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Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement

 EXHIBIT (10.Q) 
 PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 
 VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP

 Dated as of November 7, 2001 

 CROSS REFERENCE TABLE 

Section of Section of Guarantee 
 Trust Indenture Agreement Act of 1939, as amended 
  

					
	 310(a)
	  	 	4.1(a)	  
	 310(b)
	  	 	2.8, 4.1(c)	  
	 310(c)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 311(a)
	  	 	2.2(b)	  
	 311(b)
	  	 	2.2(b)	  
	 311(c)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 312(a)
	  	 	2.2(a)	  
	 312(b)
	  	 	2.2(b)	  
	 312(c)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 313
	  	 	2.3	  
	 314(a)
	  	 	2.4	  
	 314(b)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 314(c)
	  	 	2.5	  
	 314(d)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 314(e)
	  	 	1.1, 2.5, 3.2	  
	 314(f)
	  	 	2.1, 3.2	  
	 315(a)
	  	 	3.1(d), 3.2(a)	  
	 315(b)
	  	 	2.7	  
	 315(c)
	  	 	3.1(c)	  
	 315(d)
	  	 	3.1(d), 3.2(a), 8.1	  
	 315(e)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 316(a)
	  	 	1.1, 2.6, 5.4	  
	 316(b)
	  	 	5.3, 5.4	  
	 316(c)
	  	 	9.2	  
	 317(a)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 317(b)
	  	 	N/A	  
	 318(a)
	  	 	2.1(a)	  
	 318(b)
	  	 	2.1(b)	  
	 318(c)
	  	 	2.1(b)	  

  

	*	This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	  	 	 	  	Page	 
			
	 ARTICLE I
	 		  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 1.1
	 	Definitions and Interpretation	  	 	4	  
			
	 ARTICLE II
	 		  	 	7	  
			
	 SECTION 2.1
	 	Trust Indenture Act; Application	  	 	7	  
			
	 SECTION 2.2
	 	Lists of Holders of Securities	  	 	8	  
			
	 SECTION 2.3
	 	Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee	  	 	8	  
			
	 SECTION 2.4
	 	Periodic Reports	  	 	8	  
			
	 SECTION 2.5
	 	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent	  	 	9	  
			
	 SECTION 2.6
	 	Waiver of Events of Default	  	 	9	  
			
	 SECTION 2.7
	 	Notice of Events of Default	  	 	9	  
			
	 SECTION 2.8
	 	Conflicting Interests	  	 	10	  
			
	 ARTICLE III
	 		  	 	10	  
			
	 SECTION 3.1
	 	Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee	  	 	10	  
			
	 SECTION 3.2
	 	Certain Rights of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee	  	 	12	  
			
	 SECTION 3.3
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Preferred Securities Guarantee	  	 	14	  
			
	 ARTICLE IV
	 		  	 	14	  
			
	 SECTION 4.1
	 	Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility	  	 	14	  
			
	 SECTION 4.2
	 	Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee	  	 	15	  
			
	 ARTICLE V
	 		  	 	16	  
			
	 SECTION 5.1
	 	Guarantee	  	 	16	  
			
	 SECTION 5.2
	 	Waiver of Notice and Demand	  	 	16	  
			
	 SECTION 5.3
	 	Obligations Not Affected	  	 	16	  
			
	 SECTION 5.4
	 	Rights of Holders	  	 	17	  
			
	 SECTION 5.5
	 	Guarantee of Payment	  	 	18	  
			
	 SECTION 5.6
	 	Subrogation	  	 	18	  
			
	 SECTION 5.7
	 	Independent Obligations	  	 	18	  
			
	 ARTICLE VI
	 		  	 	19	  
			
	 SECTION 6.1
	 	Limitation of Transactions	  	 	19	  
			
	 SECTION 6.2
	 	Ranking	  	 	19	  

							
			
	 ARTICLE VII
	 		  	 	20	  
			
	 SECTION 7.1
	 	Termination	  	 	20	  
			
	 ARTICLE VIII
	 		  	 	20	  
			
	 SECTION 8.1
	 	Exculpation	  	 	20	  
			
	 SECTION 8.2
	 	Compensation and Indemnification	  	 	20	  
			
	 ARTICLE IX
	 		  	 	21	  
			
	 SECTION 9.1
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	21	  
			
	 SECTION 9.2
	 	Amendments	  	 	21	  
			
	 SECTION 9.3
	 	Notices	  	 	22	  
			
	 SECTION 9.4
	 	Benefit	  	 	23	  
			
	 SECTION 9.5
	 	Governing Law	  	 	23	  

  
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 PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 

This PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “Preferred Securities Guarantee”), dated as of November 7, 2001 is
executed and delivered by VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP, a New Jersey corporation (the “Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee” or
“Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of VNB CAPITAL TRUST I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the “Issuer”). 

