DESCRIPTION OF F.N.B. CAPITAL STOCK
The following summary of F.N.B. capital stock, including the common stock to be issued upon exercise of the options, is not complete and is qualified by reference to the F.N.B. articles of incorporation and the F.N.B. bylaws. You are urged to read the applicable provisions of Pennsylvania law, the F.N.B. articles of incorporation and the F.N.B. bylaws and U.S. federal law governing bank holding companies carefully and in their entirety.
Common Stock
F.N.B. is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of March 31, 2021, there were 318,696,426 shares of F.N.B. common stock outstanding. As of March 31, 2021, F.N.B. has reserved 13,244,299 shares of common stock for issuance under its employee stock plans and dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan.
Voting and Other Rights. The holders of F.N.B. common stock are entitled to one vote per share, and in general a majority of the votes cast with respect to a matter is sufficient to authorize action upon such matter. In an uncontested director election, each director is elected by a majority of the votes cast. If an incumbent director fails to obtain enough votes to be re-elected and a successor director is not elected at the same meeting, the director who failed to be re-elected will promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will accept or reject the resignation, taking into account the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. In a contested election, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Shareholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes in elections of directors.
In the event of a liquidation, holders of F.N.B. common stock are entitled to receive pro rata any assets legally available for distribution to shareholders with respect to shares held by them, subject to any prior rights of the holders of any of shares of F.N.B. preferred stock then outstanding. For a description of the F.N.B. preferred stock currently outstanding, see “—Preferred Stock” below.
F.N.B. common stock does not carry any preemptive rights, redemption privileges, sinking fund privileges or conversion rights.
Distributions. The holders of F.N.B. common stock are entitled to receive such dividends or distributions as the F.N.B. Board of Directors may declare out of funds legally available for such payments, subject to any prior rights of any of F.N.B.’s then outstanding preferred stock. F.N.B.’s payment of distributions is subject to the restrictions of Pennsylvania law applicable to the declaration of distributions by a business corporation. A corporation generally may not authorize and make distributions if, after giving effect thereto, it would be unable to meet its debts as they become due in the usual course of business or if the corporation’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed, if it had been dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy claims upon dissolution of shareholders who have rights superior to the rights of the holders of its common stock. F.N.B. may pay stock dividends, if any are declared, from authorized but unissued shares.
As a holding company, F.N.B. relies primarily on dividends from its subsidiaries as a source of funds to meet its corporate obligations. F.N.B.’s ability to pay dividends to shareholders is largely dependent on dividends from its subsidiaries, principally its banking subsidiary, First National Bank of Pennsylvania. The right of F.N.B. to participate in any distribution of earnings or assets of its subsidiaries is subject to the prior claims of creditors of those subsidiaries. Under U.S. federal law, the amount of dividends that a national bank such as First National Bank of Pennsylvania may pay in a calendar year is dependent on the amount of net income for the current year combined with its retained net income for the two preceding years. Also, bank regulators have the authority to prohibit First National Bank of Pennsylvania from paying dividends if the bank regulators determine that it is in an unsafe or unsound condition or that the payment would be an unsafe and unsound banking practice.
Transfer Agent. The transfer agent and registrar for F.N.B.’s common stock is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NJ 11717; telephone number (844) 877-8750.
Preferred Stock
F.N.B.’s Board of Directors is authorized to provide for the issuance by F.N.B. of up to 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, without shareholder approval unless otherwise required. F.N.B.’s Board of Directors is authorized to determine the rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of each series of F.N.B. preferred stock at the time of issuance, including, without limitation, rights as to dividends, voting, liquidation preferences and convertibility into shares of F.N.B. common stock. If so determined by F.N.B.’s Board of Directors, shares of F.N.B. preferred stock may have dividend, redemption, voting and liquidation rights that take priority over its common stock, and may be convertible into F.N.B. common stock.
Series E Preferred Stock. On October 31, 2013, pursuant to action by its Board of Directors, F.N.B. amended its articles of incorporation to fix the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of its Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E (the “Series E Preferred Stock”). As of March 31, 2021, there were 110,877 shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
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