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			Exhibit 10.34
		

		
			INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
		

		
			THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November ___, 2019 between FERRELLGAS PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), and ________________ (“Indemnitee”).
		

		
			RECITALS:
		

		
			WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve business enterprises as directors or officers or in other executive or management capacities, including serving as a director, officer or agent for the general partner of a limited partnership, unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the business enterprise;
		

		
			WHEREAS, Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is the sole general partner of the Partnership (the “GP”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals to provide services on behalf of the Partnership, the Partnership will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Partnership and its affiliates from certain liabilities.  Although the maintenance of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based business enterprises, the Partnership believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions.  At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the business enterprise itself.  Section 6.7 of the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership ("LPA") requires indemnification of the officers and directors of the Partnership and of the GP.  Section 6.7 of the LPA expressly provides that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Partnership and persons such as the Indemnitee with respect to indemnification;
		

		
			WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;
		

		
			WHEREAS, the GP has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Partnership and its partners and that the Partnership should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
		

		
			WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Partnership contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Partnership and the GP on behalf of the Partnership free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified or have expenses advanced;
		

		
			WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Section 6.7 of the LPA and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Indemnitee thereunder; and
		

		
			WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Section 6.7 of the LPA and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve, or to continue to serve, as an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Partnership desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity.  Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Partnership on the condition that he be so indemnified; and
		

		
			NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve, or to continue to serve, as an officer, director, agent or representative of the GP in connection with the provision of services to and to undertake activities relating to the Partnership's business and affairs from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
		

		
			1.         Indemnity of Indemnitee.  The Partnership hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time.  In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof.
		

		
			(a)        Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Partnership.  Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status (as hereinafter defined), the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Partnership.  Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, or on Indemnitee's behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.
		

		
			(b)        Proceedings by or in the Right of the Partnership.  Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Partnership.  Pursuant to this Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee, or on the Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection with such Proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership; provided,  however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Partnership unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.
		

		
			(c)        Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			by law, as such may be amended from time to time, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf in connection therewith.  If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Partnership shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter.  For purposes of this Section 1(c) and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
		

		
			2.         Additional Indemnity.  In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Partnership shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf if, by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Partnership), including, without limitation, all liability arising out of the negligence or active or passive wrongdoing of or attributed to Indemnitee.  The only limitation that shall exist upon the Partnership’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Partnership shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful.
		

		
			3.         Contribution.
		

		
			(a)        Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Partnership is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Partnership shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Partnership hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee.  The Partnership shall not enter into any settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which the Partnership is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee and is otherwise reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee and Indemnitee's counsel.  For all purposes of this Agreement, "settlement" shall include any pretrial diversion agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, non-prosecution agreement, corporate plea agreement or similar arrangement with regulatory personnel or governmental prosecutors or agencies.
		

		
			(b)        Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Partnership set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which the Partnership is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), the Partnership shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the relative benefits received by the Partnership and all officers, directors or employees of the Partnership, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand,
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			and Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction or events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided,  however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Partnership and all officers, directors or employees of the Partnership and the GP other than Indemnitee who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be considered.  The relative fault of the Partnership and all officers, directors or employees of the Partnership and the GP, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive.
		

		
			(c)        The Partnership hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from, and advance all Expenses to Indemnitee in connection with, any claims of or for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or employees of the Partnership and the GP, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.
		

		
			(d)        To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Partnership, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Partnership and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Partnership and the GP (and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
		

		
			4.         Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status, a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf in connection therewith.
		

		
			5.         Advancement of Expenses.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Partnership shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by reason of Indemnitee’s Official Status within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Partnership of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding.  Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.  Any advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			6.         Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.  It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act ("DRULPA") and public policy of the State of Delaware.  Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement:
		

		
			(a)        To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Partnership a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.  The GP of the Partnership shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Audit Committee of the Partnership (as described and defined in the LPA) in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Partnership, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Partnership of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Partnership.
		

		
			(b)        Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods, which shall be at the election of the Audit Committee or, with respect to (3) only, after the occurrence of a "change in control" of the Company, at the election of the Indemnitee (1) by a majority vote of the Audit Committee, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a sub-committee of Audit Committee designated by a majority vote of the Audit Committee, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no disinterested members of the Audit Committee or if the Audit Committee so directs or at the specific request of Indemnitee after the occurrence of a "change in control" of the Company, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Audit Committee, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, or (4) if so directed by the Audit Committee, by the holders of the Outstanding Units (as defined in the LPA) of the Partnership.  For purposes hereof, disinterested directors are those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.  For purposes of this Section 6(b), "change in control" of the Company shall mean (i) a change (whether occasioned by resignation or removal of directors in place as of the date of this Agreement, by the addition of new directors or otherwise) occurring after the date of this Agreement in the persons constituting a majority of the Board of the GP or of the board of the GP's sole shareholder, Ferrellgas Companies, Inc. ("FCI"); or (ii) the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of an issuance, sale or other transfer or other disposition, whether by merger, conversion transaction, foreclosure, reorganization or otherwise, of shares or other securities that constitute 50% or more of the outstanding shares of the GP or of FCI; or (iii) the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of a sale, or other transfer, however effected, in one transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the GP, of FCI or of the Company.
		

		
			(c)        If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c).  The Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Audit
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Committee. Indemnitee may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Partnership a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion.  Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel.  If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit.  If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Partnership or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Indemnitee to the Partnership’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof.  The Partnership shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, and the Partnership shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed.
		

		
			(d)        In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement.  Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.  Neither the failure of the Partnership (including by the Audit Committee or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor the identification by the Partnership in any settlement of Indemnitee as a wrongdoer or other admission by the Partnership with respect to Indemnitee in any settlement, nor an actual determination by the Partnership (including by the Audit Committee or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
		

		
			(e)        Without limiting the effects of the LPA, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise (as hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise.  In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.  Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.  Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
		

		
			(f)         If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Partnership of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided,  however, that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(f) shall not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the holders of the Outstanding Units pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Partnership of the request for such determination, the Audit Committee resolves to submit such determination to the holders of the Outstanding Units for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of holders of the Outstanding Units is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat.
		

		
			(g)        Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination.  Any Independent Counsel, member of the Audit Committee or holders of the Outstanding Units of the Partnership shall act reasonably and in good faith in making a determination regarding the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement.  Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Partnership (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Partnership hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
		

		
			(h)        The Partnership acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty.  In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding.  Anyone seeking to
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence.
		

		
			(i)         The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement, corporate plea agreement, pretrial diversion agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, non-prosecution agreement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
		

		
			7.         Remedies of Indemnitee.
		

		
			(a)        In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Partnership of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Partnership of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification.  Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7(a).  The Partnership shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication.
		

		
			(b)        In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b).
		

		
			(c)        If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Partnership shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
		

		
			(d)        In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, seeks a judicial adjudication of the Indemnitee's rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Partnership, the Partnership shall pay on Indemnitee's behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Agreement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in such judicial adjudication, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery.
		

