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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger

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Title: AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 9/6/2007
Law Firm: Williams Mullen;Nelson Mullins    

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Exhibit 2.1

Execution Version

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

By And Between

COMMUNITY BANKERS ACQUISITION CORP.

AND

TRANSCOMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Dated as of

September 5, 2007

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page
PREAMBLE      1
ARTICLE 1  

TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER

   2
  1.1   Merger.    2
  1.2   Time and Place of Closing.    2
  1.3   Effective Time.    2
  1.4   Restructure of Transaction.    2
ARTICLE 2  

TERMS OF MERGER

   3
  2.1   Charter.    3
  2.2   Bylaws.    3
  2.3   Directors and Officers.    3
ARTICLE 3  

MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES

   4
  3.1   Conversion of Shares.    4
  3.2   Anti-Dilution Provisions.    5
  3.3   Appraisal.    5
  3.4   Fractional Shares.    5
  3.5   Conversion of Stock Rights.    6
ARTICLE 4  

EXCHANGE OF SHARES

   7
  4.1   Exchange Procedures.    7
  4.2   Rights of Former TFC Stockholders.    9
ARTICLE 5  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TFC

   9
  5.1   Organization, Standing, and Power.    9
  5.2   Authority of TFC; No Breach By Agreement.    9
  5.3   Capital Stock.    10
  5.4   TFC Subsidiaries.    11
  5.5   Exchange Act Filings; Securities Offerings; Financial Statements.    12
  5.6   Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.    13
  5.7   Absence of Certain Changes or Events.    14
  5.8   Tax Matters.    14
  5.9   Allowance for Possible Loan Losses; Loan and Investment Portfolio, etc.    17
    5.10   Assets.    18
    5.11   Intellectual Property.    18
    5.12   Environmental Matters.    19
    5.13   Compliance with Laws.    20
    5.14   Labor Relations.    21
    5.15   Employee Benefit Plans.    22
    5.16   Material Contracts.    26
    5.17   Privacy of Customer Information.    27
    5.18   Legal Proceedings.    28
    5.19   Reports.    28

 

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    5.20   Books and Records.    29
    5.21   Loans to Executive Officers and Directors.    29
    5.22   Independence of Directors.    29
    5.23   Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.    29
    5.24   State Takeover Laws.    29
    5.25   Stockholders’ Support Agreements.    30
    5.26   Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.    30
    5.27   Board Recommendation.    30
    5.28   Statements True and Correct.    30
ARTICLE 6  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CBAC

   31
  6.1   Organization, Standing, and Power.    31
  6.2   Authority; No Breach By Agreement.    31
  6.3   Capital Stock.    32
  6.4   CBAC Subsidiaries.    33
  6.5   Exchange Act Filings; Financial Statements.    33
  6.6   Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.    34
  6.7   Absence of Certain Changes or Events.    35
  6.8   Tax Matters.    35
  6.9   Compliance with Laws.    37
    6.10   Employee Benefit Plans.    38
    6.11   Material Contracts.    42
    6.12   Legal Proceedings.    42
    6.13   Reports.    43
    6.14   Independence of Directors.    43
    6.15   Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.    43
    6.16   Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.    43
    6.17   Board Recommendation.    43
    6.18   Statements True and Correct.    44
    6.19   CBAC Trust Fund.    44
    6.20   Prior Business Operations.    45
ARTICLE 7  

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION

   45
  7.1   Affirmative Covenants of TFC.    45
  7.2   Negative Covenants of the Parties.    45
  7.3   Affirmative Covenants of CBAC.    48
  7.4   Adverse Changes in Condition.    48
  7.5   Reports.    49
  7.6   Claims Against Trust Account.    49
ARTICLE 8  

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

   50
  8.1   Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement.    50
  8.2   Stockholder Approvals.    51
  8.3   Other Offers, etc.    51
  8.4   Consents of Regulatory Authorities.    53
  8.5   Agreement as to Efforts to Consummate.    53
  8.6   Investigation and Confidentiality.    54

 

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  8.7   Press Releases.    55
  8.8   Charter Provisions.    55
  8.9   Employee Benefits and Contracts.    55
    8.10   Indemnification.    56
    8.11   Employee Non-Solicitation.    58
    8.12   Net Operating Losses.    58
ARTICLE 9  

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE

   58
  9.1   Conditions to Obligations of Each Party.    58
  9.2   Conditions to Obligations of CBAC.    60
  9.3   Conditions to Obligations of TFC.    61
ARTICLE 10  

TERMINATION

   62
10.1   Termination.    62
10.2   Effect of Termination.    65
10.3   Non-Survival of Representations and Covenants.    65
ARTICLE 11  

MISCELLANEOUS

   65
11.1   Definitions.    65
11.2   Expenses.    78
11.3   Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors.    80
11.4   Entire Agreement.    81
11.5   Amendments.    81
11.6   Waivers.    81
11.7   Assignment.    82
11.8   Notices.    82
11.9   Governing Law.    83
  11.10   Counterparts.    83
  11.11   Captions; Articles and Sections.    83
  11.12   Interpretations.    83
  11.13   Enforcement of Agreement.    83
  11.14   Severability.    84
  11.15   No Third Party Beneficiaries.    84
  11.16   Force Majeure.    84

 

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LIST OF APPENDICES AND EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

 

Description

A   Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
B   Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
C   Form of Support Agreement
D   Form of Retention Agreement of Members of the Surviving Corporation’s Board of Directors
E   List of Affiliates
F   Form of Affiliate Agreement
G   Form of TFC’s Legal Opinion
H   Form of CBAC’s Legal Opinion

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 5, 2007, is by and between Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ CBAC ”) and TransCommunity Financial Corporation, a Virginia corporation (“ TFC ”).

Preamble

The Boards of Directors of CBAC and TFC are of the opinion that the transaction described herein is in the best interest of the Parties and their respective stockholders. This Agreement provides for the merger of TFC with and into CBAC (the “ Merger ”). At the effective time of the Merger, the outstanding shares of the capital stock of TFC shall be converted into the right to receive shares of the common stock of CBAC (as provided herein and subject to certain terms and conditions). As a result, stockholders of TFC shall become stockholders of CBAC. The transactions described in this Agreement are subject to the approvals of the stockholders of CBAC and TFC, the Federal Reserve and the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Financial Institutions, as well as the satisfaction of certain other conditions described in this Agreement. It is the intention of the Parties to this Agreement that the Merger for federal income tax purposes shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Immediately following the Effective Time, TransCommunity Bank, N.A., a national bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of TFC (the “ Bank ”) will remain in existence under its Articles of Association and Bylaws as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time as a wholly owned subsidiary of CBAC. The directors and officers of the Bank prior to the Effective Time shall serve as the Bank’s directors and officers following the Merger from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Bank’s bylaws. The headquarters of TFC and the Bank prior to the Effective Time will remain as the headquarters of the Surviving Corporation and the Bank following the Merger from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s bylaws and the Bank’s bylaws, as applicable.

Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 11.1 of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the above and the mutual warranties, representations, covenants, and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration and the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 


ARTICLE 1

TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER

 

  1.1 Merger.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, TFC shall be merged with and into CBAC pursuant to Section 252 of the DGCL and Section 13.1-716 of the VSCA, and with the effect provided in Section 259 of the DGCL and Section 13.1-721 of the VSCA, CBAC shall be the Surviving Corporation resulting from the Merger and shall continue to be governed by the Laws of the State of Delaware and the Bank shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAC. The Merger shall be consummated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, which has been approved and adopted by the respective Boards of Directors of CBAC and TFC.

 

  1.2 Time and Place of Closing.

The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing ”) will take place at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time on the date that the Effective Time occurs (or the immediately preceding day if the Effective Time is earlier than 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time), or at such other time as the Parties, acting through their authorized officers, may mutually agree. The Closing shall be held at such location as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties and may be effected by electronic or other transmission of signature pages, as mutually agreed upon.

 

  1.3 Effective Time.

The Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective on the date and at the time stated in the Certificate of Merger reflecting the Merger to be filed and become effective with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Articles of Merger reflecting the Merger to be filed and become effective with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “ Effective Time ”). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing by the authorized officers of each Party, the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to cause the Effective Time to occur on or before December 1, 2007 and as soon as possible after the last of the following dates to occur: (i) the effective date (including expiration of any applicable waiting period) of the last required Consent of any Regulatory Authority having authority over and approving or exempting the Merger, and (ii) the date on which the last of the stockholders of CBAC and TFC approve this Agreement to the extent such approval is required by applicable Law, the TFC Articles of Incorporation and the CBAC Certificate of Incorporation.

 

  1.4 Restructure of Transaction.

CBAC shall have the right to revise the structure of the Merger contemplated by this Agreement; provided that no such revision to the structure of the Merger (i) shall result in any changes in the amount or type of the consideration which the holders of shares of TFC Common Stock or TFC Rights are entitled to receive under this Agreement, (ii) would unreasonably impede or delay consummation of the Merger, or (iii) shall impose any less favorable terms or

 

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conditions on the Bank or TFC; further provided, however , no such revision shall be effective without the prior written consent of TFC. CBAC may request such consent by giving written notice to TFC in the manner provided in Section 11.8, which notice shall be in the form of a proposed amendment to this Agreement or in the form of a proposed Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, and the addition of such other exhibits hereto as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such change.

ARTICLE 2

TERMS OF MERGER

 

  2.1 Charter.

The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CBAC, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A , shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, from and after the Effective Time, until otherwise duly amended or repealed.

 

  2.2 Bylaws.

The Bylaws of CBAC, as amended and restated, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, from and after the Effective Time, until otherwise duly amended or repealed.

 

  2.3 Directors and Officers.

(a) Gary A. Simanson, who will serve as Vice Chairman of the Surviving Corporation, Eugene S. Putnam, Jr., Stewart J. Paperin and Keith Walz, each nominated by CBAC, together with six individuals nominated by TFC, one of which shall be the Chairman of TFC as of the date of this Agreement who will serve as Chairman of the Surviving Corporation, shall serve as the directors of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director. The board of directors of the Surviving Corporation shall consist of three classes, each of which shall have staggered three-year terms. Initially, two of the directors nominated by CBAC and two of the directors nominated by TFC shall be in the class of directors with a term ending at the Surviving Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders held in 2010, three of the directors, two of the directors nominated by TFC and one director nominated by CBAC, shall be in the class of directors with a term ending at the Surviving Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders held in 2009 and three of the directors, two of the directors nominated by TFC and one director nominated by CBAC, shall be in the class of directors with a term ending at the Surviving Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders held in 2008. CBAC shall take all action necessary, including but not limited to the amendment of the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, to effect the appointment of such persons to the Board of Directors of CBAC, effective as soon as practicable following the Effective Time.

 

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(b) The President and Chief Executive Officer of TFC, as of the date of this Agreement, shall become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Surviving Corporation and the Chief Financial Officer of TFC, as of the date of this Agreement, shall become the Chief Financial Officer of the Surviving Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer of CBAC as of the date of this Agreement, shall become the Chief Strategic Officer of the Surviving Corporation. Such persons shall serve as the officers of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be an officer. CBAC shall take all action necessary, including but not limited to the amendment of the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, to execute the appointment of such persons to their designated positions from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws.

(c) The 11 directors of the Bank, as of the date of this Agreement, shall be directors of the Bank from and after the Effective Time and the Chairman of the Bank, as of the date of this Agreement, will serve as the Chairman of the Bank from and after the Effective Time, all in accordance with the Bank’s Bylaws or until the earlier of their resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director.

