United
States Department of the Treasury
1500 P ennsylvania A venue , NW
Dear Ladies and
Gentlemen:
The company set forth on the signature page
hereto (the "Company") intends to issue in a private
placement the number of shares of a series of its preferred stock
set forth on Schedule A hereto (the "Preferred Shares") and
a warrant to purchase the number of shares of its common stock set
forth on Schedule A hereto (the "Warrant" and, together with
the Preferred Shares, the "Purchased Securities") and the
United States Department of the Treasury (the "Investor")
intends to purchase from the Company the Purchased
Securities.
The purpose of this letter agreement is to
confirm the terms and conditions of the purchase by the Investor of
the Purchased Securities. Except to the extent supplemented or
superseded by the terms set forth herein or in the Schedules
hereto, the provisions contained in the Securities Purchase
Agreement - Standard Terms attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Securities Purchase Agreement") are incorporated by
reference herein. Terms that are defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement are used in this letter agreement as so defined. In the
event of any inconsistency between this letter agreement and the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of this letter agreement
shall govern.
Each of the Company and the Investor hereby
confirms its agreement with the other party with respect to the
issuance by the Company of the Purchased Securities and the
purchase by the Investor of the Purchased Securities pursuant to
this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement on the
terms specified on Schedule A hereto.
This letter agreement (including the Schedules
hereto) and the Securities Purchase Agreement (including the
Annexes thereto) 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.
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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Title: Interim
Assistant Secretary ForFinancial Stability
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HERITAGE OAKS
BANCORP
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By:
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/s/ Lawrence P. Ward
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President and
Chief Executive Officer
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SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Article I
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
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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3.1
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Commercially
Reasonable Efforts
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13
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3.2
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Expenses
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3.3
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Sufficiency of
Authorized Common Stock; Exchange Listing
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14
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3.4
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Certain
Notifications Until Closing
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15
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3.5
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Access,
Information and Confidentiality
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Article IV
Additional Agreements
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4.1
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Purchase for
Investment
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4.2
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Legends
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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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18
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4.5
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Registration
Rights
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4.6
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Voting of
Warrant Shares
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30
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4.7
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Depositary
Shares
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31
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4.8
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Restriction on
Dividends and Repurchases
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31
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4.9
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Repurchase of
Investor Securities
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32
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4.10
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Executive
Compensation
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33
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5.1
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Termination
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34
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5.2
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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34
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5.3
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Amendment
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34
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5.4
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Waiver of
Conditions
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34
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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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35
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5.7
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Definitions
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35
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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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ANNEX
A:
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR PREFERRED STOCK
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ANNEX
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FORM OF
WAIVER
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ANNEX
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FORM OF
OPINION
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ANNEX
D:
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FORM OF
WARRANT
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INDEX OF
DEFINED TERMS
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Location
of
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Term
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Definition
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Affiliate
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5.7(b)
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Agreement
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Recitals
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Appraisal
Procedure
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Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency
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2.2(s)
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Bankruptcy
Exceptions
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2.2(d)
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Benefit
Plans
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Board of
Directors
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2.2(f)
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Business
Combination
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4.4
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business
day
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1.3
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Capitalization
Date
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2.2(b)
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Certificate of
Designations
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Charter
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Closing
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Closing
Date
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Code
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2.2(n)
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Common
Stock
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Recitals
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Company
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Recitals
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Company
Financial Statements
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2.2(h)
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Company
Material Adverse Effect
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Company
Reports
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Company
Subsidiary; Company Subsidiaries
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control;
controlled by; under common control with
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5.7(b)
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Controlled
Group
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2.2(n)
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CPP
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Recitals
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EESA
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ERISA
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2.2(n)
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Exchange
Act
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Fair Market
Value
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GAAP
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Governmental
Entities
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Holder
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Holders'
Counsel
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Indemnitee
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Information
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3.5(b)
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Initial Warrant
