Exhibit 2
PURCHASE AND ASSUMPTION
AGREEMENT
PURCHASE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”), dated as of August 1, 2005 by and
between Susquehanna Bank , a Maryland state-chartered bank
(“Seller”), and MVB Bank, Inc. , a West Virginia
state-chartered bank (“Purchaser”).
Purchaser desires to purchase and
assume certain liabilities associated with Seller’s branch
banking office located at 88 Somerset Blvd., Charles Town, WV
25414-0924 (herein, the “Branch”), subject to the terms
and conditions and based upon Seller’s representations,
warranties and agreements hereinafter expressed.
Seller desires to sell to Purchaser
and to have Purchaser assume certain liabilities associated with
the Branch, subject to the terms and conditions and based upon
Purchaser’s representations, warranties and agreements
hereinafter expressed.
In consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained and the mutual benefits
to be derived herefrom, the parties hereto do agree hereby as
follows:
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1.
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Effective
Date and Closing . The
effective date of the transactions provided for in Section 3 hereof
(the “Effective Date”) shall be October 7, 2005, or in
the event of a delay or delays in regulatory approvals or data
process conversion or as otherwise agreed by the parties, such
other Friday as mutually agreed to by the parties. The closing of
the transactions provided for herein (the “Closing”)
shall be at a time agreed upon by the parties on the Effective Date
at the offices of Seller, at which time title to and possession of
the assets to be sold hereunder will be transferred from Seller to
Purchaser in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6
hereof.
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2.
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Events
Preceding Effectiveness .
On or before the Effective Date, the following shall have
occurred:
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2.1.
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the Board of
Directors of Purchaser and of Seller shall have approved this
Agreement and the transactions provided for herein; and
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2.2.
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The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and the West Virginia Division of
Banking and any other applicable regulatory agencies shall have
approved this Agreement and the transactions provided for
herein.
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3.
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Assets to be
Purchased and Liabilities to be Assumed . The following assets and services shall be
purchased and liabilities shall be assumed hereunder:
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3.1.
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Assets to be
Purchased . Seller shall
sell to Purchaser and Purchaser shall purchase from Seller each of
the following assets and services of Seller (the
“Assets”):
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3.1.1.
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all furniture,
fixtures and equipment of the Branch, and the real estate that
constitutes the Branch premises (the “Real
Estate”).
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3.1.2.
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the cash
“on hand” at the Branch as of the close of business on
the Effective Date.
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3.2.
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Liabilities
Assumed .
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3.2.1.
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Seller shall
transfer to Purchaser and Purchaser shall assume from Seller each
of the following deposit liabilities of Seller: an amount equal to
the face value, plus accrued interest, (i) of all the deposit
accounts including without limitation (other than non-IRA fiduciary
accounts) in all retail and commercial checking accounts, passbook
savings accounts, money market investment accounts (including,
without limitation, NOW accounts, statement savings accounts and
individual retirement accounts listed on the books of the Branch as
of the close of business on the Effective Date as to which
permission to transfer is not withheld under Section 10.5
(collectively, the “Accounts”), and (ii) all of the
certificates of deposit listed as originating at the Branch or
owned by customers whose accounts are maintained at the Branch
(except for certificates owned by municipalities) as of the close
of business on the Effective Date as to which permission to
transfer is not withheld under Section 10.5 (the
“Certificates”) (the Accounts and the Certificates
being referred to collectively as the “Total
Accounts”), the aggregate balance of which as of May 31, 2005
is $12,683,000;
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3.2.2.
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Purchaser shall
assume no tax or other liabilities of Seller in connection with the
purchase of the Total Accounts or otherwise, except that Purchaser
shall assume each of the following liabilities of Seller and will
indemnify and hold Seller harmless from and against any liability,
cost or expense incurred by Seller as a result of Purchaser’s
failure to perform its obligations with respect to any of the
following assumed liabilities (collectively, the
“Liabilities”): the liabilities for payment to or the
order of the depositors of the Total Accounts and written
contractual or statutory obligations associated with the Total
Accounts.
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3.3.
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Unitary
Enterprise . It is
recognized that Purchaser in acquiring the Branch will be buying a
unitary economic enterprise. It is also recognized that Purchaser
is paying a premium in order to obtain the benefit of a substantial
core deposit base.
