INVESTMENT AGREEMENT dated as of November4, 2010 by and between CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL CORP. and CARLYLE FINANCIAL SERVICES HARBOR, L.P. TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 PURCHASE; CLOSING

1.1

Issuance, Sale and Purchase

1.2

Closing; Deliverables for the Closing; Conditions of the Closing

 

ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1

Certain Terms

2.2

Representations and Warranties of the Company

2.3

Representations and Warranties of the Investor

 

ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS

3.1

Conduct of Business Prior to Closing

3.2

Access; Confidentiality

3.3

Filings; Other Actions

3.4

Governance Matters

3.5

Avoidance of Control

3.6

Notice of Certain Events

3.7

Commercially Reasonable Efforts

3.8

Preemptive Rights

3.9

Most Favored Nation

3.10

Transfer Taxes

3.11

Legend

3.12

Registration Rights

3.13

Reverse Stock Split

3.14

Certain Other Transactions

3.15

Rights Offering

3.16

Transfer Restrictions.

3.17

Exchange Listing

3.18

Rights Plan.

3.19

Cooperation on Tax Matters.

 

ARTICLE 4 TERMINATION

4.1

Termination

4.2

Effects of Termination

 

ARTICLE 5 INDEMNITY

5.1

Indemnification by the Company

5.2

Indemnification by the Investor

5.3

Notification of Claims

5.4

Indemnification Payment

5.5

Exclusive Remedies

 

ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS

6.1

Survival

6.2

Expenses

6.3

Other Definitions

6.4

Amendment and Waivers

6.5

Counterparts and Facsimile

6.6

Governing Law

6.7

Jurisdiction

6.8

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

6.9

Notices

6.10

Entire Agreement

6.11

Successors and Assigns

6.12

Captions

6.13

Severability

6.14

Third Party Beneficiaries

6.15

Public Announcements

6.16

Specific Performance

6.17

No Recourse

 

 

Schedule I – Knowledge

 

Exhibit A – Form of Passivity or Anti-Association Commitments

 

Defined Term                                                                                                                             

Action2.2(f)

Additional AgreementsRecitals

Additional InvestorsRecitals

Affiliate6.3(a)

Agency6.3(b)

AgreementPreamble

Bank2.2(a)

Bank Board3.4(a)

Benefit Plans2.2(v)(i)

BHC Act1.2(c)(ii)(D)

Board of Directors6.3(c)

Burdensome Condition1.2(c)(ii)(F)

Business Combination6.3(f)(B)

Business Day6.3(d)

Capital Stock6.3(e)

Capitalization Date2.2(c)

Carlyle Commitment Parties2.3(g)

CBCA1.2(c)(ii)(E)

Change in Control6.3(f)

Closing1.2(a)

Closing Date1.2(a)

Code6.3(g)

Common SharesRecitals

Common StockRecitals

CompanyPreamble

Company Employees2.2(v)(i)

Company Financial Statements2.2(g)

Company Indemnified Parties5.2(a)

Company Insurance Policies2.2(s)

Company Option2.2(c)

Company Preferred Stock2.2(c)

Company Reports2.2(h)

Company Restricted Stock2.2(c)

Company Specified Representations6.3(h)

Company Stock Appreciation Right2.2(c)

Company Subsidiaries2.2(b)

Company Subsidiary2.2(b)

Confidentiality Agreement3.2(b)

Continuing Directors6.3(i)

control, controlling, controlled by and under common control with6.3(a)

Controlled Group Liability6.3(j)

De Minimis Amount5.1(b)

Deductible5.1(b)

Demand Notice3.12(a)(ii)(A)

Demand Registration Statement3.12(a)(ii)(A)

DFI1.2(c)(ii)(D)

Disclosure Schedule6.3(k)

EESA2.2(v)(ix)

Effective Date3.12(k)(i)

Effectiveness Deadline3.12(k)(ii)

employee benefit plan2.2(v)(i)

Environmental Laws6.3(l)

Equity Commitment LetterRecitals

ERISA2.2(v)(i)

Exchange AgreementRecitals

Expected Losses4.1(h)

Expense Reimbursement6.2

FDI Act1.2(c)(i)(D)

FDIC2.2(b)

Federal Reserve1.2(c)(ii)(D)

Filing Deadline3.12(a)(i)

finally determined5.4

GAAP6.3(m)

Governmental Consent6.3(n)

Governmental Entity6.3(o)

Hawaii Code1.2(c)(ii)(D)

Hazardous Substance6.3(p)

Holder3.12(k)(iii)

Holders’ Counsel3.12(k)(iv)

HSR Act1.2(c)(i)(C)

Indemnified Party5.3(a)

Indemnifying Party5.3(a)

Indemnitee3.12(g)(i)

Insider2.2(dd)

Insurer6.3(q)

Intellectual Property Rights2.2(u)

Interim Financials2.2(g)

InvestmentRecitals

InvestorPreamble

Investor 2Recitals

Investor 2 InvestmentRecitals

Investor 2 Investment AgreementRecitals

Investor Designated Director6.3(r)

Investor Indemnified Parties5.1(a)

Investor Indemnitors3.4(g)

Investor Specified Representations6.3(s)

InvestorsRecitals

Knowledge6.3(t)

Law2.2(p)

Liens2.2(d)(ii)

Loan Investor6.3(u)

Loan Review Report4.1(h)

Loan Reviewer4.1(h)

Lockup Termination Date6.3(v)

Losses6.3(w)

Material Adverse Effect2.1(a)

Material Contract2.2(r)

New Security3.8(a)

New TARP Preferred StockRecitals

Nominating Committee3.4(b)

Non-Qualifying Transaction6.3(f)(B)

NYSERecitals

NYSE Exception ApplicationRecitals

Observer3.4(e)

OFAC2.2(m)

Other Private PlacementsRecitals

Parent Corporation6.3(f)(B)

PBGC2.2(v)(vi)

Pending Underwritten Offering3.12(l)

Person6.3(x)

Piggyback Registration3.12(a)(iv)

Previously Disclosed2.1(b)

Pro Forma BasisRecitals

Proxy Statement6.3(y)

Purchase Price1.1

Qualifying Ownership Interest3.4(b)

Register, registered and registration3.12(k)(v)

Registrable Securities3.12(k)(vi)

Registration Expenses3.12(k)(vii)

Regulatory Agreement2.2(q)

Regulatory Order or Regulatory Orders2.2(p)

Representatives3.2(a)

Requisite Governmental Consents2.2(e)

Requisite Shareholder Vote2.2(d)(iii)

Reverse Stock Split3.13

Rights3.15(a)

Rights Offering3.15(a)

Rights Plan3.18

Rule 1446.3(z)

Rule 158, Rule 159A, Rule 405 and Rule 4153.12(k)(viii)

SEC2.1(b)

Securities Act2.2(h)

Selling Expenses3.12(k)(ix)

Shareholder ProposalRecitals

Shelf Registration Statement3.12(a)(iii)

Special Registration3.12(i)

Stock Plans2.2(c)

Subsidiary6.3(aa)

Surviving Corporation6.3(f)(B)

Suspension Period3.12(d)

TARP ExchangeRecitals

TARP Preferred StockRecitals

TARP WarrantRecitals

Tax or Taxes6.3(bb)

Tax Return6.3(cc)

Third Party Claim5.3(a)

Transaction Documents6.3(dd)

Transfer3.16(a)

TreasuryRecitals

Voting Debt2.2(c)

Voting Securities6.3(ee)

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 4, 2010 (this “Agreement”), by and between Central Pacific Financial Corp., a Hawaii corporation (the “Company”), and Carlyle Financial Services Harbor, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investor”).

 

 

A. The Investment. The Company intends to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor intends to purchase from the Company, on the terms and conditions described herein, a number of shares of Common Stock of the Company, no par value per share (the “Common Stock” or “Common Shares”), equal to 24.9% of the Common Shares outstanding as of the Closing Date on a basis assuming the issuance of Common Shares in the Other Private Placements (as defined below) and in the TARP Exchange but excluding any issuance of Common Shares pursuant to outstanding Company Options, Company Stock Appreciation Rights and the TARP Warrant (“Pro Forma Basis”) (rounded down to the nearest whole share), at a price of $0.75 per share (the “Investment”).

