SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of October 29,
2009
between
Cascade
Bancorp
and
BOTC
Holdings LLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Purchase; Closings
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1.1
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Purchase
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2
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1.2
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Closing
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2
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ARTICLE II
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Representations and
Warranties
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2.1
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Disclosure
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7
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2.2
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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8
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2.3
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Representations
and Warranties of the Investor
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26
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ARTICLE III
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Covenants
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3.1
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Filings; Other
Actions
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26
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3.2
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Expenses
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29
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3.3
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Access,
Information and Confidentiality
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29
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3.4
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Conduct of the
Business
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30
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3.5
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Reasonable
Efforts
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30
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3.6
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Company
Forbearances
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30
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3.7
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Shareholder
Litigation
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32
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ARTICLE IV
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Additional Agreements
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4.1
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No Rights
Agreement
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32
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4.2
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Governance
Matters
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33
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4.3
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Legend
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34
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4.4
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Certain
Transactions
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34
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4.5
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Indemnity
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35
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4.6
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Registration
Rights
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37
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4.7
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Market
Stand-off Provision.
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47
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4.8
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Gross-Up
Rights
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48
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4.9
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Anti-Takeover
Matters
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50
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4.10
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Additional
Regulatory Matters.
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51
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4.11
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VCOC
Investor
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52
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ARTICLE V
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Termination
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5.1
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Termination.
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53
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5.2
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Effects of
Termination.
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54
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ARTICLE VI
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Miscellaneous
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6.1
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Survival
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54
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6.2
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Amendment
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54
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6.3
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Waivers
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54
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6.4
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Counterparts
and Facsimile
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54
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6.5
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Governing
Law
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55
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6.6
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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55
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6.7
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Notices
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55
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6.8
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Entire
Agreement, Etc.
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56
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6.9
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Other
Definitions
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56
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6.10
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Captions
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57
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6.11
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Severability
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57
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6.12
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No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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57
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6.13
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Time of
Essence
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58
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6.14
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Public
Announcements
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58
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6.15
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Specific
Performance
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58
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6.16
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No
Obligation
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58
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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Form of Opinion
of Counsel
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Form of
Disclosure Letter of Counsel
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Form of
Officer’s Certificate from the Company
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INDEX OF DEFINED
TERMS
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Term
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Location
of
Definition
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Additional
Shares
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1.2(b)
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Affiliate
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6.9(2)
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Articles of
Incorporation
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2.2(a)
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Beneficially
Own/Beneficial Owner/Beneficial Ownership
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6.9(9)
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Benefit
Plan
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2.2(p)(1)
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BHC
Act
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2.2(a)
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Board of
Directors
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1.2(c)(1)(ix)
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Business
Combination Exemption Resolution
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4.9(b)
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business
day
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6.9(7)
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CBC
Act
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1.2(c)(1)(xviii)
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Closing
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1.2(a)
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Closing
Date
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1.2(a)
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Code
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2.2(p)(2)
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Common
Stock/Common Shares
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Recitals
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Company
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Preamble
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Company
10-K
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2.2(c)(1)
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Company
Bank
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4.2(a)
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Company
Financial Statements
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2.2(e)
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Company
Preferred Stock
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2.2(c)(1)
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Company
Reports
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2.2(g)(1)
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Company
Restricted Stock
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2.2(c)(1)
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Company SEC
Filings
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2.2(ee)
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Company
Significant Agreement
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2.2(k)
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Company Stock
Option
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2.2(c)(1)
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Company Stock
Option Plans
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2.2(c)(1)
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Company
Subsidiary/Company Subsidiaries
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2.2(b)
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control/controlled by/under common control
with
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6.9(2)
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Covered
Persons
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4.9(b)
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De Minimis
Claim
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4.5(e)
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Designated
Directors
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1.2(c)(1)(x)
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Disclosure
Schedule
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2.1(a)
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ERISA
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2.2(p)(1)
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ERISA
Affiliate
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2.2(p)(2)
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ERISA
Plan
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2.2(p)(3)
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Exchange
Act
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2.2(g)(1)
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FDIC
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2.2(b)
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GAAP
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2.2(f)
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Governmental
Entity
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1.2(c)(1)(i)
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herein/hereof/hereunder
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6.9(5)
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Holder
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4.6(k)(1)
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Term
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Location
of
Definition
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Holders’
Counsel
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4.6(k)(2)
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including/includes/included/include
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6.9(4)
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Indemnified
Party
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4.5(c)
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Indemnifying
Party
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4.5(c)
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Indemnitee
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4.6(g)(1)
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Information
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3.3(b)
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Intellectual
Property
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2.2(w)
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Investor
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Preamble
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Investor
Nominee
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4.2(a)
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IRS
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2.2(i)
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knowledge of
the Company/Company’s knowledge
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6.9(10)
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Liens
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2.2(b)
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Losses
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4.5(a)
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Market
Price
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4.8(a)
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Material
Adverse Effect
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2.1(b)
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NASDAQ
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1.2(c)(1)(xiv)
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New
Security
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4.8(a)
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OBCA
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2.2(v)
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Order
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1.2(c)(1)(xiii)
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Other Private
Placements
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Recitals
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Other
Securities Purchase Agreements
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Recitals
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Pending
Underwritten Offering
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4.6(l)
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Pension
Plan
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2.2(p)(3)
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Per Share
Purchase Price
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1.2(a)
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Permitted
Liens
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2.2(h)
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person
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6.9(8)
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Piggyback
Registration
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4.6(a)(4)
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Plan Asset
Regulations
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4.11
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Pre-Closing
Period
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3.4
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Previously
Disclosed
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2.1(c)
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Public
Offering
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Recitals
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Public Offering
Price
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1.2(a)
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Purchased
Shares
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1.2(a)
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Purchase
Price
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1.2(a)
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Register/registered/registration
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4.6(k)(3)
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Registrable
Securities
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4.6(k)(4)
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Registration
Deadline
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4.6(a)(1)
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Registration
Expenses
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4.6(k)(5)
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Regulatory
Agreement
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2.2(y)
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Rule
144
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4.6(k)(6)
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Rule
144A
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4.6(k)(6)
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Rule
405
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4.6(k)(6)
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Rule
158
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4.6(k)(6)
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Term
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Location
of
Definition
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Rule
159A
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4.6(k)(6)
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Rule
415
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4.6(k)(6)
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Scheduled
Black-out Period
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4.6(k)(7)
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SEC
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2.1(c)
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Securities
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1.2(b)
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Securities
Act
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2.2(g)(1)
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Selling
Expenses
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4.6(k)(8)
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Shareholder
Litigation
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3.7
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Shelf
Registration Statement
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4.6(a)(2)
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Special
Registration
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4.6(a)(4)
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Stockholder
Approvals
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2.2(d)(1)
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subsidiary
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6.9(1)
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Takeover
Law
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2.2(v)
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Tax/Taxes
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2.2(i)
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Tax
Return
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2.2(i)
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Threshold
Amount
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4.5(e)
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Transaction
Documents
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Recitals
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Trust Preferred
Securities Repurchase Agreements
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1.2(c)(1)(xii)
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Unlawful
Gains
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2.2(n)(5)
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VCOC
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4.11
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VCOC
Investor
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4.11
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Voting
Debt
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2.2(c)(1)
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
, dated as of October 29, 2009 (this
“ Agreement ”), between Cascade Bancorp, an
Oregon corporation, (the “ Company ”) and BOTC
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Investor ”).
