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Exhibit 10.1
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 a series of its preferred 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 Except to the extent supplemented or superseded by the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.
This letter agreement (including the Schedules hereto), the
Securities Purchase Agreement (including the Annexes thereto), the
Disclosure Schedules and the Warrant constitute the entire
agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements,
understandings, representations and warranties, both written and
oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter
hereof. This letter agreement constitutes the "Letter Agreement"
referred to in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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: Surrey Bancorp
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By:
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/s/ Edward C. Ashby,
III
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Name:
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Edward C. Ashby, III
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Title:
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President and Chief Financial Officer
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Date: January 9, 2009
EXHIBIT A
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
(Non-Exchange-Traded QFIs, excluding S Corps
and Mutual Organizations)
SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
STANDARD TERMS
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page
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Article I
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Purchase; Closing
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1.1
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Purchase
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1
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1.2
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Closing
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2
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1.3
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Interpretation
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4
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Article II
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Representations and
Warranties
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2.1
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Disclosure
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4
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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
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Covenants
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3.1
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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3.2
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Expenses
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3.3
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Sufficiency of Authorized Warrant Preferred
Stock; Exchange Listing
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3.4
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Certain Notifications Until Closing
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3.5
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Access, Information and
Confidentiality
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Article IV
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Additional Agreements
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4.1
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Purchase for Investment
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4.2
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Legends
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15
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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 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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Depositary Shares
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4.7
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Restriction on Dividends and
Repurchases
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4.8
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Executive Compensation
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4.9
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Related Party Transactions
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4.10
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Bank and Thrift Holding Company Status
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4.11
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Predominantly Financial
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Article V
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Miscellaneous
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5.1
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Termination
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5.2
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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5.3
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Amendment
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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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5.6
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Notices
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5.7
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Definitions
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5.8
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Assignment
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5.9
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Severability
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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 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR WARRANT
PREFERRED STOCK
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ANNEX C:
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FORM OF WAIVER
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ANNEX D:
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FORM OF OPINION
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ANNEX E:
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FORM OF WARRANT
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Term
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Location of
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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Appropriate Federal Banking Agency
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2.2(s)
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Bank Holding Company
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4.10
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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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5.8
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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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Certificates 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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2.2(b)
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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(b)
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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(e)(ii)
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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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Disclosure Schedule
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2.1(a)
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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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4.4
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Federal Reserve
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4.10
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GAAP
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2.1(b)
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Governmental Entities
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1.2(c)
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Holder
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4.5(l)(i)
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Holders’ Counsel
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4.5(l)(ii)
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Indemnitee
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4.5(h)(i)
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Information
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3.5(c)
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Investor
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Recitals
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Junior Stock
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4.7(f)
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knowledge of the Company; Company’s
knowledge
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5.7(c)
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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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4.7(f)
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Term
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Location of
Definition
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Pending Underwritten Offering
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4.5(m)
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Permitted Repurchases
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4.7(c)
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Piggyback Registration
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4.5(b)(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(c)
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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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register; registered; registration
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4.5(l)(iii)
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Registrable Securities
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4.5(l)(iv)
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Registration Expenses
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4.5(l)(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(l)(vi)
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Savings and Loan Holding Company
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4.10
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Schedules
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Recitals
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SEC
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2.2(k)
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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(l)(vii)
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Senior Executive Officers
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4.8
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Shelf Registration Statement
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4.5(b)(ii)
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Signing Date
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2.1(b)
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Special Registration
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4.5(j)
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subsidiary
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5.7(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 Preferred Stock
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Recitals
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Warrant Shares
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2.2(d)
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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 the series of its Preferred Stock
(" Warrant Preferred Stock ") set forth on Schedule A
to the Letter Agreement (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 ").
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 performed in all
material respects all obligations required to be performed by it
under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;
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(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 amendments to its certificate or
articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar
organizational document (" Charter ") in substantially the
forms attached hereto as Annex A and Annex B (the "
Certificates 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 C 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 D
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(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 E
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
2.1 Disclosure .
(a) On or prior to the Signing Date, the Company delivered to
the Investor a schedule (" Disclosure Schedule ") setting
forth, among other things, items the disclosure of which is
necessary or appropriate either in response to an express
disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof or as an
exception to one or more representations or warranties contained in
Section 2.2.
(b) " 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
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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, or (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 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 (ii) the ability of the Company to
consummate the Purchase and other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder on a timely basis.
(c) " Previously Disclosed " means information set forth
on the Disclosure Schedule, provided, however, that disclosure in
any section of such Disclosure Schedule shall apply only to the
indicated section of this Agreement except to the extent that it is
reasonably apparent from the face of such disclosure that such
disclosure is relevant to another section of this Agreement.