 

B. Other Private Placements. The Company intends to issue (i) to ACMO-CPF, L.L.C. (“Investor 2”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Investment Agreement between Investor 2 and the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the “Investor 2 Investment Agreement”), a number of Common Shares equal to 24.9% of the Common Shares outstanding as of the Closing Date on a Pro Forma Basis (rounded down to the nearest whole share) at a price of $0.75 per share (the “Investor 2 Investment”), and (ii) in one or more private placement transactions with other investors (the “Additional Investors”, and together with the Investor and Investor 2, the “Investors”) pursuant to agreements with the Additional Investors (the “Additional Agreements”), Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price up to, together with the Investment and the Investor 2 Investment, $325,000,000, with the closing of such transactions to occur simultaneously with the Closing (together with the Investor 2 Investment, the “Other Private Placements”).

 

C. TARP Exchange. The United States Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) holds (i) 135,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value per share and liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “TARP Preferred Stock”), and (ii) a warrant, dated January 9, 2009, to purchase 1,585,748 shares of the Common Stock at an exercise price of $12.77 per share (the “TARP Warrant”). Subject to the approval of the Treasury,  pursuant to an Exchange Agreement to be executed by the Treasury and the Company (the “Exchange Agreement”), the Company intends to exchange the TARP Preferred Stock for shares of a new series of mandatorily convertible preferred stock (the “New TARP Preferred Stock”), which shares the Company shall then convert into Common Shares having an aggregate value (valuing the Common Shares at $0.75 per share) of the sum of (1) 25% of the aggregate liquidation preference of the TARP Preferred Stock and (2) 100% of the amount accrued and unpaid dividends on the TARP Preferred Stock as of the Closing Date, and to amend the TARP Warrant to, among other things, reduce the exercise price thereof to $0.7 5 per share (collectively, the “TARP Exchange”), each to occur simultaneously with the Closing.

 

D. NYSE Exception Application. In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company will submit an application to the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) to seek the approval of the NYSE for the Company’s reliance on Section 312.05 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “NYSE Exception Application”) in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares to the Investors and the Treasury without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders.

 

E. Shareholder Proposal. In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, unless the NYSE has approved the NYSE Exception Application, the Company will call a meeting of its shareholders, to be held promptly after the date of this Agreement to vote on the issuance of Common Shares to the Investors and the Treasury as contemplated by this Agreement as required by Section 312.03 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “Shareholder Proposal”).

 

F. The Rights Offering. Following the Closing, the Company will commence a rights offering providing holders of record of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date with the right to purchase Common Stock at the same price per share paid by the Investor. The rights will be transferable and will provide for the purchase of up to $20,000,000 of Common Stock by such existing shareholders.

 

G. Equity Commitment Letter. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition to the willingness of the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Investor has entered into an equity commitment letter, dated as of the date hereof (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), a copy of which has been delivered to the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

 

1.1 Issuance, Sale and Purchase.On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor agrees to purchase from the Company, free and clear of any Liens, a number of Common Shares (including any associated preferred share purchase rights issuable with respect to such Common Shares pursuant to the Rights Plan) equal to 24.9% of the Common Shares outstanding at the Closing Date on a Pro Forma Basis (rounded down to the nearest whole share) at a purchase price of $0.75 per share payable by the Investor to the Company (the aggregate purchase price payable pursuant to this Section 1.1, the “Purchase Price”).

 

1.2 Closing; Deliverables for the Closing; Conditions of the Closing

(a) Closing. Unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Article 4, and subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted, the waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(c), the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, located at 1888 Century Park East, Los Angeles, California 90067, or remotely via the electronic or other exchange of documents and signature pages, as soon as practicable, but in no event l ater than the second Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(c) (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, but the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), or at such other place or such other date as agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (the “Closing Date”).

 

(b) Closing Deliverables. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver on the Closing Date of the conditions to the Closing in Section 1.2(c) at the Closing, the parties shall make the following deliveries:

 

(i) the Company shall deliver to the Investor (A) the Expense Reimbursement in accordance with Section 6.2, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account provided to the Company by the Investor at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date and (B) one or more certificates evidencing the Common Shares to be purchased pursuant to Section 1.1 registered in the name of the Investor (or if shares of the Company’s capital stock are uncertificated, cause the transfer agent for the Common Shares to register such shares in the name of the Investor and deliver evidence of such registration to the Investor);

 

(ii) the Investor shall deliver the Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account provided to the Investor by the Company at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date; and

 

(iii) the Company shall deliver to the Investor such other documents relating to the purchase and sale of the Common Shares contemplated by this Agreement as the Investor shall have reasonably requested.

 

(c) Closing Conditions. (i) The obligations of the Investor, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, to consummate the Closing are each subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Company and the Investor of the following conditions prior to the Closing:

 

(A) No provision of any Law and no judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the Closing or shall prohibit or restrict the Investor or any of its Affiliates from owning or voting any Common Shares to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(B) All Governmental Consents required to have been obtained at or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect;

 

(C) The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “HSR Act”), shall have expired or been earlier terminated; and

 

(D) The Investor shall have received written confirmation from the FDIC to the effect that the purchase of the Common Shares and the consummation of the Closing and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not result in the Investor or any of its Affiliates being deemed in control of the Company for purposes of the cross-guaranty liability provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (the “FDI Act”).

 

(ii) The obligation of the Investor to consummate the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Investor of the following conditions prior to the Closing:

 

(A) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except where the failure to be true and correct (without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications contained therein), would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (and except that (1) representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such date and (2) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section s 2.2(a) (but only with respect to the Company and the Bank and not other Company Subsidiaries), 2.2(b) (but only with respect to the last sentence thereof), 2.2(c), 2.2(d)(i), 2.2(d)(ii)(A)(1) (but only with respect to the Company and the Bank and not other Company Subsidiaries), 2.2(e), 2.2(o)(iv), 2.2(x)(ix), 2.2(z) and 2.2(ff) shall be true and correct in all respects);

 

(B) The Company shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all agreements, covenants and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date (except that with respect to agreements, covenants and conditions that are qualified by materiality, the Company shall have performed and complied with such agreements, covenants and conditions, as so qualified, in all respects);

 

(C) The Investor shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive officer certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(c)(ii)(A) and Section 1.2(c)(ii)(B) have been satisfied on and as of the Closing Date;

 

(D) (i) The Investor shall have received written confirmation, satisfactory in its reasonable good faith judgment, from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) to the effect that the purchase of the Common Shares and the consummation of the Closing and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not result in the Investor or any of its Affiliates (1) being deemed in control of the Company for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”) or (2) 0;otherwise being regulated as a bank holding company within the meaning of the BHC Act; and (ii) (1) the Investor  shall have received written confirmation, satisfactory in its reasonable good faith judgment, from the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (the “DFI”) to the effect that the purchase of the Common Shares and the consummation of the Closing and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not result in the Investor or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) being required to file an acquisition of control application or become a financial institution holding company or an “institution affiliated party” for purposes of Hawaii’s Code of Financial Institutions (the “Hawaii Code”) or (2) an acquisition of con trol application shall have been approved by the DFI and the Investor shall be reasonably satisfied that neither it nor any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) will be subject to examination or regulation by the DFI or be required to provide any financial statements other than summary balance sheets provided to the DFI;

 

(E) The Investor shall have received from the Federal Reserve a written non-objection to the notice it filed in connection with its purchase of Common Shares pursuant to the Change of Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended (the “CBCA”);

 

(F) Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not be any action taken, or any Law enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable, by any Governmental Entity, whether in connection with the Governmental Consents specified in Section 1.2(c)(i)(B) or otherwise, which imposes any new restriction or condition on the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or the Investor (other than such restrictions as are described in the passivity or anti-association commitments described on Exhibit A and any applicable restrictions associated with the Treasury’s regulations of holders of TARP securities) which is materially and unreasonably burdensome on the Company’s business following the Closing or on the Investor, as applicable, or w ould reduce the economic benefits of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the Investor to such a degree that the Investor would not have entered into this Agreement had such condition or restriction been known to it at the date hereof (any such condition or restriction, a “Burdensome Condition”) and, for the avoidance of doubt, any requirements to disclose the identities of limited partners, shareholders or members of the Investor or its Affiliates or its investment advisors, other than Affiliates of the Investor, shall be deemed a Burdensome Condition unless otherwise determined by the Investor in its sole discretion;

 

(G) As of the Closing Date, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall have, on a consolidated basis, (1) at least $785,000,000 in (i) cash and due from banks, (ii) deposits in other banks, (iii) overnight funds sold and due from the Federal Reserve Bank and (iv) securities available for sale that have not been pledged and for which a liquid market and price quotations are immediately available through a major securities dealer, and (2) at least $2,925,000,000 in non-brokered deposits (including money market, demand, checking, savings and transactional accounts and certificates of deposits);

 

(H) The Investor Designated Director shall have been elected or appointed to the Board of the Directors and the Bank Board (as defined herein), in each case, effective as of the Closing;

