UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220
Dear Ladies and
Gentlemen:
The company set
forth on the signature page hereto (the “ Company
”) intends to issue in a private placement the number of
shares of a series of its preferred stock set forth on
Schedule A hereto (the “ Preferred Shares
”) and a warrant to purchase the number of shares of a series
of its preferred stock set forth on Schedule A hereto (the
“Warrant” and, together with the Preferred Shares, the
“ Purchased Securities ”) and the United States
Department of the Treasury (the “ Investor ”)
intends to purchase from the Company the Purchased
Securities.
The purpose of
this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the
purchase by the Investor of the Purchased Securities. Except to the
extent supplemented or superseded by the terms set forth herein or
in the Schedules hereto, the provisions contained in the Securities
Purchase Agreement — Standard Terms attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement
”) are incorporated by reference herein. Terms that are
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement are used in this
letter agreement as so defined. In the event of any inconsistency
between this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the terms of this letter agreement shall
govern.
Each of the
Company and the Investor hereby confirms its agreement with the
other party with respect to the issuance by the Company of the
Purchased Securities and the purchase by the Investor of the
Purchased Securities pursuant to this letter agreement and the
Securities Purchase Agreement on the terms specified on
Schedule A hereto.
This letter
agreement (including the Schedules hereto), the Securities Purchase
Agreement (including the Annexes thereto), the Disclosure Schedules
and the Warrant constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all
other prior agreements, understandings, representations and
warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with
respect to the subject matter hereof. This letter agreement
constitutes the “Letter Agreement” referred to in the
Securities Purchase Agreement.
This letter
agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts,
each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument,
and all such counterparts will together constitute the same
agreement. Executed signature pages to this letter agreement may be
delivered by facsimile and such facsimiles will be deemed as
sufficient as if actual signature pages had been
delivered.
In witness
whereof, this letter agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the duly authorized representatives of the parties hereto as of
the date written below.
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
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By:
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/s/ Neel
Kashkari
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Name:
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Neel
Kashkari
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Title:
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Interim
Assistant Secretary For Financial Stability
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COMPANY:
COMMUNITY FIRST, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Marc R.
Lively
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Name:
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Marc R.
Lively
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Title:
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President and
Chief Executive Officer
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE I
PURCHASE; CLOSING
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1.1
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1.2
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1.3
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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2.1
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2.2
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Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
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3.1
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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3.2
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3.3
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Sufficiency of Authorized Warrant Preferred
Stock; Exchange Listing
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3.4
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Certain Notifications Until Closing
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3.5
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Access, Information and
Confidentiality
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ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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4.1
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4.2
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4.3
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4.4
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Transfer of Purchased Securities and Warrant
Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of the Warrant
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4.5
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4.6
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4.7
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Restriction on Dividends and
Repurchases
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4.8
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4.9
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Related Party Transactions
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4.10
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Bank and Thrift Holding Company
Status
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
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5.2
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction,
Etc
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5.8
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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 B:
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR WARRANT
PREFERRED STOCK
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ANNEX C:
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ANNEX D:
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ANNEX E:
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Location of
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Term
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Definition
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5.7
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(b)
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Recitals
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Appropriate Federal Banking Agency
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2.2
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(s)
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4.10
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2.2
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1.2(d)(iv)
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2.2
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5.8
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1.3
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2.2
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Certificates of Designations
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1.2(d)(iii)
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I.2(d)(iii)
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1.2
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2.2
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(n)
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Recitals
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Company Financial Statements
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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Subsidiaries
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2.2(e)(ii)
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control; controlled by; under common control
with
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(b)
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(n)
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I.2(d)(iv)
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(n)
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4.4
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4.10
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(c)
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Recitals
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knowledge of the Company; Company’s
knowledge
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(c)
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Pending Underwritten Offering
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Location of
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Definition
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(c)
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2.2
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Recitals
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Recitals
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1.1
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Recitals
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register; registered; registration
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4.5(1)(iii)
