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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The company set forth on the signature page
hereto (the “ Company ”) intends to
issue in a private placement the number of shares of a series of
its preferred stock set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “
Preferred Shares ”) and a warrant to purchase the
number of shares of its common stock set forth on Schedule A hereto
(the “ Warrant ” and, together with the
Preferred Shares, the “ Purchased Securities
”) and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
“ Investor ”) intends to purchase from
the Company the Purchased Securities.
The purpose of this letter agreement is to
confirm the terms and conditions of the purchase by the Investor of
the Purchased Securities. Except to the extent supplemented or
superseded by the terms set forth herein or in the Schedules
hereto, the provisions contained in the Securities Purchase
Agreement – Standard Terms attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the “ Securities Purchase Agreement ”)
are incorporated by reference herein. Terms that are defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement are used in this letter agreement as
so defined. In the event of any inconsistency between this letter
agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of this
letter agreement shall govern.
Each of the Company and the Investor hereby
confirms its agreement with the other party with respect to the
issuance by the Company of the Purchased Securities and the
purchase by the Investor of the Purchased Securities pursuant to
this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement on the
terms specified on Schedule A hereto.
Each of the Company and the Investor hereby
confirms its agreement with the other party with respect to the
issuance by the Company of the Purchased Securities and the
purchase by the Investor of the Purchased Securities pursuant to
this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement on the
terms specified on Schedule A hereto.
This letter agreement may be executed in any
number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed
to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will
together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to
this letter agreement may be delivered by facsimile and such
facsimiles will be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature
pages had been delivered.
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In witness whereof, this letter agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized
representatives of the parties hereto as of the date written
below.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
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By:
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/s/ Neel Kashkari
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Name:
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Neel Kashkari
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Title:
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Interim Assistant Secretary
For Financial Stability
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COMPANY:
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SUN BANCORP, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Thomas X. Geisel
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Name:
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Thomas X. Geisel
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
STANDARD TERMS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I
Purchase; Closing
Article II
Representations and Warranties
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2.2
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Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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5
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Article III
Covenants
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3.1
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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13
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3.3
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Sufficiency of Authorized Common Stock; Exchange
Listing
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3.4
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Certain Notifications Until Closing
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15
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3.5
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Access, Information and
Confidentiality
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Article IV
Additional Agreements
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4.1
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Purchase for Investment
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4.3
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Certain Transactions
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4.4
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Transfer of Purchased Securities and Warrant
Shares; Restrictions on
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Exercise of the Warrant
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4.5
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Registration Rights
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4.6
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Voting of Warrant Shares
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4.8
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Restriction on Dividends and
Repurchases
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4.9
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Repurchase of Investor Securities
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32
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4.10
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Executive Compensation
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33
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4.11
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Bank and Thrift Holding Company Status
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4.12
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Predominantly Financial
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Article V
Miscellaneous
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5.2
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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5.4
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Waiver of Conditions
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5.5
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Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction,
Etc.
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5.10
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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LIST OF ANNEXES
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ANNEX A:
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR PREFERRED
STOCK
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ANNEX B:
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FORM OF WAIVER
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ANNEX C:
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FORM OF OPINION
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ANNEX D:
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FORM OF WARRANT
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Location of
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Term
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Definition
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Affiliate
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5.7(b)
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Agreement
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Recitals
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Appraisal Procedure
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4.9(c)(i)
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Appropriate Federal Banking Agency
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2.2(s)
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Bank Holding Company
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4.11
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Bankruptcy Exceptions
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2.2(d)
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Benefit Plans
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1.2(d)(iv)
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Board of Directors
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2.2(f)
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Business Combination
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4.4
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business day
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1.3
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Capitalization Date
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2.2(b)
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Certificate of Designations
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1.2(d)(iii)
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Charter
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1.2(d)(iii)
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Closing
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1.2(a)
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Closing Date
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1.2(a)
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Code
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2.2(n)
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Common Stock
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Recitals
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Company
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Recitals
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Company Financial Statements
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2.2(h)
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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2.1(a)
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Company Reports
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2.2(i)(i)
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Company Subsidiary; Company
Subsidiaries
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2.2(i)(i)
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control; controlled by; under common control
with
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5.7(b)
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Controlled Group
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2.2(n)
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CPP
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Recitals
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EESA
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1.2(d)(iv)
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ERISA
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2.2(n)
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Exchange Act
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2.1(b)
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Fair Market Value
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4.9(c)(ii)
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Federal Reserve
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4.11
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GAAP
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2.1(a)
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Governmental Entities
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1.2(c)
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Holder
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4.5(k)(i)
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Holders’ Counsel
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4.5(k)(ii)
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Indemnitee
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4.5(g)(i)
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Information
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3.5(b)
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Initial Warrant Shares
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Recitals
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Investor
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Recitals
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Junior Stock
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4.8(c)
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knowledge of the Company; Company’s
knowledge
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5.7(c)
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Last Fiscal Year
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2.1(b)
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Location of
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Term
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Definition
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Letter Agreement
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Recitals
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officers
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5.7(c)
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Parity Stock
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4.8(c)
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Pending Underwritten Offering
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4.5(l)
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Permitted Repurchases
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4.8(a)(ii)
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Piggyback Registration
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4.5(a)(iv)
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Plan
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2.2(n)
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Preferred Shares
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Recitals
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Preferred Stock
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Recitals
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Previously Disclosed
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2.1(b)
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Proprietary Rights
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2.2(u)
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Purchase
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Recitals
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Purchase Price
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1.1
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Purchased Securities
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Recitals
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Qualified Equity Offering
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4.4
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register; registered; registration
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4.5(k)(iii)
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Registrable Securities
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4.5(k)(iv)
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Registration Expenses
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4.5(k)(v)
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Regulatory Agreement
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2.2(s)
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Rule 144; Rule 144A; Rule 159A; Rule 405; Rule
415
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4.5(k)(vi)
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Savings and Loan Holding Company
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4.11
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Schedules
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Recitals
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SEC
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2.1(b)
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Securities Act
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2.2(a)
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Selling Expenses
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4.5(k)(vii)
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Senior Executive Officers
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4.10
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Share Dilution Amount
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4.8(a)(ii)
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Shelf Registration Statement
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4.5(a)(ii)
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Signing Date
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2.1(a)
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Special Registration
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4.5(i)
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Stockholder Proposals
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3.1(b)
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subsidiary
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5.8(a)
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Tax; Taxes
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2.2(o)
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Transfer
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4.4
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Warrant
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Recitals
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Warrant Shares
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT –
STANDARD TERMS
Recitals:
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the
Treasury (the “ Investor ”) may from
time to time agree to purchase shares of preferred stock and
warrants from eligible financial institutions which elect to
participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase
Program (“ CPP ”);
WHEREAS, an eligible financial institution electing to
participate in the CPP and issue securities to the Investor
(referred to herein as the “ Company ”)
shall enter into a letter agreement (the “ Letter
Agreement ”) with the Investor which incorporates
this Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard Terms;
WHEREAS, the Company agrees to expand the flow of credit to U.S.
