8-K
RENASANT CORP false 0000715072 0000715072 2021-11-17 2021-11-17

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 17, 2021

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

RENASANT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Mississippi   001-13253   64-0676974

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

209 Troy Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804-4827

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (662) 680-1001

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $5.00 par value per share   RNST   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement. On November 17, 2021, Renasant Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as representative of the underwriters listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement, for the issuance and sale of $200 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), at a public offering price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

The offering of the Notes closed on November 23, 2021. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to the Company were approximately $197 million, after giving effect to the underwriting discount of 1.25% and estimated expenses of the offering of the Notes. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include providing capital to support the Company’s organic growth or growth through strategic acquisitions, redeeming or repaying indebtedness, financing investments, capital expenditures and for investments in Renasant Bank, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, as regulatory capital.

The Notes have been offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated November 17, 2021, to the prospectus dated October 12, 2021, that was filed as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-260188) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which registration statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and automatically became effective on October 12, 2021.

The Underwriting Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants customary in agreements of this type. These representations, warranties and covenants are not representations of factual information to investors about the Company or its subsidiaries, and the sale of the Notes is not a representation that there has not been any change in the condition of the Company. The Company also agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities arising out of or in connection with the sale of the Notes.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Indenture and Notes. The Notes have been issued under a Subordinated Indenture dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”) by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that certain Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 23, 2021, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, as previously supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 22, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee, that certain Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 22, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee and that certain Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 3, 2020 between the Company and the Trustee, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes are set forth in, and such Notes are governed by, the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

The Notes will mature on December 1, 2031. From and including November 23, 2021, to but excluding December 1, 2026 or the date of earlier redemption, the Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on each June 1 and December 1 commencing June 1, 2022, at a fixed annual interest rate equal to 3.00%. From and including December 1, 2026, to but excluding the maturity date or earlier redemption date, the Company will pay interest on the Notes at a floating per annum rate equal to a Benchmark rate (which is expected to be Three-Month Term SOFR) (each as defined in the Indenture), plus 191 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears on each March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 commencing on March 1, 2027; provided, however, that in the event the Benchmark rate is less than zero, the Benchmark rate shall be deemed to be zero.

The Company may, beginning with the interest payment date of December 1, 2026, and on any interest payment date thereafter, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) (or, as and if applicable, the rules of any appropriate successor bank regulatory agency) to the extent such approval is then required under the rules of the Federal Reserve (or such successor bank regulatory agency), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal


amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. The Company may also redeem the Notes at any time prior to their maturity, including prior to December 1, 2026, in whole, but not in part, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve (or, as and if applicable, the rules of any appropriate successor bank regulatory agency) to the extent such approval is then required under the rules of the Federal Reserve (or such successor bank regulatory agency), if (i) a change or prospective change in law occurs that could prevent us from deducting interest payable on the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) a subsequent event occurs that could preclude the Notes from being recognized as Tier 2 Capital for regulatory capital purposes, or (iii) the Company is required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in each case, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. There is no sinking fund for the benefit of the Notes, and the Notes are not convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities, other securities, or assets or property of the Company or its subsidiaries.

There is no automatic acceleration, or right of acceleration, in the case of default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, or in the performance of any of the Company’s other obligations under the Notes or the Indenture. The Indenture provides that holders of the Notes may accelerate payment of indebtedness only upon the Company’s or Renasant Bank’s insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization or similar proceedings, or if there is a liquidation or winding up of the Company’s business.

The Notes are the unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company and rank (i) junior in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation to any of the Company’s existing and all future Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture); (ii) junior in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation to any of the Company’s existing and all of its future general creditors; (iii) equal in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation with any of the Company’s existing and all of its future indebtedness the terms of which provide that such indebtedness ranks equally with the Notes; and (iv) senior in right of payment and upon the Company’s liquidation to any of the Company’s existing junior subordinated debentures and any of its future indebtedness the terms of which provide that such indebtedness ranks junior in right of payment to note indebtedness such as the Notes. The Notes are effectively subordinated to the Company’s future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to the existing and future indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries, including, without limitation, depositors of Renasant Bank, liabilities to general creditors and liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise.

The foregoing descriptions of the Base Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are not complete and are each qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Note, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference and the Base Indenture, which is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 4.1 hereto.

 

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 17, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of its offering of the Notes, which is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Exhibits hereto, shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Any offering of the Notes is being made only by means of a written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated November 17, 2021, by and between Renasant Corporation and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as representative of the underwriters named therein.
  4.1    Subordinated Indenture dated August 22, 2016 between Renasant Corporation and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of Renasant Corporation filed with the SEC on August 22, 2016.
  4.2    Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated November 23, 2021 between Renasant Corporation and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.
  4.3    Form of 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Note due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1    Opinion of Phelps Dunbar LLP regarding the legality of the Notes, under Mississippi law.
  5.2    Opinion of Covington & Burling LLP regarding the legality of the Notes, under New York law.
23.1    Consent of Phelps Dunbar LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Covington & Burling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
99.1    Press release dated November 17, 2021.
104    The cover page of Renasant’s Form 8-K is formatted in Inline XBRL.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

This report, including the exhibits included herewith, may contain, or incorporate by reference, statements about the Company that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “potential,” “possible,” “may increase,” “may fluctuate,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could,” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Forward-looking statements include information about the Company’s future financial performance, business strategy, projected plans and objectives and are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management. The Company believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, but they are all inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions about future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change. Actual results may differ from those indicated or implied in the forward-looking statements; such differences may be material. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.

Important factors currently known to management that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the following: (i) the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental response measures on the U.S. economy and the economies of the markets in which the Company operates; (ii) the Company’s ability to efficiently integrate acquisitions into its operations, retain the customers of these businesses, grow the acquired operations and realize the cost savings expected from an acquisition to the extent and in the timeframe anticipated by management; (iii) the effect of economic conditions and interest rates on a national, regional or international basis; (iv) timing and success of the implementation of changes in operations to achieve enhanced earnings or effect cost savings; (v) competitive pressures in the consumer finance, commercial finance, insurance, financial services, asset management, retail banking, mortgage lending and auto lending industries; (vi) the financial resources of, and products available from, competitors; (vii) changes in laws and regulations as well as changes in accounting standards; (viii) changes in policy by regulatory agencies; (ix) changes in the securities and


foreign exchange markets; (x) the Company’s potential growth, including its entrance or expansion into new markets, and the need for sufficient capital to support that growth; (xi) changes in the quality or composition of the Company’s loan or investment portfolios, including adverse developments in borrower industries or in the repayment ability of individual borrowers; (xii) an insufficient allowance for credit losses as a result of inaccurate assumptions; (xiii) general economic, market or business conditions, including the impact of inflation; (xiv) changes in demand for loan products and financial services; (xv) concentration of credit exposure; (xvi) changes or the lack of changes in interest rates, yield curves and interest rate spread relationships; (xvii) increased cybersecurity risk, including potential network breaches, business disruptions or financial losses; (xviii) civil unrest, natural disasters, epidemics and other catastrophic events in the Company’s geographic area; (xix) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes; and (xx) other circumstances, many of which are beyond management’s control.

The Company undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, except as required by federal securities laws.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    RENASANT CORPORATION
Date: November 23, 2021     By:  

/s/ C. Mitchell Waycaster

      C. Mitchell Waycaster
      President and Chief Executive Officer
EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

$200,000,000.00

3.00% Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031

RENASANT CORPORATION

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

November 17, 2021

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

As Representative of the several

Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

c/o Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Renasant Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (the “Agreement”) with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as provided pursuant to Section 10 hereof), for whom KBW is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $200,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of its 3.00% Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued in book-entry only form to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the Letter of Representations, to be dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2 hereof), between the Company and DTC.

The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of August 22, 2016, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture thereto to be dated as of November 23, 2021, between the Company and the Trustee (collectively, the “Indenture”). The Indenture and this Agreement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Operative Documents.”

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 of the rules and regulations (the “1933 Act Regulations”) of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”)) on Form S-3 (No. 333-260188) covering the public offering and sale from time to time of certain securities of the Company, including the Securities, under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, which registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”). Such registration statement, at any given time, including any amendments thereto existing at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto on file with the Commission at such time, the


information incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein at such time by the 1933 Act Regulations, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement with respect to the Securities with the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 430B”) and Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”). Any information included in each such prospectus supplement that was omitted from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto that is deemed to be part thereof and included therein pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to herein as the “Rule 430B Information.” The final prospectus and each prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, are collectively referred to herein as the “Prospectus.” Each prospectus and related prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted the Rule 430B Information is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(ii) hereof); and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”) which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, after the Applicable Time.

In all dealings hereunder, the Representative shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representative.

 

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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time, and agrees with each of the Underwriters, as follows:

(i) Status as Well Known Seasoned Issuer. (1) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (2) at the time of each subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (3) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this subsection only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and (4) at the Applicable Time, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405), including not having been and not being an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405). The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405), and the Securities, as of the date of their registration on the Registration Statement, were, and, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Time, remain, eligible for registration by the Company on an “automatic shelf registration statement” under Rule 405. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

At the earliest time that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities, the Company was not nor is an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).

(ii) Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure Package at Time of Sale. The Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) on October 12, 2021 and any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement also become effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this subsection only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including, without limitation, the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.

At the time the Registration Statement became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Securities pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the “1939 Act Regulations”), and did not, does not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, when read

 

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together with the Prospectus, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued or at the Closing Time, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus complied, when filed with the Commission, in all material respects with the 1933 Act, 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act, and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together (collectively, as of the Applicable Time, the “Disclosure Package”), did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on November 17, 2021, or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the applicable prospectus relating to the Securities that is, immediately prior to that time, either included in the Registration Statement or deemed to be a part thereof, including any document incorporated therein by reference immediately prior to that time and any preliminary prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in clause (h)(1) of Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”)) relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the records of the Company pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II hereto.

Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative in writing, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

 

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The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriters’ Information (as defined in Section 6(a)(iii) hereof).

(iii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, when read together with the other information in the preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or such documents were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, did not, and at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the first “time of sale,” within the meaning of Rule 159 under the 1933 Act Regulations, of Securities in this offering and at the Closing Time will not, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. There are no material contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or required to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so properly described or filed as required.

(iv) Independent Accountants. HORNE LLP, the accounting firm who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(v) Financial Statements. The consolidated historical financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included in the preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated, and the statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. Said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, included therein present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.

(vi) Interactive Data. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(vii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement, except as otherwise stated therein, (1) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any losses or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood, earthquakes, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any strike, labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company and the subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (2) there has been no material adverse change, or any development which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, properties, business affairs or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (3) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction, other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (4) there has not been any material change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined below) (other than issuances or other transfers of capital stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans (including its equity incentive plans), the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan and employee stock purchase plan or repurchases of common stock by the Company pursuant to a share repurchase program disclosed in the Prospectus) or any material increase in the long term indebtedness of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries, and (5) except for its quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.22 per share declared on November 10, 2021 and payable on January 1, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2021, the Company has not declared, paid or made any dividend or distribution of any kind on any class of its capital stock (each of clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), a “Material Adverse Change”).

(viii) Regulatory Enforcement Matters. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject or is party to, or has received any written notice that any of them may or will become subject or party to any investigation with respect to, any cease-and-desist order, written agreement, consent agreement, memorandum of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order with or by, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any directive by, or has been a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Regulatory Agency (as defined below) that in any material respect (considered on a consolidated basis) currently relates to or restricts the conduct of their business or that in any manner relates to their capital adequacy, their credit policies, or their management (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries been advised in writing by any Regulatory Agency that it is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement, where any such Regulatory Agreement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there is no unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with respect to any report or statement relating to any examination of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, is expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or is expected to prevent or materially delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Regulatory Agency” means any federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions, or holding companies of depository institutions, or engaged in the insurance of depository institution deposits, or engaged in the regulation and enforcement of consumer financial services, or any court, administrative agency or commission or other federal or state governmental agency, authority or instrumentality having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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(ix) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Mississippi and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, and to issue the Securities, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification or license is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Financial Holding Company. The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”), does not (directly or indirectly) own or control the stock or voting securities of any depository institution other than the Bank Subsidiary (as defined below), and its direct and indirect activities and investments are authorized for a bank holding company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the BHC Act. The Company is “well capitalized” as that term is defined at 12 CFR part 225. The Company has not elected to become a “financial holding company” as such term is defined in 12 C.F.R. § 225.81.

(xi) Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package and is duly qualified and licensed to transact business and is in good standing in each foreign jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The only Significant Subsidiary of the Company is Renasant Bank (the “Bank Subsidiary”). The Bank Subsidiary is a member in good standing of its applicable Federal Home Loan Bank.

(xii) Capital Stock Duly Authorized and Validly Issued. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Bank Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable (except as provided in Mississippi Code section 81-5-27) and are owned by the Company, directly or through one or more other subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equitable right. None of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary were issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any shareholder of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary, as the case may be, arising by operation of law, or under the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary or under any agreement to which the Company or the Bank Subsidiary is a party.

 

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(xiii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock and consolidated long term debt (i.e., a maturity greater than one year) of the Company as of September 30, 2021 is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under “Capitalization.” There have not been any subsequent issuances of capital stock of the Company since such date (except issuances of common stock pursuant to exercises of employee stock options, issuances pursuant to employee benefit plans (including awards of restricted stock to Company employees pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans) and pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan and employee stock purchase plans). There have not been any additional long term borrowings by the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries since such date, except, with respect to the Bank Subsidiary, pursuant to Federal Home Loan Bank advances or securities sold under agreements to repurchase by the Bank Subsidiary in its ordinary course of business.

(xiv) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(xv) Authorization of Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company, the Indenture will constitute a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by (1) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally, (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (3) with respect to the rights to indemnity or contribution, including but not limited to, indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in this Agreement, federal or state securities law or the public policy underlying such laws (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

(xvi) Authorization of Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered by the Company against payment therefor as described in the Prospectus or as contemplated in the Indenture, will constitute valid, legal and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions; the Securities will be in the form contemplated by, and will be entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(xvii) Qualification under 1939 Act. The Indenture has been duly qualified with respect to the Securities under the 1939 Act.

(xviii) Not an Investment Company. The Company is not, and immediately following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the application of the net proceeds as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, the Company will not be, an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company,” in each case within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), without regard to Section 3(c) of the 1940 Act.

 

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(xix) Descriptions of Securities. The Securities will conform, in all material respects, to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.

(xx) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (1) in violation of its charter, bylaws or other organizational document, (2) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of its assets is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (3) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, in violation of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state or local statute, law (including, without limitation, common law) or ordinance, or any judgment, decree, rule, regulation, order or injunction of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local or other governmental or regulatory authority, governmental or regulatory agency or body, court, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization applicable to the Company or its Bank Subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents and the Securities by the Company, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and the Securities and in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (including the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities), and compliance by the Company with the terms of the Operative Documents and the Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, (1) violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any, security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, claim or equitable right upon any assets of the Company or its Bank Subsidiary pursuant to, any of the Agreements and Instruments, (2) result in any violation of any provision of the charter, bylaws or other organizational document of the Company or its Bank Subsidiary or (3) result in any violation by the Company or its Bank Subsidiary of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except in the case of clauses (1) and (3), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.

(xxi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the senior management of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxii) Compliance With ERISA. Each of the Company, its subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), with respect to each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), subject to Section 302 of ERISA, which the Company, its subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or maintains, or with respect to which it has (or within the last three years had) any obligation to make contributions, and each such plan is in compliance in all respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), except where such failure to fulfill its obligations or such non-compliance would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, its subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of ERISA, except where such unpaid liability would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. No prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. “ERISA Affiliate” means a corporation, trade or business that is, along with the Company or any subsidiary, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

(xxiii) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which (1) is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (2) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (3) would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Operative Documents or the Securities or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there are no legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective assets is the subject, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, which would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity, other than those that have been made or obtained, is necessary or required for the authority, execution, delivery or performance by the Company of its obligations under the Operative Documents or the Securities, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereunder, except as may be required under state securities laws.

 

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(xxv) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, and have made all declarations and filings with the appropriate Governmental Entities that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, except where the failure to possess such Governmental Licenses or make such declarations or filings would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvi) Conduct of Business. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, each of the Company and the Bank Subsidiary is conducting its business in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders, and all regulations and orders of, or agreements with, Governmental Entities applicable to it, except where failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvii) Environmental Matters. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, and decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, including, without limitation, those applicable to emissions to the environment, waste management and waste disposal (collectively, the “Environmental Laws”), except where such noncompliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that would prevent, interfere with or materially increase the cost of such compliance in the future. There is no claim under any Environmental Law, including common law, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries (an “Environmental Claim”), which would have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, under applicable law, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, events or incidents, including without limitation, releases of any material into the environment, that are reasonably likely to form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the Company or the Bank Subsidiary which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxviii) Title to Property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to all of its real and personal properties, reflected as owned in the consolidated financial statements or as described in the Prospectus, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects, except as (1) reflected in such consolidated financial statements, (2) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such subsidiary or (3) which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the leases and subleases under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties used in its business are in full force and

 

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effect, except where the failure of such leases and subleases to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of such entity to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, except any claim that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxix) Intellectual Property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or possesses all necessary and adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) presently employed by it in connection with the business now operated by it or reasonably necessary in order to conduct such business, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, except where the failure to possess such Intellectual Property or where such infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxx) Taxes. The Company and each Significant Subsidiary has: (1) timely (after taking account of any governmental orders extending the time for filing) filed all tax returns, information returns, and similar reports that are required to be filed and all such returns are true, correct and complete, and (2) timely paid in full all federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, except to the extent any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made under GAAP, except where the failure to timely file such tax returns or to timely pay such tax, assessment, fine or penalty would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Giving effect to any applicable extensions and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or the Bank Subsidiary or any of their respective assets.

(xxxi) Insurance. The Company and the Bank Subsidiary have insurance covering their respective assets, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in such amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are adequate to protect the Company and the Bank Subsidiary and their respective assets, operations, personnel and businesses; and neither the Company nor the Bank Subsidiary has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

 

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(xxxii) Payment of Dividends. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from transferring any of its property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, or from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company, except as disclosed in each of the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.

(xxxiii) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company and its directors and officers, in their capacities as such, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof with which the Company or any of its directors or officers is required to comply.

(xxxiv) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.    The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective in all material respects, and since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, (x) the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal controls, and (y) there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act Regulations); and such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective. The Company has not become aware of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxxv) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company or its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (1) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”); (2) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any domestic government official, “foreign official” (as defined in the FCPA) or employee from corporate funds; (3) violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA or any applicable non-U.S. anti-bribery statute or regulation; or (4) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any domestic government official, such foreign official or employee. The Company has instituted and maintains procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance with the FCPA and similar laws, rules and regulations based on the business of the Company as conducted on the date hereof.

 

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(xxxvi) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, threatened.

(xxxvii) Compliance with OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that currently is the subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xxxviii) IT Systems. The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, and free and clear of all bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, except where failure in the adequacy, operation or performance of such IT Systems would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards designed to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses consistent with industry standards and practices, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same, except where failure to implement or maintain such controls, policies, procedures and safeguards or the occurrence of breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses or access would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all applicable judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except where failure in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxxix) No Brokers. Other than the Underwriters, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company or any subsidiary any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(xl) Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(xli) Pending Proceedings and Examinations. The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(xlii) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities of the Company or its subsidiaries registered by the Company or any other person under the 1933 Act.