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4.5(1)(iv)
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4.5
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2.2
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Rule 144; Rule 144A; Rule 159A;
Rule 405; Rule 415
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4.5(I)(vi)
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Savings and Loan Holding Company
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4.10
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Recitals
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(k)
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4.5(l)(vii)
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Senior Executive Officers
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4.8
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Shelf Registration Statement
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4.5(b)(ii)
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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
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WHEREAS, an
eligible financial institution electing to participate in the CPP
and issue securities to the Investor (referred to herein as the
“ Company ”) shall enter into a letter agreement
(the “ Letter Agreement ”) with the Investor
which incorporates this Securities Purchase Agreement —
Standard Terms;
WHEREAS, the
Company agrees to expand the flow of credit to U.S. consumers and
businesses on competitive terms to promote the sustained growth and
vitality of the U.S. economy;
WHEREAS, the
Company agrees to work diligently, under existing programs, to
modify the terms of residential mortgages as appropriate to
strengthen the health of the U.S. housing market;
WHEREAS, the
Company intends to issue in a private placement the number of
shares of the series of its Preferred Stock (“Preferred
Stock”) set forth on Schedule A to the Letter
Agreement (the “Preferred Shares”) and a warrant to
purchase the number of shares of the series of its Preferred Stock
(“Warrant Preferred Stock’) set forth on
Schedule A to the Letter Agreement (the
“Warrant” and, together with the Preferred Shares, the
“ Purchased Securities ”) and the Investor
intends to purchase (the “ Purchase ”) from the
Company the Purchased Securities; and
WHEREAS, the
Purchase will be governed by this Securities Purchase Agreement
— Standard Terms and the Letter Agreement, including the
schedules thereto (the “Schedules”), specifying
additional terms of the Purchase. This Securities Purchase
Agreement — Standard Terms (including the Annexes hereto) and
the Letter Agreement (including the Schedules thereto) are together
referred to as this “Agreement”. All references in this
Securities Purchase Agreement — Standard Terms to
“Schedules” are to the Schedules attached to the Letter
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the parties agree as follows:
Article I
Purchase; Closing
1.1
Purchase . On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to the
Investor, and the Investor agrees to
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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
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(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
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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 amendments to its certificate or articles
of incorporation, articles of association, or similar
organizational document (“ Charter ”) in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Annex A and
Annex B (the “ Certificates of Designations
”) and such filing shall have been accepted;
(iv) (A) the
Company shall have effected such changes to its compensation,
bonus, incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements and
agreements (including golden parachute, severance and employment
agreements) (collectively, “ Benefit Plans ”)
with respect to its Senior Executive Officers (and to the extent
necessary for such changes to be legally enforceable, each of its
Senior Executive Officers shall have duly consented in writing to
such changes), as may be necessary, during the period that the
Investor owns any debt or equity securities of the Company acquired
pursuant to this Agreement or the Warrant, in order to comply with
Section 111(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
(“ EESA ”) as implemented by guidance or
regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of
the Closing Date, and (B) the Investor shall have received a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive
officer certifying to the effect that the condition set forth in
Section 1.2(d)(iv)(A) has been satisfied;
(v) each
of the Company’s Senior Executive Officers shall have
delivered to the Investor a written waiver in the form attached
hereto as Annex C releasing the Investor from any claims
that such Senior Executive Officers may otherwise have as a result
of the issuance, on or prior to the Closing Date, of any
regulations which require the modification of, and the agreement of
the Company hereunder to modify, the terms of any Benefit Plans
with respect to its Senior Executive Officers to eliminate any
provisions of such Benefit Plans that would not be in compliance
with the requirements of Section 111(b) of the EESA as implemented
by guidance or regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in
effect as of the Closing Date;
(vi)
the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a written opinion
from counsel to the Company (which may be internal counsel),
addressed to the Investor and dated as of the Closing Date, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Annex D
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(vii) the
Company shall have delivered certificates in proper form or, with
the prior consent of the Investor, evidence of shares in book-entry
form, evidencing the Preferred Shares to Investor or its
designee(s); and
(viii) the
Company shall have duly executed the Warrant in substantially the
form attached hereto as Annex E and delivered such executed
Warrant to the Investor or its designee(s).
1.3
Interpretation . When a reference is made in this Agreement
to “Recitals,” “Articles,”
“Sections,” or “Annexes” such reference
shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex to, this
Securities Purchase Agreement — Standard Terms, and a
reference to “Schedules” shall be to a Schedule to the
Letter Agreement, in each case, unless otherwise indicated. The
terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used
in the plural, and vice versa. References to “herein”,
“hereof’, “hereunder” and the like refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or
provision, unless the context requires otherwise. The table of
contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and are not part of this Agreement. Whenever the
words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed followed by the words “without limitation.” No
rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in
connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this
Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between
sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to
“$” or “dollars” mean the lawful currency
of the United States of America. Except as expressly stated in this
Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or regulation are to
the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented
or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes,
include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute)
and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any
successor to the section. References to a “ business
day ” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day on which banking institutions in the State of New York
generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental
actions to close.
Article II
Representations and Warranties
(a) On
or prior to the Signing Date, the Company delivered to the Investor
a schedule (“Disclosure Schedule”) setting forth, among
other things, items the disclosure of which is necessary or
appropriate either in response to an express disclosure requirement
contained in a provision hereof or as an exception to one or more
representations or warranties contained in
Section 2.2.
(b)
“ Company Material Adverse Effect ” means a
material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of
operation or financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided,
however , that Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be
deemed to include the effects of (A) changes after the date of
the Letter Agreement (the “ Signing Date ”) in
general business, economic or market
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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,
or (C) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in
securities, banking and other laws of general applicability or
related policies or interpretations of Governmental Entities (in
the case of each of these clauses (A), (B) and (C), other than
changes or occurrences to the extent that such changes or
occurrences have or would reasonably be expected to have a
materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to comparable
U.S. banking or financial services organizations); or (ii) the
ability of the Company to consummate the Purchase and other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a timely
basis.