		
			(e)        The Partnership shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Partnership is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.  The Partnership shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Partnership of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Partnership under this Agreement or under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Partnership, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.
		

		
			(f)         Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
		

		
			8.         Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Primacy of Indemnification; Subrogation.
		

		
			(a)        The rights of indemnification as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the LPA, any agreement, a vote of the holders of the Outstanding Units, a resolution of directors of the GP, or otherwise.  No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Official Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.  To the extent that a change in the DRULPA, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the LPA and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.  No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
		

		
			(b)        To the extent that the Partnership maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents or fiduciaries of the Partnership or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person serves at the request of the Partnership, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under such policy or policies.  If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Partnership has directors' and officers' liability insurance in effect, the Partnership shall give
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.  The Partnership shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
		

		
			(c)        The Partnership hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by or on behalf of the GP.  The Partnership hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the GP to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and Section 6.7 of the LPA, without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the GP, and (iii)  that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the GP from any and all claims against the GP for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.  The Partnership further agrees that no advancement or payment by the GP on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Partnership shall affect the foregoing and the GP shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Partnership.  The Partnership and Indemnitee agree that the GP is an express third party beneficiary of the terms of this Section 8(c).
		

		
			(d)        Except as provided in paragraph (c) above, in the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the GP), who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
		

		
			(e)        The Partnership shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
		

		
			(f)         The Partnership's obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Partnership as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
		

		
			9.         Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Partnership shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
		

		
			(a)        for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided, that
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or the Fund Indemnitors set forth in Section 8(c) above; or
		

		
			(b)        for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
		

		
			(c)        in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Partnership or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the GP authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Partnership provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Partnership under applicable law.
		

		
			10.       Duration of Agreement.  All agreements and obligations of the Partnership contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the GP or the Partnership (or is or was serving at the request of the Partnership as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) and for a further period of four (4) years and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his Official Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Partnership), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives.
		

		
			11.       Security.  To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the GP, the Partnership may at any time and from time to time provide security to Indemnitee for the Partnership’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral.  Any such security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
		

		
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			(a)        The Partnership expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as an officer or director of the Partnership and agent of the Partnership with respect to the MLP, and the Partnership acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as an officer or director of the Partnership and agent of the Partnership with respect to the MLP.
		

		
			(b)        This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)        The Partnership shall not seek from a court, or agree to, a "bar order" which would have the effect of prohibiting or limiting the Indemnitee's rights to receive advancement of expenses under this Agreement.
		

		
			13.       Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement:
		

		
			(a)        “Official Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Partnership, the GP or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Partnership.  Proceedings relating to acts or omissions of Indemnitee as a GP representative or agent in the affairs of the Partnership are, for all purposes of this Agreement, deemed to be Proceedings made against Indemnitee by reason of Indemnitee's Official Status.
		

		
			(b)        “Enterprise” shall mean the Partnership and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee is or was serving at the express written request of the Partnership as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
		

		
			(c)        “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding.  Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent.  Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
		

		
			(d)        “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Partnership or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Partnership or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.  The Partnership agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			 (e)        “Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Partnership or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of his or her Official Status, by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any inaction on his part while acting in his or her Official Status; in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce his rights under this Agreement.
		

		
			14.       Severability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.  In the event any provision hereof conflicts with any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.
		

		
			15.       Modification and Waiver.  No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
		

		
			16.       Notice By Indemnitee.  Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Partnership in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder.  The failure to so notify the Partnership shall not relieve the Partnership of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Partnership.
		

		
			17.       Notices.  All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt.  All communications shall be sent:
		

		
			(a)        To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee signature hereto.
		

		
			(b)        To the Partnership at:
		

		
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			Liberty, MO 64068
Attention: General Counsel
		

		
			or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Partnership or to the Partnership by Indemnitee, as the case may be.
		

		
			18.       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same the same instrument.  Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
		

		
			19.       Headings.  The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
		

		
			20.       Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction.  This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Partnership and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.
		

		
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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement on and as of the day and year first above written.
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
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						By: FERRELLGAS, INC., its Sole General Partner

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
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 Exhibit 4.1 

DEPOSIT AGREEMENT 

among 
 SVB FINANCIAL
GROUP 
 as Issuer 

and 
 AMERICAN STOCK
TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, 
 as Depositary 

and 
 THE HOLDERS FROM
TIME TO TIME OF THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS 
 DESCRIBED HEREIN 

Dated as of December 9, 2019 

							
	ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS	  	 	1	 
			
	 Section 1.1.
	 	Definitions	  	 	1	 
		
	ARTICLE II FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF THE PREFERRED SHARES, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS	  	 	3	 
			
	 Section 2.1.
	 	Form and Transfer of Receipts	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.2.
	 	Deposit of the Preferred Shares; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.3.
	 	Registration of Transfer of Receipts	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.4.
	 	Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of the Preferred Shares	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.5.
	 	Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts	  	 	6	 
	 Section 2.6.
	 	Lost Receipts, etc.	  	 	7	 
	 Section 2.7.
	 	Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts	  	 	7	 
	 Section 2.8.
	 	Redemption of the Preferred Shares	  	 	7	 
	 Section 2.9.
	 	Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form	  	 	8	 
		
	ARTICLE III CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY	  	 	9	 
			
	 Section 3.1.
	 	Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information	  	 	9	 
	 Section 3.2.
	 	Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges	  	 	10	 
	 Section 3.3.
	 	Warranty as to the Preferred Shares	  	 	10	 
	 Section 3.4.
	 	Warranty as to Receipts	  	 	10	 
		
	ARTICLE IV THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES	  	 	10	 
			
	 Section 4.1.
	 	Cash Distributions	  	 	10	 
	 Section 4.2.
	 	Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges	  	 	12	 
	 Section 4.3.
	 	Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges	  	 	12	 
	 Section 4.4.
	 	Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.5.
	 	Voting Rights	  	 	13	 
	 Section 4.6.
	 	Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc.	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.7.
	 	Delivery of Reports	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.8.
	 	Lists of Receipt Holders	  	 	14	 
	 Section 4.9.
	 	Withholding	  	 	14	 
		
	ARTICLE V THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE CORPORATION	  	 	15	 
			
	 Section 5.1.
	 	Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar	  	 	15	 

							
	 Section 5.2.
	 	Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the Company	  	 	15	 
	 Section 5.3.
	 	Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, Transfer Agent and the Company	  	 	16	 
	 Section 5.4.
	 	Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary	  	 	19	 
	 Section 5.5.
	 	Corporate Notices and Reports	  	 	20	 
	 Section 5.6.
	 	Indemnification by the Company	  	 	20	 
	 Section 5.7.
	 	Fees, Charges and Expenses	  	 	21	 
		