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”), dated as of
November 7, 2001, by and among the trustees of the Issuer named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof
7,000,000 Preferred securities, having a liquidation amount of $25 per security and an aggregate liquidation amount of $175,000,000 (or up to $200,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of additional Preferred Securities pursuant to an overallotment
option granted to the underwriters of the Preferred Securities), such Preferred securities being designated the 7 3/4% Trust Originated Preferred Securitiessm
(“TOPrSSM”) (the “Preferred
Securities”). 
 WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires
irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, and the Guarantor agrees to make certain other
payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
 WHEREAS, the Guarantor is also executing and delivering the Common
Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2001 (the “Common Securities Guarantee”), for the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined herein), the terms of which provide that if an Event of Default (as
defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Common
Securities Guarantee, to the rights of Holders of Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of the Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and
delivers this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of such Holders. 

  
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 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 
 SECTION 1.1 Definitions and
Interpretation  
 In this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a) capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.1; 
 (b) terms defined in the Declaration as in effect at the date of execution of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee; 
 (c) a term defined anywhere in this Preferred Securities Guarantee has the same meaning throughout; 
 (d) all references to “the Preferred Securities Guarantee” or “this Preferred Securities Guarantee” are references to this Preferred Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or
amended from time to time; 
 (e) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles and Sections are references
to Articles and Sections of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified; 
 (f) a term defined in the Trust
Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires; and 

(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa. 

“Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor rule thereunder. 
 “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which
banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware, Wayne, New Jersey or New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed. 
 “Common Securities” shall mean the securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer. 

  
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 “Corporate Trust Office” shall mean the office of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located
at 5 Penn Plaza, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

 “Covered Person” shall mean any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred Securities. 

“Debentures” shall mean the series of subordinated debt securities of the Guarantor designated the 7 3/4% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
due December 15, 2031, held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer. 
 “Event of
Default” shall mean a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that, except with respect to default in respect of any Guarantee Payment, no
default by the Guarantor hereunder shall constitute an Event of Default unless the Guarantor shall have received written notice of the default and shall not have cured such default within 60 days after receipt thereof. 

“Guarantee Payments” shall mean the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred
Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Preferred Securities, to the extent the Issuer has funds
available therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Price”), to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor at such time,
with respect to any Preferred Securities called for redemption, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in
exchange for Preferred Securities or in connection with the redemption of the Preferred Securities, in each case as provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor at such time, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders after satisfaction
of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable law (in either case, the “Liquidation Distribution”). If an Event of Default hereunder or an Event of Default under the Declaration (as defined therein) has occurred and
is continuing, no Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee with respect to the Common Securities or any guarantee payment under the Common Securities Guarantee or any Other Common Securities Guarantee shall be made until the Holders
of the Preferred Securities shall be paid in full the Guarantee Payments to which they are entitled under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 
 “Holder” shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in determining whether the holders of
the requisite percentage of Preferred Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the Guarantor or any Person actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee to be an Affiliate of the Guarantor. 

  
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 “Indemnified Person” shall mean the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
(including in its individual capacity), any Affiliate of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee. 
 “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of November 7, 2001, between Valley National
Bancorp, as issuer of Debentures (the “Debenture Issuer”), and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the Issuer. 

“Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities” shall mean, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote
by Holder(s) of the Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
to but excluding the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Preferred Securities, excluding Preferred Securities held by the Guarantor, the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof. 