(c)
“ Previously Disclose ”‘ means information
set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, provided, however, that
disclosure in any section of such Disclosure Schedule shall apply
only to the indicated section of this Agreement except to the
extent that it is reasonably apparent from the face of such
disclosure that such disclosure is relevant to another section of
this Agreement.
2.2
Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as
Previously Disclosed, the Company represents and warrants to the
Investor that as of the Signing Date and as of the Closing Date (or
such other date specified herein):
(a)
Organization, Authority and Significant Subsidiaries . The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
with the necessary power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business in all material respects as currently
conducted, and except as has not, individually or in the aggregate,
had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification; each subsidiary of the Company that would be
considered a “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”),
has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Charter and
bylaws of the Company, copies of which have been provided to the
Investor prior to the Signing Date, are true, complete and correct
copies of such documents as in full force and effect as of the
Signing Date.
(b)
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the
Company, and the outstanding capital stock of the Company
(including securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most
recent fiscal month-end preceding the Signing Date (the “
Capitalization Date ”) is set forth on
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Schedule B . The outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued and
outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and subject to no
preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any
preemptive rights). As of the Signing Date, the Company does not
have outstanding any securities or other obligations providing the
holder the right to acquire its Common Stock (“ Common
Stock ”) that is not reserved for issuance as specified
on Schedule B , and the Company has not made any other
commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Common Stock. Since the
Capitalization Date, the Company has not issued any shares of
Common Stock, other than (i) shares issued upon the exercise
of stock options or delivered under other equity-based awards or
other convertible securities or warrants which were issued and
outstanding on the Capitalization Date and disclosed on
Schedule B and (ii) shares disclosed on
Schedule B . Each holder of 5% or more of any class of
capital stock of the Company and such holder’s primary
address are set forth on Schedule B .
(c)
Preferred Shares . The Preferred Shares have been duly and
validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, such Preferred Shares will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable, will not be issued in violation
of any preemptive rights, and will rank pari passu with or
senior to all other series or classes of Preferred Stock, whether
or not issued or outstanding, with respect to the payment of
dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
(d)
The Warrant and Warrant Shares . The Warrant has been duly
authorized and, when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby,
will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general
equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (“Bankruptcy
Exceptions”). The shares of Warrant Preferred Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”)
have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise
of the Warrant and when so issued in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
and will rank pari passu with or senior to all other series
or classes of Preferred Stock, whether or not issued or
outstanding, with respect to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company.
(e)
Authorization, Enforceability .
(i)
The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Warrant and to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder (which includes the issuance
of the Preferred Shares, Warrant and Warrant Shares). The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and its
stockholders, and no further approval or authorization is required
on the part of the Company. This Agreement is a valid and binding
obligation of
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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
subsidiary of the Company (each a “ Company Subsidiary
” and, collectively, the “ Company Subsidiaries
”) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (i)
its organizational documents or (ii) any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other
instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any Company Subsidiary may
be bound, or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any
of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company
Subsidiary may be subject, or (B) subject to compliance with
the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph,
violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling,
order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets
except, in the case of clauses (A)(ii) and (B), for those
occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(iii) Other
than the filing of the Certificates of Designations with the
Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or other
applicable Governmental Entity, such filings and approvals as are
required to be made or obtained under any state “blue
sky” laws and such as have been made or obtained, no notice
to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent
or approval of, any Governmental Entity is required to be made or
obtained by the Company in connection with the consummation by the
Company of the Purchase except for any such notices, filings,
exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents and approvals the
failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(f)
Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights Plan . The Board of
Directors of the Company (the “ Board of Directors
”) has taken all necessary action to ensure that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
including the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its terms,
will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the
Company’s Charter and bylaws, and any other provisions of any
applicable “moratorium”, “control share”,
“fair price”, “interested stockholder” or
other anti-takeover laws and regulations of any
jurisdiction.
(g)
No Company Material Adverse Effect . Since the last day of
the last completed fiscal period for which financial statements are
included in the Company
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Financial
Statements (as defined below), no fact, circumstance, event,
change, occurrence, condition or development has occurred that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(h)
Company Financial Statements . The Company has Previously
Disclosed each of the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for each of the last
three completed fiscal years of the Company (which shall be audited
to the extent audited financial statements are available prior to
the Signing Date) and each completed quarterly period since the
last completed fiscal year (collectively the “ Company
Financial Statements ”). The Company Financial Statements
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates indicated therein and the consolidated results of their
operations for the periods specified therein; and except as stated
therein, such financial statements (A) were prepared in
conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may
be noted therein) and (B) have been prepared from, and are in
accordance with, the books and records of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries.
