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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
dated as of January 26,
2007
by and between
UNITED BANKSHARES,
INC.
and
PREMIER COMMUNITY
BANKSHARES, INC.
Table of
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| ARTICLE I |
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Certain
Definitions |
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1.01 |
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Certain
Definitions |
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1 |
| ARTICLE II |
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The
Merger |
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2.01 |
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The
Merger |
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2.02 |
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Effective
Date and Effective Time |
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| ARTICLE III |
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The Bank
Merger |
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3.01 |
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The Bank
Merger |
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3.02 |
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Effective
Date and Effective Time |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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Consideration; Exchange Procedures |
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4.01 |
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Merger
Consideration |
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4.02 |
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Election
and Proration Procedures |
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4.03 |
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Rights as
Stockholders; Stock Transfers |
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12 |
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4.04 |
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Fractional Shares |
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12 |
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4.05 |
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Exchange
Procedures |
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12 |
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4.06 |
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Anti-Dilution Provisions |
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4.07 |
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Options |
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4.08 |
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Dissenters’ Rights |
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| ARTICLE V |
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Actions
Pending the Effective Time |
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5.01 |
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Forebearances of Premier |
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5.02 |
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Forebearances of United |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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Representations and Warranties |
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6.01 |
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Disclosure Schedules |
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6.02 |
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Standard |
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6.03 |
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Representations and Warranties of Premier |
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6.04 |
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Representations and Warranties of United |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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Covenants |
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7.01 |
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Reasonable Best Efforts |
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7.02 |
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Stockholder Approvals |
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7.03 |
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Registration Statement |
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7.04 |
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Press
Releases |
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7.05 |
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Access;
Information |
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7.06 |
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Acquisition Proposals |
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7.07 |
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Affiliate
Agreements |
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7.08 |
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Takeover
Laws |
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7.09 |
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Certain
Policies |
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7.10 |
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Regulatory Applications |
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7.11 |
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Indemnification |
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7.12 |
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Benefit
Plans |
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7.13 |
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Notification of Certain Matters |
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7.14 |
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Directors
and Officers |
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7.15 |
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Current
Public Information |
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(continued)
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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Conditions to Consummation of the Merger |
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8.01 |
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Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Merger
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8.02 |
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Conditions to Obligation of
Premier
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8.03 |
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Conditions to Obligation of
United
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Termination
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9.01 |
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Termination
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9.02 |
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Effect of Termination and
Abandonment
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9.03 |
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Fees and Expenses
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Miscellaneous
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10.01 |
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Survival
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10.02 |
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Waiver; Amendment
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10.03 |
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Counterparts
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10.04 |
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Governing Law
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10.05 |
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Expenses
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10.06 |
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Notices
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10.07 |
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Entire Understanding; No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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10.08 |
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Interpretation; Effect
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION , dated as of January 26, 2007, (this
“Agreement”), by and between PREMIER COMMUNITY
BANKSHARES, INC. (“Premier”) and UNITED BANKSHARES,
INC. (“United”).
RECITALS
A. Premier . Premier
is a Virginia corporation, having its principal place of business
in Winchester, Virginia.
B. United . United 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 (the “ Code ”).
D. Board Action . The
respective Boards of Directors of each of United and Premier have
determined that it is 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
Premier 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, Premier or any of
its Subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ Aggregate
Consideration ” means the sum of (x) the Total Cash
Consideration and (y) the Total Stock
Consideration.
“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 9.01(f).
“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.
“ Cash
Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(a)
“ Cash Election
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Cash Election
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
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“ Cash Proration
Factor ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(e).
“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).
“Corporation
Commission” means the Virginia State Corporation
Commission.
“Costs”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.11(a).
“Determination
Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.01(f).
“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 4.08.
“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).
“ Election
Deadline ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(c).
“ Election Form
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(a).
“Election
Modification Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(c).
“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)(iii).
“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
4.02(c).
“Exchange
Fund” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.05(a).
“Exchange
Ratio” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(a).
“Fee” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(a).
“Governmental
Authority” means any court, administrative agency or
commission or other federal, state or local governmental authority
or instrumentality.
“IRS” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(m)(i).
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“Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.11(a).
“Index
Ratio” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.01(f).
“Insurance
Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.11(b).
“Letter
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.05(d).
“Lien”
means any charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, restriction,
claim, lien, or encumbrance.