 

(I) Since the date of this Agreement, a Material Adverse Effect shall not have occurred and no change or other event shall have occurred that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(J) The Common Shares to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE or such other market on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted, subject to official notice of issuance;

 

(K) The Company shall have received (or shall receive concurrently with the Closing) gross proceeds from the Other Private Placements in an aggregate amount, together with the Purchase Price, of not less than $325,000,000;

 

(L) Either (1) the Company shall have received the NYSE Approval and such NYSE Approval shall be in full force and effect or (2) the Shareholder Proposal shall have been approved by the Requisite Shareholder Vote;

 

(M) (1) The Company shall have exchanged the TARP Preferred Stock for 135,000 shares of New TARP Preferred Stock and the Company shall have elected to convert, and provided timely notice in connection with such election to the holder of the New TARP Preferred Stock, such New TARP Preferred Stock into Common Shares having an aggregate value (valuing the Common Shares at $0.75 per share) of the sum of (1) 25% of the aggregate liquidation preference of the TARP Preferred Stock and (2) 100% of the amount accrued and unpaid dividends on the TARP Preferred Stock as of the Closing Date (or otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Investor in its reasonable judgment), which exchange and conversion shall have occu rred on the same day as the Closing Date; and (2) the TARP Warrant shall have been amended to reflect the reduced conversion price of $0.75 per share;

 

(N) The Investor shall have received the final Loan Review Report covering the Company’s residential loan portfolio and using a methodology consistent with the methodology used in a preliminary form of such report dated November 3, 2010;

 

(O) As of the Closing Date, the Bank shall meet the capital ratios required to be met by the Bank in the Regulatory Orders; and

 

(P) (1) Since the date of this Agreement, there shall have been no material change to Section 382 or 383 of the Code or the regulations thereunder, or any administrative pronouncement or a federal court decision directly interpreting a relevant section of Section 382 or 383 of the Code or the regulations thereunder, the application of which will cause the net operating loss carryforwards, unrealized built-in losses, tax credits, or capital loss carryforwards of the Company and any of its Affiliates (if relevant) that exist on or after the Closing Date to be subject to limitation under Section 382 or 383 of the Code and (2) the Investor shall have received an opinion from KPMG LLP, reasonably satisfactory to the Invest or, and on which the Investor is expressly permitted to rely (subject to the Investor’s execution of a reliance letter with KPMG LLP pursuant to which the Investor shall agree to KPMG’s standard terms and conditions, forms of which have previously provided to the Investor), to the effect that, based on the most current information available prior to the Closing Date as provided by the Company to KPMG LLP, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement should not cause an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code.

 

(iii) The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Company of the following conditions prior to the Closing:

 

(A) The representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date except where the failure to be true and correct (without regard to any materiality qualifications contained therein) would materially adversely affect the ability of the Investor to perform its obligations hereunder (and except that representations and warranties made as of a specified date shall be true and correct as of such date);

 

(B) The Investor shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all agreements, covenants and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date (except that with respect to agreements, covenants and conditions that are qualified by materiality, the Investor shall have performed and complied with such agreements, covenants and conditions, as so qualified, in all respects); and

 

(C) The Company shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed on behalf of the Investor by a senior executive officer certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(c)(iii)(A) and Section 1.2(c)(iii)(B) have been satisfied on and as of the Closing Date.

 

 

 

2.1 Certain Terms.

 

(a) As used in this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” means any circumstance, event, change, development or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to (i) result in a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) materially impair or delay the ability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to perform its or their obligations under the Transaction Documents to consummate the Closing or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; pr ovided, however, that in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred under clause (i), there shall be excluded any effect to the extent resulting from (A) actions or omissions of the Company or any Company Subsidiary expressly required or contemplated by the terms of the Transaction Documents, (B) changes after the date hereof in general economic conditions in the United States, including financial market volatility or downturn, (C) changes after the date hereof affecting generally the industries or markets in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, (D) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, military actions or the escalation thereof, or outbreak of hostilities, (E) any changes after the date hereof in applicable Laws or accounting rules or principles, including changes in GAAP, (F) the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (G) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or the Company’s other outstandin g securities (but not the underlying causes of such changes) or (H) any failure by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to meet any internal projections or forecasts with regard to the assets, liabilities, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (but not the underlying causes of such failure), in each case to the extent that such circumstance, event, change, development or effect referred to in clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E) do not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries compared to other participants in the industries or markets in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.

 

(b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Previously Disclosed” (i) with regard to any party, means information set forth on its Disclosure Schedule corresponding or responsive to the provision of this Agreement to which such information relates; provided, however, that if such information is disclosed in such a way as to make its relevance or applicability to another provision of this Agreement reasonably apparent on its face, such information shall be deemed to be responsive to such other provision of this Agreement and (ii) with regard to the Company, includes information publicly disclosed by the Company in (A) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (B) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, as filed by it with the SEC, (C) the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed by it with the SEC on March 29, 2010, or (D) any Current Report on Form 8-K filed or furnished by it with the SEC since January 1, 2010, in each case available prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements that are similarly non-specific and are predictive or forward-looking in nature). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement t o the contrary, the mere inclusion of an item in a Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed an admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as Previously Disclosed, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that are as of a specific date which shall be made as of that date), that:

 

(a) Organization and Authority. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is a corporation or other entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified except where any failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company has furnished to the Investor correct and complete copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws (or similar governing documents) as amended through the date of this Agreement for the Company and Central Pacific Bank (the “Bank”).  The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the BHC Act.

 

(b) Company Subsidiaries. The Company has Previously Disclosed a true, complete and correct list of all of its subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement (each, a “Company Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Company Subsidiaries”). Except for the Company Subsidiaries, the Company does not own beneficially, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any class of equity securities or similar interests of any corporation, bank, business trust, association or similar organization, and is not, directly or indirectly, a partner in any partnership or party to any joint venture. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of its interests in each Company Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens. The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to the fullest extent permitted by the FDI Act and the rules and regulations of the FDIC thereunder, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable extensions). The Company beneficially owns all of the outstanding capital securities and has sole control of the Bank.

 

(c) Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized Capital Stock of the Company consists of (i) 185,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value (including shares of TARP Preferred Stock) (the “Company Preferred Stock”). As of the close of business on October 29, 2010 (the “Capitalization Date”), there were 30,364,809 shares of Common Stock outstanding and 135,000 shares of TARP Preferred Stock an d no other Company Preferred Stock outstanding. In addition, the TARP Warrant allows for the purchase of 1,585,748 shares of Common Stock by the Treasury at an exercise price of $12.77 per share. Since the Capitalization Date and through the date of this Agreement, except in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Investment, the Other Private Placements, the TARP Exchange, and the Rights Offering, the Company has not (i) issued or authorized the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, (ii) reserved for issuance any shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock or (iii) repurchased or redeemed, or authorized the repurchase or redemption of, any shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock. As of the close of business on the Capitalization Date, other than in respect of t he TARP Warrant and awards outstanding under or pursuant to the Benefit Plans in respect of which an aggregate of 2,875,729 shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance, no shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. None of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock or other securities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries was issued, sold or offered by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in violation of the Securities Act or the securities or blue sky laws of any state or jurisdiction, or any applicable securities laws in the relevant jurisdictions outside of the United States. No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which the shareholders of the Company may vote (“Voting Debt”) are issued and outstanding. Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each outstanding option to purchase shares of Common Stock (a “Company Option”), stock appreciation right to receive shares of Common Stock (a “Company Stock Appreciation Right”) or right (or unit) to acquire shares of Common Stock (“Company Restricted Stock”) under the Central Pacific Financial Corp. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended and the Central Pacific Financial Corp. 2004 Stock Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Stock Plans”): (A) the name of each holder of Company Options, Company Stock Appreciation Rights or Company Restricted Stock; (B) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Company Option, Company Stock Appreciation Right or the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock held by such holder, and as applicable for each Company Option, Company Stock Appreciation Rights or Company Restricted Stock, the date of grant, exercise or reference price, number of shares vested or not otherwise subject to repurchase rights, reacquisition rights or other applicable restrictions as of the date of this Agreement, vesting schedule or schedule providing for the lapse of repurchase rights, reacquisition rights or other applicable restrictions, the type of Company Option and the Stock Plan or other plan under which such Company Options, Company Stock Appreciation Rights or shares of Company Restricted Stock were granted or purchased; and (C) whether, in the case of a Company Option, such Company Option is an Incentive Stock Option (within the meaning of the Code). The Company has made available to the Investor copies of each form of stock option agreement, stock appreciation rights agreement or stock award agreement evidencing outstanding Company Options, Company Stock Appreciation Rights or Company Restricted Stock, as applicable, and has also delivered any other stock option agreements, stock appreciation rights agreement or stock award agreements to the extent there are variations from the applicable form of agreement, specifically identifying the holder(s) to whom such variant forms apply. As of the date of this Agreement, except for (x) the outstanding Company Options and Company Stock Appreciation Rights described in this Section 2.2(c) and listed on Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule and (y) as set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.2(c), the Company does not have and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, commitments or agree ments of any character calling for the purchase or issuance of, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any shares of Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock or any other equity securities of the Company or Voting Debt or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of Capital Stock of the Company (including any rights plan or agreement).  Each Company Option and Company Stock Appreciation Right under the Stock Plans (i) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and conditions of the Stock Plans pursuant to which it was issued, (ii) has an exercise or reference price equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock at the close of business on the date of such grant, (iii) has a grant date identical to or following the date on which the Company’s Board of Directors or compensation committee actually awarded such Company Option or Company Stock Appreciation Right, (iv ) otherwise is exempt from or complies with Section 409A of the Code so that the recipient of such Company Option or Company Stock Appreciation Right is not subject to the additional taxes and interest pursuant to Section 409A of the Code and (v) except for disqualifying dispositions, qualifies for the tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Company Option and Company Stock Appreciation Right in the Company’s Tax Returns and the Company’s financial statements, respectively.