RECITALS:
A.
The Investment . The Company intends to sell to
the Investor, and the Investor intends to purchase from the
Company, as an investment in the Company, the securities as
described herein. The securities to be purchased at the
closing are shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company
(“ Common Stock ” or “ Common
Shares ”).
B.
Additional Private Placements . Concurrently with
the investment contemplated herein, the Company has agreed to sell
Common Shares in private placements to other investors
(the “ Other Private Placements ”) under
separate securities purchase agreements (the “ Other
Securities Purchase Agreements ”), with the closing of
such transactions to occur simultaneously with the closing of this
transaction and the Public Offering as described herein.
C.
Public Offering . Concurrently with the
investment contemplated herein, the Company will sell Common Shares
in an underwritten, registered public offering (the “
Public Offering ”), with the closing of such offering
to occur simultaneously with the closing of this transaction as
described herein.
D.
Transaction Documents . The term “
Transaction Documents ” refers to this Agreement and
the Other Securities Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Purchase; Closings
1.1
Purchase . On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, the Investor will purchase from the
Company, and the Company will sell to the Investor, a number of
shares of Common Stock as set forth herein.
1.2
Closing .
(a) Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions to the closing set forth in
Section 1.2(c), the closing shall take place simultaneously
with the closing of the Public Offering and the Other Private
Placements or as shall be agreed upon in writing by the parties
hereto, at the offices of the Company located at 1100 NW Wall
Street, Bend, Oregon 97701 or such other location as agreed by the
parties in writing (the “ Closing
”). The date of the Closing is referred to as the
“ Closing Date. ” Subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 1.2(c), at
the Closing, the Company will deliver to the Investor one or
more certificates representing such number of whole shares of
Common Stock (the “Purchased Shares” )
determined by dividing (i) $40,000,000 by the lesser of (A) $0.87
per share and (B) the net proceeds per share to the Company in
connection with the Public Offering (the “ Public Offering
Price ”)(the “ Per Share Purchase Price
”), against payment by the Investor of $40,000,000 (the
“Purchase Price” ) by wire transfer of
immediately available United States funds to a bank account
designated by the Company; provided , that if the Purchased
Shares would be equal to or greater than 25% of any class of Voting
Securities (as defined in the BHC Act) of the Company outstanding
at such time (assuming, for this purpose only, full conversion of
all securities owned by such Investor and its Affiliates that are
convertible into or exercisable for Voting Securities and no
conversion by other holders of such convertible securities), then
Investor shall purchase the highest number of shares of Common
Stock at the Per Share Purchase Price (and the Purchase Price shall
be reduced accordingly) such that the Investor will not be deemed
to own, control or have the power to vote, for purposes of the BHC
Act (as defined below) or the CBC Act (as defined below) and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, 25% or more of any
class of Voting Securities (as defined in the BHC Act) of the
Company outstanding at such time (assuming, for this purpose only,
full conversion of all securities owned by such Investor and its
Affiliates that are convertible into or exercisable for Voting
Securities and no conversion by other holders of such convertible
securities) or otherwise to be deemed to acquire control of the
Company for purposes of the BHC Act or any other federal or state
banking laws or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) In
the event that the underwriters in the Public Offering exercise
their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the underwriting agreement for the Public
Offering, then the Company shall provide written notice to the
Investor (which notice shall include the date of the purchase and
the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by the underwriters)
and the Investor shall have the option to purchase, at the Per
Share Purchase Price and on the same terms and conditions as the
Purchased Shares, additional shares of Common Stock (the “
Additional Shares ” and, together with the Purchased
Shares, the “ Securities ”) up to the number of
shares of Common Stock, which taken together with the Purchased
Shares, would equal the same percentage of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock after the issuance of the shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the over-allotment option as represented by the
Purchased Shares issued pursuant to Section 1.2(a).
(c)
Closing Conditions .
(1) The
obligation of the Investor to consummate the Closing is subject to
the fulfillment prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing of
each of the following conditions:
(i) no
provision of any applicable law or regulation and no judgment,
injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the Closing or shall
prohibit or restrict Investor or its Affiliates from owning,
voting, or, subject to the receipt of the Stockholder Approvals
(defined below), converting or exercising, any securities of the
Company in accordance with the terms thereof and no lawsuit shall
have been commenced by any court, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality,
whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any applicable
industry self-regulatory organization (each, a “
Governmental Entity ”) seeking to effect any of the
foregoing;
(ii) the
shareholders of Common Shares shall have duly approved the
transactions contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated by
the other Transaction Documents (to the extent required), and an
increase in the number of authorized Common Shares to 300 million,
in each case by the vote required by the Company’s Articles
of Incorporation or the NASDAQ’s listing rules, as
applicable, and each shall have become effective;
(iii) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing (except to the extent such
representations and warranties are made as of a specified date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all respects as of such date);
(iv)
the Company shall have performed all
obligations required to be performed by it at or prior to or
contemporaneously with the Closing under this Agreement;
(v)
since the date hereof, there
shall not have occurred any circumstance, event, change,
development or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or its principal depository institution
subsidiary;
(vi)
the Company shall receive proceeds (net of underwriting commissions
and discounts) from the sale of Common Shares of an aggregate
amount not less than $150 million (which includes the Purchase
Price), contemporaneously with the Closing, from the proceeds of
the Public Offering, from the Other Private Placements and from the
Investor as contemplated by this Agreement, and all of such
proceeds, other than (A) amounts used to repurchase the trust
preferred securities pursuant to the Trust Preferred Securities
Repurchase Agreements and to pay related fees and expenses (which
related fees and expenses shall not exceed $2.7 million); (B)
amounts used to reimburse the Investor and the investors in the
Other Private Placement for their respective fees and expenses
pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Securities Purchase
Agreement (which amounts shall not exceed $2.65 million); (C)
amounts to pay expenses related to the Public Offering, the Special
Shareholders Meeting and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Other Purchase Agreements (which amounts shall
not exceed $1.5 million); and (D) up to $1 million which will
remain at the Company for working capital purposes, shall be
contributed as capital to the Company’s principal depository
institution subsidiary;
(vii) the
Company shall have reimbursed the Investor for out-of-pocket fees
and expenses incurred by the Investor in connection with the
transaction contemplated hereby and with any proposed financing
thereof, including, but not limited to, fees and disbursements of
legal counsel, accounting and financial advisors, credit review and
investment banking advisors, up to $1,400,000 in the
aggregate;
(viii) Davis
Wright Tremaine LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have delivered
to the Investor their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in
the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Investor;
(ix)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have
delivered to the Investor their written opinion and disclosure
letter delivered in connection with the Public Offering, dated the
Closing Date, in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Investor;
(x) Delap
LLP, in their capacity as the Company’s independent public
accountants, shall have delivered to the Investor and to the
Investor’s designated directors (the “ Designated
Directors ”) on the board of directors of the Company
(the “ Board of Directors ”) a comfort letter
