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EX-4.1

 

 Exhibit
4.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

9.875% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK,

SERIES F,

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

OF

NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION

 

Pursuant to Section 151(g) of the

General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

 

          National City Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 103 and 151 thereof, Does Hereby Certify:

          First: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
authorizes the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value, of the
Corporation (“Preferred Stock”) in one or more series, and authorizes the Board of Directors to fix
by resolution or resolutions the designation of each series of Preferred Stock and the voting and
other powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and
the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

          Second: The Pricing Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), in accordance with the resolutions of the Board of
Directors dated October 22, 2007 and the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors
effective as of January 16, 2008, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, the First Restatement of By-laws of the Corporation and applicable law,
adopted the following resolution as of January 23, 2008 creating a series of 1,725 shares of
Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “9.875% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series F”.

          Resolved, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Committee and in accordance
with the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated October 22, 2007 and the unanimous written
consent of the Board of Directors effective as of January 16, 2008, the provisions of the Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the First Restatement of By-laws of the Corporation and
applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Corporation be and hereby is
created, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the
qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:

 

 

RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES

     Section 1. Designation of Series and Number of Shares. The shares of such series of
Preferred Stock shall be designated “9.875% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock,
Series F” (“Series F Preferred Stock”), and the authorized number of shares that shall constitute
such series shall be 1,725 shares, without par value, which may be decreased (but not below the
number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock then outstanding) from time to time by resolution of
the Board of Directors by a certificate executed and acknowledged by the Corporation and filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Shares of outstanding Series F Preferred Stock
that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, or converted into another
series of Preferred Stock, shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock undesignated as to series.

     Section 2. Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Series F Preferred Stock:

     (a) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

     (b) “By-laws” means the First Restatement of By-laws of the Corporation, as may be amended
from time to time.

     (c) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any other day on which
banking institutions and trust companies in New York, New York, Cleveland, Ohio or Wilmington,
Delaware are permitted or required by any applicable law to close.

     (d) “Calculation Agent” means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the Corporation
and serving as such agent at such time. The Corporation may terminate any such appointment and may
appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time; provided that the Corporation shall
use its best efforts to ensure that there is at all relevant times when the Series F Preferred
Stock is outstanding a person or entity appointed and serving as such agent. The Calculation Agent
may be a person or entity affiliated with the Corporation.

     (e) “Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the
Series F Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.

     (f) “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time, and shall include this Certificate of
Designations.

     (g) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $4.00 per share, of the Corporation.

     (h) “Dividend Determination Date” means the second London Banking Day immediately preceding
the first day of the relevant Dividend Period.

     (i) “Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a).

     (j) “Dividend Parity Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 3(b).

     (k) “Dividend Period” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a).

     (l) “Dividend Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a).

     (m) “Excluded Class” means any class or series of Preferred Stock with a liquidation
preference that is less than $100,000 per share, unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires

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such class or series of Preferred Stock to vote in proportion to their respective liquidation
preferences when voting together with the Series F Preferred Stock as a single class.

     (n) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the
Corporation (other than the Series F Preferred Stock) that ranks junior to the Series F Preferred
Stock either or both as to the payment of dividends and/or as to the distribution of assets on any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

     (o) “Liquidation Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other
than the Series F Preferred Stock) that ranks equally with the Series F Preferred Stock in the
distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

     (p) “London Banking Day” means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business
(including dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars) in London, England.

     (q) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of Preferred Stock, having no par value, of the
Corporation, including the Series F Preferred Stock.

     (r) “Preferred Stock Directors” has the meaning specified in Section 6(b).

     (s) “Reuters Screen LIBOR01” means the display designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such
other page as may replace that page on that service or such other service as may be nominated by
the British Bankers’ Association for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for
U.S. dollar deposits).

     (t) “Series D Preferred Stock” means the Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as the
“Series D Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock Without Par Value”.

     (u) “Series F Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).

     (v) “Three-Month LIBOR”, with respect to any Dividend Period beginning on or after February 1,
2013, the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month
period commencing on the first day of that Dividend Period that appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01
as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Dividend Determination Date for that Dividend Period. If
that rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01, Three-Month LIBOR shall be determined on the
basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period commencing on the
first day of that Dividend Period and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 are offered
to prime banks in the London interbank market by four major banks in that market selected by the
Calculation Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Dividend Determination Date for
that Dividend Period. The Calculation Agent shall request the principal London office of each of
these banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided,
Three-Month LIBOR with respect to such Dividend Period shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward
if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are
provided, Three-Month LIBOR with respect to that Dividend Period shall be the arithmetic mean
(rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of the rates quoted by three major banks
in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
on the first day of that Dividend Period for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a
three-month period commencing on the first day of that Dividend Period, and in a principal amount
of not less than $1,000,000. However, if fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent
to provide quotations are quoting as described in the

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immediately preceding sentence, Three-Month LIBOR for that Dividend Period shall be the same
as Three-Month LIBOR as determined for the previous Dividend Period.

     (w) “Total Liquidation Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a).

     (x) “Voting Parity Stock” means any and all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock
(other than the Series F Preferred Stock), whether bearing dividends on a non-cumulative or
cumulative basis but otherwise ranking on a parity with the Series F Preferred Stock as to the
payment of dividends, and having voting rights equivalent to those described in Section 6(b).

     Section 3. Dividends.

     (a) Rate. Dividends on shares of Series F Preferred Stock will not be mandatory.
Holders of the Series F Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock and of any
other shares of stock ranking junior to the Series F Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends,
shall be entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, cash
dividends at the rate determined as set forth below in this Section 3 applied to the Series F
Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount. These dividends shall be payable in arrears (as provided below
in this Section 3(a)), but only when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors, on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of
each year (commencing on May 1, 2008) (each a “Dividend Payment Date”); provided that if any such
Dividend Payment Date on or after February 1, 2013 would otherwise occur on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Dividend Payment Date shall instead be (and any dividend payable on the Series F
Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment Date shall instead be payable on) the immediately
succeeding Business Day. If a Dividend Payment Date before February 1, 2013 is not a Business Day,
the applicable dividend shall be paid on the first Business Day following that day without
adjustment. Dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative; holders of Series F
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends not declared by the Board of
Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors and no interest, or sum of money
or other property in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend not so declared.

          Dividends that are payable on the Series F Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will
be payable to holders of record of the Series F Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock
register maintained by the transfer agent and registrar for the Series F Preferred Stock on the
applicable record date, which shall be such date fixed by the Board of Directors (or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors) in advance of such Dividend Payment Date (each, a
“Dividend Record Date”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record
Date whether or not such day is a Business Day; provided that the holders of record of the Series F
Preferred Stock shall be the holders of record at the close of the immediately preceding Business
Day.

          Each dividend period (a “Dividend Period”) shall commence on and include a Dividend Payment
Date (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the date of
original issue of the Series F Preferred Stock) and shall end on and include the calendar day
immediately preceding the next Dividend Payment Date. Dividends payable on each share of the
Series F Preferred Stock in respect of a Dividend Period shall be computed by the Calculation Agent
(i)  on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve-30 day months until the Dividend Payment
Date in February 2013 and (ii) thereafter, for each Dividend Period,

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by multiplying the per annum dividend rate in effect for that Dividend Period by a fraction,
the numerator of which will be the actual number of days in that Dividend Period and the
denominator of which will be 360. Dividends payable in respect of a Dividend Period shall be
payable in arrears - i.e., on the first Dividend Payment Date after such Dividend Period.

