<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-12-326391.txt : 20120801
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-326391
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120801
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120731

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DYNEX CAPITAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000826675
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				521549373
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0709

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09819
		FILM NUMBER:		12998055

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4991 LAKE BROOK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 100
		CITY:			GLEN ALLEN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23060
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8042175800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4991 LAKE BROOK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 100
		CITY:			GLEN ALLEN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23060

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RESOURCE MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC/VA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930722

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RESOURCE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930505

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RAC MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP /VA/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930505
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-A
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 <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-A
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Virginia</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>52-1549373</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State of incorporation</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4991 Lake Brook Drive, Suite 100</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Glen Allen, Virginia</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>23060</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Title of each class</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">to be so registered</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Name of each exchange on which each class</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">is to be registered</FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>8.50% Series A Cumulative</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Redeemable Preferred Stock</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If this form
relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this
form relates: 333-173551 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Title of Class)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The description of the 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the &#147;Series A Preferred Stock&#148;), par value $0.01 per share and liquidation value $25.00 per share, to be registered
hereunder is contained under the heading &#147;Description of the Series A Preferred Stock&#148; in the Registrant&#146;s prospectus supplement dated July&nbsp;25, 2012, and under &#147;Description of our Preferred Stock&#148; in the accompanying
prospectus, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;27, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:39pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective July 9, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Dynex&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 11,
2008).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.1.1*</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective July 30, 2012.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective March 26, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Dynex&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1,
2008).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Amendment No. 3 to Dynex&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-11 dated February 10,
1988).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Specimen of 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed herewith. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Stephen J. Benedetti</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stephen J. Benedetti</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: July&nbsp;31, 2012 </FONT></P>
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<DESCRIPTION>ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 3.1.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TO THE </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OF </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Name of Corporation</U>. The name of the Corporation is Dynex Capital, Inc. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Text of Amendments</U>. Article III of the Corporation&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles of
Incorporation&#148;) shall be amended to add Article IIIA as set forth in <U>Appendix A</U> attached hereto, stating the terms, including the preferences, limitations and relative rights, of the Corporation&#146;s 8.50% Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock (the &#147;Series A Preferred Stock&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Adoption and Date of Adoption</U>. Pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13.1-639A of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the &#147;Act&#148;), Article III of the Articles of Incorporation permits the Corporation&#146;s Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation in order to establish the
terms, including preferences, limitations and relative rights, of one or more series of the Corporation&#146;s authorized class of serial preferred stock without the approval of the Corporation&#146;s shareholders. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Corporation certifies that the foregoing amendments were adopted on July&nbsp;24, 2012 by the Corporation&#146;s Board of Directors
without shareholder approval pursuant to the above referenced sections of the Act and Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation has not issued any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock as of the date hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. <U>Effective Date and Time</U>. The foregoing amendments to the Articles of Incorporation shall become effective when the Virginia
State Corporation Commission issues the certificate of amendment for such amendments. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I></I>[<I>Remainder of Page
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IIIA. <U>SERIES A PREFERRED</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Designation and Number of Shares</U>. This&nbsp;series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the &#147;Series A Preferred
Stock&#148;) and <B>eight million (8,000,000)</B>&nbsp;shall be the maximum number of shares constituting this series. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2. <U>Definitions</U>.&nbsp;For purposes of the Series A Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Board of Directors</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148; shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Corporation or any committee duly authorized by such Board of Directors to perform any of its responsibilities with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148; shall mean the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Corporation or such shares of
the Corporation&#146;s capital stock into which such Common Stock shall be reclassified. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issue Price</U>&#148; shall
mean the amount of $25.00. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Person</U>&#148; shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other
entity and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Set apart for&nbsp;payment</U>&#148;
shall be deemed to include, without any action other than the following, the recording by the Corporation in its accounting ledgers of any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to a declaration of dividends or other distribution