(i) Since
December 31, 2006, the Company and each Company Subsidiary has
filed all reports, registrations, documents, filings, statements
and submissions, together with any amendments thereto, that it was
required to file with any Governmental Entity (the foregoing,
collectively, the “ Company Reports ”) and has
paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection
therewith, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. As of their respective dates of filing, the Company
Reports complied in all material respects with all statutes and
applicable rules and regulations of the applicable Governmental
Entities.
(ii)
The records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and
operated under means (including any electronic, mechanical or
photographic process, whether computerized or not) that are under
the exclusive ownership and direct control of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries or their accountants (including all means of
access thereto and therefrom), except for any non-exclusive
ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the system of
internal accounting controls described below in this
Section 2.2(i)(ii). The Company (A) has implemented and
maintains adequate disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information relating to the Company, including the
consolidated Company Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company by
others within those entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on
its most recent evaluation prior to the Signing Date, to the
Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the
Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls
that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information and (y) any fraud, whether or not
material,
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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 Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ SEC ”) promulgated thereunder), which might
subject the offering, issuance or sale of any of the Purchased
Securities to Investor pursuant to this Agreement to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(l)
Litigation and Other Proceedings . Except (i) as set
forth on Schedule C or (ii) as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no (A) pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim, action, suit,
investigation or proceeding, against the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or to which any of their assets are subject nor is the
Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to any order, judgment or
decree or (B) unresolved violation, criticism or exception by
any Governmental Entity with respect to any report or relating to
any examinations or inspections of the Company or any Company
Subsidiaries.
(m)
Compliance with Laws . Except as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have all
permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals
of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with,
Governmental Entities that are required in order to permit them to
own or lease their properties and assets and to carry on their
business as presently conducted and that are material to the
business of the Company or such Company Subsidiary. Except as set
forth on Schedule D , the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have complied in all respects and are not in default
or violation of, and none of them is, to the knowledge of the
Company, under investigation with respect to or, to the knowledge
of the Company, have been threatened to be charged with or given
notice of any violation of, any applicable domestic (federal, state
or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license, rule,
regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand, writ, injunction,
decree or judgment of any Governmental Entity, other than such
noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Except for statutory or regulatory
restrictions
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of general
application or as set forth on Schedule D , no
Governmental Entity has placed any restriction on the business or
properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
(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
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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
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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 E , neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist or other
similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any
material written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of
understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or
similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by,
or since December 31, 2006, has adopted any board resolutions
at the request of, any Governmental Entity (other than the
Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction over the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in
any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any
material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and
funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its
credit, risk management or compliance policies or procedures, its
internal controls, its management or its operations or business
(each item in this sentence, a “ Regulatory Agreement
”), nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been
advised since December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental
Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or
requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each
Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with
each Regulatory Agreement to which it is party or subject, and
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any
notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that either the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all
material respects with any such Regulatory Agreement. “
Appropriate Federal Banking Agency ” means the
“appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to
the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, as defined
in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
Section 1813(q)).
(t)
Insurance . The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are
insured with reputable insurers against such risks and in such
amounts as the management of the Company reasonably has determined
to be prudent and consistent with industry practice. The Company
and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with their
insurance policies and are not in default under any of the material
terms thereof, each such policy is outstanding and in full force
and effect, all premiums and other payments due under any material
policy have been paid, and all claims thereunder have been filed in
due and timely fashion, except, in each case, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably he 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
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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 . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties will use its
commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to take, or cause to
be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable laws,
so as to permit consummation of the Purchase as promptly as
practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other party to that
end.
3.2
Expenses . Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or
the Warrant, each of the parties hereto will bear and pay all costs
and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Warrant,
including fees and expenses of its own financial or other
consultants, investment bankers, accountants and
counsel.
3.3 Sufficiency
of Authorized Warrant Preferred Stock; Exchange Listing
.
(a) During
the period from the Closing Date until the date on which the
Warrant has been fully exercised, the Company shall at all times
have reserved for issuance, free of preemptive or similar rights, a
sufficient number of authorized and unissued Warrant Shares to
effectuate such exercise.
(b) If
the Company lists its Common Stock on any national securities
exchange, the Company shall, if requested by the Investor, promptly
use its reasonable
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best efforts to
cause the Preferred Shares and Warrant Shares to be approved for
listing on a national securities exchange as promptly as
practicable following such request.
3.4 Certain
Notifications Until Closing . From the Signing Date until the
Closing, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of
(i) any fact, event or circumstance of which it is aware and
which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or
warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or
inaccurate in any material respect or to cause any covenant or
agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement not to be
complied with or satisfied in any material respect and
(ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any fact, circumstance,
event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which the
Company is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has
had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect; provided, however , that delivery of any
notice pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit or affect any
rights of or remedies available to the Investor; provided,
further , that a failure to comply with this Section 3.4
shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or the failure of
any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied unless
the underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach
would independently result in the failure of a condition set forth
in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.
