Exhibit 1.2
UNITED COMMUNITY
BANCORP
(a federal corporation)
3,172,160 Shares
(Subject to an Increase Up to 3,647,984
Shares)
COMMON STOCK
(Par Value $0.01 Per Share)
Subscription Price $10.00 Per Share
AGENCY AGREEMENT
, 2006
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods,
Inc.
211 Bradenton Drive
Dublin, Ohio 43017-5034
Ladies and Gentlemen:
United Community Bancorp, a
federally-chartered stock corporation in organization (the
“Company”), United Community MHC, a federally-chartered
mutual holding company in organization (the “MHC”), and
United Community Bank, a federally-chartered mutual savings bank
(the “Bank”) (collectively, the “United Community
Parties”), hereby confirm, jointly and severally, their
agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
(“KBW” or the “Agent”), as
follows:
Section 1. The
Offering . The Bank,
in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization and Stock Issuance,
adopted on September 22, 2005 and amended and restated on
December 8, 2005 (the “Plan”), intends to convert
from mutual to stock form and to reorganize into a federal mutual
holding company structure as a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, which in turn will be a majority-owned subsidiary of the
MHC (the “Reorganization”). All capitalized terms used
in this Agreement and not defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings set forth in the Plan. The Reorganization is being
conducted in accordance with the laws of the United States and the
applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision (the
“OTS”) (such laws and the regulations are referred to
herein as the “MHC Regulations”). In connection with
the Reorganization, the Company will offer shares of its common
stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”),
on a priority basis to (i) Eligible Account Holders;
(ii) tax-qualified employee plans of the Bank and the Company;
(iii) Supplemental Eligible Account Holders; and
(iv) Other Members. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company is
offering a minimum of 2,344,640 shares and a maximum of 3,172,160
shares (subject to an increase up to 3,647,984 shares) of Common
Stock(the “Shares”), in the Subscription Offering, and,
if necessary, in the Direct Community Offering and/or the Public
Offering (collectively, the “Offering”).
The Plan also provides for the
Company to contribute up to 160,816 additional shares of Common
Stock (the “Foundation Shares”) to a charitable
foundation (the “Foundation”) to be formed in
connection with the Offering. The Company may offer Shares, if any,
remaining after the Subscription Offering, in the Direct Community
Offering with a preference to natural persons and trusts of natural
persons residing in the Indiana county of Dearborn, and then to the
general public. In the event a Direct Community Offering is held,
it may be held at any time during or promptly after the
Subscription Offering. Depending on market conditions, Shares
available for sale but not subscribed for in the Subscription
Offering or purchased in the Direct Community Offering may be
offered in the Public Offering to the general public on a best
efforts basis, as described in subsection 4(c) below. Upon
completion of the Offering, pursuant to the Plan, up to 49.9% of
the outstanding shares of common stock will be publicly held and
100% of the outstanding common stock of the Bank will be held by
the Company. The Company will sell the Shares in the Offering at
$10.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”). If the number
of Shares offered is increased or decreased in accordance with the
Plan, the term “Shares” shall mean such greater or
lesser number, where applicable.
The Company has filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or
the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-130302) in order to register the Shares and the
Foundation Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereto as
have been required to the date hereof (the “Registration
Statement”). The prospectus, as amended, included in the
Registration Statement at the time it initially became effective is
hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any
prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time
it initially becomes effective, the term “Prospectus”
shall refer to the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the
Commission and shall include any supplements and amendments thereto
from and after their dates of effectiveness or use,
respectively.
In connection with the
Reorganization, the Bank filed with the OTS a Notice of Mutual
Holding Company Reorganization on Form MHC-1 (the “Form
MHC-1”) and an Application for Approval of a Minority Stock
Issuance by a Savings Association Subsidiary of a Mutual Holding
Company (the “Form MHC-2”), including exhibits and the
Prospectus (the Form MHC-1 and the Form MHC-2, as amended to date,
if applicable, and as from time to time amended or supplemented
hereafter, are hereafter collectively referred to as the “MHC
Notice”). The Company and the MHC have filed with the OTS an
application on Form H-(e)1-S (the “Holding Company
Application”) to become savings and loan holding companies
under the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (the
“HOLA”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collectively, the MHC Notice and the Holding Company Application
may also be termed the “Applications.”