“ Marathon Bank
” means The Marathon Bank, a commercial bank chartered under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Premier.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means, with respect to United or Premier, any effect
that (i) is material and adverse to the financial position,
results of operations or business of United and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or Premier and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
respectively, or (ii) would materially impair the ability of
either United or Premier 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
tax, banking and similar laws of general applicability or
interpretations thereof by courts or governmental authorities,
(b) changes in generally accepted accounting principles or
regulatory accounting requirements applicable to banks and their
holding companies generally, (c) changes in economic
conditions affecting financial institutions generally, including,
but not limited to, changes in market interest rates or the
projected future interest rate environment, (d) 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, (e) actions and
omissions of United or Premier taken with the prior written consent
of the other in contemplation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (f) 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.
“ Maximum Stock
Conversion Number ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(d).
“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 George Mason Bankshares, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, and/or one or more other corporations or limited
liability companies to be organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia by United prior to the Effective
Time.
“ Minimum Stock
Conversion Number ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(d).
“ Mixed Election
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“NASDAQ”
means (i) as to United, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.’s
Global Select Market and (ii) as to Premier, The NASDAQ Stock
Market, Inc.’s Capital Market.
“New
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.05(a).
“ Non-Election
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
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“ Non-Election
Proration Factor ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(e).
“ Non-Election
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“Old
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.05(a).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension
Plan” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.03(m)(ii).
“Person”
means any individual, bank, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, joint-stock company, business trust or
unincorporated organization.
“Premier”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Premier
Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.07(a).
“ Premier Bank
” means Premier Bank, Inc., a commercial bank chartered under
the laws of the State of West Virginia and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Premier.
“Premier
Board” means the Board of Directors of
Premier.
“Premier
By-Laws” means the By-laws of Premier.
“Premier
Certificate” means the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of Premier.
“Premier Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share,
of Premier.
“Premier
Meeting” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.02.
“Premier Stock
Options” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.07(a).
“Premier Stock
Plans” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.07(a).
“ Premier Preferred
Stock” means Series A, 5% noncumulative, no par value
preferred shares of stock of Premier.
“Premier’s SEC
Documents” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.03(g).
“Previously
Disclosed” by a party shall mean information set forth in
its Disclosure Schedule or in United’s or Premier’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).
“Replacement
Option” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.07(a).
“Representative” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.02(b).
“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.
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“ Rockingham
Heritage Bank ” means Rockingham Heritage Bank, a
commercial bank chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Premier.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secretary of
State” means the Secretary of State of the State of West
Virginia.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
“ Shortfall
Number ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(e).
“ Stock
Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(a).
“ Stock Election
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Stock Election
Number ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Stock Election
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Stock Proration
Factor ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.02(e).
“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).
“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.
“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.
“ Total Cash
Consideration ” means the product obtained by multiplying
(x) the Cash Consideration by (y) the Cash Election
Shares.
“ Total Stock
Consideration ” means the product obtained by multiplying
(x) the Exchange Ratio by (y) the Stock Election
Number.
“Treasury
Stock” shall mean shares of Premier Common Stock held by
Premier 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.
“United”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ United Bank
” means United Bank, a commercial bank chartered under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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“United
Board” means the Board of Directors of United.
“United Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $2.50 per share,
of United.
“United Compensation
and Benefit Plans” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(i).
“United
Consultants” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(i).
“United
Directors” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(i).
“United
Employees” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(i).
“United ERISA
Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(iii).
“United ERISA
Affiliate Plan” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(iii).
“ United Pension
Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(k)(ii).
“United
Ratio” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.01(f).
“United’s SEC
Documents” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.04(g).
“VSCA”
means the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
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ARTICLE II
The Merger
2.01 The
Merger. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, United 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 Premier; and (iii) to cause Merger Sub to take all
actions necessary or proper to comply with the obligations of
United and such Merger Sub to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) At the Effective Time,
Premier shall merge with and into Merger Sub (the “
Merger ”), the separate corporate existence of Premier
shall cease and Merger Sub shall survive and continue to exist as a
Virginia corporation (Merger Sub, as the surviving corporation in
the Merger, sometimes being referred to herein as the “
Surviving Corporation ”). United may at any time prior
to the Effective Time change the method of effecting the
combination with Premier (including, without limitation, the
provisions of this Article II) 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 United 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 United Common Stock included therein,
(iii) adversely affect the tax treatment of Premier’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 United shall provide Premier prior written notice of such
change and the reasons therefore.
