1. Securities and the Indenture
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Bank (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 15, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Bank, and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as U.S. Trustee (the “U.S. Trustee”) and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian Trustee (the “Canadian Trustee” and, together with the U.S. Trustee, the “Trustees” and each, a “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 3, 2024 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”; the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), among the Bank, the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Bank, the Trustees and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $[•], provided that the Bank may, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to time, increase the initial principal amount.
2. Redemption; No Sinking Fund; Satisfaction and Discharge
The Bank may, at its option, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent and without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at any time within 90 days following a Regulatory Event Date, on not less than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the Holders of the Securities, at a redemption price which is equal to the Redemption Price.
The Bank may, at its option, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent and without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, redeem the Securities, in whole, but not in part, at any time following a Tax Event Date, on not less than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the Holders of the Securities, at a redemption price which is equal to the Redemption Price.
The Bank may, at its option, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent and without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, redeem the Securities in cash, in whole or in part, on not less than 10 days’ and not more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the registered Holders of the Securities, on the Initial Reset Date and each January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 thereafter, at a redemption price which is equal to the Redemption Price.
Upon the occurrence of a Preferred Share Redemption on any date other than the Maturity Date, a corresponding number of Outstanding Notes with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate face amount of Preferred Shares redeemed by the Bank pursuant to the Preferred Share Redemption, shall automatically and immediately be redeemed for a cash amount equal to the Redemption Price, on a full and permanent basis, without any action on the part of, or the need for consent from, the Holders of such Securities. For certainty, to the extent that the Bank has immediately prior to or concurrently with such Preferred Share Redemption redeemed or purchased for cancellation a corresponding number of Outstanding Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the foregoing requirement to automatically and immediately redeem a corresponding number of Outstanding Notes shall be deemed satisfied.
Except as provided in Article Eleven of the Third Supplemental Indenture and this Section 2, the Bank shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities. At any time the Bank may, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent, purchase Securities, in whole or in part, by tender offer, open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations, so long as such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the Indenture, upon such terms and at such prices as the Bank may determine. Securities purchased by the Bank shall, subject to the following paragraph, be cancelled and shall not be re-issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any subsidiary of the Bank may purchase Securities in the ordinary course of its business of dealing in securities.
If any Securities are to be cancelled pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Bank shall, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent, redeem a corresponding number of Preferred Shares (which amount shall equal the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be cancelled) then held by the Limited Recourse Trustee for cancellation, and, unless otherwise satisfied, the proceeds from the redemption of such Preferred Shares shall be applied by the Limited Recourse Trustee first towards the payment of the principal amount of, and second towards any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities, and should such proceeds of redemption be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, the Bank shall be obligated to fund any shortfall.
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