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Title: SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/30/2009
Industry: Regional Banks     Law Firm: Simpson Thacher;Davis Wright     Sector: Financial

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: cascade bancorp , botc holdings llc , lightyear capital llc
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

dated as of October 29, 2009

 

between

 

Cascade Bancorp

 

and

 

BOTC Holdings LLC

 


 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

Purchase; Closings

 

 

 

1.1

Purchase

2

1.2

Closing

2

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

2.1

Disclosure

7

2.2

Representations and Warranties of the Company

8

2.3

Representations and Warranties of the Investor

26

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

Covenants

 

3.1

Filings; Other Actions

26

3.2

Expenses

29

3.3

Access, Information and Confidentiality

29

3.4

Conduct of the Business

30

3.5

Reasonable Efforts

30

3.6

Company Forbearances

30

3.7

Shareholder Litigation

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

Additional Agreements

 

4.1

No Rights Agreement

32

4.2

Governance Matters

33

4.3

Legend

34

4.4

Certain Transactions

34

4.5

Indemnity

35

4.6

Registration Rights

37

4.7

Market Stand-off Provision.

47

4.8

Gross-Up Rights

48

4.9

Anti-Takeover Matters

50

4.10

Additional Regulatory Matters.

51

4.11

VCOC Investor

52

 

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Termination

 

 

 

5.1

Termination.

53

5.2

Effects of Termination.

54

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

6.1

Survival

54

6.2

Amendment

54

6.3

Waivers

54

6.4

Counterparts and Facsimile

54

6.5

Governing Law

55

6.6

Waiver of Jury Trial

55

6.7

Notices

55

6.8

Entire Agreement, Etc.

56

6.9

Other Definitions

56

6.10

Captions

57

6.11

Severability

57

6.12

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

57

6.13

Time of Essence

58

6.14

Public Announcements

58

6.15

Specific Performance

58

6.16

No Obligation

58

 

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A:

Form of Opinion of Counsel

Exhibit B:

Form of Disclosure Letter of Counsel

 

Exhibit C:

Form of Officer’s Certificate from the Company

 

 

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

Term

 

Location of

Definition

Additional Shares

 

1.2(b)

Affiliate

 

6.9(2)

Agreement

 

Preamble

Articles of Incorporation

 

2.2(a)

Beneficially Own/Beneficial Owner/Beneficial Ownership

 

6.9(9)

Benefit Plan

 

2.2(p)(1)

BHC Act

 

2.2(a)

Board of Directors

 

1.2(c)(1)(ix)

Business Combination Exemption Resolution

 

4.9(b)

business day

 

6.9(7)

CBC Act

 

1.2(c)(1)(xviii)

Closing

 

1.2(a)

Closing Date

 

1.2(a)

Code

 

2.2(p)(2)

Common Stock/Common Shares

 

Recitals

Company

 

Preamble

Company 10-K

 

2.2(c)(1)

Company Bank

 

4.2(a)

Company Financial Statements

 

2.2(e)

Company Preferred Stock

 

2.2(c)(1)

Company Reports

 

2.2(g)(1)

Company Restricted Stock

 

2.2(c)(1)

Company SEC Filings

 

2.2(ee)

Company Significant Agreement

 

2.2(k)

Company Stock Option

 

2.2(c)(1)

Company Stock Option Plans

 

2.2(c)(1)

Company Subsidiary/Company Subsidiaries

 

2.2(b)

control/controlled by/under common control with

 

6.9(2)

Covered Persons

 

4.9(b)

De Minimis Claim

 

4.5(e)

Designated Directors

 

1.2(c)(1)(x)

Disclosure Schedule

 

2.1(a)

ERISA

 

2.2(p)(1)

ERISA Affiliate

 

2.2(p)(2)

ERISA Plan

 

2.2(p)(3)

Exchange Act

 

2.2(g)(1)

FDIC

 

2.2(b)

GAAP

 

2.2(f)

Governmental Entity

 

1.2(c)(1)(i)

herein/hereof/hereunder

 

6.9(5)

Holder

 

4.6(k)(1)

 

 

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Term

 

Location of

Definition

Holders’ Counsel

 

4.6(k)(2)

including/includes/included/include

 

6.9(4)

Indemnified Party

 

4.5(c)

Indemnifying Party

 

4.5(c)

Indemnitee

 

4.6(g)(1)

Information

 

3.3(b)

Intellectual Property

 

2.2(w)

Investor

 

Preamble

Investor Nominee

 

4.2(a)

IRS

 

2.2(i)

knowledge of the Company/Company’s knowledge

 

6.9(10)

Liens

 

2.2(b)

Losses

 

4.5(a)

Market Price

 

4.8(a)

Material Adverse Effect

 

2.1(b)

NASDAQ

 

1.2(c)(1)(xiv)

New Security

 

4.8(a)

OBCA

 

2.2(v)

Order

 

1.2(c)(1)(xiii)

Other Private Placements

 

Recitals

Other Securities Purchase Agreements

 

Recitals

Pending Underwritten Offering

 

4.6(l)

Pension Plan

 

2.2(p)(3)

Per Share Purchase Price

 

1.2(a)

Permitted Liens

 

2.2(h)

person

 

6.9(8)

Piggyback Registration

 

4.6(a)(4)

Plan Asset Regulations

 

4.11

Pre-Closing Period

 

3.4

Previously Disclosed

 

2.1(c)

Public Offering

 

Recitals

Public Offering Price

 

1.2(a)

Purchased Shares

 

1.2(a)

Purchase Price

 

1.2(a)

Register/registered/registration

 

4.6(k)(3)

Registrable Securities

 

4.6(k)(4)

Registration Deadline

 

4.6(a)(1)

Registration Expenses

 

4.6(k)(5)

Regulatory Agreement

 

2.2(y)

Rule 144

 

4.6(k)(6)

Rule 144A

 

4.6(k)(6)

Rule 405

 

4.6(k)(6)

Rule 158

 

4.6(k)(6)

 

 

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Term

 

Location of

Definition

Rule 159A

 

4.6(k)(6)

Rule 415

 

4.6(k)(6)

Scheduled Black-out Period

 

4.6(k)(7)

SEC

 

2.1(c)

Securities

 

1.2(b)

Securities Act

 

2.2(g)(1)

Selling Expenses

 

4.6(k)(8)

Shareholder Litigation

 

3.7

Shelf Registration Statement

 

4.6(a)(2)

Special Registration

 

4.6(a)(4)

Stockholder Approvals

 

2.2(d)(1)

subsidiary

 

6.9(1)

Takeover Law

 

2.2(v)

Tax/Taxes

 

2.2(i)

Tax Return

 

2.2(i)

Threshold Amount

 

4.5(e)

Transaction Documents

 

Recitals

Trust Preferred Securities Repurchase Agreements

 

1.2(c)(1)(xii)

Unlawful Gains

 

2.2(n)(5)

VCOC

 

4.11

VCOC Investor

 

4.11

Voting Debt

  

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).

 

 

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(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;

 

 

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(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;

 

 

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(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;

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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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).

 

 

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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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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.

 

 

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(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 ”):

 

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(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;

 

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(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.

 

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(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;

 

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(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.

 

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(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.

 

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(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.

 

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(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.

 

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(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.

 

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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.

 

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(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.

 

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