consumers and businesses on competitive terms to promote the
sustained growth and vitality of the U.S. economy;
WHEREAS, the Company agrees to work diligently, under existing
programs, to modify the terms of residential mortgages as
appropriate to strengthen the health of the U.S. housing
market;
WHEREAS, the Company intends to issue in a private placement the
number of shares of the series of its Preferred Stock (“
Preferred Stock ”) set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement
(the “ Preferred Shares ”) and a warrant
to purchase the number of shares of its Common Stock (“
Common Stock ”) set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement
(the “ Initial Warrant Shares ”) (the
“ Warrant ” and, together with the
Preferred Shares, the “ Purchased Securities
”) and the Investor intends to purchase (the “
Purchase ”) from the Company the Purchased
Securities; and
WHEREAS, the Purchase will be governed by this Securities
Purchase Agreement – Standard Terms and the Letter
Agreement, including the schedules thereto (the “
Schedules ”), specifying additional terms of the
Purchase. This Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard
Terms (including the Annexes hereto) and the Letter Agreement
(including the Schedules thereto) are together referred to as this
“Agreement”. All references in this Securities
Purchase Agreement – Standard Terms to
“Schedules” are to the Schedules attached to
the Letter 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; Closing
1.1
Purchase . On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to the
Investor, and the Investor agrees to purchase from the Company, at
the Closing (as hereinafter defined), the Purchased Securities for
the price set forth on Schedule
A (the “ Purchase Price
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1.2 Closing .
(a) On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing
of the Purchase (the “ Closing ”) will
take place at the location specified in Schedule
A , at the time and on the date set forth in
Schedule A or as soon
as practicable thereafter, or at such other place, time and date as
shall be agreed between the Company and the Investor. The time and
date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement
as the “ Closing Date ”.
(b) Subject to the
fulfillment or waiver of the conditions to the Closing in this
Section 1.2, at the Closing the Company will deliver the Preferred
Shares and the Warrant, in each case as evidenced by one or more
certificates dated the Closing Date and bearing appropriate legends
as hereinafter provided for, in exchange for payment in full of the
Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available United
States funds to a bank account designated by the Company on
Schedule A .
(c) The respective
obligations of each of the Investor and the Company to consummate
the Purchase are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by the
Investor and the Company, as applicable) prior to the Closing of
the conditions that (i) any approvals or authorizations of all
United States and other governmental, regulatory or judicial
authorities (collectively, “ Governmental Entities
”) required for the consummation of the Purchase shall
have been obtained or made in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to each party and shall be in full force and effect
and all waiting periods required by United States and other
applicable law, if any, shall have expired and (ii) no provision of
any applicable United States or other law and no judgment,
injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Entity shall
prohibit the purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The obligation of
the Investor to consummate the Purchase is also subject to the
fulfillment (or waiver by the Investor) at or prior to the Closing
of each of the following conditions:
(i) (A) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (x)
Section 2.2(g) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects as though made on and as of the Closing Date, (y) Sections
2.2(a) through (f) shall be true and correct in all material
respects as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other than
representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of
another date, which representations and warranties shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of such other date) and (z)
Sections 2.2(h) through (v) (disregarding all qualifications or
limitations set forth in such representations and warranties as to
“materiality”, “Company Material
Adverse Effect” and words of similar import) shall be
true and correct as though made on and as of the Closing Date
(other than representations and warranties that by their terms
speak as of another date, which representations and warranties
shall be true and correct as of such other date), except to the
extent that the failure of such representations and warranties
referred to in this Section 1.2(d)(i)(A)(z) to be so true and
correct, individually or in the aggregate, does not have and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect and (B) the Company shall have
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performed in all material respects all
obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at
or prior to the Closing;
(ii) the Investor shall
have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a
senior executive officer certifying to the effect that the
conditions set forth in Section 1.2(d)(i) have been satisfied;
(iii) the Company shall have
duly adopted and filed with the Secretary of State of its
jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental
Entity the amendment to its certificate or articles of
incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational
document (“ Charter ”) in substantially
the form attached hereto as Annex A
(the “ Certificate of Designations
”) and such filing shall have been accepted;
(iv) (A) the Company shall
have effected such changes to its compensation, bonus, incentive
and other benefit plans, arrangements and agreements (including
golden parachute, severance and employment agreements)
(collectively, “ Benefit Plans ”) with
respect to its Senior Executive Officers (and to the extent
necessary for such changes to be legally enforceable, each of its
Senior Executive Officers shall have duly consented in writing to
such changes), as may be necessary, during the period that the
Investor owns any debt or equity securities of the Company acquired
pursuant to this Agreement or the Warrant, in order to comply with
Section 111(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
(“ EESA ”) as implemented by guidance or
regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of
the Closing Date, and (B) the Investor shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive
officer certifying to the effect that the condition set forth in
Section 1.2(d)(iv)(A) has been satisfied;
(v) each of the
Company’s Senior Executive Officers shall have delivered
to the Investor a written waiver in the form attached hereto as
Annex B releasing the
Investor from any claims that such Senior Executive Officers may
otherwise have as a result of the issuance, on or prior to the
Closing Date, of any regulations which require the modification of,
and the agreement of the Company hereunder to modify, the terms of
any Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior Executive Officers to
eliminate any provisions of such Benefit Plans that would not be in
compliance with the requirements of Section 111(b) of the EESA as
implemented by guidance or regulation thereunder that has been
issued and is in effect as of the Closing Date;
(vi) the Company shall have
delivered to the Investor a written opinion from counsel to the
Company (which may be internal counsel), addressed to the Investor
and dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Annex C ;
(vii) the Company shall have
delivered certificates in proper form or, with the prior consent of
the Investor, evidence of shares in book-entry form, evidencing the
Preferred Shares to Investor or its designee(s); and
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(viii) the Company shall have duly executed the
Warrant in substantially the form attached hereto as
Annex D and delivered
such executed Warrant to the Investor or its
designee(s).