(d) The President and the Chief Credit Officer of the Bank as of the date of this Agreement shall be the President and Chief Credit Officer, respectively, of the Bank following the Effective Time. Such persons shall serve as the officers of the Bank from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Bank’s Bylaws, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be an officer. The Bank shall take all action necessary, including but not limited to the amendment of the Bank’s Bylaws, to execute the appointment of such persons to their designated positions from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the Bank’s Bylaws.

ARTICLE 3

MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES

 

  3.1 Conversion of Shares.

Subject to the provisions of this Article 3, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of CBAC, TFC or the stockholders of either of the foregoing, the shares of the constituent corporations shall be converted as follows:

(a) Each share of CBAC Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than those shares as to which conversion rights provided for in Section C of Article Sixth of the CBAC Certification of Incorporation (“ Conversion Rights ”) have been exercised, shall remain issued and outstanding from and after the Effective Time and be unaffected solely as a result of the Merger.

 

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(b) Each share of TFC Common Stock (excluding shares held by CBAC or any TFC Entity (“ Excluded Shares ”), in each case other than in a fiduciary capacity or as a result of debt previously contracted) issued and outstanding at the Effective Time shall cease to be outstanding and shall be converted into and exchanged for the right to receive 1.4200 shares of CBAC Common Stock (as subject to possible adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1(c) below, the “ Exchange Ratio ”) and cash in lieu of fractional shares as set forth in Section 3.3 (the “ Merger Consideration ”).

(c) If, after the Determination Date, the Average Closing Price is less than $7.42, CBAC shall increase the Exchange Ratio to equal the quotient rounded to the nearest one-ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing (i) $10.5364 by (ii) the Average Closing Price.

 

  3.2 Anti-Dilution Provisions.

In the event CBAC changes the number of shares of CBAC Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar recapitalization with respect to such stock (specifically excluding the effect of the exercise of the Conversion Rights) and the record date therefore (in the case of a stock dividend) or the effective date thereof (in the case of a stock split or similar recapitalization for which a record date is not established) shall be prior to the Effective Time, the Exchange Ratio shall be proportionately adjusted.

 

  3.3 Appraisal

Any holder of shares of TFC Common Stock who perfects such holder’s appraisal rights in accordance with and as contemplated by Sections 13.1-729 through 13.1-741 of the VSCA shall be entitled to receive from the Surviving Corporation, in lieu of the Exchange Ratio, the value of such shares as to which appraisal rights have been perfected in cash as determined pursuant to such provision of Law; provided , that no such payment shall be made to any dissenting stockholder unless and until such dissenting stockholder has compiled with all applicable provisions of such Law, and surrendered to TFC the certificate or certificates representing the shares for which payment is being made (the “Dissenting Shares”). In the event that after the Effective Time a dissenting stockholder of TFC fails to perfect, or effectively withdraws or loses, such holder’s right to appraisal of and payment for such holder’s shares, CBAC or the Surviving Corporation shall issue and deliver the consideration to which such holder of shares of TFC Common Stock is entitled under this Article 3 (without interest) upon surrender by such holder of the certificate or certificates representing such shares of TFC Common Stock held by such holder.

 

  3.4 Fractional Shares.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of shares of TFC Common Stock exchanged pursuant to the Merger who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of CBAC Common Stock (after taking into account all certificates delivered by such holder) shall receive, in lieu thereof, cash (without interest) in an amount equal

 

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to such fractional part of a share of CBAC Common Stock multiplied by the market value of one share of CBAC Common Stock at the Effective Time. The market value of one share of CBAC Common Stock at the Effective Time shall be the closing price on the AMEX (as reported by The Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, any other authoritative source selected by CBAC) on the last trading day preceding the Effective Time.

 

  3.5 Conversion of Stock Rights.

(a) At the Effective Time, each award, option, or other right to purchase or acquire shares of TFC Common Stock pursuant to stock options, stock appreciation rights, or stock awards (“ TFC Rights ”) granted by TFC under the TFC Stock Plans, which are outstanding at the Effective Time, whether or not exercisable, shall be converted into and become rights with respect to CBAC Common Stock, and CBAC shall assume each TFC Right, in accordance with the terms of the TFC Stock Plan and stock option agreement by which it is evidenced, except that from and after the Effective Time, (i) CBAC and its Compensation Committee, as established at the Effective Time of the Merger, shall be substituted for TFC and the committee of TFC’s Board of Directors (including, if applicable, the entire Board of Directors of TFC) administering such TFC Stock Plan, (ii) each TFC Right assumed by CBAC may be exercised solely for shares of CBAC Common Stock (or cash in the case of stock appreciation rights), (iii) the number of shares of CBAC Common Stock subject to such TFC Right shall be equal to the number of shares of TFC Common Stock subject to such TFC Right immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, and (iv) the per share exercise price (or similar threshold price, in the case of stock awards) under each such TFC Right shall be adjusted by dividing the per share exercise (or threshold) price under each such TFC Right by the Exchange Ratio and rounding up to the nearest cent. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, CBAC shall not be obligated to issue any fraction of a share of CBAC Common Stock upon exercise of TFC Rights and any fraction of a share of CBAC Common Stock that otherwise would be subject to a converted TFC Right shall represent the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of such fraction and the difference between the market value of one share of CBAC Common Stock and the per share exercise price of such Right. The market value of one share of CBAC Common Stock shall be the closing price on the AMEX (as reported by The Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, any other authoritative source selected by CBAC) on the last trading day preceding the Effective Time. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first sentence of this Section 3.5, each TFC Right which is an “incentive stock option” shall be adjusted as required by Section 424 of the Internal Revenue Code, so as not to constitute a modification, extension, or renewal of the option, within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. CBAC agrees to take all necessary steps to effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5.

(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall deliver to the participants in each TFC Stock Plan an appropriate notice setting forth such participant’s rights pursuant thereto and the grants pursuant to such TFC Stock Plan shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required

 

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by Section 3.5(a) after giving effect to the Merger), and CBAC shall comply with the terms of each TFC Stock Plan to ensure, to the extent required by, and subject to the provisions of, such TFC Stock Plan, that TFC Rights which qualified as incentive stock options prior to the Effective Time continue to qualify as incentive stock options after the Effective Time. At or prior to the Effective Time, CBAC shall take all corporate action necessary to adopt and maintain the TFC Stock Plan and reserve for issuance sufficient shares of CBAC Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of TFC Rights assumed by it in accordance with this Section 3.5. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall file a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-8, as the case may be (or any successor or other appropriate forms), with respect to the shares of CBAC Common Stock subject to such options and shall use its reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statements (and maintain the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses contained therein) for so long as such options remain outstanding. With respect to those individuals who subsequent to the Merger will be subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act, where applicable, CBAC shall administer the TFC Stock Plan assumed pursuant to this Section 3.5 in a manner that complies with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act.

(c) All restrictions or limitations on transfer with respect to TFC Common Stock awarded under the TFC Stock Plans or any other plan, program, or arrangement of any TFC Entity, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and except as otherwise expressly provided in such plan, program, or arrangement, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to shares of CBAC Common Stock into which such restricted stock is converted pursuant to this Agreement.

(d) Nothing in this Section 3.5 shall be interpreted as preventing CBAC, from and after the Effective Time, from amending, modifying or terminating the TFC Stock Plan to comply with any Law or as appropriate for other business reasons in accordance with its terms and applicable Law.

ARTICLE 4

EXCHANGE OF SHARES

 

  4.1 Exchange Procedures.

(a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall cause the exchange agent selected by CBAC (the “ Exchange Agent ”) to mail to the former stockholders of TFC appropriate transmittal materials (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates or other instruments theretofore representing shares of TFC Common Stock shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such certificates to the Exchange Agent). The certificate or certificates of TFC Common Stock so surrendered shall be duly endorsed as the Exchange Agent may reasonably require. In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of TFC Common Stock represented by certificates that are not registered in the transfer records of TFC, the Merger Consideration payable for such shares as provided in Section 3.1 may be issued

 

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to a transferee if the certificates representing such shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent that such transfer is proper and that any applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid. In the event any certificate representing TFC Common Stock certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as CBAC may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Consideration as provided for in Section 3.1. The Exchange Agent may establish such other reasonable and customary rules and procedures in connection with its duties as it may deem appropriate. CBAC shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent in connection with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 3.1.

(b) After the Effective Time, each holder of shares of TFC Common Stock (other than Excluded Shares) issued and outstanding at the Effective Time shall surrender the Certificate or Certificates representing such shares to the Exchange Agent and shall promptly upon surrender thereof receive in exchange therefore the consideration provided in Section 3.1, without interest, pursuant to this Section 4.1. CBAC shall not be obligated to deliver the consideration to which any former holder of TFC Common Stock is entitled as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder’s Certificate or Certificates for exchange as provided in this Section 4.1. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, neither CBAC, nor any TFC Entity, nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of TFC Common Stock or to any holder of TFC Rights for any amounts paid or properly delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

(c) Each of CBAC and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of TFC Common Stock such amounts, if any, as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law or by any Taxing Authority or Governmental Authority. To the extent that any amounts are so withheld by CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of TFC Common Stock or TFC Rights, as applicable in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be.

(d) Adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of TFC shall constitute ratification of the appointment of the Exchange Agent.

 

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  4.2 Rights of Former TFC Stockholders.

At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of TFC shall be closed as to holders of TFC Common Stock and no transfer of TFC Common Stock by any holder of such shares shall thereafter be made or recognized. Until surrendered for exchange in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, each Certificate theretofore representing shares of TFC Common Stock (other than certificates representing Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares), shall from and after the Effective Time represent for all purposes only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, as provided in Article 3.

ARTICLE 5

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TFC

TFC represents and warrants to CBAC, except as set forth on the TFC Disclosure Memorandum with respect to each such Section below as follows:

 

  5.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.

TFC is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “ BHCA ”) and in good standing with the Federal Reserve. The Bank is a national bank, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States and operates under Articles of Association and all necessary branch approvals issued by the OCC to engage in the commercial banking business at the offices in which such business is conducted. Each of TFC and the Bank has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its Assets. Each of TFC and the Bank is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect. The minute books and other organizational documents for each of TFC and the Bank have been made available to CBAC for its review and, except as disclosed in Section 5.1 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, are true and complete in all material respects as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material respects all amendments thereto and all proceedings of the respective Board of Directors (including any committees of the Board of Directors) and stockholders thereof.

 

  5.2 Authority of TFC; No Breach By Agreement.

(a) TFC has the corporate power and authority necessary to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of TFC, subject to the approval of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of

 

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the outstanding shares of TFC Common Stock entitled to be voted at the TFC Stockholders Meeting (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought), which is the only TFC stockholder vote required for approval of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger. Subject to such requisite stockholder approval, this Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of TFC, enforceable against TFC in accordance with its terms.

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by TFC, nor the consummation by TFC of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by TFC with any of the provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of TFC’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or the charter, certificate of incorporation or articles of association or incorporation, as the case may be, or bylaws of any TFC Subsidiary or any resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of any TFC Entity, or (ii) except as disclosed in Section 5.2 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, constitute or result in a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any Asset of any TFC Entity under, any TFC Contract or Permit of any TFC Entity or, (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite Consents referred to in Section 8.2(b), constitute or result in a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to, any Law or Order applicable to any TFC Entity or any of their respective material Assets.