3.5 Access,
Information and Confidentiality .
(a) From
the Signing Date until the date when the Investor holds an amount
of Preferred Shares having an aggregate liquidation value of less
than 10% of the Purchase Price, the Company will permit the
Investor and its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors
(x) acting through the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, or
otherwise to the extent necessary to evaluate, manage, or transfer
its investment in the Company, to examine the corporate books and
make copies thereof and to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries with the
principal officers of the Company, all upon reasonable notice and
at such reasonable times and as often as the Investor may
reasonably request and (y) to review any information material
to the Investor’s investment in the Company provided by the
Company to its Appropriate Federal Banking Agency. Any
investigation pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be conducted
during normal business hours and in such manner as not to interfere
unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company, and
nothing herein shall require the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to disclose any information to the Investor to the extent
(i) prohibited by applicable law or regulation, or
(ii) that such disclosure would reasonably be expected to
cause a violation of any agreement to which the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is a party or would cause a risk of a loss of
privilege to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (
provided that the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements
under circumstances where the restrictions in this clause
(ii) apply).
(b) From
the Signing Date until the date on which all of the Preferred
Shares and Warrant Shares have been redeemed in whole, the Company
will deliver, or will cause to be delivered, to the
Investor:
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(i) as
soon as available after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
and in any event within 90 days thereafter, a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such fiscal year, and
consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows
of the Company for such year, in each case prepared in accordance
with GAAP and setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous fiscal year of the Company, and which
shall be audited to the extent audited financial statements are
available; and
(ii) as
soon as available after the end of the first, second and third
quarterly periods in each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of any
quarterly reports provided to other stockholders of the Company or
Company management.
(c) The
Investor will use reasonable best efforts to hold, and will use
reasonable best efforts to cause its agents, consultants,
contractors and advisors to hold, in confidence all non-public
records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other
data and information (collectively, “ Information
”) concerning the Company furnished or made available to it
by the Company or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement
(except to the extent that such information can be shown to have
been (i) previously known by such party on a non-confidential
basis, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of such
party or (iii) later lawfully acquired from other sources by
the party to which it was furnished (and without violation of any
other confidentiality obligation)); provided that nothing
herein shall prevent the Investor from disclosing any Information
to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process.
(d) The
Investor’s information rights pursuant to Section 3.5(b)
may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee or assignee of the
Purchased Securities or the Warrant Shares or with a liquidation
preference or, in the case of the Warrant, the liquidation
preference of the underlying shares of Warrant Preferred Stock, no
less than an amount equal to 2% of the initial aggregate
liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares.
Article IV
Additional Agreements
4.1 Purchase
for Investment . The Investor acknowledges that the Purchased
Securities and the Warrant Shares have not been registered under
the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Investor
(a) is acquiring the Purchased Securities pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for
investment with no present intention to distribute them to any
person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S.
state securities laws, (b) will not sell or otherwise dispose
of any of the Purchased Securities or the Warrant Shares, except in
compliance with the registration requirements or exemption
provisions of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state
securities laws, and (c) has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters and in investments of this type that
it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Purchase
and of making an informed investment decision.
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(a) The
Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments
representing the Warrant will bear a legend substantially to the
following effect:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO
IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH
LAWS.
THIS INSTRUMENT
IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF
THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A COPY OF
WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE VOID.”
(b) In
addition, the Investor agrees that all certificates or other
instruments representing the Preferred Shares and the Warrant
Shares will bear a legend substantially to the following
effect:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE NOT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS,
DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCY.
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT
AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. EACH PURCHASER OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
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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 I44A 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.
THIS INSTRUMENT
IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF
THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A COPY OF
WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE VOID.”
(c) In
the event that any Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares
(i) become registered under the Securities Act or
(ii) are eligible to be transferred without restriction in
accordance with Rule 144 or another exemption from
registration under the Securities Act (other than Rule 144A),
the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments
representing such Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares, which
shall not contain the applicable legends in Sections 4.2(a)
and (b) above; provided that the Investor surrenders to
the Company the previously issued certificates or other
instruments.
4.3 Certain
Transactions . The Company will not merge or consolidate with,
or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property
or assets to, any other party unless the successor, transferee or
lessee party (or its ultimate parent entity), as the case may be
(if not the Company), expressly assumes the due and punctual
performance and
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observance of
each and every covenant, agreement and condition of this Agreement
to be performed and observed by the Company.