          The dividend rate on the Series F Preferred Stock, for each Dividend Period, shall be (a) a
rate per annum equal to 9.875% until the Dividend Payment Date in February 2013, and
(b) thereafter, a rate per annum that will be reset quarterly and shall be equal to Three-Month
LIBOR for such Dividend Period plus 6.330%.

          The Calculation Agent’s determination of any dividend rate, and its calculation of the amount
of dividends for any Dividend Period, will be maintained on file at the Corporation’s principal
offices and will be available to any shareholder upon request and will be final and binding in the
absence of manifest error.

          Holders of the Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether
payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable
on the Series F Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3.

     (b) Priority of Dividends. During any Dividend Period, so long as any shares of
Series F Preferred Stock remain outstanding, unless (a) the full dividends for the then-current
Dividend Period on all outstanding Preferred Stock have been paid, or declared and funds set aside
therefor, and (b) the Corporation is not in default on its obligation to redeem any shares of
Series F Preferred Stock that have been called for redemption, no dividend whatsoever shall be
declared on the Common Stock or other Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in shares
of Junior Stock. Neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries may purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire for consideration (other than as a result of reclassification of Junior Stock for
or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into
another share of Junior Stock and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially
contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), and the Corporation will not pay to or make
available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of, any Common Stock or any other Junior
Stock unless the full dividends for the most-recently completed Dividend Period on all outstanding
shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall have been paid. However, the foregoing provisions shall
not restrict the ability of any affiliate of the Corporation to engage in any market-making
transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business.

          On any Dividend Payment Date for which full dividends are not paid, or declared and funds set
aside therefor, upon the Preferred Stock and other classes or series of capital stock designated as
ranking on a parity with the Series F Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends (“Dividend Parity
Stock”), all dividends paid or declared for payment on that Dividend Payment Date with respect to
the Series F Preferred Stock and the Dividend Parity Stock shall be shared:

	 	•	 	first ratably by the holders of any shares of such other series of Dividend Parity
Stock who have the right to receive dividends with respect to Dividend Periods prior to
the then-current Dividend Period, in proportion to the respective amounts of the
undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to prior Dividend Periods; and
	 
	 	•	 	thereafter by the holders of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock and the Dividend
Parity Stock on a pro rata basis.

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          Subject to the foregoing, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be
determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may
be declared and paid on the Common Stock and any other stock that is Dividend Parity Stock or that
ranks junior to the Series F Preferred Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available
for such payment, and the Series F Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such
dividends.

          Any class or series of preferred stock hereafter authorized and issued at any time by the
Corporation that is entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of
Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall not have, for any period
when any shares of Series F Preferred Stock are outstanding, any dividend payment date that is not
also a Dividend Payment Date of the Series F Preferred Stock.

          The Series F Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock with
respect to the payment of dividends.

     Section 4. Liquidation Rights.

     (a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of
Series F Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an amount per share (the “Total Liquidation
Amount”) equal to the fixed liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (the “Series F Preferred
Stock Liquidation Amount”), plus any declared but unpaid dividends including, if applicable, a pro
rata portion of any declared and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period to the date
of liquidation, without regard to any undeclared dividends. Holders of the Series F Preferred
Stock will be entitled to receive the Total Liquidation Amount out of the assets of the Corporation
that are available for distribution to shareholders of capital stock ranking on a parity on
liquidation to the Series F Preferred Stock, after payment or provision for payment of the
Corporation’s debts and other liabilities but before any distribution of assets is made to holders
of Common Stock or any other shares ranking, as to such distribution, junior to the Series F
Preferred Stock.

          The Series F Preferred Stock ranks on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock as to
distributions of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.

     (b) Partial Payment. If the Corporation’s assets are not sufficient to pay the Total
Liquidation Amount in full to all holders of Series F Preferred Stock and to pay the aggregate
liquidation amount to all holders of any shares of the Corporation’s Liquidation Parity Stock, the
amounts paid to the holders of Series F Preferred Stock and to the such other shares of Liquidation
Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate Total Liquidation
Amount and the aggregate liquidation amount of any such outstanding shares of Liquidation Parity
Stock. If the Total Liquidation Amount per share of Series F Preferred Stock has been paid in full
to all holders of Series F Preferred Stock and the liquidation amount of all other shares of
Liquidation Parity Stock has been paid in full, the holders of Common Stock or any other shares
ranking, as to such distribution, junior to the Series F Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive remaining assets of the Corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

     (c) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this
Section 4, neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of the

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Corporation’s property and assets, nor the consolidation or merger by the Corporation with or
into any other corporation or by another corporation with or into the Corporation, shall constitute
a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation’s affairs.

     Section 5. Redemption.

     (a) Optional Redemption. The Series F Preferred Stock may not be redeemed by the
Corporation prior to February 1, 2013. On that date or on any date after that date, the Series F
Preferred Stock may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation. Any such
redemption will be at a cash redemption price of $100,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid
dividends, without regard to any undeclared dividends. The redemption price for any shares of
Series F Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares
against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent.
Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the
Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the
redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the
redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in
Section 3 above.

     (b) No Sinking Fund or Redemption by Holders. The Series F Preferred Stock will not
be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of
Series F Preferred Stock have no right to require the redemption or repurchase of the Series F
Preferred Stock.

     (c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption by the Corporation of Series F
Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of
record of the Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing
on the books of the Corporation not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date of
redemption (provided that if the Series F Preferred Stock, or any depositary shares representing
interests in the Series F Preferred Stock, are issued in book-entry form through The Depository
Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the holders of
Series F Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility). Any notice
mailed or otherwise given as provided in this subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, and failure duly to give such
notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing or provision thereof, to any holder
of Series F Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series F Preferred Stock.

     Each such notice given to a holder shall state:

	 	•	 	the redemption date;
	 
	 	•	 	the number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than
all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be
redeemed from such holder;
	 
	 	•	 	the redemption price; and
	 
	 	•	 	the place or places where the shares are to be redeemed.

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     (d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of
Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected
either pro rata from the holders of record of shares of Series F Preferred Stock in proportion to
the number of shares held by those holders or by lot or in such other manner as the Board of
Directors (or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors) may determine to be fair and
equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Corporation shall have full power and authority
to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed
at the Corporation’s option, from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any
certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares
without charge to the holder thereof.

     (e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series F
Preferred Stock has been given and if funds necessary for the redemption have been set aside by the
Corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series F Preferred Stock so called for
redemption, then, from and after the date of the redemption notice and the deposit of such funds,
those shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of those shares
(including the right to receive any dividends) will terminate, except for the right to receive the
redemption price. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the redemption date, to the
extent permitted by law, shall be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the
shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption
price of such shares.

     Section 6. Voting Rights.

     (a) General. The holders of Series F Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights
except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by applicable law.

     (b) Right To Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment Events. If and when the dividends on
the Series F Preferred Stock or on any other class or series of Voting Parity Stock have not been
declared and paid (i) in the case of the Series F Preferred Stock and any other class or series of
Voting Parity Stock bearing non-cumulative dividends, in full for at least six quarterly dividend
periods or their equivalents (whether or not consecutive), or (ii) in the case of Voting Parity
Stock bearing cumulative dividends, in an aggregate amount equal to full dividends for at least six
quarterly dividend periods or their equivalent (whether or not consecutive), the authorized number
of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two.
Holders of Series F Preferred Stock, together with the holders of all other affected classes and
series of Voting Parity Stock, voting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the two
additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”) at any annual or
special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected or any special meeting of the
holders of the Series F Preferred Stock and any Voting Parity Stock for which dividends have not
been paid, called as provided below, but only if the election of any Preferred Stock Directors
would not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. (or any other exchange on which securities of the Corporation may then be
listed) that listed companies must have a majority of independent directors. In addition, the
Board of Directors shall at no time have more than two Preferred Stock Directors.