Section 2. Retention of
Agent . Subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the United Community
Parties hereby appoint the Agent as their exclusive financial
advisor and marketing agent to utilize its best efforts to solicit
subscriptions for the Shares and to advise and assist the United
Community Parties with respect to the Company’s sale of the
Shares in the Offering.
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On the basis of the representations,
warranties, and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent accepts such
appointment and agrees to consult with and advise the United
Community Parties as to the matters set forth in the letter
agreement, dated August 2, 2005, between the Bank and KBW (the
“Letter Agreement”). It is acknowledged by the United
Community Parties that the Agent shall not be required to purchase
any Shares or be obligated to take any action that is inconsistent
with all applicable laws, regulations, decisions or
orders.
Except as described in
Section 14 of this Agreement, the obligations of the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the completion or
termination or abandonment of the Plan by United Community Parties
or upon termination of the Offering, but in no event later than 45
days after the completion of the Subscription Offering (the
“End Date”). All fees or expenses due to the Agent
hereunder but unpaid will be payable to the Agent in next day funds
at the earlier of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) or the
End Date. In the event the Offering is extended beyond the End
Date, the United Community Parties and the Agent may agree to renew
this Agreement under mutually acceptable terms and subject to the
approval of any governmental agency having jurisdiction over such
matters.
In the event the Company is unable
to sell a minimum of 2,344,640 Shares by the End Date, this
Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall refund to any
persons who have subscribed for any of the Shares the full amount
that it may have received from them plus accrued interest, as set
forth in the Prospectus, and none of the parties to this Agreement
shall have any obligation to the other parties hereunder, except as
set forth in Sections 4(a), 10, 12, 13 and 14 hereof.
Section 3. Sale and
Delivery of Shares . If all conditions precedent to the consummation
of the Reorganization, including, without limitation, the sale of
all Shares required by the Plan to be sold, are satisfied, the
Company agrees to issue, or have issued, the Shares sold in the
Offering and to release for delivery certificates for such Shares
on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) against payment to the
Company by any means authorized by the Plan; provided, however,
that no funds shall be released to the Company until the conditions
specified in Section 11 hereof shall have been complied with
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and its counsel. The
release of Shares against payment therefor shall be made on a date
and at a place mutually acceptable to the United Community Parties
and the Agent. Certificates for Shares shall be delivered directly
to the purchasers in accordance with their directions. The date
upon which the Company shall release or deliver the Shares sold in
the Offering, in accordance with the terms herein, is called the
“Closing Date.”
Section 4.
Compensation . The
Agent shall receive the following compensation for its services
hereunder:
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(a)
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A Management
Fee of $50,000, payable in four consecutive monthly installments of
$12,500, all of which has been paid. Such fee is deemed to have
been earned when due.
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(b)
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A Success Fee upon completion of
the Offering of 1.50% of the aggregate purchase price of the Shares
sold in the Subscription Offering and Community
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Offering excluding shares
contributed to the Foundation, purchased by the Bank’s
officers, directors, or employees (or members of their immediate
families), plus any employee stock ownership plan, tax-qualified or
stock based compensation plans (except individual retirement
accounts held by persons other than the Bank’s officers,
directors, or employees or their immediate families), or similar
plan created by the Bank or the Company for some or all of their
directors or employees. The Success Fee described in this
subparagraph 2(b) shall be reduced by the Management Fee described
in subparagraph 2(a).