	ARTICLE VI AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION	  	21	 
			
	 Section 6.1.
	 	Amendment	  	 	21	 
	 Section 6.2.
	 	Termination	  	 	22	 
		
	ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS	  	22	 
			
	 Section 7.1.
	 	Counterparts	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.2.
	 	Exclusive Benefit of Parties	  	 	22	 
	 Section 7.3.
	 	Invalidity of Provisions	  	 	23	 
	 Section 7.4.
	 	Notices	  	 	23	 
	 Section 7.5.
	 	Depositary’s Agents	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.6.
	 	Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of the Preferred Shares	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.7.
	 	Holders of Receipts are Parties	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.8.
	 	Governing Law	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.9.
	 	Inspection of Deposit Agreement	  	 	24	 
	 Section 7.10.
	 	Headings	  	 	25	 
	 Section 7.11.
	 	Confidentiality	  	 	25	 
	 Section 7.12.
	 	Further Assurances	  	 	25	 
			
	 Exhibit A
	 	Form of Receipt	  	 	A-1	 

 DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 9, 2019, among (a) SVB FINANCIAL GROUP, a
Delaware corporation; (b) AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (“AST”), as Depositary (as defined below); and (c) the holders from time to time of the Receipts
(as defined below). 
 WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of the Preferred
Shares (as defined below) from time to time with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of shares of the Preferred Shares so deposited;
and 
 WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, with appropriate
insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINED TERMS 
 Section 1.1.
Definitions. 
 The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this
Deposit Agreement: 
 “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person or entity, any person or entity directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other person or entity. For the purpose of this definition, “controlling,” “controlled by” or “under common control with” mean the ownership,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the operation or management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership or control of voting interests, by contract or otherwise. 

“AST” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. 

“Certificate of Designations” shall mean the relevant Certificate of Designations filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware establishing the Preferred Shares as a series of preferred stock of the Company. 
 “Company” shall mean
SVB Financial Group, a Delaware corporation, and its successors. 
 “Deposit Agreement” shall mean this Deposit Agreement,
as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. 
 “Depositary” shall mean AST and any
successor as Depositary hereunder. 
 “Depositary Shares” shall mean the depositary shares, each representing a one
fortieth (1/40th) interest in one share of the Preferred Shares, and evidenced by a Receipt. 

“Depositary’s Agent” shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 7.5. 

 “Depositary’s Office” shall mean the office of the Depositary at which
at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. 

“Distribution Date” shall mean the date on which AST, as distribution agent, is to distribute any cash dividend or other cash
distribution on the Preferred Shares to Record Holders of Receipts in accordance with Section 4.1.1. 
 “DTC” shall
mean The Depository Trust Company. 
 “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 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 registered as a clearing agency 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 Registered Receipt. 

“Funds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1. 

“Global Receipt Depository” shall mean, with respect to any Receipt issued hereunder, DTC or such other entity designated as
Global Receipt Depository by the Company in or pursuant to this Deposit Agreement, which entity 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.

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

“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 Receipt, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor
agreement thereto. 
 “Late-Day Funding” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.2. 
 “Person” shall mean any natural person, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, unincorporated association, trust or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of the foregoing. 

“Preferred Shares” shall mean the shares of the Company’s 5.250% Fixed-Rate
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series A, $1,000 liquidation amount per share, designated in the Certificate of Designations. 

“Receipt” shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, whether in definitive or temporary form, and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares held of record by the Record Holder of such Depositary Shares. 

  
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 “Record Holder” or “Holder” as applied to a Receipt shall
mean the Person in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose. 
 “Redemption
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8. 
 “Registrar” shall mean AST or such other successor
bank or trust company which shall be appointed by the Company to register ownership and transfers of Receipts or the deposited shares of Preferred Shares, as the case may be, as herein provided and if a successor Registrar shall be so appointed,
references herein to “the books” of or maintained by the Depositary shall be deemed, as applicable, to refer as well to the register maintained by such Registrar for such purpose. 

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

“Signature Guarantee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3. 

“Transfer Agent” shall mean AST or such other successor agent which shall be appointed by the Company to transfer the
Receipts or the deposited shares of Preferred Shares, as the case may be, as herein provided. 
 ARTICLE II 

FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF THE PREFERRED SHARES, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS 

Section 2.1. Form and Transfer of Receipts. 

The definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, with appropriate
insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided (but which do not affect the rights, duties, obligations or immunities of the Depositary as set forth in this Deposit Agreement without the Depositary’s consent). Pending the
preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company, delivered in compliance with Section 2.2, shall be authorized and instructed to, and 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 Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary is hereby authorized and instructed to, and 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 registered in the name (and only in the name) of the holder of the temporary Receipt(s); provided that the Depositary has been provided with all
necessary information that it may request in order to execute and deliver such definitive Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company’s expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Preferred Shares, as definitive Receipts. 

  
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 Any Receipt to be executed by the Depositary pursuant to this Deposit Agreement shall be
executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. No 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 manually or by the facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized
officer of such Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided. 

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, all as may be required by the Depositary and approved by the Company or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon
which the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipt is subject (but which do not
affect the rights, duties, obligations or immunities of the Depositary as set forth in this Deposit Agreement without the Depositary’s consent). 

Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt that is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer,
shall be transferable by delivery of such Receipt with the same effect as if such Receipt were a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of any particular Receipt shall be registered on the books of the Depositary
as provided in Section 2.3, 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 distributions of
dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes. 
 Section 2.2.
Deposit of the Preferred Shares; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. 
 Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, the Company may from time to time deposit shares of Preferred Shares under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary, including via direct registration for shares of Preferred Shares in uncertificated form, for such
shares of Preferred Shares to be deposited (or in such other manner as may be agreed to by the Company and the Depositary), properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary, together with (i) all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary pursuant to this Deposit Agreement and (ii) an instruction letter from the Company authorizing the Depositary to
register such shares of the Preferred Shares, each in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a
written order 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 evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing
such deposited shares of the Preferred Shares. 
 The shares of the Preferred Shares that are deposited shall be held by the Depositary at
the Depositary’s Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine. The Depositary shall not lend any shares of the Preferred Shares deposited hereunder. 

Upon receipt by the Depositary of shares of the Preferred Shares deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.2,
together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the shares of the Preferred Shares on the books of the Company (or its duly appointed transfer agent) in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the
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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 2.2, a Receipt or Receipts evidencing in the aggregate the number of Depositary Shares representing the shares of the Preferred Shares 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 Depositary’s Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the
Person requesting such delivery. 
 Section 2.3. Registration of Transfer of Receipts. 

