FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., as Issuer and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Fiscal Agent Dated as of December 22, 2008 2.50% Senior Notes Due 2012 Guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee ProgramFiscal Agency Agreement • December 22nd, 2008 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 22, 2008, by and between Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Issuer”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Fiscal Agent. Certain terms in this Agreement are defined in Section 19.
