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Exhibit 2.2
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
BY AND
AMONG
CAPE BANCORP,
INC.,
CAPE SAVINGS
BANK
AND
BOARDWALK BANCORP, INC.
AND
BOARDWALK
BANK
JULY 26,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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| 1.1. |
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Certain Definitions
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| ARTICLE II |
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THE MERGER
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| 2.1. |
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Merger
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| 2.2. |
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Effective Time
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| 2.3. |
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Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws
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| 2.4. |
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Directors and Officers of Surviving
Corporation
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| 2.5. |
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Additional Directors of Cape Bancorp and
Cape Savings
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| 2.6. |
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Effects of the Merger
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| 2.7. |
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Tax Consequences
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| 2.8. |
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Possible Alternative
Structures
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| 2.9. |
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The Conversion
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| 2.10. |
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Additional Actions
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| ARTICLE III |
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CONVERSION OF SHARES
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| 3.1. |
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Conversion of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock;
Merger
Consideration
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| 3.2. |
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Election Procedures
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| 3.3. |
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Procedures for Exchange of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock
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| 3.4. |
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Reservation of Shares
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| 3.5. |
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Treatment of Boardwalk Bancorp
Options
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| ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF
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BOARDWALK BANCORP AND BOARDWALK
BANK
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| 4.1. |
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Organization
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| 4.2. |
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Capitalization
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| 4.3. |
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Authority; No Violation
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| 4.4. |
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Consents
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| 4.5. |
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Financial Statements and Regulatory
Reports
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| 4.6. |
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Taxes
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| 4.7. |
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No Material Adverse Effect
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| 4.8. |
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Material Contracts; Leases;
Defaults
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| 4.9. |
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Ownership of Property; Insurance
Coverage
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| 4.10. |
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Legal Proceedings
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| 4.11. |
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Compliance With Applicable
Law
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| 4.12. |
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Employee Benefit Plans
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| 4.13. |
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Brokers, Finders and Financial
Advisors
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| 4.14. |
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Environmental Matters
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| 4.15. |
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Loan Portfolio
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| 4.16. |
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Related Party Transactions
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| 4.17. |
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Schedule of Termination
Benefits
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| 4.18. |
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Deposits
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| 4.19. |
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Antitakeover Provisions Inapplicable;
Required Vote of Stockholders
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| 4.20. |
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Registration Obligations
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| 4.21. |
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Risk Management Instruments
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| 4.22. |
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Fairness Opinion
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(i)
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| 4.23. |
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Trust Accounts
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| 4.24. |
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Internal Controls
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| 4.25. |
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Securities Documents
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| 4.26. |
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Intellectual Property
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| 4.27. |
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Regulatory Capital
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| ARTICLE V |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CAPE
BANCORP AND CAPE SAVINGS
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| 5.1. |
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Organization
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| 5.2. |
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Capitalization
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| 5.3. |
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Authority; No Violation
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| 5.4. |
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Consents
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| 5.5. |
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Financial Statements and Regulatory
Reports
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| 5.6. |
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Taxes
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| 5.7. |
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No Material Adverse Effect
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| 5.8. |
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Ownership of Property; Insurance
Coverage
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| 5.9. |
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Legal Proceedings
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| 5.10. |
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Compliance With Applicable
Law
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| 5.11. |
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Employee Benefit Plans
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| 5.12. |
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Environmental Matters
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| 5.13. |
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Loan Portfolio
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| 5.14. |
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Deposits
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| 5.15. |
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Risk Management Instruments
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| 5.16. |
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Brokers, Finders and Financial
Advisors
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| 5.17. |
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Related Party Transaction
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| 5.18. |
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Antitakeover Provisions
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| 5.19. |
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Trust Accounts
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| 5.20. |
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Cape Bancorp Common Stock
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| 5.21. |
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Material Contracts
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| 5.22. |
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Intellectual Property
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| 5.23. |
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Regulatory Capital
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| 5.24. |
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Internal Controls
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| ARTICLE VI |
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COVENANTS OF BOARDWALK BANCORP AND
BOARDWALK BANK
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| 6.1. |
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Conduct of Business
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| 6.2. |
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Current Information
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| 6.3. |
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Access to Properties and
Records
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| 6.4. |
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Financial and Other
Statements
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| 6.5. |
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Maintenance of Insurance
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| 6.6. |
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Disclosure Supplements
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| 6.7. |
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Consents and Approvals of Third
Parties
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| 6.8. |
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All Reasonable Efforts
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| 6.9. |
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Failure to Fulfill Conditions
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| 6.10. |
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Acquisition Proposals
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| 6.11. |
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Reserves and Merger-Related
Costs
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| 6.12. |
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Board of Directors and Committee
Meetings
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| 6.13. |
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Prohibition on Solicitation of
Employees
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(ii)
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| ARTICLE VII |
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COVENANTS OF CAPE BANCORP AND CAPE
SAVINGS
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| 7.1. |
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Conduct of Business
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| 7.2. |
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Current Information
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| 7.3. |
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Regulatory Applications
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| 7.4. |
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Disclosure Supplements
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| 7.5. |
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Consents and Approvals of Third
Parties
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| 7.6. |
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All Reasonable Efforts
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| 7.7. |
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Failure to Fulfill Conditions
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| 7.8. |
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Employee Benefits
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| 7.9. |
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Directors and Officers Indemnification
and Insurance
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| 7.10. |
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Stock Listing
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| 7.11. |
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Maintenance of Insurance
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| 7.12. |
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Access to Properties and
Records
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| 7.13. |
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Prohibition on Solicitation of
Employees
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| 7.14. |
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Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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REGULATORY AND OTHER MATTERS
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| 8.1. |
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Boardwalk Bancorp Stockholders
Meeting
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| 8.2. |
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Proxy Statement-Prospectus
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| 8.3. |
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The Conversion
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| 8.4. |
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Regulatory Approvals
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| 8.5. |
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Affiliates
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| ARTICLE IX |
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CLOSING CONDITIONS
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| 9.1. |
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Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligations under this Agreement
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| 9.2. |
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Conditions to the Obligations of Cape
Savings under this Agreement
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| 9.3. |
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Conditions to the Obligations of
Boardwalk Bancorp under this Agreement
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| ARTICLE X |
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THE CLOSING
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| 10.1. |
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Time and Place
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| 10.2. |
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Deliveries at the Pre-Closing and the
Closing
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| ARTICLE XI |
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TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER
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| 11.1. |
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Termination
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Effect of Termination
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| 11.3. |
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Amendment, Extension and
Waiver
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| ARTICLE XII |
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MISCELLANEOUS
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| 12.1. |
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Expenses
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| 12.2. |
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Confidentiality
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| 12.3. |
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Public Announcements
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| 12.4. |
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Survival
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| 12.5. |
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Notices
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| 12.6. |
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Parties in Interest
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| 12.7. |
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Complete Agreement
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| 12.8. |
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Counterparts
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| 12.9. |
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Severability
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| 12.10. |
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Governing Law
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| 12.11. |
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Interpretation
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| 12.12. |
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Specific Performance
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(iii)
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Voting Agreement |
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| Exhibit B |
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Affiliates
Agreement |
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| Exhibit C |
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Bank Merger
Agreement |
(iv)
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION (this “Agreement”), is dated as of
July 26, 2007, by and among CAPE SAVINGS BANK, a New
Jersey-chartered mutual savings bank (“Cape Savings”),
CAPE BANCORP, INC., a Maryland corporation in formation
(“Cape Bancorp”) and BOARDWALK BANCORP, INC., a New
Jersey corporation (“Boardwalk Bancorp”), and its
wholly owned subsidiary, BOARDWALK BANK, a New Jersey state
bank.
WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of each of the parties has approved this Agreement and
(i) has determined that this Agreement and the business
combination and related transactions contemplated hereby are in the
best interests of the respective parties, and (ii) has
determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby are consistent with their respective business
strategies;
WHEREAS, in connection with
the transactions described in this Agreement, Cape Savings will
convert from the mutual form of organization to the capital stock
form of organization, and in connection with such Conversion, Cape
Bancorp will conduct a subscription offering of its common stock,
and if necessary a community and/or syndicated community offering;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire
to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in
connection with the business transactions described in this
Agreement and to prescribe certain conditions thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties
and agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
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1.1. |
Certain Definitions. |
As used in this Agreement,
the following terms have the following meanings (unless the context
otherwise requires, both here and throughout this Agreement,
references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections
of this Agreement).
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any Person who directly, or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any
executive officer or director of such Person and any Affiliate of
such executive officer or director.
“Agreement” means
this agreement, and any amendment or supplement hereto.
“Applications”
means the applications for regulatory approval that are required by
the transactions contemplated hereby.
“Appraised Value
Range” means the range of the estimated consolidated pro
forma market value of Cape Bancorp upon consummation of the
Conversion and the Merger, as determined by the Independent
Valuation.
“BHCA” shall mean
the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.
“Bank Merger”
shall mean the merger of Boardwalk Bank with and into Cape Savings,
with Cape Savings as the surviving institution, which merger shall
occur following the Merger.
“Bank Regulator”
shall mean any federal or state banking regulator, including but
not limited to the FDIC, the OTS, the NJDOBI, and the FRB, which
regulates Cape Savings or Boardwalk Bank, or any of their
respective holding companies or subsidiaries, as the case may
be.
“Boardwalk Bank”
shall mean Boardwalk Bank, a New Jersey-chartered bank, with its
principal offices located at 201 Shore Road, Linwood, New Jersey
08221, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boardwalk
Bancorp.
“Boardwalk
Bancorp” shall mean Boardwalk Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation, with its principal offices located at 201 Shore Road,
Linwood, New Jersey 08221.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $5.00
per share, of Boardwalk Bancorp.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Compensation and Benefit Plans” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.12.1.
“BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE” shall mean a written disclosure schedule
delivered by Boardwalk Bancorp to Cape Bancorp specifically
referring to the appropriate section of this Agreement and
describing in reasonable detail the matters described
therein.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Financial Statements” shall mean (i) the audited
consolidated statements of financial condition (including related
notes and schedules, if any) of Boardwalk Bancorp as of
December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the consolidated statements of
income, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive
income (loss), and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) of Boardwalk Bancorp for each of the three years
ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, as set forth in
Boardwalk Bancorp’s annual report for the year ended
December 31, 2006, and (ii) the unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements of Boardwalk Bancorp as of the
end of each calendar quarter following December 31, 2006 and
for the periods then ended, as filed by Boardwalk Bancorp in its
Securities Documents.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Option” shall mean an option to purchase shares of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock granted pursuant to the Boardwalk Bancorp
Stock Option Plans and outstanding as of the date hereof, as set
forth in BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 3.5.
