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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-202580
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190725
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190725
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190725

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000759944
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				050412693
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36636
		FILM NUMBER:		19974911

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CITIZENS PLAZA
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02903
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4014567000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CITIZENS PLAZA
		CITY:			PROVIDENCE
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02903
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;25, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-36636</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">05-0412693</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation )</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Providence, RI</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (401)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">456-7000</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>
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of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)
of the Act: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>CFG</B></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fixed-to-Floating</FONT></FONT> Rate <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Cumulative</FONT></B></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.405) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.12b-2).</FONT> </B></P>
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revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&#9744;<B></B><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Other Events. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July&nbsp;25, 2019, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) completed the issuance and sale (the &#147;Offering&#148;) of
$500&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Offering was completed pursuant to the Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File Number: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-227792)</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), dated October&nbsp;11, 2018, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated
July&nbsp;22, 2019 and a free writing prospectus filed on July&nbsp;22, 2019. In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated July&nbsp;22, 2019, with Barclays Capital Inc., Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes were issued under the Indenture,
dated as of October&nbsp;28, 2015 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;), as amended by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019 (the &#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and together with the Base Indenture, the
&#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. The Notes have a fixed interest rate of 2.850%, payable semi-annually. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing summary of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and
qualified in its entirety by, the full text of (i)&nbsp;the Underwriting Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;the Indenture, and (iii)&nbsp;the form of Note, which are attached hereto or, in the case of the Base Indenture attached as Exhibit 4.4 of the Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include securities
repurchase programs, capital expenditures, working capital, repayment or reduction of long-term and short-term debt, redemption of outstanding long-term debt, short-term debt and preferred equity securities, and the financing of acquisitions. The
Company has not identified the amounts it will spend on any specific purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current Report on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> is being filed, in part, for the purpose of filing the documents attached as exhibits hereto as exhibits to the Registration Statement in connection with the issuance of the Notes in the
Offering, and such exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d762789dex11.htm">Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;
22, 2019, between the Company, Barclays Capital Inc., Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d762789dex41.htm">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d762789dex41.htm">Form of 2.850% Senior Note due July&nbsp;27, 2026 (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.1)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d762789dex51.htm">Opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><I>Execution Version </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$500,000,000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CITIZENS
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2.850% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">July&nbsp;22, 2019 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">745 Seventh Avenue </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">28 State Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Boston, Massachusetts 02109 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11 Madison Avenue </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10010 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10179 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA LLC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, NY 10022 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as Underwriters </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Financial Group,
Inc. (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell to Barclays Capital Inc., Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Mizuho Securities USA LLC (the
&#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148; or &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;), an aggregate of $500,000,000 principal amount of its 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the &#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;), to be issued under an indenture (the &#147;<B>Base
Indenture</B>&#148;), dated as of October&nbsp;28, 2015, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>&#148;), as supplemented by a third supplemental indenture thereto to be dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019
(the &#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture, the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;), between the Company and the Trustee. To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than you, the term
Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) an &#147;automatic shelf registration
statement&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), including a prospectus, on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-227792),</FONT> relating to securities (the &#147;<B>Shelf Securities</B>&#148;), including the Securities, to be issued, offered and sold from time to time by the Company or any selling securityholder.
The registration statement as amended to the date of this </P>
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Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B under the Securities Act, is hereinafter
referred to as the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>,&#148; and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated October&nbsp;11, 2018 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the
Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the &#147;<B>Base Prospectus</B>.&#148; The Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act),
is hereinafter referred to as the &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>,&#148; and the term &#147;<B>preliminary prospectus</B>&#148; means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, &#147;<B>free writing prospectus</B>&#148; has the
meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, &#147;<B>Time of Sale Prospectus</B>&#148; means the preliminary prospectus dated July 22, 2019 together with the documents and pricing information set forth in Section A of Schedule II hereto,
and &#147;<B>broadly available road show</B>&#148; means a &#147;bona fide electronic road show&#148; as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms
&#147;Registration Statement,&#148; &#147;Base Prospectus,&#148; &#147;preliminary prospectus,&#148; &#147;Time of Sale Prospectus&#148; and &#147;Prospectus&#148; shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms
&#147;<B>supplement</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>amendment</B>,&#148; and &#147;<B>amend</B>&#148; as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing
prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B>Exchange Act</B>&#148;), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Representations and Warranties of the Company</I>. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with
each of the Underwriters that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement is an &#147;automatic shelf registration
statement&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and initially became effective within three years prior to the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act has been received by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) At the time of initial filing of the Registration
Statement, (ii)&nbsp;at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii)&nbsp;at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) under the Securities Act made any offer
relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act, the Company was a &#147;well known seasoned issuer&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. </P>
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Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
(ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iv)&nbsp;the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective
purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section&nbsp;5), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (v)&nbsp;each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vi)&nbsp;the Prospectus does not contain and, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is
not an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148; in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has
been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to
file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or
referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus. </P>
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in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-02</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> under the Securities Act (each a &#147;<B>Significant Subsidiary</B>&#148;) (i)&nbsp;has been duly organized and is validly existing and
in good standing (to the extent that such concept is applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and (ii)&nbsp;is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the extent that such concept is applicable) in each
jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, and has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, properties, management, stockholders&#146; equity, prospects or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole (a &#147;<B>Material Adverse Effect</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has no Significant Subsidiaries other than
those listed on Schedule III hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the &#147;<B>Bank Holding Company Act</B>&#148;) and the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the &#147;<B>Federal Reserve Board</B>&#148;) and has made an effective
election to become a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act and the Federal Reserve Board&#146;s Regulation Y; and (ii)&nbsp;Citizens Bank, N.A. is validly existing as a national banking association under the laws of the United
States of America. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and to general principles of equity. The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due
execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and to general principles of equity. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained
in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. </P>
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the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and to general principles of equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The authorized capital
stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; the shares of common stock outstanding have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable;</FONT> all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> (subject, in the case of Citizens Bank, N.A., to 12 U.S.C &#167;55) and, in the case of Citizens Bank, N.A., are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The statements relating to legal matters, documents or proceedings, as applicable, included
in (A)&nbsp;the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of the Notes,&#148; (B) the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018
under the captions &#147;Part I, Item&nbsp;1&#151;Business&#151;Regulation and Supervision&#148; and &#147;Part I, Item 3&#151;Legal Proceedings&#148; and (C)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the three months ended March&nbsp;31, 2019 under the caption &#147;Part II, Item 1&#151;Legal Proceedings&#148; (except as disclosed elsewhere in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or the
Registration Statement, as applicable), in each case insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings, as applicable, referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects such matters,
documents or proceedings, and the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus under the heading &#147;Material U.S. Federal Tax Consequences&#148;, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain federal income tax laws of the
United States, constitute a fair summary of the principal U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of (i)&nbsp;the certificate of incorporation or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;any agreement or other instrument binding upon