(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the Securities Laws and applicable state corporate and securities Laws, and other than Consents required from Regulatory Authorities, and other than notices to or filings with the Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to any employee benefit plans, no notice to, filing with, or Consent of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the consummation by TFC of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

 

  5.3 Capital Stock.

(a) The authorized capital stock of TFC consists of 25,000,000 shares of TFC Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 4,586,741 shares of TFC Common Stock are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and no shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and, assuming that all of the issued and outstanding TFC Rights had been exercised, not more than 4,898,741 shares would be issued and outstanding at the Effective Time. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of TFC are duly and validly issued and outstanding and are fully paid and nonassessable under the VSCA. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of TFC have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of the current or past stockholders of TFC.

 

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(b) Except for the 580,000 shares of TFC Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding TFC Rights, each as disclosed in Section 5.3 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of TFC reserved for issuance and no outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of TFC.

(c) Except as specifically set forth in this Section 5.3, there are no shares of TFC capital stock or other equity securities of TFC outstanding and there are no outstanding Rights with respect to any TFC securities or any right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming a Contract or Right for the purchase, subscription, exchange or issuance of any securities of TFC.

 

  5.4 TFC Subsidiaries.

TFC has disclosed in Section 5.4 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum each of the TFC Subsidiaries that is a corporation (identifying its jurisdiction of incorporation, each jurisdiction in which it is qualified or licensed to transact business, and the number of shares owned and percentage ownership interest represented by such share ownership) and each of the TFC Subsidiaries that is a general or limited partnership, limited liability company, or other non-corporate entity (identifying the form of organization and the Law under which such entity is organized, each jurisdiction in which it is qualified and/or licensed to transact business, and the amount and nature of the ownership interest therein). Except as disclosed in Section 5.4 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, TFC owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (or other equity interests) of each TFC Subsidiary. No capital stock (or other equity interest) of any TFC Subsidiary is or may become required to be issued (other than to another TFC Entity) by reason of any Rights, and there are no Contracts by which any TFC Subsidiary is bound to issue (other than to another TFC Entity) additional shares of its capital stock (or other equity interests) or Rights or by which any TFC Entity is or may be bound to transfer any shares of the capital stock (or other equity interests) of any TFC Subsidiary (other than to another TFC Entity). There are no Contracts relating to the rights of any TFC Entity to vote or to dispose of any shares of the capital stock (or other equity interests) of any TFC Subsidiary. All of the shares of capital stock (or other equity interests) of each TFC Subsidiary held by a TFC Entity are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by such TFC Entity free and clear of any Lien. Except as disclosed in Section 5.4 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, each TFC Subsidiary is a national bank, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership, and each such TFC Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized, and has the corporate or entity power and authority necessary for it to own, lease, and operate its Assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. Each TFC Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign entity in good standing in the United States or the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect. The Bank is an “insured institution” as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and applicable regulations thereunder, and the deposits held by the Bank are insured by the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund. The minute book and other organizational documents for each

 

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TFC Subsidiary have been made available to CBAC for its review, and, except as disclosed in Section 5.4 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, are true and complete in all material respects as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material respects all amendments thereto and all proceedings of the Board of Directors and stockholders thereof.

 

  5.5 Exchange Act Filings; Securities Offerings; Financial Statements.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.5 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum:

(a) TFC has timely filed and made available to CBAC all Exchange Act Documents required to be filed by TFC since January 1, 2004 (the “ TFC Exchange Act Reports ”). The TFC Exchange Act Reports (i) at the time filed, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other applicable Laws and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing or, in the case of registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such TFC Exchange Act Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such TFC Exchange Act Reports in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each offering or sale of securities by TFC (i) was either registered under the Securities Act or made pursuant to a valid exemption from registration, (ii) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (iii) was made pursuant to offering documents which did not, at the time of the offering (or, in the case of registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in the offering documents or necessary in order to make the statements in such documents not misleading. TFC has delivered or made available to CBAC all comment letters received since January 1, 2002 by TFC from the staffs of the SEC and the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Securities and Retail Franchising and all responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of TFC with respect to all filings under the Securities Laws and the Virginia Securities Act. TFC’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (and TFC’s former principal executive officers and principal financial officers, as applicable) have made the certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act thereunder with respect to TFC’s Exchange Act Documents to the extent such rules or regulations applied at the time of the filing. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes–Oxley Act. Such certifications contain no qualifications or exceptions to the matters certified therein and have not been modified or withdrawn; and neither TFC nor any of its officers has received notice from any Regulatory Authority questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness, content, form or manner of filing or submission of such certifications. No TFC Subsidiary is required to file any Exchange Act Documents.

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Act Reports filed after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited interim statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Exchange Act), fairly presented in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of TFC and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, including the fair values of the assets and liabilities shown therein, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which were not or are not expected to be material in amount or effect, and were certified to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(c) Each of TFC’s independent public accountants, which have expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements of TFC and its Subsidiaries whether or not included in TFC’s Exchange Act Reports (including the related notes), is and have been throughout the periods covered by such financial statements independent registered public accountants with respect to TFC within the meaning of the Securities Laws and is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. With respect to TFC, TFC’s independent public accountants are not and have not been in violation of auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith. None of the non-audit services preformed by TFC’s independent public accountants for TFC and its Subsidiaries were prohibited services under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and all such services were pre-approved in advance by TFC’s audit committee in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(d) TFC maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning TFC and its Subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. TFC has delivered to CBAC copies of, all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. TFC and its directors and executive officers have complied at all times with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act including the filing requirements thereunder to the extent applicable.

 

  5.6 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.

No TFC Entity has any Liabilities required under GAAP to be set forth on a consolidated balance sheet or in the notes thereto that are not set forth therein and are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect, except Liabilities which are (i) accrued or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheets of TFC as of December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007, included in the TFC Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or reflected in the notes thereto, (ii) incurred or paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices subsequent to June 30, 2007 or (iii) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Section 5.6 of the TFC Disclosure

 

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Memorandum lists, and TFC has attached and delivered to CBAC copies of the documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act) effected by TFC or its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in Section 5.6 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, no TFC Entity is directly or indirectly liable, by guarantee, indemnity, or otherwise, upon or with respect to, or obligated, by discount or repurchase agreement or in any other way, to provide funds in respect to, or obligated to guarantee or assume any Liability of any Person for any amount in excess of $250,000 and any amounts, whether or not in excess of $250,000 that, in the aggregate, exceed $500,000. Except (x) as reflected in TFC’s balance sheet at June 30, 2007 or liabilities described in any notes thereto (or liabilities for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP or any applicable Regulatory Authority) or (y) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since June 30, 2007 consistent with past practice or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, neither TFC nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Material Liabilities or obligations of any nature.

 

  5.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.

Since June 30, 2007, except as disclosed in the TFC Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 5.7 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, (i) there have been no events, changes, or occurrences which have had, or are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) none of the TFC Entities has taken any action, or failed to take any action, prior to the date of this Agreement, which action or failure, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would represent or result in a material breach or violation of any of the covenants and agreements of TFC provided in this Agreement.

 

  5.8 Tax Matters.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.8 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum:

(a) All TFC Entities have timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authorities, all Tax Returns in all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are required to be filed, and such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all respects. None of the TFC Entities is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. All Taxes of the TFC Entities (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid. There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a Lien for current real property or ad valorem Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the Assets of any of the TFC Entities. No claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where any TFC Entity does not file a Tax Return that such TFC Entity may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction.

(b) None of the TFC Entities has received any notice of assessment or proposed assessment in connection with any Taxes, and there are no threatened or pending disputes, claims, audits or examinations regarding any Taxes of any TFC Entity or the assets of any TFC Entity. No officer or employee responsible for Tax matters of any TFC Entity has Knowledge that any Taxing Authority is reasonably likely to assess

 

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any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed. No issue has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any prior examination of any TFC Entity which, by application of the same or similar principles, could be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any subsequent taxable period. None of the TFC Entities has waived any statute of limitations in respect of any Taxes or agreed to a Tax assessment or deficiency.

(c) Each TFC Entity has complied with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and the payment thereof to appropriate authorities, including Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee or independent contractor, and Taxes required to be withheld and paid pursuant to Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code or similar provisions under foreign Law.

(d) The unpaid Taxes of each TFC Entity (i) did not, as of the most recent fiscal month end, exceed the reserve for Tax Liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the most recent balance sheet (rather than in any notes thereto) for such TFC Entity and (ii) do not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with past custom and practice of the TFC Entities in filing their Tax Returns.

(e) Except as described in Section 5.8(e) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, none of the TFC Entities is a Party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement and none of the TFC Entities has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return or has any Tax Liability of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law, or as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

(f) During the five-year period ending on the date hereof, none of the TFC Entities was a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” as defined in, and in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.

(g) Except as disclosed in Section 5.8(g) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, none of the TFC Entities has made any payments, is obligated to make any payments, or is a Party to any contract that could obligate it to make any payments that could be disallowed as a deduction under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code, or which would be subject to withholding under Section 4999 of the Code. TFC has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. None of the TFC Entities has been or will be required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax Laws as a result of transactions or events occurring prior to the Closing. There is no taxable income of TFC that will be required under applicable tax law to be reported by CBAC, for a taxable period beginning after the Closing Date which taxable income was realized prior to the Closing Date. Any net operating losses of the TFC Entities disclosed in Section 5.8(g) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum are not subject

 

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to any limitation on their use under the provisions of Sections 382 or 269 of the Code or any other provisions of the Code or the Treasury Regulations dealing with the utilization of net operating losses other than any such limitations as may arise as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(h) Each of the TFC Entities is in compliance with, and its records contain all information and documents (including properly completed IRS Forms W-9) necessary to comply with, all applicable information reporting and Tax withholding requirements under federal, state, and local Tax Laws, and such records identify with specificity all accounts subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code.

(i) No TFC Entity is subject to any private letter ruling of the IRS or comparable rulings of any Taxing Authority.

(j) No property owned by any TFC Entity is (i) property required to be treated as being owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, (ii) “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code, (iii) “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168(g) of the Code, (iv) “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 76-30, (v) subject to Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code, or (vi) subject to any provision of state, local or foreign Law comparable to any of the provisions listed above.

(k) No TFC Entity has any “corporate acquisition indebtedness” within the meaning of Section 279 of the Code.

(l) No TFC Entity has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(1), or a transaction substantially similar to a reportable transaction.

(m) TFC has provided CBAC with complete copies of (i) all federal, state, local and foreign income or franchise Tax Returns of the TFC Entities relating to the taxable periods since inception and (ii) any audit report issued within the last four years relating to any Taxes due from or with respect to the TFC Entities.

(n) No TFC Entity nor any other Person on its behalf has (i) filed a consent pursuant to Section 341(f) of the Code (as in effect prior to the repeal under the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003) or agreed to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code (as in effect prior to the repeal under the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003) apply to any disposition of a subsection (f) asset (as such term is defined in Section 341(f)(4) of the Code) owned by any TFC Entities, (ii) executed or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Law with respect to the TFC Entities, or (iii) granted to any Person any power of attorney that is currently in force with respect to any Tax matter.

 

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(o) No TFC Entity has, or ever had, a permanent establishment in any country other than the United States, or has engaged in a trade or business in any country other than the United States that subjected it to tax in such country.

For purposes of this Section 5.8, any reference to TFC or any TFC Entity shall be deemed to include any Person which merged with or was liquidated into or otherwise combined with TFC or a TFC Entity.