by the Board of Directors, the allocation of funds to be paid on any series or class of capital stock of the Corporation; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that if any funds for any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation raking junior to
the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation are placed in a separate account of the Corporation or delivered to a disbursing, paying or other
similar agent, then &#147;set apart for payment&#148; with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock shall mean placing such funds in a separate account or delivering such funds to a disbursing, paying or other similar agent. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Maturity</U>. The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or
mandatory redemption, and will remain outstanding unless (i)&nbsp;the Corporation decides to redeem or otherwise repurchase the Series A Preferred Stock or (ii)&nbsp;the Series A Preferred Stock becomes convertible and is actually converted pursuant
to Section&nbsp;8 hereof. The Corporation is not required to set aside funds to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Ranking</U>. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to
rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (i)&nbsp;senior to all classes or series of the Corporation&#146;s Common Stock and to all other equity
securities issued by the Corporation other than equity securities referred to in clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4, (ii)&nbsp;on a parity with all equity securities issued by the Corporation with terms specifically providing
that those equity securities rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and
(iii)&nbsp;junior to all equity securities issued by the Corporation with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution
of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Dividends</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors out of funds
legally available for that purpose, cumulative dividends payable in cash at the rate of 8.50% of the Issue Price per annum (equivalent to $2.125 per annum per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock issued in connection with the
Corporation&#146;s initial public offering of Series A Preferred Stock on August&nbsp;1, 2012 (including any shares of Series A Preferred Stock which may be issued in connection with the over-allotment option related to such initial public offering)
shall accrue daily and shall be cumulative from, and including, August&nbsp;1, 2012 (the &#147;Original Issue Date&#148;) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on January&nbsp;15,&nbsp;April&nbsp;15,&nbsp;July&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15 of each
year (each, a &#147;Dividend Payment Date&#148;); <I>provided</I>, that if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the dividend which would otherwise have been payable on that Dividend Payment Date may be paid on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if paid on such Dividend Payment Date and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Dividend Payment Date to such next
succeeding Business Day. Any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock, including dividends payable for any partial dividend period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months (it being understood that
the dividend payable on October&nbsp;15, 2012 will be for less than the full quarterly dividend period). Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the stock records of the Corporation for the Series A Preferred Stock at the
close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the first day of the calendar month, whether or not a Business Day, in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls (each, a &#147;Dividend Record Date&#148;). The dividends payable
on any Dividend Payment Date shall include dividends accumulated to, but not including, such Dividend Payment Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) No
dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be authorized by the Board or paid or set apart for payment by the Corporation at any time when the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Corporation, including any agreement relating to
any </FONT></P>
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indebtedness of the Corporation, prohibit the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof or provide that the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof would
constitute a breach of the agreement or a default under the agreement, or if the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not the Corporation has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally
available for the payment of those dividends and whether or not those dividends are declared. No interest, or sum in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in
arrears, and holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends in excess of full cumulative dividends described in Section&nbsp;5(a). Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited
against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Except as provided
in Section&nbsp;5(e), unless full cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend
periods, (i)&nbsp;no dividends (other than in shares of Common Stock or in shares of any series of preferred stock (&#147;Preferred Stock&#148;) that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment upon shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation,
(ii)&nbsp;no other distribution shall be declared or made upon shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, and
(iii)&nbsp;any shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation shall not be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired
for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares) by the Corporation (except (x)&nbsp;by conversion into or exchange for other capital stock of the Corporation that it may
issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, (y)&nbsp;for surrenders of shares of Common Stock to the Corporation to satisfy tax withholding or similar obligations in connection with restricted stock
granted under an equity compensation or incentive plan, or (z)&nbsp;for redemptions made pursuant to the provisions of Article VI or Article VII of the Articles of Incorporation). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock
and the shares of any other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred
Stock ranking on a parity that the Corporation may issue as to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared <I>pro rata</I> so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of
Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue (which shall
not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for </FONT></P>
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prior dividend periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any
dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock which may be in arrears. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Liquidation
Preference</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets the Corporation has legally available for distribution to its shareholders, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of
stock of the Corporation it may issue ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, a liquidation preference of per share of the Issue Price, plus an amount
equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of stock of the Corporation it may issue that ranks
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In the event that, upon any such voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
payable on all shares of other classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation that it may issue ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all
other such classes or series of capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to written notice of any such liquidation no fewer than 30 days and no more than
60 days prior to the payment date. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.
The consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, trust or entity or of any other entity with or into the Corporation, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or
business the Corporation, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;7. <U>Redemption</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior July&nbsp;31, 2017 except as described in this Section&nbsp;7 and except that, as provided in Article VI and Articles VII, respectively,
(i)&nbsp;the Corporation may purchase or redeem shares of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to that date in order to preserve the Corporation&#146;s qualification as a real estate investment trust (&#147;REIT&#148;) for federal income tax purposes,
and (ii)&nbsp;the Corporation may purchase or redeem shares of the Series A Preferred Stock prior to that date in order to protect the tax status of one or more real estate mortgage conduits (&#147;REMICs&#148;) in which the Corporation has acquired
or plans to acquire an interest or avoid the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Optional Redemption Right</U>. On and after July&nbsp;31, 2017, the Corporation may,
at its option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days&#146; written notice, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price per share of the Issue Price, plus any
accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption. If the Corporation elects to redeem any shares of Series A Preferred Stock as described in this Section&nbsp;7(b), it may use any available cash to pay
the redemption price, and it will not be required to pay the redemption price only out of the proceeds from the issuance of other equity securities or any other specific source. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Special Optional Redemption Right</U>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section&nbsp;7(a), upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below), the Corporation may, at its option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days&#146; written notice, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, within 120 days after the first
date on which such Change of Control occurred, for cash at a redemption price per share of the Issue Price, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption. If, prior to the Change of Control
Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined), the Corporation has provided notice of its election to redeem some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will not have the
Change of Control Conversion Right (as hereinafter defined) with respect to the shares called for redemption. If the Corporation elects to redeem any shares of Series A Preferred Stock as described in this Section&nbsp;7(c), it may use any available
cash to pay the redemption price, and it will not be required to pay the redemption price only out of the proceeds from the issuance of other equity securities or any other specific source. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) A &#147;Change of Control&#148; is deemed to occur when, after the Original Issue Date, the following have occurred and are
continuing: (i)&nbsp;the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a &#147;person&#148; under Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), of beneficial
ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of stock of the Corporation entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total
voting power of all stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire,
whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and (ii)&nbsp;following the closing of any transaction referred to in clause (i), neither the Corporation nor the acquiring or
surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;), the NYSE Amex Equities (the &#147;NYSE Amex&#148;) or the Nasdaq Stock
Market (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;), or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE Amex or Nasdaq. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) In the event the Corporation elects to redeem Series A Preferred Stock, the notice of redemption will be mailed by the Corporation, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
redemption date, to each holder of record of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption at such holder&#146;s address as it appears on the stock transfer records of </FONT></P>
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the Corporation and shall state: (i)&nbsp;the redemption date; (ii)&nbsp;the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii)&nbsp;the redemption price; (iv)&nbsp;the place or
places where certificates (if any) for the Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v)&nbsp;that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on the redemption date; (vi)&nbsp;whether
such redemption is being made pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a), Section&nbsp;7(b) or Section&nbsp;7(c); (vii)&nbsp;if applicable, that such redemption is being made in connection with a Change of Control and, in that case, a brief description of the
transaction or transactions constituting such Change of Control; and (viii)&nbsp;if such redemption is being made in connection with a Change of Control, that the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock being so called for redemption will
not be able to tender such shares of Series A Preferred Stock for conversion in connection with the Change of Control and that each share of Series A Preferred Stock tendered for conversion that is called, prior to the Change of Control Conversion
Date (as defined below), for redemption will be redeemed on the related date of redemption instead of converted on the Change of Control Conversion Date. If less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the
notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed. No failure to give such notice or any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) Holders of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the Series A Preferred Stock at the place designated in the notice of redemption and shall be entitled to the redemption price and
any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon payable upon the redemption following the surrender. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) If notice of redemption
of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been given and if the Corporation irrevocably sets aside the funds necessary for redemption in trust for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption,
then from and after the redemption date (unless the Corporation shall default in providing for the payment of the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any), dividends will cease to accrue on those shares of Series A Preferred
Stock, those shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of those shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon, if