(xliii) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable or is not accurate in all material respects.

(xliv) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(xlv) Investment Securities. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all securities held by it (except securities sold under repurchase agreements or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity) free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, claim or equitable right or other restriction of any kind, except to the extent such securities are pledged in the ordinary course of business consistent with past business practices to secure obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and except for such defects in title or security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, claim or equitable right or other restrictions of any kind that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Such securities are valued on the books of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

(xlvi) Derivative Securities. Any and all material swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements (other than employee stock options) and other derivative financial instruments, contracts or arrangements, whether entered into for the account of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or for the account of a customer of the Company or one of its subsidiaries, were entered into in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with

 

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applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of all applicable regulatory agencies and with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have duly performed in all material respects all of their obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to perform have accrued. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of its material obligations under any such agreement or arrangement.

(xlvii) Deposit Insurance/Bank Subsidiary Capitalization. The deposit accounts of the Bank Subsidiary are insured up to the applicable limit by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due, and no proceedings for the revocation or termination of such insurance is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Bank Subsidiary is “well capitalized” as that term is defined at 12 CFR part 6.

Any certificate signed by any duly authorized officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the applicable subsidiary, as the case may be, to the Representative as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I hereto, at a purchase price equal to 98.75% of the aggregate principal amount thereof.

Delivery of the Securities shall be made at the offices of Covington & Burling LLP, The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10018, or such other place as may be agreed to by the Representative and the Company, and payment of the purchase price for the Securities shall be made by the Representative to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds contemporaneous with closing at such place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on November 23, 2021 or such other time not later than ten (10) business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Time”).

It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. KBW, individually and not as Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

 

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Payment for the Securities purchased by the Underwriters shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”) to be purchased by the Underwriters. The Securities represented by the Global Note shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least one full business day prior to the Closing Time. The Global Note shall be made available for examination by the Representative not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.

In performing its duties under this Agreement, the Underwriters shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, signature or writing that the Underwriters shall in good faith believe to be genuine and to be signed or presented by a proper party or parties. The Underwriters may rely upon any opinions or certificates or other documents delivered by the Company or its counsel or designees to them.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Underwriters as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. Prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement (which the Representative will promptly confirm orally to the Company), the Company will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been used or filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments with respect to the Registration Statement from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act. With respect to the Securities, subject to Section 3(e), the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, will prepare the Prospectus in the form approved by the Representative, will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b) in the manner and within the time period specified therein (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such Prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order and, if any stop order or other order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof as soon as possible. The Company shall pay the required filing fees of the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations.

 

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(b) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriters, on request without charge, signed or conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed or conformed copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Representative will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(c) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request, unless, with the prior consent of the Representative, such delivery requirement can be satisfied by the provisions of Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Notice and Effect of Material Events. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations, as applicable, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, the Company will immediately notify the Representative, and confirm such notice in writing, of (x) any filing made by the Company of information relating to the offering of the Securities with any securities exchange or any other regulatory body in the United States, and (y) any event or condition that results or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, which (i) makes any statement in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus false or misleading or (ii) which is not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, its counsel, the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to purchasers not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, its counsel, the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters, during such period to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or to amend or supplement any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act

 

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or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will forthwith amend the Registration Statement, file such registration statement and/or amend or supplement such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, subject to Section 3(e), so as to correct such untrue statement or omission or effect such compliance, and the Company will furnish to each Underwriter such number of written and electronic copies of such amendment or supplement as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time following the Applicable Time or at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, individually or together with other information that is part of the Disclosure Package, as the case may be, conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or any other registration statement relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at the Company’s own expense, the Disclosure Package or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(e) Amendment to Prospectus or Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of any notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or supplement to the Disclosure Package, and will furnish the Representative with copies thereof a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document with respect to the Securities without the consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Neither the consent of the Representative, nor the Representative’s delivery of any such amendment or supplement, shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof. For purposes of clarity, this Section 3(e) shall not apply to any filings required in order for the Company to comply with its reporting obligations under the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations.

(f) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that would reasonably be expected to, cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(g) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC.

(h) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the state securities, or blue sky, laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where they would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject themselves to taxation in any such jurisdiction if they are not otherwise so subject. The Company will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdiction as the Underwriters may request.

 

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(i) Further Obligations. In the event the Company, at any time, or from time to time, shall not have sufficient funds to promptly pay in full any amount then due and payable pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement to any indemnified person, the Company shall promptly take such commercially reasonable actions that do not require prior regulatory approval to obtain sufficient funds to pay such amount. If the funds obtained from such actions shall not be sufficient to pay such amount in full (a “Deficiency”), the Company shall promptly take all such further commercially reasonable actions, including obtaining all required regulatory approvals for the Bank Subsidiary to pay a dividend to the Company in the amount of the Deficiency. The Company shall pay the Deficiency to the extent that regulatory authorities approve a dividend from the Bank Subsidiary to the Company, provided that if the dividends from the Bank Subsidiary to the Company are insufficient to pay the Deficiency to any indemnified person, the Company shall remain obligated to (i) pay such Deficiency and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such additional regulatory approvals for the Bank Subsidiary to pay additional dividends to the Company until the Company has paid the Deficiency in full to any indemnified person.

(j) Earnings Statement. The Company shall timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied, with the prior consent of the Representative, by Rule 172 under the 1933 Act Regulations), will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(l) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package under “Use of Proceeds.”

(m) Stand Off Agreement. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Time, the Company and its subsidiaries will not, without the prior consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly, issue, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any debt securities (excluding deposit obligations) of the Company or its subsidiaries, other than the Securities.

(n) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the

 

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Representative is referred to herein as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated, and agrees that it will treat, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(i)) and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

Subject to the consent of the Representative required in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company will prepare a final term sheet relating solely to the final pricing terms of the Securities and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established for such Securities. Any such final term sheet is an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (a) (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities generally or the Securities specifically or their offering or (ii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is or is to be included in the final term sheet of the Company contemplated in the first sentence of this paragraph or (b) other customary information that is not “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433.

(o) NRSRO Rating. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a rating by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act (“NRSRO”) while any Securities remain outstanding.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) and of each amendment thereto and the cost of obtaining all securities and bank regulatory approvals; (ii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any reasonable and documented costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors; (iii) the costs of blue sky qualification (including fees and expenses of Covington & Burling LLP, blue sky counsel to the Underwriters, relating thereto) of the Securities in the various jurisdictions; (iv) the costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with determining their compliance with the rules and regulations of FINRA related to the Underwriters’ participation in the offering and distribution of the Securities, including any related filing fees and reasonable legal fees of, and disbursements by, counsel to the Underwriters; (v) all fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants, agents and other advisors; (vi) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities, including filing fees and the fees and expenses of making the Securities eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC; (vii) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel; (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities; (ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities; (x) all fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with their services to be rendered hereunder including, without limitation, road show or investor

 

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presentation expenses, word processing charges, the costs of printing or producing any investor presentation materials, messenger and duplicating service expenses, facsimile expenses and other customary expenditures (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters). In the event any Underwriter incurs any such fees and expenses on behalf of the Company, the Company will reimburse such Underwriter for such reasonable and documented fees and expenses whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Sections 6, 9 and 10(c) hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them and the cost of preparing and distributing any term sheet prepared by any Underwriter.

(b) Termination. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(o), Section 9(a)(i) or Section 10(c) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder required to be performed prior to Closing Time, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Filing of Prospectus. The Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B); all materials required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement is effective and no stop order or other order referred to in Section 3(a)(iv) hereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or are pending or threatened; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representative’s satisfaction.

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinions in substantially the form annexed hereto as Annex A of Phelps Dunbar LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. Such counsel may state that, insofar as its opinion involves factual matters, it has relied, to the extent it deems proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary and public officials.

(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably require. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company or the Bank Subsidiary and public officials.

 

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(d) Certificates. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect, and the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof were true and correct when made and are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, and (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time.

(e) Independent Auditors’ Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received a letter from HORNE LLP, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and financial and accounting information included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.

(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from HORNE LLP a letter, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(g) Certificate of Chief Financial Officer. At the time of execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a certificate, dated, respectively, the date hereof and such Closing Time, executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.

(h) Ratings. At the Closing Time, the Securities will be rated at least BBB by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to the Securities or any other securities of the Company by any NRSRO, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or any other securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(i) DTC. At the Closing Time, the Securities shall be eligible for clearance, settlement and trading through the facilities of DTC.

(j) No Objection. If applicable, FINRA shall have raised no objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements, which objection has not been withdrawn or otherwise satisfied.

 

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(k) Delivery of Prospectus. The Company shall have complied with the provisions hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses, in electronic or printed format, on the New York business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement.

(l) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any Governmental Entity that would, as of the Closing Time, prevent the offer, issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Time, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(m) Termination Event. On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the events, circumstances or occurrences set forth in Section 9(a).

(n) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties of the Company or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

(o) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8 and 15 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, their respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations), partners, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act) any Underwriter (each such person, a “controlling person”):

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

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(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by or before any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters through the Representative expressly for inclusion in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) and the parties hereto agree that such information consists only of the following: the discount information appearing in the Prospectus under the heading “ Underwriting” and the information relating to stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in the first paragraph under the caption “Underwriting—Price Stabilization; Short Positions” in each of the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriters’ Information”).