 

  5.9 Allowance for Possible Loan Losses; Loan and Investment Portfolio, etc.

(a) TFC’s allowance for loan losses (the “ Allowance ”) shown on the balance sheets of TFC included in the most recent TFC Financial Statements dated prior to the date of this Agreement was, and the Allowance shown on the balance sheets of TFC included in the TFC Financial Statements as of dates subsequent to the execution of this Agreement will be, as of the dates thereof, adequate (within the meaning of GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements or guidelines) to provide for all known or reasonably anticipated losses relating to or inherent in the loan portfolios (including accrued interest receivables, letters of credit, and commitments to make loans or extend credit) by the TFC Entities as of the dates thereof. The TFC Financial Statements fairly present the fair market values of all loans, leases, securities, tangible and intangible assets and liabilities, and any impairments thereof.

(b) As of the date hereof, all loans, discounts and leases (in which any TFC Entity is lessor) reflected on the TFC Financial Statements were, and with respect to the consolidated balance sheets delivered as of the dates subsequent to the execution of this Agreement will be as of the dates thereof, (i) at the time and under the circumstances in which made, made for good, valuable and adequate consideration in the ordinary course of business and are the legal and binding obligations of the obligors thereof, (ii) evidenced by genuine notes, agreements or other evidences of indebtedness and (iii) to the extent secured, have been secured, to the Knowledge of TFC, by valid liens and security interests which have been perfected. Accurate lists of all loans, discounts and financing leases as of August 23, 2007 and on a monthly basis thereafter, and of the investment portfolios of each TFC Entity as of such date, have been and will be delivered to CBAC concurrently with the TFC Disclosure Memorandum. Except as specifically set forth in Section 5.9(b) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, neither TFC nor the Bank is a Party to any written or oral loan agreement, note or borrowing arrangement, including any loan guaranty, that was, as of the most recent month-end (i) delinquent by more than 30 days in the payment of principal or interest, (ii) to the Knowledge of TFC, otherwise in material default for more than 30 days, (iii) classified as “substandard,” “doubtful,” “loss,” “other assets especially mentioned” or any comparable classification by TFC or by any applicable Regulatory Authority or Reserve, (iv) an obligation of any director, executive officer or 10% stockholder of any TFC Entity who is subject to Regulation O of the Federal Reserve Board (12 C.F.R. Part 215), or any person, corporation or enterprise controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of the foregoing, or (v) in violation of any Law.

 

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  5.10 Assets.

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 5.10 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum or as disclosed or reserved against in the TFC Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement, the TFC Entities have good and (to the extent owned) marketable title, free and clear of all Liens, to all of their respective Assets. All tangible properties used in the businesses of the TFC Entities are in good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and are usable in the ordinary course of business consistent with TFC’s past practices.

(b) All Assets which are material to TFC’s business on a consolidated basis, held under leases or subleases by any of the TFC Entities, are held under valid Contracts enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, and each such Contract is in full force and effect.

(c) The TFC Entities currently maintain insurance, including bankers’ blanket bonds, with insurers of recognized financial responsibility, similar in amounts, scope, and coverage to that maintained by other peer organizations. None of the TFC Entities have received written notice from any insurance carrier, or have any reason to believe that (i) any policy of insurance will be canceled or that coverage thereunder will be reduced or eliminated, (ii) premium costs with respect to such policies of insurance will be substantially increased, or (iii) similar coverage will be denied or limited or not extended or renewed with respect to any TFC Entity, any act or occurrence, or that any Asset, officer, director, employee or agent of any TFC Entity will not be covered by such insurance or bond. There are presently no claims for amounts exceeding $125,000 individually or in the aggregate pending under such policies of insurance or bonds, and no notices of claims in excess of such amounts have been given by any TFC Entity under such policies. TFC has made no claims, and no claims are contemplated to be made, under its directors’ and officers’ errors and omissions or other insurance or bankers’ blanket bond.

(d) The Assets of the TFC Entities include all Assets required by TFC Entities to operate the business of the TFC Entities as presently conducted.

 

  5.11 Intellectual Property.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.11 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, each TFC Entity owns or has a license to use all of the Intellectual Property used by such TFC Entity in the course of its business, including sufficient rights in each copy possessed by each TFC Entity. Each TFC Entity is the owner of or has a license, with the right to sublicense, to any Intellectual Property sold or licensed to a third party by such TFC Entity in connection with such TFC Entity’s business operations, and such TFC Entity has the right to convey by sale or license any Intellectual Property so conveyed. No TFC Entity is in Default under any of its Intellectual Property licenses. No proceedings have been instituted, or are pending or to the Knowledge of TFC threatened, which challenge the rights of any TFC Entity with respect to Intellectual Property used, sold or licensed by such TFC Entity in the course of its business, nor has any

 

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person claimed or alleged any rights to such Intellectual Property. To TFC’s Knowledge, the conduct of the business of the TFC Entities does not infringe any Intellectual Property of any other person. No TFC Entity is obligated to pay any recurring royalties to any Person with respect to any such Intellectual Property. TFC has no Contracts with any of its directors, officers, or employees which require such officer, director or employee to assign any interest in any Intellectual Property to a TFC Entity and to keep confidential any trade secrets, proprietary data, customer information, or other business information of a TFC Entity, and to TFC’s Knowledge, no such officer, director or employee is party to any Contract with any Person other than a TFC Entity which requires such officer, director or employee to assign any interest in any Intellectual Property to any Person other than a TFC Entity or to keep confidential any trade secrets, proprietary data, customer information, or other business information of any Person other than a TFC Entity. No officer, director or employee of any TFC Entity is party to any confidentiality, nonsolicitation, noncompetition or other Contract which restricts or prohibits such officer, director or employee from engaging in activities competitive with any Person, including any TFC Entity.

 

  5.12 Environmental Matters.

(a) TFC has delivered, or caused to be delivered to CBAC, true and complete copies of, all environmental site assessments, test results, analytical data, boring logs, permits for storm water, wetlands fill, or other environmental permits for construction of any building, parking lot or other improvement, and other environmental reports and studies in the possession of any TFC Entity relating to its Participating Facilities and Operating Facilities. To TFC’s Knowledge, there are no material violations of Environmental Laws on properties that secure loans made by TFC or Bank.

(b) To TFC’s Knowledge, each TFC Entity, its Participation Facilities, and its Operating Properties are, and have been, in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for violations which are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect.

(c) There is no Litigation pending, or to TFC’s Knowledge, no environmental enforcement action, investigation, or litigation threatened before any Governmental Authority or other forum in which any TFC Entity or any of its Operating Properties or Participation Facilities (or TFC in respect of such Operating Property or Participation Facility) has been or, with respect to threatened Litigation, may be named as a defendant (i) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor) with or Liability under any Environmental Law or (ii) relating to the release, discharge, spillage, or disposal into the environment of any Hazardous Material, whether or not occurring at, on, under, adjacent to, or affecting (or potentially affecting) a site currently or formerly owned, leased, or operated by any TFC Entity or any of its Operating Properties or Participation Facilities nor is there any reasonable basis for any litigation as described in this Section 5.12(c), except as such is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a TFC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(d) During the period of (i) any TFC Entity’s ownership or operation of any of their respective current properties, (ii) any TFC Entity’s participation in the management of any Participation Facility, or (iii) any TFC Entity’s holding of a security interest in any Operating Property, there have been no releases, discharges, spillages, or disposals of Hazardous Material in, on, under, or to TFC’s Knowledge adjacent to or affecting (or potentially affecting), such properties. Prior to the period of (i) any TFC Entity’s ownership or operation of any of their respective current properties, (ii) any TFC Entity’s participation in the management of any Participation Facility, or (iii) any TFC Entity’s holding of a security interest in any Operating Property, to TFC’s Knowledge, there were no releases, discharges, spillages, or disposals of Hazardous Material in, on, under, or affecting any such property, Participation Facility or Operating Property. During and, to TFC’s Knowledge prior to, the period of (i) TFC Entity’s ownership or operation of any of their respective current properties, (ii) any TFC Entity’s participation in the management of any Participation Facility, or (iii) any TFC Entity’s holding of a security interest in any Operating Property, there have been no violations of any Environmental Laws at such property or facility, including but not limited to unauthorized alterations of wetlands.

 

  5.13 Compliance with Laws.

(a) TFC is a bank holding company duly registered and in good standing as such with the Federal Reserve. The Bank is chartered by the OCC and validly existing, and its deposits are insured by the FDIC.

(b) Each of the TFC Entities has in effect all Permits and has made all filings, applications, and registrations with Governmental Authorities that are required for it to own, lease, or operate its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and there has occurred no Default under any such Permit applicable to their respective businesses or employees conducting their respective businesses.

(c) None of the TFC Entities is in Default under any Laws or Orders (not including Environmental Laws) applicable to its business or employees conducting its business.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 5.13(d) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, since January 1, 2004, none of the TFC Entities has received any notification or communication from any Governmental Authority (i) asserting that TFC or any of its Subsidiaries is in Default under any of the Permits, Laws or Orders (not including Environmental Laws) which such Governmental Authority enforces, (ii) threatening to revoke any Permits (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement), or (iii) requiring TFC or any of its Subsidiaries (x) to enter into or consent to the issuance of a cease and desist order, formal agreement, directive, commitment, or memorandum of understanding (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement), or (y) to adopt any resolution of its Board of Directors or similar undertaking which restricts materially the conduct of its business or in any manner relates to its employment decisions, its employment or safety policies or practices (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement).

 

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(e) Except as disclosed in Section 5.13(e) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no (i) unresolved violations, criticisms, or exceptions by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of TFC or any of its Subsidiaries (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement) or (ii) written notices or correspondence received by TFC and TFC does not reasonably expect to receive any notices or correspondence with respect to formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Governmental Authority (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement) with respect to TFC’s or any of TFC’s Subsidiaries’ business, operations, policies or procedures since January 1, 2002. There are not any pending or, to TFC’s Knowledge, threatened investigations or reviews of TFC or any of its Subsidiaries nor has any Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct any investigations or reviews of TFC or any of its Subsidiaries.

(f) None of the TFC Entities nor any of its directors, officers, employees or Representatives acting on its behalf has offered, paid, or agreed to pay any Person, including any Government Authority, directly or indirectly, any thing of value for the purpose of, or with the intent of obtaining or retaining any business in violation of applicable Laws, including (i) using any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) making any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, (iii) violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or (iv) making any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(g) Each TFC Entity has complied with all requirements of Law under the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA Patriot Act and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, and each TFC Entity has timely filed all reports of suspicious activity, including those required under 12 C.F.R. § 21.11.

(h) The Bank has complied and will comply with all requirements of Law governing and regulating the closing of branch offices of the Bank.

 

  5.14 Labor Relations.

(a) No TFC Entity is the subject of any Litigation asserting that it or any other TFC Entity has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, as amended, or comparable state Law) or other violation of state or federal labor Law or seeking to compel it or any other TFC Entity to bargain with any labor organization or other employee representative as to wages or conditions of employment, nor is any TFC Entity Party to any collective bargaining agreement or subject to any bargaining order, injunction or other Order relating to TFC’s relationship

 

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or dealings with its employees, any labor organization or any other employee representative. There is no strike, slowdown, lockout or other job action or labor dispute involving any TFC Entity pending or threatened and there have been no such actions or disputes in the past five years. To TFC’s Knowledge, there has not been any attempt by any TFC Entity employees or any labor organization or other employee representative to organize or certify a collective bargaining unit or to engage in any other union organization activity with respect to the workforce of any TFC Entity. Except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, employment of each employee and the engagement of each independent contractor of each TFC Entity is terminable at will by the relevant TFC Entity without (i) any penalty, liability or severance obligation incurred by any TFC Entity, (ii) and in all cases without prior consent by any Governmental Authority. No TFC Entity will owe any amounts to any of its employees or independent contractors as of the Closing Date, including any amounts incurred for any wages, bonuses, vacation pay, sick leave, contract notice periods, change of control payments or severance obligations, except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum. The term “TFC Benefit Plan” shall include without limitation any and all of the TFC Stock Plan and any and all grants, options, rights and other matters associated therewith.