1.3
Interpretation . When a reference is made in this Agreement
to “Recitals,” “Articles,”
“Sections,” or “Annexes”
such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or
Annex to, this Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard
Terms, and a reference to “Schedules” shall be
to a Schedule to the Letter Agreement, in each case, unless
otherwise indicated. The terms defined in the singular have a
comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa.
References to “herein”,
“hereof”, “hereunder” and
the like refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular section or provision, unless the context requires
otherwise. The table of contents and headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this
Agreement. Whenever the words “include,”
“includes” or “including”
are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the
words “without limitation.” No rule of
construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in
connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this
Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between
sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to
“$” or “dollars” mean the
lawful currency of the United States of America. Except as
expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any statute,
rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as
amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and,
in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations
promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute,
rule or regulation include any successor to the section. References
to a “ business day ” shall mean any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions
in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by
law or other governmental actions to close.
Article II
Representations and Warranties
(a) “
Company Material Adverse Effect ” means a material
adverse effect on (i) the business, results of operation or
financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided , however , that
Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the
effects of (A) changes after the date of the Letter Agreement (the
“ Signing Date ”) in general business,
economic or market conditions (including changes generally in
prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity,
currency exchange rates and price levels or trading volumes in the
United States or foreign securities or credit markets), or any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts
of war or terrorism, in each case generally affecting the
industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate, (B)
changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States (“
GAAP ”) or regulatory accounting requirements, or
authoritative interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed
changes after the Signing Date in securities, banking and other
laws of general applicability or related policies or
interpretations of Governmental Entities (in the case of each of
these clauses (A), (B) and (C), other than changes
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or occurrences to the extent that such changes or
occurrences have or would reasonably be expected to have a
materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to comparable
U.S. banking or financial services organizations), or (D) changes
in the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or any
other equity, equity-related or debt securities of the Company or
its consolidated subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that
the exception set forth in this clause (D) does not apply to the
underlying reason giving rise to or contributing to any such
change); or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the
Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder
on a timely basis.
(b) “
Previously Disclosed ” means information set forth
or incorporated in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC ”) prior to the Signing Date (the “
Last Fiscal Year ”) or in its other reports and
forms filed with or furnished to the SEC under Sections 13(a),
14(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“ Exchange Act ”) on or after the last
day of the Last Fiscal Year and prior to the Signing Date.
2.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Company . Except as Previously Disclosed,
the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that as of the
Signing Date and as of the Closing Date (or such other date
specified herein):
(a) Organization,
Authority and Significant Subsidiaries . The Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the
necessary power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business in all material respects as currently conducted, and
except as has not, individually or in the aggregate, had and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification; each
subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant
subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “
Securities Act ”) has been duly organized and is
validly existing in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization. The Charter and bylaws of the
Company, copies of which have been provided to the Investor prior
to the Signing Date, are true, complete and correct copies of such
documents as in full force and effect as of the Signing Date.
(b)
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the
Company, and the outstanding capital stock of the Company
(including securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most
recent fiscal month-end preceding the Signing Date (the “
Capitalization Date ”) is set forth on
Schedule B . The outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and
subject to no preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation
of any preemptive rights). Except as provided in the Warrant, as of
the Signing Date, the Company does not have outstanding any
securities or other obligations providing the holder the right to
acquire Common Stock that is not reserved for issuance as
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specified on Schedule
B , and the Company has not made any other commitment to
authorize, issue or sell any Common Stock. Since the Capitalization
Date, the Company has not issued any shares of Common Stock, other
than (i) shares issued upon the exercise of stock options or
delivered under other equity-based awards or other convertible
securities or warrants which were issued and outstanding on the
Capitalization Date and disclosed on Schedule
B and (ii) shares disclosed on
Schedule B .
(c) Preferred
Shares . The Preferred Shares have been duly and validly
authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, such Preferred Shares will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable, will not be issued in violation
of any preemptive rights, and will rank pari
passu with or senior to all other series
or classes of Preferred Stock, whether or not issued or
outstanding, with respect to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company.
(d) The Warrant and
Warrant Shares . The Warrant has been duly authorized and, when
executed and delivered as contemplated hereby, will constitute a
valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the
same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general
equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (“
Bankruptcy Exceptions ”). The shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the “
Warrant Shares ”) have been duly authorized and
reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrant and when so
issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrant will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, subject, if applicable, to
the approvals of its stockholders set forth on Schedule C .
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(i) The Company
has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Warrant and, subject, if applicable, to the
approvals of its stockholders set forth on Schedule C , to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder (which includes the issuance of the Preferred Shares,
Warrant and Warrant Shares). The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Warrant and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Company and its stockholders, and no further
approval or authorization is required on the part of the Company,
subject, in each case, if applicable, to the approvals of its
stockholders set forth on Schedule C .