 

(d) Authorization; No Conflicts; Shareholder Approval.

 

(i) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  Except for authorization by shareholder approval of the Shareholder Proposal as contemplated by this Agreement (unless the NYSE has approved the NYSE Exception Application), the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company 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 no further approval or authorization is required on the part of the Company or its shareholders.  The Board of Directors has unanimously approved the agreements and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the Investment, the Other Private Placements, the TARP Exchange and the Rights Offering. No other corporate proceedings are necessary for the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the performance by it of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement has been and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Governmental Consents, the other Transaction Documents will have been at the Closing duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Investor and the other parties thereto, are, or in the case of documents executed after the date of this Agreement, will be, upon execution, the valid and binding obligations of t he Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles (whether applied in equity or at law).

 

(ii) Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (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 result in the loss of any benefit or creation of any right on the part of any third party under, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any liens, charges, adverse rights o r claims, pledges, covenants, title defects, security interests and other encumbrances of any kind (“Liens”) upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (1) the articles of incorporation or bylaws (or similar governing documents) of the Company and each Company Subsidiary or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries may be subject, or (B) subject to receipt of the Requisite Governmental Consents, violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets except in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B) for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii) The only vote of the shareholders of the Company required to approve the Shareholder Proposal is the approval by a majority of the votes cast on the proposal, provided that the total vote cast on the proposal represents over fifty percent (50%) in interest of all securities entitled to vote thereon, pursuant to Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “Requisite Shareholder Vote”).

 

(e) Governmental Consents. Other than (i) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, (ii) the non-control determination under the FDI Act, (iii) the non-control determination under the BHC Act, (iv) the written confirmation from the DFI under the Hawaii Code, (v) the non-objection letter under the CBCA and (vi) the securities or blue sky laws of the various states (collectively, the “Requisite Governmental Consents”), no Governmental Consents are necessary for the execution and delivery of the Trans action Documents or for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(f) Litigation and Other Proceedings. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claim, action, suit, arbitration, complaint, charge or investigation or proceeding (each an “Action”) against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of its assets, rights or properties, nor is the Company or any Company Subsidiary a party or named as subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, settlement, judgment or decre e of any court, arbitrator or government agency, or instrumentality.  There has not been, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company in his or her capacity as such.

 

(g) Financial Statements. Each of the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the related consolidated statements of income, operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows, together with the notes thereto, for the last five (5) years included in any Company Report filed with the SEC and the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the period ending June 30, 2010, together with the notes thereto, included in the Company̵ 7;s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC (the “Interim Financials” and, collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”), (i) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, (ii) complied, as of their respective date of such filing, in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (iii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis and (iv) present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries at the dates and the consolidated results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the periods stated there in (subject to the absence of notes and normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments not material to the financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in the case of the Interim Financials).

 

(h) Reports. Since December 31, 2007, the Company and each Company Subsidiary have filed all material reports, registrations, documents, filings, statements and submissions, together with any required amendments thereto, that it was required to file with any Governmental Entity (the foregoing, collectively, the “Company Reports”) and have paid all material fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith.  As of their respective filing dates, the Company Reports complied in all material respects with all statutes and applicable ru les and regulations of the applicable Governmental Entities, as the case may be. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding comments from the SEC or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Report that were enumerated within such report or otherwise were the subject of written correspondence with respect thereto. The Company Reports, including the documents incorporated by reference in each of them, each contained all the information required to be included in it and, when it was filed and, as of the date of each such Company Report filed with or furnished to the SEC, or if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made in it, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Exchange Act. No executive officer of the Company has failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Copies of all of the Company Reports not otherwise publicly filed have, to the extent allowed by applicable Law, been made available to the Investor by the Company.

 

(i) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. 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 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, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the system of intern al accounting controls described below in this Section 2.2(i). The Company (i) has implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief executive officer or executive chairman and the chief financial officer of the Company by others within those entities, and (ii) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Board of Directors (A) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no Knowledge of any reason that its outside auditors and its chief executive officer or executive chairman and chief financial officer shall not be able to give the certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, without qualification, when next due. Since December 31, 2007, (1) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respect ive internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (2) no attorney representing the Company or any Company Subsidiary, whether or not employed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company.

 

(j) Risk Management Instruments. All material derivative instruments, including swaps, caps, floors and option agreements entered into for the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ own account 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 and (iii) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time; and each of them constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Neither the Company nor, to the Know ledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in breach of any of its material obligations under any such agreement or arrangement.

 

(k) No Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, except for (i) liabilities adequately reflected or reserved against in accordance with GAAP in the Company’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 and (ii) liabilities that have arisen in the ordinary and usual course of business and consistent with past practice since December 31, 2009 and that have not or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l) Mortgage Banking Business. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries have complied with, and all documentation in connection with the origination, processing, underwriting and credit approval of any mortgage loan originated, purchased or serviced by the Company or any Company Subsidiary has satisfied, in all material respects (i) all Laws with respect to the origination, insuring, purchase, sale, pooling, servicing, subservicing, or filing of claims in connection with mortgage loans, including all Laws relating to real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, truth in lending laws, usury limitations, fair housing, tran sfers of servicing, collection practices, equal credit opportunity and adjustable rate mortgages, (ii) the responsibilities and obligations relating to mortgage loans set forth in any agreement between the Company and any Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer, (iii) the applicable rules, regulations, guidelines, handbooks and other requirements of any Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer and (iv) the terms and provisions of any mortgage or other collateral documents and other loan documents with respect to each mortgage loan. No Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer has (x) claimed in writing that the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has violated or has not complied with the applicable underwriting standards with respect to mortgage loans sold by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to a Loan Investor or Agency, or with respect to any sale of mortgage servicing rights to a Loan Investor, (y) imposed in writing material restrictions on the activities (including commitment author ity) of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or (z) indicated in writing to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that it has terminated or intends to terminate its relationship with the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries for poor performance, poor loan quality or concern with respect to the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ compliance with Laws.