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4.
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Employment
Matters . With respect to
the Employees:
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4.1.
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Solicitation
for Employment .
Purchaser agrees to offer employment to all employees and officers
of the Branch (herein, collectively, the “Officers and
Employees”) on terms and conditions comparable to those
provided by Seller to the Officers and Employees. The Purchaser
agrees to keep the Officers and Employees employed for a period of
at least six (6) months on such comparable terms and conditions,
unless any of the Officers and Employees is discharged for
cause.
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4.2.
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Employee
Benefits . Officers and
Employees who are offered and accept employment with Purchaser
shall receive their current salaries and shall participate in the
pension plan and other employee benefit plans of Purchaser. Credit
under the pension plan for
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years of service with Seller will be
given to Officers and Employees who accept employment with
Purchaser, but only for purposes of determining eligibility and
vesting and not for the purpose of determining benefit
accrual.
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4.3.
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Assistance
with Employees . Seller
will assist Purchaser in discussions with the Officers and
Employees, will transfer (provided there is no objection by the
Officers and Employees) all employee records to the Purchaser, will
encourage the Officers and Employees of the Branch to accept
employment with the Purchaser, and will assist Purchaser with the
transfer of the Officers and Employees to the employment of the
Purchaser. This Section shall not be construed as a guarantee that
any or all of the Officers and Employees will accept employment
with the Purchaser. No provision of this Agreement shall be
construed as a contract for future employment except as employment
at will.
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4.4.
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Replacement . In the event that Officers or Employees leave
employment at the Branch within the period beginning thirty (30)
days prior to the Closing, Seller shall first attempt to use
contract employees supplied by Buyer to fill the vacancies so
created.
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5.
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Purchase
Price, Adjustment and Payment . The purchase price shall be $2,655,000 plus an
amount equal to the cash “on hand” at the Branch as of
the close of business on the Effective Date, plus or minus, as the
case may be, the adjustments described in Sections 5.1 (the
“Purchase Price”).
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5.1.
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Settlement . Purchaser and Seller shall settle with each
other at the Closing and subsequently thereafter with each other in
consideration of the transactions contemplated herein as
follows:
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5.1.1.
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At the Closing,
Purchaser shall pay to Seller an initial payment for the Purchase
Price, as specified in this section, through a deduction from the
amount of cash transferred by Seller to Purchaser in the amount of
the Total Accounts (the “Initial Payment”). The Initial
Payment shall be based upon the amounts stated in this section as
of the close of business on the latest day prior to the Effective
Date for which Seller has complete records concerning the Total
Accounts.
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5.1.2.
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By no later
than ten business days from the Effective Date, Purchaser or
Purchaser’s independent accountants shall report to Seller in
writing of, (A) the actual aggregate principal amount of and
accrued interest on the Deposits transferred hereunder as of the
close of business on the Effective Date (the “Actual
Deposits”), which amounts shall be reduced by any items in
transit after the Effective Date, and (B) the amount of cash
“on hand” at the Branch as of the close of business on
the Effective Date. The payment amount finally due and owing (the
“Final Payment Amount”) shall be based upon the
aggregate amount of the Actual Deposits, and the cash “on
hand.” The work papers, schedules and other data of Purchaser
or Purchaser’s accountants supporting its determination shall
be made available to Purchaser and Seller as may be reasonably
requested.
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5.1.3.
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At the end of
the three business days from receipt by Seller of the written
report from Purchaser or Purchaser’s independent accounting
firm (the “Final Settlement Date”), if there is no
dispute between Seller and Purchaser as to the Final Settlement
Amount:
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(i) in the event that the amount of
the Final Payment Amount is less than the Initial Payment,
Purchaser shall refund to Seller, in immediately available funds,
an amount equal to the difference obtained by subtracting the
amount of the Final Payment Amount from the Initial Payment Amount,
or
(ii) in the event that the amount of
the Final Payment Amount is more than the Initial Payment Amount,
Seller shall pay to Purchaser, in immediately available funds, an
amount equal to the difference obtained by subtracting the Initial
Payment Amount from the Final Payment Amount.
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5.1.4.