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii)&nbsp;any applicable law or judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses
(ii)&nbsp;and (iii) above, that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or
agency is required for the performance by the Company of its </P>
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obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or
qualifications as have been obtained or may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;<B>FINRA</B>&#148;) and applicable state securities laws and foreign securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the
Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;there
are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (&#147;<B>Actions</B>&#148;) pending or threatened or, to the best knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any
governmental or regulatory authority or by others, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities; and (ii)&nbsp;there are no current or pending Actions or statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be described in or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or filed with the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries are not subject to any claim in connection with their respective businesses,
operations or properties, alleging liability or responsibility for violation of any Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, order, decree, permit, concession, grant, franchise, license, agreement or
governmental restriction relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems, except for claims which, if adversely determined, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect
to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates under the control of the Company (&#147;<B>controlled
affiliates</B>&#148;), nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, has (i)&nbsp;used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii)&nbsp;taken any action in furtherance
of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any foreign or domestic &#147;government official&#148; (including any
officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official
or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage, (iii)&nbsp;violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulations
implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">anti-bribery</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">anti-corruption</FONT> law, or (iv)&nbsp;made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including,
without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with all applicable
anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and have instituted policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, commonly known as the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the applicable anti-money laundering
statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the &#147;<B>Anti-Money Laundering Laws</B>&#148;), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to
the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened. </P>
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Company&#146;s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, controlled affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (&#147;<B>Person</B>&#148;) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person
that is: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department
of Treasury&#146;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (&#147;<B>OFAC</B>&#148;), the U.S. Department of State (including, without limitation, through designation as a &#147;specially designated national&#148; or &#147;blocked person&#148;), the United
Nations Security Council (&#147;<B>UNSC</B>&#148;), the European Union (&#147;<B>EU</B>&#148;), or Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury (&#147;<B>HMT</B>&#148;) (collectively, &#147;<B>Sanctions</B>&#148;), or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions
(currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea region of Ukraine, except to the extent authorized by OFAC or otherwise authorized under applicable law). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute
or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) to fund or
facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea region of
Ukraine, except to the extent authorized by OFAC or otherwise authorized under U.S. law); or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) in any other manner that
will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not
now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus,
(i)&nbsp;the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction; (ii)&nbsp;the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor
declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than purchases of its capital stock in accordance with its publicly disclosed 2019 Capital Plan and ordinary and customary dividends; and
(iii)&nbsp;there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and
the Prospectus, respectively. </P>
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in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and
defects and imperfections of title except those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent
rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">know-how</FONT> (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks
and trade names necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement, misappropriation or violation of the asserted rights of others with respect to any
of the foregoing which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Company&#146;s or any of the Company&#146;s
subsidiaries&#146; principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws administrated by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the &#147;<B>OCC</B>&#148;), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the &#147;<B>FDIC</B>&#148;),
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the &#147;<B>CFPB</B>&#148;) and any other federal, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> or state bank regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Company and its subsidiaries (together
with the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the FDIC and the CFPB, &#147;<B>Bank Regulatory Authorities</B>&#148;) and securities, commodities and other financial regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
except to the extent that noncompliance would not have, and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The deposit accounts that are eligible for FDIC insurance of Citizens Bank, N.A. are
insured to the fullest extent permitted by law and the rules and regulations of the FDIC and there are no proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or otherwise subject to any consent decree, memorandum of understanding, cease and desist order, order of prohibition or suspension, written commitment, supervisory agreement, or written agreement or
other written statement as described under 12 U.S.C. 1818(u) (a &#147;<B>Regulatory Order</B>&#148;) with any of the Bank </P>
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Regulatory Authorities nor have the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i)&nbsp;been advised in writing by any of the Bank Regulatory Authorities or (ii)&nbsp;to the knowledge of the Company been
advised other than in writing by any of the Bank Regulatory Authorities that it is contemplating issuing or requesting any of the foregoing, in each case except as described in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus (provided
that in the case of any Regulatory Order that the Company is prohibited from disclosing, such description in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus may be limited to the material effects of such Regulatory Order). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(cc)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and Citizens Bank, N.A. are &#147;well capitalized,&#148; as defined under the applicable Federal
Reserve Board, OCC and FDIC regulations. Citizens Bank, N.A. has a Community Reinvestment Act rating of at least &#147;Satisfactory.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries possess all
certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect,
except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13a-15(f)</FONT> under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the
Company&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations; (ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific
authorization; and (iv)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus,
since the end of the Company&#146;s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i)&nbsp;no material weakness in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii)&nbsp;no change in the
Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements (including the related notes thereto)
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Act and present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; and the other financial information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information
shown thereby. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, complies with the requirements of
Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Securities Act. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus under the Securities Act or the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, who has audited the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, is an independent auditor with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act (and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and
each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not have a material adverse effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and
for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which has (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which would reasonably
be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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to be filed by Sections 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the period that it has been required to do so. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(kk)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13a-15</FONT> and Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15</FONT> of the Exchange Act Regulations) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management,
including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Reserved.] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Agreements to Sell and Purchase</I>. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each
Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a price equal to 99.398% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from July&nbsp;25, 2019 to the Closing Date (the &#147;<B>Purchase Price</B>&#148;) the principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule&nbsp;I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby agrees that it will not, for the period from the date of the Prospectus through and including the Closing Date, without
first obtaining the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer to contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any debt securities or securities exchangeable for or
convertible into debt securities, except for the Securities sold to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Terms of Public Offering</I>. The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer
for sale to the public, as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the execution of this Agreement as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is
advisable and practicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Payment and Delivery</I>. Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company
in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<B>DTC</B>&#148;), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities
(collectively, the &#147;Global Note&#148;), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m., New York City time, on July&nbsp;25, 2019, or at such other time on the same or
such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the &#147;<B>Closing Date</B>.&#148; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall
request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing
Date. The Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters. The Purchase Price payable by the Underwriters shall be reduced by any withholding required by law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Conditions to Obligations</I>. The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following
conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and the Company shall have complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;there shall not have occurred any downgrading,
nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change (other than a notice of a possible upgrading), in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates by any &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating organization,&#148; as such term is defined in Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is
material and adverse and that makes it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an
executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section&nbsp;6(c)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the
Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his
or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened. </P>
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opinion and letter of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters and in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. The opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell
LLP described in this Section&nbsp;6(e) shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Stephen T. Gannon, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of the Company, with respect to such matters and in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters and in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the