“Officers’ Certificate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, an Executive or Senior Vice President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall include: 
 (a) a statement that each officer
signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the covenants or conditions and the definitions relating thereto; 
 (b) a brief
statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation undertaken by each officer on behalf of such Person in rendering the Officer’s Certificate; 
 (c) a statement that each 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 or not, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 “Other Common Securities Guarantees” shall have the
same meaning as “Other Guarantees” in the Common Securities Guarantee. 

  
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 “Other Debentures” shall mean all junior subordinated debentures, other than the
Debentures (as defined in the Indenture), issued by the Guarantor, from time to time and sold to trusts other than the Issuer to be established by the Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer. 

“Other Guarantees” shall mean all guarantees, other than this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to be issued by the Guarantor
with respect to preferred securities (if any) similar to the Preferred Securities, issued by trusts other than the Issuer to be established by the Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer. 

“Person” shall mean a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature. 

“Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Preferred Securities Guarantee,
unless and until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee. 
 “Responsible Officer” shall mean, with respect to a Person, any officer with direct
responsibility for the administration of any matters relating to this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 
 “Successor
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee” shall mean a successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1. 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 

“Trust Securities” shall mean the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities, collectively. 

ARTICLE II 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT 

SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application 
 (a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions. 

  
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 (b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee modifies or excludes any provision of the
Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the modified or excluded provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Preferred Securities Guarantee as so modified or excluded, as the case may be. 

SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities  
 (a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (unless the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee is otherwise the registrar of the Preferred Securities) with a list, in such
form as the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Preferred Securities (“List of Holders”) as of such date, (i) within fourteen (14) days after each record
date for payment of Distributions (as defined in the Declaration), and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is
given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders
given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it upon receipt of a new List of Holders. 

(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 31l(a), 31l(b) and Section 312(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act. 
 SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee  

By June 14 of each year, commencing June 14, 2002, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of
the Preferred Securities such reports, dated as of May 15 of each year, as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 SECTION 2.4
Periodic Reports  
 The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such documents,
reports and information as are required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Preferred Securities Guarantee 

  
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Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent  

The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with the conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1)
may be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate. 
 SECTION 2.6 Waiver of Events of Default  

The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Preferred Securities, waive any past 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
Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 SECTION 2.7 Notice of Events of Default 
 (a) The Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall, within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Preferred Securities Guarantee actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to all Holders of the Preferred Securities, notices of all such Events of Default, unless such Events of Default have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, however, that, except in the case
of an Event of Default arising from the non-payment of any Guarantee Payment, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Preferred Securities. 
 (b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice, or a
Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the Declaration shall have obtained actual knowledge, of such Event of Default. 

  
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 SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests  

The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause
(i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 SECTION 2.9 Guarantee Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim  
 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee is hereby authorized to (a) recover
judgment, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, against the Guarantor for the whole amount of any Guarantee Payments remaining unpaid and (b) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have its claims and those of the Holders of the Preferred Securities allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Guarantor, its creditors or its property. 
 ARTICLE III 
 POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF 

PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE 
 SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee  
 (a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall not transfer this Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of the Preferred Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee on
acceptance by such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest
in any Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee. 
 (b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities. 

(c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default (of which, other than a default in respect
of any Guarantee Payment, a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge) and after the curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as

  
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are specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of his or her own affairs. 
 (d) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be construed to
relieve the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default (of which, other than a default in respect of any Guarantee Payment, a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge) and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred: 
 (A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; and 

(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not on their face they conform to the requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee; 

(ii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any errors of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or such Responsible Officer was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;

 (iii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of 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 Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; and 

  
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 (iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall require the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee  
 (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1: 

(i) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting,
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties; 
 (ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Preferred Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate; 
 (iii) whenever, in the
administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate, which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor; 
 (iv) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument or other document (or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof); 
 (v) the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters 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 accordance with such advice or opinion; and such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees; and the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction; 

  
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 (vi) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the expenses of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, provided, however, that nothing contained in
this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee;

 (vii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no obligation to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit; 
 (viii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or
attorneys, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such person appointed with due care by it hereunder; 

(ix) any action taken by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, and the signature of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action; and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s or its
agent’s taking such action; 
 (x) whenever in the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, (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 conclusively
relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions; and 

  
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 (xi) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 

(b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Securities
Guarantee 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 the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or
incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to
be a duty. 
 SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Preferred Securities Guarantee 

The recitals contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 

ARTICLE IV 

PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE 
 SECTION 4.1 Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility  

(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee that shall 

(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and 
 (ii) be a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or
other Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority; it being understood that if such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii) and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. 