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(c)
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If any of the
Shares remain available after the Subscription Offering and Direct
Community Offering, at the request of the Company, KBW will seek to
form a syndicate of registered broker-dealers (“Selected
Dealers”) to assist in the sale of such Shares on a best
efforts basis, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
selected dealers agreement. KBW will endeavor to distribute the
Shares among the Selected Dealers in a fashion which best meets the
distribution objectives of the Bank and the Plan. KBW will be paid
a fee not to exceed 5.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the
shares sold by the Selected Dealers. From this fee, KBW will pass
on to the Selected Dealers who assist in the such offering an
amount competitive with gross underwriting discounts charged at
such time for comparable amounts of stock sold at a comparable
price per share in a similar market environment. Fees with respect
to purchases effected with the assistance of Selected Dealers other
than KBW shall be transmitted by KBW to such Selected Dealers. The
decision to utilize Selected Dealers will be made by the Bank upon
consultation with KBW. In the event, with respect to any stock
purchases, fees are paid pursuant to this subparagraph 4(c), such
fees shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, payment pursuant
to subparagraph 4(b).
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Full payment of Agent’s fees,
as described above, shall be made in next day funds on the earlier
of the Closing Date or a determination by the Bank to terminate or
abandon the Plan.
Section 5. Closing
. The closing for the
sale of the Shares shall take place on the Closing Date at such
location as mutually agreed upon by the Agent and the United
Community Parties. At the closing, the United Community Parties
shall deliver to the Agent in next day funds the commissions, fees
and expenses due and owing to the Agent as set forth in Sections 4
and 10 hereof and the opinions and certificates required hereby and
other documents deemed reasonably necessary by the Agent shall be
executed and delivered to effect the sale of the Shares as
contemplated hereby and pursuant to the terms set forth in the
Prospectus.
Section 6.
Representations and Warranties of the United Community
Parties .
The United Community Parties jointly
and severally represent and warrant to the Agent that:
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(a)
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Each of the United Community
Parties has all such power, authority, authorizations, approvals
and orders as may be required to enter into this Agreement, and, as
of the Closing Date, each of the United Community Parties will have
all such power, authority, authorizations, approvals and orders as
may
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be required to carry out the
provisions and conditions hereof and to issue and sell the Shares
to be sold by the Company and to contribute the Foundation Shares
to the Foundation, as provided herein and as described in the
Prospectus. The consummation of the Reorganization, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Letter Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of each of the United Community Parties. This Agreement
has been validly executed and delivered by each of the United
Community Parties, and is a valid, legal and binding obligation of
each of the United Community Parties, in each case enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the legality, validity,
binding nature and enforceability thereof may be limited by
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization,
conservatorship, receivership or other similar laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or
the rights of creditors of insured financial institutions and their
holding companies, (ii) general equity principles regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law, (iii) the extent, if any, that the
provisions of Sections 12 or 13 hereof may be unenforceable as
against public policy.
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(b)
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The
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission on
[
], 2006. No stop order has been issued with respect to the
Prospectus. No proceedings related to the Prospectus have been
initiated or, to the knowledge of the United Community Parties,
threatened by the Commission. At the time the Registration
Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein (including
any amendment or supplement thereto), became effective, the
Registration Statement complied as to form in all material respects
with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The Registration
Statement and the Prospectus did not contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. At the time any Rule 424(b) or (c) Prospectus is
filed with the Commission and at the Closing Date, the Registration
Statement, including the Prospectus (including any amendment or
supplement thereto) and, when taken together with the Prospectus,
any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information (as such terms are
defined in Section 12 hereof) authorized by any of the United
Community Parties for use in connection with the Offering, will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties in this Section 6(b) shall not
apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the United
Community Parties by the Agent expressly regarding the Agent or its
counsel for use in the Prospectus under the caption “The
Reorganization and Stock Offering—Marketing
Arrangements” or in any Sales Information.