This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject to the Bankruptcy Exceptions.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by the
Company with the provisions hereof and
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thereof, will not (A) 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, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i) subject, if
applicable, to the approvals of the Company’s
stockholders set forth on Schedule
C , its organizational documents or (ii) 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 or any Company Subsidiary 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 (B) subject to compliance with the
statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, violate
any 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 or assets except,
in the case of clauses (A)(ii) and (B), for those occurrences that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(iii) Other than the filing
of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of
its jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental
Entity, any current report on Form 8-K required to be filed with
the SEC, such filings and approvals as are required to be made or
obtained under any state “blue sky” laws, the
filing of any proxy statement contemplated by Section 3.1 and such
as have been made or obtained, no notice to, filing with, exemption
or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any
Governmental Entity is required to be made or obtained by the
Company in connection with the consummation by the Company of the
Purchase except for any such notices, filings, exemptions, reviews,
authorizations, consents and approvals the failure of which to make
or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f)
Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights Plan . The Board of
Directors of the Company (the “ Board of Directors
”) has taken all necessary action to ensure that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its terms,
will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the
Company’s Charter and bylaws, and any other provisions of
any applicable “moratorium”, “control
share”, “fair price”,
“interested stockholder” or other anti-takeover
laws and regulations of any jurisdiction. The Company has taken all
actions necessary to render any stockholders’ rights plan
of the Company inapplicable to this Agreement and the Warrant and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including the exercise of the Warrant by the Investor in
accordance with its terms.
(g) No Company
Material Adverse Effect . Since the last day of the last
completed fiscal period for which the Company has filed a Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual
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Report on Form 10-K with the SEC prior to the
Signing Date, no fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence,
condition or development has occurred that, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Company
Financial Statements . Each of the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
(collectively the “ Company Financial Statements
”) included or incorporated by reference in the Company
Reports filed with the SEC since December 31, 2006, present fairly
in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated
therein (or if amended prior to the Signing Date, as of the date of
such amendment) and the consolidated results of their operations
for the periods specified therein; and except as stated therein,
such financial statements (A) were prepared in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis (except as may be noted therein), (B)
have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and
records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and (C)
complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing with
the SEC, in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the
SEC with respect thereto.
(i) Since
December 31, 2006, the Company and each subsidiary of the Company
(each a “ Company Subsidiary ” and,
collectively, the “ Company Subsidiaries
”) has timely filed all reports, registrations,
documents, filings, statements and submissions, together with any
amendments thereto, that it was required to file with any
Governmental Entity (the foregoing, collectively, the “
Company Reports ”) and has paid all fees and
assessments due and payable in connection therewith, except, in
each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
As of their respective dates of filing, the Company Reports
complied in all material respects with all statutes and applicable
rules and regulations of the applicable Governmental Entities. In
the case of each such Company Report filed with or furnished to the
SEC, such Company Report (A) did not, as of its date or if amended
prior to the Signing Date, 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
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and (B) complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act. With respect to all other Company Reports, the
Company Reports were complete and accurate in all material respects
as of their respective dates. No executive officer of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary 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.
(ii) 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
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Company Subsidiaries or their accountants
(including all means of access thereto and therefrom), except for
any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
system of internal accounting controls described below in this
Section 2.2(i)(ii). 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 the consolidated Company 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 Signing
Date, 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 controls 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.
(j) No
Undisclosed Liabilities . 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
properly reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial
Statements to the extent required to be so reflected or reserved
against in accordance with GAAP, except for (A) liabilities that
have arisen since the last fiscal year end in the ordinary and
usual course of business and consistent with past practice and (B)
liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(k) 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
Purchased Securities under the Securities Act, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder), which might subject
the offering, issuance or sale of any of the Purchased Securities
to Investor pursuant to this Agreement to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
(l)
Litigation and Other Proceedings . Except (i) as set forth
on Schedule D or (ii)
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (A)
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim,
action, suit, investigation or proceeding, against the Company or
any Company Subsidiary or to which any of their assets are subject
nor is the Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to any order,
judgment or decree or (B) unresolved violation, criticism or
exception by any Governmental Entity with respect to any report or
relating to any examinations or inspections of the Company or any
Company Subsidiaries.
(m) Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and
the
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Company Subsidiaries have all permits, licenses,
franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and have made
all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental
Entities that are required in order to permit them to own or lease
their properties and assets and to carry on their business as
presently conducted and that are material to the business of the
Company or such Company Subsidiary. Except as set forth on
Schedule E , the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have complied in all respects and are not in default
or violation of, and none of them is, to the knowledge of the
Company, under investigation with respect to or, to the knowledge
of the Company, have been threatened to be charged with or given
notice of any violation of, any applicable domestic (federal, state
or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license, rule,
regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand, writ, injunction,
decree or judgment of any Governmental Entity, other than such
noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Except for statutory or regulatory
restrictions of general application or as set forth on
Schedule E , no Governmental Entity has
placed any restriction on the business or properties of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary that would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(n) Employee
Benefit Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect: (A) each “employee benefit
plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“
ERISA ”)) providing benefits to any current or
former employee, officer or director of the Company or any member
of its “ Controlled Group ” (defined as
any organization which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”)) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by
the Company or any member of its Controlled Group and for which the
Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have any
liability, whether actual or contingent (each, a “
Plan ”) has been maintained in compliance with its
terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules
and regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (B) with respect to
each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (including, for purposes of
this clause (B), any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that the
Company or any member of its Controlled Group previously maintained
or contributed to in the six years prior to the Signing Date), (1)
no “reportable event” (within the meaning of
Section 4043(c) of ERISA), other than a reportable event for which
the notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been
waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date
or is reasonably expected to occur, (2) no “accumulated
funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has
occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date or is
reasonably expected to occur, (3) the fair market value of the
assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits
accrued under such Plan (determined based on the assumptions used
to fund such Plan) and (4) neither the Company nor any member of
its Controlled Group has incurred in the six years prior to the
Signing Date, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under
Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums
to the PBGC in the ordinary course and without default) in respect
of a Plan (including any Plan that is a “multiemployer
plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of
ERISA); and (C) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
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determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service with respect to its qualified status that has not been
revoked, or such a determination letter has been timely applied for
but not received by the Signing Date, and nothing has occurred,
whether by action or by failure to act, which could reasonably be
expected to cause the loss, revocation or denial of such qualified
status or favorable determination letter.