any, payable upon redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) If any redemption date is not a Business Day, then the redemption price and accumulated and
unpaid dividends thereon, if any, payable upon redemption may be paid on the next Business Day and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after that redemption date to that next
Business Day. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) If less than all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the Series A Preferred
Stock to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional shares). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j)
Immediately prior to any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon through and </FONT></P>
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including the redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, in which case each holder of Series A Preferred
Stock at the close of business on such Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before such Dividend Payment Date. Except
as provided in this Section&nbsp;7(j), the Corporation will make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid
or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed and the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (except by exchanging it for its capital stock ranking junior to the Series A
Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase, redemption or acquisition by the Corporation of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (i)&nbsp;to preserve the
Corporation&#146;s status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, as provided by Article VI, (ii)&nbsp;to protect the tax status of one or more REMICs in which the Corporation has acquired or plans to acquire an interest or avoid the direct or
indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation, as provided by Article VII or (iii)&nbsp;pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;8. <U>Conversion Rights</U>. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other
property or securities of the Corporation, except as provided in this Section&nbsp;8. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right (unless, prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date, the Corporation has provided notice of its election to redeem some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by
such holder pursuant to Section&nbsp;7, in which case such holder will have the right only with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are not called for redemption) to convert some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such
holder (the &#147;Change of Control Conversion Right&#148;) on the Change of Control Conversion Date into a number of shares of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the &#147;Common Stock Conversion Consideration&#148;) equal to the
lesser of: (i)&nbsp;the quotient obtained by dividing (x)&nbsp;the sum of the Issue Price plus the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the Change of Control Conversion Date (unless the Change of Control
Conversion Date is after a Dividend Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date for the Series A Preferred Stock, in which case no additional amount for such accrued and unpaid dividends will be included in this sum) by
(y)&nbsp;the Common Stock Price (as defined below) (such quotient, the &#147;Conversion Rate&#148;); and (ii)&nbsp;4.9116 (the &#147;Share Cap&#148;), subject to adjustments provided in Section&nbsp;8(b) below. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Share Cap is subject to pro rata adjustments for any share splits (including those effected pursuant to a distribution of Common
Stock to existing holders of </FONT></P>
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Common Stock), subdivisions or combinations (in each case, a &#147;Share Split&#148;) with respect to Common Stock as follows: the adjusted Share Cap as the result of a Share Split will be the
number of shares of Common Stock that is equivalent to the product obtained by multiplying (i)&nbsp;the Share Cap in effect immediately prior to such Share Split by (ii)&nbsp;a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to such Share Split and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Share Split. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the immediately succeeding
sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (or equivalent Alternative Conversion Consideration (as defined below), as applicable) issuable or deliverable, as applicable, in connection with the exercise of the Change of Control
Conversion Right will not exceed 39,292,800 shares of Common Stock (or equivalent Alternative Consideration, as applicable) (the &#147;Exchange Cap&#148;). The Exchange Cap is subject to pro rata adjustments for any Share Splits on the same basis as
the corresponding adjustment to the Share Cap. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The &#147;Change of Control Conversion Date&#148; is the date the Series A
Preferred Stock is to be converted, which will be a Business Day selected by the Corporation that is no fewer than 20 days nor more than 35 days after the date on which it provides the notice described in Section&nbsp;8(h) to the holders of Series A
Preferred Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The &#147;Common Stock Price&#148; is (i)&nbsp;if the consideration to be received in the Change of
Control by the holders of Common Stock is solely cash, the amount of cash consideration per share of Common Stock or (ii)&nbsp;if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by holders of Common Stock is other than solely cash
(x)&nbsp;the average of the closing sale prices per share of Common Stock (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid
and the average closing ask prices per share) for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the date on which such Change of Control occurred as reported on the principal U.S. securities exchange on which Common
Stock is then traded, or (y)&nbsp;the average of the last quoted bid prices for Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or similar organization for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but
not including, the date on which such Change of Control occurred, if Common Stock is not then listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) In the case of a Change of Control pursuant to which Common Stock is or will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets (including any combination thereof) (the &#147;Alternative
Form Consideration&#148;), a holder of Series A Preferred Stock will receive upon conversion of such Series A Preferred Stock the kind and amount of Alternative Form Consideration which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive upon
the Change of Control had such holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Common Stock Conversion Consideration immediately prior to the effective time of the Change of Control (the &#147;Alternative Conversion Consideration&#148;;