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“Boardwalk Bancorp
Regulatory Reports” means the Call Reports of Boardwalk Bank
and accompanying schedules, as filed with the FDIC and NJDOBI, for
each calendar quarter beginning with the quarter ended
March 31, 2006, through the Closing Date, and all Reports
filed with the FRB by Boardwalk Bancorp from December 31, 2005
through the Closing Date.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Stockholders Meeting” means the meeting of stockholders of
Boardwalk Bancorp to be held for the purpose of considering and
approving this Agreement and the Merger.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Stock Option Plans” means the Boardwalk Bank 2000 Director
Stock Option Plan, the Boardwalk Bank 2000 Stock Option Plan, and
the Boardwalk Bancorp 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Stock Benefit Plans” shall mean the Boardwalk Bancorp Stock
Option Plans and the Boardwalk Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, and any and all amendments thereto.
“Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary” means any corporation, 50% or more of the capital
stock of which is owned, either directly or indirectly, by
Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, except any corporation the
stock of which is held in the ordinary course of the lending
activities of Boardwalk Bank.
“Cape Bancorp”
shall mean Cape Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation in formation
with its principal executive offices located at 225 North Main
Street, Cape May Court House, New Jersey 08201, which was organized
in connection with the Conversion.
“Cape Bancorp Common
Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Cape Bancorp that will be issued in the Offering and the
Merger.
“CAPE BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE” shall mean a written disclosure schedule
delivered by Cape Bancorp to Boardwalk Bancorp specifically
referring to the appropriate section of this Agreement and
describing in reasonable detail the matters contained
therein.
“Cape Savings”
shall mean Cape Savings Bank, a New Jersey chartered savings bank,
with its principal offices located at 225 North Main Street, Cape
May Court House, New Jersey 08201, and shall include Cape Savings
Bank in either mutual or stock form.
“Cape Savings
Compensation and Benefit Plans” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.11.
“Cape Savings Financial
Statements” shall mean the (i) the audited consolidated
statements of financial condition (including related notes and
schedules) of Cape Savings as of December 31, 2006 and 2005
and the consolidated statements of income, changes in equity and
cash flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) of Cape
Savings for each of the two years ended December 31, 2006 and
2005, and (ii) the unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of Cape Savings as of the end of each quarter following
December 31, 2006, and for the periods then ended.
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“Cape Savings
Regulatory Reports” means the Call Reports of Cape Savings
and accompanying schedules, as filed with the FDIC and NJDOBI, for
each calendar quarter beginning with the quarter ended
March 31, 2006, through the Closing Date.
“Cape Savings
Subsidiary” means any corporation, 50% or more of the capital
stock of which is owned, either directly or indirectly, by Cape
Savings or any Affiliate, except any corporation the stock of which
is held in the ordinary course of the lending activities of Cape
Savings.
“Cash Election”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
“Cash Election
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.1.
“Certificate”
shall mean certificates evidencing shares of Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock.
“Closing” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Closing Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“COBRA” shall
mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
“Code” shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Confidentiality
Agreements” shall mean the confidentiality agreements
referred to in Section 12.1.
“Conversion”
shall mean the conversion from mutual to stock form of Cape
Savings, pursuant to the Plan of Conversion adopted by Cape
Savings.
“Conversion
Offering” shall mean the offering, in connection with the
Conversion, of shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock in a
subscription offering and, if necessary, a community offering
and/or a syndicated community offering.
“Conversion Price Per
Share” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9.
“Conversion
Prospectus” shall mean a prospectus issued by Cape Bancorp in
connection with the Offering, that meets all of the requirements of
the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws and banking
laws and regulations.
“Conversion
Registration Statement” shall mean the registration
statement, together with all amendments, filed with the SEC under
the Securities Act for the purpose of registering shares of Cape
Bancorp Common Stock to be offered and issued in connection with
the Offering. The Merger Registration Statement and the Conversion
Registration Statement may be separate registration statements or
may be combined in one registration statement that shall register
shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock to be offered and issued in
connection with the Offering and to be offered to holders of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock in connection with the
Merger.
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“Depositor(s)”
shall mean a former or current depositor of Cape Savings that under
the Plan of Conversion is given, as indicated by the context, the
priority opportunity to purchase Cape Bancorp Common Stock in the
Conversion Offering or the opportunity to vote on the Plan of
Conversion.
“DIF” shall mean
the Deposit Insurance Fund as administered by the FDIC.
“Effective Time”
shall mean the date and time specified pursuant to Section 2.2
as the effective time of the Merger.
“Election
Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.3.
“Election Form”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
“Election Form Record
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.2.
“Environmental
Laws” means any federal, state or local law, statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license, permit, authorization,
approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or agreement
with any governmental entity relating to (1) the protection,
preservation or restoration of the environment (including, without
limitation, air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking
water supply, surface soil, subsurface soil, plant and animal life
or any other natural resource), and/or (2) the use, storage,
recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing,
handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Materials of
Environmental Concern. The term Environmental Law includes without
limitation (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §9601,
et seq; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. §6901, et seq; the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
§7401, et seq; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, 33 U.S.C. §1251, et seq; the Toxic Substances Control
Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §2601, et seq; the Emergency
Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §11001, et
seq; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §300f, et seq; and
all comparable state and local laws, and (b) any common law
(including without limitation common law that may impose strict
liability) that may impose liability or obligations for injuries or
damages due to the presence of or exposure to any Materials of
Environmental Concern.
“ERISA” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“Exchange Act”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Exchange Agent”
shall mean a bank or trust company or other agent designated by
Cape Bancorp, and reasonably acceptable to Boardwalk Bancorp, which
shall act as agent for Cape Bancorp in connection with the exchange
procedures for converting Certificates into the Merger
Consideration.
“Exchange Fund”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.
“FDIA” shall mean
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended.
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“FDIC” shall mean
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.
“FHLB” shall mean
the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.
“FRB” shall mean
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any
successor thereto.
“GAAP” shall mean
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, consistently applied and
as in effect from time to time in the United States of
America.
“Governmental
Entity” shall mean any Federal or state court, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental authority or
instrumentality.
“HOLA” shall mean
the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended.
“Independent
Valuation” shall mean the appraised pro forma market value of
the Cape Bancorp Common Stock issued in the Conversion, and any
updates, as determined by an independent appraiser.
“IRS” shall mean
the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Knowledge” as
used with respect to a Person (including references to such Person
being aware of a particular matter) means those facts that are
known, or should have been known after inquiry reasonable in the
circumstances, by the executive officers of such Person, and
includes any facts, matters or circumstances set forth in any
written notice from any Bank Regulator or any other material
written notice received by that Person.
“Mailing Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean, with respect to Cape Bancorp or Cape
Savings or Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, respectively, any
effect that (i) is material and adverse to the financial
condition, results of operations or business of Cape Bancorp, Cape
Savings and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or Boardwalk
Bancorp, Boardwalk Bank and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
respectively, or (ii) would materially impair the ability of
either Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, on the one hand, or
Cape Bancorp and Cape Savings, on the other hand, to perform their
obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that in
determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has
occurred, there shall be excluded any effect resulting from or
attributable to (a) changes in laws, rules or regulations, or
published interpretations thereof by courts or governmental
authorities, affecting financial institutions and their holding
companies generally, (b) changes in GAAP or regulatory
accounting principles generally applicable to financial
institutions and their holding companies, (c) actions and
omissions of a party hereto (or any of its Subsidiaries) taken with
the prior written consent of the other party, (d) this
Agreement (including the announcement thereof) or the transactions
contemplated hereby and the effects of compliance with this
Agreement on the operating performance of the parties including the
expenses incurred by the parties hereto in consummating the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (e) changes in
national or international political or social conditions including
the engagement by the United States in hostilities, whether or not
pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or
the
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occurrence of any militaristic or
terrorist attack upon or within the United States, or any of its
territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon
any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United
States, provided that such changes do not disproportionately affect
Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, on the one hand, compared to
Cape Bancorp and Cape Savings, on the other hand, or vice versa, as
the case may be, (f) changes in general economic conditions or
interest rates or any other events, conditions or trends affecting
financial institutions and their holding companies generally,
provided that such changes, events, conditions or trends do not
disproportionately affect Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, on
the one hand, compared to Cape Bancorp and Cape Savings, on the
other hand, or vice versa, as the case may be, (g) with
respect to Boardwalk Bancorp, the effects of the balance sheet
restructuring effected during the quarter ended March 31, 2007
as disclosed in Boardwalk Bancorp’s Securities Documents,
and, provided further, that a decrease in the trading or market
price of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall not be considered, by
itself, to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“Materials of
Environmental Concern” shall mean pollutants, contaminants,
wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products, and any
other materials regulated under Environmental Laws.
“Merger” shall
mean the merger of Boardwalk Bancorp with and into Cape Bancorp (or
a subsidiary thereof) pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Merger
Consideration” shall mean the cash or Cape Bancorp Common
Stock, or combination thereof, to be paid by Cape Bancorp for each
share of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock, as set forth in
Section 3.1.
“Merger Registration
Statement” shall mean the registration statement, together
with all amendments, filed with the SEC under the Securities Act
for the purpose of registering shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock
to be offered to holders of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock in
connection with the Merger. The Merger Registration Statement and
the Conversion Registration Statement may be separate registration
statements or may be combined in one registration statement that
shall register shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock to be offered
and sold in connection with the Offering and to be offered to
holders of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock in connection with the
Merger.
“MGCL” shall mean
the Maryland General Corporation Law.
“Mixed Election”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
“NASD” shall mean
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“NJBCA” shall
mean the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as
amended.
“NJDOBI” shall
mean the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
“Non-Election”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.
“Non-Election
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.1.
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“Offering” shall
mean the Conversion Offering.
“Option Payment”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
“OTS” shall mean
the Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor
thereto.
“PBGC” shall mean
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
“Pension Plan”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.2.
“Person” shall
mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, trust or “group” (as that term is defined
under the Exchange Act).
“Plan of
Conversion” shall mean the Plan of Conversion and
Reorganization pursuant to which Cape Savings will convert from the
mutual form of organization to the capital stock form of
organization.