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 would be
considered 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). As of the
Signing Date, the Company does not have outstanding any securities
or other obligations providing the holder the right to
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acquire its Common Stock (" Common Stock
") that is not reserved for issuance as 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 . Each holder of 5%
or more of any class of capital stock of the Company and such
holder’s primary address are set forth 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 Warrant Preferred 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, 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.
(e) Authorization, Enforceability .
(i) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the Warrant and 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. 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.
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(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 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 subsidiary of the Company (each a " Company
Subsidiary " and, collectively, the " Company
Subsidiaries ") under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of (i) 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 Certificates of Designations
with the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or
other applicable Governmental Entity, such filings and approvals as
are required to be made or obtained under any state "blue sky" laws
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.
(g) No Company Material Adverse Effect . Since the last
day of the last completed fiscal period for which financial
statements are included in the Company Financial Statements (as
defined below), 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.
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(h) Company Financial Statements . The
Company has Previously Disclosed each of the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for
each of the last three completed fiscal years of the Company (which
shall be audited to the extent audited financial statements are
available prior to the Signing Date) and each completed quarterly
period since the last completed fiscal year (collectively the "
Company Financial Statements "). The Company Financial
Statements present fairly in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of the dates indicated therein 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) and (B) have been prepared from, and are in
accordance with, the books and records of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries.
(i) Reports .
(i) Since December 31, 2006, the Company and each Company
Subsidiary has 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.
(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 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 adequate disclosure controls and procedures 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
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.
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(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 Securities and Exchange Commission
(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 C 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) Compliance with Laws . 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 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 D , 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 D , 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.
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(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 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.
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(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.
(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.
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(s) Agreements with Regulatory Agencies .
Except as set forth on Schedule E , 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.
(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
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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
3.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts . 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.
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.
3.3 Sufficiency of Authorized Warrant Preferred Stock;
Exchange Listing .
(a) During the period from the Closing Date 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.
(b) If the Company lists its Common Stock on any national
securities exchange, the Company shall, if requested by the
Investor, promptly use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Preferred Shares and Warrant 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
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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.
3.5 Access, Information and Confidentiality .
(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, or
otherwise to the extent necessary to evaluate, manage, or transfer
its investment in the Company, 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 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) From the Signing Date until the date on which all of the
Preferred Shares and Warrant Shares have been redeemed in whole,
the Company will deliver, or will cause to be delivered, to the
Investor:
(i) as soon as available after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company, and in any event within 90 days thereafter, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such
fiscal year, and consolidated statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows of the Company for such year, in each case
prepared in accordance with GAAP and setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year of the
Company, and which shall be audited to the extent audited financial
statements are available; and
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(ii) as soon as available after the end of the
first, second and third quarterly periods in each fiscal year of
the Company, a copy of any quarterly reports provided to other
stockholders of the Company or Company management.
(c) 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.
(d) The Investor’s information rights pursuant to
Section 3.5(b) may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee
or assignee of the Purchased Securities or the Warrant Shares or
with a liquidation preference or, in the case of the Warrant, the
liquidation preference of the underlying shares of Warrant
Preferred Stock, no less than an amount equal to 2% of the initial
aggregate liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares.
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.
4.2 Legends .
(a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other
instruments representing the Warrant 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
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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.
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."
(b) In addition, the Investor agrees that all certificates or
other instruments representing the Preferred Shares and the Warrant
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
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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 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.
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 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 (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 any Purchased Securities or
Warrant Shares if such transfer would require the Company to be
subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the " Exchange
Act "). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall
provide reasonable cooperation to facilitate any Transfers of the
Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares, including, as is reasonable
under the circumstances, by furnishing such information concerning
the Company and its business as a proposed transferee may
reasonably request (including such information as is required by
Section 4.5(k)) and making management of the Company
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reasonably available to respond to questions of a
proposed transferee in accordance with customary practice, subject
in all cases to the proposed transferee agreeing to a customary
confidentiality agreement.
4.5 Registration Rights .
(a) Unless and until the Company becomes subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, the Company shall have no obligation to comply with the
provisions of this Section 4.5 (other than
Section 4.5(b)(iv)-(vi)); provided that the Company
covenants and agrees that it shall comply with this
Section 4.5 as soon as practicable after the date that it
becomes subject to such reporting requirements.
(b) Registration .
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Company covenants and agrees that as promptly as practicable after
the date that the Company becomes subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and
in any event no later than 30 days thereafter), 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). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if 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(b)(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(d);
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
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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.
(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(b): (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(b)(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(b)(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(b)(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(b)(iv). In such event, the right of
Investor and all other Holders to registration pursuant to
Section 4.5(b) 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
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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 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(b)(ii) or (y) a
Piggyback Registration under Section 4.5(b)(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(b)(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(b)(ii) or Section 4.5(b)(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.
(c) 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.
(d) Obligations of the Company . 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 or
post-effective amendment 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 such prospectus supplement current
until the securities described therein are no longer Registrable
Securities.
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(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.