Shares
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Recitals
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Investor
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Recitals
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Junior
Stock
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4.8(c)
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knowledge of
the Company; Company's knowledge
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5.7(c)
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Last Fiscal
Year
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Letter
Agreement
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Recitals
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officers
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5.7(c)
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Location
of
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Term
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Definition
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Parity
Stock
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Pending
Underwritten Offering
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4.5(l)
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Permitted
Repurchases
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Piggyback
Registration
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4.5(a)(iv)
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Plan
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2.2(n)
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Preferred
Shares
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Recitals
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Preferred
Stock
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Recitals
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Previously
Disclosed
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Proprietary
Rights
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2.2(u)
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Purchase
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Recitals
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Purchase
Price
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1.1
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Purchased
Securities
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Recitals
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Qualified
Equity Offering
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4.4
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register;
registered; registration
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Registrable
Securities
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4.5(k)(iv)
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Registration
Expenses
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4.5(k)(v)
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Regulatory
Agreement
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2.2(s)
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Rule 144; Rule
144A; Rule 159A; Rule 405; Rule 415
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4.5(k)(vi)
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Schedules
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Recitals
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SEC
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Securities
Act
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2.2(a)
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Selling
Expenses
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4.5(k)(vii)
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Senior
Executive Officers
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4.10
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Share Dilution
Amount
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Shelf
Registration Statement
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Signing
Date
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Special
Registration
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Stockholder
Proposals
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subsidiary
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5.8(a)
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Tax;
Taxes
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2.2(o)
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Transfer
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4.4
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Warrant
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Recitals
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Warrant
Shares
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2.2(d)
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT -
STANDARD TERMS
WHEREAS, the United States Department of the
Treasury (the "Investor") may from time to time agree to
purchase shares of preferred stock and warrants from eligible
financial institutions which elect to participate in the Troubled
Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program
("CPP");
WHEREAS, an eligible financial institution
electing to participate in the CPP and issue securities to the
Investor (referred to herein as the "Company”) shall
enter into a letter agreement (the "Letter Agreement") with
the Investor which incorporates this Securities Purchase Agreement
- Standard Terms;
WHEREAS, the Company agrees to expand the flow
of credit to U.S. consumers and businesses on competitive terms to
promote the sustained growth and vitality of the
U.S. economy;
WHEREAS, the Company agrees to work diligently,
under existing programs, to modify the terms of residential
mortgages as appropriate to strengthen the health of the U.S.
housing market;
WHEREAS, the Company intends to issue in a
private placement the number of shares of the series of its
Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock") set forth on Schedule
A to the Letter Agreement (the "Preferred Shares") and a
warrant to purchase the number of shares of its Common Stock
("Common Stock") set forth on Schedule A to the
Letter Agreement (the "Initial Warrant Shares") (the "
Warrant" and, together with the Preferred Shares, the
"Purchased Securities") and the Investor intends to purchase
(the "Purchase") from the Company the Purchased Securities;
and
WHEREAS, the Purchase will be governed by this
Securities Purchase Agreement -Standard Terms and the Letter
Agreement, including the schedules thereto (the
"Schedules"), specifying additional terms of the Purchase.
This Securities Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms (including the
Annexes hereto) and the Letter Agreement (including the Schedules
thereto) are together referred to as this "Agreement". All
references in this Securities Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms
to "Schedules" are to the Schedules attached to the Letter
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the parties agree as follows:
Article I
Purchase; Closing
1.1 Purchase . On the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees
to sell to the Investor, and the Investor agrees to purchase from
the Company, at the Closing (as hereinafter defined), the Purchased
Securities for the price set forth on Schedule A (the
"Purchase Price").
(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;
(ii) the Investor shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive
officer certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in
Section 1.2(d)(i) have been satisfied;
(iii) the Company shall have duly adopted and
filed with the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of
organization or other applicable Governmental Entity the amendment
to its certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of
association, or similar organizational document
(“Charter") in substantially the form attached hereto
as Annex A (the "Certificate of Designations") and
such filing shall have been accepted;
(iv) (A) the Company shall have effected such
changes to its compensation, bonus, incentive and other benefit
plans, arrangements and agreements (including golden parachute,
severance and employment agreements) (collectively, "Benefit
Plans") with respect to its Senior Executive Officers (and to
the extent necessary for such changes to be legally enforceable,
each of its Senior Executive Officers shall have duly consented in
writing to such changes), as may be necessary, during the period
that the Investor owns any debt or equity securities of the Company
acquired pursuant to this Agreement or the Warrant, in order to
comply with Section 11 1(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization
Act of 2008 ("EESA") as implemented by guidance or
regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of
the Closing Date, and (B) the Investor shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive
officer certifying to the effect that the condition set forth in
Section 1.2(d)(iv)(A) has been satisfied;
(v) each of the Company's Senior Executive
Officers shall have delivered to the Investor a written waiver in
the form attached hereto as Annex B releasing the Investor
from any claims that such Senior Executive Officers may otherwise
have as a result of the issuance, on or prior to the Closing Date,
of any regulations which require the modification of, and the
agreement of the Company hereunder to modify, the terms of any
Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior Executive Officers to
eliminate any provisions of such Benefit Plans that would not be in
compliance with the requirements of Section 111 (b) of the EESA as
implemented by guidance or regulation thereunder that has been
issued and is in effect as of the Closing Date;
(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the
Investor a written opinion from counsel to the Company (which may
be internal counsel), addressed to the Investor and dated as of the
Closing Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex
C ;
(vii) the Company
shall have delivered certificates in proper form or, with the prior
consent of the Investor, evidence of shares in book-entry form,
evidencing the Preferred Shares to Investor or its designee(s);
and
(viii) the Company shall have duly executed the
Warrant in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex D
and delivered such executed Warrant to the Investor or its
designee(s).
