Exhibit 2
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
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This
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") is made as of
October
12, 2004, by and between OAK HILL
FINANCIAL,
INC., an Ohio
corporation
("Oak
Hill Financial"), and LAWRENCE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS,
INC., a Maryland corporation
("Lawrence Financial").
RECITALS
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A. Oak
Hill Financial is a registered bank holding company under the
Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. Oak Hill Banks, an Ohio-chartered
commercial bank ("Oak Hill Banks"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oak Hill
Financial. Oak Hill Financial is a
corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Ohio and is authorized to issue 15,000,000 shares of common stock,
without par value ("Oak Hill Common"), of
which 5,544,514 shares were issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof, and (ii)
1,500,000 voting shares of preferred
stock, without par value, and 1,500,000
non-voting
shares of preferred
stock,
without par value, of which there are no
shares issued and outstanding as of the
date hereof.
B.
Lawrence Financial is a registered
savings and loan
holding company
under the Home Owners' Loan Act, as amended. Lawrence Federal Savings Bank
("Lawrence Federal") and Lawrence
Financial Services Corp., are wholly owned
subsidiaries of Lawrence Financial. Lawrence Financial is a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Maryland and is
authorized
to issue
4,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of one cent
($.01) per share
("Lawrence Financial Common"), of which 650,110 shares were issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a
par value of one cent ($.01), of which there are no shares issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof.
C. The
respective
Boards of Directors of
Oak Hill Financial and Lawrence
Financial have approved the merger of
Lawrence Financial
with and into Oak Hill
Financial (the "Merger") substantially on the terms and
conditions contained in
this Agreement.
D.
Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, it is
anticipated
Oak Hill Banks will merge with and into
Lawrence Federal under
the terms of the
Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between
Oak Hill Banks and Lawrence Federal
(or its successor as an Ohio state-charted banking organization), attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
E. The
parties intend that
the Merger shall
qualify as a
reorganization
under the revisions of Section 368(a) of the Code and the parties
intend, by
executing this Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization
within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section
1.368-2(g).
AGREEMENT
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In
consideration
of the foregoing and
of the mutual promises
contained
herein, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
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1.01
Definitions Contained
Elsewhere in this Agreement. For the purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings assigned to them
in the preamble and Recitals of this
Agreement:
(a) this "Agreement";
(b) "Lawrence Financial";
(c) "Lawrence Financial Common";
(d) "Oak Hill Banks";
(e) "Oak Hill Financial";
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(f) the
"Merger"; and
(g) "Oak Hill
Common"
1.02 Other
Definitions. For the
purposes of this Agreement, certain other
terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) the "1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended;
(b) the "1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
(c) an "Acquisition
Proposal" means an inquiry received from, or an
offer or proposal made by or on behalf of, any other corporation, firm,
association, person, or other entity
relating to (i) the possible acquisition of
more than 25 percent of the shares of the
capital stock of
Lawrence
Financial,
including, but not limited to, an exchange or
tender offer therefor,
(ii) the
possible acquisition of a majority of the
assets of Lawrence Financial, (iii) a
merger or consolidation involving Lawrence Financial,
other than a
transaction
in which Lawrence Financial will be the owner of all of the stock of the
surviving corporation following the transaction, or (iv) a merger or
consolidation involving Lawrence Financial, other than a transaction in
which
Lawrence Financial will be the surviving corporation and the current
stockholders of Lawrence Financial will be
the owners of a majority of the stock
of the surviving corporation following the
transaction;
(d) an "Affiliate" of a party means a director, officer, employee,
agent, or adviser of such party;
(e) the "Audited Financial Statements" mean the consolidated,
audited financial statements of Lawrence
Financial, consisting of balance sheets
as of December 31, 2003, and statements of income,
cash flows,
and changes in
stockholders' equity for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2003, with the
report thereon of Crowe Chizek and Company
LLC, a registered
public accounting
firm. If a set of consolidated, audited
financial statements of Lawrence Federal
for a fiscal period ended as of a date
after December 31, 2003, are subsequently
audited by any registered public accounting
firm, such later statements shall be
the statements to which reference is
made;
(f) "Average Closing Price" shall mean the average of the last
sales
prices of Oak Hill Common during the primary trading session of the Nasdaq
National Market System (as reported in a mutually
agreed upon
authoritative
source) for the twenty most recent full trading days in which such shares are
traded on the Nasdaq National Market System ending at
the closing of trading on
the date four business days prior to the
Closing Date.
(g) "BIF" means the Bank Insurance Fund of the FDIC;
(h) "CERCLA"
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended;
(i) the "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended;
(j) "Confidential
Information" of or
relating to a party means any
and all information received from or on
behalf of such party or their Affiliates
concerning the Merger, the terms of this Agreement, or the assets, business,
operations, or financial condition of such
party or their Affiliates, unless and
to the extent that any such information is
in the public domain;
(k) "CRA" means the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, as
amended;
(l) the "Division of Financial Institutions" means the Division of
Financial Institutions, Ohio Department of
Commerce;
(m) "Employee Benefit
Plans" means any and
all "employee
benefit
plans" or "welfare benefit plans" as
defined in ERISA;
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(n) "Environmental Law" means CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Toxic
Substances
Control Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Water Act,
the
Clean Air Act, regulations promulgated
thereunder, and any other federal, state,
county, municipal, local, foreign,
provincial, or other
statute law, ordinance,
or regulation which may relate to or deal with
human health or the environment,
all as may be amended from time to
time.
(o) "ERISA" means the
Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of
1974, as amended;
(p) "Exempt Lawrence
Financial Employees" means Mr. Jack L.