(vi) Give written notice to the Holders:
(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 applicable Registrable Securities 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(d)(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(d)(vi)(C) at the earliest practicable time.
(viii) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 4.5(d)(v) or 4.5(d)(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(d)(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(b)(ii), enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form, scope and substance and take all
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such 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 listed on each national securities exchange on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or,
if no similar securities issued by the Company are then listed on
any national securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts
to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on such
securities exchange as the Investor may designate.
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(xiii) If requested by Holders of a majority of
the Registrable Securities being registered and/or sold in
connection therewith, or the managing underwriter(s), if any,
promptly include in a prospectus supplement or amendment such
information as the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities being registered and/or sold in connection therewith or
managing underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in order to
permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and
make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such
amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received
such request.
(xiv) Timely provide to its security holders earning statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(e) Suspension of Sales . Upon receipt of written notice
from the Company that a registration statement, prospectus or
prospectus supplement contains or may contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omits or may omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or that circumstances exist that make
inadvisable use of such registration statement, prospectus or
prospectus supplement, the Investor and each Holder of Registrable
Securities shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities until the Investor and/or Holder has received copies of
a supplemented or amended prospectus or prospectus supplement, or
until the Investor and/or such Holder is advised in writing by the
Company that the use of the prospectus and, if applicable,
prospectus supplement may be resumed, and, if so directed by the
Company, the Investor and/or such Holder shall deliver to the
Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in the Investor and/or such
Holder’s possession, of the prospectus and, if applicable,
prospectus supplement covering such Registrable Securities current
at the time of receipt of such notice. The total number of days
that any such suspension may be in effect in any 12-month period
shall not exceed 90 days.
(f) Termination of Registration Rights . A Holder’s
registration rights as to any securities held by such Holder (and
its Affiliates, partners, members and former members) shall not be
available unless such securities are Registrable Securities.
(g) Furnishing Information .
(i) Neither the Investor nor any Holder shall use any free
writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) in connection with the
sale of Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of
the Company.
(ii) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to take any action pursuant to Section 4.5(d) that
Investor and/or the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any,
shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves,
the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of
disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the
registered offering of their Registrable Securities.
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(h) Indemnification .
(i) The Company agrees to indemnify each Holder and, if a Holder
is a person other than an individual, such Holder’s officers,
directors, employees, agents, representatives and Affiliates, and
each Person, if any, that controls a Holder within the meaning of
the Securities Act (each, an " Indemnitee "), against any
and all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and
expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
attorneys and other professionals incurred in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such
losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses),
joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any
registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or
final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements
thereto or any documents incorporated therein by reference or
contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined
in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in writing
for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto); or
any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided , that the Company shall not be liable to such
Indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect
thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (A) an
untrue statement or omission made in such registration statement,
including any such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus
contained therein or any such amendments or supplements thereto or
contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined
in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in writing
for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in
reliance upon and in conformity with information regarding such
Indemnitee or its plan of distribution or ownership interests which
was furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnitee for use
in connection with such registration statement, including any such
preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any
such amendments or supplements thereto, or (B) offers or sales
effected by or on behalf of such Indemnitee "by means of" (as
defined in Rule 159A) a "free writing prospectus" (as defined in
Rule 405) that was not authorized in writing by the Company.
(ii) If the indemnification provided for in
Section 4.5(h)(i) is unavailable to an Indemnitee with respect
to any losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or
expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold the
Indemnitee harmless as contemplated therein, then the Company, in
lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or
expenses as well as any other relevant
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equitable considerations. The relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee, on the other
hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors,
whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission; the Company and each Holder
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 4.5(h)(ii) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
Section 4.5(h)(i). No Indemnitee guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the Company
if the Company was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(i) Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights of the
Investor to registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 4.5(b) may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee
or assignee of Registrable Securities with a liquidation preference
or, in the case of the Warrant, the liquidation preference of the
underlying shares of Warrant Preferred Stock, no less than an
amount equal to (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;
provided , however , the transferor shall, within ten
days after such transfer, furnish to the Company written notice of
the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the number
and type of Registrable Securities that are being assigned.
(j) Clear Market . With respect to any underwritten
offering of Registrable Securities by the Investor or other Holders
pursuant to this Section 4.5, the Company agrees not to effect
(other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special
Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Shelf
Registration Statement (other than such registration or a Special
Registration) covering any preferred stock of the Company or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
preferred stock of the Company, during the period not to exceed ten
days prior and 60 days following the effective date of such
offering or such longer period up to 90 days as may be requested by
the managing underwriter for such underwritten offering. The
Company also agrees to cause such of its directors and senior
executive officers to execute and deliver customary lock-up
agreements in such form and for such time period up to 90 days as
may be requested by the managing underwriter. " Special
Registration " means the registration of (A) equity
securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely
registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or successor form) or
(B) shares of equity securities and/or options or other
righ
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