4.4 Transfer of
Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise
of the Warrant . Subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, the Investor shall be permitted to transfer, sell,
assign or otherwise dispose of (“ Transfer ”)
all or a portion of the Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares at
any time, and the Company shall take all steps as may be reasonably
requested by the Investor to facilitate the Transfer of the
Purchased Securities and the Warrant Shares; provided that
the Investor shall not Transfer any Purchased Securities or Warrant
Shares if such transfer would require the Company to be subject to
the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange
Act ”). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company
shall provide reasonable cooperation to facilitate any Transfers of
the Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares, including, as is
reasonable under the circumstances, by furnishing such information
concerning the Company and its business as a proposed transferee
may reasonably request (including such information as is required
by Section 4.5(k)) and making management of the Company
reasonably available to respond to questions of a proposed
transferee in accordance with customary practice, subject in all
cases to the proposed transferee agreeing to a customary
confidentiality agreement.
4.5
Registration Rights .
(a) Unless
and until the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall
have no obligation to comply with the provisions of this
Section 4.5 (other than Section 4.5(b)(iv)-(vi));
provided that the Company covenants and agrees that it shall
comply with this Section 4.5 as soon as practicable after the
date that it becomes subject to such reporting
requirements.
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company
covenants and agrees that as promptly as practicable after the date
that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and in any event no
later than 30 days thereafter), the Company shall prepare and
file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all
Registrable Securities (or otherwise designate an existing Shelf
Registration Statement filed with the SEC to cover the Registrable
Securities), and, to the extent the Shelf Registration Statement
has not theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically
effective upon such filing, the Company shall use reasonable best
efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
or become effective and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act
and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period
from the date of its initial effectiveness until such time as there
are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such
Shelf Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration
Statement) if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
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Company is not
eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, then the
Company shall not be obligated to file a Shelf Registration
Statement unless and until requested to do so in writing by the
Investor.
(ii) Any
registration pursuant to Section 4.5(b)(i) shall be effected
by means of a shelf registration on an appropriate form under
Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “ Shelf
Registration Statement ”). If the Investor or any other
Holder intends to distribute any Registrable Securities by means of
an underwritten offering it shall promptly so advise the Company
and the Company shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate such
distribution, including the actions required pursuant to
Section 4.5(d); provided that the Company shall not be
required to facilitate an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities unless the expected gross proceeds from such offering
exceed (i) 2% of the initial aggregate liquidation preference of
the Preferred Shares if such initial aggregate liquidation
preference is less than $2 billion and (ii) $200 million
if the initial aggregate liquidation preference of the Preferred
Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion. The lead
underwriters in any such distribution shall be selected by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
distributed; provided that to the extent appropriate and
permitted under applicable law, such Holders shall consider the
qualifications of any broker-dealer Affiliate of the Company in
selecting the lead underwriters in any such
distribution.
(iii) The
Company shall not be required to effect a registration (including a
resale of Registrable Securities from an effective Shelf
Registration Statement) or an underwritten offering pursuant to
Section 4.5(b): (A) with respect to securities that are
not Registrable Securities; or (B) if the Company has notified
the Investor and all other Holders that in the good faith judgment
of the Board of Directors, it would be materially detrimental to
the Company or its securityholders for such registration or
underwritten offering to be effected at such time, in which event
the Company shall have the right to defer such registration for a
period of not more than 45 days after receipt of the request
of the Investor or any other Holder; provided that such
right to delay a registration or underwritten offering shall be
exercised by the Company (1) only if the Company has generally
exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar black-out rights
against holders of similar securities that have registration rights
and (2) not more than three times in any 12-month period and
not more than 90 days in the aggregate in any 12-month
period.
(iv) If
during any period when an effective Shelf Registration Statement is
not available, the Company proposes to register any of its equity
securities, other than a registration pursuant to
Section 4.5(b)(i) or a Special Registration, and the
registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or
qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the
Company will give prompt written notice to the Investor and all
other Holders of its intention to effect such a registration (but
in no event less than ten days prior to the anticipated filing
date) and will include in such registration all Registrable
Securities with respect to which the Company has received written
requests for inclusion therein within ten business days after the
date of the Company’s notice (a “ Piggyback
Registration ”). Any such person that has made such a
written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such
Piggyback Registration by
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giving written
notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or
before the fifth business day prior to the planned effective date
of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or
withdraw any registration under this Section 4.5(b)(iv) prior
to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not Investor
or any other Holders have elected to include Registrable Securities
in such registration.
(v) If
the registration referred to in Section 4.5(b)(iv) is proposed
to be underwritten, the Company will so advise Investor and all
other Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to
Section 4.5(b)(iv). In such event, the right of Investor and
all other Holders to registration pursuant to Section 4.5(b)
will be conditioned upon such persons’ participation in such
underwriting and the inclusion of such person’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting if such securities are of the same
class of securities as the securities to be offered in the
underwritten offering, and each such person will (together with the
Company and the other persons distributing their securities through
such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for
such underwriting by the Company; provided that the Investor
(as opposed to other Holders) shall not be required to indemnify
any person in connection with any registration. If any
participating person disapproves of the terms of the underwriting,
such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to
the Company, the managing underwriters and the Investor (if the
Investor is participating in the underwriting).
