Exhibit 4.2
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
1,147,666
Shares of Common Stock
of First Busey
Corporation
Issue Date: March 6,
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 30th day
after delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s
objection.
“ Governmental Entities
” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
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“ 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.
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“ 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)
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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)
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.
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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.
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8.
Transfer/Assignment .
(A)
Subject to compliance with clause (B) of this