 

(m) Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering; OFAC; and Customer Information. The Company is not aware of, has not been advised of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, has no reason to believe that any facts or circumstances exist that would cause it or any Company Subsidiary to be deemed to be not operating in compliance, in all material respects, with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (also known as the USA PATRIOT Act), any order or regulation issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign A ssets Control (“OFAC”), or any other applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist-financing statute, rule or regulation.  The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause it to believe that any nonpublic customer information has been disclosed to or accessed by an unauthorized third party in a manner that would cause it to undertake any material remedial action.  The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries have adopted and implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate and appropriate customer identification verification procedures that comply with the USA PATRIOT Act and such anti-money laundering program meets the requirements in all material respects of Section 352 of the USA PATRIOT Act and the regulations thereunder, and they have complied in all respects with any requirements to file reports and other necessary documents as required b y the USA PATRIOT Act and the regulations thereunder. The Company will not knowingly directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Common Shares pursuant to transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Company Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, towards any sales or operations in any country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

(n) Certain Payments. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor any directors, officers, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, employees or any of their Affiliates or any other Person who to the Knowledge of the Company is associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly (i) made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other payment in material violation of any Law to any Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property, or services (A) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business for the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (B) to pay for favorable treatment for business secured by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or (C) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already obtained, for or in respect of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or (ii) established or maintained any fund or asset with respect to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that was required by Law or GAAP to have been recorded and was not recorded in the books and records of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

 

(o) Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2009 and except as Previously Disclosed, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practices, (ii) none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has issued any securities (other than Common Stock and Company Options and other equity-based awards issued prior to the date of this Agreement pursuant to Benefit Plans and reflected in the numbers set forth in Section 2.2(c)) or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except borrowin gs in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the Company has not made or declared any distribution in cash or in kind to its shareholders or issued or repurchased any shares of its Capital Stock, (iv) through (and including) the date of this Agreement, no fact, event, change, condition, development, circumstance or effect has occurred that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (v) no material default (or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default) exists on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Company, on the part of any other party, in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any agreement to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p) Compliance with Laws. The Company and each Company Subsidiary have all material 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 and each Company Subsidiary. The Company and each Company Subsidiary have complied in all material respects and (i) are not in default or violation in any respect of, (ii) are not under investigation with respect t o, and (iii) have not been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any material violation of, any applicable material 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 (each, a “Law”), other than such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application, restrictions applicable to recipients of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the written agreement of the Company with the Federal Reserve and the DFI entered into on July 2, 2010, and the Consent Order between the Bank and the FDIC and the DFI entered into on December 8, 2009 (each, individually a “Regulatory Order” and, together, the “Regulatory Orders”), no Governmental Entity has placed any material restriction on the business or properties of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.  As of the date hereof, the Bank has a Community Reinvestment Act rating of “satisfactory” or better.

 

(q) Agreements with Regulatory Agencies. Except for the Regulatory Orders, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (A) are not subject to any cease-and-desist or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, (B) are not a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, (C) are not a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, and (D) are not subject to any capital directive by, and (ii) since December 31, 2009, each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has not adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Entity 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, its internal controls, its management or its operations or business (each item in this sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries been advised since December 31, 2009 by any Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with each Regulatory Agreement to which they are party or subject, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that either the Compan y or any of the Company Subsidiaries is not in compliance in all material respects with any such Regulatory Agreement.

 

(r) Contracts. The Company has Previously Disclosed or provided (by hard copy, electronic data room or otherwise) to the Investor or its representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the following to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (each, a “Material Contract”):

 

(i) any contract or agreement relating to indebtedness for borrowed money, letters of credit, capital lease obligations, obligations secured by a Lien or interest rate or currency hedging agreements (including guarantees in respect of any of the foregoing, but in any event excluding trade payables, securities transactions and brokerage agreements arising in the ordinary course of business, intercompany indebtedness and immaterial leases for telephones, copy machines, facsimile machines and other office equipment) in excess of $500,000, except for those issued in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ii) any contract or agreement that constitutes a collective bargaining or other arrangement with any labor union;

 

(iii) any contract or agreement that is a “material contract” within the meaning of Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K;

 

(iv) any lease or agreement under which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is lessee of, or holds or operates, any property owned by any other Person with annual rent payments in excess of $500,000;

 

(v) any lease or agreement under which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is lessor of, or permits any Person to hold or operate, any property owned or controlled by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;

 

(vi) any contract or agreement limiting, in any material respect, the ability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or to compete, whether by restricting territories, customers or otherwise, or in any other material respect, with any Person;

 

(vii) any settlement, conciliation or similar agreement, the performance of which will involve payment after the Closing Date of consideration in excess of $500,000;

 

(viii) any contract or agreement that relates to Intellectual Property Rights (other than a license granted to the Company for commercially available software licensed on standard terms with a total replacement cost of less than $500,000);

 

(ix) any contract or agreement that concerns the sale or acquisition of any material portion of the Company’s business;

 

(x) any alliance, cooperation, joint venture, shareholders, partnership or similar agreement involving a sharing of profits or losses relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary;

 

(xi) any contract or agreement involving annual payments in excess of $500,000 that cannot be cancelled by the Company or a Company Subsidiary without penalty on not more than 90 days’ notice;

 

(xii) any material hedge, collar, option, forward purchasing, swap, derivative or similar agreement, understanding or undertaking;

 

(xiii) any contract or agreement with respect to the employment or service of any current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries other than, with respect to non-executive employees and consultants, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiv) any contract or agreement containing any (x) non-competition or exclusive dealing obligations or other obligation which purports to limit or restrict in any respect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to solicit customers or the manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any portion of the business of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries is or can be conducted, or (y) right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right or that limits or purports to limit the ability of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any material assets or business; and

 

(xv) any material contract or agreement that would require any consent or approval of a counterparty as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Each Material Contract (A) is legal, valid and binding on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries which are a party to such contract, (B) is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms and (C) will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect in all material respects following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in material violation or default under any Material Contract.  No benefits under any Material Contract will be increased, and no vesting of any benefits under any Material Contract will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Docum ents, nor will the value of any of the benefits under any Material Contract be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company and the Company Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the Company, each of the other parties thereto, have performed in all material respects all material obligations required to be performed by them under each Material Contract, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default or permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under the Material Contracts.

 

(s) Insurance. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries are presently insured, and have been insured for at least the past two years, for reasonable amounts with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks as companies engaged in a similar business would, in accordance with good business practice, customarily be insured.  All of the policies, bonds and other arrangements providing for the foregoing (the “Company Insurance Policies”) are in full force and effect, the premiums due and payable thereon have been or w ill be timely paid through the Closing Date, and there is no material breach or default (and no condition exists or event has occurred that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material breach or default) by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries under any of the Company Insurance Policies or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party to the Company Insurance Policies.  Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received any written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of any Company Insurance Policy nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is the termination of any such policies threatened in writing by the insurer, and there is no material claim for coverage by the Company, or any of the Company Subsidiaries, pending under any of such Company Insurance Policies as to which coverage has been denied or disputed by the underwriters of such Company Insurance Policies or in respect of which such underwriters have reserved their r ights.

 

(t) Title. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and valid title to all material personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens which do not materially affect the value of such property or do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries are valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions that are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and facilities by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries.

 

(u) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, service marks and all applications and registrations therefor, trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works of authorship, inventions, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) used in their businesses as conducted on the date of this Agreement, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.& #160; To the Knowledge of the Company, no product or service of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of others, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received notice of any claim being made or brought, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries regarding (i) their Intellectual Property Rights, or (ii) that the products or services of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of others. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any of the claims in the preceding sentence.  The computers, computer software, firmware, middlewar e, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation used in the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate and perform in all material respects in accordance with their documentation and functional specifications and otherwise as required in connection with the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have implemented reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry practices. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries take reasonable measures, directly or indirectly, to ensure the confidentiality, privacy and security of customer, employee and other confidential information.

 

(v) Employee Benefits.

 

(i) Section 2.2(v) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a correct and complete list of each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), including, without limitation, multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), and all stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensa tion and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, under which (A) any current or former employee or director of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (the “Company Employees”) has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or (B) the Company or any Company Subsidiary has had or has any present or future liability. All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as the “Benefit Plans< /font>.”

 

(ii) With respect to each Benefit Plan, the Company has provided to the Investor a current, correct and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent applicable: (A) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (B) the most recent determination letter, if applicable; (C) any summary plan description and other written communications, other than individual pension benefit statements provided in accordance with Section 105 of ERISA, (or a description of any oral communications) by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the Company Employees or other beneficiaries concerning the extent of the benefits provided under a Benefit Plan; (D) a summary of any proposed material amendments or material changes anticipated to be made to the Benefit Plans at any time within the twelve months immediately following the date hereof; and (E) for the three most recent years (x) the Form 5500 and attached schedules, (y) audited financial statements and (z) actuarial valuation reports.

 

(iii) (A) Each Benefit Plan has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms, and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Laws; (B) each Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter as to its qualification, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; (C) no “reportable event” (as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) that could reasonably be expected to result in liability has occurred with respect to any Benefit Plan, no non-exempt “prohibite d transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has been engaged in by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any Benefit Plan that has or is expected to result in any material liability or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code (whether or not waived)) has occurred with respect to any Benefit Plan; no liability under Subtitle C or D of Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any ongoing, frozen or terminated “single-employer plan,” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, currently or formerly maintained by any of them, or the single-employer plan of any entity which is considered one employer with the Company under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code; (D) there does not now exist, nor do any circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to res ult in, any Controlled Group Liability that would be a liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (E) for each Benefit Plan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, no material change has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form 5500 since the end of the period covered by such Form 5500; (F) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there is no present intention that any Benefit Plan be materially amended, suspended or terminated, or otherwise modified to change benefits (or the levels thereof) in a manner that results in an increased cost to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than an immaterial increase in administrative costs)  under any Benefit Plan at any time within the twelve months immediately following the date hereof; and (G) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not incurred any current or projected liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health, medical or life insurance benefits for current, for mer or retired employees of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, except as required to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the Code or otherwise except as may be required pursuant to any other Laws.