the Common Stock Conversion Consideration or the Alternative Conversion Consideration, whichever shall be applicable to a Change of Control, is referred to as the &#147;Conversion Consideration&#148;). </FONT></P>
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to be received in the Change of Control, the Conversion Consideration in respect of such Change of Control will be deemed to be the kind and amount of consideration actually received by holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
that made or voted for such an election (if electing between two types of consideration) or holders of a plurality of the outstanding shares of Common Stock that made or voted for such an election (if electing between more than two types of
consideration), as the case may be, and will be subject to any limitations to which all holders of Common Stock are subject, including, without limitation, <I>pro rata</I> reductions applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in such
Change of Control. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) No fractional shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock in connection
with a Change of Control will be issued. Instead, the Corporation will make a cash payment equal to the value of such fractional shares based upon the Common Stock Price used in determining the Common Stock Conversion Consideration for such Change
of Control. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) Within 15 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, provided that the Corporation has not then
exercised its right to redeem all shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section&nbsp;7, the Corporation will provide to holders of Series A Preferred Stock a notice of occurrence of the Change of Control that describes the resulting Change
of Control Conversion Right, which notice shall be delivered to the holders of record of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock in their addresses as they appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation and shall state: (i)&nbsp;the
events constituting the Change of Control; (ii)&nbsp;the date of the Change of Control; (iii)&nbsp;the last date on which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock may exercise their Change of Control Conversion Right; (iv)&nbsp;the method and period
for calculating the Common Stock Price; (v)&nbsp;the Change of Control Conversion Date; (vi)&nbsp;that if, prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date, the Corporation has provided notice of its election to redeem all or any shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, holders will not be able to convert the shares of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption and such shares will be redeemed on the related redemption date, even if such shares have already been tendered for conversion pursuant
to the Change of Control Conversion Right; (vii)&nbsp;if applicable, the type and amount of Alternative Conversion Consideration entitled to be received per share of Series A Preferred Stock; (viii)&nbsp;the name and address of the paying agent,
transfer agent and conversion agent for the Series A Preferred Stock; (ix)&nbsp;the procedures that the holders of Series A Preferred Stock must follow to exercise the Change of Control Conversion Right (including procedures for surrendering shares
for conversion through the facilities of a Depositary (as defined below)), including the form of conversion notice to be delivered by such holders as described below; and (x)&nbsp;the last date on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock may
withdraw shares surrendered for conversion and the procedures that such holders must follow to effect such a withdrawal. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i)
The Corporation shall also issue a press release containing such notice provided for in Section&nbsp;8(h) for publication on Dow Jones&nbsp;&amp; Company, Inc., Business Wire, PR Newswire or Bloomberg Business News (or, if these organizations are
not in existence at the time of issuance of the press release, such other news or press organization as is reasonably calculated to broadly disseminate the relevant information to the public), and post a notice on its website, in any event prior to
the opening of business on the first Business Day following any date on which it provides the notice provided for in Section&nbsp;8(h) to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) To exercise the Change of Control Conversion Right, the holders of Series A Preferred
Stock will be required to deliver, on or before the close of business on the Change of Control Conversion Date, the certificates (if any) representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed for transfer (or, in the
case of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock held in book-entry form through a Depositary (as defined below), to deliver, on or before the close of business on the Change of Control Conversion Date, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be
converted through the facilities of such Depositary), together with a written conversion notice in the form provided by the Corporation, duly completed, to its transfer agent. The conversion notice must state: (i)&nbsp;the relevant Change of Control
Conversion Date; (ii)&nbsp;the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted; and (iii)&nbsp;that the Series A Preferred Stock is to be converted pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) Holders of Series A Preferred Stock may withdraw any notice of exercise of a Change of Control Conversion Right (in whole or in part)
by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the transfer agent of the Corporation prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date. The notice of withdrawal delivered by any holder must state:
(i)&nbsp;the number of withdrawn shares of Series A Preferred Stock; (ii)&nbsp;if certificated Series A Preferred Stock has been surrendered for conversion, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and
(iii)&nbsp;the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, if any, which remain subject to the holder&#146;s conversion notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 8(j) and 8(k), if any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company
(&#147;DTC&#148;) or a similar depositary (each, a &#147;Depositary&#148;), the conversion notice and/or the notice of withdrawal, as applicable, must comply with applicable procedures, if any, of the applicable Depositary. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(m) Series A Preferred Stock as to which the Change of Control Conversion Right has been properly exercised and for which the conversion
notice has not been properly withdrawn will be converted into the applicable Conversion Consideration in accordance with the Change of Control Conversion Right on the Change of Control Conversion Date, unless prior to the Change of Control