(vi) If
either (x) the Company grants “piggyback”
registration rights to one or more third parties to include their
securities in an underwritten offering under the Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 4.5(b)(ii) or (y) a
Piggyback Registration under Section 4.5(b)(iv) relates to an
underwritten offering on behalf of the Company, and in either case
the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their
reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be
included in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold
without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering
(including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the
Company will include in such offering only such number of
securities that in the reasonable opinion of such managing
underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the
marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the
per share offering price), which securities will be so included in
the following order of priority: (A) first, in the case of a
Piggyback Registration under Section 4.5(b)(iv), the
securities the Company proposes to sell, (B) then the
Registrable Securities of the Investor and all other Holders who
have requested inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 4.5(b)(ii) or Section 4.5(b)(iv), as applicable,
pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such
securities or shares owned by each such person and (C) lastly,
any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be
so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided,
however , that if the Company has, prior to the Signing Date,
entered into an agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated hereby then it
shall apply the order of priority in such conflicting agreement to
the extent that it would otherwise result in a breach under such
agreement.
(c)
Expenses of Registration . All Registration Expenses
incurred in connection with any registration, qualification or
compliance hereunder shall be borne by
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the Company.
All Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations
hereunder shall be borne by the holders of the securities so
registered pro rata on the basis of the aggregate offering
or sale price of the securities so registered.
(d)
Obligations of the Company . Whenever required to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities or facilitate the
distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective
Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall, as expeditiously
as reasonably practicable:
(i) Prepare
and file with the SEC a prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment with respect to a proposed offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement, subject
to Section 4.5(d), keep such registration statement effective
and keep such prospectus supplement current until the securities
described therein are no longer Registrable Securities.
(ii) Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the
applicable registration statement and the prospectus or prospectus
supplement used in connection with such registration statement as
may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by
such registration statement.
(iii) Furnish
to the Holders and any underwriters such number of copies of the
applicable registration statement and each such amendment and
supplement thereto (including in each case all exhibits) and of a
prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as
they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition
of Registrable Securities owned or to be distributed by
them.
(iv) Use
its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities
or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably
requested by the Holders or any managing underwriter(s), to keep
such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such
registration statement remains in effect, and to take any other
action which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to
consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities
owned by such Holder; provided that the Company shall not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to
qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of
process in any such states or jurisdictions.
(v) Notify
each Holder of Registrable Securities at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the
applicable prospectus, as then in effect, includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then
existing.
(vi) Give
written notice to the Holders:
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(A)
when any registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 4.5(a) or any amendment thereto has been filed with
the SEC (except for any amendment effected by the filing of a
document with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act) and when such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
become effective;
(B)
of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any
registration statement or the prospectus included therein or for
additional information:
(C)
of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose;
(D)
of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the applicable Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose;
(E)
of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make
changes in any effective registration statement or the prospectus
related to the registration statement in order to make the
statements therein not misleading (which notice shall be
accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made); and
(F)
if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any underwriting agreement contemplated by
Section 4.5(d)(x) cease to be true and correct.
(vii) Use
its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any
registration statement referred to in Section 4.5(d)(vi)(C) at the
earliest practicable time.
(viii) Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4.5(d)(v)
or 4.5(d)(vi)(E), promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to
such registration statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to the Holders and any underwriters, the
prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance
with Section 4.5(d)(vi)(E) to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been
made, then the Holders and any underwriters shall suspend use of
such prospectus and use their reasonable best efforts to return to
the Company all copies of such prospectus (at the Company’s
expense) other than permanent file copies then in such
Holders’ or underwriters’ possession. The
total
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number of days
that any such suspension may be in effect in any 12-month period
shall not exceed 90 days.
(ix) Use
reasonable best efforts to procure the cooperation of the
Company’s transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of
Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of
physical stock certificates into book-entry form in accordance with
any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing
underwriter(s).
(x) If
an underwritten offering is requested pursuant to
Section 4.5(b)(ii), enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form, scope and substance and take all such other actions
reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith or by the
managing underwriter(s), if any, to expedite or facilitate the
underwritten disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in
connection therewith in any underwritten offering (including making
members of management and executives of the Company available to
participate in “road shows”, similar sales events and
other marketing activities), (A) make such representations and
warranties to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the
managing underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Shelf Registration
Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary
form, substance and scope, and, if true, confirm the same if and
when requested, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish
the underwriters with opinions of counsel to the Company, addressed
to the managing underwriter(s), if any, covering the matters
customarily covered in such opinions requested in underwritten
offerings, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
“cold comfort” letters from the independent certified
public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any business acquired
by the Company for which financial statements and financial data
are included in the Shelf Registration Statement) who have
certified the financial statements included in such Shelf
Registration Statement, addressed to each of the managing
underwriter(s), if any, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold
comfort” letters, (D) if an underwriting agreement is
entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and
procedures customary in underwritten offerings (provided that the
Investor shall not be obligated to provide any indemnity), and
(E) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith, their
counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the
continued validity of the representations and warranties made
pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with
any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or
other agreement entered into by the Company.