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a) above, as incurred, but only with respect to, arising out of or based on untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information provided by such Underwriter.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof, and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action or, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim; but if it so elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the indemnified parties, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event that an indemnifying party elects to assume the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, the indemnified party or parties shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel thereafter retained by such indemnified party or

 

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parties; provided, however, that the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ counsel (in addition to local counsel) to represent the indemnified party or parties who may be subject to liability arising out of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the indemnifying party if, (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel for the indemnified party or parties, there may be legal defenses available to such indemnified person which are different from or in addition to those available to such indemnifying person, in which event the reasonable fees and expenses of appropriate separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by or before any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have validly requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances under which the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bears to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statements of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by it exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and the respective partners, directors, officers, employees and agents of such Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, while each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The obligations of the Underwriters in this Section 7 to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

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SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time if, in the reasonable judgement of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) there has occurred any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or any other calamity or crisis, including a widespread outbreak of epidemic illnesses (including the novel coronavirus COVID-19 to the extent that there is a material worsening of such outbreak that actually occurs after the date hereof in the markets in which the Company operates) or any change or development involving a prospective change in national political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (iii) trading or quotation in any securities of the Company has been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Select Market has been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, (iv) there has occurred a downgrading in or withdrawal of the rating assigned to the Securities or any other securities of the Company by any NRSRO, or such organization has publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or any other securities of the Company, or (v) a banking moratorium has been declared by the United States, New York or Mississippi authorities or a material restriction on banking activities or operations by such regulatory authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement and clearances services in the United States.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8 and 15 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

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SECTION 10. Defaulting Underwriter.

(a) If, at the Closing Time, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Representative may in its discretion but in any event within 36 hours after such default, arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter within such 36-hour period, either the Representative or the Company may postpone the Closing Time for up to five (5) full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in Registration Statement, the Prospectus, Disclosure Package or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or Disclosure Package that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangement for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representative and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the aggregate principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangement has not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriter and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 4 hereof and except that the provisions of Sections 1, 6, 7, 8 and 15 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Christopher T. Mihok, with a copy to Covington & Burling LLP, The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10018, Attention: Christopher DeCresce; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 209 Troy Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804, Attention: James C. Mabry IV and General Counsel, with a copy to Phelps Dunbar LLP, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, Attention: Mark Fullmer.

 

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SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each Underwriter, the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and other persons referred to in Sections 1, 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and other persons and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 13. Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Underwriting Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, and signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or other electronic means, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 14. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

For purposes of this Agreement, (A) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (B) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (C) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (D) “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SAID STATE OTHER THAN SECTION 5–1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

THE COMPANY ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND NEW YORK STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT. THE COMPANY ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

SECTION 16. Amendment; Waiver; Effect of Headings. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 17. Trial by Jury. Each of the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby

SECTION 18. Nature of Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the offering or purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the terms of the Securities and the offering price thereof and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering pursuant to this Agreement and the process leading to such offering each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its

 

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stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering pursuant to this Agreement or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering pursuant to this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, financial, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space below.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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Very truly yours,
RENASANT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ C. Mitchell Waycaster

Name:   C. Mitchell Waycaster
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Scott R. Anderson

Name:   Scott R. Anderson
Title:   Head of Investment Banking

For itself and as Representative of the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Name of Underwriter

   Aggregate Principal Amount of
Securities to be Purchased
 

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

   $ 100,000,000.00  

Piper Sandler & Co.

   $ 40,000,000.00  

Stephens Inc.

   $ 40,000,000.00  

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

   $ 20,000,000.00  

Total

   $ 200,000,000.00  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

 

1.

Pricing Term Sheet for Securities, dated November 17, 2021

 

3.

Investor Presentation, filed with the Commission on November 17, 2021


ANNEX A

Form of Opinion Paragraphs of Phelps Dunbar LLP

Opinion paragraph omitted.

EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Copy

RENASANT CORPORATION

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

dated as of November 23, 2021

to the Subordinated Indenture

dated as of August 22, 2016

3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee


FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (“Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 23, 2021, is made by and between Renasant Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (“Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have executed and delivered a Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Base Indenture” and as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee, by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee, by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 3, 2020 between the Company and the Trustee and by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance from time to time by the Company of its unsecured subordinated indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.1(j) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder, enter into a supplemental indenture to provide for the issuance of and establish the form or terms of Securities of any Series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.2 thereof;

WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) aggregate principal amount of a new series of Securities of the Company designated as its 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) have been authorized by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes as of the date hereof;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the terms of the 2031 Notes;

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a legal and binding supplement to the Base Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Base Indenture have been done;

WHEREAS, the Company has complied with all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture relating to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the 2031 Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the 2031 Notes, as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

SCOPE OF FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Section 1.01. Scope. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture constitutes a supplement to the Base Indenture and an integral part of the Indenture and shall be read together with the Base Indenture as though all the provisions thereof are contained in one instrument. Except as expressly amended by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall only apply to the 2031 Notes.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

Section 2.01. Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application. For all purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified herein:

(a) all terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings they are given in the Base Indenture and include the plural as well as the singular;

(b) the provisions of general application stated in Sections 10.1 through 10.14 of the Base Indenture shall apply to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, except that the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to the Base Indenture or any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of the Base Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture;

(c) Section 1.1 of the Base Indenture is amended and supplemented, solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, by inserting the following additional defined terms in their appropriate alphabetical positions:

Act” means any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by the Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders, which may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.

Administrative or Judicial Action” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Tax Event.”

Benchmark” means, initially, Three-Month Term SOFR; provided that if the Calculation Agent determines on or prior to the Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of the then-current Benchmark shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.

Benchmark Replacement” means the Interpolated Benchmark with respect to the then-current Benchmark, plus the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment for such Benchmark; provided that if (a) the Calculation Agent cannot determine the Interpolated Benchmark as of the Benchmark Replacement Date or (b) the then-current Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR (in which event no Interpolated Benchmark with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR shall be determined), then “Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

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(1) Compounded SOFR;

(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(3) the sum of: (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate, and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and

(4) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate that has been selected by the Calculation Agent as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor, giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. Dollar-denominated floating rate securities at such time, and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

(1) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;

(2) if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment; and

(3) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Calculation Agent giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar-denominated floating rate securities at such time.

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “interest period,” timing and frequency of determining rates with respect to each interest period and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Calculation Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Calculation Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Calculation Agent determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Calculation Agent determines is reasonably necessary).

Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the relevant Reference Time in respect of any determination;

(2) in the case of clause (2) or (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or

 

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(3) in the case of clause (4) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the definitions of Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Event, references to the Benchmark also include any reference rate underlying the Benchmark (for example, if the Benchmark becomes Compounded SOFR, references to the Benchmark would include SOFR).

For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) if the Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, (a) the Relevant Governmental Body has not selected or recommended a forward-looking term rate for a tenor of three months based on SOFR, (b) the development of a forward-looking term rate for a tenor of three months based on SOFR that has been recommended or selected by the Relevant Governmental Body is not complete or (c) the Company determines that the use of a forward-looking rate for a tenor of three months based on SOFR is not administratively feasible;

(2) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark;

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or

(4) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.

Calculation Agent” has the meaning ascribed in Section 3.02(e)(iv) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Compounded SOFR” means the compounded average of SOFRs for the applicable Corresponding Tenor, with the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate being established by the Calculation Agent in accordance with:

(1) the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Compounded SOFR; provided that:

(2) if, and to the extent that, the Calculation Agent determines that Compounded SOFR cannot be determined in accordance with clause (1) above, then the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate that have been selected by the Calculation Agent giving due consideration to any industry-accepted market practice for U.S. Dollar-denominated floating rate securities at such time.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Compounded SOFR shall exclude the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment (if applicable) and the spread of 191 basis points per annum.

Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark.

DTC” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(h) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Federal Reserve” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Tier 2 Capital Event.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(i) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Fixed Rate Period” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(i) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Fixed Rate Regular Record Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(i) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Floating Rate Interest Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(ii) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Floating Rate Period” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(ii) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Floating Rate Regular Record Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(ii) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Interest Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(e)(ii) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

interest period” means the period from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including the Issue Date to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date or date of earlier redemption, if applicable.

Interpolated Benchmark” with respect to the Benchmark means the rate determined for the Corresponding Tenor by interpolating on a linear basis between: (1) the Benchmark for the longest period (for which the Benchmark is available) that is shorter than the Corresponding Tenor, and (2) the Benchmark for the shortest period (for which the Benchmark is available) that is longer than the Corresponding Tenor.

ISDA” means the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor.

 

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ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the ISDA or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.

ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor.

ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.

Issue Date” means November 23, 2021.

Major Constituent Bank” means any Subsidiary which is organized as a banking organization under federal or state law and which represents 50% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company determined as of the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Company.

Maturity Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(d) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Redemption Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(h) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means (1) if the Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, the time determined by the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions, and (2) if the Benchmark is not Three-Month Term SOFR, the time determined by the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.

SOFR” means the secured overnight financing rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the Benchmark (or a successor administrator), on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website.

Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of independent tax counsel to the effect that as a result of (a) an amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective amendment or change) in, any law or treaty, or any regulation thereunder, of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein; (b) a judicial decision, administrative action, official administrative pronouncement, ruling, regulatory procedure, regulation, notice or announcement, including any notice or announcement of intent to adopt or promulgate any ruling, regulatory procedure or regulation (any of the foregoing, an “Administrative or Judicial Action”); or (c) an amendment to or change in any official position with respect to, or any interpretation of, an Administrative or Judicial Action or a law or regulation of the United States that differs from the previously generally accepted position or interpretation, in each case, which change or amendment or challenge becomes effective or which pronouncement, decision or challenge is announced on or after the original issue date of the 2031 Notes, there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Company on the 2031 Notes is not, or, within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

Term SOFR Administrator” means any entity designated by the Relevant Governmental Body as the administrator of Term SOFR (or a successor administrator).

Three-Month Term SOFR” means the rate for Term SOFR for a tenor of three months that is published by the Term SOFR Administrator at the Reference Time for any interest period, as determined by the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of Three-Month Term SOFR shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.

Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions” means any determination, decision or election with respect to any technical, administrative or operational matter (including with respect to the manner and timing of the publication of Three-Month Term SOFR, or changes to the definition of “interest period,” timing and frequency of determining Three-Month Term SOFR with respect to each interest period and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Calculation Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the use of Three-Month Term SOFR as the Benchmark in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Calculation Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Calculation Agent determines that no market practice for the use of Three-Month Term SOFR exists, in such other manner as the Calculation Agent determines is reasonably necessary).

Tier 2 Capital Event” means the Company’s good faith determination that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change in, the laws, rules or regulations of the United States (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any agency or instrumentality of the United States, including the Federal Reserve and other federal bank regulatory agencies) or any political subdivision of or in the United States that is enacted or becomes effective after the original issue date of the 2031 Notes; (b) any proposed change in those laws, rules or regulations that is announced or becomes effective after the original issue date of the 2031 Notes; or (c) any official administrative decision or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying those laws, rules, regulations, policies or guidelines with respect thereto that is announced after the original issue date of the 2031 Notes, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Company will not be entitled to treat the 2031 Notes then outstanding as “Tier 2 Capital” (or its equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy rules or regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any successor appropriate federal banking agency) as then in effect and applicable to the Company, for so long as any 2031 Notes are outstanding.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

(d) Section 1.1 of the Base Indenture is amended and supplemented, solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, by replacing the corresponding defined term in the Base Indenture with the following defined terms:

 

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Business Day” means (a) each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, or (b) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is not closed for business.

Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Senior Indebtedness” means any obligation of the Company to its creditors, whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, other than any obligation where, in the instrument creating or evidencing the obligation or pursuant to which the obligation is outstanding, it is provided that the obligation is not Senior Indebtedness. Senior Indebtedness includes, without limitation:

a. the principal (and premium, if any) of and interest in respect of indebtedness of the Company for purchased or borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;

b. all capital lease obligations of the Company;

c. all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any conditional sale or title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business;

d. all obligations of the Company arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and direct credit substitutes, including obligations in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance, security purchase facilities and similar credit transactions;

e. all obligations of the Company associated with derivative products, including obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or options contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements;

f. all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) of other persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise;

g. all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company; and

h. any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness does not include:

a. the 2031 Notes;

b. trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; and

c. any indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, the 2031 Notes.

 

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ARTICLE III

FORM AND TERMS OF THE 2031 Notes

Section 3.01. Form and Dating.

(a) The 2031 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The 2031 Notes shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual, electronic signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the 2031 Notes, the words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture, any 2031 Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee is not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee. If the person whose signature is on any 2031 Notes no longer holds that office at the time the 2031 Notes are authenticated and delivered, the 2031 Notes shall nevertheless be valid.

(b) The 2031 Notes may have a legend or legends or endorsements as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules of any securities exchange or usage. The 2031 Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication.

(c) The terms contained in the 2031 Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Section 3.02. Terms of the 2031 Notes. The following terms relating to the 2031 Notes are hereby established:

(a) Title. The 2031 Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “Renasant Corporation 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031” and the CUSIP number 75970E AE7.

(b) Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, as amended hereby, shall be Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) on the Issue Date. Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the 2031 Notes, the Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders, create and issue additional Securities having the same terms as, and ranking equally and ratably with, the 2031 Notes in all respects and so that such additional 2031 Notes will be consolidated and form a single series with, and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as, the 2031 Notes initially issued (except for any differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the date of issuance of the additional 2031 Notes), and with the same CUSIP number as the 2031 Notes, provided that such additional 2031 Notes are fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the 2031 Notes.

 

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(c) Person to Whom Interest is Payable. Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the person in whose name the 2031 Notes are registered for such interest at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day of the month immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day. Any such interest which is payable, but not so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall cease to be payable to the Holder on such relevant record date by virtue of having been a Holder on such date, and such defaulted interest may be paid by the Company to the person in whose name the 2031 Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of 2031 Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date that complies with Section 2.13 of the Base Indenture, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the 2031 Notes may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange and in compliance with the Base Indenture.

(d) Maturity Date. The entire outstanding Principal of the 2031 Notes shall be payable on December 1, 2031 (the “Maturity Date”).

(e) Interest.

(i) The 2031 Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.00% per annum from and including the Issue Date to, but excluding, December 1, 2026 or the date of earlier redemption (the “Fixed Rate Period”). Interest accrued on the 2031 Notes during the Fixed Rate Period will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each such date a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 1, 2022. The last Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date shall be December 1, 2026, unless the 2031 Notes are earlier redeemed. The interest payable during the Fixed Rate Period will be paid to each holder in whose name a 2031 Note is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) of the month immediately preceding the applicable Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “Fixed Rate Regular Record Date”).

(ii) The 2031 Notes will bear a floating interest rate from and including December 1, 2026 to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date (the “Floating Rate Period”). The floating interest rate will be reset quarterly, and the interest rate for any Floating Rate Period shall be equal to the Benchmark, which is expected to be the then-current Three-Month Term SOFR, plus 191 basis points for each quarterly interest period during the Floating Rate Period. During the Floating Rate Period, interest on the 2031 Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year (each such date, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”, together with a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on March 1, 2027 through the Maturity Date or Redemption Date. The interest payable during the Floating Rate Period will be paid to each holder in whose name a 2031 Note is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) of the month immediately preceding the applicable Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “Floating Rate Regular Record Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Three-Month Term SOFR (or other applicable Benchmark) is less than zero, then Three-Month Term SOFR (or other such Benchmark) shall be deemed to be zero. The Calculation Agent (as defined below) will provide the Company and the Trustee with the interest rate in effect on the 2031 Notes promptly after the Reference Time (or such other date of determination for the applicable Benchmark).

 

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(iii) The amount of interest payable on any Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months up to, but excluding December 1, 2026, and the amount of interest payable on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the number of days actually elapsed. The Company or the Calculation Agent, as applicable, shall calculate the amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm or verify any such calculation. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date for the 2031 Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date or of principal and interest payable on the Maturity Date will be paid on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (any payment made on such date will be treated as being made on the date that the payment was first due and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date); provided, that in the event that any scheduled Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be accelerated to the immediately preceding Business Day, and, in each such case, the amounts payable on such Business Day will include interest accrued to but excluding such Business Day. Dollar amounts resulting from interest calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward.

(iv) The Company shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that, from the commencement of the Floating Rate Period, for so long as any of the 2031 Notes are outstanding, there will at all times be a calculation agent appointed by the Company to calculate Three-Month Term SOFR in respect of each Floating Rate Period (the “Calculation Agent”). The calculation of Three-Month Term SOFR for each applicable Floating Rate Period by the Calculation Agent will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate and its calculation of interest payments for any period will be maintained on file at the Calculation Agent’s principal offices, will be made available to any Holder of the Notes upon request and will be provided to the Trustee. The Calculation Agent shall have all the rights, protections and indemnities afforded to the Trustee under the Base Indenture and hereunder. The Company will act as the initial Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Company at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as Calculation Agent or is removed by the Company, the Company will promptly appoint a replacement Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been duly appointed; provided, that if a successor Calculation Agent has not been appointed by the Company and such successor accepted such position within 30 days after the giving of notice of resignation by the Calculation Agent, the resigning Calculation Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent with respect to such series. The Trustee will not be under any duty to succeed to, assume or otherwise perform any of the duties of the Calculation Agent, or to appoint a successor or replacement in the event of the Calculation Agent’s resignation or removal or to replace the Calculation Agent in the event of a default, breach or failure of performance on the part of the Calculation Agent with respect to the Calculation Agent’s duties and obligations hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time there is no Calculation Agent appointed by the Company, then the Company shall be the Calculation Agent. The Company may appoint itself or any of its Affiliates to be the Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent’s calculation of the amount of any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be maintained on file at the Calculation Agent’s principal offices, and will be made available to any Holder of the 2031 Notes upon request and will be provided to the Trustee.

(f) Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.

(i) If the Calculation Agent determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred on or prior to the Reference Time in respect of any determination of the Benchmark on any date, then the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the 2031 Notes during the Floating Rate Period in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Calculation Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time.

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding anything set forth in Section 3.02(e)(ii) above, if the Calculation Agent determines on or prior to the relevant Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR, then the provisions set forth in this Section 3.02(f) will thereafter apply to all subsequent determinations of the interest rate on the 2031 Notes during the Floating Rate Period. After a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, the interest rate on the 2031 Notes for each interest period during the Floating Rate Period will subsequently be an annual rate equal to the Benchmark Replacement plus 191 basis points.

(iii) The Calculation Agent is expressly authorized to make certain determinations, decisions and elections under the terms of the 2031 Notes, including with respect to the use of Three-Month Term SOFR as the Benchmark and under this Section 3.02(f). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Calculation Agent under the terms of the 2031 Notes, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or selection (A) will be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the 2031 Notes and the Trustee absent manifest error, (B) if made by the Company as Calculation Agent, will be made in the Company’s sole discretion, (C) if made by a Calculation Agent other than the Company, will be made after consultation with the Company, and the Calculation Agent will not make any such determination, decision or election to which the Company reasonably objects and (D) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Base Indenture, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of the 2031 Notes, the Trustee or any other party. If the Calculation Agent fails to make any determination, decision or election that it is required to make under the terms of the 2031 Notes, then the Company will make such determination, decision or election on the same basis as described above.

(iv) The Company (or its Calculation Agent) shall notify the Trustee in writing (i) upon the occurrence of the Benchmark Transition Event or the Benchmark Replacement Date, and (ii) of any Benchmark Replacements, Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and other items affecting the interest rate on the 2031 Notes after a Benchmark Transition Event.