(b) To TFC’s Knowledge, all of the employees employed in the United States are either United States citizens or are legally entitled to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, other United States immigration Laws and the Laws related to the employment of non-United States citizens applicable in the state in which the employees are employed.

(c) No TFC Entity has effectuated (i) a “plant closing” (as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “ WARN Act ”)) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of any TFC Entity; or (ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of any TFC Entity; and no TFC Entity has been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar state or local Law. None of any TFC Entity’s employees has suffered an “employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) since six months prior to the Closing Date.

 

  5.15 Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) TFC has listed in Section 5.15(a)(i) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, and has delivered or made available to CBAC prior to the execution of this Agreement copies of (i) each Employee Benefit Plan currently adopted, maintained by, sponsored in whole or in part by, or contributed or required to be contributed to by any TFC Entity or ERISA Affiliate thereof for the benefit of employees, former employees, retirees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries or under which employees, retirees, former employees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries are eligible to participate (each, a “ TFC Benefit Plan ,” and collectively, the “ TFC Benefit Plans ”) and (ii) has listed in

 

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Section 5.15(a)(ii) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum each Employee Benefit Plan that is not identified in (i) above (e.g., former Employee Benefit Plans) in respect of which any TFC Entity or ERISA Affiliate thereof has or reasonably could have any obligation or Liability (each, an “ Other Plan ”). Any of the TFC Benefit Plans which is an “employee pension benefit plan,” as that term is defined in ERISA Section 3(2), is referred to herein as a “ TFC ERISA Plan .” No TFC ERISA Plan or Other Plan is a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Code Section 414(j)), or is subject to Code Section 412 or Title IV of ERISA.

(b) TFC has delivered or made available to CBAC prior to the execution of this Agreement (i) all trust agreements or other funding arrangements for all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or advisory opinions issued by the IRS, the United States Department of Labor (“ DOL ”) or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation during this calendar year or any of the preceding three calendar years, (iii) any filing or documentation (whether or not filed with the IRS) where corrective action was taken in connection with the IRS EPCRS program set forth in Revenue Procedure 2001-17 (or its predecessor or successor rulings), (iv) annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited financial statements, actuarial reports and valuations prepared for any Employee Benefit Plan for the current plan year and the three preceding plan years, and (v) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material modifications thereto.

(c) Each TFC Benefit Plan is in material compliance with the terms of such TFC Benefit Plan, in material compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code, in material compliance with the applicable requirements of ERISA, and in material compliance with any other applicable Laws. Each TFC ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion from the IRS that is as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and that is still in effect and applies to the applicable TFC ERISA Plan as amended and as administered or, within the time permitted under Code Section 401(b), has timely applied for a favorable determination letter, which when issued, will be as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and which, when issued, will apply retroactively to the TFC ERISA Plan as amended and as administered. TFC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable determination letter, which has been issued by the IRS, and TFC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in a failure to issue any such favorable determination letter for which it has applied. TFC has not received any communication (written or unwritten) from any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging the compliance of any TFC Benefit Plan with applicable Laws. No TFC Benefit Plan is currently being audited by any Governmental Authority for compliance with applicable Laws or has been audited with a determination by any Governmental Authority that the Employee Benefit Plan failed to comply with applicable Laws.

(d) There has been no oral or written representation or communication with respect to any aspect of any TFC Benefit Plan made to any employee of any TFC Entity which is not in accordance with the written or otherwise preexisting terms and provisions

 

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of such plans. Neither TFC nor any administrator or fiduciary of any TFC Benefit Plan (or any agent of any of the foregoing) has engaged in any transaction, or acted or failed to act in any manner, which could subject CBAC or any TFC Entity to any direct or indirect Liability (by indemnity or otherwise) for breach of any fiduciary, co-fiduciary or other duty under ERISA. There are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, any TFC Benefit Plan other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course of business and no action, proceeding, prosecution, inquiry, hearing or investigation has been commenced with respect to any TFC Benefit Plan.

(e) All TFC Benefit Plan documents and annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited financial statements, actuarial valuations, summary annual reports, and summary plan descriptions issued with respect to the TFC Benefit Plans are correct and complete in all material respects, have been timely filed with the IRS or the DOL (to the extent required by Law), and distributed to participants of any or all of the TFC Benefit Plans (as required by Law), and there have been no changes in the information set forth therein.

(f) To TFC’s Knowledge, no “party in interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)) of any TFC Benefit Plan has engaged in any nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (described in Code Section 4975(c) or ERISA Section 406).

(g) No TFC Entity has, or ever has had, any Liability related to, a pension plan or any other plan that is or was subject to Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. There is no Lien nor is there expected to be a Lien under Code Section 412(n) or ERISA Section 302(f) or Tax under Code Section 4971 applicable to any TFC Entity or any TFC Entity’s Assets. Neither TFC nor any of its ERISA Affiliates is subject to or can reasonably be expected to become subject to a Lien under Code Section 401(a)(29). All premiums required to be paid under ERISA Section 4006, if any, have been timely paid by TFC and by each of its ERISA Affiliates.

(h) No Liability under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by any TFC Entity or any ERISA Affiliate thereof and no event has occurred that could reasonably result in Liability under Title IV of ERISA being incurred by any TFC Entity or any ERISA Affiliate thereof with respect to any ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single-employer plan. There has been no “reportable event,” within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043, for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived by any ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single employer plan of any TFC Entity or of any ERISA Affiliate thereof.

(i) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(i) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, no TFC Entity has any Liability for retiree or similar health, life or death benefits under any of the TFC Benefit Plans, or other plan or arrangement, except to the extent required under Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or Code Section 4980B and there are no restrictions on the rights of such TFC Entity to amend or terminate any such retiree health or benefit plan without incurring any Liability thereunder. No Tax under Code Sections 4980B or 5000 has been incurred with respect to any TFC Benefit Plan, or other plan or arrangement, and no circumstance exists which could give rise to such Taxes.

 

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(j) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(j) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee of any TFC Entity from any TFC Entity under any TFC Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any TFC Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefit, or any benefit under any life insurance owned by any TFC Entity or the rights of any TFC Entity in, to or under any insurance on the life of any current or former officer, director or employee of any TFC Entity, or change any rights or obligations of any TFC Entity with respect to such insurance.

(k) The actuarial present values of all accrued deferred compensation entitlements (including entitlements under any executive compensation, supplemental retirement, or employment agreement) of employees and former employees of any TFC Entity and their respective beneficiaries, other than entitlements accrued pursuant to funded retirement plans, whether or not subject to the provisions of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302, have been fully reflected on the TFC Financial Statements to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP.

(l) All individuals who render services to any TFC Entity and who are eligible to participate in a TFC Benefit Plan pursuant to the terms of such TFC Benefit Plan are in fact eligible to and authorized to participate in such TFC Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms of such TFC Benefit Plan, the Code, ERISA and other applicable Laws.

(m) Neither TFC nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof has had an “obligation to contribute” (as defined in ERISA Section 4212) to, or other obligations or Liability in connection with, a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A)).

(n) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(n) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no payments or changes in terms due to any insured person as a result of this Agreement, the Merger or the transactions contemplated herein, under any bank-owned, corporate-owned split dollar life insurance, other life insurance, or similar arrangement or Contract, and the Surviving Corporation shall, upon and after the Effective Time, succeed to and have all the rights in, to and under such life insurance Contracts as TFC presently holds. Each TFC Entity will, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and will continue to have, notwithstanding this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby, all ownership rights and interest in all corporate or bank-owned life insurance.

 

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(o) No TFC Benefit Plan holds any employer security (within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(1)) or employer real property (within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(2)); and no commitment has been made that would require any TFC Benefit Plan to hold any such employer security or employer real property.

(p) All contributions and premiums required by applicable Law or the terms of an applicable TFC Benefit Plan to be paid prior to Closing have been or will be timely made or paid in full prior to the Closing.

(q) There has been no act or omission which has given rise to or may give rise to material fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Sections 502(c), 502(i), 501(l) or 4071 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47 or 68 of the Code for which any of the TFC Entities or any ERISA Affiliate thereof may be liable.

(r) No action has been or reasonably ought to be taken to correct any defects with respect to any TFC Benefit Plan under any IRS correction procedure or any United States Department of Labor fiduciary correction procedure.

(s) No payment permitted, contemplated or required by any TFC Benefit Plan would in the aggregate constitute excess parachute payments as defined in Section 280G of the Code (without regard to subsection (b)(4) thereof).

(t) Each TFC Benefit Plan which constitutes a “group health plan” (as defined in ERISA Section 607(1) or Code Section 4980B(g)(2)) has been operated in material compliance with applicable Law.

(u) There has been no act or omission that would impair or otherwise limit the right or ability of TFC or the Bank, as may be applicable, to unilaterally amend, from time to time, or terminate, any TFC Benefit Plan in those instances where such may be unilaterally amended or terminated.

(v) Each TFC Benefit Plan which is subject to Code Section 409A has been operated and administered in compliance with and otherwise complies with such section. No tax, interest or penalty has been assessed or incurred pursuant to Code Section 409A in relation to any TFC Benefit Plan. No stock option, stock appreciation right, stock grant, or other equity-related rights, grants or options associated with any TFC Entity, including without limitation the TFC Stock Plan and all grants, options, rights or other matters associated with the TFC Stock Plan, is subject to or required to comply with any provision of Code Section 409A. Any TFC Benefit Plan which is subject to or required to comply with any provision of Code Section 409A is listed in Section 5.15(v) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum.

 

  5.16 Material Contracts.

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 5.16 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise reflected in the TFC Financial Statements, none of the TFC Entities, nor any

 

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of their respective Assets, businesses, or operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits under, (i) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or retirement Contract providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any calendar year in excess of $125,000, (ii) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by any TFC Entity or the guarantee by any TFC Entity of any such obligation (other than Contracts evidencing the creation of deposit liabilities, purchases of federal funds, advances from the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, entry into repurchase agreements fully secured by U.S. government securities or U.S. government agency securities, advances of depository institution Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of TFC’s business and trade payables and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the ordinary course of TFC’s business), (iii) any Contract which prohibits or restricts any TFC Entity or any personnel of a TFC Entity from engaging in any business activities in any geographic area, line of business or otherwise in competition with any other Person, (iv) any Contract involving Intellectual Property (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course with customers or “shrink-wrap” software licenses), (v) any Contract relating to the provision of data processing, network communication, or other technical services to or by any TFC Entity, (vi) any Contract relating to the purchase or sale of any goods or services (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and involving payments under any individual Contract or series of contracts not in excess of $125,000), (vii) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter swap, forward, future, option, cap, floor, or collar financial Contract, or any other interest rate or foreign currency protection Contract or any Contract that is a combination thereof not included on its balance sheet, and (viii) any other Contract or amendment thereto that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a TFC Exchange Act Report filed by TFC with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement that has not been filed as an exhibit to a TFC Exchange Act Report (together with all Contracts referred to in Sections 5.11 and 5.15(a), the “ TFC Contracts ”).