(xi) Make
available for inspection by a representative of Holders that are
selling stockholders, the managing underwriter(s), if any, and any
attorneys or accountants retained by such Holders or managing
underwriter(s), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the
officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all
information in each case
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reasonably
requested (and of the type customarily provided in connection with
due diligence conducted in connection with a registered public
offering of securities) by any such representative, managing
underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with such
Shelf Registration Statement.
(xii) Use
reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to
be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar
securities issued by the Company are then listed or, if no similar
securities issued by the Company are then listed on any national
securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all
such Registrable Securities to be listed on such securities
exchange as the Investor may designate.
(xiii) If
requested by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
being registered and/or sold in connection therewith, or the
managing underwriter(s), if any, promptly include in a prospectus
supplement or amendment such information as the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities being registered and/or sold
in connection therewith or managing underwriter(s), if any, may
reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of
distribution of such securities and make all required filings of
such prospectus supplement or such amendment as soon as practicable
after the Company has received such request.
(xiv) Timely
provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder.
(e)
Suspension of Sales . Upon receipt of written notice from
the Company that a registration statement, prospectus or prospectus
supplement contains or may contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits or may omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or that circumstances exist that make
inadvisable use of such registration statement, prospectus or
prospectus supplement, the Investor and each Holder of Registrable
Securities shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities until the Investor and/or Holder has received copies of
a supplemented or amended prospectus or prospectus supplement, or
until the Investor and/or such Holder is advised in writing by the
Company that the use of the prospectus and, if applicable,
prospectus supplement may be resumed, and, if so directed by the
Company, the Investor and/or such Holder shall deliver to the
Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in the Investor and/or such
Holder’s possession, of the prospectus and, if applicable,
prospectus supplement covering such Registrable Securities current
at the time of receipt of such notice. The total number of days
that any such suspension may be in effect in any 12-month period
shall not exceed 90 days.
(f)
Termination of Registration Rights . A Holder’s
registration rights as to any securities held by such Holder (and
its Affiliates, partners, members and former members) shall not be
available unless such securities are Registrable
Securities.
(g)
Furnishing Information .
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(i) Neither
the Investor nor any Holder shall use any free writing prospectus
(as defined in Rule 405) in connection with the sale of
Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the
Company.
(ii) It
shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
take any action pursuant to Section 4.5(d) that Investor
and/or the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the
Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of
disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the
registered offering of their Registrable Securities.
(i) The
Company agrees to indemnify each Holder and, if a Holder is a
person other than an individual, such Holder’s officers,
directors, employees, agents, representatives and Affiliates, and
each Person, if any, that controls a Holder within the meaning of
the Securities Act (each, an “ Indemnitee ”),
against any and all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities,
costs and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of attorneys and other professionals incurred in
connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or
paying any such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities,
costs and expenses), joint or several, arising out of or based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact
contained in any registration statement, including any preliminary
prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments
or supplements thereto or any documents incorporated therein by
reference or contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term
is defined in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it
in writing for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement
thereto); or any omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided , that the Company shall not be liable
to such Indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect
thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (A) an
untrue statement or omission made in such registration statement,
including any such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus
contained therein or any such amendments or supplements thereto or
contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined
in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in
writing for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with information
regarding such Indemnitee or its plan of distribution or ownership
interests which was furnished in writing to the Company by such
Indemnitee for use in connection with such registration statement,
including any such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus
contained therein or any such amendments or supplements thereto, or
(B) offers or sales effected by or on behalf of such Indemnitee
“by means of’ (as defined in Rule 159A) a “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) that was
not authorized in writing by the Company.
(ii) If
the indemnification provided for in Section 4.5(h)(i) is
unavailable to an Indemnitee with respect to any losses, claims,
damages, actions,
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liabilities,
costs or expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold
the Indemnitee harmless as contemplated therein, then the Company,
in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or
expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the
Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other factors, whether the untrue statement of a material
fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission; the Company and
each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 4.5(h)(ii) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in Section 4.5(h)(i). No Indemnitee
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from the Company if the Company was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(i)
Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights of the
Investor to registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 4.5(b) may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee
or assignee of Registrable Securities with a liquidation preference
or, in the case of the Warrant, the liquidation preference of the
underlying shares of Warrant Preferred Stock, no less than an
amount equal to (i) 2% of the initial aggregate liquidation
preference of the Preferred Shares if such initial aggregate
liquidation preference is less than $2 billion and (ii)
$200 million if the initial aggregate liquidation preference
of the Preferred Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion;
provided, however , the transferor shall, within ten days
after such transfer, furnish to the C
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