(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 Corporation Commission articles of merger in
accordance with Section 13.1-720 of the VSCA 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
VSCA.
(d) The Articles 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 United, 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 .”
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(b) Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if United shall
exercise its right to delay the Effective Date pursuant to this
Section, and a record date for any dividend or other distribution
in respect of the United Common Stock is taken during the period of
such delay such that the Premier stockholders will not be entitled
to participate in such dividend, each stockholder of Premier 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 United 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,
Marathon Bank, Rockingham Heritage Bank and Premier Bank,
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Premier, shall merge with and into
United Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United (the “
Bank Merger ”), the separate existence of Marathon
Bank, Rockingham Heritage Bank and Premier Bank shall cease and
United Bank shall survive and continue to exist as a Virginia
banking corporation. United may at any time prior to the Effective
Time, change the method of effecting the combination with Marathon
Bank, Rockingham Heritage Bank and Premier Bank (including without
limitation the provisions of this Article III) 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 United Common Stock included therein,
(ii) adversely affect the tax treatment of Premier’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 United shall provide Premier with prior written notice of such
change and the reasons therefore.
(b) 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 in the Corporation Commission of articles of
merger in accordance with Section 13.1-720 of the VSCA or such
later date and time as may be set forth in such articles and the
issuance of a certificate of merger by the Corporation Commission
under the VSCA. The Bank Merger shall have the effects prescribed
in the VSCA.
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 Premier
Common Stock (other than Premier or its subsidiaries or United and
its subsidiaries and Dissenters’ Shares, except for shares
held by them in a fiduciary capacity) shall receive in respect
thereof, at the election of the holder as provided in and subject
to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, either
(i) 0.93 shares (“ Exchange Ratio”) of
United Stock (the “ Stock Consideration ”) or
(ii) $34.00 in cash without interest (the “ Cash
Consideration ”) or a combination of the Stock
Consideration and the Cash Consideration. The Cash Consideration
and the Stock Consideration are sometimes referred to herein
collectively as the “ Merger Consideration
.”
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(b) Outstanding United
Stock . Each share of United Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain
issued and outstanding and unaffected by the Merger.
(c) Treasury Shares .
Each share of Premier 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.
(d) 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 therefor.
4.02 Election
and Proration Procedures .
(a) An election form in such
form as Premier and United shall mutually agree (an “
Election Form ”) shall be mailed on the Mailing Date
(as defined below) to each holder of record of shares of Premier
Common Stock as of a record date that shall be the same date as the
record date for eligibility to vote on the Merger. The
“Mailing Date” shall be the date on which proxy
materials relating to the Merger are mailed to holders of shares of
Premier Common Stock. United shall make available Election Forms as
may be reasonably requested by all persons who become holders of
Premier Common Stock after the record date for eligibility to vote
on the Merger and prior to the Election Deadline (as defined
herein), and Premier shall provide to the Exchange Agent all
information reasonably necessary for it to perform its obligations
as specified herein.
(b) Each Election Form shall
entitle the holder of shares of Premier Common Stock (or the
beneficial owner through appropriate and customary documentation
and instructions) to (i) elect to receive the Stock
Consideration for all of such holder’s shares (a “
Stock Election ”), (ii) elect to receive the Cash
Consideration for all of such holder’s shares (a “
Cash Election ”), (iii) elect to receive the
Stock Consideration with respect to some of such holder’s
shares and the Cash Consideration with respect to such
holder’s remaining shares (a “ Mixed Election
”) or (iv) make no election or indicate that such holder
has no preference as to the receipt of the Cash Consideration or
the Stock Consideration (a “ Non-Election ”).
Holders of record of shares of Premier Common Stock 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 the shares of Premier Common
Stock held by that Representative for a particular beneficial
owner. Shares of Premier Common Stock as to which a Cash Election
has been made (including pursuant to a
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Mixed Election) are referred to herein
as “ Cash Election Shares .” Shares of Premier
Common Stock as to which a Stock Election has been made (including
pursuant to a Mixed Election) are referred to herein as “
Stock Election Shares .” Shares of Premier Common
Stock as to which no election has been made are referred to as
“ Non-Election Shares .” For purposes of this
Section, Dissenters’ Shares shall be deemed Cash Election
Shares. The aggregate number of shares of Premier Common Stock with
respect to which a Stock Election has been made is referred to
herein as the “ Stock Election Number
.”