Blair
and Mr. RobRoy Walters;
(q) "FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(r) the "Federal
Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, or its
delegate;
(s) "Hazardous
Substances" means (i)
any "hazardous
substance" as
defined in Section 101(14) of CERCLA or
regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii)
any "solid waste," "hazardous waste," or "infectious
waste," as such terms
are
defined in any other Environmental Law; (iii) asbestos, urea-formaldehyde,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), nuclear fuel or material,
chemical waste,
radioactive material, explosives, known carcinogens, petroleum products and
by-products, and other dangerous, toxic, or
hazardous pollutants,
contaminants,
chemicals, materials, or substances listed or identified in, or
regulated by,
any Environmental Law; and (iv) any other
substances
or materials
which are
classified or considered to be hazardous or
toxic under any Environmental Law;
(t) "Knowledge"
as used herein shall mean those facts that are
actually known or should reasonably have been known after due inquiry by the
President, or any Senior or Executive Vice
President of any party hereto;
(u) the "Lawrence Financial Disclosure Memorandum" means a certain
Disclosure Memorandum, dated October 8, 2004, which has been previously
delivered by Lawrence Financial to Oak Hill Financial, as the same has been
amended and supplemented through the date
of this Agreement, and as the same may
subsequently be amended or supplemented
prior to the Effective Date;
(v) "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse change in
the
consolidated results of operations,
financial condition, properties, or business
of Lawrence Financial or Oak Hill
Financial, as the case
may be, other than any
such change attributable to or resulting
from (i) changes in law, regulation, or
generally accepted accounting principles of general application
to the banking
or thrift industries, (ii) changes in economic conditions that affect the
banking and thrift industries generally,
including changes in
the general level
of interest rates, (iii) any matter or
matters relating to Lawrence Financial or
Oak Hill Financial which have been disclosed in the Lawrence Financial
Disclosure Memorandum or the Oak Hill
Financial Disclosure Memorandum as of the
date of this Agreement, (iv) actions and omissions of Oak Hill Financial or
Lawrence Financial taken with the prior written consent of the other in
contemplation of the transactions
contemplated
hereby or (v) direct
effects of
compliance with this Agreement on the operating performance of the parties,
including expenses incurred by the parties in
consummating
the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(w) the "Oak Hill Disclosure Memorandum" means a certain
Disclosure
Memorandum, dated October 11, 2004, which has
been previously
delivered by Oak
Hill Financial to Lawrence Financial, as the same has been amended and
supplemented through the date of this Agreement, and as the same may
subsequently be amended or supplemented
prior to the Effective Date;
(x) "Oak Hill Financial Rights" means rights to purchase
shares of
Oak Hill Common and Oak Hill Financial
preferred stock under the Oak Hill Rights
Agreement.
(y) "Oak Hill Financial Rights Agreement" means the Rights
Agreement, dated as of January 23,
1998, as amended as of December
26, 2000,
between Oak Hill Financial and Registrar
and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent.
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(z) a "Principal
Shareholder"
or a "Principal
Stockholder"
of a
party means a person who owns five percent
or more of the outstanding shares of
any class of the capital stock of such
party;
(aa) "Proxy Statement"
means the proxy
statement used by
Lawrence
Financial to solicit the approval of its shareholders of the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement, which shall include the prospectus
of Oak Hill
Financial relating to the issuance of shares of Oak Hill Common to certain
holders of Lawrence Financial Common.
(bb) the "Real
Property" means any
and all real property
owned or
leased by Lawrence Financial or Oak Hill Banks, as
appropriate, as of the
date
of this Agreement or acquired at any time
after the date of this
Agreement and
prior to the Effective Time, together with
any and all improvements thereon;
(cc) the "Registration
Statement" means the Registration Statement
on Form S-4, or other appropriate forms, filed or to be filed by Oak Hill
Financial with the SEC under the
provisions of the 1933
Act for the purpose of
registering the shares of Oak Hill Common to be issued by Oak Hill
Financial
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the
prospectus and Proxy Statement to be
included therein as a part thereof;
(dd) "SAIF" means the Savings Association Insurance Fund;
(ee) the "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(ff) the term "Tax" or "Taxes" means (i) all federal, state, local,
and foreign income, excise, gross receipts,
gross income, ad
valorem, profits,
gains, property, use, capital, sales, transfer, use, payroll, employment,
severance, occupancy, withholding, duties, intangibles, franchise, backup
withholding, and other taxes, charges, duties, levies or like assessments
together with all penalties and additions to tax and
interest thereon and
(ii)
any liability for Taxes described in clause (i) under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state,
local or foreign law
and
liability for any taxes as a result of being a party to any tax
sharing or
obligations to indemnify any party);
(gg) "Tax Returns" means all federal, state, local and foreign Tax
returns, reports, estimates, declarations, schedules, information returns,
reports and forms, and any amendments to
any of the foregoing relating to Taxes,
required to be filed with any governmental
authority; and
(hh) an "Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal" means a written
Acquisition Proposal that is received by
Lawrence Financial or made public by or
on behalf of the proponent of such
Acquisition Proposal without any solicitation
of such proposal by any director,
officer, employee, agent, or other person
acting on behalf of Lawrence Financial.
SECTION 2. AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
2.01.
Merger Transaction. Subject to the terms and
conditions
hereof,
Lawrence Financial shall be merged with and into Oak Hill Financial (the
"Merger") at the "Effective Time" (as such term is defined
in Section 2.02
hereof). Oak Hill Financial shall be the surviving
corporation
following the
consummation of the Merger (the "Surviving
Corporation"),
which shall
continue
its corporate existence under the laws of Ohio.
Lawrence Financial and Oak Hill
Financial are hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Constituent
Corporations." At the Effective Time and following the Merger the separate
existence and corporate organization of
Lawrence Financial shall cease.
2.02
Effective Time; Effective Date. The Merger shall be effective
at
11:59 p.m., local Ohio time (the "Effective
Time"), on (i) the day on which this
Agreement and the related Certificate of Merger have been filed in
accordance
with the requirements of the laws of Ohio, or (ii) such later date as may be
specified in such Certificate of Merger
(the "Effective Date").
2.03.
Name. The name of the Surviving Corporation shall be "Oak Hill
Financial, Inc."
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2.04.
Charter. The Articles of Incorporation of Oak Hill Financial in
effect at the Effective Time shall be the articles of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation, until amended in
accordance with law.
2.05.
Directors.
The directors of the
Surviving Corporation
shall be R.
