DEPOSIT AGREEMENT among SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC as Depositary, and THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN Dated as of May 1, 2006Deposit Agreement • May 1st, 2006 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 1, 2006, among (i) Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Corporation”), (ii) Mellon Investor Services LLC and (iii) the Holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein.