(c) To be effective, a
properly completed Election Form must be received by a bank or
trust company designated by United and reasonably satisfactory to
Premier (the “ Exchange Agent ”) on or before
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day
immediately preceding the Premier Meeting (or such other time and
date as Premier and United may mutually agree) (the “
Election Deadline ”). An election shall have been
properly made only if the Exchange Agent shall have actually
received a properly completed Election Form by the Election
Deadline. An Election Form shall be deemed properly completed only
if accompanied by one or more Old Certificates (or customary
affidavits and, if required by United, indemnification regarding
the loss or destruction of such Old Certificates or the guaranteed
delivery of such Old Certificates) representing all shares of
Premier Common Stock covered by such Election Form, together with
duly executed transmittal materials included with the Election
Form. Any Premier stockholder may at any time prior to the Election
Deadline change his or her election by written notice received by
the Exchange Agent prior to the Election Deadline accompanied by a
properly completed and signed revised Election Form. Any Premier
stockholder may, at any time prior to the Election Deadline, revoke
his or her election by written notice received by the Exchange
Agent prior to the Election Deadline or by withdrawal prior to the
Election Deadline of his or her Old Certificates, or of the
guarantee of delivery of such Old Certificates, previously
deposited with the Exchange Agent. Notwithstanding the previous two
sentences, if the Effective Time shall not occur within 15 days
following the Election Deadline, then during the period commencing
on the 16th day following the Election Deadline and ending on 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third business day prior to the
Closing Date (the “ Election Modification Period
”), any Premier stockholder may change or revoke his or her
election in the manner specified in the previous two sentences. All
elections shall be revoked automatically if the Exchange Agent is
notified in writing by United and Premier that this Agreement has
been terminated. If a stockholder either (i) does not submit a
properly completed Election Form by the Election Deadline,
(ii) revokes (as opposed to changes) his or her Election Form
prior to the Election Deadline and does not submit a new properly
executed Election Form prior to the Election Deadline or
(iii) revokes his or her Election Form during the Election
Modification Period, the shares of Premier Common Stock held by
such stockholder shall be designated Non-Election Shares. United
shall cause the Certificates representing Premier Common Stock
described in (ii) or (iii) in the immediately preceding
sentence to be promptly returned without charge to the person
submitting the Election Form upon written request to that effect
from the person who submitted the Election Form. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement and of the Election Form, the Exchange
Agent shall have reasonable discretion to determine whether any
election, revocation or change has been properly or timely made and
to disregard immaterial defects in any Election Form, and any good
faith decisions of the Exchange Agent regarding such matters shall
be binding and conclusive.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision contained in this Agreement, at least 50% and no more
than 65% of the total number of shares of Premier Common Stock
outstanding at the Effective Time (the “ Minimum Stock
Conversion Number ” and the “ Maximum Stock
Conversion Number ” respectively) shall be converted into
the Stock Consideration and the remaining outstanding shares of
Premier Common Stock (excluding shares of Premier Common Stock to
be canceled as provided in Section 4.01(c)) shall be converted
into the Cash Consideration.
(e) Within three business
days after the Election Deadline, United shall cause the Exchange
Agent to effect the allocation among holders of Premier Common
Stock of rights to receive the Cash Consideration and the Stock
Consideration as follows:
(i) If the Stock Election
Number exceeds the Maximum Stock Conversion Number, then all Cash
Election Shares and all Non-Election Shares shall be converted into
the right to receive the Cash Consideration, and each holder of
Stock Election Shares will be entitled to receive (A) the
number of shares of United Common Stock 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 the Maximum Stock
Conversion Number and the denominator of which is the Stock
Election Number (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;
(ii) If the Stock Election
Number is less than the Minimum Stock Conversion Number (the amount
by which the Minimum Stock Conversion Number exceeds the Stock
Election Number being referred to herein as the “
Shortfall Number ”), then all Stock Election Shares
shall be converted into the right to receive the Stock
Consideration and the Non-Election Shares and Cash Election Shares
shall be treated in the following manner:
(A) if the Shortfall Number
is less than or equal to the number of Non-Election Shares, then
all Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to
receive the Cash Consideration and each holder of Non-Election
Shares shall receive (1) the number of shares of United Common
Stock equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
number of Non-Election Shares held by such holder by (y) the
Exchange Ratio by (z) a fraction the numerator of which is the
Shortfall Number and the denominator of which is the total number
of Non-Election Shares (the “ Non-Election Proration
Factor ”) and (B) cash in an amount equal to the
product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Non-Election
Shares held by such holder by (y) the Cash Consideration by
(z) one minus the Non-Election Proration Factor; or
(B) if the Shortfall Number
exceeds the number of Non-Election Shares, then all Non-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 United Stock 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 Non-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.