“Pre-Closing”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Pre-Closing
Date” shall be the date on which the Pre-Closing
occurs.
“Proxy
Statement-Prospectus” shall mean the proxy
statement/prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to be delivered
to stockholders of Boardwalk Bancorp in connection with the
solicitation of their approval of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby and the offering of the Cape
Bancorp Common Stock to them as Merger Consideration. The Proxy
Statement-Prospectus may be combined with the Conversion Prospectus
delivered to offerees in the Conversion Offering.
“Regulatory
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.11.3.
“Representative”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2
“Rights” shall
mean warrants, options, rights, convertible securities, stock
appreciation rights and other arrangements or commitments that
obligate an entity to issue or dispose of any of its capital stock
or other ownership interests or which provide for compensation
based on the equity appreciation of its capital stock.
“SEC” shall mean
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
thereto.
“Securities Act”
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities
Documents” shall mean all reports, offering circulars, proxy
statements, registration statements and all similar documents
filed, or required to be filed, pursuant to the Securities
Laws.
“Securities Laws”
shall mean the Securities Act; the Exchange Act; the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended; the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended; the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.
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“Shortfall
Number” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.5.
“Stock Conversion
Number” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.1.
“Stock Election
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.1.
“Stock Exchange”
shall mean The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC.
“Subsidiary”
shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of
the SEC.
“Surviving
Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
“Termination
Date” shall mean June 30, 2008.
Other terms used herein are
defined in the preamble or elsewhere in this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
As promptly as practicable
following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to each
party’s respective obligations hereunder, and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time:
(a) Boardwalk Bancorp shall merge with and into Cape Bancorp,
or a to-be-formed subsidiary of Cape Bancorp, with Cape Bancorp (or
the subsidiary) as the resulting or surviving corporation (the
“Surviving Corporation”); and (b) the separate
existence of Boardwalk Bancorp shall cease and all of the rights,
privileges, powers, franchises, properties, assets, liabilities and
obligations of Boardwalk Bancorp shall be vested in and assumed by
Cape Bancorp. As part of the Merger, each share of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock will be converted into the right to receive
the Merger Consideration pursuant to the terms of Article III.
Immediately after the Merger, Boardwalk Bank shall merge with and
into Cape Savings, with Cape Savings as the resulting institution
under the name “Cape Bank,” (or such other name as
determined by the Board of Directors of Cape Savings) which name
shall be effective at the time of the consummation of the Bank
Merger.
The Merger shall be effected
by the filing of a certificate of merger with the New Jersey Office
of the Secretary of State in accordance with the NJBCA, and the
filing of articles of merger with the Maryland Department of
Assessments and Taxation in accordance with the MGCL, on the day of
the closing (the “Closing Date”) provided for in
Article X (the “Closing”). The “Effective
Time” means the date and time upon which the certificate of
merger is filed with the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of
State and the articles of merger are filed with the Maryland
Department of Assessments and Taxation. The Closing of the Merger
shall immediately follow the closing of the Offering and completion
of the Conversion.
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2.3. |
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. |
The Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of Cape Bancorp as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, shall be the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided
therein and by applicable law. A copy of the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of Cape Bancorp, substantially to be in
effect on the Closing Date, are included in CAPE BANCORP DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE 2.3.
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2.4. |
Directors and Officers of Surviving
Corporation. |
Except as provided in
Section 2.5, the directors of Cape Bancorp immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the
Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
The officers of Cape Bancorp immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation, in
each case until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified.
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2.5. |
Additional Directors of Cape Bancorp and Cape
Savings. |
Each of the directors of Cape
Bancorp and Cape Savings immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall continue as directors of Cape Bancorp and Cape Savings
immediately after the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time,
but effective conditioned upon Closing, Cape Bancorp and Cape
Savings shall increase the size of their respective boards of
directors (the “Boards”) by three directors so that
upon such increase, (i) each Board shall consist of ten
directors and (ii) each Board shall appoint as directors to
fill the three resulting vacancies Michael D. Devlin, Agostino R.
Fabietti and Thomas K. Ritter (collectively, the “Boardwalk
Bancorp Designees”). Mr. Ritter shall serve as a
director in the class of directors whose term expires in 2010,
Mr. Devlin shall serve as a director in the class of directors
whose term expires in 2009 and Mr. Fabietti shall serve as a
director in the class of directors whose term expires in 2008.
Subject to their fiduciary duties, each Board shall take all action
necessary to appoint each of Messrs. Fabietti and Devlin to their
respective Board for a three-year term following the expiration of
their terms listed above. If any Boardwalk Bancorp Designee shall
be unable or unwilling to serve as a nominee or a director for any
reason either prior to his appointment as a director or during his
term of office, then the remaining Boardwalk Bancorp Designees
shall be entitled to designate another person acceptable to a
majority of the members of the respective Boards, and any such
person shall become a “Boardwalk Bancorp Designee” for
all purposes under this Agreement.
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2.6. |
Effects of the Merger. |
At and after the Effective
Time, the Merger shall have the effects as set forth in the NJBCA
and MGCL.
It is intended that the
Merger shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement shall
constitute a “plan of reorganization” as that term is
used in Sections 354 and 361 of the Code. From and after the date
of this Agreement
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and until the Closing, each party hereto
shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to
qualify, and will not knowingly take any action, cause any action
to be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to
be taken which action or failure to act could prevent the Merger
from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of
the Code. Following the Closing, neither Cape Bancorp, Cape
Savings, Boardwalk Bancorp nor any of their affiliates shall
knowingly take any action, cause any action to be taken, fail to
take any action or cause any action to fail to be taken, which
action or failure to act could cause the Merger to fail to qualify
as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code. Cape
Bancorp, Cape Savings and Boardwalk Bancorp each hereby agrees to
deliver certificates substantially in compliance with IRS published
advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions and
modifications thereto, to enable counsel to deliver the legal
opinion contemplated by Section 9.1.6, which certificates
shall be effective as of the date of such opinion, such delivery
conditioned on the accuracy of the relevant facts as of the date of
delivery.
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2.8. |
Possible Alternative Structures. |
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, prior to the Effective
Time, Cape Savings or Cape Bancorp shall be entitled to revise the
structure of the Merger, the Bank Merger or the Conversion,
provided that (i) there are no adverse Federal or state income
tax consequences to Boardwalk Bancorp stockholders as a result of
the modification; (ii) the consideration to be paid to the
holders of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock under this Agreement is
not thereby changed in kind or value or reduced in amount as a
result of such change in structure and, in the case of revision to
the structure of the Conversion, the pro forma capitalization of
Cape Bancorp shall not be materially different than that
contemplated by the Conversion Prospectus; and (iii) such
modification will not delay materially or jeopardize receipt of any
required regulatory approvals or other consents and approvals
relating to the consummation of the Merger. Each of Cape Bancorp,
Cape Savings, Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank agrees to
appropriately amend this Agreement and any related documents in
order to reflect any such revised structure. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, as a matter of clarification, this Section 2.8
shall not be deemed to permit Cape Savings and Cape Bancorp to
revise the structure of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement to provide for a mutual holding company structure
without the prior written consent of Boardwalk Bancorp, which
consent may be withheld in its sole discretion.
Contemporaneous with the
adoption of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of Cape Savings
is adopting a Plan of Conversion for Cape Savings to convert to the
capital stock form of organization. Cape Bancorp is being organized
to act as the holding company for Cape Savings, and to offer for
sale shares of common stock to Depositors in the Conversion, based
on the Independent Valuation. The price per share of the shares of
Cape Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in the Conversion is
referred to as the “Conversion Price Per Share.” The
Conversion Price Per Share is expected to be $10.00. The shares of
Cape Bancorp Common Stock to be issued in connection with the
Merger may be either shares unsubscribed for in the Conversion
Offering, or if such shares are unavailable, authorized but
unissued shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock, which shares shall be
issued immediately following completion of the
Conversion.
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2.10. |
Additional Actions. |
If, at any time after the
Effective Time, Cape Bancorp shall consider or be advised that any
further deeds, assignments or assurances in law or any other acts
are necessary or desirable to (i) vest, perfect or confirm, of
record or otherwise, in Cape Bancorp or Cape Savings its right,
title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or
assets of Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank, or
(ii) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement,
Boardwalk Bancorp shall be deemed to have granted to Cape Bancorp
an irrevocable power of attorney to execute and deliver, in such
official corporate capacities, all such deeds, assignments or
assurances in law or any other acts as are necessary or desirable
to (a) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in
Cape Bancorp its right, title or interest in, to or under any of
the rights, properties or assets of Boardwalk Bancorp or
(b) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and
the officers and directors of Cape Bancorp are authorized in the
name of Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank or otherwise to take
any and all such action.
ARTICLE III
CONVERSION OF
SHARES
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3.1. |
Conversion of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock; Merger
Consideration. |
At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Cape
Bancorp, Boardwalk Bancorp or the holders of any of the shares of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock, the Merger shall be effected in
accordance with the following terms:
3.1.1. All shares of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock held in the treasury of Boardwalk
Bancorp and each share of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock owned by
Cape Bancorp, Cape Savings or any direct or indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of Cape Savings or of Boardwalk Bancorp immediately
prior to the Effective Time (other than shares held in a fiduciary
capacity or in connection with debts previously contracted) shall,
at the Effective Time, cease to exist, and the Certificates for
such shares shall be canceled as promptly as practicable
thereafter, and no payment or distribution shall be made in
consideration therefor. Each share of Cape Bancorp Common Stock and
Cape Savings common stock that is issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain issued and
outstanding following the Effective Time and shall be unchanged by
the Merger.
3.1.2. Each outstanding share
of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock immediately outstanding prior to
the Effective Time (except for shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock cancelled or retired pursuant to Section 3.1.1 above)
shall become and be converted into, as provided in and subject to
the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the right to receive
at the election of the holder thereof as provided in
Section 3.2 either (A) 2.3 shares of Cape Bancorp Common
Stock (the “Exchange Ratio,” and such shares, the
“Stock Consideration”), or (B) $23.00 in cash (the
“Cash Consideration”).
3.1.3. In the event Cape
Bancorp changes the Conversion Price Per Share prior to the
Effective Time, from $10.00, the Exchange Ratio shall be
proportionately and appropriately adjusted.