1.3 Interpretation . When a reference is
made in this Agreement to "Recitals," "Articles," "Sections," or
"Annexes" such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section
of, or Annex to, this Securities Purchase Agreement - Standard
Terms, and a reference to "Schedules" shall be to a Schedule to the
Letter Agreement, in each case, unless otherwise indicated. The
terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used
in the plural, and vice versa. References to "herein",
"hereof”, "hereunder" and the like refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless the
context requires otherwise. The table of contents and headings
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are
not part of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include,"
"includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed followed by the words "without limitation." No rule of
construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in
connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this
Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between
sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to "$" or
"dollars" mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.
Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any
statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation
as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time
(and, in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations
promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute,
rule or regulation include any successor to the section. References
to a "business day" shall mean any day except Saturday,
Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of
New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
governmental actions to close.
Article II
Representations and Warranties
(a) "Company Material Adverse Effect"
means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of
operation or financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided,
however, that Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be
deemed to include the effects of (A) changes after the date of the
Letter Agreement (the "Signing Date") in general business,
economic or market conditions (including changes generally in
prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity,
currency exchange rates and price levels or trading volumes in the
United States or foreign securities or credit markets), or any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts
of war or terrorism, in each case generally affecting the
industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate, (B)
changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP")
or regulatory accounting requirements, or authoritative
interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed changes after the
Signing Date in securities, banking and other laws of general
applicability or related policies or interpretations of
Governmental Entities (in the case of each of these clauses (A),
(B) and (C), other than changes or occurrences to the extent that
such changes or occurrences have or would reasonably be expected to
have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to
comparable U.S. banking or financial services organizations), or
(D) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Common
Stock or any other equity, equity-related or debt securities of the
Company or its consolidated subsidiaries (it being understood and
agreed that the exception set forth in this clause (D) does not
apply to the underlying reason giving rise to or contributing to
any such change); or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate
the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder on a timely basis.
(b) "Previously Disclosed” means
information set forth or incorporated in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year of
the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") prior to the Signing Date (the "Last Fiscal
Year") or in its other reports and forms filed with or
furnished to the SEC under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act”)
on or after the last day of the Last Fiscal Year and prior to the
Signing Date.
2.2 Representations and Warranties of the
Company . Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company
represents and warrants to the Investor that as of the Signing Date
and as of the Closing Date (or such other date specified
herein):
(a) Organization, Authority and Significant
Subsidiaries . The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, with the necessary power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all
material respects as currently conducted, and except as has not,
individually or in the aggregate, had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction
in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so
as to require such qualification; each subsidiary of the Company
that is a "significant subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "
Securities Act ") has been duly organized and is validly
existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization. The Charter and bylaws of the Company, copies of
which have been provided to the Investor prior to the Signing Date,
are true, complete and correct copies of such documents as in full
force and effect as of the Signing Date.
(b) Capitalization . The authorized
capital stock of the Company, and the outstanding capital stock of
the Company (including securities convertible into, or exercisable
or exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most
recent fiscal month-end preceding the Signing Date (the
"Capitalization Date") is set forth on Schedule B .
The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid
and nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and were
not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). Except as
provided in the Warrant, as of the Signing Date, the Company does
not have outstanding any securities or other obligations providing
the holder the right to acquire Common Stock that is not reserved
for issuance as specified on Schedule B , and the Company
has not made any other commitment to authorize, issue or sell any
Common Stock. Since the Capitalization Date, the Company has not
issued any shares of Common Stock, other than (i) shares issued
upon the exercise of stock options or delivered under other
equity-based awards or other convertible securities or warrants
which were issued and outstanding on the Capitalization Date and
disclosed on Schedule B and (ii) shares disclosed on
Schedule B .
(c) Preferred Shares . The Preferred
Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Preferred Shares will be
duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will not
be issued in violation of any preemptive rights, and will rank
pari passu with or senior to all other series or classes of
Preferred Stock, whether or not issued or outstanding, with respect
to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the
event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company.