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(C) The purchase of
fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.04 of this Agreement
shall be taken into account in calculating the number of
Non-Election Shares and Cash Election Shares to convert into the
right to receive Stock Consideration under this
Section 4.02(e)(ii) to ensure that the Minimum Stock
Conversion Number is at least 50%.
4.03 Rights as
Stockholders; Stock Transfers. At the Effective Time,
holders of Premier Common Stock shall cease to be, and shall have
no rights as, stockholders of Premier, other than to receive the
Merger Consideration and any dividend or other distribution with
respect to such Premier Common Stock with a record date occurring
prior to the Effective Time, the payment, if any, in lieu of
certain dividends on United 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 Premier or the Surviving Corporation
of shares of Premier Common Stock.
4.04 Fractional
Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no
fractional shares of United Common Stock and no certificates or
scrip therefore, or other evidence of ownership thereof, will be
issued in the Merger; instead, United shall pay to each holder of
Premier Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a
fractional share of United 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 United Common Stock as reported by
NASDAQ reporting system (as reported in the Wall Street
Journal ) on the Effective Date.
4.05 Exchange
Procedures.
(a) At or prior to the
Effective Time, United shall deposit, or shall cause to be
deposited, with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders
of certificates formerly representing shares of Premier Common
Stock (“ Old Certificates ”), for exchange in
accordance with this Article IV, (i) certificates representing
shares of United Common Stock (“ New Certificates
”) and (ii) an amount of cash necessary to pay the cash
portion of the Merger Consideration and any payments required by
Section 2.02(b) (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.
(b) As soon as practicable
after the Effective Time, and in no event later than five business
days thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of
record of one or more Old Certificates who has not previously
submitted such Old Certificates with a properly completed Election
Form 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 Premier 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)
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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 United
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.
(c) Neither the Exchange
Agent, if any, nor any party hereto shall be liable to any former
holder of Premier Common Stock for any amount properly delivered to
a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar laws.
(d) No dividends or other
distributions with respect to United 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 Premier
Common Stock converted in the Merger into the right to receive
shares of such United 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 United Common Stock such
holder had the right to receive upon surrender of the Old
Certificates.
(e) Any portion of the
Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Premier
for twelve months after the Effective Time shall be paid to United.
Any stockholders of Premier who have not theretofore complied with
this Article IV shall thereafter look only to United for payment of
the Merger Consideration, cash in lieu of any fractional shares and
unpaid dividends and distributions on United Common Stock
deliverable in respect of each share of Premier Common Stock such
stockholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each
case, without any interest thereon.
4.06
Anti-Dilution Provisions. In the event United changes
(or establishes a record date for changing) the number of shares of
United Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the Effective
Date as a result of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction
with respect to the outstanding United Common Stock and the record
date therefore shall be prior to the Effective Date, or shall
establish a record date prior to the Effective Date with respect to
any dividend or other distribution in respect of the United Common
Stock other than a cash dividend consistent with past practice, the
Exchange Ratio shall be proportionately adjusted.