date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort letters&#148; to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; <I>provided</I> that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;cut-off</FONT> date&#148; not earlier than the date hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Supplemental Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Trustee, the
Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Securities shall have been duly authenticated by the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a certificate, dated the date
hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, and signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company with respect to such matters and in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriters shall have received such other documents as you may reasonably request with respect to other
matters related to the sale of the Securities. </P>
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Underwriter as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To furnish to you, without charge, 4 signed copies of the Registration Statement
(excluding exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00&nbsp;a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section&nbsp;7(e) or
7(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to
furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule&nbsp;424(b)
under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To furnish to you a copy of
each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to (i)&nbsp;make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus or (ii)&nbsp;use or refer
to any proposed free writing prospectus, in each case without your prior consent, provided that the prior consent of the Underwriters shall have been deemed to have been given in respect of any free writing prospectuses listed in Schedule&nbsp;II to
this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus
is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances, not misleading, or if during such time any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any
dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is
delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the
Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be </P>
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delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you
will furnish to the Company) to which the Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule&nbsp;173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and
sale under state or foreign securities laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request, <I>provided</I> that in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
qualified or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make
generally available to the Company&#146;s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earnings statement (which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (including, at the Company&#146;s option, Rule 158 under the Securities Act). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To prepare
a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Underwriters and attached as Annex A hereto, and file such final term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such rule (such term sheet,
the &#147;<B>Final Term Sheet</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the
Registration Statement occurs before all the Securities have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the
Securities to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, before all the Securities have been sold by the Underwriters , the Company receives from the Commission a notice
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i)&nbsp;promptly notify the Underwriters, (ii)&nbsp;promptly file a new registration
statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii)&nbsp;use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to
be </P>
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declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv)&nbsp;promptly notify the Underwriters of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the
public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration
Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not to
take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Reserved.] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Expenses</I>. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is
terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i)&nbsp;the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company&#146;s counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the
Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b) under the Securities Act, if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove
specified, (ii)&nbsp;all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii)&nbsp;the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or World Sky
memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state or foreign jurisdictions&#146; securities laws as
provided in Section&nbsp;7(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in an amount not to exceed $15,000, in the aggregate, in connection with such qualification and in connection with
the Blue Sky or World Sky memorandum, (iv)&nbsp;all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in an amount (in the case of reimbursable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) not to exceed
$35,000 in the aggregate, incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by FINRA, (v)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel, (vi)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of any rating agency rating
the Securities, (vii)&nbsp;the cost of printing certificates representing the Securities, (viii)&nbsp;the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (ix)&nbsp;the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any &#147;road show&#148; undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, provided, however, that 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered or used in connection with the road show shall be paid by the
Underwriters, (x)&nbsp;the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (xi)&nbsp;all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
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Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section&nbsp;11 entitled &#147;Indemnity and
Contribution&#148; and the last paragraph of Section&nbsp;13 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
The Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Covenants of the Underwriters</I>. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action
that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the
Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Final Term Sheet without further consent of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnity and Contribution</I>. (a)&nbsp;The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
officers and directors, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of
Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action
or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any &#147;road show&#148; as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a &#147;road show&#148;), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
either Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time
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of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section&nbsp;11(a) or 11(b), such person (the &#147;<B>indemnified party</B>&#148;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the &#147;<B>indemnifying
party</B>&#148;) in writing and the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in such proceeding and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and, except as provided in the following sentence, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i)&nbsp;the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii)&nbsp;the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, (iii)&nbsp;the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iv)&nbsp;the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party. It is understood
that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Underwriters and all persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act or who are
affiliates of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act and (ii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the
Underwriters and such control persons and affiliates of any Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, </P>
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and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of
such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and
third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement (x)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and
(y)&nbsp;does not include any statement as to or admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section&nbsp;11(a) or 11(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party
or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause&nbsp;11(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause&nbsp;11(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
Underwriters and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters&#146; respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section&nbsp;11 are
several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. </P>
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or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section&nbsp;11 were determined by <I>pro rata</I> allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in Section&nbsp;11(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section&nbsp;11(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;11, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section&nbsp;11 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
indemnified party at law or in equity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section&nbsp;11 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)&nbsp;any termination of this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter, or the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii)&nbsp;acceptance of and
payment for any of the Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Termination</I>. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice
given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)&nbsp;trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock
Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market, (ii)&nbsp;trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any national exchange, (iii)&nbsp;a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United
States shall have occurred, (iv)&nbsp;any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v)&nbsp;there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in
financial markets, or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause&nbsp;(v), makes it, in the Representatives&#146; judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus. </P>
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shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or
refused to purchase is not more than <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-tenth</FONT> of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule&nbsp;I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT>
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; <I>provided</I> that in no event shall the principal
amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section&nbsp;13 by an amount in excess of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-ninth</FONT> of such principal amount of
Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default
occurs is more than <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-tenth</FONT> of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made
within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-defaulting</FONT> Underwriter or the Company. In any such case, either you or the Company shall have the
right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements
may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement which, for the purposes of this Section&nbsp;13, shall not include
termination by the Underwriters under clauses (i), (iii), (iv) or (v)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;12, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the
offering contemplated hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if
this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes
subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under
the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the purposes of this Section&nbsp;14: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>BHC Act Affiliate</B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in
accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Covered Entity</B>&#148; means any of the following: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a &#147;covered entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;
252.82(b); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;
47.3(b); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a &#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;
382.2(b). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Default Right</B>&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be
interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>U.S. Special
Resolution Regime</B>&#148; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Entire Agreement</I>. (a)&nbsp;This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other,
with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i)&nbsp;the Underwriters have
acted at arm&#146;s length, are not agents of, and owe no </P>
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fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii)&nbsp;the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the
extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii)&nbsp;the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the
Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Counterparts</I>. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original,
with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Applicable
Law</I>. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Submission to Jurisdiction</I>. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S.