The Company hereby appoints AST as the Depositary and as distribution agent for the Receipts, and AST hereby accepts such appointment, subject
to the express terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement (and no implied terms or conditions) and, as such, shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the Holder in person or by duly
authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, including a guarantee of the signature thereon by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level
acceptable to AST (a “Signature Guarantee”), together with evidence of the payment of any taxes or charges as may be required by law. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate
number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Person entitled thereto. With respect to the appointment of the Depositary as Registrar and
Transfer Agent in respect of the Receipts, the Depositary, in its capacity under such appointments, shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities and benefits as the Depositary hereunder as if explicitly named in each such provision,
and shall provide services as provided in the Certificate of Appointment of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as Transfer Agent and Registrar, dated January 2010, between the Company and the Depositary (the “Transfer
Agency Appointment”), in the performance of its duties in such respective capacities. Any references to the Depositary herein shall, to the extent applicable, mean the Depositary as the Transfer Agent and Registrar. 

Section 2.4. Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of
the Preferred Shares. 
 Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may
designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and the receipt by the Depositary of all other necessary information and documents, and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts
surrendered, and shall deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the Holder of the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered. 

Any Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may withdraw the number of whole shares of the Preferred Shares and all money and other property, if any,
represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals; provided, however, that a Holder of a Receipt or Receipts may
not withdraw such whole shares of Preferred Shares (or money and other property, if any, represented thereby) which has previously been called for redemption. After such surrender and upon the receipt of written instructions from the Holder of such
Receipt or Receipts, without unreasonable delay (provided the Company has provided the Depositary with all necessary documentation), 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 the Preferred Shares and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but Holders of such whole shares of the Preferred Shares will not

  
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thereafter be entitled to deposit such shares of the Preferred Shares hereunder or to receive a Receipt evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. Delivery of such shares of the Preferred Shares 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 (or in such other manner as may be agreed to by the Company and the
Depositary), which, if required by the Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer. If a Receipt 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 the Preferred Shares to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of the Preferred Shares
and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such Holder, or subject to Section 2.3 upon such Holder’s order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. 

In no event will fractional shares of the Preferred Shares (or any cash payment in lieu thereof) be delivered by the Depositary. Delivery of
shares of the Preferred Shares and money and other property, if any, being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate (or in such other manner as may be
agreed to by the Company and the Depositary). 
 If shares of the Preferred Shares and the money and other property, if any, being withdrawn
are to be delivered to a Person or Persons other than the Record Holder of the related Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of such shares of the Preferred Shares, 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 shares of the Preferred Shares be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer in blank. 
 Delivery of shares of the Preferred Shares and the money and other property, if any, represented by
Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary’s 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 2.5. Limitations on Execution and Delivery,
Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. 
 As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company may require (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 charges, taxes or expenses payable by the Holder of a Receipt pursuant to Section 5.7 (including any such tax or charge with respect to the
shares of Preferred Shares being deposited or withdrawn or any charges or expense pursuant to Section 3.2), (ii) the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (which evidence may include a
Signature Guarantee), and (iii) any other reasonable evidence of authority that may be required by the Depositary, and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the
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 The deposit of shares of the Preferred Shares may be refused, the delivery of Receipts
against shares of the Preferred Shares may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange 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 necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of
law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement. 
 Section 2.6. Lost
Receipts, etc. 
 In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may, absent notice
to the Depositary that such Receipt has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, 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, only upon (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership
thereof; and (ii) the Holder thereof furnishing the Depositary with an open penalty surety bond satisfactory to the Depositary, holding the Depositary and the Company harmless, absent notice to the Depositary that such Receipts have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser. Such Holder shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Depositary may prescribe and as required by
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York. 

Section 2.7. Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. 

All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary’s Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by
applicable law or regulation, the Depositary is authorized and directed to destroy all Receipts so cancelled. 
 Section 2.8.
Redemption of the Preferred Shares. 
 Whenever the Company shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of the Preferred
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary, not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty
(60) days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined below), notice of the date of such proposed redemption of shares of the Preferred Shares and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption
price, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Company stating that such redemption of shares of the Preferred Shares is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations. On the date of such redemption,
provided that the Company shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to AST the redemption price of $1,000 per share of the Preferred Shares to be redeemed, plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid dividends, without
accumulation of any undeclared dividends, thereon to the date fixed for redemption to be redeemed, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such
shares of the Preferred Shares. The Depositary shall, if requested in writing and provided with all necessary information, mail the notice of the Company’s redemption of shares of the Preferred Shares and the proposed simultaneous redemption of
the number of Depositary Shares representing such shares of the Preferred Shares to be redeemed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the respective last addresses as they appear on the records of the Depositary, or transmit in accordance with
the applicable procedures of any Global Receipt Depositary or by such other method approved by the Depositary, in its reasonable discretion, in either case not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date
fixed for redemption of such shares of the Preferred Shares and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”), to the Record Holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed at the addresses of such Holders as
they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail or transmit any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders nor any defect in any notice of 

  
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redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such Holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other Holders. Each such notice shall be prepared by the
Company and shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such Holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such
Holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the
Preferred Shares represented by such Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be selected
either pro rata or by lot. In any such case, the Depositary Shares shall only be redeemed in increments of 40 shares and any integral multiple thereof. 

Notice having been mailed or transmitted by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have
failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem shares of the Preferred Shares evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) all dividends on the shares of the Preferred Shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue
from and after such date; (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding; (iii) all rights of the Holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive
the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate; and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly
endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to
one-fortieth (1/40th) of the redemption price per share of the Preferred Shares so redeemed plus all money and other property, if any, represented by such
Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Company in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have been declared on the shares of the Preferred Shares to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid (it being understood
that, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a Redemption Date that occurs subsequent to the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 for a dividend period shall not
be paid to the Holder of a Receipt entitled to receive the redemption price on the Redemption Date, but rather shall be paid to the Holder of such Receipt on such record date). 

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 the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption. 

Section 2.9. Receipts Issuable in Global Registered Form. 

If the Company shall determine in a writing delivered to the Depositary that the Receipts are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Registered Receipts, then the Depositary shall, if instructed and provided with all necessary information, in accordance with the other provisions of this Deposit Agreement, execute and deliver one or more Global Registered
Receipts evidencing the Receipts of such series, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by, the Receipts to be represented by such Global Registered Receipt
or Receipts and (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Global Receipt Depository therefor or its nominee. 

  
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 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 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 or to have such Receipts, or the Depositary Shares represented by those Receipts, registered in their names. Neither any such beneficial owner nor any direct or
indirect participant of a Global Receipt Depository shall have any rights or obligations 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 authorizing and directing the Depositary to execute and deliver the individual definitive registered Receipts in exchange for such Global Registered Receipt, execute and deliver individual definitive registered
Receipts, in authorized denominations and of like terms, in an aggregate number of Depositary Shares equal to the aggregate number of Depositary Shares represented by the Global Registered Receipt being delivered in exchange for such Receipts. The
Depositary shall have no duties, obligations or liability under this paragraph unless and until such written order have been received by the Depositary. 

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. 

ARTICLE III 
 CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS
OF HOLDERS OF 
 RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY 

Section 3.1. 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 matters or other information, to execute
such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer or redemption,
of any Receipt or the withdrawal of shares of the Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares and evidenced by a Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other 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 or such representations and warranties are made. 