(o) Taxes .
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state,
local and foreign income and franchise Tax returns required to be
filed through the Signing Date, subject to permitted extensions,
and have paid all Taxes due thereon, and (ii) no Tax deficiency has
been determined adversely to the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any Tax
deficiencies. “ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means any federal, state, local or foreign
income, gross receipts, property, sales, use, license, excise,
franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or add on
minimum, ad valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other tax,
custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge
of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or penalty,
imposed by any Governmental Entity.
(p) Properties and
Leases . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all real properties and all other properties and assets
owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances, claims
and defects that would affect the value thereof or interfere with
the use made or to be made thereof by them. Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries hold all leased real or personal property under valid
and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would interfere with
the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(q) Environmental
Liability . Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect:
(i) there is no
legal, administrative, or other proceeding, claim or action of any
nature seeking to impose, or that would reasonably be expected to
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, pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(ii) to the
Company’s knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for any
such proceeding, claim or action; and
(iii) neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is subject to any agreement, order, judgment
or decree by or with any court, Governmental Entity or third party
imposing any such environmental liability.
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(r) Risk
Management Instruments . Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, 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 its or their customers, were entered
into (i) only in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in
accordance with prudent practices and in all material respects with
all applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory policies and
(iii) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at
the time; and each of such instruments constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company or one of the Company
Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
may be limited by the Bankruptcy Exceptions. Neither the Company or
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 other than such breaches that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(s)
Agreements with Regulatory Agencies . Except as set forth on
Schedule F , neither the Company nor any
Company Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist or
other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party
to any material 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, 2006, has adopted any board resolutions at
the request of, any Governmental Entity (other than the Appropriate
Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction over the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in any material
respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner
relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies
and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk
management or compliance policies or procedures, its internal
controls, its management or its operations or business (each item
in this sentence, a “ Regulatory Agreement
”), nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been
advised since December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental Entity
that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting
any such Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each Company
Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects 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 in all material respects
with any such Regulatory Agreement. “ Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency ” means the
“appropriate Federal banking agency” with
respect to the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable,
as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. Section 1813(q)).
(t)
Insurance . The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are
insured with reputable insurers against such risks and in such
amounts as the management of the Company reasonably has determined
to be prudent and consistent with industry practice. The Company
and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with their
insurance policies and are not in default under any of the material
terms thereof, each such policy is outstanding and in full force
and effect, all premiums and other payments due under any material
policy have been paid, and all claims thereunder have been filed in
due and timely fashion, except, in each case, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(u)
Intellectual Property . Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each Company Subsidiary owns or
otherwise has the right to use, all intellectual property rights,
including all trademarks, trade dress, trade names, service marks,
domain names, patents, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works
of authorship and copyrights therein, that are used in the conduct
of their existing businesses and all rights relating to the plans,
design and specifications of any of its branch facilities
(“ Proprietary Rights ”) free and clear
of all liens and any claims of ownership by current or former
employees, contractors, designers or others and (ii) neither the
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is materially
infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has the
Company or any or the Company Subsidiaries received any written
(or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral) communications alleging
that any of them has materially infringed, diluted, misappropriated
or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned by any other
person. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
to the Company’s knowledge, no other person is
infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has the
Company or any or the Company Subsidiaries sent any written
communications since January 1, 2006 alleging that any person has
infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the
Proprietary Rights owned by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries.
(v) Brokers and
Finders . No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to
any financial advisory, brokerage, finder’s or other fee
or commission in connection with this Agreement or the Warrant or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary for which the Investor could have any liability.
Article III
Covenants
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties will
use its commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to take, or
cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all
things necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under
applicable laws, so as to permit consummation of the Purchase as
promptly as practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other party to that
end.
(b) If the Company is
required to obtain any stockholder approvals set forth on
Schedule C , then the Company shall comply
with this Section 3.1(b) and Section 3.1(c). The Company shall call
a special meeting of its stockholders, as promptly as practicable
following the Closing, to vote on proposals (collectively, the
“ Stockholder Proposals ”) to (i)
approve the exercise of the Warrant for Common Stock for purposes
of the rules of the national security exchange on which the Common
Stock is listed and/or (ii) amend the Company’s Charter
to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at
least such number as shall be sufficient to permit the full
exercise of the Warrant for Common Stock and comply with
the
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other provisions of this Section 3.1(b) and
Section 3.1(c). The Board of Directors shall recommend to the
Company’s stockholders that such stockholders vote in
favor of the Stockholder Proposals. In connection with such
meeting, the Company shall prepare (and the Investor will
reasonably cooperate with the Company to prepare) and file with the
SEC as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than ten
business days after the Closing) a preliminary proxy statement,
shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of
the SEC or its staff thereon and to cause a definitive proxy
statement related to such stockholders’ meeting to be
mailed to the Company’s stockholders not more than five
business days after clearance thereof by the SEC, and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies for such stockholder
approval of the Stockholder Proposals. The Company shall notify the
Investor promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or
its staff with respect to the proxy statement and of any request by
the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to such proxy
statement or for additional information and will supply the
Investor with copies of all correspondence between the Company or
any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its
staff, on the other hand, with respect to such proxy statement. If
at any time prior to such stockholders’ meeting there
shall occur any event that is required to be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the proxy statement, the Company shall
as promptly as practicable prepare and mail to its stockholders
such an amendment or supplement. Each of the Investor and the
Company agrees promptly to correct any information provided by it
or on its behalf for use in the proxy statement if and to the
extent that such information shall have become false or misleading
in any material respect, and the Company shall as promptly as
practicable prepare and mail to its stockholders an amendment or
supplement to correct such information to the extent required by
applicable laws and regulations. The Company shall consult with the
Investor prior to filing any proxy statement, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, and provide the Investor with a reasonable
opportunity to comment thereon. In the event that the approval of
any of the Stockholder Proposals is not obtained at such special
stockholders meeting, the Company shall include a proposal to
approve (and the Board of Directors shall recommend approval of)
each such proposal at a meeting of its stockholders no less than
once in each subsequent six-month period beginning on January 1,
2009 until all such approvals are obtained or made.