Eugene Coffman, Jr.; 250 Summerhill, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601; Evan E. Davis,
1114 Moriah Road, Oak Hill, Ohio 45656;
Barry M. Dorsey, 505
W. College Avenue,
Rio Grande, Ohio 45674; John D. Kidd, 2500 Five Points Road, Jackson, Ohio
45640; D. Bruce Knox, 450 N. Boundary
Avenue, McArthur,
Ohio 45651; Candice
D.
Peace, 7430 Amy Beth Court, West Chester, Ohio 45069; Donald R. Seigneur, 46
Fruit Hill Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601;
William S. Siders, 10149 Sleepy Ridge
Dr., Loveland, Ohio 45140; H. Grant
Stephenson, 5363 Godown Road, Columbus, Ohio
43235; Neil S. Strawser, 10721 Weatherstone Ct., Loveland, Ohio 45140; and
Donald P. Wood, 900 East State Street,
Athens, Ohio 45701, to
serve until their
successors are duly elected and qualified in accordance with the Code of
Regulations of the Surviving Corporation
and the laws of Ohio.
2.06.
Regulations. The Code of Regulations of Oak Hill Financial in
effect
at the Effective Time shall be the regulations of the Surviving Corporation,
until amended in accordance with law.
2.07.
Statutory Agent. The name and address of the agent upon whom
any
process, notice, or demand against any
Constituent Corporation or the Surviving
Corporation may be served is H. Grant
Stephenson,
41 South High Street,
Suite
3100, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
2.08.
Treatment of Shares.
(a) All shares of Oak
Hill Common
that are issued and
outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to be issued and
outstanding shares of Oak Hill Common at and
after the Effective Time and shall
not be affected by the Merger.
(b) Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.11 hereof, by virtue of
the Merger, automatically and without any action on the part of the
holder
thereof, each share of Lawrence
Financial Common
issued and outstanding at the
Effective Time (other than treasury
shares, if any, which shall be
cancelled,
and any shares as to which statutory dissenters' rights are properly sought,
which shall be treated as provided in
subparagraph
(c) of this
Section 2.08)
shall become and be converted into, at the
election of the holder as provided in
and subject to the limitations set forth in
this Agreement, either (i) the right
to receive $23.75 in cash without interest
(the "Cash
Consideration"), or
(ii)
the number of shares (the "Exchange Ratio") of Oak Hill Common equal
to $23.75
divided by the Average Closing Price
rounded to the nearest
ten-thousandth (the
"Stock Consideration"). The Cash Consideration and the
Stock Consideration are
sometimes referred to herein collectively
as the "Consideration."
If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, the
outstanding shares of Oak Hill Common
shall have been
changed into a different
number of shares or into a different class by reason of any stock
dividend,
subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split,
combination or exchange
of shares, the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted
appropriately
to provide the
holders of Lawrence Financial Common the
same economic effect as contemplated by
this Agreement prior to such event.
(c) Each outstanding
share of Lawrence
Financial Common held
by a
person who has demanded and perfected a right to relief as a dissenting
stockholder under Section 3-202 of the
Maryland General
Corporation
Law (the
"Dissenters' Rights Law") and who has not effectively withdrawn or lost such
right ("Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted
into or represent a right to
receive the Consideration pursuant to subsection 2.08(b)
hereof, but the holder
thereof shall be entitled only to such
rights as are granted by the Dissenters'
Rights Law. Each holder of Dissenting
Shares who becomes entitled to relief as a
dissenting stockholder under the Dissenters' Rights Law with respect to
such
holder's shares of Lawrence Financial
Common shall receive payment therefor from
Oak Hill Financial in accordance with the
provisions of the
Dissenters' Rights
Law. If any holder of Lawrence Financial Common who demands relief as a
dissenting stockholder under the Dissenters' Rights Law with respect to
such
holder's shares of Lawrence Financial
Common shall effectively withdraw or lose
(through failure to perfect or otherwise),
the right to such
relief, each share
of Lawrence Financial Common held by such holder shall automatically be
converted into the right to receive the
Consideration.
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(d) No Lawrence Financial stock options shall be assumed by Oak
Hill
Financial. At the Effective Time, each option to acquire
shares of Lawrence
Financial Common (a "Lawrence Financial Option") granted pursuant to
Lawrence
Financial's 2001 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (the "Lawrence
Financial Option
Plan") that is then outstanding and unexercised, whether or not then vested,
shall be canceled, and in lieu thereof the
holders of such options shall be paid
in cash an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of
shares of Lawrence
Financial Common subject to such option at the Effective Time and (ii) the
amount by which the Cash Consideration exceeds the exercise price per
share of
such option, net of any cash which must be
withheld under federal and state
income and employment tax requirements.
In the event that the
exercise price of
a Lawrence Financial Option is greater than
the Cash Consideration, then at the
Effective Time such Lawrence Financial Option shall be canceled
without any
payment made in exchange therefor.
At the Effective Time
the Lawrence Financial
Option Plan shall be deemed terminated. From the date of execution of this
Agreement, Lawrence Financial will use its best efforts to not permit the
exercise of Lawrence Financial Options in transactions
other than
transactions
to which Oak Hill Financial has
consented.
(e) At the Effective Time, each share of restricted stock
outstanding as of the Effective Time and
issued pursuant to Lawrence Financial's
2001 Stock-Based Incentive Plan, to the extent not
already vested, shall
vest
and shall represent a right to receive the
same rights provided to other holders
of Lawrence Financial Common pursuant to
subparagraph (b) of this Section 2.08.
2.09. Effect of the Merger.
(a) At the Effective
Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided by the applicable provisions of the laws of Ohio.
Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, the
separate existence of Lawrence Financial
shall cease and all assets and property
(real, personal, and mixed, tangible and
intangible, choses in
action, rights,
and credits) then owned by each Constituent
Corporation, or which would inure to
either of them, shall immediately, by operation of law and without any
conveyance, transfer, or further action, become the
assets and property of the
Surviving Corporation. All rights and obligations of the Constituent
Corporations shall remain unimpaired and
the Surviving Corporation shall succeed
to all such rights and obligations.
(b) From time to time, as and when requested by the Surviving
Corporation or by its successors, the officers and directors of Lawrence
Financial in office at the Effective Time shall execute and deliver such
instruments and shall take or cause to be
taken such further or other action as
shall be necessary in order to vest or
perfect in the Surviving Corporation, or
to confirm of record or otherwise,
title to, and
possession of, all the assets,
property, interests, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, and
authority of Lawrence Financial and otherwise to carry
out the purposes of this
Agreement.
