WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
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. 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.
WARRANT
to purchase
299,779
Shares of Common
Stock
of Parke Bancorp,
Inc.
Issue Date: January 30,
2009
1.
Definitions
. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated.
“ Affiliate ” has
the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“ Appraisal Procedure
” means a procedure whereby two independent appraisers, one
chosen by the Company and one by the Original Warrantholder, shall
mutually agree upon the determinations then the subject of
appraisal. Each party shall deliver a notice to the other
appointing its appraiser within 15 days after the Appraisal
Procedure is invoked. If within 30 days after appointment of the
two appraisers they are unable to agree upon the amount in
question, a third independent appraiser shall be chosen within 10
days thereafter by the mutual consent of such first two appraisers.
The decision of the third appraiser so appointed and chosen shall
be given within 30 days after the selection of such third
appraiser. If three appraisers shall be appointed and the
determination of one appraiser is disparate from the middle
determination by more than twice the amount by which the other
determination is disparate from the middle determination, then the
determination of such appraiser shall be excluded, the remaining
two determinations shall be averaged and such average shall be
binding and conclusive upon the Company and the Original
Warrantholder; otherwise, the average of all three determinations
shall be binding upon the Company
and the Original Warrantholder. The
costs of conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne by the
Company.
“ Board of Directors
” means the board of directors of the Company, including any
duly authorized committee thereof.
“Business
Combination” means
a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar
transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s
stockholders.
“ business day ”
means 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.
“ Capital Stock ”
means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or
company, any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital or capital stock of
such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a
corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity
interests of such Person.
“ Charter ”
means, with respect to any Person, its certificate or articles of
incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational
document.
“ Common Stock ”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“ Company ” means
the Person whose name, corporate or other organizational form and
jurisdiction of organization is set forth in Item 1 of Schedule A
hereto.
“ conversion ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B).
“ convertible
securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section
13(B).
“ CPP ” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Exercise Price
” means the amount set forth
in Item 2 of Schedule A hereto.
“ Expiration Time
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.
“ Fair Market Value
” means, with respect to any security or other property, the
fair market value of such security or other property as determined
by the Board of Directors, acting in good faith or, with respect to
Section 14, as determined by the Original Warrantholder acting in
good faith. For so long as the Original Warrantholder holds this
Warrant or any portion thereof, it may object in writing to the
Board of Director’s calculation of fair market value within
10 days of receipt of written notice thereof. If the Original
Warrantholder and the Company are unable to agree on fair market
value during the 10-day period following the delivery of the
Original Warrantholder’s objection, the Appraisal Procedure
may be invoked by either party to determine Fair Market Value by
delivering written notification thereof not later than the
30 th
day after delivery of the Original
Warrantholder’s objection.
“ Governmental Entities
” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“ Initial Number
” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(B).
“Issue
Date” means the
date set forth in Item 3 of Schedule A hereto.
“ Market Price ”
means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the
last reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported
sale takes place on such day, the average of the last closing bid
and ask prices regular way, in either case on the principal
national securities exchange on which the applicable securities are
listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the
closing bid and ask prices as furnished by two members of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. selected from time to
time by the Company for that purpose. “Market Price”
shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended
hours trading. If such security is not listed and traded in a
manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the
period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be (i) in the event that any portion of
the Warrant is held by the Original Warrantholder, the fair market
value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the
Original Warrantholder or (ii) in all other circumstances, the fair
market value per share of such security as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors in reliance on an opinion of a nationally
recognized independent investment banking corporation retained by
the Company for this purpose and certified in a resolution to the
Warrantholder. For the purposes of determining the Market Price of
the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or
following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be
deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing
time of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is
closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading
day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if
trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the
avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be
determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event
and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m.
and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market
Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing
price).
“ Ordinary Cash
Dividends ” means a regular quarterly cash dividend on
shares of Common Stock out of surplus or net profits legally
available therefor (determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time),
provided that Ordinary Cash Dividends shall not include any
cash dividends paid subsequent to the Issue Date to the extent the
aggregate per share dividends paid on the outstanding Common Stock
in any quarter exceed the amount set forth in Item 4 of Schedule A
hereto, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse
stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
“ Original
Warrantholder ” means the United States Department of the
Treasury. Any actions specified to be taken by the Original
Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken by such Person and not by
any other Warrantholder.
“ Permitted
Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in Section
13(B).
“ Person ” has
the meaning given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and
as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act.
“ Per Share Fair Market
Value ” has the meaning set forth in Section
13(C).
