AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF REORGANIZATION , dated as of April
12, 2007 (this “Agreement”), by and between GREATER
ATLANTIC FINANCIAL CORP. (“GAFC”) and SUMMIT FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC. (“Summit”).
RECITALS
A.
GAFC
. GAFC is
a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business in
Reston, Virginia.
B.
Summit
. Summit
is a West Virginia corporation, having its principal place of
business in Charleston, West Virginia.
C.
Intentions of the
Parties . It is the intention
of the parties to this Agreement that the business combination
contemplated hereby be treated as a “reorganization”
under Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
D.
Board
Action . The respective
Boards of Directors of each of Summit and GAFC have determined that
it is advisable and in the best interests of their respective
companies and their stockholders to consummate the strategic
business combination transaction provided for herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and of the mutual covenants, representations,
warranties and agreements contained herein the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
Certain
Definitions
1.01
Certain
Definitions. The following terms
are used in this Agreement with the meanings set forth
below:
“Acquisition
Proposal” means any tender or
exchange offer, proposal for a merger, consolidation or other
business combination involving GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries or
any proposal or offer to acquire in any manner a substantial equity
interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets or deposits of,
GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Adjusted
Shareholders’ Equity” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(c).
“Adjustment
Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(c).
“Agreement”
means
this Agreement, as amended or modified from time to time in
accordance with Section 10.02.
“Average
Closing Price” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(a).
“Bank
Merger” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Bank Merger
Effective Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.02.
“Benchmark
Equity” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(c).
“
Cash
Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(a)
“Code”
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Compensation
and Benefit Plans” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Consultants”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Core
Deposits” means all deposits
(as defined in 12 U.S.C. Section 1813(1)) of GAFC shown on the
books and records of GAB, including but not limited to all interest
posted thereon accrued but unpaid interest and both collected and
uncollected funds (including overdrawn accounts), together with
GAB’s rights and responsibilities under any customer
agreement evidencing or relating thereto, but excluding (i) deposit
accounts associated with a public body, including but not limited
to any municipal, county, state or federal government, and (ii)
brokered deposits and (iii) wholesale deposits, but including
corporate sweep accounts.
“Costs”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.11(a).
“Directors”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Disclosure
Schedule” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.01.
“
Dissenters’
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.07.
“DGCL”
means the
Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.
“DOL”
means the
United States Department of Labor.
“Effective
Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.02(a).
“Effective
Time” means the effective
time of the Merger, as provided for in Section 2.02(a).
“Employees”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Environmental
Laws” means all applicable
local, state and federal environmental, health and safety laws and
regulations, including, without limitation, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the
Federal Clean Air Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act,
each as amended, regulations promulgated thereunder, and state
counterparts.
“ERISA”
means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“
ERISA
Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.03(m)(i).
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Exchange
Agent” has the meaning set
forth in Sections 4.04(a).
“Exchange
Fund” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.04(a).
“Exchange
Ratio” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(a).
“GAB”
means
Greater Atlantic Bank, a federally-chartered savings
bank.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States.
“GAFC”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“GAFC
Affiliate” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.07(a).
“GAFC
Board” means the Board of
Directors of GAFC.
“GAFC
By-Laws” means the By-laws of
GAFC, as amended.
“GAFC
Certificate” means the Certificate
of Incorporation of GAFC, as amended.
“GAFC Common
Stock” means the common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of GAFC.
“GAFC
Meeting” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.02.
“GAFC Stock
Option” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.05.
“GAFC Stock
Plans” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.05.
“GAFC Trust
Preferred Securities” means preferred
shares of stock issued by Greater Atlantic Financial Corporation
Capital Trust I, a second tier business trust subsidiary of
GAFC.
“
GAFC
Warrant ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.06.
“Governmental
Authority” means any court,
administrative agency or commission or other federal, state or
local governmental authority or instrumentality.
“Guarantee”
shall
mean the Guarantee executed by GAFC in connection with the issuance
of the GAFC Trust Preferred Securities.
“Indenture”
shall
mean the Trust Indenture executed by GAFC in connection with the
issuance of the GAFC Trust Preferred Securities .
“IRS”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.11(a).
“Insurance
Amount” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.11(b).
“Lien”
means any
charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, restriction, claim,
lien, or encumbrance,
“
Material Adverse
Effect ” means, with respect to Summit or GAFC,
any effect that (i) is material and adverse to the financial
position, results of operations or business of Summit and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or GAFC and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, respectively, or (ii) would materially impair the ability
of either Summit or GAFC to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or otherwise materially threaten or materially impede the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect
shall not be deemed to include the impact of (a) changes in banking
and similar laws of general applicability or interpretations
thereof by courts or governmental authorities, except to the extent
such changes have a disproportionate impact on Summit or GAFC, as
the case may be, relative to the overall effects on the banking
industry, (b) changes in generally accepted accounting principles
or regulatory accounting requirements applicable to banks and their
holding companies generally, except to the extent changes have a
disproportionate impact on Summit or GAFC, as the case may be,
relative to the overall effect on the banking industry, (c) any
modifications or changes to valuation policies and practices in
connection with the Merger or restructuring charges taken in
connection with the Merger, in each case in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, (d) actions and omissions
of Summit or GAFC taken with the prior written consent of the other
in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (e)
changes in economic conditions affecting financial institutions
generally, including, without limitation, changes in market
interest rates or the projected future interest rate environment,
except to the extent that such changes have a disproportionate
impact on Summit or GAFC, as the case may be, relative to the
overall effect on the banking industry or (f) direct effects of
compliance with this Agreement on the financial condition and
operating performance of the parties, including, without
limitation, expenses incurred by the parties in consummating the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Merger”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Merger
Consideration” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(a).