 

(iv) With respect to each of the Benefit Plans that is not a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(iii) of ERISA but is subject to Title IV of ERISA, as of the Closing Date, the assets of each such Benefit Plan are at least equal in value to the present value of the accrued benefits (vested and unvested) of the participants in such Benefit Plan on a termination and projected benefit obligation basis, based on the actuarial methods and assumptions indicated in the most recent applicable actuarial valuation reports.

 

(v) No Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(iii) of ERISA) or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA.  Neither the Company nor any member of any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code has at any time sponsored or contributed to, or has or had any liability or obligation in respect of, any multiemployer plan.

 

(vi) With respect to any Benefit Plan, (A) no material actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, (B) no facts or circumstances exist that could give rise to any such actions, suits or claims, (C) no written or oral communication has been received from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) in respect of any Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA concerning the funded status of any such plan or any transfer of assets and liabilities from any such plan in connection with the transactions contemplated h erein and (D) no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental agencies are pending, threatened or in progress (including, without limitation, any routine requests for information from the PBGC).  With respect to each Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412, 430 or 4971 of the Code: (i) no Benefit Plan has failed to satisfy minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; and (ii) there has been no determination that any Benefit Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA).

 

(vii) Neither the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, taking into account any other related event, including the Other Private Placements, could (A) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation or “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), forgiveness of indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries from the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries under any Benefit Plan or otherwise, (B) increase any compensation or benefits otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan, (C) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits, (D) require the funding or increase in the funding of any such benefits (through a grantor trust or otherwise), (E) result in any limitation on the right of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to (1) amend, merge or terminate any Benefit Plan or related trust or (2) receive a reversion of assets from any Benefit Plan or related trust, or (F) result in payments under any of the Benefit Plans or otherwise which would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries have taken, or permitted to be taken, any action that required, and no circumstances exist that will require, the funding, or the increase in the funding, of any benefits or resulted, or will result, in any limitation on the right of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to amend, merge, terminate or receive a reversion of assets from any Benefit Plan or related trust.

 

(viii) Each Benefit Plan that is in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” subject to Section 409A of the Code (A) materially complies and, at all times after December 31, 2008 has materially complied, both in form and operation, with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the final regulations thereunder and (B) between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 was operated in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code, as determined under applicable guidance of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. No compensation payable by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has been reportable as nonqualified deferred compensation in the gross income of any individual or ent ity as a result of the operation of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(ix) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries will be in compliance, as of the Closing Date, with Sections 111 and 302 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended by the U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including all guidance issued thereunder by a Governmental Entity (collectively “EESA”).

 

(w) Environmental Laws. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws, (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their business, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, (iv) have not owned or operated any property that has been contaminated with any Hazardous Substance that would reasonably be expected to result in liability pursuant to any Environmental Law, (v) to the Knowledge of the Company, are not liable for Hazardous Substance disposal or contam ination on any third party property, (vi) have received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information indicating that it may be in violation of or subject to liability under any Environmental Law and (vii) are not subject to any circumstances or conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in any claims, liability, investigations, costs or restrictions on the ownership, use or transfer of any property in connection with any Environmental Law, except where, in each of the foregoing clauses, the failure to so comply would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(x) Taxes.

 

(i) All material Tax Returns required to be filed by, or on behalf of, Company or the Company Subsidiaries have been timely filed, or will be timely filed, in accordance with all Laws, and all such Tax Returns are, or shall be at the time of filing, complete and correct in all material respects. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have timely paid all material Taxes due and payable (whether or not shown on such Tax Returns), or, where payment is not yet due, have made adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP. There are no Liens with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of either the Company or the Company Subsidiaries other than with respect to Taxes not ye t due and payable.

 

(ii) No deficiencies for any material Taxes have been proposed or assessed in writing against or with respect to any Taxes due by or Tax Returns of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, and there is no outstanding audit, assessment, dispute or claim concerning any material Tax liability of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries. No written claim has ever been made by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries files Tax Returns that are or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

(iii) Neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries (A) are or have ever been a member of an affiliated group (other than a group the common parent of which is the Company) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return or (B) have any liability for Taxes of any Person arising from the application of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law, or as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.

 

(iv) None of the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries are party to, is bound by or has any obligation under any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreement or similar contract or arrangement.

 

(v) None of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries have been either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution occurring during the last five years in which the parties to such distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code is applicable.

 

(vi) All material Taxes required to be withheld, collected or deposited by or with respect to the Company or the Company Subsidiaries have been timely withheld, collected or deposited as the case may be, and to the extent required, have been paid to the relevant taxing authority.  The Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable information reporting requirements in all material respects.

 

(vii) No closing agreement pursuant to section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) has been entered into by or with respect to the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries.  Neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries has granted any waiver of any federal, state, local or foreign statute of limitations that is still in effect with respect to, or any extension of a period for the assessment of, any Tax.  The Disclosure Schedule sets forth the tax year through which the statute of limitations has run in respect of material Tax Liabilities of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for U.S. federal, state, local and foreign Taxes.

 

(viii) Neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries has engaged in any transaction that could give rise to (A) a registration obligation with respect to any Person under Section 6111 of the Code or the regulations thereunder, (B) a list maintenance obligation with respect to any Person under Section 6112 of the Code or the regulations thereunder, or (3) disclosure obligation as a “listed transaction” under Section 6011 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

(ix) Except as may result from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Additional Agreements, (i) none of the net operating loss carryforwards, unrealized built-in losses, tax credits, or capital loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is, as applicable, currently subject to limitation under Section 382 or 383 of the Code or Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-15 or -21 or otherwise, (ii) all of the Common Stock is owned by a single “direct public group” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T(j)(2)(ii); and (iii) there are no “5-percent shareholders” (within the meaning of Section 382(k)(7) and the Treasury Regu lations promulgated thereunder) of Common Stock, nor have there been any such shareholders within the past three years.

 

(y) Labor.

 

(i) Employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are not represented by any labor union nor are any collective bargaining agreements otherwise in effect with respect to such employees. No labor organization or group of employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations tribunal or authority, nor have there been in the last three years. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, labor picketing lockouts, material arbitrations or material grievances, or other material labor disputes pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor have there been any in the past year.

 

(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal and state Laws and requirements respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, collective bargaining, disability, immigration, health and safety, wages, hours and benefits, non-discrimination in employment, workers’ compensation and the collection and payment of withholding and/or payroll taxes and similar taxes.

 

(iii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there is no charge or complaint pending or threatened before any Governmental Entity alleging unlawful discrimination in employment practices, unfair labor practices or other unlawful employment practices by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

(z) Brokers and Finders. Except for Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. and the fees payable thereto (which fees are to be paid by the Company), neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for the Company in connection with the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. A copy of the Company’s agreement with Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. has been made available to t he Investor.

 

(aa) Loan Portfolio. As of the date of this Agreement, the characteristics of the loan portfolio of the Company have not materially and adversely changed from the characteristics of the loan portfolio as of September 30, 2010.

 

(bb) 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 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder) which would subject the offering, issuance or sale of any of such securities to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of gener al solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Common Shares pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Common Shares by the Company to the Investor.

 

(cc) Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated Person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” of, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(dd) Affiliate Transactions. No officer, director, five percent (5%) shareholder or other Affiliate of the Company (or any Company Subsidiary), or any individual who, to the Knowledge of the Company, is related by marriage or adoption to or shares the same home as any such Person, or any entity which, to the Knowledge of the Company, is controlled by any such Person (collectively, an “Insider”), is a party to any contract or transaction with the Company (or any Company Subsidiary) which pertains to the business of the Company (or any Company Subsidiary) or has any interest in any property, real or personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, used in or pertaining to the business of the Company (or any Company Subsidiary). The foregoing representation and warranty does not cover deposits at the Company (or any Company Subsidiary) or loans of $250,000 or less made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with Regulation O and other applicable Law.

 

(ee) Anti-takeover Provisions Not Applicable. The Board of Directors has taken all necessary action to ensure that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, and any other provisions of any applicable “moratorium”, “control share”, “fair price”, “interested shareholder” or other anti-takeover Laws and regulations of any jurisdiction.

 

(ff) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance of the Common Shares in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized (other than the NYSE’s approval of the NYSE Exception Application and the Requisite Shareholder Vote) and such Common Shares, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for or contemplated in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities Laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights.