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3.1.4. After the Effective
Time, shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall be no longer
outstanding and shall be canceled automatically and shall cease to
exist, and shall thereafter by operation of this Section 3.1
be the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
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3.2. |
Election Procedures. |
3.2.1. Holders of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock may elect to receive shares of Cape Bancorp
Common Stock or cash, or a combination thereof (in all cases
without interest) in exchange for their shares of Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock in accordance with the following procedures, provided
that, in the aggregate, and subject to the provisions of
Section 3.2.6, 50% of the total number of shares of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock issued and outstanding at the Effective Time,
excluding any Treasury Stock (the “Stock Conversion
Number”), shall be converted into the Stock Consideration and
the remaining outstanding shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock
shall be converted into the Cash Consideration. Shares of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock as to which a Cash Election (including,
pursuant to a Mixed Election) has been made are referred to herein
as “Cash Election Shares.” Shares of Boardwalk Bancorp
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 Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock as to which no election has been made (or as to which
an Election Form is not returned properly completed) are referred
to herein as “Non-Election Shares.” The aggregate
number of shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock with respect to
which a Stock Election has been made is referred to herein as the
“Stock Election Number.”
3.2.2. An election form and
other appropriate and customary transmittal materials (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such
Certificates to the Exchange Agent), in such form as Boardwalk
Bancorp and Cape Bancorp shall mutually agree (the “Election
Form”), shall be mailed no more than 40 business days and no
less than 20 business days prior to the anticipated Effective Time
or on such earlier date as Boardwalk Bancorp and Cape Bancorp shall
mutually agree (the “Mailing Date”) to each holder of
record of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock as of five business days
prior to the Mailing Date (the “Election Form Record
Date”). The Exchange Agent shall make available an additional
Election Form to all Persons who become record holders of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock between the Election Form Record Date and the
Election Deadline. Each Election Form shall permit such holder,
subject to the allocation and election procedures set forth in this
Section 3.2, (i) to elect to receive the Cash
Consideration for all of the shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock held by such holder (a “Cash Election”), in
accordance with Section 3.1.2, (ii) to elect to receive
the Stock Consideration for all of such shares (a “Stock
Election”), in accordance with Section 3.1.2,
(iii) to elect to receive the Stock Consideration for a part
of such holder’s Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock and the Cash
Consideration for the remaining part of such holder’s
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock (a “Mixed Election”), or
(iv) to indicate that such record holder has no preference as
to the receipt of cash or Cape Bancorp Common Stock for such shares
(a “Non-Election”). A holder of record of shares of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock who holds such shares as nominee,
trustee or in another representative capacity (a
“Representative”) may submit multiple Election Forms,
provided that each such Election Form covers all the shares of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock held by such Representative for a
particular beneficial owner. Any shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock with respect to which the holder
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thereof shall not, as of the
Election Deadline, have made an election by submission to the
Exchange Agent of an effective, properly completed Election Form
shall be deemed Non-Election Shares.
3.2.3. To be effective, a
properly completed Election Form shall be submitted to the Exchange
Agent on or before 4:00 p.m., New Jersey time, on the 25
th
day following the Mailing
Date (or such other time and date as Cape Bancorp and Boardwalk
Bancorp may mutually agree) (the “Election Deadline”);
provided, however, that the Election Deadline may not occur on or
after the Closing Date. Cape Savings shall use all reasonable
efforts to make available as promptly as possible an Election Form
to any holder of record of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock who
requests such Election Form following the initial mailing of the
Election Forms and prior to the Election Deadline. Boardwalk
Bancorp shall provide to the Exchange Agent all information
reasonably necessary for it to perform as specified herein. 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 Certificates (or
customary affidavits and indemnification regarding the loss or
destruction of such Certificates or the guaranteed delivery of such
Certificates) representing all shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock covered by such Election Form, together with duly executed
transmittal materials included with the Election Form. If a
Boardwalk Bancorp stockholder either (i) does not submit a
properly completed Election Form in a timely fashion or
(ii) revokes its Election Form prior to the Election Deadline
(without later submitting a properly completed Election Form prior
to the Election Deadline), the shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock held by such stockholder shall be designated as Non-Election
Shares. Any Election Form may be revoked or changed by the person
submitting such Election Form to the Exchange Agent by written
notice to the Exchange Agent only if such notice of revocation or
change is actually received by the Exchange Agent at or prior to
the Election Deadline. Cape Bancorp shall cause the Certificate or
Certificates relating to any revoked Election Form to be promptly
returned without charge to the person submitting the Election Form
to the Exchange Agent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and
of the Election Form, Cape Bancorp shall have reasonable
discretion, which it may delegate in whole or in part to the
Exchange Agent, to determine whether Election Forms have been
properly completed, signed and submitted or revoked and to
disregard immaterial defects in Election Forms. The good faith
decision of Cape Bancorp or the Exchange Agent in such matters
shall be conclusive and binding. Neither Cape Bancorp nor the
Exchange Agent shall be under any obligation to notify any Person
of any defect in an Election Form submitted to the Exchange
Agent.
3.2.4. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement after holders of shares of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock have deposited their Certificates with the
Exchange Agent, Cape Bancorp, Cape Savings and Boardwalk Bancorp
shall jointly and promptly instruct the Exchange Agent to return
all Certificates to the Persons who deposited the same.
3.2.5. Not more than seven
(7) Business Days after the Election Deadline, the Exchange
Agent shall calculate the allocation among holders of shares of
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock of rights to receive Stock
Consideration and/or Cash Consideration in the Merger as
follows:
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(A) If the Stock Election
Number equals the 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 the Stock
Consideration.
(B) If the Stock Election
Number exceeds the 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, subject to
Section 3.2.6 hereof, each holder of Stock Election Shares
will be entitled to receive the Stock Consideration only with
respect to that number of Stock Election Shares held by such holder
(rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the product obtained
by multiplying (x) the number of Stock Election Shares held by
such holder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Stock Conversion Number and the denominator of which is the Stock
Election Number, with the remaining number of such holder’s
Stock Election Shares being converted into the right to receive the
Cash Consideration.
(C) If the Stock Election
Number is less than the Stock Conversion Number (the amount by
which the 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:
(1) 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, subject to Section 3.2.6
hereof, each holder of Non-Election Shares shall receive the Stock
Consideration in respect of that number of Non-Election Shares held
by such holder (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the
product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Non-Election
Shares held by such holder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Shortfall Number and the denominator of which is the
total number of Non-Election Shares, with the remaining number of
such holder’s Non-Election Shares being converted into the
right to receive the Cash Consideration; or
(2) if the Shortfall Number
exceeds the number of Non-Election Shares, then, subject to
Section 3.2.6 hereof, all Non-Election Shares shall be
converted into the right to receive the Stock Consideration, and
each holder of Cash Election Shares shall receive the Stock
Consideration in respect of that number of Cash Election Shares
held by such holder (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (x) the number of Cash
Election Shares held by such holder by (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount by which (1) the Shortfall
Number exceeds (2) the total number of Non-Election Shares and
the denominator of which is the total number of Cash Election
Shares, with the remaining number of such holder’s Cash
Election Shares being converted into the right to receive the Cash
Consideration.
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3.2.6. No Fractional
Shares . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of
Cape Bancorp Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for
exchange of Certificates, no dividend or distribution with respect
to Cape Bancorp Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to
any fractional share interest, and such fractional share interests
shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights
of a stockholder of Cape Bancorp. In lieu of the issuance of any
such fractional share, Cape Bancorp shall pay to each former holder
of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock who otherwise would be entitled
to receive a fractional share of Cape Bancorp Common Stock, an
amount in cash determined by multiplying the Conversion Price Per
Share by the fraction of a share of Cape Bancorp Common Stock which
such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 3.1.2. No interest will be paid on the cash that
holders of such fractional shares shall be entitled to receive upon
such delivery. For purposes of determining any fractional share
interest, all shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock owned by a
Boardwalk Bancorp stockholder shall be combined so as to calculate
the maximum number of whole shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock
issuable to such Boardwalk Bancorp stockholder.
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3.3. |
Procedures for Exchange of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock. |
3.3.1. Cape Bancorp or
Cape Savings to Make Merger Consideration Available. After the
Election Deadline and prior to the Effective Time, Cape Bancorp or
Cape Savings shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with
the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this
Section 3.3, certificates representing the shares of Cape
Bancorp Common Stock and an estimated amount of cash sufficient to
pay the aggregate amount of cash payable pursuant to this Article
III (including the estimated amount of cash to be paid in lieu of
fractional shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock)(such cash and
certificates for shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock, together with
any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, being
hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange
Fund”).
3.3.2. Exchange Procedures
for Effective Election Forms Submitted by Election Deadline .
As soon as practicable after the Effective Time (and in any case no
later than five (5) business days thereafter), Cape Bancorp
shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail the Merger Consideration to
holders of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock who have submitted
effective Election Forms prior to the Election Deadline.
3.3.3. Exchange Procedures
in Absence of Effective Election Forms Submitted Prior to Election
Deadline . Within five (5) business days after the
Effective Time, Cape Bancorp shall take all steps necessary to
cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each record holder of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time who
has not surrendered an Election Form and Certificates representing
all of the shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock owned by such
holder pursuant to Section 3.2.3, a form letter of transmittal
for return to the Exchange Agent and instructions for use in
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the
Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares into
which the Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock represented by such
Certificates shall have been converted as a result of the Merger.
The letter of transmittal (which shall be subject to the reasonable
approval of Boardwalk Bancorp) shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall
pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the
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Exchange Agent. Promptly, but
no more than five (5) business days, after proper surrender of
a Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent,
together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly
executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by
the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be
entitled to receive in exchange therefor, as applicable, (i) a
certificate representing, in the aggregate, that number of shares
of Cape Bancorp Common Stock (if any) to which such former holder
of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall have become entitled
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1.2, (ii) a check
representing that amount of cash (if any) to which such former
holder of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall have become entitled
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1.2, and (iii) a
check representing the amount of cash (if any) payable in lieu of
fractional shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock, which such former
holder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate
surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.3.3,
and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
Each outstanding Certificate which prior to the Effective Time
represented Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock and which was not
surrendered to the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures
provided for herein shall, except as otherwise herein provided,
until duly surrendered to the Exchange Agent be deemed to evidence
ownership (including, without limitation, for purposes of voting
and dividends) of the number of shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock
and/or the right to receive the amount of Cash Consideration which
such Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall have been converted. In
the event of a transfer of ownership of Boardwalk Bancorp Common
Stock which is not registered in the transfer records of Boardwalk
Bancorp, a certificate representing, in the aggregate, the proper
number of shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock and/or check in
the proper amount pursuant to Section 3.1.2 may be issued with
respect to such Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock, as the case may be,
to such a transferee if the Certificate formerly representing such
shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock is presented to the
Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence
and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock
transfer taxes have been paid. No interest will be paid or accrued
on the cash payable in lieu of fractional shares. Certificates
surrendered for exchange by any person who is an
“affiliate” of Boardwalk Bancorp for purposes of Rule
145(c) under the Securities Act shall not be exchanged for
certificates representing shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock until
Cape Bancorp or Cape Savings has received the written agreement of
such person contemplated by Section 8.5. Persons who have
submitted an effective Election Form as provided in
Section 3.2.3 and surrendered Certificates as provided therein
shall be treated as if they have properly surrendered Certificates
together with the letter of transmittal pursuant to this
Section 3.3.