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In the event
Seller does not agree with Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s
accountants’ determination of the Final Payment Amount as set
out in the work papers and written report at the end of the three
day period referred to in (c) above, Seller and Purchaser shall
retain as arbitrator KPMG Peat Marwick LLP or, failing their
agreement to act as arbitrator, such other independent accounting
firm as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties to review such
matters and request such arbitrator to act as promptly as
practicable in accordance with its own rules to resolve the dispute
within 30 days after being retained by the parties. Upon resolution
by such arbitrator of the dispute, such arbitrator shall cause to
be prepared and shall deliver to the parties a certificate setting
forth the Final Payment Amount. The decision of the arbitrator
shall be final, non-appealable and binding on Seller and Purchaser,
and the fees and expenses, if any, of such arbitrator shall be paid
one-half by Purchaser and one-half by Seller.
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5.1.5.
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In the event
that deposit liabilities, including accrued interest, of the
Branch(es) to be assumed by the Purchaser at the close of business
on the Effective Date, are less than ninety percent (90%) of the
aggregate balance of deposit liabilities expected to be transferred
as of the date of the Agreement, including accrued interest, then
in that event $1,500,000 of the Purchase Price to be paid by the
Purchaser shall be automatically adjusted downward to an amount
calculated by multiplying (i) $1,500,000 by (ii) a fraction of
which the numerator shall be the aggregate of deposit liabilities
to be transferred, including accrued interest, at the close of
business on the Effective Date and the denominator shall be ninety
percent (90%) of the aggregate amount of the deposit liabilities
expected to be transferred, including accrued interest as of the
date of the Agreement.
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6.
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Closing
Events . At the
Closing:
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6.1.
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Total
Accounts . Seller shall
deliver to Purchaser a complete and accurate list of the Total
Accounts as of the close of business on the day prior to the
Effective Date and the parties shall execute an Agreement of
Assignment and Assumption of Total Accounts in the form of Schedule
6.1 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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6.2.
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Transfer of
Funds . Purchaser and
Seller shall execute a memorandum of settlement detailing the
transfer of funds which occur in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, identifying specifically the
Certificates and Accounts being transferred. In the event the
memorandum of settlement proves to be inaccurate, and the Purchaser
has provided notification of such inaccuracy to the Seller within
30 days after Closing, the parties will promptly make appropriate
adjustments and accounting, including, but not limited to, any
adjustments in order to reflect the amount of accrued interest on
the Total Accounts on the Effective Date.
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6.3.
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Transfer
Amount to Purchaser . The
net cash transfer of amount due to Purchaser from Seller shall be
made in immediately available funds to the account of Purchaser in
accordance with instruction provided by Purchaser.
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6.4.
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Non-Solicitation of Business.
Seller will not for eighteen (18)
months subsequent to the Effective Date solicit for deposit
accounts, customers whose Total Accounts have been transferred
hereunder. It is the intention of the parties that Seller shall not
solicit for deposits those customers whose Total Accounts are being
transferred, but Purchaser recognizes and agrees that Seller cannot
control mass mailing, distribution of statement
“stuffers” or other advertising materials to persons
who also hold accounts at other branches of Seller or newspaper,
radio and television advertisements of a general nature, and that
Seller cannot control the solicitation of such customers who enter
branches of Seller or make telephone inquiries of Seller. It is the
understanding of the Purchaser and the Seller that solicitation
does not include the circumstances wherein a customer whose
Total Accounts have been transferred hereunder initiates
discussions with the Seller.
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Post Closing
Agreements .
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7.1.
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Subsequent
Purchaser Payments .
Following the Effective Date, Purchaser agrees to pay in accordance
with law and customary banking practices all properly drawn and
presented checks, drafts and withdrawal orders presented to
Purchaser by mail, over the counter or through the check clearing
system of the banking industry, by depositors of the assumed
accounts, whether drawn on the checks, withdrawal or draft forms
provided by the Seller or by the Purchaser, and in all other
respects to discharge, in the usual course of the banking business,
the duties and obligations of the Seller with respect to the
balances due and owing to the depositors whose accounts are assumed
by Purchaser. Purchaser’s obligation under this subsection to
honor checks, drafts and withdrawal orders on forms provided by
Seller and carrying its imprint (including name and transit routing
number) shall not apply to any such check, draft or withdrawal
order presented to Purchaser more than sixty (60) days following
the Effective Date. Seller and Purchaser will make appropriate
arrangements (including establishment by Purchaser of a settlement
account with Seller) to provide for settlement by Purchaser of
checks, returns and other items which are presented to Seller
within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date and which are drawn
on or chargeable to accounts which have been assumed.