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(c)
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The MHC Notice, including the
Prospectus and the proxy statement for the solicitation of proxies
from members of the Bank for the special meeting to
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approve the Plan (the
“Proxy Statement”), was prepared by the Company and the
Bank and filed with the OTS. The MHC Notice was approved by the OTS
on [
], 2006. The Prospectus and Proxy Statement have each been
authorized for use by the OTS. As of [
], 2006 and at all times subsequent thereto until the Closing Date,
the MHC Notice, including the Prospectus and the Proxy Statement
(including any amendment or supplement thereto), will comply in all
material respects with the MHC Regulations, except to the extent
waived in writing by the OTS. The MHC Notice, including the
Prospectus and the Members’ Proxy Statement (including any
amendment or supplement thereto), does not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and
warranties in this Section 6(c) shall not apply to statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or the Bank by the Agent or
its counsel expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus
contained in the MHC Notice under the caption “The
Reorganization and Stock Offering - Marketing
Arrangements.”
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(d)
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The Holding
Company Application has been prepared by the Company and the MHC in
material conformity with the requirements of the OTS and approved
by the OTS. A conformed copy of the Holding Company Application has
been delivered to the Agent and its counsel, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged by the Agent.
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(e)
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No order has
been issued by the OTS, the Commission or any state securities
administrator preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or
any supplemental sales literature authorized by the United
Community Parties for use in connection with the Offering, and no
action by or before any such government entity to revoke any
approval, authorization or order of effectiveness related to the
Reorganization is pending or, to the best knowledge of the United
Community Parties, threatened.
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Pursuant to the
MHC Regulations, the Plan has been approved by the Board of
Directors of the Bank and is subject to approval by the members of
the Bank; at the Closing Date, the offer and sale of the Shares
will have been conducted in all material respects in accordance
with the Plan, the MHC Regulations, and all other applicable laws,
regulations, decisions and orders, including all terms, conditions,
requirements and provisions precedent to the Reorganization imposed
upon the Bank by the OTS, the Commission or any other regulatory
authority, other than those which the regulatory authority permits
to be completed after the Reorganization, and in the manner
described in the Prospectus. To the best knowledge of the United
Community Parties, no person has sought to obtain review of the
final action of the OTS in approving the Plan, the MHC Notice or
the Holding Company Application pursuant to applicable statutes or
regulations.
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Keller & Company, Inc., which prepared
the Conversion Valuation Report for United Community Bancorp as of
November 14, 2005 (as amended or supplemented, if so amended
or supplemented) (the “Appraisal”), has advised the
United Community Parties in writing that it is independent with
respect to each of the United Community Parties within the meaning
of the MHC Regulations, and the United Community Parties believe
Keller & Company, Inc. to be expert in preparing
appraisals of savings institutions.
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Clark,
Schaefer, Hackett & Co., which certified the audited
financial statements filed as part of the Registration Statement
and the MHC Notice, has advised the United Community Parties that
it is an independent certified public accountant within the meaning
of the Code of Ethics of the AICPA, and Clark, Schaefer,
Hackett & Co. is, with respect to the United Community
Parties and each subsidiary thereof, an independent certified
public accountant as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
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The financial
statements, schedules and notes related thereto that are included
in the Prospectus fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations, equity and cash flows
of the Bank at the respective dates indicated and for the
respective periods covered thereby and comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Regulation S-X of the
SEC and generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”) (including those requiring the recording of
certain assets at their current market value). Such financial
statements, schedules and notes related thereto have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as noted in the Notes to the financial
statements), present fairly in all material respects the
information required to be stated therein and are consistent with
the most recent financial statements and other reports filed by the
Bank with the OTS, and any other applicable regulatory authority,
except that accounting principles employed in such regulatory
filings conform to the requirements of such authorities and not
necessarily to GAAP. The other financial, statistical and pro forma
information and related notes included in the Prospectus present
fairly the information shown therein on a basis consistent with the
audited and unaudited financial statements of the Bank included in
the Prospectus, and as to the pro forma adjustments, the
adjustments made therein have been consistently applied on the
basis described therein.