  
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 Section 3.2. Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. 

Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7.
Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of shares of the Preferred Shares and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made,
and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all shares of the Preferred Shares or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold
for the account of the Holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such Holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of
such charges or expenses, the Holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency. 
 Section 3.3. Warranty as to the
Preferred Shares. 
 The Company hereby represents and warrants that shares of the Preferred Shares, when issued, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of shares of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of the related Receipts. 

Section 3.4. Warranty as to Receipts. 

The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when issued, will represent legal and valid interests in shares of the Preferred
Shares. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of shares of the Preferred Shares and the issuance of the Receipts. 

ARTICLE IV 
 THE DEPOSITED
SECURITIES; NOTICES 
 Section 4.1. Cash Distributions. 

4.1.1 Whenever AST, as distribution agent, shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Preferred Shares, AST shall,
subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 and, if received, in accordance with written instructions from the Company, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or
distribution 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 AST shall be required to
withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Preferred Shares an amount on account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be
reduced accordingly. AST, as distribution agent, shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be and, if received, in accordance with the Company’s written instructions, 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 AST (without liability for interest thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received by AST for
distribution to Record Holders of Receipts then outstanding. Each Holder of a Receipt shall provide the Depositary with its certified tax identification number on a properly completed Form W-8 or W-9 or other appropriate form, as may be applicable. Each Holder of a Receipt acknowledges that, in the event of non-compliance with the preceding sentence, the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, may require withholding by the Depositary of a portion of any of the distributions to be made to such Holder hereunder. 

  
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 4.1.2 All funds received by AST pursuant to this Agreement that are to be distributed or
applied by AST in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the “Funds”) shall be delivered to AST by 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and in no event later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Distribution Date. If Funds are delivered
after 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time but at or before 12:00 p.m Eastern Time on the Distribution Date, the Depositary shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effectuate the distribution or application of such Funds on the Distribution Date;
provided that the Company acknowledges that funding after 9:00 a.m. but at or before 12:00 p.m. on the Distribution Date may cause delays in payments such that payments may be made on the business day following the Distribution Date. The
Company also acknowledges that delivery of Funds to AST on any day after 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“Late-Day Funding”) may cause delays in payments such that payments may be made on the
business day following the Distribution Date, and such payments will be subject to the terms of Section 4.1.5 below. Once received by AST, Funds shall be held by AST as agent for the Company. Until paid or distributed in accordance with this
Agreement, the Funds shall be deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by AST in its name as agent for the Company. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, AST may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) bank
accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements, and disbursement accounts with commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer
Credit Rating), Moody’s (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.), (ii) money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (iii) funds backed by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, municipal securities, or (iv) debt or commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively. 

4.1.3 AST will only draw upon the Funds in such account as required from time to time in order to make the payments to Record Holders of
Receipts and any applicable tax withholding payments. The Company shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by AST in accordance with this Section 4, except for
any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. AST may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits. AST shall not be obligated to pay such
interest, dividends or earnings to the Company, any Record Holder or any other party. 
 4.1.4 AST is acting as agent hereunder and is not a
debtor of the Company in respect of the Funds. 
 4.1.5 In the case of Late-Day Funding, Federal
Deposit Insurance or other bank liquidity charges may apply in connection with the overnight deposit of Funds with commercial banks. The parties agree that any such charges assessed as a result of Late-Day
Funding will be charged to the Company and the Company hereby agrees to pay such charges. 
 4.1.6 On the date of this Agreement, AST shall
provide the Company with the account information for the account to which the Company shall deliver the cash dividends and other cash distributions on the Preferred Shares referred to in Section 4.1.1. AST may update such account information
from time to time by notice to the Company provided in accordance with Section 7.4. 

  
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 Section 4.2. Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or
Privileges. 
 Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon the
Preferred Shares, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to Record Holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly
as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts held by such Holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion
of the Depositary 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 or charges), 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 property thus received, or any part thereof, in a commercially reasonable manner. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made
available for distribution, as the case may be, by AST to Record Holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Company shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the
Depositary and the Depositary shall not make any distribution of such securities or property to the Holders of Receipts unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel stating that such securities or property have been
registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered in connection with such distributions. 
 Section 4.3.
Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. 
 If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the Persons in
whose names shares of the Preferred Shares is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights,
preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be communicated to the Depositary and made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Receipts in such manner as the Company shall direct and the Depositary shall agree, either by the
issue to such Record Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Company in its discretion with the acknowledgement of the Depositary; provided, however,
that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Company determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Depositary) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges
available to Holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by Holders of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Company, in its discretion
(with acknowledgement of the Depositary, in any case where the Company has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges
permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges 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 be delivered to AST and, if received, in
accordance with the written instructions of the Company and, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by AST to the Record Holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in
cash. 
 The Company shall notify the Depositary whether registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights,
preferences or privileges relate is required in order for Holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, and the Company agrees with the Depositary that it will file promptly a
registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective
sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the Holders of

  
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Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until such registration statement shall have become effective, or the Company shall have
provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to the effect that (i) the offering and sale of such securities to the Holders are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act, and (ii) such securities are validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 
 The Company shall notify the Depositary whether any other
action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to Holders of Receipts, and the Company agrees with
the Depositary that the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such Holders to
exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. 
 Section 4.4. Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of
Receipts. 
 Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be
made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Preferred Shares, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote or of
which holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date
fixed by the Company with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares) for the determination of the Holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges
or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons. 

Section 4.5. Voting Rights. 

Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, upon receipt of notice from the Company of any meeting at which the holders of
the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, if requested in writing and provided with all necessary information and documents, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail or transmit by such other method approved by the Depositary,
in its reasonable discretion, to the Record Holders of Receipts, as determined on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4, a notice prepared by the Company 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 4.4 may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the shares of the Preferred Shares represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a Person designated by the
Company), and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the Holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall to the extent possible vote or cause to be
voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of the Preferred Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are
received. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such shares of the Preferred Shares or cause such shares to be voted. In the absence of
specific instructions from Holders of Receipts, the Depositary will vote all shares of the Preferred Shares held by it proportionately with instructions received. 

  
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 Section 4.6. Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications,
Recapitalizations, etc. 
 Upon any change in liquidation preference, split-up, combination or
any other reclassification of the Preferred Shares, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, the Depositary
shall, upon the written instructions of the Company setting forth any adjustment, (i) make such adjustments as are certified by the Company in (a) the fraction of an interest represented by one Depositary Share in one share of the
Preferred Shares and (b) the ratio of the redemption price per Depositary Share to the redemption price per share of the Preferred Shares, in each case as stated in such instructions and (ii) treat any securities or property (including
cash) which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Preferred Shares as new deposited property so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Preferred Shares. In any such
case, the Depositary shall, upon receipt of written instructions 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 liquidation preference, split-up,
combination or other reclassification of the Preferred Shares or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the shares of the
Preferred Shares represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property and cash into which the shares of the Preferred Shares represented by such Receipts might have been converted
or for which such shares might have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction; provided that the Depositary shall not have any obligations under this sentence unless and until it has received
written instructions from the Company. 
 Section 4.7. Delivery of Reports. 