(c) None of the
information supplied by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries for inclusion in any proxy statement in connection
with any such stockholders meeting of the Company will, at the date
it is filed with the SEC, when first mailed to the
Company’s stockholders and at the time of any
stockholders meeting, and at the time of any amendment or
supplement thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading.
3.2 Expenses .
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Warrant, each of
the parties hereto will bear and pay all costs and expenses
incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement and the Warrant, including fees
and expenses of its own financial or other consultants, investment
bankers, accountants and counsel.
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Sufficiency of Authorized Common Stock;
Exchange Listing .
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(a) During the period
from the Closing Date (or, if the approval of the Stockholder
Proposals is required, the date of such approval) until the date on
which the Warrant has been fully exercised, the Company shall at
all times have reserved for issuance, free of preemptive or similar
rights, a sufficient number of authorized and unissued Warrant
Shares to effectuate such exercise. Nothing in this Section 3.3
shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in
respect of the exercise of the Warrant by delivery of shares of
Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the Company. As soon
as reasonably practicable following the Closing, the Company shall,
at its expense, cause the Warrant Shares to be listed on the same
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed,
subject to official notice of issuance, and shall maintain such
listing for so long as any Common Stock is listed on such
exchange.
(b) If requested by the
Investor, the Company shall promptly use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Preferred Shares to be approved for listing on
a national securities exchange as promptly as practicable following
such request.
3.4 Certain
Notifications Until Closing . From the Signing Date until the
Closing, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any
fact, event or circumstance of which it is aware and which would
reasonably be expected to cause any representation or warranty of
the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate
in any material respect or to cause any covenant or agreement of
the Company contained in this Agreement not to be complied with or
satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously
Disclosed, any fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence,
condition or development of which the Company is aware and which,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided , however , that
delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit
or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor;
provided , further , that a failure to comply with this Section 3.4
shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure of
any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless the
underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach would
independently result in the failure of a condition set forth in
Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
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3.5
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Access, Information and Confidentiality
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(a) From
the Signing Date until the date when the Investor holds an amount
of Preferred Shares having an aggregate liquidation value of less
than 10% of the Purchase Price, the Company will permit the
Investor and its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors (x)
acting through the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, to examine
the corporate books and make copies thereof and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries with the principal officers of the Company, all upon
reasonable notice and at such reasonable times and as often as the
Investor may reasonably request and (y) to review any information
material to the Investor’s investment in the Company
provided by the Company to its Appropriate Federal Banking Agency.
Any investigation pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be conducted
during normal business hours and in such manner as not to interfere
unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company, and
nothing herein shall require the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to disclose any information to the Investor to the extent (i)
prohibited by applicable law or regulation, or (ii) that such
disclosure would reasonably be
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expected to cause a violation of any agreement to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or would
cause a risk of a loss of privilege to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary ( provided that the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate
substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances where the
restrictions in this clause (ii) apply).
(b) The Investor will
use reasonable best efforts to hold, and will use reasonable best
efforts to cause its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors
to hold, in confidence all non-public records, books, contracts,
instruments, computer data and other data and information
(collectively, “ Information ”)
concerning the Company furnished or made available to it by the
Company or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except
to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (i)
previously known by such party on a non-confidential basis, (ii) in
the public domain through no fault of such party or (iii) later
lawfully acquired from other sources by the party to which it was
furnished (and without violation of any other confidentiality
obligation)); provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Investor from disclosing
any Information to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process.
Article IV
Additional Agreements
4.1
Purchase for Investment . The Investor acknowledges that the
Purchased Securities and the Warrant Shares have not been
registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities
laws. The Investor (a) is acquiring the Purchased Securities
pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act
solely for investment with no present intention to distribute them
to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable
U.S. state securities laws, (b) will not sell or otherwise dispose
of any of the Purchased Securities or the Warrant Shares, except in
compliance with the registration requirements or exemption
provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state
securities laws, and (c) has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters and in investments of this type that
it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Purchase
and of making an informed investment decision.
(a) The
Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments
representing the Warrant and the Warrant Shares will bear a legend
substantially to the following effect:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED,
SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”
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(b) The
Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments
representing the Warrant will also bear a legend substantially to
the following effect:
“THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO
THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR
OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE
VOID.”
(c) In addition, the
Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments
representing the Preferred Shares will bear a legend substantially
to the following effect:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE NOT
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE
NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT
UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS
NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS INSTRUMENT EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH IS THEN EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG
AS THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO
WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, (C) TO THE ISSUER OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
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REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.”
(d) In the event that
any Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares (i) become registered
under the Securities Act or (ii) are eligible to be transferred
without restriction in accordance with Rule 144 or another
exemption from registration under the Securities Act (other than
Rule 144A), the Company shall issue new certificates or other
instruments representing such Purchased Securities or Warrant
Shares, which shall not contain the applicable legends in Sections
4.2(a) and (c) above; provided
that the Investor surrenders to the Company the
previously issued certificates or other instruments. Upon Transfer
of all or a portion of the Warrant in compliance with Section 4.4,
the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments
representing the Warrant, which shall not contain the applicable
legend in Section 4.2(b) above; provided that the Investor surrenders
to the Company the previously issued certificates or other
instruments.