“Merger
Sub” means a Delaware
corporation, and/or one or more other corporations or limited
liability companies to be organized under the corporate laws of the
State of Delaware by Summit prior to the Effective Time.
“NASDAQ”
means The
NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.’s Capital Market.
“New
Certificate” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.04(a).
“Old
Certificate” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.04(a).
“Pasadena
Branch” means the branch banking office owned by GAFC and
located in Pasadena, Maryland.
“PBGC”
means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension
Plan” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.03(m).
“Person”
means any
individual, bank, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust or
unincorporated organization.
“Previously
Disclosed” by a party shall mean
information set forth in its Disclosure Schedule or in
Summit’s or GAFC’s SEC Documents.
“Proxy
Statement” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.03(a).
“Registration
Statement” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.03(a).
“Regulatory
Authorities” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.03(i).
“Rights”
means,
with respect to any Person, securities or obligations convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any person any
right to subscribe for or acquire, or any options, calls or
commitments relating to, or any stock appreciation right or other
instrument the value of which is determined in whole or in part by
reference to the market price or value of, shares of capital stock
of such person.
“SEC”
means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secretary of
State” means the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware.
“Section
9.03(a) Fee” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.03(a).
“Section
9.03(b) Fee” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.03(b).
“Securities
Act” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Shareholders’
Equity” means the total
shareholders equity presented on GAFC’s balance sheet as of a
given date as calculated according to GAAP.
“
Stock
Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(a).
“Stock Option
Consideration” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.05.
“Subsidiary”
and
“ Significant
Subsidiary” have the meanings ascribed to them in
Rule 1-02 Section 210.1-(2)(w) of Regulation S-X of the
SEC.
“Surviving
Corporation” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Summit”
has the
meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Summit
Bank ” means Summit Community Bank, a commercial
bank chartered under the laws of the State of West
Virginia.
“Summit
Board” means the Board of
Directors of Summit.
“Summit Common
Stock” means the common
stock, par value $2.50 per share, of Summit.
“Summit
Compensation and Benefit Plans” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(i).
“Summit
Consultants” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(i).
“Summit
Directors” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(i).
“Summit
Employees” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(i).
“Summit ERISA
Affiliate” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(iii).
“Summit ERISA
Affiliate Plan” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.04(k)(iii).
“
Summit Pension
Plan ” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.04(k)(ii).
“Summit’s
SEC Documents ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.04(g).
“Superior
Proposal” has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.01(f).
“Takeover
Laws” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.03(o).
“Tax”
and
“ Taxes” means all
federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, levies or
other assessments, however denominated, including, without
limitation, all net income, gross income, gains, gross receipts,
sales, use, ad valorem, goods and services, capital, production,
transfer, franchise, windfall profits, license, withholding,
payroll, employment, disability, employer health, excise,
estimated, severance, stamp, occupation, property, environmental,
unemployment or other taxes, custom duties, fees, assessments or
charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any
penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any
taxing authority whether arising before, on or after the Effective
Date.
“Tax
Returns” means any return,
amended return or other report (including elections, declarations,
disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required
to be filed with respect to any Tax.
“Treasury
Stock” shall mean shares of
GAFC Common Stock held by GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries in each
case other than in a fiduciary capacity or as a result of debts
previously contracted in good faith.
ARTICLE
II
The
Merger
2.01
The
Merger. (a) Prior to the
Effective Time, Summit shall take any and all action necessary (i)
duly to organize the Merger Sub for the purpose of consummating the
Merger; (ii) to cause Merger Sub to become a party to this
Agreement, to be evidenced by the execution by the Merger Sub of a
supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex A
and delivery thereof to GAFC; and (iii) to cause Merger Sub to take
all actions necessary or proper to comply with the obligations of
Summit and such Merger Sub to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b)
At the
Effective Time, GAFC shall merge with and into Merger Sub (the
“ Merger ”), the
separate corporate existence of GAFC shall cease and Merger Sub
shall survive and continue to exist as a Delaware corporation
(Merger Sub, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, sometimes
being referred to herein as the “ Surviving Corporation
”). Summit may at any time prior to the Effective Time change
the method of effecting the combination with GAFC (including,
without limitation, the provisions of this Article II other than
sub-sections (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) hereof) if and to the extent
it deems such change to be necessary, appropriate or desirable;
provided, however, that no such change shall (i) cause the approval
of the stockholders of Summit to be required as a condition to the
Merger, (ii) alter or change the amount or kind of Merger
Consideration (as hereinafter defined), or the relative proportions
of cash and Summit Common Stock included therein, (iii) adversely
affect the tax treatment of GAFC’s stockholders as a result
of receiving the Merger Consideration or (iv) materially impede or
delay consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; and provided further, that Summit shall provide GAFC
prior written notice of such change and the reasons therefore.
