EXHIBIT C
Dividend Calculation
Holders of Stock will be entitled to receive, only when, as and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, out of assets legally available for payment, cash dividends. These dividends will be payable at a rate (the “Dividend Rate”) equal to (i) 5.625% per annum for each semi-annual dividend period from November 7, 2014 to, but excluding, December 15, 2019, (the “Fixed Rate Period”) and (ii) three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 3.86% per annum, for each quarterly dividend period from December 15, 2019 through the redemption date of the Stock, if any (the “Floating Rate Period”), applied to the $100,000 liquidation preference per share of Stock and will be paid (a) during the Fixed Rate Period, semi-annually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, except as provided below, beginning on June 15, 2015 and ending on December 15, 2019, and (b) during the Floating Rate Period, quarterly, in arrears, on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, except as provided below, beginning on March 15, 2020 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”), with respect to the Dividend Period, or portion thereof, ending on the day preceding the respective Dividend Payment Date.
A “Dividend Period” means each period commencing on (and including) a Dividend Payment Date and continuing to (but not including) the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date, except that the first Dividend Period for the initial issuance of Stock will commence upon November 7, 2014.
If a day on or before December 15, 2019 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a business day, then such date will nevertheless be a dividend payment date but dividends on the Stock, when, as and if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding business day (without adjustment in the amount of the dividend per share of the Stock). If a day after December 15, 2019 that would otherwise be a Dividend Payment Date is not a business day, then the next succeeding business day will be the applicable dividend payment date and dividends, when, as and if declared, will be paid on such next succeeding business day.
Dividends payable on the Shares for the Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a360-day year consisting of twelve30-day months. Dividends payable on the Shares for the Floating Rate Period will be computed based on the actual number of days in a dividend period and a360-day year.
The Dividend Rate for each Dividend Period in the Floating Rate Period will be determined by the calculation agent using three-month LIBOR as in effect on the second London banking day prior to the beginning of the dividend period, which date is the “dividend determination date” for the dividend period. The calculation agent then will add three-month LIBOR as determined on the dividend determination date and the applicable spread. Absent manifest error, the calculation agent’s determination of the dividend rate for a dividend period for the Shares will be binding and conclusive.
A “London banking day” is any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
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