          At any time after the holders of Series F Preferred Stock have the vested power to vote for
Preferred Stock Directors, the Secretary of the Corporation may, and upon the written

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request of holders of record of at least 20% of the outstanding shares of Series F Preferred
Stock and Voting Parity Stock (addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation) must, call a special
meeting of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock for the for the election
of the Preferred Stock Directors. Notice for a special meeting will be given in a similar manner
to that provided in the By-laws for a special meeting of the shareholders, which the Corporation
will provide upon request, or as required by law. If the Secretary of the Corporation is required
to call a meeting but does not do so within 20 days after receipt of any such request, then any
holder of shares of Series F Preferred Stock may (at the Corporation’s expense) call such meeting,
upon notice as provided in this section, and for that purpose will have access to the Corporation’s
stock books. The Preferred Stock Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office
until the next annual meeting of the shareholders unless they have been previously terminated as
described below. In case any vacancy occurs among the Preferred Stock Directors, a successor shall
be elected by the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders
upon the nomination of the then remaining Preferred Stock Director or, if none remains in office,
by the vote of the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of
Series F Preferred Stock and all Voting Parity Stock, voting as a single class. The Preferred
Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.

          Whenever full dividends have been paid on the Series F Preferred Stock and any non-cumulative
Voting Parity Stock for at least one year and all dividends on any cumulative Voting Parity Stock
have been paid in full, then the right of the holders of Series F Preferred Stock to elect the
Preferred Stock Directors shall cease (but subject always to the same provisions for the vesting of
these voting rights in the case of any similar non-payment of dividends in respect of future
Dividend Periods), the terms of office of all Preferred Stock Directors will immediately terminate
and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall automatically be reduced
accordingly.

          Unless the Certificate of Incorporation is amended to require different classes and series of
Preferred Stock to vote in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences when voting
together with the Series F Preferred Stock as a single class, so long as any shares of Series F
Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding, any class or series of Voting Parity Stock
hereafter authorized and issued at any time by the Corporation shall have a liquidation preference
that is not less than $100,000 per share.

     (c) Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series F Preferred Stock are
outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation:

          (i) Creation of Senior Stock. The vote or consent of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and any other class or
series of preferred stock ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series F Preferred Stock with
respect to payment of dividends and distribution of assets on our liquidation at the time
outstanding (other than Series D Preferred Stock and any Excluded Class), voting together as a
single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any
meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or authorizing any amendment of
the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize, or increase the authorized amount of, any shares of
any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the Series F Preferred Stock with respect to
payment of dividends or distribution of assets on the Corporation’s liquidation; in addition, if

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any series of outstanding Preferred Stock is more adversely affected by such amendment than the
other series, the amendment must also be approved by a two-thirds vote of such series;

          (ii) Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. The vote or consent of the holders of
at least a majority of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting
separately as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or
by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or authorizing any
amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws that would alter or change the voting
powers, preferences or special rights of the Series F Preferred Stock so as to affect them
adversely; provided that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or
create, or to increase the authorized amount of, any Junior Stock, any shares of any class or
series or any securities convertible into shares of any class or series of Dividend Parity Stock or
other capital stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series F Preferred Stock in the
distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up shall not be deemed to affect
adversely the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series F Preferred Stock; and

          (iii) Certain Mergers and Consolidations. The vote or consent of the holders of at
least a majority of the shares of Series F Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting
separately as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or
by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or authorizing any
merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any entity other than a corporation, or any
merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation if the Corporation is
not the surviving corporation in such merger or consolidation and if the Series F Preferred Stock
is changed in such merger or consolidation into anything other than a class or series of preferred
stock of the surviving or resulting corporation, or a corporation controlling such corporation,
having voting powers, preferences and special rights that, if such change were effected by
amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, would not require a vote of the holders of the
Series F Preferred Stock under either of the preceding paragraphs.

          Each holder of Series F Preferred Stock will have one vote per share on any matter on which
holders of Series F Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.

     (d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of
Series F Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 6(b) or (c) above if, at or prior to
the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all
outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called
for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been set aside for such
redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.

     Section 7. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Corporation and the transfer agent for the Series F Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record
holder of any share of Series F Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all
purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.

     Section 8. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Series F
Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first
class mail,

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postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of
Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or by applicable law.

     Section 9. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series F Preferred Stock shall have any
rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or
options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such
warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

     Section 10. Other Rights. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock shall not have any
voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the
Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

          Resolved, that all actions taken by the officers and directors of the Corporation or
any of them in connection with the foregoing resolutions through the date hereof be, and they
hereby are, ratified and approved.

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          In Witness Whereof, National City Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Designation to be signed by Thomas A. Richlovsky, its Vice President and Treasurer and Carlton
Langer, its Assistant Secretary, and its Corporate Seal to be
hereunder affixed this 29th day of
January, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	National City Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Thomas A. Richlovsky 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	/s/ Carlton Langer
	 	 
	 

Carlton Langer, Assistant SecretaryEX-4.2

 

Exhibit
4.2

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT

     This DEPOSIT AGREEMENT (“Deposit Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January
30, 2008, by and among National City Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Wilmington Trust Company,
a Delaware banking corporation, National City Bank and all holders from time to time of Receipts
(as hereinafter defined) issued hereunder.

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the
deposit of 1,500 shares of Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) with the Depositary (as
hereinafter defined) for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance
hereunder of the Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares (as hereinafter defined), on the date hereof
representing a fractional interest in the deposited Preferred Stock; and

     WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form as set forth in Exhibit A
annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as
hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, it is agreed by and among
the parties hereto as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms (in the singular and plural
forms of such terms) used in this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts:

     SECTION 1.01. “Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

     SECTION 1.02. “Certificate of Designation” shall mean the Certificate of Designation
designating 1,725 shares of preferred stock of the Company as Preferred Stock.

     SECTION 1.03. “Company” shall mean National City Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and its successors.

     SECTION 1.04. “Corporate Office” shall mean the corporate office of the Depositary at
which at any particular time its business in respect of matters governed by this Deposit Agreement
shall be administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at Rodney Square
North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.

     SECTION 1.05. “Depositary” shall mean Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, and any successor as depositary hereunder.

 

     SECTION 1.06. “Depositary Share” shall mean a 1/4000th fractional interest
of a share of Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary hereunder and the same proportionate
interest in any and all other property received by the Depositary in respect of such share of
Preferred Stock and held under this Deposit Agreement, all as evidenced by the Receipts issued
hereunder. Subject to the terms of this Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share is
entitled, proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Stock
represented by such Depositary Share, including the dividend and distribution, voting, redemption,
conversion and liquidation rights contained in the Certificate of Designation.

     SECTION 1.07. “Exchange Event” shall mean with respect to any Global Registered
Receipt:

     (1) (A) the Global Receipt Depository which is the holder of such Global Registered
Receipt or Receipts notifies the Company that it is no longer willing or able to properly
discharge its responsibilities under any Letter of Representations or that it is no longer
eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (B)
the Company has not appointed a qualified successor Global Receipt Depository within ninety
(90) calendar days after the Company received such notice, or

     (2) the Company in its sole discretion notifies the Depositary in writing that the
Receipts or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Registered
Receipts shall no longer be represented by such Global Receipt or Receipts.

