate, as obtained by the Calculation Agent from Bloomberg Financial
Markets Commodities News, for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe, which appears on Dow Jones Telerate Page 3750 (as defined in the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. 1991 Interest Rate and Currency Exchange
Definitions), or such other page as may replace such Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date. 
 (2) If, on any LIBOR
Determination Date, such rate does not appear on Dow Jones Telerate Page 3750 or such other page as may replace such Page 3750, the Calculation Agent shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations of the Reference Banks (as defined
below) to leading banks in the London interbank market for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe in an amount determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to requests for quotations as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
LIBOR Determination Date made by the Calculation Agent to the Reference Banks. If, on any LIBOR Determination Date, at least two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal such arithmetic mean of such quotations. If, on any
LIBOR Determination Date, only one or none of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall be deemed to be the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations that leading banks in the City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent are
quoting on the relevant LIBOR Determination Date for three-month U.S. Dollar deposits in Europe in an amount determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to the principal London offices of leading banks in the London interbank market;
provided, that if the Calculation Agent is required but is unable to determine a rate in accordance with at least one of the procedures provided above, LIBOR shall be LIBOR as determined on the previous LIBOR Determination Date. 
 (3) As used herein: “Reference Banks” means four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent; and “LIBOR Business
Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London. 
  

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