(b) With respect to each TFC Contract and except as disclosed in Section 5.16(b) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum: (i) the Contract is in full force and effect; (ii) no TFC Entity is in Default thereunder; (iii) no TFC Entity has repudiated or waived any material provision of any such Contract; (iv) no other Party to any such Contract is, to TFC’s Knowledge, in Default in any respect or has repudiated or waived each material provision thereunder; and (v) no consent is required by a Contract for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby. All of the indebtedness of any TFC Entity for money borrowed is prepayable at any time by such TFC Entity without penalty, premium or charge, except as specified in Section 5.16(b) of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum.

 

  5.17 Privacy of Customer Information.

(a) Each TFC Entity is the sole owner of all (i) “nonpublic personal information” as such term is defined in the Privacy Requirements, and (ii) any personally identifiable information or records in any form (oral, written, graphic, electronic, machine-readable, or otherwise) (“ Customer Information ”) relating to customers, former customers and prospective customers that will be transferred to CBAC pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(b) Each of the TFC Entities has at all times implemented and maintained reasonable technical, physical and organizational security measures as are appropriate in the circumstances to protect Customer Information against unauthorized or unlawful processing, access, input, disclosure, use, recording, copying, alteration, removal, deletion, accidental loss, corruption, destruction or damage, including:

(i) firewalls, intrusion detection systems, locking file cabinets, and other appropriate physical and electronic security mechanism, including current revisions of all software releases and all software patches;

(ii) utilization of industry-standard or better network access control restrictions and methods of terminating unauthorized network access, including identification to the extent possible of the identify of the Person making such unauthorized access; and

(iii) not making changes that would increase the risk of unauthorized access to TFC’s network.

 

  5.18 Legal Proceedings.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.18 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, there is no Litigation instituted or pending, or, to the Knowledge of TFC, threatened (or unasserted but considered probable of assertion) against any TFC Entity, any director, officer, employee or agent of any TFC Entity in their capacities as such or with respect to any service to or on behalf of any Employee Benefit Plan or any other Person at the request of the TFC Entity or Employee Benefit Plan of any TFC Entity, or against any Asset, interest, or right of any of them, nor are there any Orders or judgments outstanding against any TFC Entity. Except as disclosed in Section 5.18 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, no claim for indemnity has been made or, to TFC’s Knowledge, threatened by any director, officer, employee, independent contractor or agent to any TFC Entity and to TFC’s knowledge, no basis for any such claim exists.

 

  5.19 Reports.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.19 of TFC Disclosure Memorandum, since January 1, 2004, in addition to the TFC Exchange Act Reports, each TFC Entity has timely filed all other reports and statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file with Governmental Authorities. As of their respective dates, each of such reports and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws. As of their respective dates, such reports and documents did not contain 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 made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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  5.20 Books and Records.

TFC and each TFC Entity maintains accurate books and records reflecting its Assets and Liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls which provide assurance that (a) transactions are executed with management’s authorization; (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial statements of TFC and to maintain accountability for TFC’s consolidated Assets; (c) access to TFC’s Assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (d) the reporting of TFC’s Assets is compared with existing Assets at regular intervals; and (e) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis.

 

  5.21 Loans to Executive Officers and Directors.

Neither TFC nor the Bank has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of TFC, except as permitted by and in conformance with Federal Reserve Regulation O. Section 5.21 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum identifies any loan or extension of credit maintained by TFC to which the second sentence of Section 13(k)(1) of the Exchange Act applies.

 

  5.22 Independence of Directors.

Except as disclosed in Section 5.22 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum, TFC’s directors listed on Section 5.22 of the TFC Disclosure Memorandum who may be serving on the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation after the Closing Date will be “independent” directors of the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and under the listing standards of AMEX.

 

  5.23 Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.

None of the TFC Entities or any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any required Consents or result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of Section 9.1(b) and 9.1(c).

 

  5.24 State Takeover Laws.

Each TFC Entity has taken all necessary action to exempt the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from, or if necessary to challenge the validity or applicability of, any applicable “moratorium,” “fair price,” “business combination,” “control share,” or other anti-takeover Laws (collectively, “ Takeover Laws ”).

 

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  5.25 Stockholders’ Support Agreements.

Each of the directors and executive officers of TFC has executed and delivered to CBAC the Support Agreements in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

  5.26 Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.

Except for TFC Financial Advisor, neither TFC nor its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or Representatives, has employed any broker, finder or investment banker or incurred any Liability for any financial advisory fees, investment bankers fees, brokerage fees, commissions, or finder’s or other fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and such total fees payable to TFC Financial Advisor in connection with the Merger will not exceed $140,000. TFC has received the written opinion of TFC Financial Advisor, dated as of the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view, a signed copy of which has been delivered to CBAC.

 

  5.27 Board Recommendation.

The Board of Directors of TFC, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous vote of the directors present who constituted all of the directors then in office (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, the Support Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, taken together, are fair to and in the best interests of the TFC’s stockholders and (ii) resolved, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to recommend that the holders of the shares of TFC Common Stock approve this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions and to call and hold a special meeting of TFC’s stockholders to consider this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions.

 

  5.28 Statements True and Correct.

(a) No statement, certificate, instrument, or other writing furnished or to be furnished by any TFC Entity or any Affiliate thereof to CBAC pursuant to this Agreement or any other document, agreement, or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by any TFC Entity or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Registration Statement to be filed by CBAC with the SEC will, when the Registration Statement becomes effective, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(c) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the TFC Entity or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, to be mailed to each Party’s stockholders in connection with the

 

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Stockholders Meetings, will (i) when first mailed to the stockholders of each Party, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, (ii) at the time of the Stockholders Meetings, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading with respect to the solicitation of any proxy for the Stockholders Meetings. No other documents to be filed by any TFC Entity or any Affiliate thereof with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the respective time such documents are filed, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d) All documents that any TFC Entity or any Affiliate thereof is responsible for filing with any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law.

ARTICLE 6

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CBAC

CBAC hereby represents and warrants to TFC as follows:

 

  6.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.

CBAC is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its Assets. CBAC is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the United States and foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect. The minute books and other organizational documents for CBAC has been made available to TFC for its review and are true and complete in all material respects as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material respects all amendments thereto and all proceedings of the respective Board of Directors (including any committees of the Board of Directors) and stockholders thereto.

 

  6.2 Authority; No Breach By Agreement.

(a) CBAC has the corporate power and authority necessary to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have

 

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been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of CBAC, subject to the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock cast at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting with the holders of less than 20% of the outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock voting at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting against the Merger and thereafter exercising the Conversion Rights. Subject to any necessary approvals referred to in Article 8, this Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of CBAC, enforceable against CBAC in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought).

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by CBAC, nor the consummation by CBAC of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by CBAC with any of the provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of CBAC’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (ii) constitute or result in a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any Asset of CBAC under, any CBAC Contract or Permit of CBAC, or, (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite Consents referred to in Section 9.1(b), constitute or result in a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to, any Law or Order applicable to CBAC or any of its material Assets.

(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the Securities Laws, applicable state corporate and securities Laws and the rules of AMEX and other than Consents required from Regulatory Authorities, and other than notices to or filings with the IRS or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to any employee benefit plans, and other than Consents, filings, or notifications which, if not obtained or made, are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, no notice to, filing with, or Consent of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the consummation by CBAC of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

 

  6.3 Capital Stock.

(a) The authorized capital stock of CBAC consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock, of which 9,375,000 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (which includes 1,499,250 shares subject to Conversion Rights), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of CBAC Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of CBAC are, and all of the shares of CBAC Common Stock to be issued in exchange for shares of TFC Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable under the DGCL. None of the

 

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outstanding shares of capital stock of CBAC have been, and none of the shares of CBAC Common Stock to be issued in exchange for shares of TFC Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger will be issued in violation of any preemptive rights of the current or past stockholders of CBAC.

(b) Except for 7,500,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the CBAC Warrants and 1,050,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the CBAC UPO, as disclosed in Section 6.3 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum and shares reserved for issuance pursuant to this Agreement, there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of CBAC reserved for issuance and no outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of CBAC.

(c) Except as set forth in Section 6.3(a), or as disclosed in Section 6.3 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of CBAC outstanding and no outstanding CBAC Rights relating to the capital stock of CBAC.

 

  6.4 CBAC Subsidiaries.

CBAC has no subsidiaries.

 

  6.5 Exchange Act Filings; Financial Statements.

(a) CBAC has timely filed and made available to TFC all Exchange Act Documents required to be filed by CBAC since inception (together with all such Exchange Act Documents filed, whether or not required to be filed, the “ CBAC Exchange Act Reports ”). The CBAC Exchange Act Reports (i) at the time filed, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other applicable Laws and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such amended or subsequent filing or, in the case of registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such CBAC Exchange Act Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such CBAC Exchange Act Reports, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) Each of the CBAC Financial Statements (including, in each case, any related notes) contained in the CBAC Exchange Act Reports, including any CBAC Exchange Act Reports filed after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, complied, or will comply, as to form in all material respects with the applicable published rules and regulations of the Exchange Act with respect thereto, was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited interim statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the Exchange Act), fairly presented in all material respects the financial position of CBAC as at the respective dates and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, including the fair

 

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values of the assets and liabilities shown therein, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which were not or are not expected to be material in amount or effect, and were certified to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(c) Each of CBAC’s independent public accountants, which have expressed their opinion with respect to the Financial Statements of CBAC included in CBAC’s Exchange Act Reports (including the related notes), is and has been throughout the periods covered by such CBAC Financial Statements independent registered public accountants with respect to CBAC within the meaning of the Securities Laws and is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. With respect to CBAC, each of CBAC’s independent public accountants is not and has not been in violation of auditor independence requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith. Section 6.5(c) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum lists all non-audit services performed by each of CBAC’s independent public accountants for CBAC since inception.

(d) CBAC maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning CBAC is made known on a timely basis to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. Section 6.5(d) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum lists, and CBAC has delivered to TFC copies of, all written description of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating such disclosure controls and procedures. CBAC and its directors and executive officers have complied at all times with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, including the filing requirements thereunder to the extent applicable.

(e) CBAC has reported the fair value of all warrants it has issued, including without limitation, the CBAC Warrants, on its CBAC Financial Statements in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force No. 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock .

 

  6.6 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.

CBAC has no Liabilities required under GAAP to be set forth on a balance sheet or in the notes thereto that are not set forth therein and are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, except Liabilities which are (i) accrued or reserved against in the balance sheet of CBAC as of March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, included in the CBAC Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or reflected in the notes thereto, (ii) incurred or paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or (iii) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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  6.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.

Since June 30, 2007, except as disclosed in the CBAC Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 6.7 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, (i) there have been no events, changes, or occurrences which have had, or are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) CBAC has not taken any action, or failed to take any action, prior to the date of this Agreement, which action or failure, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would represent or result in a material breach or violation of any of the covenants and agreements of CBAC provided in this Agreement.

 

  6.8 Tax Matters.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 6.8(a) the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, CBAC has timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authorities, all Tax Returns or extensions for the filing thereof in all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are required to be filed, and such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all respects and all Taxes of CBAC (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid. There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a Lien for current real property or ad valorem Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the Assets of CBAC. No claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where CBAC does not file a Tax Return that CBAC may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction.