  
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 (b) If at any time the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c). 
 (c) If the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 SECTION
4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee 
 (a) Subject to Section 4.2(b),
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor except during an Event of Default. 
 (b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor. 
 (c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold office until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed, subject to Section 4.1, or until its removal or
resignation. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which
resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed, subject to Section 4.1, and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. 
 (d) If no
Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper,
appoint a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. 

  
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 (e) No Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
act of any Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. 
 (f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee all amounts due to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to
the date of such termination, removal or resignation. 
 ARTICLE V 

GUARANTEE 
 SECTION 5.1
Guarantee  
 The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee
Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor’s obligation to make a Guarantee Payment
may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders. 
 SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand  
 The Guarantor hereby
waives notice of acceptance of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before
proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands. 

SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected  
 The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be absolute and unconditional and shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of
the happening from time to time of any event, including without limitation the following, whether or not with notice to, or the consent of, the Guarantor: 
 (a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Preferred
Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer; 

  
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 (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the
Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distributions or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the
Preferred Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distributions or other sums payable that result from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the
Indenture); 
 (c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise
any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind; 

(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer; 

(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred Securities; 

(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or 

(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor; it being
the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor with respect to the Guarantee Payments shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. 

There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any
of the foregoing. 
 SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders  
 (a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however,
that, subject to Section 3.1, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall reasonably and in good faith determine that the action so
directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part in such direction or if the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if
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executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee in personal liability. 
 (b) If the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Preferred
Securities Guarantee, any Holder of the Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s rights under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first
instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the Issuer or any other person
or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor. 
 SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment  

This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection. 

SECTION 5.6 Subrogation  

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of Preferred Securities against the Issuer in respect of any
amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise
any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and
unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.

 SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations  
 The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and
as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.

  
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 ARTICLE VI 
 LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION 
 SECTION 6.1 Limitation of
Transactions  
 So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor shall not nor permit any
subsidiary of the Guarantor to (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor’s capital stock, (ii) make any payment of principal
of, or interest, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor (including Other Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Debentures, (iii) make any guarantee payments
with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor (including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Debentures (other than
(a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants, rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, (d) as a result of a
reclassification of the Guarantor’s capital stock or the exchange or the conversion of one class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor’s capital stock, (e) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, and (f) purchases of common stock related to the issuance
of common stock or rights under any of the Guarantor’s benefit or compensation plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the Guarantor’s dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time (l) there shall have occurred any
event of which the Guarantor has actual knowledge that (A) is a Default or Event of Default (each as defined in the Indenture) and (B) in respect of which the Guarantor shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (2) if the
Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee or (3) the Guarantor shall have given notice of its election of the exercise
of its right to commence an Extended Interest Payment Period as provided in the Indenture and shall not have rescinded such notice, and such Extended Interest Payment Period, or an extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing, or
(iv) amend the Common Securities Guarantee to reduce, suspend or cancel the subordination, to the rights of holders of the Preferred Securities, of Guarantee Payments (as that term is defined in the Common Securities Guarantee with respect to
the Common Securities) with respect to the holders of the Common Securities. 
 SECTION 6.2 Ranking  

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall rank pari passu with the obligations of the
Guarantor under (i) any Other Guarantee, (ii) the Indenture and the Debentures issued thereunder; and (iii) any other security, guarantee or other agreement or obligation that is expressly stated to rank pari passu with the
obligations of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee or with any obligation that ranks pari passu with the obligations of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 

  
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 ARTICLE VII 
 TERMINATION 
 SECTION 7.1 Termination  

This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon (i) full payment of the Redemption
Price of all Preferred Securities, (ii) dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the Issuer, immediately following the full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration, or (iii) the distribution of all of the
Debentures to the Holders of the Trust Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of the Preferred Securities must
restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 
 ARTICLE VIII

 INDEMNIFICATION 
 SECTION 8.1 Exculpation  
 (a) No Indemnified Person shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance
with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an
Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions. 