that is addressed to them that is the same as the comfort letter
delivered to the underwriters in connection with the Public
Offering, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Investor;
(xi) the
Company shall have delivered to the Investor a duly executed
Officer’s Certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit
C hereto;
(xii) by
November 16, 2009, the Company shall have entered into agreements
that are not subject to any conditions in the control of the holder
or termination rights by such holder to repurchase and cancel at
least $66.5 million aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding
trust preferred securities by issuer trusts originated by the
Company at a discount of not less than 80% of such aggregate
liquidation amount (the “ Trust Preferred Securities
Repurchase Agreements ”), and, as of the Closing, either
(i) the transactions contemplated by the Repurchase Agreements
shall have been consummated and/or (ii) the Trust Preferred
Securities Repurchase Agreements shall be in full force and effect
and shall not have been modified or amended in any material
respect;
(xiii) the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance in all material
respects with the policies and procedures adopted by them and
disclosed to the Investor in the Three Year Financial Plan dated
October 24, 2009, and none of such policies and procedures shall
have been revoked or modified in any respect that would make it
materially less likely that the Company and its Subsidiaries will
be able to comply with a cease-and-desist order dated August 27,
2009 against the Company Bank issued by the FDIC (as defined below)
and the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities (the
“ Order ”) (or any other enforcement orders in
effect as of the Closing);
(xiv) as
of the close of business on the second business day immediately
preceding the Closing, the Company’s (A) classified assets on
its balance sheet shall not be more than 10% higher than the amount
set forth as of September 30, 2009, (B) non-performing assets on
its balance sheet shall not be more than 17.5% higher than the
amount set forth as of September 30, 2009 and (C) the
Company’s net loss, exclusive of tax adjustments or tax
expense, for the period October 1, 2009 to the second business day
prior to the Closing Date, shall not exceed $25 million;
(xv) the
Company shall have caused the shares of Common Stock issuable at
Closing and the shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Other
Private Placements and the Public Offering to be approved for
listing on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System (“ NASDAQ ”), subject to
official notice of issuance;
(xvi) the
Company and the Investor shall have obtained the approvals and
authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and
notifications to, and, to the extent required by applicable law or
regulation, consents, approvals, or exemptions from bank regulatory
authorities, for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(xvii) except
as Previously Disclosed (as defined below), no enforcement action
shall have been threatened or issued by any governmental agency
with regulatory authority over the Company and its
subsidiaries;
(xviii) the
Investor shall have received written confirmation, satisfactory to
it in its reasonable good faith judgment, from the Federal Reserve
to the effect that neither they, nor any of their respective
Affiliates) shall be deemed to “control” the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing for purposes of the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHC Act
”), or the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended
(the “ CBC Act ”), by reason of the purchase of
the Securities or the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(xix) contemporaneously
with the Closing, the closing of the Other Securities Purchase
Agreement shall occur, and the Company shall receive gross proceeds
from the sale of Common Shares to David F. Bolger of not less than
$25 million;
(xx) contemporaneously
with the Closing, the Designated Director shall be appointed to the
board of directors of the Company (the “Board of
Directors” ) pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board
of Directors and disclosed to the Investor prior to the Closing
Date;
(xxi) the
Board of Directors and the board of directors of the Bank shall
each have passed a resolution modifying its policy with respect to
board service to provide that the Designated Director and any
Investor Nominee shall not be disqualified from board service by
virtue of serving on the board of directors of three or more public
companies so long as such service shall have commenced or continued
in connection with the such person’s professional
responsibilities.
At Closing, the
Company will deliver a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer
or the Chief Financial Officer certifying compliance with each of
the above conditions and upon the request of the Investor shall
provide sufficient detail that the Investor may verify
compliance.
(2) The
obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing is subject to
the fulfillment prior to the Closing of each of the following
conditions:
(i) the
representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in
Section 2.3 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing (except to the
extent such representations and warranties are made as of a
specified date, in which case such representations and warranties
shall be true and correct in all respects as of such
date);
(ii) the
Company shall receive proceeds (net of underwriting commissions and
discounts) from the sale of Common Shares of an aggregate amount
not less than $150 million (which includes the Purchase Price),
contemporaneously with the Closing, from the proceeds of the Public
Offering, from the Other Private Placements and from the Investor
as contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) the
Company and the Investor shall have obtained the approvals and
authorizations of, filings and registrations with, and
notifications to, and, to the extent required by applicable law or
regulation, consents, approvals, or exemptions from bank regulatory
authorities, for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents; and
(iv) the
Investor shall have performed all obligations required to be
performed by it at or prior to the Closing under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Representations and
Warranties
2.1
Disclosure .
(a) On
or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company delivered to
the Investor a schedule (“ Disclosure Schedule
”) setting forth, among other things, items the disclosure of
which is necessary or appropriate either in response to an express
disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an
exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in
Section 2.2 or to one or more of its covenants contained in
Article III; provided , however , that
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
mere inclusion of an item in such schedule shall not be deemed an
admission that such item represents a material exception or
material fact, event, or circumstance or that such item has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company.
(b) “
Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to the
Investor, only clause (2) that follows, or, with respect to
the Company, both clauses (1) and (2) that follow, any
circumstance, event, change, development or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate (1) is or would reasonably be
expected to be material and adverse to the financial position,
results of operations, business, management or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
or (2) would materially impair the ability of either the
Investor or the Company, respectively, to perform its respective
obligations under this Agreement or otherwise materially threaten
or materially impede the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; provided , however ,
that in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred,
there shall be excluded any effect to the extent resulting from the
following: (A) changes, after the date hereof, in generally
accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles
generally applicable to banks, savings associations or their
holding companies, (B) actions or omissions of the Company
expressly required by the terms of this Agreement or taken with the
prior written consent of each Investor, (C) changes, after the date
hereof, in the market price or trading volumes of the Common Stock
or the Company’s other securities (but not the underlying
causes of such changes), (D) changes in global or national
political conditions, including the outbreak or escalation of war
or acts of terrorism, and (E) the public disclosure of this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; except, with
respect to clauses (A), and (D), to the extent that the effects of
such changes have a disproportionate effect on the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other banks,
savings associations and their holding companies generally, and
with respect to clause (E), to the extent that such public
disclosure results in additional restrictions or sanctions against
the Company or the Bank by a regulatory authority.