3.3.4. Rights of
Certificate Holders after the Effective Time . The holder of a
Certificate that prior to the Merger represented issued and
outstanding Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock shall have no rights,
after the Effective Time, with respect to such Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock except to surrender the Certificate in exchange for
the Merger Consideration as provided in this Agreement. No
dividends or other distributions declared after the Effective Time
with respect to Cape Bancorp Common Stock shall be paid to the
holder of any unsurrendered Certificate until the holder thereof
shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this
Section 3.3. After the surrender of a Certificate in
accordance with this Section 3.3, the record holder thereof
shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or other
distributions, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had
become payable with respect to shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock
represented by such Certificate.
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3.3.5. Surrender by
Persons Other than Record Holders . If the Person surrendering
a Certificate and signing the accompanying letter of transmittal is
not the record holder thereof, then it shall be a condition of the
payment of the Merger Consideration that: (i) such Certificate
is properly endorsed to such Person or is accompanied by
appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name
of the record holder appears on such Certificate, and is otherwise
in proper form for transfer, or is accompanied by appropriate
evidence of the authority of the Person surrendering such
Certificate and signing the letter of transmittal to do so on
behalf of the record holder; and (ii) the person requesting
such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any
transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a
person other than the registered holder of the Certificate
surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish
to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been
paid or is not payable.
3.3.6. Closing of Transfer
Books . From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no
transfers on the stock transfer books of Boardwalk Bancorp of the
Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock that was outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time,
Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to
the Exchange Agent, they shall be exchanged for the Merger
Consideration and canceled as provided in this
Section 3.3.
3.3.7. Return of Exchange
Fund . At any time following the twelve (12) month period
after the Effective Time, Cape Bancorp shall be entitled to require
the Exchange Agent to deliver to it any portions of the Exchange
Fund which had been made available to the Exchange Agent and not
disbursed to holders of Certificates (including, without
limitation, all interest and other income received by the Exchange
Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and thereafter
such holders shall be entitled to look to Cape Bancorp (subject to
abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) with respect to
any Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of
the Certificates held by them, any cash in lieu of fractional
shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock to which such holders are
entitled pursuant to Section 3.2.6 and any dividends or
distributions with respect to shares of Cape Bancorp Common Stock
to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
Section 3.3.4.
3.3.8. No Liability .
None of Cape Bancorp, Boardwalk Bancorp, any of their respective
Affiliates or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in
respect of any Merger Consideration from the Exchange Fund
delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or other similar
law.
3.3.9. Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates . In the event any Certificate shall
have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to
be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Cape Bancorp, the
posting by such person of a bond in such customary amount as Cape
Bancorp may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that
may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the
Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in
respect thereof.
3.3.10. Withholding.
Cape Bancorp or the Exchange Agent will be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement or the
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transactions contemplated
hereby to any holder of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock such amounts
as Cape Bancorp (or any Affiliate thereof) or the Exchange Agent
are required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of
such payment under the Code, or any applicable provision of U.S.
federal, state, local or non-U.S. tax law. To the extent that such
amounts are properly withheld by Cape Bancorp or the Exchange
Agent, such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and
withholding were made by Cape Bancorp or the Exchange
Agent.
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3.4. |
Reservation of Shares. |
Cape Bancorp shall reserve
for issuance a sufficient number of shares of the Cape Bancorp
Common Stock for the purpose of issuing shares of Cape Bancorp
Common Stock to the Boardwalk Bancorp stockholders in accordance
with this Article III.
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3.5. |
Treatment of Boardwalk Bancorp Options. |
3.5.1 BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 3.5.1 sets forth all of the outstanding
Boardwalk Bancorp Options as of the date hereof. At the Effective
Time, and pursuant to the terms of the Boardwalk Bancorp Option
Plans, each Boardwalk Bancorp Option that is unexercised and
outstanding, whether or not then exercisable, immediately prior
thereto shall, by reason of the Merger, be cancelled and, in
exchange for the cancellation of such Boardwalk Bancorp Option, the
holder thereof shall be paid by Cape Bancorp or Cape Savings on the
Closing Date in cash an amount, net of required tax withholdings,
equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Cash Consideration per
share over (B) the exercise price per share of each such
Boardwalk Bancorp Option multiplied by (ii) the total
number of shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock subject to the
Boardwalk Bancorp Option (the “Option Payment”).
Boardwalk Bancorp shall give written notice to the each holder of a
then-outstanding Boardwalk Bancorp Option that such holder will
receive the payment described herein in exchange for such holders
outstanding Options and Boardwalk Bancorp shall use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the written acknowledgment of each such
holder of the receipt of such notice.
3.5.2 Boardwalk Bancorp shall
take such action as is necessary to provide that as of no later
than three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date no
further shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock will be purchased
under the Boardwalk Bancorp, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan (the “Boardwalk Bancorp DRIP”); provided,
that such cessation of further purchases following the Closing Date
shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger.
Immediately prior to and effective as of the Effective Time and
subject to the consummation of the Merger, Boardwalk Bancorp shall
terminate the Boardwalk Bancorp DRIP. No later than 30 calendar
days following the date of this Agreement, Boardwalk Bancorp shall
take such action as is necessary to terminate the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the “Boardwalk Bancorp
ESPP”).
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF BOARDWALK BANCORP AND
BOARDWALK
BANK
Boardwalk Bancorp and
Boardwalk Bank represent and warrant to Cape Bancorp and Cape
Savings that the statements contained in this Article IV are
correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be
correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then
and as though the Closing Date were substituted for the date of
this Agreement throughout this Article IV), except as set forth in
the BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE delivered by Boardwalk
Bancorp to Cape Bancorp on the date hereof, and except as to any
representation or warranty which specifically relates to an earlier
date. Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank have made a good faith
effort to ensure that the disclosure on each schedule of the
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE corresponds to the section
referenced herein. However, for purposes of the BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE, any item disclosed on any schedule therein is
deemed to be fully disclosed with respect to all schedules under
which such item may be relevant and to the extent that it is
reasonably clear on the face of such schedule that such item
applies to such other schedule. References to the Knowledge of
Boardwalk Bancorp shall include the Knowledge of Boardwalk
Bank.
4.1.1. Boardwalk Bancorp is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and is duly registered
as a bank holding company under the BHCA. Boardwalk Bancorp has
full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in the
State of New Jersey and foreign jurisdictions where its ownership
or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or
qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Boardwalk
Bancorp.
4.1.2. Boardwalk Bank is a
New Jersey state bank organized, validly existing and in good
standing under New Jersey law. BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE 4.1.2 identifies each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary
and (other than as to Boardwalk Bank) describes the business
conducted by such entity. The deposits of Boardwalk Bank are
insured by the FDIC through the DIF to the fullest extent permitted
by law, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in
connection therewith have been paid by Boardwalk Bank when due.
Each other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a corporation or limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization.
4.1.3. The respective minute
books of Boardwalk Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary
accurately record, in all material respects, all material corporate
actions of their respective stockholders and boards of directors
(including committees).
4.1.4. Prior to the date of
this Agreement, Boardwalk Bancorp has made available to Cape
Savings true and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation
and bylaws of Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank.
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4.2.1. Except as disclosed on
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.2.1, the authorized capital
stock of Boardwalk Bancorp consists of 12,500,000 shares of common
stock, $5.00 par value per share, of which 4,292,860 shares are
outstanding, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
of preemptive rights, and no shares of preferred stock. There are
18,000 shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock held by Boardwalk
Bancorp as treasury stock. Neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has or is bound by any Rights of any
character relating to the purchase, sale or issuance or voting of,
or right to receive dividends or other distributions on any shares
of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock, or any other security of
Boardwalk Bancorp or any securities representing the right to vote,
purchase or otherwise receive any shares of Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock or any other security of Boardwalk Bancorp other than
shares issuable under the Boardwalk Bancorp Stock Benefit Plans.
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.2.1 sets forth: the name of
each holder of an outstanding award granted under any Boardwalk
Bancorp Stock Benefit Plan, identifying the nature of such award;
as to outstanding options or warrants to purchase Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock, the number of shares each such individual may acquire
pursuant to the exercise of such options or warrants, the grant,
vesting and expiration dates, and the exercise price relating to
such options or warrants held; and the names of each holder of an
outstanding restricted stock award, the number of shares subject to
each award, and the grant and vesting dates.
4.2.2. Except as disclosed on
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.2.2, Boardwalk Bancorp owns
all of the capital stock of Boardwalk Bank, free and clear of any
lien or encumbrance. Boardwalk Bancorp does not possess, directly
or indirectly, any material equity interest in any corporate
entity, except for equity interests held in the investment
portfolios of Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, equity interests held
by Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries in a fiduciary capacity, and
equity interests held in connection with the lending activities of
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, including stock in the
FHLB.
4.2.3. To Boardwalk
Bancorp’s Knowledge, except as disclosed in Boardwalk
Bancorp’s proxy statement dated March 22, 2007, or in
any subsequent Schedule 13D or 13G filed with the SEC, no Person or
“group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), is the beneficial owner (as defined in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of 5% or more of the
outstanding shares of Boardwalk Bancorp Common Stock.
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4.3. |
Authority; No Violation. |
4.3.1. Boardwalk Bancorp and
Boardwalk Bank each has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank, and of the
agreement referenced in Section 4.13, and the completion by
Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank of the transactions
contemplated hereby, up to and including the Merger, have been duly
and validly approved by the Board of Directors of Boardwalk Bancorp
and Boardwalk Bank, respectively, and, except for approval of the
stockholders of Boardwalk Bancorp, no other corporate proceedings
on the part of Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank are necessary to
complete the transactions contemplated hereby, up
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to and including the Merger.