(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by
or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions
to Holders of Preferred Securities might properly be paid. 
 SECTION 8.2 Compensation and Indemnification  

The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such compensation for its services as shall be mutually agreed
upon by the Guarantor and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The Guarantor shall reimburse the Preferred Securities 

  
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Guarantee Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s
agents and counsel, except any expense as may be attributable to the negligence or bad faith of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. 
 The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, action, suit, claim or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against,
or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. 
 ARTICLE IX 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION
9.1 Successors and Assigns  
 All guarantees and agreements contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with any merger or consolidation of the
Guarantor with or into another entity permitted by Section 10.01 of the Indenture or any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of the property of the Guarantor permitted by Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Guarantor may not
assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. 
 SECTION 9.2 Amendments 

Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders of the Preferred Securities (in which
case no consent of such Holders will be required), this Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section 12.2 of
the Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders of the Trust Securities apply to the giving of such approval. This Preferred Securities Guarantee may not be amended, and no amendment hereof that affects the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee’s rights, duties or immunities hereunder or otherwise, shall be effective, unless such amendment is executed by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (which shall have no obligation to execute any such amendment, but may do so in
its sole discretion). 

  
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 SECTION 9.3 Notices  
 All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as
follows: 
 (a) If given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustee at the Issuer’s mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Issuer may give notice of to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Preferred Securities): 
 VNB CAPITAL TRUST I 
 1455 Valley Road 

Wayne, New Jersey 07470 
 Attention: Alan D. Eskow 
 Telephone: (973) 305-8800 

Telecopier: (973) 305-8415 
 (b) If given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Preferred Securities): 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 

5 Penn Plaza, 13th Floor 
 New York, New York 10001-1810 
 Attention: Julie Salovitch-Miller 

Telephone: (212) 328-7629 
 Telecopier: (212) 896-7298 
 (c) If given to the Guarantor, at the
Guarantor’s mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Preferred Securities): 

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 
 1455 Valley Road 
 Wayne, New Jersey 07470 

Attention: Alan D. Eskow 
 Telephone: (973) 305-8800 
 Telecopier: (973) 305-8415 

(d) If given to any Holder of the Preferred Securities, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer. 

  
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 All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied
with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid 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 inability to deliver. 
 SECTION 9.4 Benefit 

This Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and, subject to
Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Securities. 
 SECTION 9.5 Governing Law  

THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 

  
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 THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written.

  

					
	VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
	as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Alan D. Eskow
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
 as Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Julie Salovitch-Miller
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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 Exhibit 10.14 
 AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China), Inc 
 Employment Contract

 Party A (Employer): AsiaInfo-Linkage Technologies (China), Inc. 

Legal Representative: Steve Zhang 
 Address: 3, 4/F, Zhongdian Information Tower, No.6 Zhongguancun South Street, 

Haidian District, Beijing 
 Postal Code: 100086 
 Party B (Employee): Yadong Jin 

ID Card/Passport No.: 
 Home Address: 
 Postal Code: 

Household Registration Address: 
 Telephone: 
 Party A and Party B (hereinafter referred to as the
“Parties”) have entered into this employment contract (“Contract”) on the basis of equal, voluntary and mutual consultation and negotiation and in accordance with the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of
China, Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations. Both Parties have agreed to comply with the provisions of this Contract. 

ARTICLE 1 

TYPE AND TERM OF CONTRACT 
  

	1.1	The Contract is for a fixed duration. 

  

	1.2	If this Contract is a fixed duration, this Contract shall commence on November 12, 2011 and terminate on November 11, 2014 (the
“Expiration Date”), with no probationary period. 

  

	1.3	If this Contract is a non-fixed duration, this Contract shall commence on N/A and terminate upon occurrence of the events specified by laws and regulations.

 ARTICLE 2 
 JOB DESCRIPTION 
  

	2.1	Upon execution of this Contract, Party B’s post (or position) is the Vice President, at the following location: Beijing; however, Party B may be
required to travel on business in or out of China, or be required to locate at other cities for a long time. Party B should perform his rights and obligations designated by Party A from time to time. During the valid period of this Contract, Party A
may change Party B’s abovementioned post (or position) or location based on Party A’s production, operation or working requirements or Party B’s working capacities and performance, including but not limited to adjustment made to Party
B’s job description or work place, promotion, work transfer at the same level, and demotion, etc., or adjustment made to Party B’s responsibilities without any change to Party B’s abovementioned post (or position).