 

(gg) Knowledge of Conditions. As of the date of this Agreement, each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries knows of no reason why any Requisite Governmental Consents will not be obtained, provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries makes any representation or warranty with respect to the management, capital or ownership structure of the Investor or any of its Affiliates.

 

2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Investor. Except as Previously Disclosed, the Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that are as of a specific date which shall be made as of that date) that:

 

(a) Organization and Authority. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified and where failure to be so qualified would be reasonably expected to materially and adversely impair or delay its ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b) Authorization; No Conflicts.

 

(i) The Investor has the necessary power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by its board of directors, general partner or managing members, investment committee, investment adviser or other authorized person, as the case may be, and no further approval or authorization by any of its shareholders, partners or other equity owners , as the case may be, is required. This Agreement has been, and subject to receipt of the Requisite Governmental Consents, the other Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party will have been at the Closing duly and validly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company and the other parties thereto, are, or in the case of documents executed after the date hereof, will be, upon execution, the valid and binding obligations of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles).

 

(ii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of the Transaction Documents nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance by the Investor with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (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 Liens upon any of the properties or assets of the Investor under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (1) its articles of incorporation or bylaws, its certificate of limited partnership or partnership agreement or its similar governing documents or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor may be bound, or to which the Investor or any of the properties or assets of the Investor may be subject, or (B) subject to receipt of the Requisite Governmental Consents, violate any Law applicable to the Investor or any of its properties or assets except in the case of clauses (A)(2) and (B) for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Investor’s ability to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on a timely basis.

 

(c) Governmental Consents. Other than the Requisite Governmental Consents, no Governmental Consents are necessary for the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents or for the consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(d) Purchase for Investment. The Investor acknowledges that the Common Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws. The Investor (i) is acquiring the Common Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws solely for investment with no present intention to distribute any of the Common Shares to any Person, (ii) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Common Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, (iii) has such knowledge an d experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Common Shares and of making an informed investment decision and (iv) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act).

 

(e) Brokers and Finders. Except for UBS Securities LLC, neither the Investor, nor its respective Affiliates nor any of their respective officers or directors has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for the Investor in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(f) Investment Decision. The Investor has made an independent investment decision with respect to the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents and, except as Previously Disclosed and except for the Transaction Documents, there are no agreements or understandings between the Investor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and (i) any of the Investors (including Investor 2) or any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) the Company or (iii) the Company Subsidiaries, on the other hand.

 

(g) Financial Capability. At the Closing, the Investor shall have, subject to the funding of the financing set forth in the Equity Commitment Letter in accordance with its terms, available funds necessary to consummate the Closing on the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Investor has delivered to the Company a duly executed Equity Commitment Letter by and between the Investor and Carlyle Financial Services, Ltd. and TCG Financial Services, L.P. (the “Carlyle Commitment Parties”), purs uant to which each Carlyle Commitment Party has committed to contribute the amount set forth therein to the Investor subject to the terms and conditions contained therein. The Equity Commitment Letter is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Carlyle Commitment Party and enforceable against each Carlyle Commitment Party in accordance with its terms, and as of the date hereof no event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default on the part of either Carlyle Commitment Party under the Equity Commitment Letter.

 

(h) No Commonly Controlled Insured Depository Institution. The Investor does not own any interest in any institution that would be a “commonly controlled insured depository institution” (as that term is defined for purposes of 12 U.S.C. § 1815(e), as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor thereto) with respect any Company Subsidiary upon the consummation of the Investment.

 

(i) Knowledge of Conditions. As of the date of this Agreement, the Investor knows of no reason why any Requisite Governmental Consents will not be obtained.

 

 

 

3.1 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing.

 

(a) Except as otherwise expressly required by the Transaction Documents or applicable Law, by the performance of any Material Contract that was Previously Disclosed, or with the prior written consent of the Investor, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause each Company Subsidiary to:

 

(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business only in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve the present business operations, organization (including officers and employees) and goodwill of the Company and any Company Subsidiary and (B) preserve business relationships with customers, suppliers, consultants and others having business dealings with the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this clause (ii) shall limit or require any actions that the Board of Directors may, in good faith, determine to be inconsistent with their duties or the Company’s obligations under applicable Law or imposed by any Governmental Entity.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, with the prior written consent of the Investor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company shall and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to not:

 

(A) amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws or similar organizational documents;

 

(B) (1) declare, set aside or pay any distributions or dividends on, or make any other distributions (whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of, any of its Capital Stock (other than pursuant to Section 3.18); (2) split, combine or reclassify any of its Capital Stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for Capital Stock or any of its other securities; or (3) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock or any of its other securities or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such Capital Stock or other securities;

 

(C) issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any Capital Stock, any other voting securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such Capital Stock, voting securities or convertible or exchangeable securities, other than any issuance of Common Stock on exercise of any compensatory stock options outstanding on the date of this Agreement;

 

(D) commence a voluntary procedure for reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, relief or composition of indebtedness or bankruptcy, receivership or a similar proceeding, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary procedure for reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, relief or composition of indebtedness or bankruptcy, receivership or a similar proceeding or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian or trustee, in each case, with respect to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or any other liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;

 

(E) terminate, enter into, amend, modify (including by way of interpretation), renew or grant any waiver or consent under any employment, offer, consulting, severance, change in control or similar contract, agreement or arrangement with any director, officer, employee or consultant (other than, with respect to non-executive officers or consultants, in the ordinary course of business) or make, grant or promise any bonus or any wage, salary or compensation increase to any director, officer, employee, sales representative or consultant (except in the case of consultants, non-executive officers and non-directors in the ordinary course of business) or make, grant or promise any increase in any emp loyee benefit plan or arrangement, or amend or terminate any existing employee benefit plan or arrangement or adopt any new employee benefit plan or arrangement (other than, with respect to non-executive officers and non-directors in the ordinary course of business);

 

(F) terminate, enter into, establish, adopt, amend, modify (including by way of interpretation), make new grants or awards under, renew or grant any waiver or consent under any pension, retirement, stock option, stock purchase, savings, profit sharing, deferred compensation, consulting, bonus, group insurance or other employee benefit, incentive or welfare contract (other than with respect to group insurance and welfare employee benefits, in the ordinary course of business), plan or arrangement, or any trust agreement (or similar arrangement) related thereto, in respect of any director, officer, employee or consultant, (except in the case of non-officers and non-directors, in the ordinary course of business), amend the terms of any outstanding equity-based award, take any action to accelerate the vesting, exercisability or payment (or fund or secure the payment) of any equity awards or other compensation or benefits payable thereunder or add any new participants to any non-qualified retirement plans (or, with respect to any of the preceding, communicate any intention to take such action), other than with respect to the salary of any non-executive officer employee (and, with respect to such employee, only in the ordinary course of business);

 

(G) make any other change in employment terms for any of its directors, officers, employees and consultants outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(H) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for the obligations of, any other person, except in the ordinary course of business;

 

(I) implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methodologies, other than as may be required by GAAP or applicable accounting requirements of a Governmental Entity;

 

(J) settle any action, suit, claim or proceeding against it, except for an action, suit, claim or proceeding that is settled in the ordinary course of business in an amount or for consideration not in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate and that would not impose any material restriction on the business of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or, after the Closing, the Investor or any of its Affiliates;

 

(K) change any material accounting method with respect to Taxes, make, change or revoke any Tax election, prepare any Tax Returns inconsistent in any material respect with past practice, file any amended material Tax Return, consent to any extension or waiver of any statute of limitations with respect to any material Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, enter into any material closing agreement, or surrender any right to claim a refund of material Taxes;

 

(L) sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, grant a lien or security interest, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any of its properties or assets, except (1) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (2) with respect to transactions involving not in excess of $150,000,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(M) enter into any contract with respect to, or otherwise agree or commit to do, any of the foregoing.

 

3.2 Access; Confidentiality.

 

(a) From the date of this Agreement until the date following the Closing Date on which the Common Shares purchased pursuant to the Transaction Documents and held by the Investor represent less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Shares (as adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company’s capitalization), the Company, subject to Section 3.2(b), shall allow and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to allow, upon reasonable advance notice, the Investor and its officers, employees, advisors, consultants, agents and other representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) such access during normal business hours to its books, records (including Tax returns and appropriate work papers of independent auditors subject to such access agreements as may be required by such auditors), properties and personnel and to such other information as the Investor may reasonably request; provided, however, that in no event shall the Investor and its Representatives have access to any information that (x) based on advice of the Company’s counsel, would create any potential material liability under applicable Laws or would destroy any legal privilege or (y) in the reasonable judgment of the Company, would (A) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties or (B) violate any obligation of the Company with respect to confidentiality; provided, further, that the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances wher e the restrictions in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 3.2(a) apply.