The Depositary shall make available for inspection by Holders of Receipts at the Depositary’s Office and at such other places as it 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 shares and which the Company is required to furnish to the
holders of the Preferred Shares. In addition, the Depositary shall transmit, upon written request by the Company, certain notices and reports to the Holders of Receipts as provided in Section 5.5. 

Section 4.8. Lists of Receipt Holders. 

Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Registrar shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of
the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all registered Holders of Receipts. 
 Section 4.9.
Withholding. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement, in the event that the Depositary determines that
any distribution in property is subject to any tax or other charge that the Depositary is obligated by law to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of, by public or private sale, all or a portion of such property in such amounts and in such manner as
the Depositary deems necessary and practicable to pay such taxes or charges, and the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the balance of any such property after deduction of such taxes or charges 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

  
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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. 
 ARTICLE V 
 THE
DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S 
 AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY 

Section 5.1. Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. 

Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary’s Office, facilities for the execution and
delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary’s Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in
accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement. 
 The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary’s Office for the
registration and registration of transfer of Receipts. Upon direction by the Company and with reasonable notice to the Depositary, the Registrar shall open its books for inspection by the Record Holders of Receipts as directed by the Company;
provided that any record Holder shall be granted such right by the Company only after certifying that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such Person’s interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced
by the Receipts. 
 The Depositary or Registrar may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed necessary or advisable
by the Depositary, the Registrar, any Depositary’s Agent or the Company because of any requirement of law or of any government, governmental body or commission, stock exchange or any applicable self-regulatory body. 

If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the shares of the Preferred Shares represented by such Depositary Shares shall
be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar (reasonably acceptable to the Company) for registration of the Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with
any requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute Registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the written request or with the
written approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or the Preferred Shares are listed on one or more other securities exchanges, the Depositary will, at the written request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities
for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or the Preferred Shares as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation. 

Section 5.2. Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar or the
Company. 
 Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor the Company, as the case may be, shall
incur any liability to any Holder of 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, the
Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company’s Amended and Restated 

  
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Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Designations) or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the
Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Company, as the case may be, shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall
be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar or the Company, as the case may be, incur liability to any Holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the
performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement
except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Deposit Agreement. 
 Section 5.3. Obligations of the Depositary, the
Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar, Transfer Agent and the Company. 
 Neither the Depositary nor any
Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar, any Transfer Agent nor the Company, as the case may be, assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement to Holders of Receipts or to any other Person other than for
its gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud (each as finally determined by a non-appealable judgment, order, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, an arbitral award or an
agreement with the Company). Notwithstanding anything in this Deposit Agreement to the contrary, neither the Depositary, nor the Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company, as the case may be, shall be liable in
any event for special, punitive, incidental, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if they have been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of
the form of action. Any liability of the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent or the Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, under this Deposit Agreement will be limited in the aggregate to an amount equal to the annual fees paid by the
Company to such Person, but not including reimbursable expenses; provided, however, that in the event that such liability arises as a result of bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s
Agents (except for such Depositary’s Agents which are not employees of the Depositary), any Registrar or any Transfer Agent, as the case may be, through fraud or willful misconduct on the part of such Person (as determined by a non-appealable judgment, order, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, an arbitral award or an agreement with the Company), such limit shall not apply and such liability hereunder shall be instead
limited to the amount of such misappropriated funds or the liability resulting from such fraud or willful misconduct. 
 Neither the
Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company, as the case may be, shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Preferred
Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required. 

Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar nor any Transfer Agent nor the Company, as the case may be, shall 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 from any Person presenting the shares of the Preferred Shares for deposit, any Holder of a Receipt or any other
Person believed by it to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar, any Transfer Agent and the Company, as the case may be, may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon or omitting
to act upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 

  
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 The Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, any Transfer Agent or Registrar, as the case
may be, shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of the Preferred Shares or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or
non-action is not taken in bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence (each as finally determined by a non-appealable judgment, order, decree or ruling of
a court of competent jurisdiction, an arbitral award or an agreement with the Company). The Depositary undertakes, and any Depositary’s Agent, Registrar and any Transfer Agent, as the case may be, shall be required to undertake, 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, any Depositary’s Agent, Registrar or any Transfer
Agent. 
 The Depositary, its parent, Affiliates, or subsidiaries, any Depositary’s Agents, and any Transfer Agent and any Registrar,
as the case may be, may own and 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, the parent, Affiliate or subsidiary of the Depositary or the Depositary’s Agent or Transfer Agent or Registrar hereunder. The Depositary may
also act as transfer agent, trustee or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its Affiliates or act in any other capacity for the Company or its Affiliates. 

The Depositary shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of
this Deposit Agreement or of the Receipts, the Depositary Shares or the Preferred Shares nor shall it be obligated to segregate such monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Depositary shall not be responsible for
advancing funds on behalf of the Company and shall have no duty or obligation to make any payments if it has not timely received sufficient funds to make timely payments. 

In the event the Depositary believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other
communication, paper or document received by the Depositary, or in the administration of any of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
omitting or suffering to take any action hereunder, the Depositary may, in its sole discretion upon providing written notice to the Company, refrain from taking any action and the Depositary shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any
way to the Company, any Holders of Receipts or any other Person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Depositary receives written instructions or a certificate of the Company which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to
the satisfaction of the Depositary or which proves or establishes the applicable matter to the satisfaction of the Depositary. Such written instructions shall be full and complete authorization to the Depositary and the Depositary shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Deposit Agreement in reliance upon such written instructions. 

In the event the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, 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, the Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to act on
such claims, requests or instructions received from the Company, and shall incur no liability and shall be entitled to the full indemnification set forth in Section 5.6 hereof in connection with any action so taken. 

  
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 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 Shares. The Depositary
will not be under any duty or responsibility to ensure compliance with any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or exchange of the Receipts, the shares of Preferred Shares or Depositary Shares. 

Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees or agents), any Depositary’s Agent nor any Registrar or any Transfer Agent
makes any representation or has any responsibility as to the validity of any registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares may be registered under the Securities Act, the deposited Preferred Shares, 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 in any such registration statement or herein. 