(v) The Trustee (including in its capacity as Paying Agent) shall have no (A) responsibility or liability for the (w) Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions, (x) selection of an alternative reference rate to Three-Month Term SOFR (including, without limitation, whether the conditions for the designation of such rate have been satisfied or whether such rate is a Benchmark Replacement or an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement), (y) determination or calculation of a Benchmark Replacement, or (z) determination of whether a Benchmark Transition Event or Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred, and in each such case under clauses (w) through (z) above shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the selection, determination, and/or calculation thereof as provided by the Company or its Calculation Agent, as applicable, and (B) liability for any failure or delay in performing its duties hereunder as a result of the unavailability of a Benchmark rate as described in the definition thereof, including, without limitation, as a result of the Company’s or Calculation Agent’s failure to select a Benchmark Replacement or the Calculation Agent’s failure to calculate a Benchmark. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on all notices from the Company or its Calculation Agent regarding any Benchmark or Benchmark Replacement, including, without limitation, in regards to Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions, a Benchmark Transition Event, Benchmark Replacement Date, and Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the actions or omissions of the Calculation Agent, or any failure or delay in the performance of the Calculation Agent’s duties or obligations, nor shall it be under any obligation to monitor or oversee the

 

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performance of the Calculation Agent. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any determination made, and any instruction, notice, Officers’ Certificate or other instruction or information provided by the Calculation Agent without independent verification, investigation or inquiry of any kind. The Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment or supplement hereto that adversely impacts its rights, duties, obligations, immunities or liabilities (including, without limitation, in connection with the adoption of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes).

(vi) If the then-current Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, the Calculation Agent will have the right to establish the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions, and if any of the foregoing provisions concerning the calculation of the interest rate and the payment of interest during the Floating Rate Period are inconsistent with any of the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions determined by the Calculation Agent, then the relevant Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions will apply.

(g) Place of Payment of Principal and Interest. So long as the 2031 Notes shall be issued in global form, the Company shall make, or cause the Paying Agent to make, all payments of principal and interest on the 2031 Notes by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Depository or its nominee, in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depository. If the 2031 Notes are not in global form, the Company, may, at its option, make, or cause the Paying Agent to make, payments of principal and interest on the 2031 Notes by check mailed to the address of the person specified for payment in accordance with Section 3.02(e)(i) and (e)(ii) above. A global security with respect to the 2031 Notes shall be exchangeable for physical securities of such series only if:

 

 

The Depository is at any time unwilling or unable or ineligible to continue as a depository or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so notified in writing;

 

 

The Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global securities shall be so exchangeable (and the Trustee consents thereto); or

 

 

An Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the global securities and a Holder requests such exchange.

(h) Redemption. The 2031 Notes shall be redeemable, in each case, in whole or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date beginning with the Interest Payment Date on December 1, 2026, and on any Interest Payment Date thereafter (each, a “Redemption Date”) subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to the extent such approval is required under the rules of the Federal Reserve (or, as and if applicable, the rules of any appropriate successor bank regulatory agency). The 2031 Notes may not otherwise be redeemed prior to the Maturity Date, except that the Company may, at its option, redeem the 2031 Notes before the Maturity Date in whole but not in part from time to time, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to the extent such approval is then required under the rules of the Federal Reserve (or, as and if applicable, the rules of any appropriate successor bank regulatory agency), upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event or a Tax Event, or if the Company is required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.). Any such redemption will be at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2031 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date fixed by the Company. The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture shall apply to any redemption of the 2031 Notes pursuant to this Article 3, provided that a notice of redemption shall be delivered to holders of the 2031 Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption

 

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Date. Any partial redemption will be made in accordance with The Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) applicable procedures among all of the Holders of the 2031 Notes. If any 2031 Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such 2031 Note shall state that it is a partial redemption and the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and a replacement 2031 Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original 2031 Note. Any notice of redemption may be conditional in the Company’s discretion on one or more conditions precedent, and the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied or revoked by the Company if it determines that such conditions will not be satisfied.

(i) No Repayment or Sinking Fund. The 2031 Notes will not be subject to redemption or repayment at the option of any Holder at any time prior to the Maturity Date. There shall be no sinking fund for the 2031 Notes.

(j) Notes Not Convertible or Exchangeable. The 2031 Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities, other securities, or assets or property of the Company or its subsidiaries.

(k) Denomination. The 2031 Notes and any beneficial interest in the 2031 Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(l) Currency of the 2031 Notes. The 2031 Notes shall be denominated, and payment of principal and interest of the 2031 Notes shall be payable in, the currency of the United States of America.

(m) No Additional Amounts. In the event that any payment on the 2031 Notes is subject to withholding of any U.S. federal income tax or other tax or assessment (as a result of a change in law or otherwise), the Company will not pay additional amounts with respect to such tax or assessment.

(n) Acceleration. Neither the Trustee nor the Holders of the 2031 Notes shall have the right to accelerate the maturity of the 2031 Notes unless there is an Event of Default specified under clause (e), (f) or (g) of Section 6.1 (as amended herein) of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default specified in clause (e), (f) or (g) of Section 6.1 (as amended herein) of the Base Indenture occurs, then the principal amount of all of the outstanding 2031 Notes, including any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2031 Notes and premium, if any, shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the 2031 Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture.

(o) Registered Form. The 2031 Notes shall be issuable as registered global Securities, and the Depository for the 2031 Notes shall be the DTC or any successor Depository appointed by the Company within 90 days of the termination of services of DTC (or any successor to DTC). Sections 2.11 and 2.13 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the 2031 Notes.

(p) Events of Default. The Events of Default provided for in Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the 2031 Notes, provided that:

(i) the text of clause (c) of Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture is deleted and replaced with the word “Reserved”;

 

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(ii) the text of clause (g) of Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“(g) the appointment by a competent government agency having primary regulatory authority over any Major Constituent Bank under any applicable federal or state banking, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect of a Custodian of any such Major Constituent Bank or (ii) the entry of a decree or order in any case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state banking, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect appointing any receiver of any Major Constituent Bank;”

(iii) a new clause (h), reading in its entirety as follows, shall be inserted:

“(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to the Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2(n).”

(q) Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.1(e), 6.1(f) or 6.1(g) occurs, the principal amount of all the 2031 Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable. The Maturity Date of the 2031 Notes shall not otherwise be accelerated as a result of an Event of Default.

At any time after the acceleration of the 2031 Notes and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding 2031 Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such acceleration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (i) all overdue interest on the 2031 Notes, (ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the 2031 Notes which have become due otherwise than by such acceleration and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the 2031 Notes, (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the 2031 Notes, and (iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and (b) all Events of Default with respect to the 2031 Notes, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Notes which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.”

(r) Collection of Indebtedness And Suits For Enforcement By Trustee. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the first paragraph of Section 6.3 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“The Company covenants that if:

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on the 2031 Notes when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,

 

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(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any 2031 Note at the Maturity Date, or

(c) the failure of the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture, to perform any covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture, which failure shall not have been remedied, or without provision deemed to be adequate for the remedying thereof having been made, for a period of 90 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or shall have been given to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes then outstanding, specifying such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same and stating that such notice is a notice of default under the Indenture,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the 2031 Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the 2031 Notes for principal, and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed in the 2031 Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.”

(s) Ranking. The 2031 Notes shall rank junior to and shall be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether existing as of the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, or hereafter issued or incurred, including all indebtedness relating to money owed to general creditors and trade creditors. The 2031 Notes shall rank senior to the Company’s Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2033, 2035, 2036, 2037 and 2038, and rank equally with all of the Company’s other unsecured, subordinated obligations from time to time outstanding, including the Company’s existing 5.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2026, 5.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 and 4.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035. Subject to the terms of the Base Indenture, if the Trustee or any holder of any of the 2031 Notes receives any payment or distribution of the Company’s assets in contravention of the subordination provisions applicable to the 2031 Notes before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, property or securities, including by way of set-off or any such payment or distribution that may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the 2031 Notes, then such payment or distribution will be held in trust for the benefit of holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representatives to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of all unpaid Senior Indebtedness.

(t) No Collateral. The 2031 Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any security interest in, or collateralization by, any rights, property or interest of the Company.

(u) Additional Terms. Other terms applicable to the 2031 Notes are as otherwise provided for in the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

Section 4.01. Legal Defeasance. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 8.3(c) of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

i. the Company shall have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a regionally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due;

ii. such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

iii. no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 120th day after such date;

iv. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

v. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the Securities, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit;

vi. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

vii. the defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all of the Securities are in default within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act);

 

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viii. such defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and

vi. the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.”

Section 4.02. Covenant Defeasance. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 8.4 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2(p) to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2(p) (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2(n) and designated as an Event of Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a regionally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due;

(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 120th day after such date;

(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the Securities, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit;

(f) The defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all of the Securities are in default within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act);

(g) Such defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and

(h) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.”

Section 4.03. Repayment to Company. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 8.5 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“Subject to applicable law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the 2031 Notes and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon request by the Company or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust, and the Holder of such 2031 Notes shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such amounts without interest thereon, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Company may publish or cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.”

ARTICLE V

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND WAIVER

Section 5.01. Modification of Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend the Indenture by entering into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, for any of the following purposes:

 

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(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company in the Indenture and in the 2031 Notes;

(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the 2031 Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of the 2031 Notes;

(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of 2031 Notes in certificated form;

(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any 2031 Note created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such 2031 Note with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such 2031 Note outstanding;

(f) to secure the 2031 Notes;

(g) to establish the form or terms of 2031 Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof;

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the 2031 Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.8;

(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (i) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as determined, in good faith, by the Company; or

(j) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture.

Subject to the provisions of Section 9.7 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make the further agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property or assets thereunder.”