4.3 Certain
Transactions . The Company will not merge or consolidate with,
or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property
or assets to, any other party unless the successor, transferee or
lessee party (or its ultimate parent entity), as the case may be
(if not the Company), expressly assumes the due and punctual
performance and observance of each and every covenant, agreement
and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the
Company.
4.4 Transfer of
Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise
of the Warrant . Subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Investor shall be permitted to transfer, sell,
assign or otherwise dispose of (“ Transfer
”) all or a portion of the Purchased Securities or
Warrant Shares at any time, and the Company shall take all steps as
may be reasonably requested by the Investor to facilitate the
Transfer of the Purchased Securities and the Warrant Shares;
provided that the
Investor shall not Transfer a portion or portions of the Warrant
with respect to, and/or exercise the Warrant for, more than
one-half of the Initial Warrant Shares (as such number may be
adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 13 thereof) in the
aggregate until the earlier of (a) the date on which the Company
(or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate
gross proceeds of not less than the Purchase Price (and the
purchase price paid by the Investor to any such successor for
securities of such successor purchased under the CPP) from one or
more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity
Offerings of such successor) and (b) December 31, 2009. “
Qualified Equity Offering ” means the sale and
issuance for cash by the Company to persons other than the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries after the Closing Date of shares
of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of
such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in
Tier 1 capital of the Company at the time of issuance under the
applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Company’s
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and
issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into,
or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or
prior to October 13,
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2008). “ Business Combination
” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange
or similar transaction that requires the approval of the
Company’s stockholders.
(i) Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company covenants
and agrees that as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date
(and in any event no later than 30 days after the Closing Date),
the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a Shelf
Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities (or
otherwise designate an existing Shelf Registration Statement filed
with the SEC to cover the Registrable Securities), and, to the
extent the Shelf Registration Statement has not theretofore been
declared effective or is not automatically effective upon such
filing, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such
Shelf Registration Statement to be declared or become effective and
to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective
and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of
such Registrable Securities for a period from the date of its
initial effectiveness until such time as there are no Registrable
Securities remaining (including by refiling such Shelf Registration
Statement (or a new Shelf Registration Statement) if the initial
Shelf Registration Statement expires). So long as the Company is a
well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) at the time of filing of the Shelf Registration
Statement with the SEC, such Shelf Registration Statement shall be
designated by the Company as an automatic Shelf Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Signing Date
the Company is not eligible to file a registration statement on
Form S-3, then the Company shall not be obligated to file a Shelf
Registration Statement unless and until requested to do so in
writing by the Investor.
(ii) Any registration
pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(i) shall be effected by means of a shelf
registration on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (a “ Shelf Registration Statement
”). If the Investor or any other Holder intends to
distribute any Registrable Securities by means of an underwritten
offering it shall promptly so advise the Company and the Company
shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate such distribution,
including the actions required pursuant to Section 4.5(c);
provided that the
Company shall not be required to facilitate an underwritten
offering of Registrable Securities unless the expected gross
proceeds from such offering exceed (i) 2% of the initial aggregate
liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares if such initial
aggregate liquidation preference is less than $2 billion and (ii)
$200 million if the initial aggregate liquidation preference of the
Preferred Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion. The lead
underwriters in any such distribution shall be selected by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
distributed; provided
that to the extent appropriate and permitted under
applicable law, such Holders shall consider the qualifications of
any broker-dealer Affiliate of the Company in selecting the lead
underwriters in any such distribution.
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(iii) The
Company shall not be required to effect a registration (including a
resale of Registrable Securities from an effective Shelf
Registration Statement) or an underwritten offering pursuant to
Section 4.5(a): (A) with respect to securities that are not
Registrable Securities; or (B) if the Company has notified the
Investor and all other Holders that in the good faith judgment of
the Board of Directors, it would be materially detrimental to the
Company or its securityholders for such registration or
underwritten offering to be effected at such time, in which event
the Company shall have the right to defer such registration for a
period of not more than 45 days after receipt of the request of the
Investor or any other Holder; provided that such right to delay a
registration or underwritten offering shall be exercised by the
Company (1) only if the Company has generally exercised (or is
concurrently exercising) similar black-out rights against holders
of similar securities that have registration rights and (2) not
more than three times in any 12-month period and not more than 90
days in the aggregate in any 12-month period.
(iv) If during any period
when an effective Shelf Registration Statement is not available,
the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities,
other than a registration pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(i) or a
Special Registration, and the registration form to be filed may be
used for the registration or qualification for distribution of
Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice
to the Investor and all other Holders of its intention to effect
such a registration (but in no event less than ten days prior to
the anticipated filing date) and will include in such registration
all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within ten business
days after the date of the Company’s notice (a
“ Piggyback Registration ”). Any such
person that has made such a written request may withdraw its
Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving
written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any,
on or before the fifth business day prior to the planned effective
date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or
withdraw any registration under this Section 4.5(a)(iv) prior to
the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not Investor or
any other Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities in
such registration.
(v) If the registration
referred to in Section 4.5(a)(iv) is proposed to be underwritten,
the Company will so advise Investor and all other Holders as a part
of the written notice given pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(iv). In such
event, the right of Investor and all other Holders to registration
pursuant to Section 4.5(a) will be conditioned upon such
persons’ participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such person’s Registrable Securities in the
underwriting if such securities are of the same class of securities
as the securities to be offered in the underwritten offering, and
each such person will (together with the Company and the other
persons distributing their securities through such underwriting)
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the
Company; provided that
the Investor (as opposed to other Holders) shall not be required to
indemnify any person in connection with any registration. If any
participating person disapproves of the terms of the underwriting,
such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written
notice
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to the Company, the managing underwriters and the
Investor (if the Investor is participating in the
underwriting).
