Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, POWERS,
PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF THE
FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATENON-CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES FF
($10,000.00 liquidation preference per share)
OF
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Stock Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in accordance with Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and pursuant to the authority duly delegated to the Stock Committee by the Board of Directors:
RESOLVED, that the Corporation be, and hereby is, authorized to issue a new series of its preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, with a liquidation preference, in the aggregate, of $2,250,000,000, on the following terms and with the following designations, powers, preferences and rights:
1. Designation and Amount. The series of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, shall be designated as the“Fixed-to-Floating RateNon-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series FF” (the “Series FF Preferred Stock”). The Series FF Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, and the authorized number of shares of the Series FF Preferred Stock shall be 225,000 shares.
2. Dividends.
(a) Holders of the Series FF Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, out of assets legally available for payment,non-cumulative cash dividends based on the liquidation preference of $10,000 per share of the Series FF Preferred Stock.
If declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, the Corporation shall pay dividends on the Series FF Preferred Stock (i) during the period from the original issue date of the Series FF Preferred Stock to, but excluding, August 1, 2024 (the “Fixed Rate Period”), semi-annually in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2020, and (ii) during the period from August 1, 2024 through the redemption date of the Series FF Preferred Stock, if any (the “Floating Rate Period”), quarterly in arrears, on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2024 (each such day on which dividends are payable a “Dividend Payment Date”).