This Agreement, and the agreement referenced in Section 4.13,
have been duly and validly executed and delivered by Boardwalk
Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank, and the Bank Merger has been duly and
validly approved by the Board of Directors of Boardwalk Bank, and
by Boardwalk Bancorp in its capacity as sole stockholder of
Boardwalk Bank, and subject to approval by the stockholders of
Boardwalk Bancorp of the Agreement and receipt of the required
approvals of the Bank Regulators described in Section 8.4,
constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Boardwalk Bancorp
and Boardwalk Bank, enforceable against Boardwalk Bancorp and
Boardwalk Bank in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally, and as to Boardwalk Bank, the conservatorship or
receivership provisions of the FDIA, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity.
4.3.2. (A) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk Bank,
and of the agreement referenced in Section 4.13,
(B) subject to receipt of the approvals and consents referred
to in Sections 4.4 and 8.4, and Boardwalk Bancorp’s and Cape
Bancorp’s compliance with any conditions contained therein,
and subject to the receipt of the approval of Boardwalk
Bancorp’s stockholders, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (C) compliance by Boardwalk Bancorp
and Boardwalk Bank with any of the terms or provisions hereof: will
not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision
of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Boardwalk Bancorp
or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary or the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of Boardwalk Bank; (ii) violate any
statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ,
decree or injunction applicable to Boardwalk Bancorp or any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary or any of their respective properties
or assets; or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in a breach
of any provisions of, constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, result in the termination of, accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration or
the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or other
encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Boardwalk
Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust,
license, lease, agreement or other investment or obligation to
which Boardwalk Bancorp or Boardwalk Bank is a party, or by which
they or any of their respective properties or assets may be bound
or affected, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or
defaults under clause (ii) or (iii) hereof which, either
individually or in the aggregate, will not have a Material Adverse
Effect on Boardwalk Bancorp and the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
Except for the consents,
waivers, approvals, filings and registrations from or with the Bank
Regulators (A) referred to in Section 8.4 and compliance
with any conditions contained therein, (B) the filing of the
Merger Registration Statement and the declaration of effectiveness
of the Merger Registration Statement by the SEC, and such proxy
solicitation materials and reports, schedules and forms under the
Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (C) the
filing of the articles of merger and certificate of merger as
referred to in Section 2.2 hereof, (D) such filings with
Governmental Entities to satisfy the applicable requirements of the
laws of states in which Boardwalk Bancorp and its Subsidiaries are
qualified or licensed to do business or state securities or
“blue sky” laws, and (E) and the approval of this
Agreement by the requisite vote of
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the stockholders of Boardwalk Bancorp,
no consents, waivers or approvals of, or filings or registrations
with, any Bank Regulator are necessary, and no consents, waivers or
approvals of, or filings or registrations with, any other third
parties are necessary, in connection with (a) the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Boardwalk Bancorp and Boardwalk
Bank, and (b) the completion by Boardwalk Bancorp and
Boardwalk Bank of the Merger and the Bank Merger. Boardwalk Bancorp
and Boardwalk Bank have no reason to believe that (i) any
required approvals from a Bank Regulator or other required consents
or approvals will not be received, or that (ii) any public
body or authority, the consent or approval of which is not required
or to which a filing is not required, will object to the completion
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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4.5. |
Financial Statements and Regulatory Reports. |
4.5.1. Boardwalk Bancorp has
previously made available to Cape Savings the Boardwalk Bancorp
Regulatory Reports. The Boardwalk Bancorp Regulatory Reports have
been prepared in all material respects in accordance with
applicable regulatory accounting principles and practices
throughout the periods covered by such statements, and fairly
present in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and changes in stockholders’
equity of Boardwalk Bancorp as of and for the periods ended on the
dates thereof, in accordance with applicable regulatory accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis.
4.5.2. Boardwalk Bancorp has
previously made available to Cape Savings the Boardwalk Bancorp
Financial Statements. The Boardwalk Bancorp Financial Statements
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (including the
related notes where applicable) fairly present in each case in all
material respects (subject in the case of the unaudited interim
statements to normal year-end adjustments), the consolidated
financial position, results of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and
cash flows of Boardwalk Bancorp and the Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of and for the respective
periods ending on the dates thereof, in accordance with GAAP during
the periods involved, except as indicated in the notes thereto, or
in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by SEC Regulation
S-X.
4.5.3. At the date of each
balance sheet included in the Boardwalk Bancorp Financial
Statements, Boardwalk Bancorp did not have any liabilities,
obligations or loss contingencies of any nature (whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a type required to be
reflected in such Boardwalk Bancorp Financial Statements or in the
footnotes thereto which are not fully reflected or reserved against
therein or fully disclosed in a footnote thereto, except for
(A) liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which are
not material individually or in the aggregate or which were
incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, (B) liabilities incurred for legal, accounting,
financial advisory fees, out-of-pocket and other expenses in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and (C) liabilities, obligations and loss contingencies which
are within the subject matter of a specific representation and
warranty herein and subject, in the case of any unaudited
statements, to normal, recurring audit adjustments and the absence
of footnotes.
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Boardwalk Bancorp and the
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries are members of the same affiliated
group within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a). Boardwalk
Bancorp, or the appropriate Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary, has duly
filed all federal, state and material local tax returns required to
be filed by or with respect to Boardwalk Bancorp and every
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary on or prior to the Closing Date (all
such returns, to Boardwalk Bancorp’s Knowledge, being
accurate and correct in all material respects) and has duly paid or
made provisions for the payment of all material federal, state and
local taxes which (i) have been incurred by Boardwalk Bancorp
and any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary; (ii) are due or claimed
to be due from Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary by any taxing authority; or (iii) are due pursuant
to any written tax sharing agreement, in each case on or prior to
the Closing Date, other than taxes or other charges which
(x) are not delinquent, (y) are being contested in good
faith, or (z) have not yet been fully determined. As of the
date of this Agreement, Boardwalk Bancorp has received no written
notice of, and to Boardwalk Bancorp’s Knowledge there is no
audit examination, deficiency assessment, tax investigation or
refund litigation with respect to any taxes of Boardwalk Bancorp or
any of its Subsidiaries, and no claim has been made by any
authority in a jurisdiction where Boardwalk Bancorp or any of its
Subsidiaries do not file tax returns that Boardwalk Bancorp or any
such Subsidiary is subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.
Boardwalk Bancorp and its Subsidiaries have not executed an
extension or waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment
or collection of any material tax due that is currently in effect.
Boardwalk Bancorp and each of its Subsidiaries has withheld and
paid all material taxes required to have been withheld and paid in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party, and
Boardwalk Bancorp and each of its Subsidiaries, to Boardwalk
Bancorp’s Knowledge, has timely complied with all applicable
information reporting requirements under Part III, Subchapter A of
Chapter 61 of the Code and similar applicable state and local
information reporting requirements.
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4.7. |
No Material Adverse Effect. |
Boardwalk Bancorp and the
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, have not suffered
any Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2006, and no
event has occurred or circumstance arisen since that date which, in
the aggregate, has had or is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect on Boardwalk Bancorp and the Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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4.8. |
Material Contracts; Leases; Defaults. |
4.8.1. Except as set forth in
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.8.1, neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a party to or
subject to: (i) any employment, consulting or severance
contract or material arrangement with any past or present officer,
director or employee of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary, except for “at will” arrangements;
(ii) any plan, material arrangement or contract providing for
bonuses, pensions, options, deferred compensation, retirement
payments, profit sharing or similar material arrangements for or
with any past or present officers, directors or employees of
Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
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Subsidiary; (iii) any
collective bargaining agreement with any labor union relating to
employees of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary;
(iv) any agreement which by its terms limits the payment of
dividends by Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary;
(v) any instrument evidencing or related to material
indebtedness for borrowed money whether directly or indirectly, by
way of purchase money obligation, conditional sale, lease purchase,
guaranty or otherwise, in respect of which Boardwalk Bancorp or any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is an obligor to any person, which
instrument evidences or relates to indebtedness other than
deposits, repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and
“treasury tax and loan” accounts established in the
ordinary course of business and transactions in “federal
funds” or which contains financial covenants or other
restrictions (other than those relating to the payment of principal
and interest when due) which would be applicable on or after the
Closing Date to Cape Bancorp or any Cape Bancorp Subsidiary;
(vi) any agreement, written or oral, that obligates Boardwalk
Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary for the payment of more
than $20,000 annually; or (vii) any agreement, contract,
arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral)
that restricts or limits in any material way the conduct of
business by Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary
(it being understood that any non-compete or similar provision
shall be deemed material).
4.8.2. Each real estate lease
that requires the consent of the lessor or its agent resulting from
the Merger or the Bank Merger by virtue of a prohibition or
restriction relating to assignment, by operation of law or
otherwise, or change in control, is listed in BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.8.2 identifying the section of the lease that
contains such prohibition or restriction. Subject to any consents
that may be required as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, to its Knowledge, neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor
any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is in default in any material
respect under any material contract, agreement, commitment,
arrangement, lease, insurance policy or other instrument to which
it is a party, by which its assets, business, or operations may be
bound or affected, or under which it or its assets, business, or
operations receive benefits, and there has not occurred any event
that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would
constitute such a default.
4.8.3. True and correct
copies of agreements, contracts, arrangements and instruments
referred to in Section 4.8.1 and 4.8.2 have been made
available to Cape Savings on or before the date hereof, are listed
on BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.8.1 and 4.8.2 and are in
full force and effect on the date hereof, and neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary (nor, to the Knowledge
of Boardwalk Bancorp, any other party to any such contract,
arrangement or instrument) has materially breached any provision
of, or is in default in any respect under any term of, any such
contract, arrangement or instrument. No party to any material
contract, arrangement or instrument will have the right to
terminate any or all of the provisions of any such contract,
arrangement or instrument as a result of the execution of, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.