(c) “
Previously Disclosed ” with regard to the Company
means (1) information set forth on its Disclosure Schedule
corresponding to the provision of this Agreement to which such
information relates; provided that information which is
reasonably apparent on its face that it relates to another
provision of this Agreement, shall also be deemed to be Previously
Disclosed with respect to such other provision and (2) includes
information publicly disclosed by the Company in the Company
Reports filed by it with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) or in the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-162377), including
amendments thereto filed prior to the date hereof, and publicly
available prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk
factor disclosures contained in such documents under the heading
“Risk Factors,” any disclosure of risks included in any
“forward-looking statements” or any other disclaimer
that are non-specific and predictive or forward-looking in nature
and any exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference
therein).
2.2
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company represents
and warrants as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
(except to the extent made only as of a specified date, in which
case as of such date) to the Investor that:
(a)
Organization and Authority . The Company is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Oregon, is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing
of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so
qualified and failure to be so qualified would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company and has corporate power and authority
to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted. The Company is duly registered
as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956, as amended, or any successor statute (the “ BHC
Act ”). The Company has furnished or made
available to the Investor, prior to the date hereof, true, correct
and complete copies of the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation, as amended on April 21, 1997 (the “
Articles of Incorporation ”) and bylaws as amended
through the date of this Agreement.
(b)
Company’s Subsidiaries . The Company has
Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct list of all of
its subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement (individually, a
“ Company Subsidiary ” and, collectively, the
“ Company Subsidiaries ”), all shares of the
outstanding capital stock of each of which are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company. No equity security of any
Company Subsidiary is or may be required to be issued by reason of
any option, warrant, scrip, preemptive right, right to subscribe
to, gross-up right, call or commitment of any character whatsoever
relating to, or security or right convertible into, shares of any
capital stock of such Company Subsidiary, and there are no
contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any
Company Subsidiary is bound to issue additional shares of its
capital stock, or any option, warrant or right to purchase or
acquire any additional shares of its capital stock. All
of such shares so owned by the Company are duly authorized and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by it
free and clear of any lien, adverse right or claim, charge, option,
pledge, covenant, title defect, security interest or other
encumbrances of any kind (“ Liens ”) with
respect thereto. Each Company Subsidiary is an entity
duly organized, validly existing, duly qualified to do business and
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, and has corporate or other appropriate organizational
power and authority to own or lease its properties and assets and
to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company. Except in respect of the Company
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own beneficially, directly or
indirectly, more than 5% of any class of equity securities or
similar interests of any corporation, bank, business trust,
association or similar organization, and is not, directly or
indirectly, a partner in any partnership or party to any joint
venture. The Company’s principal depository
institution subsidiary is duly organized and validly existing as an
Oregon state-chartered commercial bank and its deposit accounts are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “
FDIC ”) to the fullest extent permitted by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act and the rules and regulations of the FDIC
thereunder, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in
connection therewith have been paid when due. The
Company has furnished or made available to the Investor, prior to
the date hereof, true, correct and complete copies of the charter
and bylaws of the Company’s principal depository institution
subsidiary as amended through the date of this
Agreement.
(c)
Capitalization .
(1) As
of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, no par value (the “ Company Preferred
Stock ”). As of the date hereof, there are
28,151,480 shares of Common Stock outstanding and no shares of
Company Preferred Stock outstanding. From the date of
this Agreement through the Closing Date, except in connection with
the Transaction Documents, the Other Private Placements, the Public
Offering and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
repurchase of Trust Preferred Securities) and thereby, the Company
shall not have (i) issued or authorized the issuance of any
shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock (other than
shares issued upon the exercise of Company Stock Options),
(ii) reserved for issuance any shares of Common Stock or
Company Preferred Stock or (iii) repurchased or redeemed, or
authorized the repurchase or redemption of, any shares of Common
Stock or Company Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof,
there are (i) [outstanding stock options issued under the
Company’s 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended or
supplemented as filed as exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008 (the “ Company 10-K ”),
Deferred Compensation Plans as filed as exhibit 10.3 to the Company
10-K, 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, as filed as exhibit 10.4 to the
Company 10-K (together, the “ Company Stock Option
Plans ”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,004,914 shares of
the Common Stock (each, a “ Company Stock Option
”), (ii) an aggregate of 143,545 shares of restricted
stock (“ Company Restricted Stock ”) outstanding
under the Company Stock Option Plans and (iii) 1,338,921 shares of
the Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company Stock
Option Plans. Other than in respect of awards
outstanding under or pursuant to the Company Stock Option Plans, no
shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock are reserved for
issuance. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no
personal liability attaching to the ownership
thereof. Each Company Stock Option (i) was granted in
compliance with all applicable laws and all of the terms and
conditions of the Company Stock Option Plans pursuant to which it
was issued, (ii) has an exercise price per share of Common Stock
equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of such grant and (iii) has a grant date
identical to the date on which the Board of Directors or
compensation committee of the Board of Directors actually awarded
such Company Stock Option. Neither the Company nor any
of its officers, directors, or employees is a party to any right of
first refusal, right of first offer, proxy, voting agreement,
voting trust, registration rights agreement, or shareholders
agreement with respect to the sale or voting of any securities of
the Company. No bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which the
stockholders of the Company may vote (“ Voting Debt
”) are issued and outstanding. Except as set forth
elsewhere in this Section 2.2(c), the Company does not have
and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, repurchase rights, commitments, or agreements of
any character calling for the purchase or issuance of, or
securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, any shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred
Stock or any other equity securities of the Company or Voting Debt
or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise
receive any shares of capital stock of the Company (including any
rights plan or agreement). The Company has Previously
Disclosed all shares of Company capital stock that have been
purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly,
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary since December 31, 2008
and all dividends or other distributions that have been declared,
set aside, made or paid to the stockholders of the Company since
that date.
(2) Section
2.2(c)(2) of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
following information with respect to each Company Stock Option and
share of Company Restricted Stock, which is true and correct as of
the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of each holder of Company
Stock Options and Company Restricted Stock and (ii) the number of
shares of Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and the
number of shares of Company Restricted Stock, and, as applicable,
the grant date, exercise price, number of shares vested or not
otherwise subject to restrictions, vesting schedule and the Company
Stock Option Plan under which such Company Stock Options or shares
of Company Restricted Stock were granted.
(d)
Authorization .
(1) The
Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into or
issue this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and,
subject to obtaining the Stockholder Approvals (defined below) to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
issuance of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the increase in the authorized shares of the Company,
have been duly authorized by the affirmative vote of at least a
majority of the directors on the Board of
Directors. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Investor, are valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by the failure to obtain the Stockholder Approvals, by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganizations, fraudulent
transfer or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors
generally or by general equitable principles (whether applied in
equity or at law). No other corporate proceedings are
necessary for the execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, subject to receipt of the Stockholder
Approvals. The only vote of the stockholders of the
Company required to approve (i) the amendment of the Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock to at least such number as shall be sufficient to permit the
issuance of Common Stock contemplated in this Agreement, the
issuance of Common Stock in connection with the Other Private
Placements and the issuance of Common Stock in connection with the
Public Offering is that more votes are cast for such proposal than
against the proposal, and (ii) the issuance of such authorized
shares of Common Stock for purposes of rule 5635 of NASDAQ’s
listing rules is a majority of the votes cast on such proposal
(such stockholder approval to amend the Articles of Incorporation,
and to issue the Common Stock, (the “ Stockholder
Approvals ”). The Board of Directors has
resolved that the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Other
Private Placements and by the Public Offering are in the best
interests of stockholders of the Company and has determined
unanimously to recommend to the stockholders the approval of the
actions with respect to the Stockholder Approvals.