2.10.
Offices.
The principal executive offices of the Surviving
Corporation shall be located at 14621 State
Route 93, Jackson, Ohio 45640.
2.11
Election Procedures.
Oak Hill Financial will cause to be sent to all
record holders of Lawrence Financial Common as of a record date fixed
for such
purpose by Lawrence Financial, with the concurrence of Oak Hill
Financial, not
later than 30 days prior to the expected
Closing Date,
and Oak Hill
Financial
will use its best efforts to cause to be sent to each holder of Lawrence
Financial Common who first becomes a holder
after such date, an election form in
such form as Oak Hill Financial and
Lawrence Financial shall mutually agree (the
"Election Form") and other appropriate materials to effect the surrender of
certificates representing shares of Lawrence Financial Common in exchange
for
either cash or stock as provided herein.
The Election Form will
allow each such
holder (i) to elect to receive the Stock
Consideration
with respect to all of
such holder's shares of Lawrence Financial
Common, (ii) to elect
to receive the
Cash Consideration with respect to all of such
holder's shares of Lawrence
Financial Common, (iii) to elect to receive the Cash
Consideration with respect
to some of such holder's shares of Lawrence Financial Common and the Stock
Consideration with respect to such holder's remaining shares of Lawrence
Financial Common or (iv) to indicate no
election (the
"No-Election
Shares").
Shares of Lawrence Financial Common as to
which an election to receive the Stock
Consideration has been made, including pursuant to a mixed election, are
referred to herein as "Stock Election Shares." Shares of Lawrence Financial
Common as to
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which an election to receive the Cash
Consideration
has been made,
including
pursuant to a mixed election, are referred to herein as "Cash
Election Shares."
As of the Election Deadline, as defined below, any shares of
Lawrence Financial
Common with respect to which the holder thereof shall not have made such
election by submission to Registrar and Transfer Co., as Exchange Agent (the
"Exchange Agent"), of an effective, properly completed Election Form
shall be
deemed to be No-Election Shares.
Any
election to receive the Stock Consideration or the Cash
Consideration
shall have been properly made only if the
Exchange Agent shall
have received by
5:00 p.m., New Jersey time, three business days prior to the Closing
Date (or
such other time as Oak Hill Financial and
Lawrence Financial may mutually agree)
(the "Election Deadline"), a properly completed Election
Form. An Election Form
will be properly completed only if
accompanied by certificates representing all
shares of Lawrence Financial covered thereby (or customary
affidavits and, if
required by Oak Hill Financial, indemnification regarding the loss or
destruction of such certificates or the guaranteed delivery of such
certificates) together with all other
documents required by the Election Form
with respect to such shares. Any Election Form may be revoked
or changed by the
person submitting such Election Form to
the Exchange Agent by written notice to
the Exchange Agent if, but only if, such
notice is received by the Exchange
Agent at or prior to the Election Deadline.
All elections shall automatically be
revoked if the Merger is abandoned for any
reason, whereupon
all certificates
for shares of Lawrence Financial Common to which each such
election relates
shall be promptly returned to the holder
submitting
the same to the
Exchange
Agent. The Exchange Agent shall have
reasonable discretion to determine when any
election, modification or revocation is
received and whether any such election,
modification or revocation has been properly
made, consistent with
the duty of
the Exchange Agent to give effect to such elections, modifications or
revocations to the extent possible.
For the
purpose of this
Section 2.11, the number of shares of
Lawrence
Financial held of record by each holder of
Lawrence Financial
immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be determined
with reference to a
complete list of
the holders of Lawrence Financial prepared
and certified as correctly reflecting
its stock records by Lawrence Financial as of the Election
Deadline (the "Stock
List"). Each entry on the Stock List shall
be presumed to represent a different
holder of Lawrence Financial unless it appears from the face of
the Stock List
that several entries are only variations in the
spelling or presentation of the
same name or names. Any questions
concerning the Stock
List shall be determined
by the Exchange Agent, the decision of which shall be
final and binding on all
parties involved.
Holders
of record of shares of
Lawrence Financial Common who hold such
shares as nominees, trustees or in other representative capacities (a
"Representative") may submit multiple Election Forms, provided that such
Representative certifies that each such Election Form
covers all of the shares
of Lawrence Financial Common held by that Representative for a particular
beneficial owner.
Oak Hill
Financial may establish such other rules and procedures
relating
to the elections herein provided, not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, as may be necessary to facilitate
the prompt and orderly receipt and
processing of elections and the prompt
distribution of the
Stock
Consideration
and the Cash Consideration to which the former holders of Lawrence Financial
become entitled by virtue of this
Agreement, including
procedures governing the
issuance and delivery of certificates of Oak Hill Common into which
shares of
Lawrence Financial Common are converted in the Merger and the payment for
Lawrence Financial Common converted into the right to receive the Cash
Consideration in the Merger, provided that no such rule or
procedure shall have
the effect of impairing the continuity of
proprietary interest needed to qualify
the Merger as a tax-free reorganization
under the Code.
No
transfer taxes shall be payable by any shareholder of Lawrence
Financial with respect to the issuance of
certificates
for Oak Hill Common
and
no expenses shall be imposed on any shareholder of Lawrence Financial in
connection with the conversion of shares of
Lawrence Financial
Common into cash
or shares of Oak Hill Common and the delivery of such cash or shares to the
former holder of Lawrence Financial Common
entitled thereto,
except that (i) if
any certificate of Oak Hill Common is
to be issued in a name other than that in
which a certificate or certificates for
shares of Lawrence Financial surrendered
shall have been registered, it shall be a condition to such
issuance that the
person requesting such issuance shall pay to Oak Hill Financial any transfer
taxes payable by
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reason thereof or of any prior
transfer of such surrendered certificate or
certificates or establish to the satisfaction of Oak Hill Financial that
such
taxes have been paid or are not payable,
and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve a
shareholder of Lawrence Financial Common of any expenses associated with
surrendering such holder's certificates of Lawrence Financial Common to the
Exchange Agent.