The Depositary assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the description that appears in the Receipts. Notwithstanding any other
provision herein or in the Receipts, the Depositary makes no warranties or representations as to the validity or genuineness of any shares of Preferred Shares at any time deposited with the Depositary hereunder or of the Depositary Shares, as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Deposit Agreement, as to the value of the Depositary Shares or as to any right, title or interest of the record holders of Receipts in and to the Depositary Shares. The Depositary shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of the Depositary Shares or the Receipts or the proceeds thereof. 
 The Depositary, Depositary’s Agent,
any Registrar, and any Transfer Agent hereunder: 
   (i) shall have no duties or obligations other than those
specifically set forth herein (and no implied duties or obligations), or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by the parties; 

  (ii) shall have no obligation to make payment hereunder unless the Company shall have provided the necessary
federal or other immediately available funds or securities or property, as the case may be, to pay in full amounts due and payable with respect thereto; 

  (iii) shall not be obligated to prosecute or defend any litigation or other proceeding hereunder; if, however, the
Depositary determines to prosecute or defend any litigation or other proceeding hereunder, and, where the taking of such action might in the Depositary’s judgment subject or expose it to any expense or liability, the Depositary shall not be
required to act unless it shall have been furnished with an indemnity satisfactory to it; 
   (iv) may rely on and
shall be authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or other document or security delivered to the Depositary and reasonably believed by the
Depositary to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties, and shall have no responsibility for determining the accuracy thereof; 

  (v) may rely on and shall be authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon the written, telephonic,
electronic and oral instructions, with respect to any matter relating to the Depositary’s actions as Depositary covered by this Deposit Agreement (or supplementing or qualifying any such actions) of officers of the Company; 

  (vi) except as specifically set forth herein, shall not be called upon at any time to advise any Person with
respect to the shares of Preferred Shares or Receipts; 

  
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   (vii) shall not be liable in any respect on account of the
identity, authority or rights of the parties (other than with respect to the Depositary) executing or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver this Deposit Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for under this Deposit
Agreement; and 
   (viii) shall not be liable for any failures, delays or losses, arising directly or indirectly
out of conditions beyond their reasonable control, including, but not limited to, (i) work stoppages or labor disputes, electrical or mechanical failure or computer hardware or software failure, in each case other than of the Depositary, the
Depositary’s Agent, the Registrar or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, or (ii) acts of government, exchange or market ruling, suspension of trading, civil disobedience, riots, rebellions, communications facilities failures including
telephone failure, war, terrorism, insurrection, fires, earthquakes, storms, floods, acts of God or similar occurrences. 
 The obligations
of the Company set forth in this Section 5.3 shall survive the replacement, removal or resignation of the Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement. 

Section 5.4. Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. 

The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so 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 hereunder 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 sixty (60) days after the
delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be (i) a Person having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus, along with
its Affiliates, of at least $50,000,000 or (ii) an Affiliate of any such Person. In the event of such removal or resignation, the Company will appoint a successor depositary and inform the Depositary of the name and address of any successor
depositary so appointed; provided that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that there is at all relevant times when the Preferred Shares is outstanding, a person or entity appointed and serving as the Depositary;
provided, further, that no failure by the Company to appoint such a successor depositary shall affect the termination of this Deposit Agreement or the discharge of the Company and the Depositary as depositary hereunder. Upon payment of all
outstanding fees and expenses hereunder, the Depositary shall promptly forward to the successor depositary or its designee any shares of stock held by it and any certificates, letters, notices and other document that the Depositary may receive after
its appointment has so terminated. 
 If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within sixty
(60) days after delivery of such notice, any Record Holder of Receipts hereunder or the Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of 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
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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, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the shares of the Preferred Shares and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list
of the Record Holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail or transmit by such other method approved by such successor Depositary,
in its reasonable discretion, notice of its appointment to the Record Holders of Receipts. 
 Any Person into or with which the Depositary
may be merged, consolidated or converted, or any Person to which all or a substantial part of the assets of the Depositary may be transferred or which succeeds to the shareholder services business of the Depositary shall be the successor of the
Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or its own name as
successor Depositary. 
 The removal or resignation of the Depositary shall automatically be deemed to be a removal of the Depositary as
Registrar and Transfer Agent herein without any further act or deed. 
 Section 5.5. Corporate Notices and Reports. 

The Company agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt of all necessary information and
documents, transmit to the Record Holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositary’s or Registrar’s books, copies of all notices, reports and communications from the Company (including without limitation
financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed or by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(including the Certificate of Designations, to be furnished to the Record Holders of Receipts). 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 in writing by the Company. 

Section 5.6. Indemnification by the Company. 

Notwithstanding Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent, any Registrar and
any Transfer Agent (including each of their officers, directors, agents and employees) against, and hold each of them harmless from and against, any fee, loss, damage, cost, penalty, fine, judgment, liability or expense (including the reasonable
costs and expenses of its legal counsel) which may arise out of acts performed, taken or omitted to be taken in connection with its acting as Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent, respectively, under this Deposit
Agreement (including, without limitation, the enforcement by the Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, of this Deposit Agreement) and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their
respective agents (including any Depositary’s Agent) and any transactions or documents contemplated hereby, except for any liability arising out of negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud (each as finally determined by a non-appealable judgment, order, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, an arbitral award or an agreement with the Company) on the respective parts of any such Person or Persons. The obligations of
the Company set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Depositary’s Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement. 

  
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 Section 5.7. Fees, Charges and Expenses. 

The Company agrees promptly to pay the Depositary the compensation, as agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the
Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar hereunder and to reimburse the Depositary for its reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Depositary, Depositary’s Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar without gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or fraud on its part (each as finally determined by a non-appealable judgment, order, decree or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction, an arbitral award or an agreement with the Company) in connection with the services rendered by it (or any agent of the
Depositary) hereunder. The Company shall pay all charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of shares of the Preferred Shares and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of the Preferred Shares
by owners of Depositary Shares, and any redemption or exchange of shares of the Preferred Shares at the option of the Company. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary
arrangements. All other transfer and other taxes and charges shall be at the expense of Holders of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts. If, at the request of a Holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which the Company
is not otherwise liable hereunder, such Holder will be liable for such charges and expenses; provided, however, that the Depositary may, at its sole option, require a Holder of a Receipt to prepay the Depositary any charge or expense
the Depositary has been asked to incur at the request of such Holder of Receipts. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company at such intervals as the Company and the Depositary may agree. 

ARTICLE VI 
 AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION 
 Section 6.1. Amendment. 

The form of the Receipts and any provisions 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 which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any change in the fees of any Depositary, Registrar or Transfer Agent) which shall materially
and adversely alter the rights of the Holders of Receipts shall be effective against the Holders of Receipts unless such amendment shall have been approved by the Holders of Receipts representing in the aggregate at least two-thirds of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. 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 the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.6 and Article III, of any owner of Depositary Shares to
surrender any Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares to the Depositary with instructions to deliver to the Holder the shares of the Preferred Shares and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with
mandatory provisions of applicable law or the rules and regulations of any governmental body, agency or commission, or applicable securities exchange. As a condition precedent to the Depositary’s execution of any amendment, the Company shall
deliver to the Depositary a certificate that states that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 6.1. 

