Prospectus excerpt: We are offering 60,000,000 depositary shares each representing a 1/4,000th ownership interest in a share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series P, $1.00 par value, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share) (the ÙPreferred Stockˆ). As a holder of depositary shares, you will be entitled to all proportional rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights). You must exercise such rights through the depositary.
For a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in the depositary shares, see ÙRisk Factorsˆ in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, and all subsequent filings under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ÙExchange Actˆ), as well as the additional risk factors contained in this prospectus supplement beginning on page S-9.
We will pay dividends on the Preferred Stock, when, as, and if declared by our board of directors or a duly authorized committee of the board. Dividends will accrue and be payable from the date of issuance to, but excluding, May 1, 2022 at a rate of 6.125% per annum, payable quarterly, in arrears, on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on August 1, 2012. From and including May 1, 2022, we will pay dividends when, as, and if declared by our board or such committee at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 4.0675% per annum, payable quarterly, in arrears, on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year. Upon payment of any dividends on the Preferred Stock, holders of depositary shares will receive a proportionate payment.
Dividends on the Preferred Stock will not be cumulative. If our board of directors or a duly authorized committee of the board does not declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock in respect of a dividend period, then no dividend shall be deemed to have accrued for such dividend period, be payable on the applicable dividend payment date, or be cumulative, and we will have no obligation to pay any dividend for that dividend period, whether or not our board of directors or a duly authorized committee of our board declares a dividend on the Preferred Stock for any future dividend period.
We may redeem the Preferred Stock at our option, (i) in whole or in part, from time to time, on any dividend payment date on or after May 1, 2022 at a redemption price equal to $100,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends, or (ii) in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a regulatory capital treatment event (as defined herein), at a redemption price equal to $100,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per depositary share), plus any declared and unpaid dividends and any accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date. If we redeem the Preferred Stock, the depositary will redeem a proportionate number of depositary shares.