2.12.
Allocation
of Shares and Cash.
The parties
hereto intend for
the
Merger to qualify as a reorganization
within the meaning of
Sections 368(a) and
related sections of the Code.
As soon as
practicable
but in any event
within three business days after
the Election Deadline, the Exchange Agent shall
effectuate the allocation among
holders of Lawrence Financial Common of rights to receive the Stock
Consideration and the Cash Consideration as
follows:
(a) If the number of Stock Election Shares is less than 325,055
(the
amount by which 325,055 exceeds the number of Stock Election Shares being
referred to herein as the "Shortfall
Number"), then
(i) all Stock Election Shares will be converted into the right
to receive
the Stock Consideration,
(ii) if the Shortfall
Number is less than or equal to the
number of
No-Election
Shares, then all Cash Election Shares shall be
converted
into the right to receive the Cash Consideration and each
holder
of
No-Election
Shares shall receive
(A) the number of shares of Oak Hill
Common
equal to the
product obtained by multiplying (1) the number of
No-Election shares
held by such holder by (2) the Exchange Ratio by (3) a
fraction
the numerator of which is the Shortfall Number and the
denominator of which
is the total
number of No-Election Shares (the
"No-Election Proration
Factor") and (B) cash in an amount
equal to the
product
obtained by multiplying (1) the number of No-Election Shares held
by such
holder by (2) the Cash Consideration by (3) one minus the
No-Election Proration Factor, and
(iii) if the Shortfall Number exceeds the number of
No-Election Shares,
then all No-Election
Shares shall be
converted into
the right
to receive
the Stock Consideration, and each holder of Cash
Election
Shares shall receive
(1) the number of shares of Oak Hill Common
equal to
the product
obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Cash
Election
Shares held by such holder by (y) the
Exchange Ratio by (z) a
fraction
the numerator of which is the amount by which the Shortfall
Number
exceeds the number of
No-Election
Shares and the
denominator of
which is
the total number of
Cash Election
Shares (the "Cash
Proration
Factor")
and (B) cash in an
amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (x) the
number of Cash Election Shares held by such holder by
(y) the
Cash Consideration by (z) one minus the Cash Proration Factor.
(b) If the number of Stock Election Shares is greater than
338,057,
then
(i) all Cash Election
Shares will be converted into the right
to receive
the Cash Consideration,
(ii) all No-Election
Shares will be
converted into the right
to receive
the Cash Consideration, and
(iii) each
holder of Stock Election Shares will be entitled to
receive
(A) the number of shares of Oak Hill Common equal to the product
obtained
by multiplying (1) the
number of Stock
Election Shares held
by
such
holder by (2) the Exchange Ratio by (3) a fraction, the numerator of
which is
338,057 and the denominator of which is the number of Stock
Election
Shares (the "Stock
Proration Factor") and
(B) cash in an amount
equal to
the product
obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Stock
Election
Shares held by such holder by (2) the Cash Consideration by (3)
one minus
the Stock Proration Factor.
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(c) If the number of
Stock Election
Shares is equal to or
greater
than 325,055 and less than or equal to
338,057, then
(i) all Stock Election Shares will be converted into the right
to receive
the Stock Consideration,
(ii) all Cash Election Shares will be converted into the right
to receive
the Cash Consideration, and
(iii) all No-Election
Shares will be converted into the right
to receive
the Cash Consideration.
For
purposes of the foregoing calculations, Dissenters' Shares shall be
deemed to be Cash Election Shares.
2.13.
Distribution Procedures.
(a) As soon
as practicable after the Effective Time and the
completion of the allocation procedure
described above, Oak Hill Financial shall
cause the Exchange Agent to distribute the Stock Consideration and the Cash
Consideration as provided herein (the
"Distribution
Date"). Not later than
the
Distribution Date, Oak Hill Financial will deliver to the Exchange Agent
the
number of shares of Oak Hill Common issuable and the aggregate Cash
Consideration payable in the Merger in
order for the Exchange Agent to make such
distribution.
(b) Appropriate transmittal materials ("Letter of Transmittal") in
a
form satisfactory to Oak Hill Financial
and Lawrence Financial
shall be mailed
as soon as practicable after the Effective Time to each holder of record of
Lawrence Financial Common as of the
Effective Time who did not previously submit
a completed Election Form. A Letter of Transmittal will be deemed properly
completed only if accompanied by certificates representing all shares of
Lawrence Financial Common to be exchanged
thereby.
(c) Neither Oak Hill Financial, the Surviving Corporation,
nor the
Exchange Agent, shall be obligated to deliver
certificates for Oak
Hill Common
or cash to a former shareholder of Lawrence Financial until the later of the
Distribution Date or the date on which such
former shareholder
surrenders his
certificate or certificates representing shares of Lawrence Financial or, in
default thereof, an appropriate affidavit of loss and indemnity
agreement and
bond as may be required by Oak Hill Financial. Until so surrendered, each
outstanding certificate representing shares of Lawrence Financial which have
been converted into shares of Oak Hill
Common shall be deemed for all corporate
purposes (except the payment of dividends
or other
distributions) to
evidence
ownership of the number of whole shares of
Oak Hill Common into which the shares
of Lawrence Financial represented thereby
shall have been converted. Adoption of
this Agreement by the shareholders of Lawrence Financial shall constitute
ratification of the appointment of such
Exchange Agent.
(d) No dividends or other distributions payable to holders of
record
of Oak Hill Common after the Effective Date shall be paid to a holder of
Lawrence Financial whose shares have been converted
into Oak Hill Common until
the latter of the Distribution Date or the date such holder surrenders his
certificates formerly representing shares of Lawrence
Financial. Promptly
upon
surrender of such outstanding certificates there shall be paid
to the holder of
the certificates for Oak Hill Common issued in
exchange therefor the
amount of
dividends and other distributions, if any,
which theretofore became payable with
respect to such full shares of Oak Hill
Common, but which have
not theretofore
been paid on such stock. No interest shall be payable with respect to the
payment of any dividends or other distributions. All such dividends or other
distributions (including cash payable in lieu of any
fractional
share of Oak
Hill Common) unclaimed at the end of one year
from the Effective
Date shall be
repaid by the Exchange Agent to Oak Hill
Financial,
and thereafter the
holders
of such outstanding certificates for Lawrence
Financial shall look,
subject to
applicable escheat, unclaimed funds and
other laws, as general creditors only to
Oak Hill Financial for payment thereof.