Conversion Date the Corporation has provided notice of its election to redeem some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section&nbsp;7, in which case only the shares of Series A Preferred Stock properly surrendered for
conversion and not properly withdrawn that are not called for redemption will be converted as aforesaid. If the Corporation elects to redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock that would otherwise be converted into the applicable Conversion
Consideration on a Change of Control Conversion Date, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be so converted and the holders of such shares will be entitled to receive on the applicable redemption date the redemption price as provided in
Section&nbsp;7. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) The Corporation shall deliver all securities, cash and any other property owing upon conversion no later
than the third Business Day following the Change of Control </FONT></P>
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Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the persons entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock or other securities delivered on conversion will be deemed to have become the holders of
record thereof as of the Change of Control Conversion Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(o) In connection with the exercise of any Change of Control
Conversion Right, the Corporation shall comply with all federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules in connection with any conversion of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock or other property. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Series A Preferred Stock, no holder of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to convert such Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock to the extent that (i)&nbsp;receipt of such Common Stock would cause such holder
(or any other person) to exceed the share ownership Limit contained in Article VI of the Articles of Incorporation, unless the Board of Directors provides an exemption, or (ii)&nbsp;receipt of such Common Stock would endanger the tax status of one
or more REMICs in which the Corporation has acquired or plans to acquire an interest or would cause the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation as provided in Article VII of the Articles of Incorporation. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(p) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and except as otherwise required by law, the persons who are the holders of record of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Record Date will be entitled to receive the dividend payable on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of those shares after such Dividend
Record Date and on or prior to such Dividend Payment Date and, in such case, the full amount of such dividend shall be paid on such Dividend Payment Date to the persons who were the holders of record at the close of business on such Dividend Record
Date. Except as provided in this Section&nbsp;8(p), the Corporation will make no allowance for unpaid dividends that are not in arrears on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9. <U>Series A Preferred Stock Reacquired</U>. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock which shall have been issued and
reacquired in any manner by the Corporation shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to class or series, and may thereafter be reissued as any class or series of Preferred Stock.
The Corporation may also retire any unissued shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and such shares shall then be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to class or series, and may thereafter
be reissued as any class or series of Preferred Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10. <U>Voting Rights</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth in this Section&nbsp;10 or as otherwise
required by law. On each matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote, except that when shares of any other class or series of the Preferred Stock have
the right to vote with the Series A Preferred Stock as a single voting group on any matter, the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of each such other class or series will have one vote for each $25.00 of liquidation preference (excluding
accumulated dividends). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Whenever dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for six or
more quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors constituting the Board will be automatically increased by two (if not already increased by two by reason of the election of directors by the holders of any other
class or series of Preferred Stock the Corporation may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and with which the Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote as a voting group with respect to the election of
those two directors) and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a voting group with all other classes or series of Preferred Stock the Corporation may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable
and which are entitled to vote as a voting group with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those two directors) will be entitled to vote for the election of those two additional directors at a special meeting called by the Corporation at
the request of the holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or by the holders of any other class or series of Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and
which are entitled to vote as a voting group with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those two directors (unless the request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of shareholders of
the Corporation, in which case, such vote will be held at the earlier of the next annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation), and at each subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Series A Preferred Stock
for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment. In that case, the right of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to elect
any directors will cease and, unless there are other classes or series of Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, any directors elected by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall immediately
resign and the number of directors constituting the Board shall be reduced accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the total number of directors elected by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a voting
group with all other classes or series of Preferred Stock the Corporation may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a voting group with the Series A Preferred Stock in the
election of such directors) pursuant to the voting rights under this Section&nbsp;10 exceed two. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) If a special meeting at