Immediately following the Merger, Surviving Corporation shall merge
with and into Summit, the separate corporate existence of the
Merger Sub shall cease and Summit shall survive and continue to
exist as a West Virginia corporation.
(c)
Subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII, the Merger shall become effective upon the occurrence
of the filing in the office of the Secretary of State of a
certificate of merger in accordance with Section 252 of the DGCL or
such later date and time as may be set forth in such certificate of
merger. The Merger shall have the effects prescribed in the
DGCL.
(d)
The
Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with applicable law.
2.02
Effective Date and
Effective Time.
(a)
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
in Article VIII, the parties shall cause the effective date of the
Merger (the “ Effective Date ”) to
occur on (i) the fifth business day to occur after the last of the
conditions set forth in Article VIII shall have been satisfied or
waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, other than
those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the
closing of the Merger (or, at the election of Summit, on the last
business day of the month in which such fifth business day occurs),
or (ii) such other date to which the parties may agree in writing.
The time on the Effective Date when the Merger shall become
effective is referred to as the “ Effective Time
.”
(e)
Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if Summit shall
exercise its right to delay the Effective Date pursuant to Section
2.02(a), and a record date for any dividend or other distribution
in respect of the Summit Common Stock is taken during the period of
such delay such that the GAFC stockholders will not be entitled to
participate in such dividend, each stockholder of GAFC shall be
entitled to receive, upon surrender of the Old Certificates and
compliance with the other provisions of Article IV, a payment equal
to the amount and kind of dividend or other distribution that such
holder would have received had such holder been a holder of record
of the shares of Summit Common Stock issuable to such holder in the
Merger on the record date for such dividend or other
distribution.
ARTICLE
III
The Bank
Merger
3.01
The Bank
Merger . (a) Immediately
after the Effective Time, GAB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAFC,
shall merge with and into Summit Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Summit (the “ Bank Merger ”), the
separate existence of GAB shall cease and Summit Bank shall survive
and continue to exist as a state chartered banking corporation.
Summit may at any time prior to the Effective Time, change the
method of effecting the combination with GAB (including without
limitation the provisions of this Article III other than
sub-sections (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof) if and to the extent it
deems such changes necessary, appropriate or desirable; provided,
however that no such change shall (i) alter or change the amount or
kind of Merger Consideration, or the relative proportions of cash
and Summit Common Stock included therein, (ii) adversely affect the
tax treatment of GAFC’s stockholders as a result of receiving
the Merger Consideration or (iii) materially impede or delay
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and provided further, that Summit shall provide GAFC with prior
written notice of such change and the reasons therefore.
(a)
Subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VIII, the Bank Merger shall become effective upon the
occurrence of the filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of
West Virginia of articles of merger in accordance with the laws of
the West Virginia or such later date and time as may be set forth
in such articles and the issuance of a certificate of merger by the
Secretary of State of West Virginia. The Bank Merger shall have the
effects prescribed in the West Virginia General Corporation
Act.
3.02
Effective Date and
Effective Time . Subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII,
the parties shall cause the effective date of the Bank Merger (the
“ Bank Merger
Effective Date ”) to occur on the Effective Date
or such later date to which the parties may agree in
writing.
ARTICLE
IV
Consideration;
Exchange Procedures
4.01
Merger
Consideration. Subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, automatically
by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any
Person:
(a)
Stock
Consideration and Cash Consideration . Each holder of a
share of GAFC Common Stock (other than GAFC or its subsidiaries or
Summit and its subsidiaries, except for shares held by them in a
fiduciary capacity, and Dissenters’ Shares) shall receive in
respect thereof, subject to the limitations set forth in this
Agreement and any adjustment pursuant to Section 4.01 (c), (i) the
number of shares of Summit Stock (the “ Stock Consideration
”) equal to $3.22, divided by the average closing price (the
“ Average
Closing Price ”) of Summit Common Stock reported
on the NASDAQ for the twenty (20) trading days prior to the Closing
(the “ Exchange
Ratio ”) and (ii) $1.38 in cash without interest
(the “ Cash
Consideration ”). The Cash Consideration and the
Stock Consideration are sometimes referred to herein collectively
as the “ Merger
Consideration .”
(b)
Stock
Collar . If the Average
Closing Price is less than $17.82, then the Exchange Ratio shall be
seventy percent of the Merger Consideration divided by $17.82. If
the Average Closing Price is greater than $24.10 then the Exchange
Ratio will be seventy percent of the Merger Consideration divided
by $24.10.
(c)
Adjustment to Merger
Consideration for Decrease or Increase in GAFC’s
Shareholder’s Equity . If, as of the end
of the month in which the sale of the Pasadena Branch is
consummated (the “Adjustment Date”), GAFC’s
Shareholders’ Equity adjusted to exclude (i) accumulated
other comprehensive income or loss, (ii) Merger restructuring
charges and/or Merger-related expenses incurred at the request of
Summit on or prior to the Adjustment Date, and (iii) employee
severance charges incurred by GAB on or prior to the Adjustment
Date (excluding any charges relating to employee terminations for
“cause” as defined in GAB’s Employee Severance
Compensation Plan (the “Adjusted Shareholder’s
Equity”) is:
(i)
less than
Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,700,000) (the
“Benchmark
Equity” ), then the aggregate value of the Merger
Consideration shall be reduced one dollar for every dollar by which
the Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity is less than the Benchmark
Equity; or
(ii)
more than
the Benchmark Equity, then the aggregate value of the Merger
Consideration shall be increased one dollar for every dollar by
which the Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity exceeds the Benchmark
Equity, but only to the extent that the amount by which the
Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity exceeds the Benchmark Equity is
attributable to the sale of the Pasadena Branch after deducting all
Taxes, if any, due and payable with the Tax Returns filed by GAFC
for the tax year in which such sale is consummated.