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(e) The stock transfer books of Lawrence Financial shall be closed
immediately upon the Effective Time.
(f) Oak Hill Financial is empowered to adopt additional reasonable
rules and regulations with respect to the matters
referred to in this
Section
2.13 not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Agreement.
2.14.
Fractional Shares. No
fractional shares of Oak Hill Common shall be
issued. Each former holder of Lawrence
Financial who would otherwise be entitled
to receive a fractional share of Oak Hill
Common shall receive from the Exchange
Agent cash in an amount equal to the
product resulting
from multiplying such
fraction by $23.75. Such payment with respect to
fractional shares is
intended
to avoid the expense and inconvenience of issuing fractional shares and to
provide a mechanical rounding off of shares, and is not
a separately
bargained
for consideration. On the Effective Date, Oak Hill
Financial shall deliver cash
sufficient to permit the payment in respect of such
fractional
shares to the
Exchange Agent for distribution in accordance with this Section 2.14. No
interest shall be payable with respect to
such cash payment.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF LAWRENCE FINANCIAL
----------------------------------------------------
Lawrence
Financial represents and warrants to Oak
Hill Financial
that,
except as set forth in the Lawrence
Financial Disclosure Memorandum:
3.01
Organization and Authority. Lawrence Financial is a
corporation duly
organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of Maryland, is
registered with the Office of Thrift
Supervision as a
savings and loan holding
company, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all
jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property
or the conduct of its
business requires it to be so qualified, and has the corporate power and
authority to own its properties and assets, to carry on its business as it
is
presently being conducted, and, subject to
the approval of its stockholders, and
to the filing of all requisite regulatory applications and notices and the
receipt of all requisite regulatory
approvals,
to enter into and
carry out its
obligations under this Agreement.
3.02
Capitalization.
The authorized
capital stock of
Lawrence Financial
consists of 4,000,000 shares of Lawrence Financial Common, of which 650,110
shares were issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of one cent
($.01), of
which there are no shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement. All of the outstanding
shares of Lawrence
Financial Common are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Other than
Lawrence
Financial Options to acquire 58,187 shares
of Lawrence Financial
Common, there
are no existing options, warrants, or commitments of any kind which might
require the issuance by Lawrence
Financial of any
additional shares of Lawrence
Financial Common or other equity securities
of Lawrence Financial.
3.03
Subsidiaries. The
Lawrence Financial Disclosure Memorandum lists all
corporations in which Lawrence Federal owns, directly or indirectly, five
percent or more of any class of capital
stock of any
corporation as of the date
of this Agreement, and indicates,
with respect to the
equity securities of each
such corporation as of such date, the
number of shares of each class authorized,
the number of shares outstanding, and the number of shares owned or
controlled
directly or indirectly by Lawrence
Financial. There are
no options,
contracts,
commitments, understandings, or
arrangements by which any subsidiary of Lawrence
Financial is bound to issue additional
shares of its equity securities. Lawrence
Federal is a member of the Federal
Home Loan Bank System
and its deposits
are
insured up to the applicable limits by the
SAIF.
3.04
Directors, Officers,
and Principal Stockholders. No person is known
by Lawrence Financial to own more than 5% of
the outstanding shares of Lawrence
Financial Common.
3.05
Authorization.
The execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement by Lawrence Financial, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly approved by the Board of Directors of
Lawrence Financial, subject to the adoption of this Agreement by the
stockholders of Lawrence Financial.
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3.06
Absence of
Defaults. Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the Merger, nor compliance by Lawrence
Financial with any provisions hereof will
violate any provisions of the articles
or incorporation or bylaws, or other
charter documents of Lawrence Financial or
result in a breach or termination of, or
accelerate the performance required by,
any note, bond, mortgage, lease, agreement, or other instrument to which
Lawrence Financial is a party or by which
Lawrence Financial may be bound,
except for such violations or breaches that would
not, individually
or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect
on Lawrence Financial.
3.07
Financial Statements.
Lawrence Financial has delivered the
Audited
Financial Statements to Oak Hill Financial.
The Audited
Financial Statements
fairly present the financial position,
results of operations,
and cash flows of
Lawrence Financial at the dates shown and for the periods indicated in
conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis. There are no obligations or
liabilities, whether
absolute, accrued,
or
contingent (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
liabilities for taxes), of Lawrence Financial which are required in
conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected or
disclosed in
the Audited Financial Statements which have
not been or will not be so reflected
or disclosed.
3.08 Title
to Properties.
(a) Lawrence Financial
owns no Real
Property, provided however,
Lawrence Financial has good and marketable
title to the Real Property listed as
owned by it in the Lawrence Financial
Disclosure Memorandum
and valid leasehold
interests in all of the Real Property listed as leased by it in the
Lawrence
Financial Disclosure Memorandum, free and clear of any liens and
encumbrances
except taxes and assessments not delinquent
and utility and other easements that
do not interfere with the use of the
property for the business being conducted
thereon. The Real Property and the present
use thereof by Lawrence Financial do
not violate any local zoning or similar land use laws, any governmental
regulations, or any restrictive covenants. To the Knowledge of Lawrence
Financial, (i) the Real Property and the use thereof by
Lawrence Financial
do
not encroach upon any property owned by any other person,
and (ii) no
property
owned by any other person encroaches upon any of the Real Property. The Real
Property is not subject to any easements, restrictions, set backs,
encroachments, or other limitations except utility and other easements
that do
not interfere with the use of the Real
Property for the
business then being
conducted thereon. The Real Property is not
located in any flood hazard area.
(b) Each item of the personal property owned by Lawrence
Financial,
including without limitation all contractual rights
and assets reflected in the
Audited Financial Statements or acquired
after the date hereof except for assets
sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business since such date
or assets which, either individually or in the aggregate,
are not material
to
the operations or financial condition of Lawrence Financial), is owned by
Lawrence Financial, free and clear of any
lien or encumbrance, except for assets
securing loans from the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Cincinnati and assets pledged
for public deposits.