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Since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except as may otherwise be stated therein:
(i) there has not been any material adverse change in the
financial condition, results of operations, capital, assets,
properties or business of the United Community Parties, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) there has not been any material increase in the long-term
debt of the Bank or in the principal amount of the Bank’s
assets that are classified by the Bank as substandard, doubtful or
loss or in loans past due 90 days or more or real estate acquired
by foreclosure, by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or deemed
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in-substance foreclosure or any
material decrease in equity capital or total assets of the Bank,
nor have the United Community Parties issued any securities or
incurred any liability or obligation for borrowing other than in
the ordinary course of business; (iii) there have not been any
material transactions entered into by the United Community Parties
that have not been disclosed in the Prospectus; (iv) there has
not been any material adverse change in the aggregate dollar amount
of the Bank’s deposits or its consolidated net worth;
(v) there has been no material adverse change in the United
Community Parties’ relationship with their insurance
carriers, including, without limitation, cancellation or other
termination of the United Community Parties fidelity bond or any
other type of insurance coverage; (vi) there has been no
material change in executive management of the United Community
Parties; (vii) none of the United Community Parties has
sustained any material loss or interference with its respective
business or properties from fire, flood, windstorm, earthquake,
accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance;
(viii) none of the United Community Parties is in default in
the payment of principal or interest on any outstanding debt
obligations; (ix) the capitalization, liabilities, assets,
properties and business of the United Community Parties conform in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectus; and (x) none of the United Community Parties has
any material contingent or other liabilities, except as set forth
in the Prospectus.
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At the Closing
Date, the Company will be a stock corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States, with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct
its business, as described in the Prospectus, and will be qualified
to transact business and will be in good standing in Indiana and in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of business requires such
qualification, unless the failure to qualify in one or more of such
jurisdictions would not have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition, results of operation, capital, properties,
business affairs or prospects of the United Community Parties taken
as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). On the
Closing Date, the Company will have obtained all licenses, permits
and other governmental authorizations then required for the conduct
of its business, except those that individually or in the aggregate
would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and as of the Closing
Date, all such licenses, permits and governmental authorizations
will be in full force and effect, and the Company will be in
compliance therewith in all material respects, and the Company will
be in compliance in all material respects with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its
business.
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At the Closing
Date, the MHC will be duly chartered and validly existing as a
mutual holding company in good standing under the laws of the
United States with corporate power and authority to own its
property and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus.
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The Bank has
been duly organized and is a validly existing federally chartered
savings association in the mutual form of organization and upon the
Reorganization will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, in both instances duly authorized to conduct its business
and own its property as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus; the Bank has obtained all licenses, permits and
other governmental authorizations currently required for the
conduct of its business, except those that individually or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all such
licenses, permits and governmental authorizations are in full force
and effect, and the Bank is in compliance with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its business;
except where failure to be in compliance would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Bank does not
own equity securities or any equity interest in any other active
business enterprise except the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Indianapolis (the “FHLB-Indianapolis”) and United
Community Bank Financial Services, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Indiana, or as would not be material
to the operations of the Bank. Upon completion of the
Reorganization, (i) all of the authorized and outstanding
capital stock of the Bank will be owned by the Company free and
clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
restriction of any kind and (ii) the Company will have no
direct subsidiaries other than the Bank. At the Closing Date, the
Reorganization will have been effected in all material respects in
accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, decisions and
orders; and, except with respect to the filing of certain
post-sale, post-Reorganization reports, and documents in compliance
with the 1933 Act Regulations, all terms, conditions, requirements
and provisions with respect to the Reorganization imposed by the
OTS or any other governmental agency, if any, will have been
complied with by the United Community Parties in all material
respects or appropriate waivers will have been obtained and all
material notice and waiting periods will have been satisfied,
waived or elapsed.
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Upon the
Reorganization, the authorized capital stock of the Bank will
consist of 1,000 shares of common stock, of $1.00 par value per
share (the “Bank Common Stock”), of which 100 shares of
Bank Common Stock will be issued and outstanding as of immediately
following the Reorganization; no additional shares of Bank Common
Stock will be issued.