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Subsequent
Seller Transfers . Seller
agrees that it will transfer to Purchaser any deposits given to it
after the Effective Date for credit to the assumed accounts, but it
shall be under no obligation to accept such deposits.
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Payment of
Items by Seller After the Effective Date . If any of such depositors, instead of
accepting the obligation of Purchaser to pay the deposit
liabilities assumed, shall demand payment from Seller for all or
any part of any such assumed deposit liabilities, Seller shall not
be liable or responsible for making such payment. If any of such
depositors draw a check, draft or withdrawal order against the
deposit liabilities, including accrued interest, assumed from
Seller which is presented or charged to Seller within sixty (60)
days after the Effective Date, Seller may accept same and present
to Purchaser for payment. Purchaser must return to Seller any item,
which is not properly payable and which was presented by Seller to
Purchaser, at such time and in such a manner as to enable Seller to
comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
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Purchaser
Responsible for Returned Items . Purchaser agrees, no later than the start of
the second business day after demand by Seller, to pay to Seller an
amount equivalent to the amount of any uncollected item included in
a depositor’s balance on the Effective Date which is returned
within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date as not collected.
Purchaser shall be required to make such payment for an item only
up to the balance of any funds on deposit with the Purchaser and
any balance available on a line of credit the customer has with the
Purchaser at the time the Seller makes the demand as aforesaid;
provided, however, if prior to the Effective Date the Seller had
placed a “hold” or other similar protective measure on
the depositor’s account with respect to such item and
subsequent to the Effective Date the Purchaser removes such hold or
protective measure, then the Purchaser will be obligated to pay the
Seller in full on account of such uncollected item. So long as any
hold or other protective measure placed on the depositor’s
account with respect to such item complies with applicable law, the
placing of any such hold or other protective measure shall not be
deemed a breach of this Agreement.
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Representations and Warranties of
Seller . Seller hereby
represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
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8.1.
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Organization
and Standing of Seller .
Seller is a duly organized and validly existing bank chartered
under the laws of the State of Maryland, is in good standing under
the laws of such State, has the corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and holds a
valid certificate of authority to do business as a commercial
bank.
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Full
Information . No
representation or warranty made in this Agreement or information
furnished pursuant hereto to Purchaser contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make statements contained
herein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading.
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No Conflict
with Other Documents .
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
carrying out of the transactions contemplated hereunder will result
in any violation, termination, or modification of, or be in
conflict with, any terms of any contract or other instrument to
which Seller is a party, or of any judgment, decree, or order
applicable to Seller, or result in the creation of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of
Seller.
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Title to
Total Accounts . Seller
is the true owner of and has good title to the Total Accounts free
and clear of all pledges, liens, encumbrances and adverse claims of
any kind or character; Seller is duly authorized to transfer and
assign the Total Accounts to Purchaser, subject to receipt of
regulatory approval.
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Compliance
with Laws . None of the
Total Accounts is in violation of any federal laws, regulations and
rulings applicable thereto, specifically including the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act and any regulations and rulings issued
pursuant thereto.
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Litigation,
etc. There is no
litigation, proceeding, or investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of Seller, threatened against it with respect to any of
the Total Accounts which might materially affect the validity of
this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken pursuant
hereto or in connection herewith on the part of the
Seller.
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Authority . The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by Seller have been duly and validly authorized by
its Board of Directors or the Executive Committee thereof, subject
only to the requisite approval by appropriate governmental
regulatory authorities.
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List of
Total Accounts . The list
of the Total Accounts contained in Schedule 6.1 hereto to be
delivered at Closing shall be a complete and accurate list as of
the day prior to the Effective Date.
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Brokers . Except as disclosed to the Purchaser in
writing, neither Seller nor anyone on behalf of Seller has used,
employed or incurred any liability to any broker or finder in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Seller has engaged Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
(“JMS”) to assist it with the sale of the Branch, and
will provide compensation to JMS separate from the settlement
process described herein.
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Furniture,
Fixtures and Equipment .
Seller owns, and will convey to Purchaser at the Closing, all
of
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