If the aggregate
value of the Merger Consideration shall be adjusted pursuant to
this Section 4.01(c), then the Stock Consideration and the Cash
Consideration constituting the Merger Consideration, as so
adjusted, shall be paid in the same proportion as the Stock
Consideration and the Cash Consideration would have been paid
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) without any adjustment pursuant to this
Section 4.01(c).
(d)
Outstanding Summit
Stock . Each share of
Summit Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall remain issued and outstanding and unaffected
by the Merger.
(e)
Treasury
Shares . Each share of GAFC
Common Stock held as Treasury Stock immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be canceled and retired at the Effective Time
and no consideration shall be issued in exchange
therefore.
(f)
Merger
Sub . Each share of
capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding and unaffected
by the merger, and no consideration shall be issued in exchange
therefore.
4.02
Rights as
Stockholders; Stock Transfers. At the Effective
Time, holders of GAFC Common Stock shall cease to be, and shall
have no rights as, stockholders of GAFC, other than to receive the
Merger Consideration and any dividend or other distribution with
respect to such GAFC Common Stock with a record date occurring
prior to the Effective Time, the payment, if any, in lieu of
certain dividends on Summit Common Stock provided for in Section
2.02(b), and the consideration provided under this Article IV.
After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock
transfer books of GAFC or the Surviving Corporation of shares of
GAFC Common Stock.
4.03
Fractional
Shares. Notwithstanding any
other provision hereof, no fractional shares of Summit Common Stock
and no certificates or scrip therefore, or other evidence of
ownership thereof, will be issued in the Merger; instead, Summit
shall pay to each holder of GAFC Common Stock who would otherwise
be entitled to a fractional share of Summit Common Stock (after
taking into account all Old Certificates registered in the name of
such holder) an amount in cash (without interest) determined by
multiplying such fraction by the closing price of Summit Common
Stock as reported by NASDAQ reporting system (as reported in the
Wall Street
Journal ) on the Effective Date.
4.04
Exchange
Procedures.
(b)
At or
prior to the Effective Time, Summit shall deposit, or shall cause
to be deposited, with Registrar and Transfer Company or a bank or
trust company designated by Summit and reasonably satisfactory to
GAFC (the “ Exchange Agent ”),
for the benefit of the holders of certificates formerly
representing shares of GAFC Common Stock (“ Old Certificates ”),
for exchange in accordance with this Article IV, (i) certificates
representing the shares of Summit Common Stock (“
New
Certificates ”), (ii) an amount of cash necessary
to pay the cash portion of the Merger Consideration and any
payments required by Section 2.02(b) and (iii) an amount of cash
necessary for payments required by Section 4.03 (the “
Exchange
Fund ”). The Exchange Fund will be distributed in
accordance with the Exchange Agent’s normal and customary
procedures established in connection with merger
transactions.
(c)
As soon
as practicable after the Effective Time, and in no event later than
five business days thereafter, Summit shall cause the Exchange
Agent to mail to each holder of record of one or more Old
Certificates a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that
delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Old
Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Old Certificates
to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the
surrender of the Old Certificates in exchange for New Certificates,
if any, that the holders of the Old Certificates are entitled to
receive pursuant to Article IV, and the cash, if any, that the
holders of the Old Certificates are entitled to receive pursuant to
Article IV, any cash in lieu of fractional shares into which the
shares of GAFC Common Stock represented by the Old Certificates
shall have been converted pursuant to this Agreement and any
payment required pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement.
Upon proper surrender of an Old Certificate for exchange and
cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such properly
completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder of such
Old Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefore
(i) a New Certificate representing that number of whole shares of
Summit Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive
pursuant to Article IV, if any, (ii) a check representing the
amount of the cash that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant
to Article IV, if any, (iii) a check representing the amount of any
cash in lieu of fractional shares which such holder has the right
to receive in respect of the Old Certificates surrendered pursuant
to the provisions of this Article IV, and (iv) any payment required
by Section 2.02(b), and the Old Certificates so surrendered shall
forthwith be cancelled.
(d)
Neither
the Exchange Agent, if any, nor any party hereto shall be liable to
any former holder of GAFC Common Stock for any amount properly
delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar laws.
(e)
No
dividends or other distributions with respect to Summit Common
Stock with a record date occurring after the Effective Time shall
be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Old Certificate
representing shares of GAFC Common Stock converted in the Merger
into the right to receive shares of such Summit Common Stock until
the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive New Certificates in
exchange therefore in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 4.05. After becoming so entitled in accordance with
this Section 4.05, the record holder thereof also shall be entitled
to receive any such dividends or other distributions by the
Exchange Agent, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had
become payable with respect to shares of Summit Common Stock such
holder had the right to receive upon surrender of the Old
Certificates.