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The Bank is a
member of the FHLB-Indianapolis. The deposit accounts of the Bank
are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(“FDIC”) up to the maximum limits, and no proceedings
for the termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or,
to the best knowledge of the United Community Parties,
threatened.
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Upon consummation of the
Reorganization, the authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company will be within the range set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” and no
shares of Common Stock have been or will be issued and outstanding
prior to the Closing Date (except for the shares issued upon
incorporation of the Company); the Shares have been duly
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and validly authorized for
issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to
the Plan against payment of the consideration calculated as set
forth in the Plan and the Prospectus, will be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable; the issuance of the Shares
is not subject to preemptive rights, except for the subscription
rights granted pursuant to the Plan; and the terms and provisions
of the Shares will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus. Upon issuance of
the Shares, good title to the Shares will be transferred from the
Company to the purchasers of Shares against payment therefor as set
forth in the Plan and the Prospectus, subject to such claims as may
be asserted against the purchasers thereof by third party
claimants.
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None of the
United Community Parties is (i) in violation of their
respective charters or bylaws, as applicable or (ii) in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant, or condition contained in any contract, lease,
loan agreement, indenture or other instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its property may be bound, which
would result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated will not: (i) violate or conflict with the
charter or bylaws of any of the United Community Parties;
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a breach of or default
under, any material contract, lease or other instrument to which
any of the United Community Parties is a party or by which any of
the properties of the United Community Parties may be bound, or any
applicable law, rule, regulation or order, except for such
violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not
individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse
Effect; (iii) violate any authorization, approval, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the United
Community Parties, except for such violations which would not have
a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) result in the creation of
any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property of the
United Community Parties, except for such liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(s)
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All documents
made available to or delivered or to be made available to or
delivered by the United Community Parties or their representatives
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares, including
records of account holders, and depositors of the Bank, or in
connection with the Agent’s exercise of due diligence, except
for those documents which were prepared by parties other than the
United Community Parties or their representatives, to the best
knowledge of the United Community Parties, were on the dates on
which they were delivered, or will be on the dates on which they
are to be delivered, true, complete and correct in all material
respects.
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No default exists, and no event
has occurred which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default on the part of any of the United Community
Parties, in the due performance and observance of any term,
covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
note, bank loan or credit agreement or
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any other instrument or agreement
to which any of the United Community Parties is a party or by which
any of their property is bound or affected in any respect which, in
any such case, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the United
Community Parties taken as a whole, and such agreements are in full
force and effect; and no other party to any such agreements has
instituted or, to the knowledge of any of the United Community
Parties, threatened any action or proceeding wherein any of the
United Community Parties is alleged to be in default thereunder
under circumstances where such action or proceeding, if determined
adversely to any of the United Community Parties, would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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The United
Community Parties have good and marketable title to all real
property and good title to all other assets which are material to
the businesses of the United Community Parties, free and clear of
all liens, charges, encumbrances, restrictions or other claims,
except such as are described in the Prospectus, the pledging of
assets to secure advances from the FHLB, or where the absence of
good and marketable title, or good title, as the case may be, or
the existence of such liens, charges, encumbrances, restrictions or
other claims would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of
the leases and subleases which are material to the businesses of
the United Community Parties, taken as a whole, including those
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, are in force
and effect.
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(v)
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The United
Community Parties are not in violation of any directive from the
OTS, or any other agency, to make any material change in the method
of conducting their respective businesses so as to comply in all
material respects with all applicable statutes and regulations
(including, without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives
and orders of the OTS); the United Community Parties have conducted
and are conducting their respective businesses so as to comply in
all respects with all applicable statutes and regulations
(including, without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives
and orders of the Commission and the OTS), except where the failure
to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is
no charge, investigation, action, suit or proceeding before or by
any court, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body
pending or, to the knowledge of any of the United Community
Parties, threatened, which might materially and adversely affect
the Reorganization, the performance of this Agreement, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Plan as
described in the Registration Statement, or which might result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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Prior to the Closing Date, the
United Community Parties will have received opinions of their
special counsel, Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP, with
respect to the federal income tax consequences of the
Reorganization and an opinion from Clark, Schaefer,
Hackett & Co. with respect to the Indiana income tax
consequences of the Reorganization; all material aspects of the
opinions of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP and Clark,
Schaefer, Hackett & Co. are accurately summarized in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, and the facts upon which
such opinions are based are truthful, accurate and complete, and
none
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of the United Community Parties
will intentionally take any action inconsistent
therewith.