4.07
Options. (a) At the Effective Time, each
outstanding option (each, a “ Premier Stock Option
”) to purchase shares of Premier Common Stock under any and
all plans of Premier under which stock options have been granted
and are outstanding (collectively, the “ Premier Stock
Plans ”) shall vest pursuant to the terms thereof and
shall be converted into an option (each, a “ Replacement
Option ”) to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as
were applicable under
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such Premier Stock Option (other than
any requirement that an option be exercised within a specific time
period after termination of employment or cessation of service as a
non-employee director which requirement shall be waived or deleted
from each option by amendment thereto), the number of shares of
United Common Stock equal to (a) the number of shares of
Premier Common Stock subject to the Premier Stock Option,
multiplied by (b) the Exchange Ratio. Such product shall be
rounded to the nearest whole number. The exercise price per share
(rounded to the nearest whole cent) of each Replacement Option
shall equal (y) the exercise price per share for the shares of
Premier Common Stock which were purchasable pursuant to such
Premier Stock Option divided by (z) the Exchange Ratio.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Premier Stock Option which is
intended to be an “incentive stock option” (as defined
in Section 422 of the Code) shall be adjusted in accordance
with the requirements of Section 424 of the Code. At or prior
to the Effective Time, Premier shall use its reasonable best
efforts, including using its reasonable best efforts to obtain any
necessary consents from optionees, with respect to the Premier
Stock Plans to permit the replacement of the outstanding Premier
Stock Options by United pursuant to this Section and to permit
United to assume the Premier Stock Plans. Premier shall further
take all action necessary to amend the Premier Stock Plans to
eliminate automatic grants or awards thereunder following the
Effective Time. At the Effective Time, United shall assume the
Premier Stock Plans; provided, that such assumption shall be only
in respect of the Replacement Options and that United shall have no
obligation with respect to any awards under the Premier Stock Plans
other than the Replacement Options and shall have no obligation to
make any additional grants or awards under such assumed Premier
Stock Plans.
(b) At all times after the
Effective Time, United shall reserve for issuance such number of
shares of United Common Stock as necessary so as to permit the
exercise of options granted under the Premier Stock Plans in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement and the instruments pursuant
to which such options were granted. United shall make all filings
required under federal and state securities laws no later than the
Effective Time so as to permit the exercise of such options and the
sale of the shares received by the optionee upon such exercise at
and after the Effective Time and United shall continue to make such
filings thereafter as may be necessary to permit the continued
exercise of options and sale of such shares.
4.08
Dissenters’ Rights . If applicable, shares of
Premier 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 VSCA (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 VSCA, 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 VSCA 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.
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ARTICLE V
Actions Pending the
Effective Time
5.01
Forebearances of Premier. From the date hereof until
the Effective Time, except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or Previously Disclosed, without the prior written
consent of United, Premier will not, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries not to:
(a) Ordinary Course.
Conduct the business of Premier 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
Premier’s ability to perform any of its material obligations
under this Agreement.
(b) 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 Premier Common Stock or any Rights, (ii) enter into
any agreement with respect to the foregoing, or (iii) permit
any additional shares of Premier Common Stock to become subject to
new grants of employee or director stock options, other Rights or
similar stock-based employee rights.
(c) Dividends, Etc.
(a) Make, declare, pay or set aside for payment any dividend
(other than regular quarterly cash dividends in an amount
not to exceed $0.065 per share of Premier Common Stock on the
record and payment dates consistent with past practice and
dividends from wholly-owned Subsidiaries to Premier or another
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Premier) on or in respect of, or declare
or make any distribution on any shares of Premier Common Stock or
(b) directly or indirectly adjust, split, combine, redeem,
reclassify, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its
capital stock.
(d) 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 Premier or
its Subsidiaries, or grant any salary or wage increase or increase
any employee benefit, except (i) Premier may award normal
individual increases in compensation to employees in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, and
(ii) United and Premier will establish a retention bonus pool
not to exceed $400,000 in the aggregate that will be dedicated to
those employees of Premier with consultation of Premier management
for the purpose of encouraging the continued employment of such
persons through the conversion of Premier’s data processing
systems to those of United Bank.
(e) 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 Premier 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.
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(f) Dispositions.
Except as Previously Disclosed, 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.
(g) 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.
(h) Governing
Documents. Amend the Premier Certificate, Premier By-laws or
the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or similar governing
documents) of any of Premier’s Subsidiaries.
(i) 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.
(j) 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.
(k) 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 Premier and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(l) 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 in any material respect 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.
(m) 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.
(n) Indebtedness.
Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money other than in the
ordinary course of business.
(o) Commitments. Agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
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5.02
Forebearances of United. From the date hereof until
the Effective Time, except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, without the prior written consent of Premier, United
will not, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries not
to:
(a) Ordinary Course .
Conduct the business of United 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
United’s ability to perform any of its material obligations
under this Agreement.
(b) 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.