(2) Neither
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the Common Stock and the other Transaction Documents,
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
any of the Other Private Placements or the Public Offering, nor
compliance by the Company with any of the provisions of any of the
foregoing, will (i) violate, conflict with, or result in a
breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the
performance required by, or result in a right of termination or
acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any Lien, upon any
of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
(A) subject to the receipt of the Stockholder Approvals, its
Articles of Incorporation or bylaws (or similar governing
documents) or (B) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation
to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by
which it may be bound, or to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary may be subject, or (ii) subject to
compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the
next paragraph, violate any ordinance, permit, concession, grant,
franchise, law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment,
ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company
or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties,
except in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (ii) for such violations,
conflicts and breaches that are not material.
(3) Other
than the securities or blue sky laws of the various states and
filings, notices, approvals or clearances required under federal or
state banking laws, no notice to, registration, declaration or
filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, order,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, or expiration or
termination of any statutory waiting period, is necessary for the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
(e)
Knowledge as to Conditions . As of the date of this
Agreement, the Company knows of no reason why any regulatory
approvals and, to the extent necessary, any other approvals,
authorizations, filings, registrations, and notices required or
otherwise a condition to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Public Offering
will not be obtained.
(f)
Financial Statements . The consolidated balance
sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for the three years ended December 31, 2008,
together with the notes thereto, certified by Symonds,
Evans & Company, P.C. and included in the Company 10-K, as
filed with the SEC, and the unaudited consolidated balance sheets
of the Company as of September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and March
31, 2009 and related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods then
ended, included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2009, June 30, 2009 and
March 31, 2009 (collectively, the “ Company Financial
Statements ”), (1) have been prepared from, and are in
accordance with, the books and records of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries, (2) complied, as of their respective date of
filing with the SEC, in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements and with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (3) have been prepared
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis and (4)
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries at the dates
set forth therein and the consolidated results of operations,
changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries for the periods stated therein
(subject to the absence of notes and year-end audit adjustments in
the case of interim unaudited statements).
(g)
Reports .
(1) Since
December 31, 2006, the Company and each Company Subsidiary have
filed all reports, registrations, documents, filings, statements
and submissions together with any required amendments thereto, that
it was required to file with any Governmental Entity (the
foregoing, collectively, the “ Company Reports
”) and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in
connection therewith. As of their respective filing
dates, the Company Reports complied in all material respects with
all statutes and applicable rules and regulations of the applicable
Governmental Entities, as the case may be. As of the
date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from the
SEC or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company
Report. The Company Reports, including the documents
incorporated by reference in each of them, each contained all of
the information required to be included in it and, when it was
filed and as of the date of each such Company Report filed with or
furnished to the SEC, such Company Report did not, as of its date
or if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date
of such amendment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made in it not misleading and complied as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute (the
“ Securities Act ”), and the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute (the “
Exchange Act ”). No executive officer of
the Company has failed in any respect to make the certifications
required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. There are no facts or
circumstances that would prevent its chief executive officer and
chief financial officer from giving the certifications and
attestations required pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the
Exchange Act, without qualification, when next due.
(2) The
records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and
operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or
photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under
the exclusive ownership and direct control of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries or accountants (including all means of access
thereto and therefrom). The Company (A) has
implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive
officer and the chief financial officer of the Company by others
within those entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its
most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to the
Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the
Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the
Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report
financial information, and (y) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal controls over
financial reporting. The Company has no knowledge of any
reason that its outside auditors and its chief executive officer
and chief financial officer will not be able to give the
certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, without qualification, when next
due. Since December 31, 2006, (i) neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or
representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has
received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral,
regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures,
methodologies or methods of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
or their respective internal accounting controls, including any
material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company
or any Company Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or
auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing the Company
or any Company Subsidiary, whether or not employed by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary, has reported evidence of a violation of
securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by
the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents
to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any
director or officer of the Company.
(h)
Properties and Leases . Except for any Permitted
Liens, the Company and each Company Subsidiary have good title free
and clear of any Liens to all the real and personal property
reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2008 included in the Company 10-K for the period then
ended, and all real and personal property acquired since such date,
except such real and personal property as has been disposed of in
the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this
Agreement, “ Permitted Liens ” means (i) Liens
for taxes and other governmental charges and assessments arising in
the ordinary course which are not yet due and payable, (ii) Liens
of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and
materialmen and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business for sums not yet due and payable, and (iii) other Liens or
imperfections on property which are not material in amount or do
not materially detract from the value of or materially impair the
existing use of the property affected by such Lien or
imperfection. Except as would not be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, all leases of real property and all other
leases pursuant to which the Company or such Company Subsidiary, as
lessee, leases real or personal property are valid and effective in
accordance with their respective terms and there is not, under any
such lease, any existing default by the Company or such Company
Subsidiary or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute such a default.
(i)
Taxes .
(1) Each
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has filed all federal,
state, county, local and foreign material Tax Returns required to
be filed by it and paid all Taxes owed by it and no Taxes owed by
it or assessments received by it are delinquent. The
federal income Tax Returns of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and for
all fiscal years prior thereto, are for the purposes of routine
audit by the Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS
”) closed because of the statute of limitations, and no
claims for additional Taxes for such fiscal years are
pending. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or
agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency, in each case that is still in effect, or has pending a
request for any such extension or waiver. Neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any pending action
or proceeding, nor to the Company’s knowledge, is any such
action or proceeding threatened by any Governmental Entity, for the
assessment or collection of Taxes, interest, penalties, assessments
or deficiencies and no material deficiencies have been proposed by
any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority in connection
with an audit or examination of the Tax Returns, business or
properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary which has not
been settled, resolved and fully satisfied, or for which reserves
adequate in accordance with GAAP have not been
provided. Each of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries has withheld and paid all Taxes that it is required to
withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors or other third
parties. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
is a party to, is bound by or has any obligation under, any
material Tax sharing or material Tax indemnity agreement or similar
contract or arrangement other than any contract or agreement
between or among the Company and any Company
Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has participated in any “reportable
transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4, or any other transaction requiring
disclosure under analogous provisions of state, local or foreign
law. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
liability for the Taxes of any person other than the Company or any
Company Subsidiary under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
law). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
been a “distributing corporation” or a
“controlled corporation” in any distribution in which
the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to
which Section 355 of the Code is applicable.