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York (each, a &#147;<B>New York Court</B>&#148;) in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the offering of the Securities or any transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the offering of the Securities or any transactions contemplated hereby in a New York Court, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or
claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company and each Underwriter irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all rights to trial by jury in
any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Headings</I>. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference
only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notices. </I>All communications hereunder shall be
in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of (a)&nbsp;Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019 Attn: Syndicate Registration (Fax: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">646-834-8133),</FONT></FONT> (b) Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., 28 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, (c) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 11 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010 Attn:
IBCM-Legal (Fax: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-325-4296),</FONT></FONT> (d) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attn: High Grade Syndicate Desk &#150; 3<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP> Floor (Fax: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-834-6081),</FONT></FONT> and (e)&nbsp;Mizuho Securities USA LLC, 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022,
Attn: Debt Capital Markets (Fax: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-205-7812),</FONT></FONT> and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Law Department, 28 State Street, 28th Floor, Boston, MA
02109, Attention: General Counsel. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Kelly Cheng</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael F. Newcomb II</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Michael F. Newcomb II</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Richard Myers</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Richard Myers</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Stephen L. Sheiner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">Mizuho Securities USA LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Robert Fahrbach</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Robert Fahrbach</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of<BR>Securities To Be</B><br><B>Purchased</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">100,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A. Time of Sale Prospectus </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Preliminary Prospectus issued July&nbsp;22, 2019 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Significant Subsidiaries </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Bank,
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C<SMALL>ITIZENS</SMALL> F<SMALL>INANCIAL</SMALL> G<SMALL>ROUP</SMALL>, I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$500,000,000 2.850% S<SMALL>ENIOR</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL> D<SMALL>UE</SMALL> 2026 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>P<SMALL>RICING</SMALL> T<SMALL>ERM</SMALL> S<SMALL>HEET</SMALL> D<SMALL>ATED</SMALL> J<SMALL>ULY</SMALL>&nbsp;22, 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following information relates to Citizens Financial Group, Inc.&#146;s offering of its 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026
and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July&nbsp;22, 2019 and the accompanying prospectus dated October&nbsp;11, 2018 (collectively, the &#147;<U>Preliminary Prospectus</U>&#148;), including the documents
incorporated by reference therein. This information supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus. </I></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Citizens Financial Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Aggregate Principal Amount:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Securities:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the &#147;Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Expected Ratings / Outlook*:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">[RESERVED]</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Ranking:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Unsecured Notes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Format:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Authorized Denominations:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">$2,000 x $1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Trade Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">July&nbsp;22, 2019</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date**:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">July&nbsp;25, 2019 (T+3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Maturity Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">July&nbsp;27, 2026</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Benchmark:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">1.875% Treasury due June&nbsp;30, 2026</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Benchmark Price&nbsp;&amp; Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">99-24</FONT><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">1</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB>; 1.912%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Re-offer</FONT> Spread:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">+ 97 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Yield to Maturity:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.882%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Coupon:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.850%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">99.798%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Underwriter&#146;s Commission:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">0.400%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">All-in</FONT> Price to Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">99.398%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Semi-annually on January&nbsp;27 and July&nbsp;27, beginning on January&nbsp;27, 2020.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to January&nbsp;27, 2020, the Notes may not be redeemed.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From January&nbsp;27, 2020 to April&nbsp;24, 2026 (the date that is 94 calendar days prior to the scheduled maturity date of the Notes), the Notes may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus a &#147;make-whole&#148; premium (as described under &#147;Description of the
Notes &#150; Optional Redemption&#148; in the Preliminary Prospectus), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time on or after April&nbsp;24, 2026 (the date that is 94 calendar days prior to
the scheduled maturity date of the Notes) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">T+15 basis points</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">30/360</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">174610AR6</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US174610AR61</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Book-Running Managers:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Barclays Capital Inc., Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">* A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at
any time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">** It is expected that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment therefor on or about July&nbsp;25, 2019, which will be the third
business day following the date hereof (this settlement cycle being referred to as &#147;T+3&#148;). Under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15c6-1</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are
required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on any day prior to two business days before delivery will be required to specify alternative
settlement arrangements at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisors </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Issuer has filed a
registration statement (including the Preliminary Prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the
Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the Preliminary Prospectus if you request it by contacting Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-888-603-5847,</FONT></FONT></FONT> Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-203-900-6763,</FONT></FONT></FONT> Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-221-1037,</FONT></FONT></FONT>
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-212-834-4533</FONT></FONT></FONT> and Mizuho Securities USA LLC toll free at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-271-7403.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">EXECUTION VERSION </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CITIZENS
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Company </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">to </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">SENIOR INDENTURE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of October&nbsp;28, 2015 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$500,000,000 Principal Amount of 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE I</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:6.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DEFINITIONS
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;101<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Relation to Base Indenture.</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;104<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions.</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ARTICLE II</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:6.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TERMS AND
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reconciliation and tie showing the location in the Base Indenture, dated as of October&nbsp;28, 2015, of the provisions inserted pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;310 to 318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise indicated. This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Senior Indenture. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">310</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)(1)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.09</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">(a)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.09</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">(a)(5)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.09</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">(b)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.08 and 6.10</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">311</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.13</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">(b)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.13</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">312</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7.01</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">(b)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7.02</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">313</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7.03</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">(d)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7.03</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">314</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12.06</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12.04</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.02</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">(c)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.02</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(a)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.01</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.02</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6.01</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019 (the &#147;<I>Third
Supplemental Indenture</I>&#148;), between Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the
&#147;<I>Trustee</I>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">RECITALS OF THE COMPANY </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, a Senior Indenture, dated as of
October&nbsp;28, 2015 (the &#147;<I>Base Indenture</I>,&#148; as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July&nbsp;28, 2016, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated
February&nbsp;24, 2017 and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the &#147;<I>Senior Indenture</I>&#148;), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Company&#146;s senior debt securities (herein and therein called the &#147;<I>Debt
Securities</I>&#148;), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 11.01 of
the Base Indenture permit the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance of, and establish the form and terms of, additional series of Debt Securities; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the
&#147;<I>Senior Notes</I>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Senior Notes will be established as a series of Debt Securities under the Senior
Indenture; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture to establish the form
and terms of the Senior Notes; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Senior Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Senior Notes, as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ARTICLE I </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;101&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Relation to Base Indenture.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Third Supplemental Indenture constitutes a part of the Base Indenture (the provisions of which, as modified by this Third Supplemental
Indenture, shall apply to the Senior Notes) in respect of the Senior Notes but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to any other series of Debt Securities or affects in any manner the terms and
conditions of the Debt Securities of any other series. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Senior Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in
and made a part of the Senior Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Indenture
Securities</I>&#148; shall mean the Debt Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Indenture to Be Qualified</I>&#148; shall mean the Senior Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Indenture Trustee or Institutional Trustee</I>&#148; shall mean the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Obligor</I>&#148; with reference to Indenture Securities shall mean the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All other terms in the Senior Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by it by reference to another statute or defined
by Commission rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;103&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Trust Indenture Act
to Control.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any provision included in the Senior Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in the
Senior Indenture which is required to be included in the Senior Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;104&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Definitions.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein that are defined in this Section&nbsp;104 have the
respective meanings assigned hereto in this Section&nbsp;104, and the capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Base Indenture and not defined in this Section&nbsp;104 have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Base Indenture.