     SECTION 1.08. “Global Receipt Depository” shall mean, with respect to any Receipt
issued hereunder, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or such other entity designated as Global
Receipt Depository by the Company in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, which Person must be,
to the extent required by any applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     SECTION 1.09. “Global Registered Receipts” shall mean a global registered Receipt
registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.

     SECTION 1.10. “Letter of Representations” shall mean any applicable agreement among
the Company, the Depositary and a Global Receipt Depository with respect to such Global Receipt
Depository’s rights and obligations with respect to any Global Registered Receipts, as the same may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor
agreement thereto.

     SECTION 1.11. “Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s perpetual 9.875%
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F, $100,000 liquidation preference
per share.

     SECTION 1.12 “Receipt” shall mean a Depositary Receipt issued hereunder to evidence
one or more Depositary Shares, whether in definitive or temporary form, substantially in the form
as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

     SECTION 1.13. “record date” shall mean the date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04.

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     SECTION 1.14. “record holder” or “holder” as applied to a Receipt shall mean
the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books maintained by the Depositary for such
purpose.

     SECTION 1.15. “redemption date” shall mean the date fixed for redemption of Preferred
Stock and Depositary Shares contemplated in Section 2.03.

     SECTION 1.16. “Registrar” shall mean National City Bank, or any bank or trust company
appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts or the deposited Preferred Stock, as the
case may be, as herein provided.

     SECTION 1.17. “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     SECTION 1.18. “Signature Guarantee” shall have the meaning as set forth in
Section 2.04.

     SECTION 1.19. “Special Damages” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section 5.08.

     SECTION 1.20. “Transfer Agent” shall mean National City Bank, or any bank or trust
company appointed to transfer the Receipts or the deposited Preferred Stock, as the case may be, as
herein provided.

ARTICLE II

FORM OF RECEIPTS,
DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED STOCK, EXECUTION AND 

DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS

     SECTION 2.01. Form and Transferability of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall be
engraved or printed or lithographed with steel-engraved borders and underlying tint and shall be
substantially in the form as set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with
appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the
preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company,
delivered in compliance with Section 2.02, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which may
be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and
the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive
Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at the Corporate Office or such other offices, if
any, as the Depositary may designate, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation
of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange
therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by
the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense
and without any charge therefor. Until so

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exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Preferred Stock deposited, as definitive Receipts.

     Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Depositary. Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this
Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed as
provided in the preceding sentence. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt executed
as provided above and delivered as hereinafter provided.

     Except as the Depositary may otherwise determine, Receipts shall be in denominations of any
number of whole Depositary Shares. All Receipts shall be dated the date of their issuance.

     Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or
recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be
required by the Company or required to comply with any applicable law or regulation or with the
rules and regulations of any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system upon which the
Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or quoted or to conform with
any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any
particular Receipts are subject, in each case, as directed by the Company.

     Title to any Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt) that is properly
endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement shall be
transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided,
however, that until a Receipt shall be transferred on the books of the Registrar, the Depositary
may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as
the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to dividends or other
distributions, the exercise of any redemption or voting rights or to any notice provided for in
this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.

     The Receipts shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Registered Receipts.
Accordingly, the Depositary shall, in accordance with the other provisions of this Deposit
Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered Receipts evidencing the Receipts,
which (i) shall represent the aggregate number of Depositary Shares to be represented by such
Receipts, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its
nominee.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, unless
otherwise provided in the Global Registered Receipt, a Global Registered Receipt may only be
transferred in whole and only by the applicable Global Receipt Depository for such Global
Registered Receipt to a nominee of such Global Receipt Depository, or by a nominee of such Global
Receipt Depository to such Global Receipt Depository or another nominee of such Global Receipt
Depository, or by such Global Receipt Depository or any such nominee to a successor Global Receipt
Depository for such Global Registered Receipt selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee
of such successor Global Receipt Depository. Except as provided

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below, owners solely of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Receipt shall not be entitled
to receive physical delivery of the Receipts represented by such Global Registered Receipt.
Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or indirect participant of a Global Receipt
Depository shall have any rights under this Deposit Agreement with respect to any Global Registered
Receipt held on their behalf by a Global Receipt Depository and such Global Receipt Depository may
be treated by the Company, the Depositary and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company or the Depositary as the holder of such Global Registered Receipt for all purposes
whatsoever. Unless and until definitive Receipts are delivered to the owners of the beneficial
interests in a Global Registered Receipt, (1) the applicable Global Receipt Depository will make
book-entry transfers among its participants and receive and transmit all payments and distributions
in respect of the Global Registered Receipts to such participants, in each case, in accordance with
its applicable procedures and arrangements, and (2) whenever any notice, payment or other
communication to the holders of Global Registered Receipts is required under this Deposit
Agreement, the Company and the Depositary shall give all such notices, payments and communications
specified herein to be given to such holders to the applicable Global Receipt Depository.

     If an Exchange Event has occurred with respect to any Global Registered Receipt, then, in any
such event, the Depositary shall, upon receipt of a written order from the Company for the
execution and delivery of individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global
Registered Receipt, shall execute and deliver, individual definitive registered Receipts, in
authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Registered Receipt in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt.

     Definitive registered Receipts issued in exchange for a Global Registered Receipt pursuant to
this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Global
Receipt Depository for such Global Registered Receipt, pursuant to instructions from its
participants, shall instruct the Depositary in writing. The Depositary shall deliver such Receipts
to the persons in whose names such Receipts are so registered.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deposit Agreement, should the Company
determine that the Receipts should be issued as a Global Registered Receipt, the parties hereto
shall comply with the terms of each Letter of Representations.

     SECTION 2.02. Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect
Thereof. Concurrently with the execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Company is delivering
to the Depositary a certificate or certificates, registered in the name of the Depositary and
evidencing 1,500 shares of Preferred Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the
Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the
Depositary, together with (i) all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in
accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and (ii) a written letter of instruction
of the Company directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of,
the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares
representing such deposited Preferred Stock. The Depositary acknowledges receipt of the deposited
Preferred Stock and related documentation and agrees to hold such deposited Preferred

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Stock in an account to be established by the Depositary at the Corporate Office or at such other
office as the Depositary shall determine. The Depositary acknowledges that the Company has
appointed National City Bank as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Preferred Stock deposited
hereunder and for the Depositary Shares and, as such, the Registrar shall issue and deliver the
Preferred Stock as directed by the Company and shall register and deliver the Depositary Shares in
accordance with the written instructions of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and shall reflect changes in the
number of shares (including any fractional shares) of deposited Preferred Stock and/or the
Depositary Shares held by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method. The Depositary
also acknowledges that the Company may deposit additional shares of Preferred Stock from time to
time after the date hereof.

     If required by the Depositary, Preferred Stock presented for deposit by the Company at any
time, whether or not the register of stockholders of the Company is closed, shall also be
accompanied by an agreement or assignment, or other instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that
will provide for the prompt transfer to the Depositary or its nominee of any distribution or right
to subscribe for additional Preferred Stock or to receive other property that any person in whose
name the Preferred Stock is or has been registered may thereafter receive upon or in respect of
such deposited Preferred Stock, or in lieu thereof such agreement of indemnity or other agreement
as shall be satisfactory to the Depositary.

     Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Preferred Stock deposited
hereunder, together with the other documents specified above, and upon registering such Preferred
Stock in the name of the Depositary, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or persons named
in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this
Section 2.02 a Receipt or Receipts for the number of whole Depositary Shares representing the
Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such
person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the
Corporate Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of any person requesting such
delivery, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such person.

     Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other reclassifications affecting the
Preferred Stock, or in the case of distributions of Preferred Stock, if any, there shall be
deposited hereunder not more than the number of shares constituting the Preferred Stock as set
forth in the Certificate of Designation, as such may be amended.

     The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such quantities of Receipts as
the Depositary may request to enable the Depositary to perform its obligations under this Deposit
Agreement.

     SECTION 2.03. Optional Redemption of Preferred Stock for Cash. Whenever the Company
shall elect to redeem shares of deposited Preferred Stock for cash in accordance with the
provisions of the Certificate of Designation, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of the date of such
proposed redemption and of the number of such shares of Preferred Stock held by the Depositary

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to be redeemed and the applicable redemption price, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation,
including the amount, if any, of declared and unpaid dividends thereon to and including the date
fixed for redemption, without regard for any undeclared dividends. In connection with such notice,
the Company shall cause the Registrar to provide to the Depositary an updated registry of holders
of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage
prepaid, notice of the redemption of Preferred Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of
the Depositary Shares representing the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares
(the “redemption date”), to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to
be so redeemed, provided that if the Depositary Shares are held in the form of Global Registered
Receipts through the Global Receipt Depositary, the Company may provide such notice of redemption
in any manner permitted by such Global Receipt Depositary. No failure to give such notice or any
defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the sufficiency of notice or validity of the
proceedings for redemption except as to a holder to whom notice was defective or not given. A
redemption notice which has been mailed in the manner provided herein shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given on the date mailed whether or not the holder received the
redemption notice. The Company shall provide the Depositary with such notice, and each such notice
shall state: the redemption date; the redemption price and accrued and unpaid dividends payable on
the redemption date; the number of shares of deposited Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares to be
redeemed; if fewer than all the Depositary Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the number
of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; the place or places where Receipts
evidencing the Depositary Shares to be redeemed are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
price and declared and unpaid dividends (without regard for any undeclared dividends) payable on
the redemption date; and that from and after the redemption date dividends in respect of the
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer
than all of the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be
redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional
Depositary Shares) or by any other equitable method determined by the Company.

     In the event that notice of redemption has been made as described in the immediately preceding
paragraph and the Company shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to the Depositary the
redemption price (determined pursuant to the Certificate of Designation) of the Preferred Stock
deposited with the Depositary to be redeemed (including any declared and unpaid dividends to and
including the redemption date, without regard for any undeclared dividends), the Depositary shall
redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Stock so called for redemption
by the Company and from and after the redemption date (unless the Company shall have failed to pay
for the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company’s notice
provided for in the preceding paragraph), all dividends in respect of the shares of Preferred Stock
called for redemption shall cease to accrue, the Depositary Shares called for redemption shall be
deemed no longer to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price plus all declared and unpaid
dividends to and including the redemption date, without regard for any undeclared dividends) shall,
to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender in accordance with
said notice of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for
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applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed at a redemption price of
$25.00 per Depositary Share plus all declared and unpaid dividends to and including the redemption
date, without regard for any undeclared dividends. The foregoing shall be further subject to the
terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designation. In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement and the provisions of the Certificate of Designation, the
provisions of the Certificate of Designation will govern and the Company will instruct the
Depositary accordingly.

     If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption,
the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary,
together with payment of the redemption price for and all other amounts payable in respect of the
Depositary Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing such holder’s Depositary Shares
evidenced by such prior Receipt that are not called for redemption.

     The Company acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the Depositary in connection
with the performance of the services described herein will be in the name of the Depositary and
that the Depositary may receive investment earnings in connection with the investment at the
Depositary’s risk and for its benefit of funds held in those accounts from time to time.

     SECTION 2.04. Registration of Transfers of Receipts. The Depositary acknowledges
that the Company has appointed National City Bank as the Registrar and Transfer Agent for the
Receipts and, as such, the Registrar shall register on its books from time to time transfers of
Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, agent
or representative, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer
or endorsement and including a guarantee of the signature thereon by a participant in a signature
guarantee medallion program approved by the Securities Transfer Association (a “Signature
Guarantee”), together with evidence of the payment of any transfer taxes as may be required by
applicable law.

     SECTION 2.05. Combinations and Split-ups of Receipts. Upon surrender of a Receipt or
Receipts at the office of the Transfer Agent, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts to the Transfer Agent
in the authorized denominations requested evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.

     SECTION 2.06. Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock. Any holder of
a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw any or all of the whole shares of deposited Preferred Stock
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts and all money and other
property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at
the Corporate Office or at such other office as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals.
Fractional shares of Preferred Stock may not be withdrawn by any holder. After such surrender,
without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the person or
persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of such
Preferred Stock and all such money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for

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withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Preferred Stock will not thereafter be entitled to
deposit such Preferred Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. If the Receipt or
Receipts delivered by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall
evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing
the number of whole shares of deposited Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at
the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Preferred Stock and such money and
other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver to such holder, or upon his order, a new Receipt
or Receipts evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of such Preferred Stock
and such money and other property being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates,
documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate, which, if required
by the Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of
transfer or endorsement.

     If the deposited Preferred Stock and the money and other property being withdrawn are to be
delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being
surrendered for withdrawal of Preferred Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the
Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the
Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such whole shares of Preferred
Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or
endorsement in blank with a Signature Guarantee.

     The Depositary shall deliver the whole shares of deposited Preferred Stock and the money and
other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts surrendered for
withdrawal at the Corporate Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder
surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may
be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.

     SECTION 2.07. Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-up, Combination.
As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, transfer, split-up, combination, surrender
or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary or the Company may require any or all of the following:
(i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the
Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other governmental
charge with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to the Preferred Stock
being withdrawn); (ii) the production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature (or the authority of any signature), including a Signature Guarantee;
and (iii) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish
consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and as may be required by any securities
exchange upon which the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be
included for quotation or listed.

     The transfer of Receipts may be refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination, surrender,
exchange or redemption of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the
register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed reasonably
necessary or advisable by the Depositary or the Company at any time or from time to time because of
any requirement of applicable law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under
any provision of this Deposit Agreement.

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     SECTION 2.08. Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated or
destroyed or lost or stolen, the Transfer Agent in its discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt
of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in
substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, provided that the holder thereof provides
the Transfer Agent with (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent of such
destruction, loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his ownership
thereof and (ii) reasonable indemnification and the provision of an open penalty surety bond, in
each case, satisfactory to the Transfer Agent and the Company and holding the Transfer Agent and
the Company harmless.

     SECTION 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts
surrendered to the Depositary shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by
applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy such Receipts so cancelled.

ARTICLE III

CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY

     SECTION 3.01. Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a
Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence or other information and
to execute such certificates as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or
proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of any Receipt, the
transfer, redemption or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the deposited Preferred Stock
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt, the distribution of any distribution
or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof, until such proof or other information is
filed or such certificates are executed.

     SECTION 3.02. Payment of Fees and Expenses. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated
to make payments to the Depositary of certain fees and expenses, as provided in Section 5.09, or
provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary that such fees and expenses have been
paid. Until such payment is made, transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of the Preferred Stock
or money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt
may be refused, any distribution may be withheld, and any part or all of the Preferred Stock or
other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the
account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder a
reasonable number of days prior to such sale). Any distribution so withheld and the proceeds of any
such sale may be applied to any payment of such fees or expenses, the holder of such Receipt
remaining liable for any deficiency.