3.09
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except to the extent reflected
or
reserved against on the consolidated
balance sheet of
Lawrence Financial as
of
June 30, 2004 as included in Lawrence Financial's Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2004, Lawrence Financial has no
liabilities, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, or otherwise, due or to
become due, including without limitation any
liabilities as guarantor under any
guaranty or liabilities for taxes,
except liabilities and
taxes incurred in the
ordinary course of business, which have had or would
reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect on Lawrence
Financial.
3.10
Absence of Certain Changes. Since June 30, 2004, Lawrence Financial
has not:
(a) made or permitted
to be made any
changes in its capital or
corporate structure, certificate or articles of incorporation, regulations,
bylaws, or other incorporation
documents;
(b) merged with any other corporation or bank, or permitted any
other corporation or bank to merge into or
consolidate with it or it subsidiary;
acquired control over any other firm,
bank, corporation, or organization; or
created any subsidiaries;
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(c) issued, sold,
delivered,
or agreed to issue,
sell, or deliver
any additional shares of its capital stock
or any options,
warrants, or
rights
to acquire any such capital stock, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for such capital stock, except
for capital stock issued pursuant to
the exercise of stock options previously issued, in accordance with their
respective terms;
(d) purchased, sold, transferred, or otherwise acquired or
disposed
of, or agreed to purchase, sell, transfer, acquire, or dispose of, any
capital
stock or other securities of any kind, or
options or other rights to acquire any
such securities, of any other entity (including, but not limited to, any such
transactions involving either Lawrence
Financial or any of its subsidiaries with
respect to the capital stock or other
securities
of Lawrence
Financial or its
subsidiaries), other than in the ordinary
course of business;
(e) incurred any indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities,
whether
absolute, accrued, contingent, or otherwise, including, without limitation,
liabilities as guarantor under any guaranty, other than indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of its business or
incurred under the contracts and
commitments referred to in Section 3.18 hereof;
(f) issued as borrower any promissory notes, guarantees, or other
evidences of indebtedness, other than in
the ordinary course of business;
(g) forgiven
or cancelled any indebtedness or contractual
obligation, other than in the ordinary
course of business;
(h) mortgaged, pledged, or subjected to any lien or lease any of
its
assets, tangible or intangible, or permitted or suffered any such
asset to be
subjected to any lien or lease, other than
in the ordinary course of business;
(i) purchased, sold, transferred, liquidated, or otherwise
acquired
or disposed of any assets or properties, or entered into any contract for any
such purchase, sale, transfer, liquidation, acquisition, or disposition,
other
than in the ordinary course of
business;
(j) entered into any lease of real or personal property,
other than
in the ordinary course of business;
(k) declared, paid,
made, or set apart any sum or property for, any
dividend or other distribution, or otherwise paid or transferred
any funds or
property to its stockholders, except for
regularly scheduled dividends;
(l) increased the wages, salaries, compensation, pension or other
fringe benefits, or perquisites payable to any
executive officer after June 30,
2004, or granted any severance or
termination pay, or
entered into any contract
to make or grant any severance or termination pay, or entered into any
employment or consulting contract which is
not terminable by Lawrence Financial,
without cause and without penalty, upon
notice of 30 days or less;
(m) made any loans or loan commitments, other than in the ordinary
course of business, to any director, officer, or Principal Stockholder
(or any
person or business entity controlled by or affiliated with such director,
officer, or Principal Stockholder);
(n) modified,
altered, amended, terminated, or withdrawn from
participation in any Employee Benefit Plan
or any other plan or benefit provided
to one or more employees, or paid or distributed any sum from any such plan
except to participants in the ordinary course of the
operation of the plan, or
made any payment or contribution to any such plan except as required by the
terms of such plan or consistent with past
practices, but, in any
event, not to
exceed four percent (4%) of eligible
salaries, in the aggregate, on an annual
basis;
(o) entered into any
transaction involving
the expenditure of more
than $25,000, other than in the ordinary
course of business,
except pursuant to
and in accordance with the terms of the
contracts and commitments referred to in
Section 3.18 hereof;
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(p) adopted any change
in any accounting
policy or method
unless
required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
provided however that if a change in
accounting policy or
method is required by
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, Lawrence
Financial shall give written advance notice of such change of Oak Hill
Financial;
(q) revalued
any asset or adjusted
any reserve
other than in the
ordinary course of business;
(r) failed to keep in full force and effect insurance and bonds at
least equal in amount and scope of coverage
to the insurance
and bonds carried
on June 30, 2004;
(s) suffered any Material Adverse Effect;
(t) suffered
any damage, destruction, or loss (whether or not
covered by insurance) which, individually or in the aggregate, has had a
Material Adverse Effect;
(u) suffered any strike, work stoppage, slow-down, or other labor
disturbance; or
(v) suffered any loss
of employees
or customers which has had a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.11
Taxes and Tax Returns. Each of Lawrence Financial and its
subsidiaries has duly filed all federal,
state, foreign and local information
returns and Tax Returns required to be filed by it on or
prior to the date of
this Agreement (all such returns being
accurate and complete) and has duly paid
or made adequate provision according to
generally accepted accounting principles
for the payment of all Taxes that have been
incurred or are due or claimed to be
due from it by federal, state, foreign or
local taxing authorities. The federal
income Tax Returns of Lawrence Financial and its subsidiaries have been filed
for all years to and including 2002 and any
liability with respect
thereto has
been satisfied. There are no material disputes
pending, or claims asserted, for
Taxes or assessments upon Lawrence Financial of its subsidiaries. Lawrence
Financial and its subsidiaries have not waived any statute of
limitations
in
respect of Taxes or agreed to an extension of time with respect to a Tax
assessment or deficiency. There are no liens with respect to
Taxes upon any of
the properties or assets of Lawrence
Financial or its subsidiaries, tangible or
intangible. Neither Lawrence Financial nor
any of its subsidiaries is a party to
or is bound by any Tax sharing, allocation or indemnification agreement or
arrangement (other than such an agreement
or arrangement
exclusively between or
among Lawrence Financial and its subsidiaries). Within the past five years,
neither Lawrence Financial nor any of its
subsidiaries has been a "distributing
corporation" or a "controlled corporation"
in a distribution intended to qualify
under Section 355(a) of the Code. There is and will be no
disallowance
of a
deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code on any Tax
Return filed or to be
filed by Lawrence Financial or its
subsidiaries for employee remuneration of any
amount paid or payable by Lawrence
Financial or any of
its subsidiaries
under
any contract, plan, program or arrangement
or understanding.