The Company has not been a United
States real property holding corporation within the meaning of
Section 897 of the Code during the applicable period specified in
Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code . For the
purpose of this Agreement, the term “ Tax ”
(including, with correlative meaning, the term “ Taxes
”) shall mean any and all domestic or foreign, federal,
state, local or other taxes of any kind (together with any and all
interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts
imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Entity,
including taxes on or with respect to income, franchises, windfall
or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital
stock, payroll, employment, unemployment, social security,
workers’ compensation or net worth, and taxes in the nature
of excise, withholding, ad valorem or value added or similar
taxes, and the term “ Tax Return ” means any
return, report, information return or other document (including any
related or supporting information, and attachments and exhibits)
required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including, without
limitation, all information returns relating to Taxes of third
parties, any claims for refunds of Taxes and any amendment or
supplements to any of the foregoing.
(2) To
the knowledge of the Company, the deferred tax asset on the
Company’s balance sheet as of September 30, 2009 (as
referenced in Note 8 thereto) does not require a material valuation
reserve at September 30, 2009.
(3) Under
the current tax planning strategy as disclosed to the Investor, the
Company expects that it will receive the income tax refund from the
calendar year 2007 included as a refundable income taxes receivable
discussed in the notes to the Company’s financial statements
for the period ended September 30, 2009.
(j)
Absence of Certain Changes . Since December 31,
2008, the Company has not, and no Company Subsidiary has, made or
declared any distribution or dividend in cash or in kind to its
stockholders or issued or repurchased any shares of its capital
stock or other equity interests. Since December 31,
2008, the business and operations of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have been conducted in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, and there has not been:
(1) Except
as Previously Disclosed, any circumstance, occurrence, or
development which, individually or in the aggregate with other
circumstances, occurrences, or developments, has had or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company;
(2) any
material damage, destruction, or other casualty loss with respect
to any material asset or property owned, leased, or otherwise used
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, whether or not covered by
insurance; or
(3) any
change in any method of accounting or accounting policies by the
Company.
(k)
Commitments and Contracts . The Company has
Previously Disclosed or provided to the Investor or his
representatives, prior to the date hereof, true, correct, and
complete copies of each of the following to which the Company or
any Company Subsidiary is a party or subject (whether written or
oral, express or implied) (each, a “ Company Significant
Agreement ”):
(1) any
labor contract or agreement with any labor union;
(2) any
contract or agreement which grants any person a right of first
refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any
material properties, assets or businesses of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries;
(3) any
contract containing covenants that limit the ability of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or
with any person or which involve any restriction of the
geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, the
Company or any Company Subsidiary may carry on its business (other
than as may be required by law or applicable regulatory
authorities); and any contract that could require the disposition
of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary;
(4) any
joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance, or other similar
contract (including any franchising agreement, but in any event,
excluding introducing broker agreements); and any contract relating
to the acquisition or disposition of any material business or
material assets (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets, or
otherwise), which acquisition or disposition is not yet complete or
where such contract contains continuing material obligations or
contains continuing indemnity obligations of the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries;
(5) any
real property lease and any other lease with annual rental payments
aggregating $1,000,000 or more;
(6) other
than with respect to loans, any contract providing for, or
reasonably likely to result in, the receipt or expenditure of more
than $1,000,000 on an annual basis, including the payment or
receipt of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon
revenues or income;
(7) any
contract or arrangement under which the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is licensed or otherwise permitted by a third
party to use any Intellectual Property that is material to its
business (except for any “shrinkwrap” or “click
through” license agreements or other agreements for software
that is generally available to the public and has not been
customized for the Company or the Company Subsidiaries) or under
which a third party is licensed or otherwise permitted to use any
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries;
(8) any
contract that by its terms limits the payment of dividends or other
distributions by the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(9) any
standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or
any Company Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire assets or
securities of another person;
(10) any
contract that would prevent, delay or impede the Company’s
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(11) any
contract providing for indemnification by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary of any person, except for immaterial contracts
entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(12) other
than contracts relating to the ordinary course management of credit
extensions, any contract that contains a put, call, or similar
right pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary could
be required to purchase or sell, as applicable, any equity
interests or assets that have a fair market value or purchase price
of more than $250,000; and
(13) any
other contract or agreement which is a “material
contract” within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K.
Each of the
Company Significant Agreements is valid and binding on the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, and in full force and
effect. The Company and each of the Company
Subsidiaries, as applicable, are in compliance in all material
respects with and have performed in all material respects all
obligations required to be performed by them to date under each
Company Significant Agreement. Neither the Company nor
any of the Company Subsidiaries knows of, or has received notice
of, any violation or default (or any condition which with the
passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a
violation of or a default) by any party under any Company
Significant Agreement. Consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not place the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries in breach or default of any Company
Significant Agreement, or trigger any modification, termination or
acceleration thereunder. Other than those contemplated
hereby, there are no transactions or series of related
transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor are
there any currently proposed transactions, or series of related
transactions between the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and the Company, any current or former director or
executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any
person who Beneficially Owns 5% or more of the Common Shares (or
any of such person’s immediate family members or Affiliates)
(other than Company Subsidiaries), on the other hand.
(l)
Offering of Securities . Neither the Company nor
any person acting on its behalf has taken any action (including,
any offering of any securities of the Company under circumstances
which would require the integration of such offering with the
offering of any of the Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document under the Securities
Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder) which would subject the offering, issuance, or sale of
any of such Common Stock to be issued to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
(m)
Litigation and Other Proceedings; No Undisclosed Liabilities
.
(1) There
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened,
claim, action, suit, arbitration, mediation, demand, hearing,
investigation or proceeding against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary that (A) involves a claim that is or that could be, if
adversely determined, for damages in excess of $100,000, or (B)
individually or in the aggregate, has prevented or materially
impaired, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially
impair, the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
is subject to any order, judgment or decree.
(2) Neither
the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liabilities
or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent, or
otherwise) which are not appropriately reflected or reserved
against in the financial statements described in
Section 2.2(f) to the extent required to be so reflected or
reserved against in accordance with GAAP, except for liabilities
that have arisen since September 30, 2009 in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice.