“Preferred
Shares ” means the
perpetual preferred stock issued to the Original Warrantholder on
the Issue Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“ Pro Rata Repurchases
” means any purchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company
or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to (A) any tender offer or
exchange offer subject to Section 13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange
Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder or (B) any other offer
available to substantially all holders of Common Stock, in the case
of both (A) or (B), whether for cash, shares of Capital Stock of
the Company, other securities of the Company, evidences of
indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any other
property (including, without limitation, shares of Capital Stock,
other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary), or
any combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is
outstanding. The “ Effective Date ” of a Pro
Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of acceptance of shares for
purchase or exchange by the Company under any tender or exchange
offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or the date of purchase with
respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a tender or exchange
offer.
“ Purchase Agreement
” means the Securities Purchase Agreement – Standard
Terms incorporated into the Letter Agreement, dated as of the date
set forth in Item 5 of Schedule A hereto, as amended from time to
time, between the Company and the United States Department of the
Treasury (the “ Letter Agreement ”), including
all annexes and schedules thereto.
“ Qualified Equity
Offering ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“ Regulatory Approvals
” with respect to the Warrantholder, means, to the extent
applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise
this Warrant for shares of Common Stock and to own such Common
Stock without the Warrantholder being in violation of applicable
law, rule or regulation, the receipt of any necessary approvals and
authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications
to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“ SEC ” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Shares ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“trading
day” means (A) if
the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or
regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market, a business day or (B) if the shares of Common Stock are
traded on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which
such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open
for business and on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not
suspended from trading on any national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market for any period
or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) have
traded at least once on the national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the
primary market for the trading of the shares of Common
Stock.
“ U.S. GAAP ”
means United States generally accepted accounting
principles.
“ Warrantholder ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“ Warrant ” means
this Warrant, issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
2.
Number of
Shares; Exercise Price . This certifies that, for value
received, the United States Department of the Treasury or its
permitted assigns (the “ Warrantholder ”) is
entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, after
the receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to
an aggregate of the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares
of Common Stock set forth in Item 6 of Schedule A hereto, at a
purchase price per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise
Price. The number of shares of Common Stock (the “
Shares ”) and the Exercise Price are subject to
adjustment as provided herein, and all references to “Common
Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price”
herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of
adjustments.
3.
Exercise of
Warrant; Term . Subject to Section 2, to the extent permitted
by applicable laws and regulations, the right to purchase the
Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in
part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after
the execution and delivery of this Warrant by the Company on the
date hereof, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time on the tenth anniversary of the Issue Date (the “
Expiration Time ”), by (A) the surrender of this
Warrant and Notice of Exercise annexed hereto, duly completed and
executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the principal executive
office of the Company located at the address set forth in Item 7 of
Schedule A hereto (or such other office or agency of the Company in
the United States as it may designate by notice in writing to the
Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the
books of the Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for
the Shares thereby purchased:
(i) by having the Company withhold,
from the shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be delivered
to the Warrantholder upon such exercise, shares of Common stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant equal in value to the
aggregate Exercise Price as to which this Warrant is so exercised
based on the Market Price of the Common Stock on the trading day on
which this Warrant is exercised and the Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 3, or
(ii) with the consent of both the
Company and the Warrantholder, by tendering in cash, by certified
or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company, or by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated by the Company.
If the Warrantholder does not
exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder will be
entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and
in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in
substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of
Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject
to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant
is so exercised. Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the
contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its
exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition
that the Warrantholder will have first received any applicable
Regulatory Approvals.
4.
Issuance of
Shares; Authorization; Listing . Certificates for Shares issued
upon exercise of this Warrant will be issued in such name or names
as the Warrantholder may designate and will be delivered to such
named Person or Persons within a reasonable time, not to exceed
three
business days after the date on
which this Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with the
terms of this Warrant. The Company hereby represents and warrants
that any Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3 will be duly and
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges
created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred
in connection with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect
of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith). The Company
agrees that the Shares so issued will be deemed to have been issued
to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on
which this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered
to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Warrant,
notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company may
then be closed or certificates representing such Shares may not be
actually delivered on such date. The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise
of this Warrant, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time. The
Company will (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time, subject
to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges
on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain
such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. The
Company will use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares
may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation
or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the
Shares are listed or traded.
5.
No Fractional
Shares or Scrip . No fractional Shares or scrip representing
fractional Shares shall be issued upon any exercise of this
Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to which the Warrantholder
would otherwise be entitled, the Warrantholder shall be entitled to
receive a cash payment equal to the Market Price of the Common
Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise less
the pro-rated Exercise Price for such fractional share.
6.
No Rights as
Stockholders; Transfer Books . This Warrant does not entitle
the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a
stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof.
The Company will at no time close its transfer books against
transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the
timely exercise of this Warrant.
7.
Charges, Taxes
and Expenses . Issuance of certificates for Shares to the
Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made
without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or transfer tax
or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the
Company.