For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the terms defined in this Article I have
the meanings assigned to them in this Article I, and include the plural as well as the singular; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance
with U.S. GAAP, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term &#147;<I>U.S. GAAP</I>&#148; with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean U.S. GAAP at the date of such computation; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the words &#147;<I>herein</I>,&#148; &#147;<I>hereof</I>&#148; and &#147;<I>hereunder</I>&#148; and
other words of similar import refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Additional Notes</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;202(j) hereof. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Applicable Procedures</I>&#148; means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of
or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, or payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Global Notes, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer, exchange or payment.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Bank</I>&#148; means any institution which accepts deposits that the depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand and
engages in the business of making commercial loans. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Base Indenture</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the recitals of the
Company of this Third Supplemental Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Clearstream</I>&#148; means Clearstream Banking, <I>Soci&eacute;t&eacute;
Anonyme</I> and its successors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Company</I>&#148; means the Person named as the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148; in the first
paragraph of this Third Supplemental Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Senior Indenture, and thereafter &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148; shall mean such successor corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Issue</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Price</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Definitive Note</I>&#148; means a certificated Senior Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section&nbsp;204 hereof, substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit A</U>, except that such Senior Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the &#147;Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note&#148; attached thereto.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Euroclear</I>&#148; means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, and its successors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Third Supplemental Indenture</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Global Note Legend</I>&#148; means the legend set forth in Section&nbsp;204(f) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global
Notes issued under the Senior Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Global Notes</I>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;201(b) hereof.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Independent Investment Banker</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Indirect Participant</I>&#148; means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Issue Date</I>&#148; means July&nbsp;25, 2019. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Participant</I>&#148; means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary (and, with respect to
DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Person</I>&#148; means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Primary Treasury Dealer</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Principal Subsidiary Bank</I>&#148; means any Subsidiary which is a Bank and has total assets equal to 20&nbsp;percent or more of the
consolidated assets of the Company determined as of the date of the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements of such entities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Redemption Price</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury Dealers</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Senior Indenture</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the recitals of the Company of this Third Supplemental Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Senior Notes</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the recitals of the Company of this Third Supplemental Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Treasury Rate</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;203(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Trustee</I>&#148; means the Person named as the &#147;<I>Trustee</I>&#148; in the first paragraph hereof until a successor Person
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Senior Indenture, and thereafter &#147;<I>Trustee</I>&#148; shall mean such successor Person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Voting Stock</I>&#148; means the stock of a corporation or other entity of the class or classes having general voting power in an
election of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency); provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that preferred stock with customary voting rights upon the nonpayment of a dividend does not constitute voting stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ARTICLE II </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE SENIOR NOTES </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;201&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Form of Senior Notes.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>General</I>. The Senior Notes and the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form set forth in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;A</U>, which is incorporated in and forms a part of the Senior Indenture, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the
Senior Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be determined, consistent with the Senior Indenture, by the officers of the Company executing such Senior
Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Senior Notes. </P>
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issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities (each, a &#147;<I>Global Note</I>&#148;). Global Notes shall be substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit A</U>, including the Global Note Legend thereon and the &#147;Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note&#148; attached thereto. Senior Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit A</U>, but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the &#147;Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note&#148; attached thereto. Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Senior Notes as shall be specified in the &#147;Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note&#148; attached thereto and each
shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or
increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section&nbsp;204 hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;202&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Title and General Terms.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture, there is hereby established a series of Debt Securities, the terms of which shall be
as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Designation</I>. The Senior Notes shall be known and designated as the &#147;2.850% Senior Notes
due 2026.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Aggregate Principal Amount</I>. The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that may
be authenticated and delivered under this Third Supplemental Indenture is limited to $500,000,000, as increased by the amount of any Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section&nbsp;202(j) of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except for Senior
Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Senior Notes issued pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 11.06 or 13.07 of the Base Indenture or Article II of this Third Supplemental
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Maturity, Interest and Place of Payment</I>. The Stated Maturity of the Senior Notes shall be
July&nbsp;27, 2026, and the Senior Notes shall bear interest and have such other terms as are set forth in the form of Note attached as <U>Exhibit A</U> hereto. The Place of Payment with respect to the Senior Notes shall be The City of New York.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Additional Amounts</I>. In the event that any payment on the Senior Notes by the Company or any Paying
Agent is subject to withholding of United States federal income tax or other tax or assessment (as a result of a change in law or otherwise), neither the Company nor any Paying Agent shall pay additional amounts to the Holders of the Senior Notes.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Sinking Fund or Redemption at Option of Holders</I>. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or
purchase the Senior Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision, or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Senior Notes shall be redeemable at the election of the Company from time to time at the times and at the prices specified in
Section&nbsp;203 hereof. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Defeasance</I>. The Senior Notes shall be subject to the
defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of Article 14 of the Base Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Repurchases</I>. The
Company may from time to time repurchase Senior Notes in open market purchases or negotiated transactions without prior notice to Holders or beneficial owners of Senior Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Denominations</I>. The Senior Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form and only in a minimum
denomination of $2,000 and authorized denominations of any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Authentication and Delivery</I>. The Senior Notes shall be executed, authenticated, delivered and dated in
accordance with Section&nbsp;3.04 of the Base Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Additional Notes</I>. The Company may, from time to
time, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, reopen the series constituting the Senior Notes and issue additional Senior Notes (the &#147;<I>Additional Notes</I>&#148;) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity
and other terms as the Senior Notes, except for the public offering price, the issue date and, if applicable, the initial interest payment date and initial interest accrual date. Any such Additional Notes, together with the initial Senior Notes,
shall constitute a single series of Debt Securities under the Base Indenture; <I>provided</I> that if the Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax and U.S. federal securities law purposes with the initial Senior Notes, the
Additional Notes shall be issued under a separate CUSIP number. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Remedies</I>. With respect to the Senior
Notes, Section&nbsp;5.01, 5.02 and 5.03 of the Base Indenture shall be replaced in their entirety with the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.01.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Events of Default</I>. &#147;<I>Event of Default</I>&#148; wherever used herein with respect to the Senior Notes means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company fails to pay the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Senior Note at the Maturity thereof and such
failure is continued for seven&nbsp;days; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on any Senior
Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such failure is continued for 30&nbsp;days; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company
fails to perform any covenants specified in Article&nbsp;12 of the Base Indenture (other than a covenant whose performance is specifically dealt with elsewhere in the Base Indenture or a covenant included in the Base Indenture solely for the benefit
of a series of Debt Securities other than the Senior Notes), which failure continues for 60&nbsp;days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Senior Notes; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank, as applicable, in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar law; or