(f)
Any
portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the
stockholders of GAFC for twelve months after the Effective Time
shall be paid to Summit. Any stockholders of GAFC who have not
theretofore complied with this Article IV shall thereafter look
only to Summit for payment of the Merger Consideration, cash in
lieu of any fractional shares and unpaid dividends and
distributions on Summit Common Stock deliverable in respect of each
share of GAFC Common Stock such stockholder holds as determined
pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest
thereon.
(g)
In the
event any Old Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
person claiming such Old Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if reasonably required by Summit or the Exchange
Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as
Summit may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Old
Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such
lost, stolen or destroyed Old Certificate the Merger Consideration
deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this
Agreement.
4.05
Options.
At the
Effective Time, each outstanding option (each, a “
GAFC Stock
Option ”) to purchase shares of GAFC Common Stock
under any and all plans of GAFC under which stock options have been
granted and are outstanding (collectively, the “
GAFC Stock
Plans ”) shall vest and holders of GAFC Stock
Options shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the
difference between the value of (a) the Merger Consideration and
(b) the applicable exercise price (rounded to the nearest cent) for
each outstanding GAFC Stock Option (the “ Stock Option Consideration
”). At or prior to the Effective Time, GAFC shall use its
reasonable best efforts, including using its reasonable best
efforts to obtain any necessary consents from optionees, with
respect to the GAFC Stock Plans to permit Summit to pay the Stock
Option Consideration pursuant to this Section. At the Effective
Time, Summit shall have no obligation to make any additional grants
or awards under the GAFC Stock Plans.
4.06
Warrants
.
At the
Effective Time, each outstanding warrant (each, a “
GAFC
Warrant “) to purchase shares of GAFC Common
Stock under any and all plans of GAFC under which warrants have
been granted and are outstanding (collectively, the “
GAFC
Warrants “) shall vest and holders of GAFC
Warrants shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to
the difference between the value of (a) the Merger Consideration
and (b) the applicable exercise price (rounded to the nearest cent)
for each outstanding GAFC Warrant (the “ Warrant Consideration
”). At or prior to the Effective Time, GAFC shall use its
reasonable best efforts, including using its reasonable best
efforts to obtain any necessary consents from optionees, with
respect to the GAFC Stock Plans to permit Summit to pay the Warrant
Consideration pursuant to this Section. At the Effective Time,
Summit shall have shall have no obligation to make any additional
grants or awards under the GAFC Warrants.
4.07
Dissenters’
Rights . Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of GAFC
Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and which are held by stockholders who shall have
not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing
and who properly shall have demanded appraisal for such shares in
accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “
Dissenters’
Shares ”) shall not be converted into or
represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration. Such
stockholders instead shall be entitled to receive payment of the
appraised value of such shares held by them in accordance with the
provisions of the DGCL, except that all Dissenters’ Shares
held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who
effectively shall have withdrawn or otherwise lost their rights to
appraisal of such shares under the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed
to have been converted into and to have become exchangeable, as of
the Effective Time, for the right to receive, without any interest
thereon, the Merger Consideration upon surrender in the manner
provided in Section 4.05 of the Old Certificates that, immediately
prior to the Effective Time, evidenced such shares.
ARTICLE
V
Actions Pending the
Effective Time
5.01
Forebearances of
GAFC. From the date hereof
until the Effective Time, except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or Previously Disclosed, without the prior written
consent of Summit, GAFC will not, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries not to:
(h)
Ordinary
Course. Conduct the business
of GAFC and its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary and usual
course or fail to use reasonable efforts to preserve intact their
business organizations and assets and maintain their rights,
franchises and existing relations with customers, suppliers,
employees and business associates, or take any action reasonably
likely to have an adverse affect upon GAFC’s ability to
perform any of its material obligations under this
Agreement.
(i)
Capital
Stock. Other than pursuant
to Rights Previously Disclosed and outstanding on the date hereof,
(i) issue, sell or otherwise permit to become outstanding, or
authorize the creation of, any additional shares of GAFC Common
Stock or any Rights, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to
the foregoing, or (iii) permit any additional shares of GAFC Common
Stock to become subject to new grants of employee or director stock
options, other Rights or similar stock-based employee
rights.
(j)
Dividends,
Etc. (a) Make, declare,
pay or set aside for payment any dividend on or in respect of, or
declare or make any distribution on any shares of GAFC Common
Stock, or (b) directly or indirectly adjust, split, combine,
redeem, reclassify, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of
its capital stock.
(k)
Compensation;
Employment Agreements; Etc. Enter into or amend
or renew any employment, consulting, severance or similar
agreements or arrangements with any director, officer or employee
of GAFC or its Subsidiaries, or grant any salary or wage increase
or increase any employee benefit (including incentive or bonus
payments), except (i) for normal individual payments of incentives
and bonuses to employees in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, not to exceed $10,000 in the
aggregate, (ii) for normal individual payments of incentives and
bonuses to employees under GAB’s branch incentive plan, not
to exceed $30,000 per quarter in the aggregate, (iii) for normal
individual increases in compensation to employees in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, (iv) for
other changes that are required by applicable law, (v) to satisfy
Previously Disclosed contractual obligations existing as of the
date hereof, or (vi) for grants of awards to newly hired employees
consistent with past practice.