     SECTION 3.03. Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Stock. In the case of
the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock hereunder, the Company shall be deemed thereby to
represent and warrant that the Preferred Stock and each certificate therefor are valid and that
such deposit has been duly authorized. The Company hereby further represents and warrants that such
Preferred Stock, is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Such representations and
warranties shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of Receipts.

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     SECTION 3.04. Representation and Warranty as to Receipts and Depositary Shares. The
Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will evidence legal and
valid interests in the Depositary Shares and each Depositary Share will represent a legal and valid
fractional interest in a share of deposited Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Share.
Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance
of Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares.

ARTICLE IV

THE PREFERRED STOCK; NOTICES

     SECTION 4.01. Dividends and Other Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall
receive any dividend or other cash distributions on the deposited Preferred Stock, including any
cash received upon redemption of any shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2.03, the
Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record
date fixed pursuant to Section 4.04 such amounts of such sum as are, as nearly as practicable, in
proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such
holders; provided, however, that, in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law to
withhold and shall withhold from any cash distribution in respect of the Preferred Stock an amount
on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court process, the amount made
available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced
accordingly. The Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may
be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Receipts
a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributable shall be held by the Depositary
(without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next
sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then outstanding.

     SECTION 4.02. Distributions Other Than Cash. Whenever the Depositary shall receive
any distribution other than cash on the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to
Section 3.02, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to
Section 4.04 such amounts of the securities or other property received by it as are, as nearly as
practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts
held by such holders, in any manner that the Depositary and the Company may deem equitable and
practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary after
consultation with the Company, such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record
holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary
withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company,
such distribution not to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt
such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution,
including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or other property thus received,
or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as the Depositary may deem proper.
The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.02, be distributed or made available
for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided
by Section 4.01 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not be
obligated hereunder to make any distribution of such securities to the

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holders of Receipts unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary, upon request of the
Depositary, an opinion of counsel stating that such securities have been registered under the
Securities Act or do not need to be registered thereunder in order to be freely transferable.

     SECTION 4.03. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall
at any time offer or cause to be offered with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock any rights,
preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences
or privileges of any other nature, the offering of such rights, preferences or privileges shall in
each such instance be communicated to the Depositary and thereafter made available by the
Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall instruct
(including by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or
privileges); provided, however, that (a) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights,
preferences or privileges the Company determines upon advice of its legal counsel that it is not
lawful or feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to the holders of
Receipts (by the issue of warrants or otherwise) or (b) if and to the extent instructed by holders
of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, the Depositary
shall then, if so instructed by the Company, and if applicable laws or the terms of such rights,
preferences or privileges so permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such holders at
public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net
proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.01 and Section 3.02, be distributed by the
Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.01 in the
case of a distribution received in cash. The Depositary shall not be obligated hereunder to make
any distribution of such rights, preferences or privileges, unless the Company shall have provided
to the Depositary, upon request of the Depositary, an opinion of counsel stating that such rights,
preferences or privileges have been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be
registered thereunder in order to be freely transferable.

     SECTION 4.04. Notice of Distributions; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of Receipts.
Whenever any dividend or other cash distributions shall become payable, any distribution other
than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered,
with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of
(i) any meeting at which holders of such Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders
of such Preferred Stock are entitled to notice or (ii) any election on the part of the Company to
redeem any shares of such Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record
date (which shall be the same date as the record date, if any, fixed by the Company with respect to
the Preferred Stock) for the determination of the holders of Receipts (a) who shall be entitled to
receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the
sale thereof, (b) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at
any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or (c) whose Depositary Shares are to be so
redeemed.

     SECTION 4.05. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the
holders of deposited Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice, which shall be provided by
the Company (along with an updated registry of record holders of Receipts evidencing Depositary
Shares as of the record date for such meeting to be provided by the Registrar) and

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which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a
statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified record date fixed
pursuant to Section 4.04 will be entitled, subject to any applicable provision of law, to instruct
the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Stock
represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in
which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of a Receipt on such
record date, the Depositary shall vote or cause to be voted the amount of Preferred Stock
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt in accordance with the instructions
set forth in such request. To the extent any such instructions request the voting of a fractional
interest of a share of deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary shall aggregate such interest with
all other fractional interests resulting from requests with the same voting instructions and shall
vote the number of whole votes resulting from such aggregation in accordance with the instructions
received in such requests. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable action that may be
reasonably deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such
Preferred Stock or cause such Preferred Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions
from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. The Depositary
shall not be required or allowed to exercise discretion in voting any Preferred Stock represented
by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.

     SECTION 4.06. Changes Affecting Preferred Stock; Reclassifications, Recapitalizations,
etc. Upon any change in par or stated value, split-up, combination or any other
reclassification of Preferred Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
amalgamation or consolidation affecting the Company or to which the Company is a party, or upon the
sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, the Depositary shall, upon the
instructions of the Company, (i) make such adjustments in (a) the fraction of an interest
represented by one Depositary Share in one share of Preferred Stock and (b) the ratio of the
redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price of a share of Preferred Stock, in
each case as may be required by or as is consistent with the provisions of the Certificate of
Designation to fully reflect the effects of such change in liquidation preference, split-up,
combination or other reclassification of stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization,
merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or of such sale and (ii) treat any shares of stock or other
securities or property (including cash) that shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or
upon conversion of or in respect of the Preferred Stock as new deposited property under this
Deposit Agreement, and Receipts then outstanding shall thenceforth represent the proportionate
interests of holders thereof in the new deposited property so received in exchange for or upon
conversion of or in respect of such Preferred Stock. In any such case the Depositary may, in its
discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts, or may call
for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically
describing such new deposited property. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of
Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par or stated
value, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Stock, or any such
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or any such sale of
substantially all the assets of the Company to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with
instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or
for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property
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the deposited Preferred Stock evidenced by such Receipts might have been converted or for which
such Preferred Stock might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective
date of such transaction, subject to any subsequent change in par or stated value, split-up,
combination or other reclassification or any subsequent recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
amalgamation or consolidation or sale of substantially all the assets. The Company shall cause
effective provision to be made in the charter of the resulting or surviving corporation (if other
than the Company) for protection of such rights as may be applicable upon exchange of the deposited
Preferred Stock for securities or property or cash of the surviving corporation in connection with
the transactions set forth above. The Company shall cause any such surviving corporation (if other
than the Company) expressly to assume the obligations of the Company hereunder.

     SECTION 4.07. Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available for
inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate Office and at such other places as the
Depositary may from time to time deem advisable during normal business hours any reports and
communications received from the Company that are both received by the Depositary as the holder of
the deposited Preferred Stock and made generally available to the holders of the Preferred Stock.
In addition, the Depositary shall transmit certain notices and reports to the holders of Receipts
as provided in Section 5.05.

     SECTION 4.08. Lists of Receipt Holders. Promptly upon reasonable request from time
to time by the Depositary, the Company shall cause the Registrar to furnish to the Depositary a
list, as of a recent date specified by the Depositary, of the names, addresses and holdings of
Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are registered on the books of the
Registrar.