No plan, contract, employment agreement, termination agreement, or
similar agreement or arrangement to which Boardwalk Bancorp or any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a party or under which Boardwalk
Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary may be liable contains
provisions which permit an employee or independent contractor to
terminate it without cause and continue to accrue future benefits
thereunder. No such agreement, plan, contract, or arrangement
(x) provides for acceleration in the vesting of benefits or
payments due thereunder upon the
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occurrence of a change in
ownership or control of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary or upon the occurrence of a subsequent event; or
(y) requires Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary to provide a benefit in the form of Boardwalk Bancorp
Common Stock or determined by reference to the value of Boardwalk
Bancorp Common Stock.
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4.9. |
Ownership of Property; Insurance Coverage. |
4.9.1. Boardwalk Bancorp and
each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has good and, as to real
property, marketable title to all material assets and properties
owned by Boardwalk Bancorp or each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary in
the conduct of its businesses, whether such assets and properties
are real or personal, tangible or intangible, including assets and
property reflected in the balance sheets contained in the Boardwalk
Bancorp Regulatory Reports and in the Boardwalk Bancorp Financial
Statements or acquired subsequent thereto (except to the extent
that such assets and properties have been disposed of in the
ordinary course of business, since the date of such balance
sheets), subject to no material encumbrances, liens, mortgages,
security interests or pledges, and except for (i) those items
which secure liabilities for public or statutory obligations or any
discount with, inter-bank credit facilities, or any transaction by
a Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary acting in a fiduciary capacity, and
(ii) statutory liens for amounts not yet delinquent or which
are being contested in good faith. Boardwalk Bancorp and the
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, as lessee, have the right under
valid and existing leases of real and personal properties used by
Boardwalk Bancorp and its Subsidiaries in the conduct of their
businesses to occupy or use all such properties as presently
occupied and used by each of them. Such existing leases and
commitments to lease constitute or will constitute operating leases
for both tax and financial accounting purposes and the lease
expense and minimum rental commitments with respect to such leases
and lease commitments are as disclosed in all material respects in
the notes to the Boardwalk Bancorp Financial Statements.
4.9.2. With respect to all
material agreements pursuant to which Boardwalk Bancorp or any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has purchased securities subject to an
agreement to resell, if any, Boardwalk Bancorp or such Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiary, as the case may be, has a lien or security
interest (which to Boardwalk Bancorp’s Knowledge is a valid,
perfected first lien) in the securities or other collateral
securing the repurchase agreement, and the value of such collateral
equals or exceeds the amount of the debt secured
thereby.
4.9.3. Boardwalk Bancorp and
each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary currently maintain insurance
considered by each of them to be reasonable for their respective
operations. Neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary has received notice from any insurance carrier that
(i) such insurance will be canceled or that coverage
thereunder will be reduced or eliminated, or (ii) premium
costs with respect to such policies of insurance will be
substantially increased. There are presently no material claims
pending under such policies of insurance and no notices have been
given by Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary
under such policies. All such insurance is valid and enforceable
and in full force and effect, and within the last three years
Boardwalk Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has
received each type of insurance coverage for which it has applied
and during such periods has not been denied indemnification for any
material claims submitted under any of its insurance policies.
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.9.3 identifies
all
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policies of insurance
maintained by Boardwalk Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary.
Neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor
any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a party to any, and there are
no pending or, to Boardwalk Bancorp’s Knowledge, threatened
legal, administrative, arbitration or other proceedings, claims
(whether asserted or unasserted), actions or governmental
investigations or inquiries of any nature (i) against
Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary (other than
routine bank regulatory examinations) or (ii) to which
Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary’s
assets are or may be subject, except for any proceedings, claims,
actions, investigations or inquiries which, if adversely
determined, individually or in the aggregate, could not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boardwalk
Bancorp and the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
There are no legal, administrative, arbitration or other
proceedings, claims, actions or governmental investigations
challenging the validity or propriety of any of the transactions
and/or agreements contemplated by, referred to in or related to
this Agreement (including the schedules hereto).
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4.11. |
Compliance With Applicable Law. |
4.11.1. Each of Boardwalk
Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders or decrees applicable to it, its properties, assets and
deposits, its business, and its conduct of business and its
relationship with its employees, including, without limitation, the
Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Fair
Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, the Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act, and all other applicable fair lending laws
and other laws relating to discriminatory business practices, and
neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has
received any written notice to the contrary.
4.11.2. Each of Boardwalk
Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has all material
permits, licenses, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and has
made all filings, applications and registrations with, all Bank
Regulators that are required in order to permit it to own or lease
its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted;
all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and
approvals are in full force and effect and to the Knowledge of
Boardwalk Bancorp, no suspension or cancellation of any such
permit, license, certificate, order or approval is threatened or
will result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, subject to obtaining the approvals set forth in
Section 8.4.
4.11.3. For the period
beginning January 1, 2005, neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has received any written notification
or to Boardwalk Bancorp’s Knowledge any other communication
from any Bank Regulator (i) asserting that Boardwalk Bancorp
or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is not in material compliance
with any of the statutes, regulations or ordinances which such Bank
Regulator enforces; (ii) threatening to revoke any license,
franchise, permit or governmental authorization which is material
to Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary;
(iii) requiring or
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threatening to require
Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary, or
indicating that Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary may be required, to enter into a cease and desist order,
agreement or memorandum of understanding or any other agreement
with any federal or state governmental agency or authority which is
charged with the supervision or regulation of banks or engages in
the insurance of bank deposits restricting or limiting, or
purporting to restrict or limit, in any material respect the
operations of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the
payment of dividends; or (iv) directing, restricting or
limiting, or purporting to direct, restrict or limit, in any manner
the operations of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary, including without limitation any restriction on the
payment of dividends (any such notice, communication, memorandum,
agreement or order described in this sentence is hereinafter
referred to as a “Regulatory Agreement”). Neither
Boardwalk Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has
consented to or entered into any currently effective Regulatory
Agreement. The most recent regulatory rating given to Boardwalk
Bank as to compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act is
satisfactory or better.
4.11.4. Boardwalk Bank has
implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate
and appropriate customer identification and verification procedures
that has not been deemed ineffective by any governmental authority
and that meets the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.
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4.12. |
Employee Benefit Plans. |
4.12.1. BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.12.1 includes a list of all existing bonus,
incentive, deferred compensation, pension, retirement,
profit-sharing, thrift, savings, employee stock ownership, stock
bonus, stock purchase, restricted stock, stock option, stock
appreciation, phantom stock, severance, welfare and fringe benefit
plans, employment, severance and change in control agreements and
all other material benefit practices, policies and arrangements
maintained by Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary
in which any employee or former employee, consultant or former
consultant or director or former director of Boardwalk Bancorp or
any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary participates or to which any such
employee, consultant or director is a party or is otherwise
entitled to receive benefits (the “Boardwalk Bancorp
Compensation and Benefit Plans”). Neither Boardwalk Bancorp
nor any of its Subsidiaries has any commitment to create any
additional Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan or to
materially modify, change or renew any existing Boardwalk Bancorp
Compensation and Benefit Plan (any modification or change that
increases the cost of such plans would be deemed material), except
as required to maintain the qualified status thereof. Boardwalk
Bancorp has made available to Cape Savings true and correct copies
of the Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plans.
4.12.2. Each Boardwalk
Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan has been operated and
administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms
and with applicable law, including, but not limited to, ERISA, the
Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act, COBRA, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and any regulations or rules promulgated
thereunder, and all material filings, disclosures and notices
required by ERISA, the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and any other applicable
law have been timely made or
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any interest, fines,
penalties or other impositions for late filings have been paid in
full. Each Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan which is
an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning
of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “Pension Plan”)
and which is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the IRS, and to the Knowledge of
Boardwalk Bancorp, no circumstances exist which are reasonably
likely to result in revocation of any such favorable determination
letter. There is no material pending or, to the Knowledge of
Boardwalk Bancorp, threatened action, suit or claim relating to any
Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan (other than routine
claims for benefits). Neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor any Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiary has engaged in a transaction, or omitted to take
any action, with respect to any Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and
Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject Boardwalk
Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary to an unpaid tax or
penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 502 of ERISA.
4.12.3. No Boardwalk Bancorp
Compensation and Benefit Plan is a defined benefit plan subject to
Title IV of ERISA (“Boardwalk Bancorp Defined Benefit
Plan”) or a “single-employer plan” (as defined in
Section 4001(a) of ERISA), and no such plan is currently or
formerly maintained by Boardwalk Bancorp or any entity which is
considered one employer with Boardwalk Bancorp under
Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code
(an “ERISA Affiliate”) (such plan hereinafter referred
to as an “ERISA Affiliate Plan”). Neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries has provided, or is required to
provide, security to any Boardwalk Bancorp Defined Benefit Plan or
to any single-employer plan of an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or has taken any action, or
omitted to take any action, that has resulted, or would reasonably
be expected to result in the imposition of a lien under
Section 412(n) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA. Neither
Boardwalk Bancorp, its Subsidiaries, nor any ERISA Affiliate has
contributed to any “multiemployer plan,” as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA, on or after September 26, 1986.
There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Boardwalk Bancorp,
threatened investigation or enforcement action by any Bank
Regulator with respect to any Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and
Benefit Plan or any ERISA Affiliate Plan.
4.12.4. All material
contributions required to be made under the terms of any Boardwalk
Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan to
which Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a
party or a sponsor have been timely made, and all anticipated
contributions and funding obligations are accrued on Boardwalk
Bancorp’s consolidated financial statements to the extent
required by GAAP. Boardwalk Bancorp and its Subsidiaries have
expensed and accrued as a liability the present value of future
benefits under each applicable Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and
Benefit Plan for financial reporting purposes to the extent
required by GAAP.
4.12.5. Except as set forth
in BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.12.5, neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has any obligations to
provide retiree health, life insurance, disability insurance, or
other retiree death benefits under any Compensation and Benefit
Plan, other than benefits mandated by Section 4980B of the
Code. There has been no communication to employees by Boardwalk
Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary that would reasonably
be expected to promise or guarantee such employees retiree health,
life insurance, disability insurance, or other retiree death
benefits.
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4.12.6. Boardwalk Bancorp and
its Subsidiaries do not maintain any Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation
and Benefit Plans covering employees who are not United States
residents.
4.12.7. With respect to each
Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan that is a Pension
Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code, if applicable, Boardwalk Bancorp has provided or made
available to Cape Savings copies of the: (A) trust instruments
and insurance contracts; (B) two most recent Forms 5500 filed
with the IRS; (C) most recent actuarial report and financial
statement; (D) most recent summary plan description;
(E) most recent determination letter issued by the IRS;
(F) any Form 5310 or Form 5330 filed with the IRS within the
last two years; and (G) most recent nondiscrimination tests
performed under ERISA and the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m)
tests).
