WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
WARRANT
to purchase
172,970
Shares of Common
Stock
of Shore Bancshares,
Inc.
Issue Date: January 9,
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.
“ 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.
(A) Subject to
compliance with clause (B) of this Section 8, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the
books of the Company by the registered holder hereof in person or
by duly auth