(b) CBAC has not received any notice of assessment or proposed assessment in connection with any Taxes, and there are no threatened or pending disputes, claims, audits or examinations regarding any Taxes of CBAC or the assets of CBAC. No officer or employee responsible for Tax matters of CBAC has Knowledge that any Taxing Authority is reasonably likely to assess any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed. No issue has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any prior examination of CBAC which, by application of the same or similar principles, could be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any subsequent taxable period. CBAC has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of any Taxes or agreed to a Tax assessment or deficiency.

(c) CBAC has complied with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the withholding of Taxes and the payment thereof to appropriate authorities, including Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee or independent contractor, and Taxes required to be withheld and paid pursuant to Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code or similar provisions under foreign Law.

(d) The unpaid Taxes of CBAC (i) did not, as of the most recent fiscal month end, exceed the reserve for Tax Liability (other than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the most recent balance sheet (other than in any notes thereto) for CBAC and (ii) do not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with past custom and practice of CBAC in filing its Tax Returns.

 

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(e) Except as described in Section 6.8(e) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, CBAC is not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.

(f) CBAC is not a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” as defined in, and in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.

(g) Except as disclosed in Section 6.7(g) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, CBAC has not made any payments, is not obligated to make any payments, or is not a party to any contract that could obligate it to make any payments that could be disallowed as a deduction under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code, or which would be subject to withholding under Section 4999 of the Code. CBAC has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. CBAC is not and will not be required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax Laws as a result of transactions or events occurring prior to the Closing.

(h) CBAC is in compliance with, and its records contain all information and documents (including properly completed IRS Forms W-9) necessary to comply with, all applicable information reporting and Tax withholding requirements under federal, state, and local Tax Laws, and such records identify with specificity all accounts subject to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code.

(i) CBAC is not subject to any private letter ruling of the IRS or comparable rulings of any Taxing Authority.

(j) No property owned by CBAC is (i) property required to be treated as being owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986; (ii) “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code; (iii) “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168(g) of the Code; (iv) “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 76-30; (v) subject to Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code; or (vi) subject to any provision of state, local or foreign Law comparable to any of the provisions listed above.

(k) CBAC has no “corporate acquisition indebtedness” within the meaning of Section 279 of the Code.

(l) No CBAC Entity has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(1), or a transaction substantially similar to a reportable transaction.

 

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  6.9 Compliance with Laws.

(a) CBAC, upon approval by the Federal Reserve and upon consummation of the Merger will be a bank holding company duly registered with the Federal Reserve and the OCC and a member of the Federal Reserve System.

(b) CBAC has in effect all Permits and has made all filings, applications, and registrations with Governmental Authorities that are required for it to own, lease, or operate its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and there has occurred no Default under any such Permit applicable to its business or employees conducting its business.

(c) CBAC is not in Default under any Laws or Orders applicable to its business or employees conducting its business.

(d) CBAC has not received any notification or communication from any Governmental Authority (i) asserting that CBAC is in Default under any of the Permits, Laws or Orders which such Governmental Authority enforces, (ii) threatening to revoke any Permits, or (iii) requiring CBAC (x) to enter into or consent to the issuance of a cease and desist order, formal agreement, directive, commitment, or memorandum of u understanding, or (y) to adopt any resolution of its Board of Directors or similar undertaking which restricts materially the conduct of its business or in any manner relates to its employment decisions, its employment or safety policies or practices.

(e) There are no (i) unresolved violations, criticisms, or exceptions by any Governmental Authority with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of CBAC; or (ii) notices or correspondence received by CBAC with respect to formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Governmental Authority with respect to CBAC’s business, operations, policies or procedures since its inception. There are not any pending or, to CBAC’s Knowledge, threatened investigations or reviews of CBAC, nor has any Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct any, investigations or reviews of CBAC.

(f) None of CBAC or any of its directors, officers, employees or Representatives acting on its behalf has offered, paid, or agreed to pay any Person, including any Governmental Authority, directly or indirectly, any thing of value for the purpose of, or with the intent of obtaining or retaining any business in violation of applicable Laws, including (i) using any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) making any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) making any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

 

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  6.10 Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) CBAC has listed in Section 6.10(a) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, and has delivered or made available to TFC prior to the execution of this Agreement, copies of (i) each Employee Benefit Plan currently adopted, maintained by, sponsored in whole or in part by, or contributed or required to be contributed to by CBAC or ERISA Affiliate thereof for the benefit of employees, former employees, retirees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries or under which employees, retirees, former employees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries are eligible to participate (each, a “ CBAC Benefit Plan ,” and collectively, the “ CBAC Benefit Plans ”) and (ii) each Employee Benefit Plan that is not identified in (i) above (e.g., former Employee Benefit Plans) in respect of which CBAC or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has or reasonably could have any obligation or Liability (each a “ CBAC Other Plan ”). Any of the CBAC Benefit Plans which is an “employee pension benefit plan,” as that term is defined in ERISA Section 3(2), is referred to herein as a “ CBAC ERISA Plan .” No CBAC ERISA Plan or CBAC Other Plan is a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Code Section 414(j)), or is subject to Code Section 412 or Title IV of ERISA.

(b) CBAC has delivered or made available to TFC prior to the execution of this Agreement (i) all trust agreements or other funding arrangements for all Employee Benefit Plans; (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or advisory opinions issued by the IRS, the DOL or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation during this calendar year or any of the preceding calendar years since inception; (iii) any filing or documentation (whether or not filed with the IRS) where corrective action was taken in connection with the IRS EPCRS program set forth in Revenue Procedure 2001-17 (or its predecessor or successor rulings); (iv) annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited financial statements, actuarial reports and valuations prepared for any Employee Benefit Plan for the current plan year and the three preceding plan years; and (v) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material modifications thereto.

(c) Each CBAC Benefit Plan is in material compliance with the terms of such CBAC Benefit Plan, in material compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code, in material compliance with the applicable requirements of ERISA, and in material compliance with any other applicable Laws. Each CBAC ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion from the IRS that is as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and that is still in effect and applies to the applicable CBAC ERISA Plan as amended and as administered or, within the time permitted under Code Section 401(b), has timely applied for a favorable determination letter, which when issued, will be as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and which, when issued, will apply retroactively to the CBAC ERISA Plan as amended and as administered. CBAC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable determination letter which has been issued by the IRS, and CBAC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in a failure to issue any such favorable determination letter

 

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for which it has applied. CBAC has not received any communication (written or unwritten) from any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging the compliance of any CBAC Benefit Plan with applicable Laws. No CBAC Benefit Plan is currently being audited by any Governmental Authority for compliance with applicable Laws or has been audited with a determination by any Governmental Authority that the Employee Benefit Plan failed to comply with applicable Laws.

(d) There has been no oral or written representation or communication with respect to any aspect of any CBAC Benefit Plan made to any employee of CBAC which is not in accordance with the written or otherwise preexisting terms and provisions of such plans. Neither CBAC nor any administrator or fiduciary of any CBAC Benefit Plan (or any agent of any of the foregoing) has engaged in any transaction, or acted or failed to act in any manner, which could subject CBAC or any TFC Entity to any direct or indirect Liability (by indemnity or otherwise) for breach of any fiduciary, co-fiduciary or other duty under ERISA. There are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, any CBAC Benefit Plan other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course of business and no action, proceeding, prosecution, inquiry, hearing or investigation has been commenced with respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan.

(e) All CBAC Benefit Plan documents and annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited financial statements, actuarial valuations, summary annual reports, and summary plan descriptions issued with respect to any or all of the CBAC Benefit Plans are correct and complete in all material respects, have been timely filed with the IRS or the DOL (to the extent required by Law), and distributed to participants of the CBAC Benefit Plans (as required by Law), and there have been no changes in the information set forth therein.

(f) To the CBAC’s Knowledge, no “party in interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)) of any CBAC Benefit Plan has engaged in any nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (described in Code Section 4975(c) or ERISA Section 406).

(g) CBAC does not, and has never had, or has any Liability related to a pension plan or any other plan that is or was subject to Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. There is no Lien nor is there expected to be a Lien under Code Section 412(n) or ERISA Section 302(f) or Tax under Code Section 4971 applicable to CBAC or its Assets. Neither CBAC nor any of its ERISA Affiliates is subject to or can reasonably be expected to become subject to a Lien under Code Section 401(a)(29). All premiums required to be paid under ERISA Section 4006, if any, have been timely paid by CBAC and by each of its ERISA Affiliates.

(h) No Liability under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by CBAC or any ERISA Affiliate thereof and no event has occurred that could reasonably result in Liability under Title IV of ERISA being incurred by CBAC or any ERISA Affiliate thereof with respect to any ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single-

 

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employer plan. There has been no “reportable event,” within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043, for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived by any ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single employer plan of CBAC or of any ERISA Affiliate thereof.

(i) CBAC has no Liability for retiree or similar health, life or death benefits under any of the CBAC Benefit Plans, or other plan or arrangement, except to the extent required under Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or Code Section 4980B and there are no restrictions on the rights of CBAC to amend or terminate any such retiree health or benefit plan without incurring any Liability thereunder. No Tax under Code Sections 4980B or 5000 has been incurred with respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan, or other plan or arrangement, and no circumstance exists which could give rise to such Taxes.

(j) Except as disclosed in Section 6.10(j) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee of CBAC from CBAC under any CBAC Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any CBAC Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefit, or any benefit under any life insurance owned by CBAC or the rights of CBAC in, to or under any insurance on the life of any current or former officer, director or employee of CBAC, or change any rights or obligations of CBAC with respect to such insurance.

(k) The actuarial present values of all accrued deferred compensation entitlements (including entitlements under any executive compensation, supplemental retirement, or employment agreement) of employees and former employees of CBAC and its beneficiaries, other than entitlements accrued pursuant to funded retirement plans, whether or not subject to the provisions of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302, have been fully reflected on the CBAC Financial Statements to the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP.

(l) All individuals who render services to CBAC and who are eligible to participate in a CBAC Benefit Plan pursuant to the terms of such CBAC Benefit Plan are in fact eligible to and authorized to participate in such CBAC Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms of such CBAC Benefit Plan, the Code, ERISA and other applicable Laws.

(m) Neither CBAC nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof has had an “obligation to contribute” (as defined in ERISA Section 4212) to, or other obligations or Liability in connection with, a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A)).

(n) Except as disclosed in Section 6.10(n) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no payments or changes in terms due to any insured person as a result of this Agreement, the Merger or the transactions contemplated herein, under any

 

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bank-owned, corporate-owned split dollar life insurance, other life insurance, or similar arrangement or Contract, and the Surviving Corporation shall, upon and after the Effective Time, succeed to and have all the rights in, to and under such life insurance Contracts as CBAC presently holds. CBAC will, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and will continue to have, notwithstanding this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby, all ownership rights and interest in all corporate or bank-owned life insurance.

(o) No CBAC Benefit Plan holds any employer security (within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(1)) or employer real property (within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(2)); and no commitment has been made that would require any CBAC Benefit Plan to hold any such employer security or employer real property.

(p) All contributions and premiums required by applicable Law or the terms of an applicable CBAC Benefit Plan to be paid prior to Closing have been or will be timely made or paid in full prior to the Closing.

(q) There has been no act or omission which has given rise to or may give rise to material fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Sections 502(c), 502(i), 501(l) or 4071 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47 or 68 of the Code for which CBAC or any ERISA Affiliate thereof may be liable.