(l)
Benefit
Plans. Enter into,
establish, adopt or amend (except (i) as may be required by
applicable law or (ii) to satisfy Previously Disclosed contractual
obligations existing as of the date hereof) any pension,
retirement, stock option, stock purchase, savings, profit sharing,
deferred compensation, consulting, bonus, group insurance or other
employee benefit, incentive or welfare contract, plan or
arrangement, or any trust agreement (or similar arrangement)
related thereto, in respect of any director, officer or employee of
GAFC or its Subsidiaries, or take any action to accelerate the
vesting or exercisability of stock options, restricted stock or
other compensation or benefits payable thereunder.
(m)
Dispositions.
Except as
Previously Disclosed or in connection with the consummation of the
sale of the Pasadena Branch, sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or
otherwise dispose of or discontinue any of its assets, deposits,
business or properties except in the ordinary course of business
and in a transaction that is not material to it and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(n)
Acquisitions.
Except as
Previously Disclosed, acquire (other than by way of foreclosures or
acquisitions of control in a bona fide fiduciary capacity or in
satisfaction of debts previously contracted in good faith, in each
case in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with
past practice) all or any portion of, the assets, business,
deposits or properties of any other entity.
(o)
Governing
Documents. Amend the GAFC
Certificate, GAFC By-laws or the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws (or similar governing documents) of any of GAFC’s
Subsidiaries.
(p)
Accounting
Methods. Implement or adopt
any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods,
other than as may be required by generally accepted accounting
principles.
(q)
Contracts.
Except in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
enter into or terminate any material contract (as defined in
Section 6.03(k)) or amend or modify in any material respect any of
its existing material contracts.
(r)
Claims.
Except in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice,
settle any claim, action or proceeding, except for any claim,
action or proceeding which does not involve precedent for other
material claims, actions or proceedings and which involve solely
money damages in an amount, individually or in the aggregate for
all such settlements, that is not material to GAFC and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(s)
Adverse
Actions. (a) Take any action
while knowing that such action would, or is reasonably likely to,
prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code; or (b) knowingly
take any action that is intended or is reasonably likely to result
in (i) any of its representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement being or becoming untrue, subject to the standard set
forth in Section 6.02, at any time at or prior to the Effective
Time, (ii) any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article
VIII not being satisfied or (iii) a material violation of any
provision of this Agreement except, in each case, as may be
required by applicable law or regulation.
(t)
Risk
Management. Except as required by
applicable law or regulation, (i) implement or adopt any material
change in its interest rate and other risk management policies,
procedures or practices; (ii) fail to follow its existing policies
or practices with respect to managing its exposure to interest rate
and other risk; or (iii) fail to use commercially reasonable means
to avoid any material increase in its aggregate exposure to
interest rate risk.
(u)
Indebtedness.
Incur any
indebtedness for borrowed money other than in the ordinary course
of business.
(v)
Loans
. Make
any loans in a principal amount in excess of $750,000, or make any
loans outside of the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
(w)
Commitments.
Agree or
commit to do any of the foregoing.
5.02
Forebearances of
Summit. From the date hereof
until the Effective Time, except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, without the prior written consent of GAFC, Summit will
not, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:
(x)
Ordinary
Course . Conduct the
business of Summit and its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary
and usual course or fail to use reasonable efforts to preserve
intact their business organizations and assets and maintain their
rights, franchises and existing relations with customers,
suppliers, employees and business associates, or take any action
reasonably likely to have an adverse effect upon Summit’s
ability to perform any of its material obligations under this
Agreement.
(y)
Extraordinary
Dividends. Make, declare, pay or
set aside for payment any extraordinary dividend.
(z)
Adverse
Actions. (a) Take any action
while knowing that such action would, or is reasonably likely to,
prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code; or (b) knowingly
take any action that is intended or is reasonably likely to result
in (i) any of its representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement being or becoming untrue, subject to the standard set
forth in Section 6.02, at any time at or prior to the Effective
Time, (ii) any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article
VIII not being satisfied or (iii) a material violation of any
provision of this Agreement except, in each case, as may be
required by applicable law or regulation; provided.
(aa)
Commitments.
Agree or
commit to do any of the foregoing.
ARTICLE
VI
Representations and
Warranties
6.01
Disclosure
Schedules. On or prior to the
date hereof, Summit has delivered to GAFC a schedule and GAFC has
delivered to Summit a schedule (respectively, its “
Disclosure
Schedule ”) setting forth, among other things,
items the disclosure of which is necessary or appropriate either in
response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a
provision hereof or as an exception to one or more representations
or warranties contained in Section 6.03 or 6.04 or to one or more
of its covenants contained in Article V; provided, that (a) no such
item is required to be set forth in a Disclosure Schedule as an
exception to a representation or warranty if its absence could not
be reasonably likely to result in the related representation or
warranty being deemed untrue or incorrect under the standard
established by Section 6.02, and (b) the mere inclusion of an item
in a Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation or
warranty shall not be deemed an admission by a party that such item
represents a material exception or fact, event or circumstance or
that such item is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the party making the representation. All of GAFC’s
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement are qualified by reference to the Disclosure Schedule and
none thereof shall be deemed to be untrue or breached as a result
of effects arising solely from actions taken in compliance with a
written request of Summit.