a place within the United States designated by the Corporation is not called by the Corporation within 30 days after request from the holders of Series A Preferred Stock as described in Section&nbsp;10(b), then the holders of record of at least 25%
of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock may designate a holder to call the meeting at the expense of the Corporation and such meeting may be called by the holder so designated upon notice similar to that required for annual meetings of
shareholders and shall be held at the place within the United States designated by the holder calling such meeting. The Corporation shall pay all costs and expenses of calling and holding any meeting and of electing directors pursuant to
Section&nbsp;10(b), including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, reproducing and mailing the notice of such meeting, the cost of renting a room for such meeting to be held, and the cost of collecting and tabulating votes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If, at any time when the voting rights conferred upon the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(b) are exercisable,
any vacancy in the office of a director </FONT></P>
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elected pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(b) shall occur, then such vacancy may be filled only by the remaining such director or by vote of the holders of record of the outstanding Series A Preferred
Stock and any other classes or series of Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a voting group with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of directors pursuant
to Section&nbsp;10(b). Any director elected or appointed pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(b) may be removed only by the affirmative vote of holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any other classes or series of Preferred Stock upon which
like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which classes or series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as a voting group with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of directors pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(b), such
removal to be effected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any such other classes or series of Preferred Stock, and may not be removed by the holders
of the Common Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation will not,
without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting together as a voting group
with all series of parity Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable), (i)&nbsp;authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of
capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or reclassify any of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation into
such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares; or (ii)&nbsp;amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, whether by merger,
consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock (each, an &#147;Event&#148;); provided, however, with respect to the occurrence of any Event set
forth in clause (ii), so long as the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged, taking into account that, upon an occurrence of an Event, the Corporation may not be the surviving entity, the occurrence
of any such Event shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and, provided further, that any increase in the amount of the authorized Common
Stock or Preferred Stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock, or the creation or issuance of any additional shares of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock or other series of Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue, or any increase in
the amount of authorized shares of such series, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) Notwithstanding Section&nbsp;10(e)(ii) above, if any amendment, alteration or repeal of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, would materially
and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock but not all series of parity Preferred Stock that the Corporation may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable,
the affirmative </FONT></P>
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vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and all such other similarly affected series, at the time outstanding (voting together as a
single voting group), given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose, shall be required in lieu of the vote or consent that would otherwise be required by Section&nbsp;10(e)(ii). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) The voting rights provided for in this Section&nbsp;10 will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which
voting by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10 shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice
and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption pursuant to Section&nbsp;7. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) Except as
expressly stated in this Section&nbsp;10 or as may be required by applicable law, the Series A Preferred Stock will not have any relative, participating, optional or other special voting rights or powers and the consent of the holders thereof shall
not be required for the taking of any corporate action. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Subject to applicable law, at any time when the voting rights
conferred upon the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10 are exercisable, the presence in person or by proxy of one-third of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter shall
constitute a quorum of the Series A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;11. <U>Information Rights</U>. During any period in which
the Corporation is not subject to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation will use its best efforts to (i)&nbsp;transmit by mail (or other permissible means under the
Exchange Act) to all holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear on the record books of the Corporation and without cost to such holders, copies of the annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
respectively, that the Corporation would have been required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if it were subject thereto (other than any exhibits that
would have been required); and (ii)&nbsp;promptly, upon request, supply copies of such reports to any holders or prospective holder of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation will use its best efforts to mail (or otherwise provide) the information
to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock within 15 days after the respective dates by which a periodic report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, in respect of such information would have been required to be filed with the SEC, if