     SECTION 4.09. Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit
Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Depositary determines that any distribution in
property is subject to any tax which the Depositary is obligated by applicable law to withhold, the
Depositary may dispose of all or a portion of such property in such amounts and in such manner as
the Depositary reasonably deems necessary and practicable to pay such taxes, by public or private
sale, and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the balance of any
such property after deduction of such taxes to the holders of Receipts entitled thereto in
proportion to the number of Depositary Shares held by them, respectively; provided, however, that
in the event the Depositary determines that such distribution of property is subject to withholding
tax only with respect to some but not all holders of Receipts, the Depositary will use its best
efforts (i) to sell only that portion of such property distributable to such holders that is
required to generate sufficient proceeds to pay such withholding tax and (ii) to effect any such
sale in such a manner so as to avoid affecting the rights of any other holders of Receipts to
receive such distribution in property.

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ARTICLE V

THE DEPOSITARY AND THE COMPANY

     SECTION 5.01. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Registrar.
The Company shall cause the Registrar to maintain facilities for the execution and delivery,
transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts and the
withdrawal of Preferred Stock.

     If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred Stock represented
by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock
exchange, or quoted on any interdealer quotation system, the Company will, or will cause the
Registrar to, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender, redemption and
exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Stock as maybe required by
applicable law or applicable stock exchange or quotation system regulations.

     SECTION 5.02. Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or the Company.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt, if
by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of the United
States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary or the
Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Certificate of Incorporation or
the Certificate of Designation or, by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond
the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden
from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be
done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, the Registrar or the Company incur any liability to
any holder of a Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the
performance of any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be
done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided
for in this Deposit Agreement.

     SECTION 5.03. Obligations of the Depositary and the Company. The Depositary shall
at all times act in good faith and shall use its best efforts within reasonable time limits to
insure the accuracy of all services performed pursuant to this Deposit Agreement. The Company
assumes no obligation and shall not be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement or any
Receipt to holders of Receipts other than from acts or omissions arising out of conduct
constituting bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement.

     The
Company shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or
other proceeding with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Receipts that
in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required.

     The
Company shall not be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the
written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information provided by any holder of a Receipt
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or

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information. The Company may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice,
request, direction or other document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

     In the event the Depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or instructions from
any holders of Receipts, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, the Depositary shall
be entitled to act on such claims, requests or instructions received from the Company, and shall be
entitled to the full indemnification set forth in Section 5.06 hereof in connection with any action
so taken.

     The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote
any of the deposited Preferred Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as
any such action or non-action is in good faith and does not result from gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Depositary. The Depositary undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Deposit Agreement against the Depositary.

     The Depositary, its parent, affiliate, or subsidiaries, may own, buy, sell or deal in any
class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or
become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates may be
interested or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were
not the Depositary hereunder. If so appointed, the Depositary may also act as transfer agent or
registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates, including, without
limitation, the Preferred Stock, the Receipts and the Depositary Shares, or act in any other
capacity for the Company or its affiliates.

     It is intended that the Depositary shall not be deemed to be an “issuer” of the securities
under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly
understood and agreed that the Depositary is acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depositary
for the deposited Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Depositary agrees to comply with all
information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Deposit
Agreement in its capacity as Depositary.

     The Depositary makes no representation and has no responsibility as to the validity of the
registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities
Act, the deposited Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares, the Receipts (except its
countersignature thereon) or any instruments referred to therein or herein, or as to the
correctness of any statement made therein or herein; provided, however, that the Depositary is
responsible for its representations in this Deposit Agreement and for the validity of any action
taken or required to be taken by the Depositary in connection with this Deposit Agreement.

     The Company represents that it has registered the deposited Preferred Stock and the Depositary
Shares for sale in accordance with applicable securities laws.

     SECTION 5.04. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor
Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by notice of its

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election to do so delivered to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of
a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

     The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered
to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.

     In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company
shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may
be, appoint a successor depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal
office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If a successor depositary shall not have been appointed in 60 days, the resigning
Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor depositary. Every
successor depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument
in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor depositary, without
any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit
Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the
Company, shall promptly execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights
and powers of such predecessor hereunder, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all rights,
title and interest in the deposited Preferred Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to
such successor. Any successor depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the
record holders of Receipts.

     Any corporation or other legal entity into or with which the Depositary may be merged,
consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing
of any document or any further act. Such successor depositary may execute the Receipts either in
the name of the predecessor depositary or in the name of the successor depositary.

     SECTION 5.05. Notices, Reports and Documents. The Company agrees that it will
deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof transmit to the
record holders of Receipts, in each case at the address included in the updated registry to be
provided by the Registrar to the Depositary in connection with any such delivery by the Company,
copies of all notices and reports (including financial statements) required by law, by the rules of
any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system upon which the Preferred Stock,
the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or quoted or by the Certificate of Incorporation
and the Certificate of Designation to be furnished by the Company to holders of the deposited
Preferred Stock and, if requested by the holder of any Receipt, a copy of this Deposit Agreement,
the form of Receipt, the Certificate of Designation and the form of Preferred Stock. Such
transmission will be at the Company’s expense and the Company will provide the Depositary with such
number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the
Depositary will transmit to the record holders of Receipts at the Company’s expense such other
documents as may be requested by the Company.

     SECTION 5.06. Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify the
Depositary against, and hold it harmless from, any claim, action, suit, penalty, liability, costs

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and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any kind and nature whatsoever that may
arise out of, or in connection with, its acting as Depositary under this Deposit Agreement and the
Receipts, except for any liability arising out of the willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad
faith on the part of the Depositary. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.06
shall survive any succession of any Depositary or termination of this Deposit Agreement.

     SECTION 5.07. [Intentionally omitted.]

     SECTION 5.08 Damages. The Depositary shall not be liable for any incidental,
indirect, special or consequential damages of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to,
loss of anticipated profits (collectively, “Special Damages”), occasioned by breach of any
provision of this Deposit Agreement by the Depositary even if apprised of the possibility of such
damages. The Company shall not be liable to the Depositary for Special Damages occasioned by breach
of any provision of this Deposit Agreement by the Company even if apprised of the possibility of
such damages.

     SECTION 5.09. Fees, Charges and Expenses. No charges and expenses of the Depositary
hereunder shall be payable by any person, except as provided in this Section 5.09. The Company
shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence
of this Deposit Agreement. The Company shall also pay all fees and expenses of the Depositary in
connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts, any redemption of the Preferred Stock at the option of
the Company and all withdrawals of the Preferred Stock by holders of Receipts. If a holder of
Receipts requests the Depositary to perform duties not required under this Deposit Agreement, the
Depositary shall notify the holder of time cost of the performance of such duties prior to the
performance thereof. Upon approval of such cost by such holder, such holder will thereafter be
liable for the charges and expenses related to such performance. All other fees and expenses of the
Depositary hereunder (including, in each case, fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder will be promptly paid by the Company. The Depositary shall
present its statement for fees and expenses to the Company every month or at such other intervals
as the Company and the Depositary may agree.