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(x)
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The Bank has
filed all required federal and state tax returns, paid all taxes
that have become due and payable, except where permitted to be
extended or where the failure to pay such taxes would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, and made adequate reserves for similar
future tax liabilities to the extent required by GAAP, and no
deficiency has been asserted with respect thereto by any taxing
authority.
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(y)
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No approval,
authorization, consent or other order of any regulatory or
supervisory or other public authority is required for the execution
and delivery by the United Community Parties of this Agreement, or
the issuance of the Shares, except for the approval of the OTS and
the Commission, such approvals as may be required under the rules
of the NASD or the Nasdaq National Market System, and any necessary
qualification, notification, or registration or exemption under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states in which the
Shares are to be offered.
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(z)
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None of the
United Community Parties has: (i) issued any securities within
the last 18 months except for (a) notes to evidence bank loans
or other liabilities in the ordinary course of business or as
described in the Prospectus, and (b) shares of Common Stock
issued with respect to the initial capitalization of the Company;
(ii) had any dealings with respect to sales of securities
within the 12 months prior to the date hereof with any member of
the NASD, or any person related to or associated with such member,
other than discussions and meetings relating to the Offering and
purchases and sales of U.S. government and agency and other
securities in the ordinary course of business; or
(iii) engaged any intermediary between the Agent and the
United Community Parties in connection with the Offering or the
offering of shares of the Common Stock of the Company, and no
person is being compensated in any manner for such services.
Appropriate arrangements have been made for placing the funds
received from subscriptions for Shares in a special
interest-bearing account with the Bank until all Shares are sold
and paid for, with provision for refund to the purchasers in the
event that the Reorganization is not completed for whatever reason
or for delivery to the Company if all Shares are sold.
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To the best
knowledge of the United Community Parties, the United Community
Parties have not made any payment of funds of the United Community
Parties as a loan to any person for the purchase of Shares, except
for the Company’s loan to the employee stock ownership plan,
the proceeds of which may be used to purchase Shares, or has made
any other payment or loan of funds prohibited by law, and no funds
have been set aside to be used for any payment prohibited by
law.
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The United Community Parties are
in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
financial record keeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency
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and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the regulations and rules
thereunder.
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(cc)
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None of the
United Community Parties nor any properties owned or operated by
any of them, is in violation of or liable under any Environmental
Law (as defined below), except for such violations or liabilities
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. There are no actions, suits or proceedings, or
demands, claims, notices or investigations (including, without
limitation, notices, demand letters or requests for information
from any environmental agency) instituted or pending or, to the
knowledge of any of the United Community Parties, threatened
relating to the liability of any property owned or operated by any
of the United Community Parties under any Environmental Law, except
for such actions, suits or proceedings, or demands, claims, notices
or investigations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this subsection,
the term “Environmental Law” means any federal, state,
local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code,
license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, order, judgment,
decree, injunction or agreement with any regulatory authority
relating to (i) the protection, preservation or restoration of
the environment (including, without limitation, air, water, vapor,
surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface soil,
subsurface soil, plant and animal life or any other natural
resource), and/or (ii) the use, storage, recycling, treatment,
generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling,
production, release or disposal of any substance presently listed,
defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic, radioactive,
whether by type or by quantity, including any material containing
any such substance as a component.
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The United
Community Parties have not relied upon Agent or its counsel for any
legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the
Reorganization.