(d) The Warrant and Warrant Shares . The
Warrant has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered
as contemplated hereby, will constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity ("Bankruptcy Exceptions"). The shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares")
have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise
of the Warrant and when so issued in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
subject, if applicable, to the approvals of its stockholders set
forth on Schedule C .
(e) Authorization, Enforceability
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(i) The Company has the corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Warrant
and, subject, if applicable, to the approvals of its stockholders
set forth on Schedule C , to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder (which includes the issuance of the
Preferred Shares, Warrant and Warrant Shares). The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Warrant and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and its stockholders,
and no further approval or authorization is required on the part of
the Company, subject, in each case, if applicable, to the approvals
of its stockholders set forth on Schedule C . This Agreement
is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the
Bankruptcy Exceptions.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance
by the Company with the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (A)
violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of,
or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the
termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in
the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i)
subject, if applicable, to the approvals of the Company's
stockholders set forth on Schedule C , its organizational
documents or (ii) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation
to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by
which it or any Company Subsidiary may be bound, or to which the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of the properties or
assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be subject, or
(B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations
referred to in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or
regulation or any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or
decree applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties or assets except, in the case of
clauses (A)(ii) and (B), for those occurrences that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Other than the filing of the Certificate
of Designations with the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of
organization or other applicable Governmental Entity, any current
report on Form 8-K required to be filed with the SEC, such filings
and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under any
state "blue sky" laws, the filing of any proxy statement
contemplated by Section 3.1 and such as have been made or obtained,
no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or
authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is
required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with
the consummation by the Company of the Purchase except for any such
notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents and
approvals the failure of which to make or obtain would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights
Plan . The Board of Directors of the Company (the " Board of
Director s") has taken all necessary action to ensure that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its terms,
will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the
Company's Charter and bylaws, and any other provisions of any
applicable "moratorium", "control share", "fair price", "interested
stockholder" or other anti-takeover laws and regulations of any
jurisdiction. The Company has taken all actions necessary to render
any stockholders' rights plan of the Company inapplicable to this
Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the exercise of the
Warrant by the Investor in accordance with its terms.
(g) No Company Material Adverse Effect .
Since the last day of the last completed fiscal period for which
the Company has filed a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual
Report on Form 10-K with the SEC prior to the Signing Date, no
fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or
development has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate,
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(h) Company Financial Statements . Each
of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries (collectively the "Company Financial
Statements") included or incorporated by reference in the
Company Reports filed with the SEC since December 31, 2006, present
fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates
indicated therein (or if amended prior to the Signing Date, as of
the date of such amendment) and the consolidated results of their
operations for the periods specified therein; and except as stated
therein, such financial statements (A) were prepared in conformity
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be noted
therein), (B) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with,
the books and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
and (C) complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing
with the SEC, in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements and with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.
(i) Since December 31, 2006, the Company and
each subsidiary of the Company (each a "Company Subsidiary"
and, collectively, the "Company Subsidiaries") has timely
filed all reports, registrations, documents, filings, statements
and submissions, together with any amendments thereto, that it was
required to file with any Governmental Entity (the foregoing,
collectively, the "Company Reports") and has paid all fees
and assessments due and payable in connection therewith, except, in
each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
As of their respective dates of filing, the Company Reports
complied in all material respects with all statutes and applicable
rules and regulations of the applicable Governmental Entities. In
the case of each such Company Report filed with or furnished to the
SEC, such Company Report (A) did not, as of its date or if amended
prior to the Signing Date, as of the date of such amendment,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and (B) complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act. With respect to all other Company Reports, the
Company Reports were complete and accurate in all material respects
as of their respective dates. No executive officer of the Company
or any Company Subsidiary has failed in any respect to make the
certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(ii) The records, systems, controls, data and
information of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are
recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means (including
any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether
computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and
direct control of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or their
accountants (including all means of access thereto and therefrom),
except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the system of internal accounting controls described below in
this Section 2.2(i)(ii). The Company (A) has implemented and
maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including the consolidated Company
Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive officer and the
chief financial officer of the Company by others within those
entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent
evaluation prior to the Signing Date, to the Company's outside
auditors and the audit committee of the Board of Directors (x) any
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely
to adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal
controls over financial reporting.
(j) No Undisclosed Liabilities . Neither
the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liabilities
or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) which are not properly reflected or reserved against in
the Company Financial Statements to the extent required to be so
reflected or reserved against in accordance with GAAP, except for
(A) liabilities that have arisen since the last fiscal year end in
the ordinary and usual course of business and consistent with past
practice and (B) liabilities that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Offering of Securities . Neither the
Company nor any person acting on its behalf has taken any action
(including any offering of any securities of the Company under
circumstances which would require the integration of such offering
with the offering of any of the Purchased Securities under the
Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder), which might subject the offering, issuance
or sale of any of the Purchased Securities to Investor pursuant to
this Agreement to the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
(l) Litigation and Other Proceedings .
