Item 1.01Item 1.01 - Entry into Material Agreement
Item 1.01. Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
On
June 10, 2025, First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced public offering of
$125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.625% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). The
Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-272215)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2023, and the prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the prospectus
supplement dated June 5, 2025, relating to the Notes. The Notes will initially be treated as Tier 2 capital
for regulatory purposes.
The Notes were issued pursuant
to the Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National
Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental
Indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 10, 2025 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”),
between the Company and the Trustee.
From and including
the date of issuance to, but excluding, June 15, 2030, or earlier redemption date, the Notes will bear interest at an initial fixed rate
of 7.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2025. From and
including June 15, 2030 to, but excluding, June 15, 2035, or earlier redemption date, the Notes will bear interest at a floating rate
per annum equal to a benchmark rate, which is expected to be Three-Month Term SOFR (as defined in the Second Supplemental Indenture),
plus 398.0 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on September
15, 2030. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the benchmark rate is less than zero, then the benchmark rate shall be deemed to be zero.
The Company
may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole or in part beginning with the interest payment date of June 15, 2030 and on any interest
payment date thereafter. The Company may also redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, upon the occurrence of a “Tax Event”
or a “Tier 2 Capital Event” (as defined in the Second Supplemental Indenture) or the Company becoming required to register
as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The redemption price for any redemption is 100% of
the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to but excluding, the date of redemption. Any early redemption
of the Notes will be subject to receipt of the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the extent required
under applicable laws or regulations, including capital regulations. The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
The Notes are
unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company and: (i) rank junior to all of the Company’s existing and future senior
indebtedness; (ii) rank equal in right of payment with any of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness;
(iii) rank senior to the Company’s obligations relating to any junior subordinated debt securities issued to its capital trust
subsidiaries; (iv) are effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of
the assets securing such indebtedness; and (v) are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities and obligations
of the Company’s subsidiaries, including deposit liabilities and claims of other creditors of the Company’s bank subsidiary,
First Interstate Bank.
The Indenture
provides that the maturity of the Notes may only be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain events related to the bankruptcy or insolvency
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or certain events related to the insolvency of First Interstate Bank. There is no right
of acceleration of the payment of principal of the Notes upon a default in the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or in
the performance of any of the Company’s covenants or agreements contained in the Notes, in the Indenture or any of the Company’s
other obligations or liabilities.
The foregoing
descriptions of the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety
by reference to the full text of such documents. For a complete description of the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture,
which includes the form of the Notes, please refer to the Base Indenture, attached as Exhibit 4.1 and the Second Supplemental Indenture,
attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. The form of the Notes is included
in Exhibit 4.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.