(vi) If either (x) the
Company grants “piggyback” registration rights
to one or more third parties to include their securities in an
underwritten offering under the Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii) or (y) a Piggyback Registration
under Section 4.5(a)(iv) relates to an underwritten offering on
behalf of the Company, and in either case the managing underwriters
advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of
securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the
number which can be sold without adversely affecting the
marketability of such offering (including an adverse effect on the
per share offering price), the Company will include in such
offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable
opinion of such managing underwriters can be sold without adversely
affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse
effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be
so included in the following order of priority: (A) first, in the
case of a Piggyback Registration under Section 4.5(a)(iv), the
securities the Company proposes to sell, (B) then the Registrable
Securities of the Investor and all other Holders who have requested
inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii)
or Section 4.5(a)(iv), as applicable, pro
rata on the basis of the aggregate number
of such securities or shares owned by each such person and (C)
lastly, any other securities of the Company that have been
requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this
Agreement; provided, however,
that if the Company has, prior to the Signing Date,
entered into an agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated hereby then it
shall apply the order of priority in such conflicting agreement to
the extent that it would otherwise result in a breach under such
agreement.
(b) Expenses of
Registration . All Registration Expenses incurred in connection
with any registration, qualification or compliance hereunder shall
be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in
connection with any registrations hereunder shall be borne by the
holders of the securities so registered pro
rata on the basis of the aggregate
offering or sale price of the securities so registered.
(c) Obligations of
the Company . The Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts, for so long as there are Registrable Securities
outstanding, to take such actions as are under its control to not
become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) and to remain a well-known seasoned issuer (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) if it has such status
on the Signing Date or becomes eligible for such status in the
future. In addition, whenever required to effect the registration
of any Registrable Securities or facilitate the distribution of
Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably
practicable:
(i) Prepare and
file with the SEC a prospectus supplement with respect to a
proposed offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an
effective registration statement, subject to Section 4.5(d), keep
such registration statement effective and keep
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such prospectus supplement current until the
securities described therein are no longer Registrable
Securities.
(ii) Prepare and file
with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the applicable
registration statement and the prospectus or prospectus supplement
used in connection with such registration statement as may be
necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
registration statement.
(iii) Furnish to the Holders
and any underwriters such number of copies of the applicable
registration statement and each such amendment and supplement
thereto (including in each case all exhibits) and of a prospectus,
including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as
they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition
of Registrable Securities owned or to be distributed by them.
(iv) Use its reasonable best
efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such
registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the
Holders or any managing underwriter(s), to keep such registration
or qualification in effect for so long as such registration
statement remains in effect, and to take any other action which may
be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by such
Holder; provided that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a
condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general
consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions.
(v) Notify each Holder
of Registrable Securities at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the
happening of any event as a result of which the applicable
prospectus, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.
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(A) when any
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 4.5(a) or any
amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC (except for any
amendment effected by the filing of a document with the SEC
pursuant to the Exchange Act) and when such registration statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto has become
effective;
(B) of any request by
the SEC for amendments or supplements to any registration statement
or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
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(C) of
the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose;
(D) of the receipt by the
Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose;
(E) of the happening of
any event that requires the Company to make changes in any
effective registration statement or the prospectus related to the
registration statement in order to make the statements therein not
misleading (which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have
been made); and
(F) if at any time the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in any
underwriting agreement contemplated by Section 4.5(c)(x) cease to
be true and correct.
(vii) Use its reasonable best
efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
referred to in Section 4.5(c)(vi)(C) at the earliest practicable
time.
(viii) Upon the occurrence of any event
contemplated by Section 4.5(c)(v) or 4.5(c)(vi)(E), promptly
prepare a post-effective amendment to such registration statement
or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other
required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders
and any underwriters, the prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the
Company notifies the Holders in accordance with Section
4.5(c)(vi)(E) to suspend the use of the prospectus until the
requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the
Holders and any underwriters shall suspend use of such prospectus
and use their reasonable best efforts to return to the Company all
copies of such prospectus (at the Company’s expense)
other than permanent file copies then in such Holders’ or
underwriters’ possession. The total number of days that
any such suspension may be in effect in any 12-month period shall
not exceed 90 days.
(ix) Use reasonable best
efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s
transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable
Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical
stock certificates into book-entry form in accordance with any
procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing
underwriter(s).
(x) If an underwritten
offering is requested pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii), enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form, scope and substance and
take all such
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other actions reasonably requested by the Holders
of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in
connection therewith or by the managing underwriter(s), if any, to
expedite or facilitate the underwritten disposition of such
Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith in any
underwritten offering (including making members of management and
executives of the Company available to participate in
“road shows”, similar sales events and other
marketing activities), (A) make such representations and warranties
to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the managing
underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries, and the Shelf Registration Statement,
prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary form,
substance and scope, and, if true, confirm the same if and when
requested, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish the
underwriters with opinions of counsel to the Company, addressed to
the managing underwriter(s), if any, covering the matters
customarily covered in such opinions requested in underwritten
offerings, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
“cold comfort” letters from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any
other independent certified public accountants of any business
acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are included in the Shelf Registration Statement)
who have certified the financial statements included in such Shelf
Registration Statement, addressed to each of the managing
underwriter(s), if any, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold
comfort” letters, (D) if an underwriting agreement is
entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and
procedures customary in underwritten offerings (provided that the
Investor shall not be obligated to provide any indemnity), and (E)
deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities being sold in connection therewith, their counsel and
the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued
validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to
clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Company.
(xi) Make available for
inspection by a representative of Holders that are selling
stockholders, the managing underwriter(s), if any, and any
attorneys or accountants retained by such Holders or managing
underwriter(s), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the
officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all
information in each case reasonably requested (and of the type
customarily provided in connection with due diligence conducted in
connection with a registered public offering of securities) by any
such representative, managing underwriter(s), attorney or
accountant in connection with such Shelf Registration
Statement.
(xii) Use reasonable best efforts
to cause all such Registrable Securities to be l
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