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the commencement by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank or of substantially all its property. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.02. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment</I>. If an Event of Default with respect to
the Senior Notes at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of outstanding Senior Notes may declare the principal amount of and all accrued but unpaid
interest, if any, on all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount and interest of the Senior Notes shall
become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amounts, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of and interest on the Senior Notes shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default with
respect to the Senior Notes occurs as a result of the happening of any event of the kind specified in Section&nbsp;5.01(d) or (e)&nbsp;involving the Company, the principal of all outstanding Senior Notes and any interest accrued thereon shall become
due and payable immediately without any further action on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Senior Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At any time after
such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Senior Notes has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article 5 provided, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all overdue installments on all Senior Notes, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Senior Notes that have become due and payable
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Senior Notes, </P>
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lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Senior Note at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Senior Notes, and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all Events of Default with respect to
the Senior Notes have been remedied, or, if permitted, waived. No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;5.03.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee</I>. The Company covenants that,
if an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Senior Notes, it will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes, the entire amount then due and payable on the Senior Notes, for the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, and interest upon the overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in the Senior Notes; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the
Senior Notes, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Senior Notes wherever situated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce its rights
and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Base
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Certain Rights of Trustee</I>. With respect to the Senior Notes, Section&nbsp;6.03(j) of the Base Indenture
shall be revised to read as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) the Trustee shall accept and deliver all notices, reports and other information
that are required to be provided or delivered to it pursuant to the Indenture, and, where required under the Indenture, shall, in its reasonable judgment, determine whether such notices, reports or other information are satisfactory to it in form;
<I>provided </I>that receipt and delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and, except for any explicit notice of a default from the Company or a Holder as
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contemplated by Section&nbsp;6.02, the Trustee&#146;s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company&#146;s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer&#146;s Certificates); so long as any Debt Securities are registered in the
name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or another Depositary and subject to any listing requirements, notices, reports, and other information that are required to be sent to the Holders of such Debt Securities may
be given by delivery of the relevant notice to The Depository Trust Company for communication by The Depository Trust Company to entitled participants and account holders of such clearing systems; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Covenants</I>. With respect to the Senior Notes, the following shall be inserted as Section&nbsp;12.07 of the
Base Indenture and subject to clause&nbsp;(y)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14.02 of the Base Indenture: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;12.07.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Sale or Issuance of Voting Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank</I>. The Company shall not,
directly or indirectly: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sell, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or permit to be
issued, any shares of Voting Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank or any securities convertible into or rights to subscribe to such Voting Stock, unless, after giving effect to (i)&nbsp;such sale, pledge, assignment, transfer, disposition or
issuance, and (ii)&nbsp;the conversion of such securities into, or exercise of such rights with respect to, such Voting Stock, the Company will own, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of the outstanding shares of each class of Voting Stock of such
Principal Subsidiary Bank; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;pay any dividend in Voting Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank
or make any other distribution in Voting Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank, unless the Principal Subsidiary Bank to which the transaction relates, after obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals, unconditionally guarantees payment of the
principal and any premium and interest on the Senior Notes; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however</I>, the foregoing shall not limit or restrict any of
the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any dispositions made by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank of the
Company (A)&nbsp;acting in a fiduciary capacity for any Person other than the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank of the Company or (B)&nbsp;to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the consolidation with or merger into any other Person or the conveyance, transfer or lease of the
Company&#146;s properties substantially as an entirety to any person as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article 10 of the Base Indenture; </P>
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Subsidiary Bank with and into (a)&nbsp;another Principal Subsidiary Bank or another of the Company&#146;s Subsidiaries, or (b)&nbsp;another domestic Bank, if after the merger or consolidation (i)&nbsp;the Company owns at least 80% of the voting
stock of the resulting Bank and (ii)&nbsp;no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the sale, assignment, pledge, transfer or other disposition of shares of Voting Stock of a
Principal Subsidiary Bank made by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the sale, assignment, pledge, transfer or other disposition is made, in the minimum amount required by law, to
any Person for the purpose of the qualification of such Person to serve as a director; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(B)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the sale, assignment, pledge, transfer or other disposition is made in compliance with an order of a court or
regulatory authority of competent jurisdiction or as a condition imposed by any such court or regulatory authority to the acquisition by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank of the Company, directly or indirectly, of any other Person; or
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(C)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the sale, assignment, pledge, transfer or other disposition of Voting Stock or any other securities convertible
into or rights to subscribe to Voting Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank, so long as: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any such transaction is made for fair market value as determined by the Board of Directors or the board of
directors of the Principal Subsidiary Bank of the Company disposing of such Voting Stock or other securities or rights; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">after giving effect to such transaction and to any potential dilution, the Company and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries will own, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of the Voting Stock of such Principal Subsidiary Bank; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any Principal Subsidiary Bank from selling additional shares of Voting Stock to its shareholders at
any price, so long as immediately after such sale, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least as great a percentage of the Voting Stock of such Principal Subsidiary Bank as the Company owned prior to such sale of additional shares; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a pledge made or a lien created to secure loans or other extensions of credit by a Principal
Subsidiary Bank subject to Section&nbsp;23A of the Federal Reserve Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;203&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Redemption.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Optional Redemption</I>. The Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any
time or from time to time on or after January&nbsp;27, 2020. </P>
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Senior Notes, the &#147;<I>Redemption Price</I>&#148; shall be equal to (i)&nbsp;at any time or from time to time on or after January&nbsp;27, 2020 and prior to April&nbsp;24, 2026 (the date that is 94 calendar days prior to the scheduled maturity
date of the Senior Notes) (the &#147;<I>Par Call Date</I>&#148;), the greater of (x) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, or (y)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments determined
as provided below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; and (ii)&nbsp;at any time or from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If the Redemption Price in respect of the Senior Notes is not paid on the Redemption Date, interest on the outstanding principal amount of the
Senior Notes will continue to accrue until the Redemption Price is actually paid or set aside for payment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In determining the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments, the Company will discount such payments to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 0.150% (15 basis points). Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Senior Notes that are due and payable on Interest
Payment Dates falling on or prior to the relevant Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Senior Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of the
Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Issue</I>&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment
Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Senior Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of
corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Senior Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Comparable Treasury Price</I>&#148;
means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Senior Notes, (i)&nbsp;the arithmetic average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or (ii)&nbsp;if the Company obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all such quotations for such Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Independent Investment Banker</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Senior Notes, one of the Reference
Treasury Dealers selected by the Company or, if such firms or any such successors, as the case may be, are unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing selected by
the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Primary Treasury Dealer</I>&#148; means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury Dealers</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Senior Notes, (1)&nbsp;Barclays Capital Inc.