     SECTION 5.10. Additional Depositary Rights and Duties. The Depositary shall:

	 	(a)	 	have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein.
Depositary shall not be liable for any improper payment made in accordance with the
information provided by the Company;
	 
	 	(b)	 	not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might, in its
judgment, involve any expense or liability, unless it has been furnished with
reasonable indemnity by the Company;
	 
	 	(c)	 	be able to rely on and shall be protected in acting on the written or oral
instructions with respect to any matter relating to its actions as Depositary
specifically covered by this Deposit Agreement, of any officer of the Company
authorized to give instructions;

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	 	(d)	 	be able to rely on and shall be protected in acting upon any certificate,
instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or any other document or security
delivered to it and believed by it reasonably and in good faith to be genuine and to
have been signed by the proper party or parties;
	 
	 	(e)	 	not be responsible for or liable in any respect on account of the identity,
authority or rights of any person executing or delivering or purporting to execute or
deliver any document or property under this Deposit Agreement, and shall have no
responsibility with respect to the use or application of any property delivered by it
pursuant to the provisions hereof;
	 
	 	(f)	 	be able to consult with counsel satisfactory to it (including counsel for the
Company) and the advice or opinion 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 accordance with advice or opinion of such counsel;
	 
	 	(g)	 	not be liable for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection
with this Deposit Agreement except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or
bad faith;
	 
	 	(h)	 	not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver or modification of this
Deposit Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a writing delivered
to the Depositary signed by the proper authority or authorities;
	 
	 	(i)	 	have no duty to enforce any obligation of any person to make delivery, or to
direct or cause any delivery to be made, or to enforce any obligation of any person to
perform any other act; and
	 
	 	(j)	 	have the right to assume, in the absence of written notice to the contrary from
the proper person or persons, that a fact or an event by reason of which an action
would or might be taken by the Depositary does not exist or has not occurred without
incurring liability for any action taken or omitted, or any action suffered by the
Depositary to be taken or omitted, in good faith or in the exercise of the Depositary’s
best judgment, in reliance upon such assumption.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

     SECTION 6.01. Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provision of this Deposit
Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the
Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no
such amendment (other than any change in the fees of the Depositary that are payable by the
Company) which (i) shall materially and adversely alter any substantial existing right of the
holders of Receipts or (ii) would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the

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rights granted to the holders of the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation
shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of Receipts
evidencing at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. In no event shall any
amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Section 2.06 and Section 2.07 and
Article III, of any holder of any Depositary Shares to surrender the Receipt evidencing such
Depositary Shares with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the whole shares of
the deposited Preferred Stock and all money and other property if any, represented thereby, except
in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. Every holder of an outstanding
Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold
such Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as
amended thereby.

     SECTION 6.02. Termination. This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Depositary, whereupon the Depositary shall
deliver or make available to each holder of a Receipt, upon surrender of the Receipt held by such
holder, such number of whole or fractional shares of deposited Preferred Stock as are represented
by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt, together with any other property held by the
Depositary in respect of such Receipt. This Deposit Agreement will automatically terminate if
(i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been (A) redeemed pursuant to Section 2.03 and/or
(B) surrendered in connection with withdrawal of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2.06, or
(ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the deposited Preferred Stock in
connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution
shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts entitled thereto.

     Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, (i) the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary under
Section 5.06 and Section 5.09 and (ii) the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations
under this Deposit Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 7.01. Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such
counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Deposit Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement.

     SECTION 7.02. Exclusive Benefits of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the
exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not
be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.

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     SECTION 7.03. Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

     SECTION 7.04. Notices. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices,
requests, demands and other communications hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing,
shall be delivered by hand or by First Class Mail, postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when
received and shall be addressed to the Depositary and the Company at the respective addresses
listed below or to such other addresses as they shall designate from time to time in writing,
forwarded in like manner.

     If to the Depositary, to:

Wilmington Trust Company

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-1615

Attention: Corporate Capital Markets

Telephone: (302) 636-1000

Telecopy: (302) 636-4140

     If to the Company, to:

National City Corporation

1900 East Ninth Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Attention: Carlton Langer

Telephone: (216) 222-3339

Facsimile: (216) 222-2336

     Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by First
Class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder
as it appears on the books of the Depositary or, if such holder shall have filed with the
Depositary in a timely manner a written request that notices intended for such holder he mailed to
some other address, at the address designated in such request.

     SECTION 7.05. Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to
time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement amid shall be bound by all of the
terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof.

     SECTION 7.06. Governing Law. This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and all rights
hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflicts of
law provisions.

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     SECTION 7.07. Inspection of Deposit Agreement and Certificate of Designation. Copies
of this Deposit Agreement and the Certificate of Designation shall be filed with the Depositary and
shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Corporate Office by any holder of any
Receipt.

     SECTION 7.08. Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit
Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted
for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or to have any
bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.

[Signatures appear on next page]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have caused this Deposit Agreement to be
duly executed on their behalf as of the day and year first above set forth and all holders of
Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued
in accordance with the terms hereof.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Thomas A. Richlovsky
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Thomas A. Richlovsky
	 

	 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ J. Christopher Murphy
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	J. Christopher Murphy
	 

	 	Title:	 	Financial Services Officer
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NATIONAL CITY BANK	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Sherry L. Damore
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Sherry L. Damore
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]

DEPOSITARY SHARES

DR

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH

REPRESENTING 1/4,000TH OF ONE SHARE OF

9.875% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F,

OF

NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

CUSIP 635405 707

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

     Wilmington Trust Company, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co.
is the registered owner of 6,000,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES (“Depositary Shares”), each Depositary Share
representing 1/4,000th of one share of 9.875% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred
Stock, Series F, no par value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share, (the “Stock”), of
National City Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), on deposit with the
Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of
January 30, 2008 (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Corporation, the Depositary, National City
Bank, as transfer agent and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts. By accepting
this Depositary Receipt, the holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the
terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Depositary Receipt shall not be valid or
obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall
have been executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer or, if
executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary
Receipts by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.

     This Depositary Receipt is transferable in New York, New York.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Dated: January 30, 2008

 	 
	 	Wilmington Trust Company, Depositary

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]

NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION

     NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH RECEIPTHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS A
COPY OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND A COPY OR SUMMARY OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS ESTABLISHING THE
9.875% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE NON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F, OF NATIONAL CITY
CORPORATION. ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS
RECEIPT.

     The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each
class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or to
the Transfer Agent.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

     The following abbreviations when used in the form of ownership on the face of this certificate
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations. Abbreviations in addition to those appearing below may be used.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Abbreviation	 	Equivalent Phrase	 	Abbreviation	 	Equivalent Phrase
	JT TEN

	 	As joint tenants,
with right of
survivorship and
not as tenants in
common
	 	TEN BY ENT
	 	As tenants by the

entireties
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TEN IN COM

	 	As tenants in common
	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
	 	Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Abbreviation	 	Equivalent Word	 	Abbreviation	 	Equivalent Word	 	Abbreviation	 	Equivalent Word
	ADM

	 	Administrator(s),
Administratrix
	 	EX
	 	Executor(s),
Executrix
	 	PAR
	 	Paragraph
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	AGMT

	 	Agreement
	 	FBO
	 	For the benefit of
	 	PL
	 	Public Law
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ART

	 	Article
	 	FDN
	 	Foundation
	 	TR
	 	(As) trustee(s),
for, of
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CH

	 	Chapter
	 	GDN
	 	Guardian(s)
	 	U
	 	Under
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CUST

	 	Custodian for
	 	GDNSHP
	 	Guardianship
	 	UA
	 	Under agreement
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DEC

	 	Declaration
	 	MIN
	 	Minor(s)
	 	UW
	 	Under will of, Of
will of, Under last
will & testament
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EST

	 	Estate, of Estate of	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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     For value received,            hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF

ASSIGNEE

Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint            Attorney to transfer the said Depositary
Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                    

NOTICE: The signature
to the assignment must correspond with the name
as written upon the face
of this Receipt in every
particular, without
alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

NOTICE: 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 Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

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