	2.2	Party B should complete the required quantity, quality target or work assignment pursuant to the duties of the post (or position) in which Party B engages as well as
the relevant requirements. When performing this Contract, Party B shall not exceed the scope of authority assigned to him by Party A. Party B should work for Party A diligently and perform the following obligations: 

 

	 	(a)	Party B should comply with the Constitution, relevant laws and regulations, and perform his obligations diligently and in good faith; 

 

	 	(b)	Party B should perform his obligations stipulated in this Contract and its exhibits; 

 

	 	(c)	during the prescribed work time, Party B shall exert all efforts, capabilities and technique to perform the obligations under this Contract; apart from ensuring its own
work being up to the duty criterion for the post as set by Party A, Party B shall also complete any additional assignment as reasonably requested by Party A and, use its best efforts to assist Party A to meet or exceed the contemplated commercial
purposes; and 

  

	 	(d)	Party B shall not engage in any activities which may harm Party A’s interests, nor try to obtain private profit for itself or others, directly or indirectly, by
utilizing its position or authority in Party A. 

 ARTICLE 3 

WORKING HOURS AND PAID HOLIDAYS 
  

	3.1	Upon execution of this Contract, subject to the requirements of Party B’s post (or position), Party B’s working hours may be any one of the following:

  

	 	(1)	standard/regular working hours: eight (8) hours a day and on average no more than forty (40) hours a week; 

 

	 	(2)	integrated working hours: average daily and weekly working hours shall be subject to statutory standard. 

 

	 	(3)	flexible working hours: flexible working hours subject to completion of assigned duties and responsibilities. 

During the term of this Contract, if there is any changes in applicable labor law and regulations or adjustments to Party B’s post
(or position), Party A shall have the right to adjust Party B’s working hours accordingly. 
  

	3.2	Party B shall be entitled to paid public holidays, such as: (a) New Year Day; (b) Spring Festival; (c) International Labor Day; (d) Ching Ming
Festival; (e) Dragon Boat Festival; (f) Mid-Autumn Festival; (7) National Day; and (8) any other holidays as prescribed by Chinese laws and regulations. 

	3.3	Party A may arrange Party B to extend its work time due to work needs, including arranging Party B to work overtime on weekends and holidays if needed. However, the
overtime working hours shall not exceed the maximum stipulated by the PRC government. Party A shall arrange make-up break equivalent to the overtime for Party B or pay relevant fees to Party B, subject to the national regulations and Party A’s
applicable rules and regulations. 

  

	3.4	Party A may refuse to pay any compensation for Party B’s extended working hours in the event that Party B extends the working hours in order to complete the
assignment in time or without Party A’s request or approval. 

 ARTICLE 4 

REMUNERATION 
  

	4.1	Party A shall provide Party B with salary and treatment corresponding to Party B’s post (or position) and in accordance with Party A’s salary allocation
system. 

  

	4.2	During the term of this Contract and subject to the completion of Party B’s work assignment, Party B’s salary shall be paid monthly by means of cash, bank
transfer or any other method which Party A deems as appropriate. Such payment shall include any allowances or subsidies, including but not limited to transportation allowance and heating subsidies etc. 

 

	4.3	During the term of this Contract, Party A may make corresponding adjustments and changes to Party B’s salary amount, including increase or decrease Party B’s
salary criterion based on Party B’s post or position change (circumstances in which Party B’s work, duties or scope have changed while its post or position remains the same are also included), or Party B’s performance, or Party
A’s systems or policies relating to salary or position adjustment. 

  

	4.4	Where Party B suffers from a disease or has sustained an injury that is not work-related, Party A shall offer Party B the sick pay, disease redress expenses and medical
treatment during the medical treatment period, subject to Party A’s regulations and relevant provisions of local governmental authorities. In case there is no relevant provisions of local governmental authorities and Party B refuses to be
subject to Party A’s internal rules and regulations, Party B agrees that Party A shall pay Party B the sick pay during the medical treatment period in the amount of 80% of the local minimum wage standard. 

