STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement") is made and entered into this 12 th day of
September, 2006 by, between and among KENNETH C.
FISHER (hereinafter, the “Seller”),
PEOPLE’S BANCORP, INC., a Maryland state chartered
bank, (hereinafter the “Purchaser”) and
FLEETWOOD, ATHEY, MACBETH & MCCOWN, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the “Corporation”).
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS
, the Seller is the owner of all of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Corporation; and
WHEREAS
, the Purchaser desires to purchase,
and the Seller desires to sell all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Corporation (the
“Shares”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth within this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises, the payment of the purchase price,
the mutual covenants, representations and warranties hereinafter
set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
1
THE
SHARES
SECTION 1.01. Holder of
Record of the Shares . The Seller is the owner of
record of five (5) shares of stock of the Corporation (the
“Shares”).
The Seller warrants and represents
that the Shares set forth above constitute all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation; that all
Stock Certificates previously issued by the Corporation other than
those representing the Shares have been duly and properly cancelled
by the Corporation, and no party other than the Seller, has or, to
Seller’s knowledge, asserts an ownership interest respecting
the stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE
2
PURCHASE OF THE
SHARES
SECTION 2.01. Closing
Date . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the "Closing")
will take place on or before December 31, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (the
"Closing Date") at the offices of the Corporation at 100
Talbot
Blvd, Chestertown, Maryland (the
“Closing Agent”) or at a location in Kent County,
Maryland as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties.
SECTION 2.02. Purchase
and Sale of the Shares; Consideration . At the
Closing, the Seller will sell, convey, transfer and deliver to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase and receive from the
Seller, the Shares. The purchase price for the Shares will be One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) (the "Purchase Price"). The
Purchase Price shall be paid at Closing in a lump sum from the
Purchaser to the Seller to be made by certified check or wire
transfer.
SECTION 2.03. Delivery of
the Shares . At the Closing, the Seller will sell
convey, transfer and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
will receive from the Seller, the Shares.
SECTION 2.04. Closing
Deliveries .
(a) At the Closing, the Seller will deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Purchaser:
(i) the stock certificates representing all of the
Shares, together with duly executed and witnessed stock powers (in
blank) attached thereto; and
(ii) all of the instruments, documents and/or other
materials required to be delivered under Articles 4 and 6
hereof.
(b) At the Closing, the Purchaser will deliver or
cause to be delivered:
(i) to the Seller, the Purchase Price payable in the
manner set forth with Section 2.02 above; and
(ii) all of the instruments required to be delivered
under Articles 4 and 6 hereof.
SECTION 2.05. Assets
Retained by Seller . All the personal property of the Seller on the
premises of the Corporation and set forth on the attached Exhibit A
shall be transferred to the Seller prior to the Closing.
ARTICLE
3
STUDY
PERIOD
SECTION 3.01. Study
Period . Purchaser shall have a period of sixty (60)
days after execution and delivery of this Agreement by all parties
(the "Study Period") to conduct a comprehensive investigation and
evaluation of all aspects of the Corporation and its assets,
including all financial records of the Corporation, in such scope
and detail as may be required by the Purchaser, in
Purchaser’s sole opinion and at Purchaser’s sole
expense. Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
upon written notice delivered to Seller at any time during the
Study Period if the Purchaser, in Purchaser’s sole
discretion, determines that the purchase of the
Shares is not feasible, whereupon
this Agreement shall terminate and neither party shall have any
further rights, liabilities or obligations under this Agreement. In
the event the Purchaser fails to so notify the Seller, at the
conclusion of the Study Period, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and be biding
upon the parties hereto.
ARTICLE
4
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
As a material inducement to the
Purchaser to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the
Purchaser that, except as heretofore disclosed to the
Purchaser:
SECTION 4.01.
Organization and Qualification of the
Corporation . The Corporation is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Maryland, and has the power and authority to own
all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted. Within five (5) days following the
execution of this Agreement, complete and correct copies of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended to
date, shall be delivered by Seller to the Purchaser, and such
instruments, as so amended, are in full force and effect at the
date hereof.
SECTION 4.02. Shares Free
and Clear of Liens
(a) All of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Corporation, are owned of record by the Seller as set forth within
Section 1.01; and, unless otherwise previously disclosed to the
Purchaser in writing, are free and clear of all liens, security
interests, claims and encumbrances or other restrictions of any
kind, and no shares are held in the Corporation's treasury. The
Corporation does not have outstanding any stock or securities
convertible or exchangeable for any shares of its capital stock,
nor does it have outstanding any rights or options to subscribe for
or to purchase any capital stock or any capital stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock. The
Corporation is not subject to any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares
of its capital stock. All of the Shares were validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable.