6.02
Standard.
No
representation or warranty of GAFC or Summit contained in Section
6.03 or 6.04 shall be deemed untrue or incorrect, and no party
hereto shall be deemed to have breached a representation or
warranty, as a consequence of the existence of any fact, event or
circumstance unless such fact, circumstance or event, individually
or taken together with all other facts, events or circumstances
inconsistent with any representation or warranty contained in
Section 6.03 or 6.04 has had or is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement,
“knowledge” shall mean (i) with respect to Summit,
actual knowledge of H. Charles Maddy, III, and Robert S. Tissue,
and (ii) with respect to GAFC, actual knowledge of Carroll E. Amos,
Edward C. Allen, David E. Ritter, Robert W. Neff and Gary L.
Hobert.
6.03
Representations and
Warranties of GAFC. Subject to Sections
6.01 and 6.02 and except as Previously Disclosed, GAFC hereby
represents and warrants to Summit:
(a)
Organization and
Standing . GAFC is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. GAFC is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia
and in any foreign jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of
property or assets or the conduct of its business requires it to be
so qualified.
(b)
Capitalization
. As of
March 31, 2007, the authorized capital stock of GAFC consists of
(i) 10,000,000 shares of GAFC Common Stock, of which 3,024,220
shares were outstanding and no shares were held in treasury, and
(ii) 2,500,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value, none of
which are issued and outstanding or held in treasury as of the date
hereof. As of the date hereof, except pursuant to the terms of
options, stock, and warrants issued pursuant to the GAFC Stock
and/or Warrant Plans, GAFC does not have and is not bound by any
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or
agreements of any character calling for the purchase or issuance of
any shares of GAFC Common Stock or any other equity securities of
GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities representing the
right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of GAFC Common
Stock or other equity securities of GAFC or any of its
Subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2007, GAFC has 340,171 shares of GAFC
Common Stock (with a weighted average strike price of $6.94 per
share) which are issuable and reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of GAFC Stock Options and GAFC Warrants. The outstanding
shares of GAFC Common Stock have been duly authorized and are
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and
subject to no preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation
of any preemptive rights).
(c)
Subsidiaries
. (i)
GAFC has Previously Disclosed a list of all of its Subsidiaries
together with the jurisdiction of organization of each such
Subsidiary. (A) GAFC owns, directly or indirectly, all the issued
and outstanding equity securities of each of its Subsidiaries, (B)
no equity securities of any of its Subsidiaries are or may become
required to be issued (other than to it or its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) by reason of any Right or otherwise, (C) there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any
of such Subsidiaries is or may be bound to sell or otherwise
transfer any equity securities of any such Subsidiaries (other than
to it or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), (D) there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings, or arrangements relating to
its rights to vote or to dispose of such securities and (E) all the
equity securities of each Subsidiary held by GAFC or its
Subsidiaries are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by GAFC
or its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens.
(ii)
GAFC has
Previously Disclosed a list of all equity securities, or similar
interests of any Person or any interest in a partnership or joint
venture of any kind, other than its Subsidiaries, that it
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, as of March 28,
2007.
(iii)
Each of
GAFC’s Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, and is duly qualified to do business and in good
standing in the jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so
qualified.
(d)
Corporate
Power . Each of GAFC and
its Subsidiaries has the corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as it is now being conducted and to own all its
properties and assets; and GAFC has the corporate power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(e)
Corporate
Authority . Subject to receipt
of the requisite approval of this Agreement (including the
agreement of merger set forth herein) by the holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of GAFC Common Stock entitled to vote
thereon (which is the only vote of GAFC stockholders required
thereon), the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby have been authorized by all
necessary corporate action of GAFC and the GAFC Board. Assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by Summit, this Agreement is
a valid and legally binding obligation of GAFC, enforceable in
accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general
equity principles). The GAFC Board of Directors has received the
written opinion of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. to
the effect that as of the date hereof the consideration to be
received by the holders of GAFC Common Stock in the Merger is fair
to the holders of GAFC Common Stock from a financial point of
view.
(f)
Consents and
Approvals; No Defaults . (i) No consents or
approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any Governmental
Authority or with any third party are required to be made or
obtained by GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by GAFC of this Agreement or to
consummate the Merger except for (A) filings of applications or
notices with federal and state banking and insurance authorities
and (B) the filing of a certificate of merger with the Secretary of
State pursuant to the DGCL and the issuance of a certificate of
merger in connection therewith. As of the date hereof, GAFC is not
aware of any reason why the approvals set forth in Section 8.01(b)
will not be received without the imposition of a condition,
restriction or requirement of the type described in Section
8.01(b).
(i)
Subject
to receipt of the regulatory approvals referred to in the preceding
paragraph, and expiration of related waiting periods, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and
will not (A) constitute a breach or violation of, or a default
under, or give rise to any Lien, any acceleration of remedies or
any right of termination under, any law, rule or regulation or any
judgment, decree, order, governmental permit or license, or any
agreement, indenture or instrument of GAFC or of any of its
Subsidiaries or to which GAFC or any of its Subsidiaries or
properties is subject or bound, (B) constitute a breach or
violation of, or a default under, the GAFC Certificate or the GAFC
By-Laws, or (C) require any consent or approval under any such law,
rule, regulation, judgment, decree, order, governmental permit or
license or any agreement, indenture or instrument.