 

	4.5	If Party A suspends its operation due to the reason not attributable to Party B, Party A shall pay Party B compensation pursuant to this Contract if such suspension
lasts less than one month. In the event the suspension is more than one month and Party A fails to assign Party B to a new post (position), Party A shall pay Party B compensation in the amount of 70% of the local minimum wage standard (or minimum
living standard as applicable). 

	4.6	Subject to applicable laws and regulations, Party A may withhold or deduct the following fees or amounts from Party B’s salaries, other remuneration or expenses
reimbursement: (a) any amount Party B owes Party A; and/or (b) any other lawful taxes, liens and fees; and/or (c) for any other legal purposes. 

 

	4.7	In order to protect the employees’ compensation privacy right, Party B agrees to strictly abide by Party A’s privacy rules related to employees’
compensation. If Party B discloses his compensation to the public, obtains any other employees’ compensation through unauthorized channels or files complaints based on other employees’ compensation, Party A, based on its applicable rules
and regulations, may enforce certain disciplinary action against Party B. If Party B has any questions regarding his compensation (or remuneration), Party B may settle these questions through communication with Party A’s Human Resources
Department or by way of negotiation. 

 ARTICLE 5 

SOCIAL INSURANCE AND WELFARE 
  

	5.1	Party A and Party B shall contribute to employee pension insurance, unemployment insurance, medical treatment insurance, work-related injury insurance and other social
insurance in accordance with the relevant provisions concerning social insurance as established by the State and local authorities. Party A shall withhold the portion which should be paid by Party B individually from his salary and pay to the
relevant authorities per the relevant requirements. 

  

	5.2	If Party B suffers from any work-related injury or occupational disease, Party B shall be entitled to compensation and treatment pursuant to applicable government rules
and regulations. 

  

	5.3	Party A may, at its sole discretionary and subject to Party A’s economic performance and revenue, decide to whether to pay a year-end bonus to Party A’s
employees. If Party A, at its sole discretionary, decides to pay a discretionary bonus, such bonus will be only paid to employees who, after the annual performance evaluation process, are deemed as completion of the work assignment for the previous
whole year, and also making additional contribution to Party A. If Party B’s employment was terminated prior to the completion of annual performance evaluation, Party B shall not be entitled to the discretionary bonus program.

  

	5.4	Party B ensures that he shall promptly provide Party A with valid certificates for social insurance and public housing fund programs. Party B shall bear any
consequences resulted from any failure or delay in providing such certification to Party A. 

 ARTICLE 6

 LABOR DISCIPLINE AND REGULATION 
  

	6.1	Party A may stipulate its rules and regulations and labor discipline in accordance with its operation needs and the laws and regulations. Party B shall be subject to
Party A’s arrangement of work, strictly comply with national laws and regulations, and rules, regulations, labor disciplines and work criterion stipulated by Party A’s companies or departments in accordance with law, take good care of
Party A’s properties, observe professional ethics, and actively participate in the training organized by Party A so as to improve professional skills. 

	6.2	Party A may promulgate or notify Party B of its rules, regulations, and any amendments, by any method as Party A deems appropriate (including but not limited to
providing hardcopy document to Party B, by meeting or training, notice, announcement, circular, memorandum, employee’s manual or declaration at a training or meeting, etc.). 

 

	6.3	Party A may require Party B to indemnify Party A’s economic losses resulting from Party B’s violation of laws or Party A’s internal rules and
regulations. 

 ARTICLE 7 
 WORKING CONDITIONS, LABOR PROTECTION AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD PREVENTION 
  

	7.1	During the term of this Contract and subject to relevant laws and regulations, Party A has agreed to provide Party B with working environment, conditions and equipment
necessary to ensure Party B works in a safe and healthy environment; in addition, Party A will actively coordinate with Party B to provide corresponding conditions for Party B to complete its obligations hereunder and to abide by the provisions
hereunder as well as Party A’s internal rules and regulations. 

  

	7.2	Party A shall provide Party B with necessary safety based on work needs. If Party B has to be exposed to an occupational disease hazard, such occupational disease
hazard, the consequences thereof, the prevention measures and treatment shall be set forth in Party A’s administrative measures on labor protection or other relevant internal documents for Party B’s reference. Upon execution of this
Contract, Party B claim that have reviewed and noticed the above mentioned content, and Party A shall be deemed to perform its notification obligation. 