(c) Extraordinary
Dividends. Make, declare, pay or set aside for payment any
extraordinary dividend, other than in connection with the United
Stock Repurchase Program.
(d) 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 in any material respect 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.
(e) Transactions Involving
United . Enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding
with respect to the merger, acquisition, consolidation, share
exchange or similar business combination involving United and/or a
United Subsidiary, where the effect of such agreement, arrangement
or understanding, or the consummation or effectuation thereof,
would be reasonably likely to or does result in the termination of
this Agreement, materially delay or jeopardize the receipt of the
approval of any Regulatory Authority or the filing of an
application therefore, or cause the anticipated tax treatment of
the transactions contemplated hereby to be unavailable; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall prohibit any such transaction
that by its terms contemplates the consummation of the Merger in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and which treats
holders of Premier Common Stock, upon completion of the Merger and
their receipt of United Common Stock, in the same manner as the
holders of United Common Stock.
(f) Governing
Documents . Amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws in a
manner that would materially and adversely affect the benefits of
the Merger to the stockholders of Premier.
(g) Commitments. Agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
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ARTICLE VI
Representations and
Warranties
6.01 Disclosure
Schedules. On or prior to the date hereof, United has
delivered to Premier a schedule and Premier has delivered to United
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 would 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 Premier’s and United’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
the other party.
6.02
Standard. No representation or warranty of Premier or
United 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 United, actual knowledge of Richard M.
Adams, Richard M. Adams, Jr., James J. Consagra, Jr., James B.
Hayhurst, Jr., Joe L. Wilson and Steven E. Wilson, and
(ii) with respect to Premier, actual knowledge of Donald L.
Unger, John K. Stephens, and John A. Willingham.
6.03
Representations and Warranties of Premier. Subject to
Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and except as Previously Disclosed, Premier
hereby represents and warrants to United:
(a) Organization and
Standing . Premier is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. Premier is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in the states of the United States and 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 the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Premier
consists of (i) 20,000,000 shares of Premier Common Stock, of
which as of January 26, 2007, 5,701,842 shares were
outstanding, and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Series A, 5%
non-cumulative preferred stock, no 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 and
stock issued pursuant to the Premier Stock Plans, Premier does not
have and is not bound by any outstanding
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subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
commitments or agreements of any character calling for the purchase
or issuance of any shares of Premier Common Stock or any other
equity securities of Premier or any of its Subsidiaries or any
securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive
any shares of Premier Common Stock or other equity securities of
Premier or any of its Subsidiaries. As of January 26, 2007,
Premier has 334,685 shares of Premier Common Stock which are
issuable and reserved for issuance upon the exercise of Premier
Stock Options. The outstanding shares of Premier 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) Premier has Previously Disclosed a list of all of its
Subsidiaries together with the jurisdiction of organization of each
such Subsidiary. (A) Premier 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 Premier or its Subsidiaries
are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by Premier or its
Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens.
(ii) Premier 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 January 26, 2007.
(iii) Each of Premier’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 Premier 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 Premier 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 more than two-thirds of the outstanding shares of
Premier Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (which is the only
vote of Premier stockholders required thereon), the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
have been authorized by all necessary corporate action of Premier
and the Premier Board. Assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by United, this Agreement is a valid and legally binding
obligation of Premier, 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).
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The Premier Board of Directors has
received the written opinion of Davenport & Company LLC to
the effect that as of the date hereof the consideration to be
received by the holders of Premier Common Stock in the Merger is
fair to the holders of Premier 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 Premier
or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by Premier 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
Corporation Commission pursuant to the VSCA and the issuance of a
certificate of merger in connection therewith. As of the date
hereof, Premier 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).
(ii) 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 Premier or of any of its Subsidiaries or
to which Premier or any of its Subsidiaries or properties is
subject or bound, (B) constitute a breach or violation of, or
a default under, the Premier Certificate or the Premier 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) Premier’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 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 December 31, 2005, 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 “
Premier’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 Premier contained in or
incorporated by reference into any of Premier’s SEC Documents
(including the related notes and schedules thereto) fairly
presents, or will fairly present, the financial position of Premier
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 Premier in any of
Premier’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 Premier and its Subsidiaries for
the periods to which they relate, in each case 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.
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(ii) Section 6.03(g)(ii)
of Premier’s Disclosure Schedule lists,
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