Section 5.02. Limitations. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 9.3 of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“No supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding 2031 Note affected thereby,

(a) change the Maturity Date of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any 2031 Note, or change the timing of an interest payment on any 2031 Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of

 

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any 2031 Note which would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the Maturity Date thereof pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any 2031 Note or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Maturity Date thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or modify the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the subordination of the 2031 Notes in a manner adverse to Holders;

(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding 2031 Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in the Indenture; or

(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding 2031 Note affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and clause (b) of Section 6.13, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7.8 and Section 9.1(h).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of the 2031 Notes, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of the 2031 Notes with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of the Holders of each series of Securities entitled to give a written consent or waive compliance by the Company as authorized or permitted by this Section. Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or waiver or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall mail a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of 2031 Notes at their addresses as the same shall then appear in the Register of the Company. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE VI

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 6.01. Supplemental Indentures. The following paragraph shall be added to the end of Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture and shall only apply to the 2031 Notes:

“Not in limitation of the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder of 2031 Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the 2031 Notes to conform the terms of the Indenture and the 2031 Notes to the description of the 2031 Notes in the prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2021 relating to the offering of the 2031 Notes, as certified by the Company to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate.”

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01. Trust Indenture Act. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such act to be a part of and govern this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the latter provision shall control.

Section 7.02. GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE 2031 NOTES.

Section 7.03. JURISDICTION. THE PARTIES HEREBY (I) IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (II) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS, AND (III) WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM OR DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY PARTY

Section 7.04. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

Section 7.05. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 7.06. Severability; Entire Agreement. In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the 2031 Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The Base Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the exhibits thereto and hereto set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties related to this transaction and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written.

Section 7.07. Ratification. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Base Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Section 7.08. Effectiveness. The provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.

Section 7.09. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 7.10. Rights of Trustee. Solely with respect to the 2031 Notes, the text of Section 7.2(m) of the Base Indenture shall be substituted with the following:

“The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority; acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action; or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility.”

Section 7.11. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any 2031 Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any shareholder, employee, agent, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the 2031 Notes.

Section 7.12. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the 2031 Notes, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company.

Section 7.13. USA PATRIOT Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties to this agreement agree that they shall provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

RENASANT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ C. Mitchell Waycaster

Name:   C. Mitchell Waycaster
Title:   President and Principal Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Fourth Supplemental Indenture]

 

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Wilmington Trust, National Association,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Michael H. Wass

Name:   Michael H. Wass
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Fourth Supplemental Indenture]

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

See attached.

 

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THIS SECURITY AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED HEREIN) AS EVIDENCED HEREBY (1) ARE NOT DEPOSITS WITH OR HELD BY THE COMPANY AND ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND (2) ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE IDENTIFIED HEREIN).

GLOBAL NOTE

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (I) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (II) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR THE DEPOSITARY TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


RENASANT CORPORATION

3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031

 

No. 1    CUSIP: 75970E AE7
   ISIN: US75970EAE77
$200,000,000   

Renasant Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of $200,000,000 (or such other amount as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto) on December 1, 2031 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “Stated Maturity Date”), unless redeemed prior to such date, and to pay interest thereon (i) from, and including, November 23, 2021, to, but excluding, December 1, 2026, unless redeemed prior to such date, at a rate of 3.00% per annum, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2022 (each such date, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date,” with the period from, and including, November 23, 2021 to, but excluding, the first Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date and each successive period from, and including, a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date being a “Fixed Rate Period”) and (ii) from, and including, December 1, 2026 to, but excluding, the Stated Maturity Date, unless redeemed subsequent to December 1, 2026 but prior to the Stated Maturity Date, at a rate equal to Three-Month Term SOFR, reset quarterly, plus 191 basis points (1.91%), or such other rate as determined pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year (each, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date,” and together with the Fixed Rate Interest Payment Dates, the “Interest Payment Dates,” with the period from, and including, December 1, 2026 to, but excluding, the first Floating Rate Interest Payment Date and each successive period from, and including a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Floating Rate Interest Payment Date being a “Floating Rate Period”), commencing on March 1, 2027 through the Stated Maturity Date or earlier redemption date. The amount of interest payable on any Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months up to, but excluding December 1, 2026, and, the amount of interest payable on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the number of days actually elapsed. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date or of principal and interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date will be paid on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (any payment made on such date will be treated as being made on the date that the payment was first due and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date); provided, that in the event that any scheduled Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be accelerated to the immediately preceding Business Day, and, in each such case, the amounts payable on such Business Day will include interest accrued to but excluding such Business Day. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of Three-Month Term SOFR (or, if different, the then-current Benchmark) shall be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.


The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the 15th day of the month (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such relevant record date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

 

RENASANT CORPORATION
By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Date of authentication:                         

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

             

 

Authorized Signatory


REVERSE OF NOTE

RENASANT CORPORATION

3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company of a series designated as the “3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031” (herein called the “Notes”) initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 on November 23, 2021. Such series of Notes has been established pursuant to, and is one of an indefinite number of series of subordinated debt securities of the Company issued or issuable under and pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee), as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,”), the Second Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of September 3, 2020 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture,”), and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of November 23, 2021 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and any other indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Persons in whose names Notes are registered from time to time and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms, conditions and provisions of the Notes are those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and those set forth in this Note. To the extent that the terms, conditions and provisions of this Note modify, supplement or are inconsistent with those of the Indenture, then the terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note shall govern to the extent that such terms, conditions and other provisions of this Note are not inconsistent with the terms, conditions and provisions made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act.

All capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined herein that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. To the extent that any capitalized term used in this Note and defined herein is also defined in the Indenture but conflicts with the definition provided in the Indenture, the definition of the capitalized term in this Note shall control.

The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by the Notes, including the principal thereof, premium, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, and interest thereon, is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter incurred, and on the terms and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all other Securities and with all other unsecured subordinated indebtedness of the Company and not by its terms subordinate and subject in right of payment to


the prior payment in full of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of types that include the Notes. Each Holder of this Note, by the acceptance hereof, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions of the Indenture, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided, and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. If certain Events of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes shall be immediately accelerated in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Notes are intended to be treated as Tier 2 capital (or its then-equivalent if the Company were subject to such capital requirement) for purposes of capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or, as and if applicable, the capital adequacy rules or regulations of any appropriate successor federal banking agency) (the “Federal Reserve Board”) as then in effect and applicable to the Company. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal and interest owed on the Notes shall only become due and payable in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Article VI of the Base Indenture and Section 3.02(n) and (p) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Accordingly, the Holder of this Note has no right to accelerate the maturity of this Note in the event that the Company fails to pay interest on any of the Notes, or fails to perform any other obligations under the Notes or in the Indenture that are applicable to the Notes.

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest (the “Redemption Price”) to but excluding, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), on any Interest Payment Date on or after December 1, 2026. The Company may also, at its option, redeem the Notes before the Stated Maturity Date, in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event, a Tax Event or if the Company is required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Any such redemption will be at a redemption price equal to the Redemption Price to, but excluding, the Redemption Date fixed by the Company. No redemption of the Notes by the Company prior to the Stated Maturity Date shall be made without the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board if such prior approval is or will be required at the scheduled Redemption Date. The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture and Section 3.02(h) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the redemption of any Notes by the Company.

In the event that any payment on the Notes is subject to withholding of any U.S. federal income tax or other tax or assessment (as a result of a change in law or otherwise), the Company will not pay Additional Amounts with respect to such tax or assessment.


The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The Notes are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities or property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Register described in Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.


The Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

This Note is a global note, represented by one or more permanent global certificates registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (each a “Global Note” and collectively, the “Global Notes”). Accordingly, unless and until it is exchanged for individual certificates, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or any nominee of such successor. Ownership of beneficial interests in this Note will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable Depositary or its nominee (with respect to interest of persons that have accounts with the Depositary (“Participants”)) and the records of Participants (with respect to interests of persons other than Participants). Beneficial interests in Notes owned by persons that hold through Participants will be evidenced only by, and transfers of such beneficial interests with such Participants will be effected only through, records maintained by such Participants. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in this Note will not be entitled to have any individual certificates and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under the Indenture.

Except in the limited circumstances set forth in the Base Indenture, Participants and owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive Notes in the form of individual Securities and will not be considered Holders of Notes. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any of their respective agents will be liable for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee or any direct or indirect Participant in identifying the beneficial owners of the related Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and each of their respective agents may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all purposes, including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Notes to be issued.

Except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Base Indenture, beneficial owners of Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in the form of individual Securities, and no Global Note will be exchangeable except for another Global Note of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Global Note must rely on the procedures of the Depositary and, if such person is not a Participant, on the procedures of the Participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder under the Notes.

The laws of some jurisdictions may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in definitive form. Accordingly, the ability to transfer interests in the Notes represented by a Global Note to those persons may be limited. In addition, because the Depositary can act only on behalf of its Participants, who in turn act on behalf of persons who hold interests through Participants, the ability of a person having


an interest in Notes represented by a Global Note to pledge or transfer such interest to persons or entities that do not participate in the Depositary’s system, or otherwise to take actions in respect of such interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical definitive security in respect of such interest. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of Notes by the Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to the Notes.

The Trustee will act as the Company’s Paying Agent with respect to the Notes through its Corporate Trust Office presently located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. The Company may at any time rescind the designation of a Paying Agent, appoint a successor Paying Agent, or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts.

Notices to the Holders of registered Notes in the form of individual Securities will be given to such Holders at their respective addresses in the Register, or in the case of Global Notes, electronic delivery in accordance with DTC’s applicable procedures. The Indenture contains provisions setting forth certain conditions to the institution of proceedings by the Holders of Notes with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy under the Indenture.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

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

 

 

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint the Trustee as agent to transfer this Note on the books of Renasant Corporation. The agent may substitute another to act for it.