 ARTICLE 8 
 AMENDMENT, RENEWAL, TERMINATION AND EXPIRATION

  

	8.1	Party B represents and warrants that he has terminated his employment with his former employer, if applicable, when signing this Contract. 

 

	8.2	This Contract may only be amended upon written agreement of both Parties. 

  

	8.3	This Contract may be terminated, expire or renewed by the Parties pursuant to the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China and other applicable
government rules and regulations. 

  

	8.4	If Party A shall be liable for payment of severance in the event of termination or expiration of this Contract, the standard for severance will be subject to the
provisions of Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China. 

	8.5	Upon the expiration or termination of this Contract, Party B shall immediately cease all activities conducted in the name of Party A, complete outstanding business
as per Party A’s requests, settle all accounts, carry out any work-related transitions, and return all Party A’s properties, including but not limited to: 

 

	 	(a)	all documents and files with respect to Party A, Party A’s management, operation and products and their copies thereof, which are maintained, used or controlled by
Party B; 

  

	 	(b)	name lists and information relating to Party A’s suppliers, clients and other business contacts; 

 

	 	(c)	software, disks, hardware and CDs containing Party A’s data and information; 

 

	 	(d)	instruments, uniforms, apparatuses, equipment and other office appliances, etc., which have been provided to Party B by Party A for work purposes; and

  

	 	(e)	any documents, files, records, summary, or any other carriers, regardless of original or copies, which contain any confidential information which is owned by Party A,
or is owned by the third party but Party A assumes confidential obligations. 

  

	8.6	Upon expiration or termination of this Contract, Party B should complete the work-related transitions (including return Party A’s properties and documents)
and other obligations in accordance with Party A’s internal rules and regulations. Party A should pay Party B severance pay (if any) after he completes the work-related transitions and other obligations. 

 

	8.7	Upon expiration or termination of this Contract, Party A shall issue labor contract termination certificate evidencing such termination or expiration. In addition,
Party A shall also arrange transfers of Party B’s social insurance and welfare documentation in accordance with applicable laws and procedures. 

 ARTICLE 9 
 SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTE 

Labor disputes arising from the performance of this Contract shall be first settled by the Parties through friendly consultation; should
the consultation fail, either Party may submit such labor dispute to a labor dispute arbitration commission having jurisdiction for arbitration. If either Party disagrees with the arbitration award, it may file a claim to the people’s court
with the jurisdiction. 

 ARTICLE 10 
 OTHER AGREEMENTS 
 The Parties consult and agree that: 

The “Confidentiality and Non-competition Agreement”, “Employee Handbook”, “Professional Ethic Criteria of
AsiaInfo-Linkage”, “Labor Disciplines and Disciplinary Action Rules” and “Statement of AsiaInfo-Linkage Policy regarding Confidential Information and Stock and Securities Trading by Directors, Officers and Employees”
separately entered into by the Parties are attached hereto as appendixes. These appendixes have the same legal effect as the Contract. 
 ARTICLE 11 
 MISCELLANEOUS 

 

	11.1	This Contract shall have its Chinese version as the authentic version. This Contract shall be executed in counterparts and two (2) copies, with each of Party A and
Party B keeping one (1) copy. Each of the two (2) copies of this Contract shall be equal in legal force. 

  

	11.2	This Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to this subject matter and supersedes all prior or simultaneous unperformed employment
contract, or relevant stipulations and agreements. Upon effective of this Contract, any prior agreements or understanding between the Parties shall cease to be effective. This Contract governs all issues relating to this subject matter between the
Parties. 

 [Signature Page Follows.] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the Parties hereto has caused this Contract to be executed by its
duly authorized representative on the date set forth below. 
  

					
	 Party A (Seal): AsiaInfo-Linkage

Technologies (China), Inc.
	 	Party B:	 	 Yadong Jin

			
	 Legal Representative or

Entrusted Agent (Signature/Seal):
	 		 	/s/ Yadong Jin
			
	Date of Execution: November 12, 2011	 		 	Date of Execution: November 12, 2011

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