4.12.8. Except as disclosed
in BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.12.8, the consummation
of the Merger will not, directly or indirectly (including, without
limitation, as a result of any termination of employment or service
at any time prior to or following the Effective Time)
(A) entitle any employee, consultant or director to any
payment or benefit (including severance pay, change in control
benefit, or similar compensation) or any increase in compensation,
(B) result in the vesting or acceleration of any benefits
under any Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan or
(C) result in any material increase in benefits payable under
any Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan.
4.12.9. Neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary maintains any
compensation plans, programs or arrangements under which
(i) any payment is reasonably likely to become non-deductible,
in whole or in part, for tax reporting purposes as a result of the
limitations under Section 162(m) of the Code and the
regulations issued thereunder or (ii) any payment is
reasonably likely to become taxable under Section 409A of the
Code.
4.12.10. Except as disclosed
in BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.12.10, the consummation
of the Merger will not, directly or indirectly (including without
limitation, as a result of any termination of employment or service
at any time prior to or following the Effective Time), entitle any
current or former employee, director or independent contractor of
Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary to any actual
or deemed payment (or benefit) which could constitute a
“parachute payment” (as such term is defined in
Section 280G of the Code).
4.12.11. There are no stock
appreciation or similar rights, earned dividends or dividend
equivalents, or shares of restricted stock, outstanding under any
of the Boardwalk Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plans or
otherwise as of the date hereof and none will be granted, awarded,
or credited after the date hereof.
4.12.12. BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.12.12 sets forth, as of the payroll date
immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, a list of the
full names of all employees of Boardwalk Bank or Boardwalk Bancorp,
their title and rate of salary, their date of hire and any changes
in their rate of salary or title effected since December 31,
2006.
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4.13. |
Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors. |
Neither Boardwalk Bancorp nor
any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary, nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents, has employed any broker,
finder or financial advisor in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or incurred any liability or
commitment for any fees or commissions to any such person in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
except for the retention of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
(“Janney”) by Boardwalk Bancorp and the fee payable
pursuant thereto.
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4.14. |
Environmental Matters. |
4.14.1. With respect to
Boardwalk Bancorp and each Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary:
(A) Each of Boardwalk Bancorp
and the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries, the Participation
Facilities (defined below), and, to Boardwalk Bancorp’s
Knowledge, the Loan Properties (defined below) are, and have been,
in substantial compliance with, and are not liable under, any
Environmental Laws;
(B) There is no suit, claim,
action, demand, executive or administrative order, directive,
investigation or proceeding pending and, to Boardwalk
Bancorp’s Knowledge, no such action is threatened, before any
court, governmental agency or other forum against it or any of the
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries or any Participation Facility
(x) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor)
with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or
(y) relating to the presence of or release into the
environment of any Materials of Environmental Concern (as defined
herein), whether or not occurring at or on a site owned, leased or
operated by it or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries or any
Participation Facility;
(C) There is no suit, claim,
action, demand, executive or administrative order, directive,
investigation or proceeding pending and, to Boardwalk
Bancorp’s Knowledge no such action is threatened, before any
court, governmental agency or other forum relating to or against
any Loan Property (or Boardwalk Bancorp or any of the Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiaries in respect of such Loan Property)
(x) relating to alleged noncompliance (including by any
predecessor) with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or
(y) relating to the presence of or release into the
environment of any Materials of Environmental Concern, whether or
not occurring at or on a site owned, leased or operated by a Loan
Property;
(D) The properties currently
owned or operated by Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary (including, without limitation, soil, groundwater or
surface water on, or under the properties, and buildings thereon)
are not contaminated with and do not otherwise contain any
Materials of Environmental Concern other than as permitted under
applicable Environmental Law;
(E) Neither Boardwalk Bancorp
nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has received any written
notice, demand letter, executive or administrative order, directive
or request for information from any federal, state, local or
foreign governmental entity or any third party indicating that it
may be in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental
Law;
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(F) Except as set forth in
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.14.1(F), there are no
underground storage tanks on, in or under any properties owned or
operated by Boardwalk Bancorp or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiaries or any Participation Facility, and no underground
storage tanks have been closed or removed from any properties owned
or operated by Boardwalk Bancorp or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiaries or any Participation Facility;
(G) Except as set forth in
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.14.1(G), during the period
of (s) Boardwalk Bancorp’s or any of the Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiaries’ ownership or operation of any of their
respective current properties or (t) Boardwalk Bancorp’s
or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries’ participation
in the management of any Participation Facility, there has been no
contamination by or release of Materials of Environmental Concern
in, on, under or affecting such properties. To Boardwalk
Bancorp’s Knowledge, prior to the period of
(x) Boardwalk Bancorp’s or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiaries’ ownership or operation of any of their
respective current properties or (y) Boardwalk Bancorp’s
or any of the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries’ participation
in the management of any Participation Facility, there was no
contamination by or release of Materials of Environmental Concern
in, on, under or affecting such properties; and
(H) Except as disclosed on
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.14.1(H), neither Boardwalk
Bank nor any other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has conducted any
environmental studies during the past ten years with respect to any
properties owned or leased by it or any of its Subsidiaries, or
with respect to any Participation Facility.
4.14.2. “Loan
Property” means any property in which the applicable party
(or a Subsidiary of it) holds a security interest, and, where
required by the context, includes the owner or operator of such
property, but only with respect to such property.
“Participation Facility” means any facility in which
the applicable party (or a Subsidiary of it) participates in the
management (including all property held as trustee or in any other
fiduciary capacity) and, where required by the context, includes
the owner or operator of such property, but only with respect to
such property.
4.15.1. The allowance for
loan losses reflected in Boardwalk Bancorp’s audited
consolidated statement of financial condition at December 31,
2006 was, and the allowance for loan losses shown on the balance
sheets in Boardwalk Bancorp’s Securities Documents for
periods ending after December 31, 2006 will be, adequate, as
of the dates thereof, under GAAP.
4.15.2. BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.15.2 sets forth a listing, as of
June 30, 2007, by account, of: (A) all loans (including
loan participations) of Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiary that have been accelerated during the past
twelve months; (B) all loan commitments or lines of credit of
Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary which have
been terminated by Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary during the past twelve months by reason of a default or
adverse developments in the condition of the borrower or other
events or circumstances affecting the credit of the borrower;
(C) all loans, lines of credit and loan commitments as to
which
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Boardwalk Bank or any other
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary has given written notice of its intent
to terminate during the past twelve months; (D) with respect
to all commercial loans (including commercial real estate loans),
all notification letters and other written communications from
Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary to any of
their respective borrowers, customers or other parties during the
past twelve months wherein Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiary has requested or demanded that actions be taken
to correct existing defaults or facts or circumstances which may
become defaults; (E) each borrower, customer or other party
which has notified Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary during the past twelve months of, or has asserted
against Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary,
in each case in writing, any “lender liability” or
similar claim, and, to the Knowledge of Boardwalk Bank, each
borrower, customer or other party which has given Boardwalk Bank or
any other Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary any oral notification of, or
orally asserted to or against Boardwalk Bank or any other Boardwalk
Bancorp Subsidiary, any such claim; (F) all loans,
(1) that are contractually past due 90 days or more in the
payment of principal and/or interest, (2) that are on
non-accrual status, (3) that as of the date of this Agreement
are classified as “Other Loans Specially Mentioned”,
“Special Mention,” “Substandard,”
“Doubtful,” “Loss,”
“Classified,” “Criticized,” “Watch
list” or words of similar import, together with the principal
amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on each such loan and the
identity of the obligor thereunder, (4) where a reasonable
doubt exists as to the timely future collectability of principal
and/or interest, whether or not interest is still accruing or the
loans are less than 90 days past due, (5) where the interest
rate terms have been reduced and/or the maturity dates have been
extended subsequent to the agreement under which the loan was
originally created due to concerns regarding the borrower’s
ability to pay in accordance with such initial terms, or
(6) where a specific reserve allocation exists in connection
therewith, and (G) all assets classified by Boardwalk Bank or
any Boardwalk Bank Subsidiary as real estate acquired through
foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure, including in-substance
foreclosures, and all other assets currently held that were
acquired through foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure. BOARDWALK
BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.15.2 may exclude any individual loan
with a principal outstanding balance of less than $25,000, provided
that BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.15.2 includes, for
each category described, the aggregate amount of individual loans
with a principal outstanding balance of less than $25,000 that have
been excluded.
4.15.3. All loans receivable
(including discounts) and accrued interest entered on the books of
Boardwalk Bancorp and the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries arose out
of bona fide arm’s-length transactions, were made for good
and valuable consideration in the ordinary course of Boardwalk
Bancorp’s or the appropriate Boardwalk Bancorp
Subsidiary’s respective business, and the notes or other
evidences of indebtedness with respect to such loans (including
discounts) are true and genuine and are what they purport to be. To
the Knowledge of Boardwalk Bancorp, the loans, discounts and the
accrued interest reflected on the books of Boardwalk Bancorp and
the Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiaries are subject to no defenses,
set-offs or counterclaims (including, without limitation, those
afforded by usury or truth-in-lending laws), except as may be
provided by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of
equity. Except for loans pledged for collateral for FHLB borrowings
or government deposits, all such loans are owned by Boardwalk
Bancorp or the appropriate Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary free and
clear of any liens.
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The notes and other evidences
of indebtedness evidencing the loans described above, and all
pledges, mortgages, deeds of trust and other collateral documents
or security instruments relating thereto are, in all material
respects, valid, true and genuine, and what they purport to
be.
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4.16. |
Related Party Transactions. |
Except as set forth in
BOARDWALK BANCORP DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.16, neither Boardwalk
Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is a party to any
transaction (including any loan or other credit accommodation) with
any Affiliate of Boardwalk Bancorp or any Boardwalk Bancorp
Affiliate. All such transactions set forth in BOARDWALK BANCORP
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4.16 (a) were made in the ordinary course
of business, (b) were made on substantially the same terms,
including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the
time for comparable transactions with other Persons, and
(c) did not involve more than the normal risk of
collectability or present other unfavorable features. No loan or
credit accommodation to any Affiliate of Boardwalk Bancorp or any
Boardwalk Bancorp Subsidiary is presently in default or, during the
three-year period prior to the date of this Agreement, has been in
default or has been restructured, modified or extended. Neither
Boardwalk Bancorp nor any Boardwalk Ba
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