(g)
Financial Reports;
Absence of Certain Changes or Events . (i) GAFC’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended September 30,
2004, 2005 and 2006, and all other reports, registration
statements, definitive proxy statements or information statements
filed or to be filed by it or any of its Subsidiaries subsequent to
September 30, 2003, under the Securities Act or under Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in the form filed or
to be filed (collectively “ GAFC’s SEC Documents
”), as of the date filed, (A) as to form complied or will
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be,
and (B) did not and will 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 therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and each of the balance sheets or statements of
condition of GAFC contained in or incorporated by reference into
any of GAFC’s SEC Documents (including the related notes and
schedules thereto) fairly presents, or will fairly present, the
financial position of GAFC and its Subsidiaries as of its date, and
each of the statements of income or results of operations and
changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows or equivalent
statements of GAFC in any of GAFC’s SEC Documents (including
any related notes and schedules thereto) fairly presents, or will
fairly present, the results of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows, as the case may be, of
GAFC and its Subsidiaries for the periods to which they relate, and
in each case were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied during the periods
involved, except in each case as may be noted therein, and subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments in the case of unaudited
statements.
(ii)
GAFC’s
Disclosure Schedule lists, and GAFC has delivered or previously
made available to Summit, copies of the documentation creating or
governing all securitization transactions and “off-balance
sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation
S-K) effected by GAFC or its Subsidiaries, since September 30,
2006. BDO Siedman, LLP, which has expressed its opinion with
respect to the financial statements of GAFC and its Subsidiaries
(including the related notes) included in the GAFC SEC Documents is
and has been throughout the periods covered by such financial
statements (A) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (B)
“independent” with respect to GAFC within the meaning
of Regulation S-X and C in compliance with subsection (g) through
(l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the related rules of the
SEC and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.
(iii)
Except as
disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 6.03(g), GAFC has on a timely
basis filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed
by it with the SEC since September 30, 2004. GAFC’s
Disclosure Schedule lists, and, except to the extent available in
full without redaction on the SEC’s web site through the
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System
(“EDGAR”) two days prior to the date of this Agreement,
GAFC has delivered or previously made available to Summit copies in
the form filed with the SEC of (A) GAFC’s Annual Reports on
Form 10-K for each fiscal year of the Company beginning since
September 30, 2003, (B) it Quarterly Reports on form 10-Q for each
of the first three fiscal quarters in each of the fiscal years of
the GAFC referred to in clause (A) above, (C) all proxy statements
relating to GAFC’s meetings of stockholders (whether annual
or special) held, and all information statements relating to
stockholder consents since the beginning of the first fiscal year
referred to in clause above, (D) all certifications and statements
required by (x) the SEC’s Order dated June 27, 2002, pursuant
to Section 21(a)(1) of the Exchange Act (File No. 4-460), (y) Rule
13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or (z) 18 U.S.C. §1350
(Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) with respect to any
report referred to above, (E) all other forms, reports,
registration statements and other documents (other than preliminary
materials if the corresponding definitive materials have been
provided to Summit pursuant to this Section 6.03(g)(iii), filed by
GAFC with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year
referred above, and (E) all comment letters received by GAFC from
the Staff of the SEC since December 31, 2004, and all responses to
such comment letters by or on behalf of GAFC.
(iv)
Except as
Previously Disclosed, GAFC maintains disclosure controls and
procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange
Act; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all
material information concerning GAFC and its subsidiaries is made
known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the
preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC and other
public disclosure documents. GAFC’s Disclosure Schedule
lists, and GAFC has delivered to Summit copies of, all written
descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents
promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. To
GAFC’s knowledge, each director and executive officer of GAFC
has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder since September 30, 2004. As used in this Section
6.03(q), the term “file” shall be broadly construed to
include any manner in which a document or information is furnished,
supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.
(v)
Since
September 30, 2006, GAFC and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any
liability other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice or for legal, accounting, and financial advisory
fees and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(vi)
Since
September 30, 2006, (A) GAFC and its Subsidiaries have conducted
their respective businesses in the ordinary and usual course
consistent with past practice (excluding matters related to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby) and (B) no
event has occurred or circumstance arisen that, individually or
taken together with all other facts, circumstances and events
(described in any paragraph of Section 6.03 or otherwise), is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to
GAFC.
(h)
Litigation
. No
litigation, claim or other proceeding before any court or
Governmental Authority is pending against GAFC or any of its
Subsidiaries and, to GAFC’s knowledge, no such litigation,
claim or other proceeding has been threatened.
(i)
Regulatory
Matters . (i) Neither GAFC
nor any of its Subsidiaries or properties is a party to or is
subject to any order, decree, agreement, memorandum of
understanding or similar arrangement with, or a commitment letter
or similar submission to, or extraordinary supervisory letter from,
any federal or state governmental agency or authority charged with
the supervision or regulation of financial institutions (or their
holding companies) or is