(n)
Compliance with Laws and Other Matters; Insurance
. Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company and each
Company Subsidiary:
(1) in
the conduct of its business is in compliance in all material
respects with all, and the condition and use of its properties does
not violate or infringe in any material respect any, applicable
domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign laws, statutes,
ordinances, licenses, rules, regulations, judgments, demands,
writs, injunctions, orders or decrees applicable thereto or to
employees conducting its business, including the Troubled Asset
Relief Program, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment
Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, all
other applicable fair lending laws or other laws relating to
discrimination and the Bank Secrecy Act;
(2) has
all material permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, orders,
and approvals of, and has made all filings, applications, and
registrations with, Governmental Entities that are required in
order to permit it to own or lease its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as presently conducted and that are material
to the business of the Company or such Company Subsidiary; all such
permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and approvals
are in full force and effect, and all such filings,
applications and registrations are current, and, to the knowledge
of the Company, no suspension or cancellation of any of them is
threatened;
(3) currently
is complying in all material respects with and, to the knowledge of
the Company, is not under investigation with respect to, nor has
been threatened by any Governmental Entity to be charged with or
given notice of any material violation of, all applicable federal,
state, local and foreign laws, regulations, rules, judgments,
injunctions or decrees;
(4) has,
except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general
application, not been placed under any restriction by a
Governmental Entity on its business or properties, and except for
routine examinations by applicable Governmental Entities, as of the
date of this Agreement, received no notification or communication
from any Governmental Entity that an investigation by any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is pending or threatened;
(5) has
not, since January 1, 2006 nor has any other person on behalf of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary that qualifies as a
“financial institution” under the U.S. Anti-Money
Laundering laws, knowingly acted, by itself or in conjunction with
another, in any act in connection with the concealment of any
currency, securities or other proprietary interest that is the
result of a felony as defined in the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering
laws (“ Unlawful Gains ”), nor knowingly
accepted, transported, stored, dealt in or brokered any sale,
purchase or any transaction of other nature for Unlawful
Gains;
(6) to
the extent it qualifies as a “financial institution”
under the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering laws, has implemented such
anti-money laundering mechanisms and kept and filed all reports and
other necessary documents as required by, and otherwise complied
with, the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering laws and the rules and
regulations thereunder; and
(7) is
presently insured, and during each of the past two calendar years
(or during such lesser period of time as the Company has owned such
Company Subsidiary) has been insured, for reasonable amounts with,
to the knowledge of the Company, financially sound and reputable
insurance companies against such risks as companies engaged in a
similar business would, in accordance with industry practice,
customarily be insured.
(o)
Labor . Employees of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries are not and have never been represented by any labor
union nor are any collective bargaining agreements otherwise in
effect with respect to such employees. No labor
organization or group of employees of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition or
certification, and there are no representation or certification
proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding
presently pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or
any other labor relations tribunal or authority. There
are no organizing activities, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns,
lockouts, arbitrations or grievances, or other labor disputes
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Each of
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws respecting employment
and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, and
wages and hours.
(p)
Company Benefit Plans .
(1) “
Benefit Plan ” means all employment agreements,
employee benefit and compensation plans, programs, agreements,
contracts, policies, practices, or other arrangements providing
compensation or benefits to any current or former employee,
officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any beneficiary or dependent thereof that is
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or
to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary contributes or is
obligated to contribute or is party, whether or not written,
including without limitation any “employee welfare benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“
ERISA ”), any “employee pension benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA
(whether or not such plan is subject to ERISA) and any bonus,
incentive, deferred compensation, vacation, stock purchase, stock
appreciation right, stock option or equity award, equity-based
severance, employment, change of control, consulting or fringe
benefit plan, program, agreement or policy. Each Benefit
Plan is listed on Section 2.2(p)(1) of the Company’s
Disclosure Schedule. True and complete copies of all
Benefit Plans listed on Section 2.2(p)(1) of the
Company’s Disclosure Schedule have been made available to the
Investor prior to the date hereof or have been filed with a Company
Report.
(2) With
respect to each Benefit Plan, (A) the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have complied, and are now in compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and all other
laws and regulations applicable to such Benefit Plan and (B) each
Benefit Plan has been administered in accordance with its
terms. None of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries
nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any
withdrawal liability as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from a multiemployer plan, as those terms are defined in
Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, that has not been
satisfied in full. “ ERISA Affiliate
” means any entity, trade or business, whether or not
incorporated, which together with the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries, would be deemed a “single employer”
within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
(3) Each
Benefit Plan which is subject to ERISA (an “ ERISA
Plan ”) that is an “employee pension benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA
(“ Pension Plan ”) and that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified,
has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS and
nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that
could likely result in revocation of any such favorable
determination or opinion letter or the loss of the qualification of
such Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the
Code. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
engaged in a transaction with respect to any ERISA Plan that,
assuming the taxable period of such transaction expired as of the
date hereof, could subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary to
a tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or
Section 502(i) of ERISA. Neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary has incurred or reasonably expects to incur
a material tax or penalty imposed by Section 4980F of the Code or
Section 502 of ERISA.
(4) Neither
the Company, any Company Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate (x)
sponsors, maintains or contributes to or has within the past six
years sponsored, maintained or contributed to a Pension Plan that
is subject to Subtitles C or D of Title IV of ERISA or (y)
sponsors, maintains or has any liability with respect to or an
obligation to contribute to or has within the past six years
sponsored, maintained, had any liability with respect to, or had an
obligation to contribute to a “multiemployer plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(5) None
of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the issuance of
Common Stock, nor the stockholder approval or consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, nor the transactions contemplated
as part of the Other Private Placements or the Public Offering,
will, whether alone or in connection with another event, (i)
constitute a “change in control” or “change of
control” within the meaning of any Benefit Plan or result in
any material payment or benefit (including without limitation
severance, unemployment compensation, “excess parachute
payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Code), forgiveness of indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to
any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary from the Company or any
Company Subsidiary under any Benefit Plan or any other agreement
with any employee, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
employment or change in control agreements, (ii) result in payments
under any of the Benefit Plans which would not be deductible under
Section 162(m) or Section 280G of the Code, (iii) materially
increase any compensation or benefits otherwise payable under any
Benefit Plan, (iv) result in any acceleration of the time of
payment or vesting of any such benefits, including, for the
avoidance of doubt, the Company Stock Option Plans, (v) require the
funding or increase in the funding of any such benefits, or (vi)
result in any limitation on the right of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary to amend, merge, terminate or receive a reversion of
assets from any Benefit Plan or related trust.
(6) As
of the date hereof, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, litigation relating to the Benefit
Plans. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
has any obligations for retiree health and life benefits under any
ERISA Plan or collective bargaining agreement, except for health
continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the Code
or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and at no expense to the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries.
(7) There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
claims, lawsuits or arbitrations which have been asserted or
instituted against (i) the Benefit Plans, (ii) any fiduciaries
thereof with respect to their duties to the Benefit Plans, or (iii)
the assets of any of the trusts under any of the Benefit
Plans.
(q)
Status of Securities . Upon receipt of the
Stockholder Approvals, the shares of Common Stock to be issued
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the
consideration therefor as provided in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, such shares of Common Stock will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and such issuance will not
subject the holders thereof to personal liability and will not be
subject to preemptive rights of any other stockholder of the
Company.
(r)
Investment Company . Neither the Company nor any
of the Company Subsidiaries is an “investment company”
as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries
sponsors any person that is such an investment company.
(s)
Risk Management; Derivatives .