(b) There are no agreements (oral or
written) to which the Seller is a party involving the voting,
transfer or sale of any of the Shares; and if any such agreement
did exist at any time prior hereto, the same was properly
terminated by unanimous action of the Seller and the
Corporation.
SECTION 4.03. Authority
Relative to Agreement . The Seller has the power,
capacity and authority, and the Corporation has the corporate power
and authority, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated on his or its part hereby.
The execution and delivery by the Corporation of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated on its part have
been authorized by its Board of Directors. No other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Corporation are necessary to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement by it or the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated on
its
part hereby. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and the Seller and
is a valid and binding agreement of each of the Corporation and the
Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 4.04. No Breach;
Consents . The negotiation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Corporation and the Seller and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a) do not
and will not conflict with or result in any breach of any of the
provisions of, constitute a default under, result in a violation
of, result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge,
encumbrance or other restriction upon the assets of the Corporation
or require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other
action by or notice to any third party under the provisions of the
charters or by-laws of the Corporation or any license, indenture,
mortgage, lease, loan agreement or other agreement (oral or
written) or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or under
which its properties are bound or to which the Seller is a party
and which are not otherwise disclosed in this Agreement and (b) do
not require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or
other action by or notice to any court or governmental body under
any law, statute, rule, regulation or decree to which the Seller or
the Corporation is subject and which is not otherwise disclosed in
this Agreement.
SECTION 4.05. Financial
Statements . The Seller has previously delivered to
the Purchaser true and complete copies of (i) the tax returns of
the Corporation for 2005, 2004 and 2003 and (ii) copies of
unaudited balance sheets and financial statements for the interim
period ended August 31, 2006. To the best of the Seller's
knowledge, such financial information fairly presents the financial
condition and results of operations of the Corporation in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis throughout the periods presented.
SECTION 4.06. Accounts
Receivable . The accounts receivable of the
Corporation as of August 31, 2006, as shown on the attached Exhibit
B, are outstanding and owed to the Corporation in the amounts there
shown, and the same are shown on the books of the Corporation,
after application of reserves for bad debts in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied by
the Corporation. There has been no material adverse change to the
accounts receivable of the Corporation since the above
date.
SECTION 4.07. Accounts
Payable . The accounts payable of the Corporation as
of August 31, 2006, as shown on the attached Exhibit C, are
outstanding and owed by the Corporation in the amount shown there
and the same are shown on the books of the Corporation in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principals
consistently applied by the Corporation. There has been no material
change to the accounts payable of the Corporation since the above
date.
SECTION 4.08. Bank
Accounts . The Corporation has bank accounts at the
following banking or financial institutions, which shall be
maintained in the ordinary course of business until the date of the
Closing:
SECTION 4.09. Absence of
Debts and Liabilities . Other than those debts and
obligations set forth upon Exhibit C hereto and those incurred in
the ordinary course of business after the date of this Agreement
and prior to Closing, the Corporation will have no debts,
liabilities or obligations on the Closing Date hereof, whether
accrued, absolute, liquidated or unliquidated. Unless set forth in
writing upon the attached Exhibit D, neither the Corporation nor
the Seller has any knowledge of any contingent debts, liabilities
or obligations which may accrue to the Corporation after the
Closing Date. The Seller or other appropriate officers of the
Corporation shall insure that all ordinary operating liabilities
and expenses which arise in the ordinary course of business of the
Corporation up to the Closing Date are paid prior to
Closing.
SECTION 4.010. Properties
or Assets .
(a) The Corporation owns its real property in fee
simple, and, except as previously disclosed, has placed no
encumbrances on the Real Property. The Corporation makes no other
representations regarding title to the Real Property.
(b) The Corporation has the full right to the use of
its name, and of the names “FAM&M INC.” and
“Dockmaster Yacht Insurance”. Neither the Corporation
nor the Sellers has notice or is aware of any trademark,
serviceman, or tradename of any other person or entity which
infringes on, or is infringed by any trademark, serviceman or
tradename of or used by the Corporation.
SECTION 4.11. Tax
Matters .
To the best of Seller's knowledge,
all tax returns and related information required to be filed by or
on behalf of the Corporation prior to the date hereof have been
prepared and filed in accordance with applicable law, and all
taxes, interest, penalties, assessments or deficiencies that have
become due pursuant to such returns or any assessments or otherwise
have been paid in full. All such returns are true and correct in
all material respects. There is no materia