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(ee)
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The records
used by the United Community Parties to determine the identity of
Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders
and Other Members are accurate and complete in all material
respects.
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(ff)
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None of the
United Community Parties is required to be registered as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of
1940.
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Any
certificates signed by an officer of any of the United Community
Parties and delivered to the Agent or its counsel that refer to
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
by the United Community Parties to the Agent as to the matters
covered thereby with the same effect as if such representation and
warranty were set forth herein.
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Section 7.
Representations and Warranties Of The Agent .
The Agent represents and warrants to
the Company that:
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The Agent is a
corporation validly existing in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York and licensed to conduct business in the State of
Indiana and all states in which the Shares will be offered for sale
with full power and authority to provide the services to be
furnished to the United Community Parties hereunder.
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(b)
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The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Agent, and
this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the Agent and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Agent,
enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, or by general
equity principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and except to the
extent, if any, that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof may,
with respect to the Agent, be unenforceable as against public
policy).
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Each of the
Agent and its employees, agents and representatives who shall
perform any of the services hereunder shall be duly authorized and
empowered, and shall have all licenses, approvals and permits
necessary to perform such services; and the Agent is a registered
selling agent in each of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are
to be offered by the Company in reliance upon the Agent as a
registered selling agent as set forth in the blue sky memorandum
prepared with respect to the Offering.
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(d)
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The execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the Agent, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the terms
and provisions hereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach
of, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of, or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute a default) under, the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Agent or any material agreement, indenture or
other instrument to which the Agent is a party or by which it or
its property is bound.
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No approval of
any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required
in connection with the Agent’s execution and delivery of this
Agreement, except as may have been received.
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No action,
suit, charge or proceeding before the Commission, the NASD, any
state securities commission or any court is pending, or to the
knowledge of Agent threatened, against Agent which, if determined
adversely to Agent, would have a material adverse effect upon the
ability of Agent to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
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Section 8. Covenants Of
The United Community Parties .
The United Community Parties hereby
jointly and severally covenant with the Agent as
follows:
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The Company
will not, at any time after the date the Registration Statement is
initially filed, file any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement without providing the Agent and its counsel
a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such amendment or
supplement. The Company will furnish promptly to the Agent and its
counsel copies of all correspondence from the Commission with
respect to the Registration Statement and the Company’s
responses thereto.
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(b)
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The United
Community Parties will not, at any time after the date any
Application is approved, file any amendment or supplement to any
Application without providing the Agent and its counsel a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the nonconfidential
portions of such amendment or supplement. The United Community
Parties will furnish promptly to the Agent and its counsel copies
of all correspondence from the OTS with respect to the Applications
and the United Community Parties’ responses
thereto.
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(c)
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The United
Community Parties will use their best efforts to cause the OTS to
approve the Company’s acquisition of the Bank, and will use
their best efforts to cause any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission
and any post-approval amendment to the MHC Notice to be approved by
the OTS, as applicable, and will promptly upon receipt of any
information concerning the events listed below notify the Agent
(i) when the Registration Statement, as amended, has become
effective; (ii) when the MHC Notice as amended, has been
approved by the OTS; (iii) when the Holding Company
Application, as amended, has been approved by the OTS; (iv) of
the receipt of any comments from the OTS or any other governmental
entity with respect to the Reorganization or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (v) of any request by the
Commission, the OTS, or any other governmental entity for any
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Applications or for additional information; (vi) of the
issuance by the Commission or the OTS, or any other governmental
agency of any order or other action suspending the Offering or the
use of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any other
filing of the United Community Parties under the MHC Regulations or
other applicable law, or the threat of any such action;
(vii) of the issuance by the Commission or the OTS, or any
other state authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation or
threat of initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose;
or (viii) of the occurrence of any event mentioned in
subsection (g) below. The United Community Parties will make
every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance by the Commission,
the OTS, or any other state authority of any order referred to in
(vi) and (vii) above and, if any such order shall at any
time be issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest
possible time.
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