the Corporation were subject to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case, based on the dates on which the Corporation would be required to file such periodic reports if it were a &#147;non-accelerated filer&#148; within the meaning
of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;12. <U>Record Holders</U>. The Corporation and the transfer agent for the Series A
Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14 </FONT></P>



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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;13. <U>No Preemptive Rights</U>. No holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
will, as holders of Series A Preferred Stock, have any preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for Common Stock or any other security of the Corporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;14. <U>Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer</U>. For the avoidance of doubt, in order to protect the Corporation&#146;s status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, and protect the tax
status of one or more REMICs in which the Corporation has acquired or plans to acquire an interest or avoid the direct or indirect imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to the provisions of
Article VI and Article VII, respectively, of the Articles of Incorporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;15. <U>Office or Agency</U>. For so
long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall at all times maintain an office or agency in one of the 48 contiguous States of the United States of America where shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be
surrendered for payment (including upon redemption), registration of transfer or exchange. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SPECIMEN </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CERTIFICATE OF STOCK </FONT></P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NUMBER A-</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SHARES</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">($25 Liquidation Preference)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE PRESENTED</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FOR TRANSFER IN CHARLOTTE, N.C. OR</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN NEW YORK, N.Y.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ON</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REVERSE SIDE</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SEE REVERSE FOR</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CERTAIN DEFINITIONS</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CUSIP 26817Q 704</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS CERTIFIES THAT
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;is the record holder of
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE 8.50% SERIES A
CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE, OF DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. (the &#147;Corporation&#148;) transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WITNESS the facsimile signatures of
the Corporation&#146;s duly authorized officers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Byron L. Boston</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Stephen J. Benedetti</FONT></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">COMPUTERSHARE SHAREOWNER SERVICES LLC </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By: /s/ </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATION&#146;S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, ANY ACQUISITION OF SHARES OF THE
CORPORATION&#146;S CAPITAL STOCK THAT COULD OR WOULD (I)&nbsp;CAUSE THE CORPORATION TO BE DISQUALIFIED AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (&#147;REIT&#148;), (II)&nbsp;RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF A
PENALTY TAX (A &#147;PENALTY TAX&#148;) ON THE CORPORATION (INCLUDING THE IMPOSITION OF AN ENTITY-LEVEL TAX ON ONE OR MORE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS (&#147;REMICS&#148;) IN WHICH THE CORPORATION HAS ACQUIRED OR PLANS TO ACQUIRE AN
INTEREST) OR (III)&nbsp;ENDANGER THE TAX STATUS OF ONE OR MORE REMICS IN WHICH THE CORPORATION HAS ACQUIRED OR PLANS TO ACQUIRE AN INTEREST WILL BE NULL AND VOID TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AND THE INTENDED TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED
NEVER TO HAVE HAD AN INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION&#146;S MAINTENANCE OF ITS STATUS AS A REIT, THE
CORPORATION&#146;S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION PROHIBIT ANYONE FROM OWNING IN THE AGGREGATE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, MORE THAN 9.8% OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF THE CORPORATION&#146;S CAPITAL STOCK, UNLESS AN EXEMPTION IS APPROVED BY THE
CORPORATION&#146;S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE CORPORATION MAY REQUIRE EVIDENCE OF A PROPOSED TRANSFEREE&#146;S STATUS AND OWNERSHIP INTEREST
BEFORE PERMITTING ANY TRANSFER AND MAY REDEEM ANY SHARES HELD IN VIOLATION OF THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS. THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY STOCKHOLDER WITHOUT CHARGE A FULL STATEMENT OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS UPON REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO THE STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DESIGNATIONS, RELATIVE RIGHTS,
PREFERENCES, AND LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO EACH CLASS OF ITS CAPITAL STOCK ON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE
OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TEN&nbsp;COM</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as&nbsp;tenants&nbsp;in&nbsp;common</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">UNIF
GIFT&nbsp;MIN&nbsp;ACT-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;Custodian<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TEN&nbsp;ENT</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as&nbsp;tenants&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;entireties</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Cust)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Minor)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">JT&nbsp;TEN</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">UNIF&nbsp;TRANS&nbsp;MIN&nbsp;ACT-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Custodian&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Cust)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Minor)</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;hereby sell, assign and transfer unto </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares of the preferred stock represented by the within Certificate, and do
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named
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GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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