(bb) “Preference Shares Directors” has the meaning specified in Section 9(b).
(cc) “Rating Agency” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that publishes a rating for the Company.
(dd) “Rating Agency Event” has the meaning specified in Section 7(f).
(ee) “Redemption Date” means any date fixed for redemption in accordance with Section 7.
(ff) “Redomicile” means a change of the domicile of the Company from Bermuda to the United States, causing the Company to become a U.S.-domiciled corporation and a U.S. taxpayer.
(gg) “Relevant Date” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b)(i).
(hh) “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e).
(ii) “Reset Date” means December 30, 2027 and each date falling on the fifth anniversary of the preceding Reset Date, which in each case, will not be adjusted for Business Days.
(jj) “Reset Dividend Determination Date” means, in respect of any Reset Period, the day falling three Business Days prior to the beginning of such Reset Period, subject to any adjustments made by the Calculation Agent as provided for herein.
(kk) “Reset Period” means the period from, and including, December 30, 2027 to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from, and including, each Reset Date to, but excluding, the next following Reset Date.
(ll) “Senior Shares” means any class or series of shares of the Company that ranks senior to the Series E Preference Shares either as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company. As of the Issue Date, there are no Senior Shares of the Company outstanding.
(mm) “Series A Preference Shares” means the Company’s 6.35% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series A, US$1.00 par value per share, US$25,000 liquidation preference per share.
(nn) “Series B Preference Shares” means the Company’s 5.625% Fixed-Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series B, US$1.00 par value per share, US$25,000 liquidation preference per share.
(oo) “Series C Preference Shares” means the Company’s 6.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series C, US$1.00 par value per share, US$25,000 liquidation preference per share.
(pp) “Series D Preference Shares” means the Company’s 4.875% Fixed-Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series D, US$1.00 par value per share, US$25,000 liquidation preference per share.
(qq) “Series E Preference Shares” has the meaning specified in the preamble.
(rr) “Successor Company” means an entity formed by a consolidation, merger, amalgamation or other similar transaction involving the Company or the entity to which the Company conveys, transfers or leases substantially all its properties and assets.