  
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 Section 6.2. Termination. 

This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice to the
Depositary, in which case, at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination, the Depositary will mail notice of such termination to the record Holders of all Receipts then outstanding. If any Receipts shall
remain outstanding after the date of termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary thereafter shall discontinue the transfer of Receipts, shall suspend the distribution of dividends to the Holders of the Receipts thereof and shall not give
any further notices (other than notice of such termination) or perform any further acts under this Deposit Agreement, except that the Depositary shall continue to collect dividends and other distributions pertaining to the Preferred Shares, and
shall continue to deliver the Preferred Shares and any money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts upon surrender thereof by the Holders of Receipts thereof. At any time after the expiration of two years from the date of termination,
as may be instructed by the Company in writing, the Depositary shall (i) sell the shares of the Preferred Shares then held hereunder at public or private sale, at such places and upon such terms as it deems proper and may thereafter hold the
net proceeds of any such sale, together with any money and other property held by it hereunder, without liability for interest, for the benefit, pro rata in accordance with their holdings, of the Holders of Receipts that have not theretofore been
surrendered, or (ii) return such shares of Preferred Shares to the Company. After making such sale, the Depositary shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except to account for such net proceeds and money and other
property. The Depositary shall continue to receive its fees and expenses after termination of this Deposit Agreement so long as the Depositary continues to provide services in connection with this Deposit Agreement. 

Subject to the first paragraph of this Section 6.2, this Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company or the Depositary only if
(i) all outstanding Depositary Shares have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8; (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Preferred Shares in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the Holders of Receipts representing Depositary Shares pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable; or (iii) upon the consent of Holders of Receipts representing in the
aggregate not less than two-thirds of the Depositary Shares outstanding. 
 Upon the termination of
this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary’s Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7; provided,
further, that Section 5.3 and 5.6 shall survive the termination of this Deposit Agreement. 
 ARTICLE VII 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 7.1.
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 or pdf shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement. 

Section 7.2. Exclusive Benefit 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 7.3. 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 7.4. Notices. 

Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at: 
 SVB Financial Group 

3003 Tasman Drive 
 Santa Clara,
CA 95054 
 Telephone: (408) 654-7400 

Email: mzuckert@svb.com 

Attention: Michael Zuckert 
 or at any other
addresses of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing. 
 Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder
or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary’s
Office at: 
 American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 

6201 15th Avenue 
 Brooklyn, NY
11219 
 Attention: Craig Colosso, Relationship Management 

Email: admin12@astfinancial.com 

with a copy to: 
 American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 
 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor 

New York, NY 10005 
 Attention:
Legal Department 
 Email: legalteamAST@astfinancial.com 

or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Company in writing. 

Any and all notices to be 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 mail, recognized next day courier services, facsimile transmission or electronic mail, confirmed by letter, 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 timely filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such Holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request; or in the case of any
Global Receipt Depository, in accordance with its applicable procedures and arrangements for notices. 

  
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 Delivery of a notice sent by mail or as provided in this Section 7.4 shall be deemed to
be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a facsimile transmission or electronic mail) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box; provided that notice
to a Global Receipt Depository shall be deemed to be effected at the time such notice is delivered or made as provided in this Section 7.4; provided, further, that the Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any facsimile
transmission or electronic mail received by it from the other or from any Holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such facsimile transmission or electronic mail shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid. 

Section 7.5. Depositary’s Agents. 

The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary’s Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit
Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary’s Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary’s Agents. The Depositary will promptly notify the Company of any such action. 

Section 7.6. Appointment of Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in Respect of the Preferred Shares. 

The Company hereby appoints the AST as Registrar and Transfer Agent and as dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent in respect of the
shares of the Preferred Shares deposited with the Depositary hereunder, and the AST hereby accepts such respective appointments, subject to the express terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement (and no implied terms or conditions) and, as such,
will reflect changes in the number of shares of deposited Preferred Shares held by it by notation, book-entry or other appropriate method. With respect to the appointment of the AST as Registrar and Transfer Agent and as dividend disbursing agent
and redemption agent in respect of the shares of the Preferred Shares, the AST shall be entitled to the same rights, indemnities, immunities and benefits as the Depositary hereunder as if explicitly named in each such provision, and shall provide as
provided in the Transfer Agency Appointment, in the performance of its duties in such respective capacities. 
 Section 7.7. Holders
of Receipts are Parties. 
 The Holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be
bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof. 
 Section 7.8. 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 laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable conflicts of law principles. 

Section 7.9. Inspection of Deposit Agreement. 

Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary’s Agents and shall be made available for inspection
during business hours upon reasonable written advance notice to the Depositary by any Holder of a Receipt. 

  
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 Section 7.10. 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 the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts. 

Section 7.11. Confidentiality. 

The Depositary and the Company agree that all books, records, information and data pertaining to the business of the other party, including,
inter alia, personal, non-public Holder information, which are exchanged or received pursuant to the negotiation or the carrying out of this Deposit Agreement, shall remain confidential, and
shall not be voluntarily disclosed to any other Person, except as may be required by law or legal process. 
 Section 7.12. Further
Assurances. 
 The Company shall perform, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, acknowledged and delivered all such further
and other acts, documents, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably required by the Depositary for the carrying out or performing by the Depositary of the provisions of this Deposit Agreement. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the date
first set forth above. 
  

					
	By:	 	SVB Financial Group
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Daniel Beck
		 	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer

 [Signature Page to Deposit Agreement] 

 
			
	By:	 	American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 [Signature Page to Deposit Agreement] 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF RECEIPT 
 [FORM OF FACE OF
RECEIPT] 
 Unless this receipt is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Corporation, a New York corporation
(“DTC”), to SVB Financial Group, or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
 DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES, EACH 

REPRESENTING A 1/40TH INTEREST IN ONE SHARE OF 5.250% FIXED-RATE NON-CUMULATIVE 

PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A 

OF 
 SVB FINANCIAL GROUP 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 

CUSIP 78486Q 200 
 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS 
 American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), hereby certifies
that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of 14,000,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES (“Depositary Shares”), each Depositary Share representing a 1/40th interest in one share of 5.250%
Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation amount of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of SVB Financial Group (the “Company”), on deposit
with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of December 9, 2019 (the “Deposit Agreement”), among the Company, the Depositary 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. 
 Dated:
                    , 20 
  

			
	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC., as Depositary
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT] 

SVB FINANCIAL GROUP 
 SVB
FINANCIAL GROUP 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 OF 5.250% FIXED RATE NON-CUMULATIVE
PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A OF SVB FINANCIAL GROUP ANY SUCH REQUEST IS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPOSITARY NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT. 
  

 
 The Company will furnish
without charge to each receipt holder 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 Company, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Company or to the Transfer Agent. 
 EXPLANATION OF
ABBREVIATIONS 
 If applicable, 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 a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent. Medallion Signature Guarantees by a notary public are not acceptable. 

  
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