Except (i) as set forth on Schedule D or (ii) as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (A) pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim, action, suit,
investigation or proceeding, against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or to which any of their assets are subject nor is the
Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to any order, judgment or
decree or (B) unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any
Governmental Entity with respect to any report or relating to any
examinations or inspections of the Company or any Company
Subsidiaries.
(m) 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 E , the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied in all respects
and are not in default or violation of, and none of them is, to the
knowledge of the Company, under investigation with respect to or,
to the knowledge of the Company, have been threatened to be charged
with or given notice of any violation of, any applicable domestic
(federal, state or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance,
license, rule, regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand,
writ, injunction, decree or judgment of any Governmental Entity,
other than such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except for statutory or
regulatory restrictions of general application or as set forth on
Schedule E , no Governmental Entity has placed any
restriction on the business or properties of the Company or any
Company Subsidiary that would, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(n) Employee Benefit Matters . Except as
would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in
the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) each
"employee benefit plan" (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")) providing benefits to any current or former
employee, officer or director of the Company or any member of its
"Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is a
member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code")) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by
the Company or any member of its Controlled Group and for which the
Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have any
liability, whether actual or contingent (each, a "Plan") has
been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the
requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations,
including ERISA and the Code; (B) with respect to each Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA (including, for purposes of this clause (B),
any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that the Company or any
member of its Controlled Group previously maintained or contributed
to in the six years prior to the Signing Date), (1) no "reportable
event" (within the meaning of Section 4043 (c) of ERISA), other
than a reportable event for which the notice period referred to in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, has occurred in the three
years prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur,
(2) no "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the meaning of
Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not
waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date
or is reasonably expected to occur, (3) the fair market value of
the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all
benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on the
assumptions used to fund such Plan) and (4) neither the Company nor
any member of its Controlled Group has incurred in the six years
prior to the Signing Date, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the
Plan or premiums to the PBGC in the ordinary course and without
default) in respect of a Plan (including any Plan that is a
"multiemployer plan", within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of
ERISA); and (C) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401 (a) of the Code has received a favorable determination
letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to its
qualified status that has not been revoked, or such a determination
letter has been timely applied for but not received by the Signing
Date, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to
act, which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss,
revocation or denial of such qualified status or favorable
determination letter.
(o) Taxes . Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign
income and franchise Tax returns required to be filed through the
Signing Date, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all
Taxes due thereon, and (ii) no Tax deficiency has been determined
adversely to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor
does the Company have any knowledge of any Tax deficiencies.
"Tax" or "Taxes" means any federal, state, local or
foreign income, gross receipts, property, sales, use, license,
excise, franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or
add on minimum, ad valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other
tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment or
charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or
penalty, imposed by any Governmental Entity.
(p) Properties and Leases . Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real
properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in
each case free from liens, encumbrances, claims and defects that
would affect the value thereof or interfere with the use made or to
be made thereof by them. Except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold all
leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases
with no exceptions that would interfere with the use made or to be
made thereof by them.
(q) Environmental Liability . Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i) there is no legal, administrative, or other
proceeding, claim or action of any nature seeking to impose, or
that would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of,
on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, any liability relating to
the release of hazardous substances as defined under any local,
state or federal environmental statute, regulation or ordinance,
including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, pending or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary;
(ii) to the Company's knowledge, there is no
reasonable basis for any such proceeding, claim or action;
and
(iii) neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any agreement, order, judgment or decree
by or with any court, Governmental Entity or third party imposing
any such environmental liability.
(r) Risk Management Instruments . Except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all derivative
instruments, including, swaps, caps, floors and option agreements,
whether entered into for the Company's own account, or for the
account of one or more of the Company Subsidiaries or its or their
customers, were entered into (i) only in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) in accordance with prudent practices and in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
regulatory policies and (iii) with counterparties believed to be
financially responsible at the time; and each of such instruments
constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company
or one of the Company Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by the Bankruptcy Exceptions.
Neither the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of
any of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement
other than such breaches that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(s) Agreements with Regulatory Agencies .