Your Signature:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

Your Name:

Date:

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $200,000,000. The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Note have been made:

 

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decrease in

principal amount

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Global Note

  

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increase in

principal amount

of this

Global Note

  

Principal

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Global Note

following such

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Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

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November 23, 2021

Renasant Corporation

209 Troy Street

Tupelo, Mississippi 38804-4827

 

Re:

Renasant Corporation

Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-260188)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Renasant Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s issuance and sale of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), pursuant to the Company’s prospectus, dated October 12, 2021 (the “Base Prospectus”), which was included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-260188) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 12, 2021 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the related preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2021 and the related final prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2021 (collectively, the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Notes are being issued and sold pursuant to (i) that certain Subordinated Indenture dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”) by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that certain Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 23, 2021 between the Company and the Trustee (collectively with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and (ii) that certain Underwriting Agreement dated as of November 17, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and between the Company and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”).

In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied upon originals, or photostatic, scanned/emailed or certified (or otherwise satisfactorily identified) copies, of the Registration Statement (including the exhibits attached thereto), the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Global Note representing the Notes, the Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses relating to the Company dated November 17, 2021 and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 of the rules and regulations of the Commission, used by the Company in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through the date hereof, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended through the date hereof. We have also examined and relied upon originals, or photostatic, scanned/emailed or certified (or otherwise satisfactorily identified) copies, of such other records of the Company, certificates of officers of the Company and other agreements, documents and instruments and have examined such questions of law as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below.

 

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In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures appearing on all documents, the legal capacity of all natural persons signing such documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic or scanned/emailed copies, the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to us by the Company, and the truth and accuracy of all facts set forth in all certificates provided to or examined by us. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, we have made no independent investigations with regard thereto, and, accordingly, we do not express any opinion as to matters that might have been disclosed by independent verification.

Based upon the foregoing and representations made to us by officers of the Company, and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, insofar as the laws of the State of Mississippi are concerned, (i) the Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Mississippi and has all requisite corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, as applicable, and (ii) the Notes and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

With respect to all matters of New York law, we note that you are relying on an opinion of Covington & Burling LLP, dated as of even date herewith, which opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

Our opinions are subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; and (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion as to (i) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (ii) restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (iii) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or other procedural rights, (iv) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (v) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (vi) grants of setoff rights, (vii) proxies, powers of attorney and trusts and (viii) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Mississippi. We express no opinion as to matters governed by the laws of any other state, including without limitation any state securities or blue sky laws. Furthermore, no opinion is expressed herein as to the effect of any future acts of the parties or changes in existing law. We undertake no responsibility to advise you of any changes after the date hereof in the law or the facts presently in effect that would alter the scope or substance of the opinions herein expressed.

This opinion is delivered for use solely in connection with the issuance of the Notes, in the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Underwriting Agreement, and may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purpose without our express written consent. This letter expresses our legal opinion as to the foregoing matters based on our professional judgment at this time; it is not, however, to be construed as a guaranty, nor is it a warranty that a court considering such matters would not rule in a manner contrary to the opinion set forth above.


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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 23, 2021, which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and to being named in the Registration Statement under the heading “Legal Matters” as the law firm which passed on the validity of the Notes. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ PHELPS DUNBAR, L.L.P.

PHELPS DUNBAR, L.L.P.
EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

 

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November 23, 2021

Renasant Corporation

209 Troy Street

Tupelo, MS 38804

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to the Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) in connection with the registration by Renasant Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 23, 2021 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-260188), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 12, 2021 (such registration statement, as amended and supplemented to the date hereof, the “Registration Statement”).

We have reviewed:

(i) the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 17, 2021, between the Company and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., individually and as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriting Agreement”);

(ii) the Registration Statement;

(iii) the preliminary prospectus, consisting of the prospectus, dated October 12, 2021 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated November 17, 2021, with respect to the offer and sale of the Notes, filed with the Commission on November 17, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act;

(iv) the pricing information, comprised of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the public offering price of the Notes, and (iii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as reflected on the cover page of the Prospectus;


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(v) the final prospectus, consisting of the Base Prospectus as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement, dated November 17, 2021, with respect to the offer and sale of the Notes, filed with the Commission on November 19, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act;

(vi) the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and

(vii) an executed copy of the Global Note representing the Notes.

We also have reviewed such other corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

We have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all copies of documents submitted to us conform to the originals. We have assumed further that the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. We have assumed further that the information, representations and warranties contained in the agreements, instruments, records, certificates and other documents we have reviewed were true, accurate and complete as of their stated date and are true, accurate and complete as of the date of this letter.

We have assumed further that (i) the Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Mississippi and has all requisite power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, as applicable, and (ii) the Company has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture and the Notes (insofar as the law of the State of Mississippi is applicable to the execution and delivery thereof). We have assumed further that the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Notes by the Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder do not and will not violate or contravene any judgment, order, decree or permit issued by any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, or conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any contract or other instrument binding on or affecting the Company or any subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties or assets.

With respect to all matters of Mississippi law, we note that you are relying on an opinion of Phelps Dunbar LLP, dated as of even date herewith, which opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.


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We have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, insofar as the law of the State of New York is concerned, when the Notes have been (a) duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and (b) duly issued and delivered by the Company against payment of the purchase price therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

We express no opinion as to (i) waivers of defenses, subrogation and related rights, rights to trial by jury, rights to object to venue, or other rights or benefits bestowed by operation of law; (ii) indemnification, contribution, exculpation, or arbitration provisions, or provisions for the non-survival of representations, to the extent they purport to indemnify any party against, or release or limit any party’s liability for, its own breach or failure to comply with statutory obligations, or to the extent such provisions are contrary to public policy; or (iii) provisions for liquidated damages and penalties, penalty interest and interest on interest.

We are members of the bar of the District of Columbia and the State of New York. We do not express any opinion herein on any laws other than the law of the State of New York.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. We also hereby consent to the references to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Covington & Burling LLP
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

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Contacts:    For Media:    For Financials:
   John S. Oxford    James C. Mabry IV
   Senior Vice President   

Executive Vice President

   Director of Marketing    Chief Financial Officer
   (662) 680-1219    (662) 680-1281
   joxford@renasant.com    jim.mabry@renasant.com

RENASANT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PRICING

OF SUBORDINATED NOTES

TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI (November 17, 2021) – Renasant Corporation (Nasdaq: RNST) (the “Company”), the parent company of Renasant Bank, today announced the pricing of its public offering of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”). The Notes, which have an initial fixed interest rate of 3.00% until December 1, 2026, payable semi-annually in arrears, and a 10-year term, were offered to the public at par. Commencing December 1, 2026, the interest rate on the Notes resets quarterly to a floating rate per annum equal to a benchmark rate that is expected to be Three-Month Term SOFR (which is defined in the Notes), plus 191 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, after December 1, 2026, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The Notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes. The Company expects net proceeds from the offering (before expenses) to be $197.5 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes offering for general corporate purposes, which may include providing capital to support the Company’s organic growth or growth through strategic acquisitions, redeeming or repaying indebtedness, financing investments, capital expenditures and for investments in Renasant Bank as regulatory capital. The offering is expected to close on November 23, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.


Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, is acting as lead book-running manager for the offering, while Piper Sandler & Co. and Stephens Inc. are acting as active book-running managers and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is serving as a co-manager.

The Notes are being offered only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. The Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-260188) (including a base prospectus) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and a related preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2021 to the base prospectus contained in the registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and it will file a final prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Notes with the SEC.

Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering of the Notes may be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, the underwriters or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the base prospectus and the related prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, by telephone at (800) 966-1559 or by email at USCapitalMarkets@kbw.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offering of the Notes is being made only by means of a written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities being offered have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of either prospectus supplement or the shelf registration statement or prospectus relating thereto.


ABOUT RENASANT CORPORATION:

Renasant Corporation is the parent of Renasant Bank, a 117-year-old financial services institution. Renasant has assets of approximately $16.2 billion and operates 200 banking, lending, mortgage, wealth management and insurance offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

This press release may contain, or incorporate by reference, statements about Renasant Corporation that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “potential,” “possible,” “may increase,” “may fluctuate,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could,” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Forward-looking statements include information about the Company’s future financial performance, business strategy, projected plans and objectives and are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management. The Company’s management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, but they are all inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change. Actual results may differ from those indicated or implied in the forward-looking statements, and such differences may be material. Prospective investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and, accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made.

Important factors currently known to management that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the following: (i) the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (and variants thereof) and related governmental response measures on the U.S. economy and the economies of the markets in which we operate; (ii) the Company’s ability to efficiently integrate acquisitions into its operations, retain the customers of these businesses, grow the acquired operations and realize the cost savings expected from an acquisition to the extent and in the timeframe anticipated by management; (iii) the effect of economic conditions and interest rates on a national, regional or international basis; (iv) timing and success of the implementation of changes in operations to achieve enhanced earnings or effect cost savings; (v) competitive pressures in the consumer finance, commercial finance, insurance, financial services, asset management, retail banking, mortgage lending and auto lending industries; (vi) the financial resources of, and products available from, competitors; (vii) changes in laws and regulations as well as changes in accounting standards; (viii) changes in policy by regulatory agencies; (ix) changes in the securities and foreign exchange markets; (x) the Company’s potential growth, including its entrance or expansion into new markets, and the need for sufficient capital to support that growth; (xi) changes in the quality or composition of the Company’s loan or investment portfolios, including adverse developments in borrower industries or in the repayment ability of individual borrowers; (xii) an insufficient allowance for credit losses as a result of inaccurate assumptions; (xiii) general economic, market or business conditions, including the impact of inflation; (xiv) changes in demand for loan products and financial services; (xv) concentration of credit exposure; (xvi) changes or the lack of changes in interest rates, yield curves and interest rate spread relationships; (xvii) increased cybersecurity risk, including potential network breaches, business disruptions or financial losses; (xviii) civil unrest, natural disasters, epidemics and other catastrophic events in the Company’s geographic area; (xix) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes; and (xx) other circumstances, many of which are beyond management’s control.


Management believes that the assumptions underlying the Company’s forward-looking statements are reasonable, but any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. Investors are urged to carefully consider the risks described in the Company’s filings with the SEC from time to time, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Company undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, except as required by federal securities laws.

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