(r) No action has been or reasonably ought to be taken to correct any defects with respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan under any IRS correction procedure or any United States Department of Labor fiduciary correction procedure.

(s) No payment permitted, contemplated or required by any CBAC Benefit Plan would in the aggregate constitute excess parachute payments as defined in Section 280G of the Code (without regard to subsection (b)(4) thereof).

(t) Each CBAC Benefit Plan which constitutes a “group health plan” (as defined in ERISA Section 607(1) or Code Section 4980B(g)(2)) has been operated in material compliance with applicable Law.

(u) There has been no act or omission that would impair or otherwise limit the right or ability of CBAC or the Bank, as may be applicable, to unilaterally amend, from time to time, or terminate, any CBAC Benefit Plan.

(v) Each CBAC Benefit Plan which is subject to Code Section 409A has been operated and administered in compliance with and otherwise complies with such section. No tax, interest or penalty has been assessed or incurred pursuant to Code Section 409A in relation to any CBAC Benefit Plan. No stock option, stock appreciation right, stock grant, or other equity-related rights, grants or options associated with CBAC is subject to or required to comply with any provision of Code Section 409A. Any CBAC Benefit Plan which is subject to or required to comply with any provision of Code Section 409A is listed in Section 6.10(v) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum.

 

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  6.11 Material Contracts.

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 6.11 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise reflected in the CBAC Financial Statements, none of CBAC, nor any of its respective Assets, businesses, or operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits under, (i) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or retirement Contract providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any calendar year in excess of $125,000, (ii) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by CBAC or the guarantee by CBAC of any such obligation other than trade payables and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the ordinary course of CBAC’s business), (iii) any Contract which prohibits or restricts CBAC or any personnel of CBAC from engaging in any business activities in any geographic area, line of business or otherwise in competition with any other Person, (iv) any Contract involving Intellectual Property (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course with customers or “shrink-wrap” software licenses), (v) any Contract relating to the provision of data processing, network communication, or other technical services to or by CBAC, (vi) any Contract relating to the purchase or sale of any goods or services (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and involving payments under any individual Contract or series of contracts not in excess of $125,000), (vii) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter swap, forward, future, option, cap, floor, or collar financial Contract, or any other interest rate or foreign currency protection Contract or any Contract that is a combination thereof not included on its balance sheet, and (viii) any other Contract or amendment thereto that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a CBAC Exchange Act Report filed by CBAC with the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement that has not been filed as an exhibit to a CBAC Exchange Act Report (together with all Contracts referred to in Sections 6.10(a), the “ CBAC Contracts ”).

(b) With respect to each CBAC Contract and except as disclosed in Section 6.11 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum: (i) the Contract is in full force and effect; (ii) CBAC is not in Default thereunder; (iii) CBAC has not repudiated or waived any material provision of any such Contract; (iv) no other Party to any such Contract is, to CBAC’s Knowledge, in Default in any respect or has repudiated or waived each material provision thereunder; and (v) no consent is required by a Contract for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby. All of the indebtedness of CBAC for money borrowed is prepayable at any time by CBAC without penalty, premium or charge, except as specified in Section 6.11(b) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum.

 

  6.12 Legal Proceedings.

Except as disclosed in Section 6.12 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, there is no Litigation instituted or pending, or, to the Knowledge of CBAC, threatened (or unasserted but considered probable of assertion) against CBAC, any director, officer, employee or agent of CBAC in their capacities as such or with respect to any service to or on behalf of any Employee Benefit Plan or any other Person at the request of CBAC or Employee Benefit Plan of CBAC, or

 

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against any Asset, interest, or right of any of them, nor are there any Orders or judgments outstanding against CBAC. No claim for indemnity has been made or, to CBAC’s Knowledge, threatened by any director, officer, employee, independent contractor or agent to CBAC and to CBAC’s knowledge, no basis for any such claim exists.

 

  6.13 Reports.

Since inception, in addition to the CBAC Exchange Act Reports, CBAC has filed all other reports and statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file with Governmental Authorities. As of their respective dates, each of such reports and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws. As of their respective date, each such report, statement and document did not, in all material respects, contain 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 made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

  6.14 Independence of Directors.

CBAC’s directors listed on Section 6.14 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, who will be serving on the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation after the Closing Date, will be “independent” directors of the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and under the listing standards of AMEX.

 

  6.15 Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.

Neither CBAC nor any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any required Consents or result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of Section 9.1(b) or 9.1(c).

 

  6.16 Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.

Except for CBAC Financial Advisor, neither CBAC nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or Representatives, has employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any financial advisory fees, investment bankers’ fees, brokerage fees, commissions, or finder’s fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. CBAC has received the written opinion of CBAC Financial Advisor, dated as of the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view, a signed copy of which has been delivered to TFC.

 

  6.17 Board Recommendation.

The Board of Directors of CBAC, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous vote of the directors present who constituted all of the directors then in office (i) determined that

 

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this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, taken together, are fair to and in the best interests of CBAC’s stockholders and (ii) resolved, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to recommend that the holders of the shares of CBAC Common Stock approve this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions and to call and hold a special meeting of CBAC’s stockholders to consider this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions.

 

  6.18 Statements True and Correct

(a) No statement, certificate, instrument or other writing furnished or to be furnished by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof to TFC pursuant to this Agreement or any other document, agreement or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Registration Statement to be filed by CBAC with the SEC will, when the Registration Statement becomes effective, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(c) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, to be mailed to each Party’s stockholders in connection with the Stockholder Meetings, will (i) when first mailed to the stockholders of each Party, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, (ii) at the time of the Stockholders Meetings, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading with respect to the solicitation of any proxy for the Stockholders Meetings. No other documents to be filed by CBAC with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the respective time such documents are filed, be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d) All documents that CBAC is responsible for filing with any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law.

 

  6.19 CBAC Trust Fund.

Provided the conditions to the obligation to consummate the Merger and the related transactions contemplated hereby in Articles 8 and 9 are satisfied or waived as provided in this

 

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Agreement, the CBAC Trust Agreement provides that the trust monies shall be released to and available for use by the Surviving Corporation effective as of the Effective Time. As of the date hereof, CBAC has no Knowledge of any claim, circumstance or event that is reasonably likely to restrict or otherwise impair the release of such monies other than: (i) claims of CBAC’s underwriters with respect to its initial public offering for deferred compensation; (ii) claims for legal and accounting fees related to the Merger and preparation of the Proxy Statement for the CBAC Stockholders Meeting to be undertaken in connection with the Merger; (iii) claims of CBAC Stockholders who vote against the Merger and properly effect conversion of their shares to a portion of the monies held in the trust account (the “Trust Fund”) established pursuant to the CBAC Trust Agreement; and (iv) claims for advisory and related fees by mergers and acquisition advisors currently retained by CBAC or who may be retained by CBAC prior to CBAC’s Stockholders Meeting.

 

  6.20 Prior Business Operations.

CBAC has limited its activities to those activities contemplated in the Prospectus.

ARTICLE 7

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION

 

  7.1 Affirmative Covenants of TFC.

From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of CBAC shall have been obtained, and except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein, TFC shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) operate its business only in the usual, regular and ordinary course, (ii) use reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and Assets and maintain its rights and franchises, (iii) use reasonable efforts to cause its representations and warranties to be correct at all times, (iv) use reasonable efforts to provide all information requested by CBAC related to loans or other transactions made by TFC with a value equal to or exceeding $250,000, (v) consult with CBAC prior to entering into or making any loans or other transactions with a value equal to or exceeding $500,000, and (vi) take no action which would (A) adversely affect the ability of any Party to obtain any Consents required for the transactions contemplated hereby without imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentences of Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b) or 9.1(c), or (B) materially adversely affect the ability of any Party to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement.

 

  7.2 Negative Covenants of the Parties.

From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of the other Party shall have been obtained, and except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein, each Party covenants and agrees that it will not do or agree or commit to do, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do or agree or commit to do, any of the following:

(a) amend the Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Association, Bylaws or other governing instruments of CBAC or any TFC Entity, as applicable, provided nothing in this Section 7.2(a) shall prohibit either Party from restating its Certificate of Incorporation or Articles of Incorporation, as applicable, without amendment thereto or prohibit CBAC from amending its Certificate of Incorporation as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(b) modify the Bank’s lending policy (in the case of TFC), incur any additional debt obligation or other obligation for borrowed money in excess of an aggregate of $100,000 except in the ordinary course of the business of CBAC or such TFC Entity, as applicable, consistent with past practices and that are prepayable without penalty, charge or other payment (which exception shall include, for TFC Entities that are depository institutions, creation of deposit liabilities, purchases of federal funds, advances from the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, and entry into repurchase agreements fully secured by U.S. government securities or U.S. government agency securities), or impose, or suffer the imposition, on any Asset of CBAC or such TFC Entity, as applicable, of any Lien or permit any such Lien to exist (other than in connection with public deposits, repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, “treasury tax and loan” accounts established in the ordinary course of business of any TFC Entity that is a depository institution, the satisfaction of legal requirements in the exercise of trust powers, and Liens in effect as of the date hereof that are disclosed in the TFC Disclosure Memorandum);

(c) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or exchange (other than exchanges in the ordinary course under employee benefit plans), directly or indirectly, any shares, or any securities convertible into any shares, of the capital stock of CBAC or any TFC Entity, or declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of either Party’s capital stock;

(d) except for this Agreement and the exercise of TFC Rights that have been granted prior to the date hereof and which shall vest prior to the Effective Time in accordance with their terms, issue, sell, pledge, encumber, authorize the issuance of, enter into any Contract to issue, sell, pledge, encumber, or authorize the issuance of, or otherwise permit to become outstanding, any additional shares of CBAC Common Stock, TFC Common Stock, any other capital stock of any TFC Entity, or any Rights;

(e) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of CBAC or any TFC Entity or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of or in substitution for shares of CBAC Common Stock or TFC Common Stock, or sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or otherwise (i) in the case of TFC, any shares of capital stock of any TFC Subsidiary or (ii) any Asset other than in the ordinary course of business for reasonable and adequate consideration;

(f) except for purchases of U.S. Treasury securities or U.S. Government agency securities, which in either case have maturities of two years or less, purchase any securities or make any material investment except in the ordinary course of business

 

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consistent with past practice, either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, Asset transfers, or purchase of any Assets, in any Person other than in the case of TFC, a wholly owned TFC Subsidiary, or otherwise acquire direct or indirect control over any Person, other than in connection with foreclosures of loans in the ordinary course of business;

(g) (i) grant any bonus or increase in compensation or benefits to the employees, officers or directors of CBAC or any TFC Entity, as applicable; (ii) commit or agree to pay any severance or termination pay, or any stay or other bonus to any CBAC or TFC director, officer or employee, as applicable; (iii) enter into or amend any severance agreements with officers, employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of CBAC or any TFC Entity, as applicable; (iv) change any fees or other compensation or other benefits to directors of CBAC or any TFC Entity, as applicable; or (v) waive any stock repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or change the period of exercisability of any Rights or restricted stock, as applicable, or in the case of TFC, reprice Rights granted under the TFC Stock Plans or authorize cash payments in exchange for any Rights; (vi) or accelerate or vest or commit or agree to accelerate or vest any amounts, benefits or rights payable by CBAC or any TFC Entity, as applicable;

(h) enter into or amend any employment Contract between CBAC or any TFC Entity and any Person (unless such amendment is required by Law) that CBAC or the TFC Entity does not have the unconditional right to terminate without Liability (other than Liabili


 
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