Lawrence Financial
and its subsidiaries have no net operating loses or other tax attributes
presently subject to limitations under the
Code or regulations thereunder.
3.12 Labor
Matters. Lawrence Financial is not a party to any
collective
bargaining or other union agreement with
any of its employees, or is involved in
any labor dispute.
3.13
Litigation. There is
no action, suit,
proceeding,
or claim by any
governmental agency or other person or entity nor any investigation by any
governmental agency pending or, to the Knowledge of Lawrence Financial,
threatened against (i) Lawrence Financial, (ii) any subsidiary of Lawrence
Federal, (iii) the assets, business, or
goodwill of Lawrence Financial or any of
its subsidiaries, or (iv) any director, officer or Principal Stockholder of
Lawrence Financial or any of its
subsidiaries,
in relation to the
business of
Lawrence Financial or any of its
subsidiaries, or any
such person's capacity as
a director, officer or Principal
Stockholder of Lawrence Financial or any of its
subsidiaries. Neither Lawrence Financial nor any
of its subsidiaries is subject
to any supervisory agreement, consent order or decree, cease and
desist order,
or other restriction on their business or
assets.
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3.14
Environmental Matters.
(a) To the Knowledge of Lawrence Financial, Lawrence Financial and
its subsidiaries are and have been at all times in
substantial compliance
with
all applicable Environmental Laws and neither
Lawrence Financial nor any of its
subsidiaries has engaged in any activity
resulting in a
material violation
of
any applicable Environmental Law. No orders, hearings, actions, or other
proceedings by or before any court or governmental agency in which Lawrence
Financial or any of its subsidiaries is a
party are pending or, to the Knowledge
of Lawrence Financial, threatened in connection with any
alleged violation
of
any applicable Environmental Law (i) by Lawrence Financial or any of its
subsidiaries or (ii) in relation to any part of
the Real Property and
Lawrence
Financial has no Knowledge of any
investigations
or inquiries
with respect to
any such alleged violation. No claims have been made or, to
the Knowledge of
Lawrence Financial, threatened at any time by any
third party against Lawrence
Financial or any of its subsidiaries relating to damage, contribution, cost
recovery, compensation, loss, or injury
resulting from any Hazardous Substance.
To the Knowledge of Lawrence Financial, neither Lawrence Financial nor any of
its subsidiaries has caused or permitted any Hazardous Substance to be
integrated into the Real Property or any component thereof in such manner or
quantity as may reasonably be expected to or in fact would pose a threat
to
human health or the value of the Real
Property. None of the Real Property has
been used by Lawrence Financial or any of its
subsidiaries
for the storage or
disposal of Hazardous Substances nor to the
Knowledge of Lawrence Financial, is
any of the Real Property contaminated by any Hazardous Substance. To the
Knowledge of Lawrence Financial, none of the Real Property has in the past
contained or presently contains any
underground storage
tanks. To the Knowledge
of Lawrence Financial, neither Lawrence Financial nor any of its
subsidiaries
has any interest, direct or indirect, in any property owned by a third party
which has been contaminated by Hazardous
Substances
(excluding any
property as
to which the sole interest of Lawrence
Financial or any of
its subsidiaries
is
that of a lien holder or mortgagee, but
including any property as to which title
has been taken by Lawrence Financial or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to
mortgage foreclosure or similar proceeding
and any property as to which Lawrence
Financial or any of its subsidiaries has participated in the financial
management to a degree sufficient to influence the property's treatment of
Hazardous Substances).
(b) To the Knowledge of Lawrence Financial, the representations set
forth in paragraph (a) above are also true and
correct in relation to
any and
all real property owned or leased by it or
any of its
subsidiaries at any
time
prior to the date of this Agreement, together with any improvements located
thereon.
3.15
Community Reinvestment Act Compliance. Lawrence Federal is in
material compliance with the applicable provisions of the CRA and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, and currently has a CRA rating of
satisfactory or better from the Office of
Thrift Supervision. Lawrence Financial
knows of no fact or circumstance or set of facts or
circumstances
which would
cause Lawrence Financial to fail to comply with
such provisions or to cause the
CRA rating of Lawrence Federal to fall
below satisfactory.
3.16
Compliance with Laws.
Lawrence Financial and
its subsidiaries
hold
all permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders,
and approvals of, and
have made all filings, applications, and
registrations with, all governmental or
regulatory bodies that are required in order to permit them
to carry on their
respective businesses as they are presently conducted. To the Knowledge of
Lawrence Financial, Lawrence Financial and
its subsidiaries have conducted their
businesses so as to comply in all material respects with all applicable
statutes, regulations, rules, and
orders.
3.17
Information Provided
by Lawrence Financial.
None of the information
supplied or to be supplied by Lawrence Financial for inclusion in the
Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement, the application for approval,
or
any other document to be filed with the
Federal Reserve Board,
the Division of
Financial Institutions, the SEC, or any other federal or state regulatory
authority in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in this
Agreement is or will be false or misleading
with respect to any
material fact,
or omits or will omit any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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3.18 Material
Contracts.
(a) Lawrence Financial
has no written or oral
agreements,
leases,
and other obligations and commitments of the following
types, to which
either
Lawrence Financial is a party, by which
Lawrence Financial or any subsidiary or
any of their property is bound, or which has been authorized by Lawrence
Financial (the "Material Contracts"):
(i) promissory
notes,
guaranties,
mortgages,
security
agreements, or other evidences of indebtedness of Lawrence
Financial;
(ii) partnership or joint venture agreements;
(iii)
employment,
bonus,
compensation,
severance,
or
consulting
agreements;
(iv) collecti