(1) The
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have in place risk management
policies and procedures sufficient in scope and operation to
protect against risks of the type and in amounts expected to be
incurred by persons of similar size and in similar lines of
business as the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(2) All
derivative instruments, including swaps, caps, floors and option
agreements, whether entered into for the Company’s own
account, or for the account of one or more of the Company
Subsidiaries or their customers, were entered into (i) only
for purposes of mitigating identified risk and in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) in accordance with prudent practices
and in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and regulatory policies, and (iii) with
counterparties believed by the Company to be financially
responsible at the time; and each of them constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company or one of the Company
Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its
terms. Neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries,
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is
in breach of any of its obligations under any such agreement or
arrangement.
(t)
Foreign Corrupt Practices and International Trade Sanctions
. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor
any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or
any other persons acting on their behalf (i) has violated the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et
seq ., as amended, or any other similar applicable foreign,
federal, or state legal requirement, (ii) has made or
provided, or caused to be made or provided, directly or indirectly,
any payment or thing of value to a foreign official, foreign
political party, candidate for office or any other person knowing
that the person will pay or offer to pay the foreign official,
party or candidate, for the purpose of influencing a decision,
inducing an official to violate their lawful duty, securing any
improper advantage, or inducing a foreign official to use their
influence to affect a governmental decision, (iii) has paid,
accepted or received any unlawful contributions, payments,
expenditures or gifts, (iv) has violated or operated in
noncompliance with any export restrictions, money laundering law,
anti-terrorism law or regulation, anti-boycott regulations or
embargo regulations, or (v) is currently subject to any United
States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the United States Treasury Department.
(u)
Environmental Liability . There is no legal,
administrative, or other proceeding, claim or action of any nature
seeking to impose, or that could result in the imposition of, on
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, any liability relating to
the release of hazardous substances as defined under any local,
state or federal environmental statute, regulation or ordinance,
including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary; to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
reasonable basis for any such proceeding, claim or action; and to
the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any agreement, order, judgment or decree
by or with any Governmental Entity or third party imposing any such
environmental liability.
(v)
Anti-Takeover Provisions . The Company and the
Board of Directors has taken all actions necessary to ensure that
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, taken as a
whole, are not subject to the provisions of Section 60.835 of the
Oregon Business Corporation Act (the “ OBCA ”)
(including, but not limited to, the approval of such transactions
by the Board of Directors and/or stockholders as contemplated by
Section 60.835 of the OBCA and Article X of the Articles of
Incorporation) and Article X of the Articles of Incorporation and
any other similar provisions of an anti-takeover nature contained
in its organizational documents and the provisions of any federal
or state “anti-takeover”, “fair price”,
“moratorium”, “control share”,
“supermajority”, “affiliate transaction”,
or “business combination” law, including any provisions
of the Oregon Business Corporation Act (each, a “ Takeover
Law ”). In the case that such transactions are
subject to such provisions or laws, the Board of Directors shall
take all necessary action to ensure that such transactions shall be
deemed to be exceptions to such provisions or laws, including, but
not limited to, the approval of such transactions as contemplated
under Section 60.835(1) of the OBCA. The acquisition of
the Common Stock pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Transaction
Documents is not a “control share acquisition” or
otherwise subject to the provisions of Section 60.801 to
Section 60.816 of the Oregon Business Corporation
Act.
(w)
Intellectual Property . (i) The Company and the
Company Subsidiaries own (free and clear of any claims, liens,
encumbrances, exclusive licenses or non-exclusive licenses not
granted in the ordinary course of business) or have a valid license
to use all Intellectual Property used in or necessary to carry on
their business as currently conducted, and (ii) such Intellectual
Property referenced in clause (i) above is valid, subsisting and
enforceable, and is not subject to any outstanding order, judgment,
decree or agreement adversely affecting the Company’s or the
Company Subsidiaries’ use of, or rights to, such Intellectual
Property. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
sufficient rights to use all Intellectual Property used in their
business as presently conducted, all of which rights shall survive
unchanged the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any notice of infringement or misappropriation of,
or any conflict with, the rights of others with respect
to any Intellectual Property, and no reasonable basis exists for
any such claim. To the Company’s knowledge, no third party
has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the
Intellectual Property rights of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries. There is no litigation, opposition, cancellation,
proceeding, objection or claim pending, asserted, or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any
Company Subsidiary concerning the ownership, validity,
registerability, enforceability, infringement or use of, or
licensed right to use, and Intellectual Property. To the knowledge
of the Company, none of the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is using or enforcing
any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in a manner that would
be expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation or
unenforceability of such Intellectual Property. The
Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries has taken all
reasonable measures to protect the Intellectual Property owned by
or licensed to the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries.
“ Intellectual Property ”
shall mean trademarks, service marks, brand names, domain names,
certification marks, trade dress and other indications of origin,
the goodwill associated with the foregoing and registrations in any
jurisdiction of, and applications in any jurisdiction to register,
the foregoing, including any extension, modification or renewal of
any such registration or application; inventions, discoveries and
ideas, whether patentable or not, in any jurisdiction; patents,
applications for patents (including divisions, continuations,
continuations in part and renewal applications), and any renewals,
extensions or reissues thereof, in any jurisdiction; nonpublic
information, trade secrets and confidential information and rights
in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any
person; writings and other works, whether copyrightable or not, in
any jurisdiction; and registrations or applications for
registration of copyrights in any jurisdiction, and any renewals or
extensions thereof; and any similar intellectual property or
proprietary rights.
(x)
Brokers and Finders . Except for Keefe, Bruyette
& Woods, Inc., neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has
employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or
finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has acted directly or
indirectly for the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in connection
with the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.
(y)
Agreements with Regulatory Agencies . Except as
Previously Disclosed, neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any cease-and-desist or other similar
order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written
agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with,
or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to,
or is subject to any capital directive by, or since December 31,
2007, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any
Governmental Entity that currently restricts the conduct of its
business or that relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and
funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its
credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal
controls, its management, or its operations or business (each item
in this sentence, a “ Regulatory Agreement
”). The Company and each Company Subsidiary are in
compliance with each Regulatory Agreement to which it is party or
subject, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that
either the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in compliance
with any such Regulatory Agreement.
(z)
Loan Portfolio . The Company’s
non-performing assets as of September 30, 2009 are
$197,282,103.
(aa)
Listing of Common Stock . The shares of Common
Stock to be issued at the Closing under this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and the Public Offering have been authorized,
to the extent such Common Stock has been authorized under the
Articles of Incorporation, for listing on NASDAQ, subject to
official notice of issuance.
(bb)
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance
. The Company (i) maintains directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability
insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
with benefits and levels of coverage that have been Previously
Disclosed, (ii) has timely paid all premiums on such policies and
(iii) there has been no lapse in coverage during the term of such
policies.
(cc)
Board of Directors. The Company does not have,
and the Board of Directors have not adopted, any policies,
directives or resolutions, or any amendments to the Company’s
by-laws or certificate of incorporation, with respect to
qualification or other requirements for serving as a director on
the Board of Directors of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(dd)
Other Private Placemen