Except as set forth on Schedule F , neither the Company nor
any Company Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist
or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a
party to any material written agreement, consent agreement or
memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment
letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital
directive by, or since December 31, 2006, has adopted any board
resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Entity (other than
the Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction over the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in
any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any
material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and
funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its
credit, risk management or compliance policies or procedures, its
internal controls, its management or its operations or business
(each item in this sentence, a "Regulatory Agreement"), nor
has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been advised since
December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental Entity that it is
considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such
Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each Company Subsidiary are
in compliance in all material respects with each Regulatory
Agreement to which it is party or subject, and neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice from any
Governmental Entity indicating that either the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all material respects
with any such Regulatory Agreement. "Appropriate Federal Banking
Agency" means the "appropriate Federal banking agency" with
respect to the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable,
as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. Section 1813(q)).
(t) Insurance . The Company and the
Company Subsidiaries are insured with reputable insurers against
such risks and in such amounts as the management of the Company
reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with
industry practice. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in
material compliance with their insurance policies and are not in
default under any of the material terms thereof, each such policy
is outstanding and in full force and effect, all premiums and other
payments due under any material policy have been paid, and all
claims thereunder have been filed in due and timely fashion,
except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(u) Intellectual Property . Except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each
Company Subsidiary owns or otherwise has the right to use, all
intellectual property rights, including all trademarks, trade
dress, trade names, service marks, domain names, patents,
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works of authorship and
copyrights therein, that are used in the conduct of their existing
businesses and all rights relating to the plans, design and
specifications of any of its branch facilities
(“Proprietary Rights") free and clear of all liens and
any claims of ownership by current or former employees,
contractors, designers or others and (ii) neither the Company nor
any of the Company Subsidiaries is materially infringing, diluting,
misappropriating or violating, nor has the Company or any or the
Company Subsidiaries received any written (or, to the knowledge of
the Company, oral) communications alleging that any of them has
materially infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of
the Proprietary Rights owned by any other person. Except as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Company's knowledge,
no other person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating or
violating, nor has the Company or any or the Company Subsidiaries
sent any written communications since January 1, 2006 alleging that
any person has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any
of the Proprietary Rights owned by the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries.
(v) Brokers and Finders . No broker,
finder or investment banker is entitled to any financial advisory,
brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with
this Agreement or the Warrant or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary for which the Investor could
have any liability.
3.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each of the parties will use its commercially reasonable
efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions,
and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
desirable, or advisable under applicable laws, so as to permit
consummation of the Purchase as promptly as practicable and
otherwise to enable consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate
with the other party to that end.
(b) If the Company is required to obtain any
stockholder approvals set forth on Schedule C , then the
Company shall comply with this Section 3. 1(b) and Section 3.1(c).
The Company shall call a special meeting of its stockholders, as
promptly as practicable following the Closing, to vote on proposals
(collectively, the "Stockholder Proposals") to (i) approve
the exercise of the Warrant for Common Stock for purposes of the
rules of the national security exchange on which the Common Stock
is listed and/or (ii) amend the Company's Charter to increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such number
as shall be sufficient to permit the full exercise of the Warrant
for Common Stock and comply with the other provisions of this
Section 3.1(b) and Section 3.1(c). The Board of Directors shall
recommend to the Company's stockholders that such stockholders vote
in favor of the Stockholder Proposals. In connection with such
meeting, the Company shall prepare (and the Investor will
reasonably cooperate with the Company to prepare) and file with the
SEC as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than ten
business days after the Closing) a preliminary proxy statement,
shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of
the SEC or its staff thereon and to cause a definitive proxy
statement related to such stockholders' meeting to be mailed to the
Company's stockholders not more than five business days after
clearance thereof by the SEC, and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to solicit proxies for such stockholder approval of the
Stockholder Proposals. The Company shall notify the Investor
promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff
with respect to the proxy statement and of any request by the SEC
or its staff for amendments or supplements to such proxy statement
or for additional information and will supply the Investor with
copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the
other hand, with respect to such proxy statement. If at any time
prior to such stockholders' meeting there shall occur any event
that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to
the proxy statement, the Company shall as promptly as practicable
prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or
supplement. Each of the Investor and the Company agrees promptly to
correct any information provided by it or on its behalf for use in
the proxy statement if and to the extent that such information
shall have become false or misleading in any material respect, and
the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and mail to
its stockholders an amendment or supplement to correct such
information to the extent required by applicable laws and
regulations. The Company shall consult with the Investor prior to
filing any proxy statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
and provide the Investor with a reasonable opportunity to comment
thereon. In the event that the approval of any of the Stockholder
Proposals is not obtained at such special stockholders meeting, the
Company shall include a proposal to approve (and the Board of
Directors shall recommend approval of) each such proposal at a
meeting of its stockholders no less than once in each subsequent
six-month period beginning on January 1, 2009 until all such
approvals are obtained or made.