(or its successor) or any of its affiliates that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, (2)&nbsp;Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (or its successor) or any of its affiliates that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, (3)&nbsp;J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or its
successor) or any of its </P>
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affiliates that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, (4)&nbsp;Mizuho Securities USA LLC (or its successor) or any of its affiliates that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, and (5)&nbsp;any other Primary
Treasury Dealers selected by the Company; <I>provided, however</I>, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations</I>&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the
arithmetic average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the third business day preceding such Redemption Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Treasury Rate</I>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date for
the Senior Notes, (1)&nbsp;the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated &#147;H.15 (519)&#148; or any successor publication
which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Senior Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be
determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2)&nbsp;if the release referred to in clause (1) (or any successor release) is not published during
the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Redemption Procedures</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as modified by this Section&nbsp;203, any redemption of the Senior Notes under this
Section&nbsp;203 is subject to the terms and conditions of Article 13 of the Base Indenture. Notice of any redemption will be sent at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to (w)&nbsp;each Holder of Senior Notes to be
redeemed in accordance with Section&nbsp;1.05 of the Base Indenture, (x)&nbsp;to the Trustee, (y)&nbsp;to the Security Registrar to forward to each Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at such Holder&#146;s registered address, or (z)&nbsp;otherwise
in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. If less than all the Senior Notes are to be redeemed, and the Senior Notes are Global Notes, the Senior Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Depositary in accordance with its standard
procedures. If the Senior Notes to be redeemed are not Global Notes held by the Depositary, the Trustee will select the Senior Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed by lot. The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the calculation
of the Redemption Price. </P>
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as the Trustee and Security Registrar may agree to (and not more than 10 Business Days) prior to the date on which it intends to have the Security Registrar notify the Holders of the Senior Notes of the Company&#146;s exercise of its option to
redeem the Senior Notes, the Company will provide to the Trustee and the Security Registrar a draft notice of a potential exercise of such option with respect to the Senior Notes on such date. After receipt of final notice that the Company is
exercising its option to redeem the Senior Notes, the Security Registrar will deliver notice to each Holder of Senior Notes in accordance with Article 13 of the Base Indenture, as modified by this Section&nbsp;203. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;204&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfer and Exchange.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes</I>. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section&nbsp;204, a Global Note
may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor thereto or a nominee of such successor thereto. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note of the same
series unless (i)&nbsp;the Depositary (1)&nbsp;notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (2)&nbsp;has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case,
a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered, (ii)&nbsp;the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the
issuance of Definitive Notes or (iii)&nbsp;upon the request of the Depositary if there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in clause (i), (ii)
or (iii)&nbsp;above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note of the same series or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary
(in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Article 3 of the Base Indenture. Every Senior Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
Global Note of the same series or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section&nbsp;204 or Article 3 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued
subsequent to any of the preceding events in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)&nbsp;above and pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.06 of the Base Indenture. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Senior Note other than as provided in this
Section&nbsp;204(a). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes</I>. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar either (1) (A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B)&nbsp;instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase, or (2) (A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance
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with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note of the same series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(B)&nbsp;instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in this subclause (2)(A);
<I>provided</I> that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued other than upon the occurrence of any of the events in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;204(a) hereof. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in the Senior Indenture and the Senior Notes, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section&nbsp;204(g) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.</I> If any holder of a beneficial interest in
a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;204(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;204(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced
accordingly pursuant to Section&nbsp;204(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section&nbsp;204(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security
Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Senior Notes are so registered. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. </I>A Holder of a Definitive
Note may exchange such Senior Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and authenticate or, if already issued, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note. If any such exchange or
transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected at a time when the applicable Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication of one or more Global Notes
in accordance with Section&nbsp;3.04 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so exchanged or transferred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.</I> Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes
and such Holder&#146;s compliance with the provisions of this Section&nbsp;204(e), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall
present or surrender to the Security Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. </P>
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substantially the following form (with appropriate changes in the last sentence if DTC is not the Depositary): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE
DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SENIOR INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SENIOR NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I)&nbsp;THE TRUSTEE MAY
MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(g) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(a) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
(III)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(g) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (IV)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO
THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (&#147;DTC&#148;) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes</I>. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular
Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance
with Section&nbsp;3.09 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the
Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of a Company Order for authentication thereof in accordance with Section&nbsp;3.04 of the Base Indenture or at the Security Registrar&#146;s request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall not be required (A)&nbsp;to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Senior Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Senior Notes for redemption under Section&nbsp;203 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection or (B)&nbsp;to
register the transfer of or to exchange a Senior Note between a Record Date (as defined in the Senior Notes) with respect to such Senior Note and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date with respect to such Senior Note. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Security Registrar nor the Company shall be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in part. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Senior Indenture, as the
Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Senior Note, the Trustee, any
Paying Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Senior Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Senior Notes
and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Senior Note at the office or agency of the
Company designated pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.02 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Senior Notes of any
authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At the option
of the Holder, Senior Notes may be exchanged for other Senior Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Senior Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global
Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance
with the provisions of Section&nbsp;3.04 of the Base Indenture. </P>
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of Counsel required to be submitted to the Security Registrar pursuant to this Section&nbsp;204 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions
taken or not taken by the Depositary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor,
determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Senior Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Senior Note other than to require delivery of such certificates
and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, the Senior Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;205&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Corporate Trust Office.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to the Senior Notes, the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee named in the preamble to the Base Indenture as of the
date of execution hereof is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;206&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Conforming to Prospectus Description.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to the Senior Notes, Section&nbsp;11.01 of the Base Indenture shall be revised to add the following as subclause (l): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;(l) to conform the terms of the Debt Securities or the Indenture with the description set forth in any prospectus relating to such Debt
Securities.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ARTICLE III </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">MISCELLANEOUS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;301&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Effect of Headings.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;302&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Successors and Assigns.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All covenants and agreements in this Third Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and
inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;304&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Governing Law.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Third Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New
York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;305&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section&nbsp;326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee is required to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as the Trustee may
request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">* * * * * </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Thomas H. Loeffler</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Vice President and Deputy Treasurer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Laurence J. O&#146;Brien</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SENIOR INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SENIOR NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I)&nbsp;THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(g) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
(II)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(a) OF THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 204(g) OF THE THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND (IV)&nbsp;THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (&#147;DTC&#148;) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO.
OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">EACH PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE OR
HOLDING OF THE NOTES THAT (A)&nbsp;IT IS NOT A PLAN (INCLUDING A PENSION, PROFIT-SHARING OR OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (&#147;ERISA&#148;), AND ENTITIES SUCH AS COLLECTIVE
INVESTMENT FUNDS, PARTNERSHIPS AND SEPARATE ACCOUNTS WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLANS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, KEOGH PLANS FOR SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS AND ANY OTHER PLANS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO
SECTION&nbsp;4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE &#147;CODE&#148;)) AND ITS PURCHASE, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES IS NOT MADE ON BEHALF OF OR WITH &#147;PLAN ASSETS&#148; OF ANY PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">SECTION&nbsp;2510.3-101</FONT> AS MODIFIED BY ERISA SECTION&nbsp;3(42), OR (B)&nbsp;ITS PURCHASE, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES WILL NOT RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION&nbsp;406 OF ERISA OR SECTION&nbsp;4975 OF </P>
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THE CODE. IN ADDITION, EACH PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THE NOTES THAT SUCH PURCHASE, HOLDING AND
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE PROHIBITED UNDER SIMILAR RULES TO THE &#147;PROHIBITED TRANSACTION&#148; RULES OF ERISA OR SECTION&nbsp;4975 OF THE CODE UNDER OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CUSIP: 174610AR6 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ISIN: US174610AR61 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">GLOBAL NOTE </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">representing up to
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> United States Dollars] on July&nbsp;27, 2026. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Payment Dates: Beginning on January&nbsp;27, 2020, January&nbsp;27 and July&nbsp;27 of each year </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Record Dates: January&nbsp;12 and July&nbsp;12 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additional provisions of this Senior Note are set forth on the other side of this Senior Note. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">as
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INTEREST. Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Senior Note at a rate per annum of 2.850% from July&nbsp;25, 2019 until maturity, computed on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year comprised of twelve
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> months. The Company will pay interest on this Senior Note (i)&nbsp;semi-annually in arrears on January&nbsp;27 and July&nbsp;27 of each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;) or, if any such
day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of this Senior Note on the 15th day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date with
respect to such Interest Payment Date (each, a &#147;Record Date&#148;). Interest on this Senior Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including July&nbsp;25, 2019;
<I>provided</I> that the first Interest Payment Date shall be January&nbsp;27, 2020. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay
interest on this Senior Note to the Person that is the registered Holder of this Senior Note at the close of business on the Record Date (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if this Senior Note is cancelled
after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section&nbsp;3.08 of the Base Indenture with respect to Defaulted Interest. The interest payment at maturity will be payable to the person to whom principal is
payable. Payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the Security Register of Holders; <I>provided</I> that (a)&nbsp;all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on, Senior Notes
represented by Global Notes registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof or as may otherwise be in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures of DTC and (b)&nbsp;all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to certificated Senior Notes will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other
date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Senior Indenture, will act as Paying Agent
and Security Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SENIOR INDENTURE. The Company issued the Senior Notes under a Senior Indenture, dated as of October&nbsp;28, 2015 (the &#147;Base
Indenture&#148;), as amended and supplemented by a First </P>
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Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;28, 2016 (the &#147;First Supplemental Indenture&#148;), a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;24, 2017 (the &#147;Second
Supplemental Indenture&#148;) and a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2019 (the &#147;Third Supplemental Indenture,&#148; and the Base Indenture as amended and by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental
Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the &#147;Senior Indenture&#148;), each between the Company and the Trustee. This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company designated as its &#147;2.850% Senior
Notes due 2026&#148;. To the extent any provision of this Senior Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Senior Indenture, the provisions of the Senior Indenture shall govern and be controlling. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REDEMPTION. Except as described below, the Senior Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company&#146;s option: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Optional Redemption</I>. The Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any
time or from time to time on or after January&nbsp;27, 2020 and prior to the Par Call Date, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, or (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments determined as provided in Section&nbsp;203 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. At any time or from
time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If the Redemption Price in respect of the Senior Notes is not paid on the Redemption Date, interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes will continue to accrue until the Redemption
Price is actually paid or set aside for payment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Redemption Procedures</I>. Except as modified by
Section&nbsp;203 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, any redemption of the Senior Notes under Section&nbsp;203 of the Third Supplemental Indenture is subject to the terms and conditions of Article 13 of the Base Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MANDATORY REDEMPTION, SINKING FUND. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Senior Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DEFEASANCE. The Senior Notes will be subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance pursuant to
Article 14 of the Base Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Senior Notes are in registered form without coupons in
a minimum denomination of $2,000 and authorized denominations of any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Senior Notes may be registered and Senior Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Senior Indenture. The Security
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Senior Indenture. The
Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Senior Note or portion of a Senior Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company need not exchange of register the transfer of any Senior Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of
Senior Notes to be redeemed. </P>
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its owner for all purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Senior Indenture or the Senior Notes may be amended or
supplemented as provided in the Senior Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. The Senior Indenture contains certain covenants,
including covenants with respect to the following matters: (i)&nbsp;merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all assets; and (ii)&nbsp;dispositions of stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes occurs, the principal of all outstanding Senior
Notes and any interest accrued thereon may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under Section&nbsp;5.01(a) or Section&nbsp;5.01(b) of the Base
Indenture (set forth as Section&nbsp;5.01(d) and Section&nbsp;5.01(e) as modified by Section&nbsp;202(k) of the Third Supplemental Indenture) shall occur and be continuing with respect to the Company the principal of all outstanding Senior Notes and
any interest accrued thereon shall become due and payable immediately without any further action on the part of the Trustee or the Holders. Holders may not enforce the Senior Indenture or the Senior Notes except as provided in the Senior Indenture.
Subject to certain limitations, Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Senior Notes notice of
any default under the Senior Indenture (except a default relating to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Senior Notes) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Senior Notes waive any past default or its consequences under the Senior Indenture, except a default in payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, any of the Senior Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Senior Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AUTHENTICATION. This Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Senior Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GOVERNING LAW. THE SENIOR INDENTURE AND THIS SENIOR NOTE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SAID STATE.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CUSIP NUMBERS AND ISIN. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Senior Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers either as printed on the Senior Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. </P>
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Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Financial Group, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">600 Washington Boulevard </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stamford, CT 06901 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fax No.: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">203-900-6758</FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Robin S. Elkowitz </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. no.) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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address and zip code) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and irrevocably appoint
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">July&nbsp;25, 2019&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citizens Financial Group, Inc., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Citizens
Plaza, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Providence, Rhode Island 02903. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;) of $500,000,000 principal amount of 2.850% Senior Notes due 2026 (the &#147;Securities&#148;) of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),
we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, the Securities constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and to general equity principles. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the foregoing opinion, we are expressing no opinion as to Federal or state laws relating to fraudulent transfers and we are not
passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, any disclosure in any registration statement or any related prospectus or other offering material relating to the offer and sale of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of New York, and we are expressing no
opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from
public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed that the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture under which the Securities were issued have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Trustee thereunder, that the Securities conform to the specimen thereof examined by us, that the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication of the Securities has been manually signed by one of the Trustee&#146;s authorized officers and that
the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not independently verified. </P>
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Securities&#148; in the prospectus supplement, which is part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act. </P>
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