(c) None of the information supplied by the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for inclusion in any
proxy statement in connection with any such stockholders meeting of
the Company will, at the date it is filed with the SEC, when first
mailed to the Company' s stockholders and at the time of any
stockholders meeting, and at the time of any amendment or
supplement thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading.
3.2 Expenses . Unless otherwise provided
in this Agreement or the Warrant, each of the parties hereto will
bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf
in connection with the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement and the Warrant, including fees and expenses of its own
financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and
counsel.
3.3 Sufficiency of Authorized Common Stock;
Exchange Listing .
(a) During the period from the Closing Date (or,
if the approval of the Stockholder Proposals is required, the date
of such approval) until the date on which the Warrant has been
fully exercised, the Company shall at all times have reserved for
issuance, free of preemptive or similar rights, a sufficient number
of authorized and unissued Warrant Shares to effectuate such
exercise. Nothing in this Section 3.3 shall preclude the Company
from satisfying its obligations in respect of the exercise of the
Warrant by delivery of shares of Common Stock which are held in the
treasury of the Company. As soon as reasonably practicable
following the Closing, the Company shall, at its expense, cause the
Warrant Shares to be listed on the same national securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, subject to official
notice of issuance, and shall maintain such listing for so long as
any Common Stock is listed on such exchange.
(b) If requested by the Investor, the Company
shall promptly use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Preferred Shares to be approved for listing on a national
securities exchange as promptly as practicable following such
request.
3.4 Certain Notifications Until Closing .
From the Signing Date until the Closing, the Company shall promptly
notify the Investor of (i) any fact, event or circumstance of which
it is aware and which would reasonably be expected to cause any
representation or warranty of the Company contained in this
Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to
cause any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this
Agreement not to be complied with or satisfied in any material
respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact,
circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development
of which the Company is aware and which, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that
delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit
or affect any rights of or remedies available to the Investor;
provided, further, that a failure to comply with this Section
3.4 shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure
of any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless
the underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach
would independently result in the failure of a condition set forth
in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
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, 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) The Investor will use reasonable best
efforts to hold, and will use reasonable best efforts to cause its
agents, consultants, contractors and advisors to hold, in
confidence all non-public records, books, contracts, instruments,
computer data and other data and information (collectively,
"Information") concerning the Company furnished or made
available to it by the Company or its representatives pursuant to
this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be
shown to have been (i) previously known by such party on a
non-confidential basis, (ii) in the public domain through no fault
of such party or (iii) later lawfully acquired from other sources
by the party to which it was furnished (and without violation of
any other confidentiality obligation)); provided that
nothing herein shall prevent the Investor from disclosing any
Information to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process.
Article IV
Additional Agreements
4.1 Purchase for Investment . The
Investor acknowledges that the Purchased Securities and the Warrant
Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under
any state securities laws. The Investor (a) is acquiring the
Purchased Securities pursuant to an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present
intention to distribute them to any person in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state securities laws, (b)
will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased
Securities or the Warrant Shares, except in compliance with the
registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities
Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, and (c) has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in
investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of the Purchase and of making an informed
investment decision.
(a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or
other instruments representing the Warrant and the Warrant Shares
will bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
"THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT
UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH
LAWS."
(b) The Investor agrees that all
certificates or other instruments representing the Warrant will
also bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
"THIS
INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND
OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A
COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR
OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE
VOID."
(c) In addition, the Investor agrees that all
certificates or other instruments representing the Preferred Shares
will bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
"THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE NOT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS
OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY.
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON
THE EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
144A THEREUNDER. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS INSTRUMENT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS
A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT
EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS THEN
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO
THE ISSUER OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND."
(d) In the event that any Purchased Securities
or Warrant Shares (i) become registered under the Securities Act or
(ii) are eligible to be transferred without restriction in
accordance with Rule 144 or another exemption from registration
under the Securities Act (other than Rule 144A), the Company shall
issue new certificates or other instruments representing such
Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares, which shall not contain the
applicable legends in Sections 4.2(a) and (c) above;
provided that the Investor surrenders to the Company the
previously issued certificates or other instruments. Upon Transfer
of all or a portion of the Warrant in compliance with Section 4.4,
the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments
representing the Warrant, which shall not contain the applicable
legend in Section 4.2(b) above; provided that the Investor
surrenders to the Company the previously issued certificates or
other instruments.
4.3 Certain Transactions . The Company
will not merge or consolidate with, or sell, transfer or lease all
or substantially all of its property or assets to, any other party
unless the successor, transferee or lessee party (or its ultimate
parent entity), as the case may be (if not the Company), expressly
assumes the due and punctual performance and observance of each and
every covenant, agreement and condition of this Agreement to be
performed and observed by the Company.
4.4 Transfer of Purchased Securities and
Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of the Warrant .
Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Investor
shall be permitted to transfer, sell, assign or otherwise dispose
of (" Transfer") all or a portion of the Purchased
Securities or Warrant Shares at any time, and the Company shall
take all steps as may be reasonably requested by the Investor to
facilitate the Transfer of the Purchased Securities and the Warrant
Shares; provided that the Investor shall not Transfer a
portion or portions of the Warrant with respect to, and/or exercise
the Warrant for, more than one-half of the Initial Warrant Shares
(as such number may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
Section 13 thereof) in the aggregate until the earlier of (a) the
date on which the Company (or any successor by Business
Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than
the Purchase Price (and the purchase price paid by the Investor to
any such successor for securities of such successor purchased under
the CPP) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including
Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor) and (b) December 31,
2009. "Qualified Equity Offering” means the sale and
issuance for cash by the Company to persons other than the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries after the Closing Date of shares
of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of
such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in
Tier 1 capital of the Company at the time of issuance under the
applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Company's
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and
issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into,
or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or
prior to October 13, 2008). "Business Combination" means a
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar
transaction that requires the approval of the Company's
stockholders.
4.5 Registration Rights .
(a) Registration .
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees that as promptly as
practicable after the Closing Date (and in any event no later than
30 days after the Closing Date), the Company shall prepare and file
with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all
Registrable Securities (or otherwise designate an existing Shelf
Registration Statement filed with the SEC to cover the Registrable
Securities), and, to the extent the Shelf Registration Statement
has not theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically
effective upon such filing, the Company shall use reasonable best
efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
or become effective and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act
and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period
from the date of its initial effectiveness until such time as there
are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such
Shelf Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration
Statement) if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires). So
long as the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) at the time of filing of the
Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC, such Shelf Registration
Statement shall be designated by the Company as an automatic Shelf
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the
Signing Date the Company is not eligible to file a registration
statement on Form S-3, then the Company shall not be obligated to
file a Shelf Registration Statement unless and until requested to
do so in writing by the Investor.
(ii) Any registration pursuant to Section
4.5(a)(i) shall be effected by means of a shelf registration on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a
"Shelf Registration Statement"). If the Investor or any
other Holder intends to distribute any Registrable Securities by
means of an underwritten offering it shall promptly so advise the
Company and the Company shall take all reasonable steps to
facilitate such distribution, including the actions required
pursuant to Section 4.5(c); provided that the Company shall
not be required to facilitate an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities unless the expected gross proceeds from such
offering exceed (i) 2% of the initial aggregate liquidation
preference of the Preferred Shares if such initial aggregate
liquidation preference is less than $2 billion and (ii) $200
million if the initial aggregate liquidation preference of the
Preferred Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion. The lead
underwriters in any such distribution shall be selected by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
distributed; provided that to the extent appropriate and
permitted under applicable law, such Holders shall consider the
qualifications of any broker-dealer Affiliate of the Company in
selecting the lead underwriters in any such
distribution.
(iii) The Company shall not be required to
effect a registration (including a resale of Registrable Securities
from an effective Shelf Registration Statement) or an underwritten
offering pursuant to Section 4.5(a): (A) with respect to securities
that are not Registrable Securities; or (B) if the Company has
notified the Investor and all other Holders that in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be materially
detrimental to the Company or its securityholders for such
registration or underwritten offering to be effected at such time,
in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such
registration for a period of not more than 45 days after receipt of
the request of the Investor or any other Holder; provided
that such right to delay a registration or underwritten offering
shall be exercised by the Company (1) only if the Company has
generally exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar
black-out rights against holders of similar securities that have
registration rights and (2) not more than three times in any
12-month period and not more than 90 days in the aggregate in any
12-month period.
(iv) If during any period when an effective
Shelf Registration Statement is not available, the Company proposes
to register any of its equity securities, other than a registration
pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(i) or a Special Registration, and the
registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or
qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the
Company will give prompt written notice to the Investor and all
other Holders of its intention to effect such a registration (but
in no event less than ten days prior to the anticipated filing
date) and will include in such registration all Registrable
Securities with respect to which the Company has received written
requests for inclusion therein within ten business days after the
date of the Company's notice (a "Piggyback Registration").
Any such person that has made such a written request may withdraw
its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by
giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter,
if any, on or before the fifth business day prior to the planned
effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may
terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section
4.5(a)(iv) prior to the ef
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