 

(b) The Investor acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement entered into between Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C. and the Company dated February 2, 2010 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, except that the term of the confidentiality provision contained therein shall be extended to all periods during which information is provided to the Investor and its Representatives pursuant to Section 3.2(a).

 

3.3 Filings; Other Actions.

 

(a) The Investor, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, will cooperate and consult with the other and use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file all necessary documentation, to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents, and to obtain all necessary permits, consents, orders, approvals and authorizations of, or any exemption by, all third parties and Governmental Entities, necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and to perform the covenants contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case required of it. Each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver both before and after the Closing such further ce rtificates, agreements and other documents and take such other actions as the other parties may reasonably request to consummate or implement such transactions or to evidence such events or matters.  The Investor and the Company will each use their commercially reasonable efforts to promptly obtain or submit, and the Company and the Investor will cooperate as may reasonably be requested by the Investor or the Company, as the case may be, to help the Investor and the Company promptly obtain or submit, as the case may be, as promptly as practicable, the approvals and authorizations of, any additional filings and registrations with, and any additional notifications to, all notices to and, to the extent required by Law, consents, approvals or exemptions from bank regulatory authorities, for the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (in each case to the extent it has not done so prior to the date of this Agreement), subject to Section 3.3(b).

 

(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.3(a), in no event shall the Investor be required to (1) accept any Burdensome Condition with respect to any regulatory filing or approval, including, without limitation, any condition which could jeopardize or potentially have the effect of jeopardizing any other investment opportunities (now or hereafter existing) of the Investor or any of its Affiliates, (2) become a bank holding company or (3) be required to agree to provide capital to the Company or any Company Subsidiary other than the Purchase Price to be paid for the Common Shares to be purchased by it pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents.

 

(c) To the extent that the Investor files a notice of change in control under the CBCA, it shall use, and cause its Affiliates to use, commercially reasonable efforts to obtain regulatory non-objection to the change in control notice as promptly as possible, including without limitation responding fully to all requests for additional information from the Federal Reserve, entering into one or more passivity requirements or rebuttal of control agreements and providing such other non-control and related commitments as the Federal Reserve may require (in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Federal Reserve) as a condition to approving and accepting such rebuttal of control submission (in each case to the extent it has not done so prior to the date of this Agreement).

 

(d) The Investor and the Company will have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other, in each case subject to Laws relating to the exchange of information and confidential information related to the Investor, all the information (other than confidential information) relating to such other parties, and any of their respective Affiliates, which appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions to which it will be party contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties hereto agrees to act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each of the parties h ereto agrees to keep the other parties apprised of the status of matters referred to in this Section 3.3. The Investor and the Company shall promptly furnish the other with copies of written communications received by it or its Affiliates from, or delivered by any of the foregoing to, any Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; provided, that the party delivering any such document may redact any confidential information contained therein.

 

(e) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall submit the NYSE Exception Application and shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 312.05 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

 

(f) The Company shall call a meeting of its shareholders to vote on the Shareholder Proposal as promptly as possible after the date hereof if the NYSE Exception Application is not approved by the NYSE. The Board of Directors shall unanimously recommend to the Company’s shareholders that such shareholders approve the Shareholder Proposal. The Investor shall vote or cause to be voted all shares of Common Stock, if any, beneficially owned by it and eligible to vote on the Shareholder Proposal in favor of such Shareholder Proposal. In connection with such shareholders meeting, the Company shall promptly prepare (and the Investor shall reasonably cooperate with the Company to prepare) and file with the SEC a preliminary Proxy Statem ent, shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies for such shareholder approval and shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to cause a definitive Proxy Statement related to such shareholders meeting to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after clearance thereof by the SEC.  The Company shall notify the Investor promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to such Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall supply the Investor with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to such Proxy Statement.  If at any time prior to such shareholders meeting there shall occur any event that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and mail or otherwise disseminate to its shareholders such an amendment or supplement. The Investor and the Company agree promptly to correct any information provided by it or on its behalf for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and mail or otherwise disseminate to its shareholders an amendment or supplement to correct such information to the extent required by applicable Laws. The Company shall consult with the Investor prior to mailing any Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and provide the Investor with reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.  The recommendation of the Board of Directors described in this Section 3.3(f) shall be included in the Proxy Statement.

 

(g) In the event that the approval of the Shareholder Proposal described in this Section 3.3 is not obtained at such shareholders meeting, the Company shall include a proposal to approve and the Board of Directors shall unanimously recommend approval of each such proposal at a meeting of its shareholders no less than once in each subsequent ninety (90)-day period beginning on the day following such initial shareholders meeting until such approval is obtained or made.

 

3.4 Governance Matters.

 

(a) The Company shall cause the Investor Designated Director to be elected or appointed on the Closing Date to the Board of Directors as well as the board of directors of the Bank (the “Bank Board”), subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board. The Company shall recommend to its shareholders the election of the Investor Designated Director to the Board of Directors at the Company’s annual meeting, subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company. If the Investor no longer has t he Qualifying Ownership Interest, it shall have no further rights under Sections 3.4(a), 3.4(b), 3.4(c) and 3.4(d) and, in each case, at the written request of the Board of Directors, the Investor shall use all reasonable best efforts to cause the Investor Designated Director to resign from the Board of Directors and the Bank Board as promptly as possible thereafter. The Board of Directors and the Bank Board shall cause the Investor Designated Director to be appointed to the committees of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board, as applicable, identified by the Investor, so long as the Investor Designated Director qualifies to serve on such committees subject to satisfaction of all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a committee member.

 

(b) For so long as the Investor owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company’s capitalization) (the “Qualifying Ownership Interest”), the Investor Designated Director shall, subject to applicable Law, be the nominee of the Company and the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Nominating Committee”) to serve on the Board of Directors and on the Bank Board. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Investor Designated Director elected as director of the Company by the shareholders of the Company and the Company shall solicit proxies for the Investor Designated Director to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors.

 

(c) For so long as the Investor owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, the Qualifying Ownership Interest, the Investor Designated Director shall, subject to applicable Law (including the applicable rules of the NYSE), be appointed to the committees of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board (or any other committees performing similar functions of the foregoing committees) identified by the Investor.

 

(d) Subject to Section 3.4(a), upon the death, disability, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of a Designated Investor Director, the Investor shall have the right to designate the replacement for the Investor Designated Director, which replacement shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company and shall satisfy all legal and governance requirements regarding service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board, as applicable. The Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all action required to fill the vacancy resulting therefrom with such person (including such person, subject to applicable Law, being the Company’s and the Nominating Committee’s nominee to s erve on the Board of Directors, calling a special meeting of shareholders to vote on such person, using all reasonable best efforts to have such person elected as director of the Company by the shareholders of the Company and the Company soliciting proxies for such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors).

 

(e) For so long the Investor with its Affiliates owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, five percent (5%) or more of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company’s capitalization), the Company shall, subject to applicable Law, invite a person designated by the Investor and reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors (the “Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board (including any meetings of committees thereof which the Investor Designated Director is a member) in a nonvoting observer capacity.  If the Investor no longer beneficially owns the minimum number of Common Shares as specified in the first sentence of this Section 3.4(e), the Investor shall have no further rights under this Section 3.4(e).  The Investor shall cause the Observer to agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information provided to such Observer and the Company, the Board of Directors, the Bank Board and any committees thereof shall have the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Observer from any meeting or portion thereof (i) if doing so is, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, necessary to protect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and counsel or (ii) if the Board of Directors, the Bank Board or any committee thereof determines in good faith, after consultation with counsel, that fiduciary requirements under applicable Law would make attendance by the Observer inappropriate.  The Observer shall have no right to vote on any matters presented to the Board of Directors, the Bank Board or any committee thereof.

 

(f) The Investor Designated Director shall be entitled to the same compensation, including fees, and the same indemnification and insurance coverage in connection with his or her role as a director as the other members of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, as applicable, and the Investor Designated Director shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, or any committee thereof, to the same extent as the other members of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board, as applicable. The Company shall notify the Investor Designated Director of all regular meetings and special meetings of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board and of all regular and special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors or the Bank Board of which the Investor Designated Director is a member in accordance with the applicable bylaws. The Company and the Bank shall provide the Investor Designated Director with copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that they provide to all other members of their respective boards of directors concurrently as such materials are provided to the other members.

 

(g) Each of the Company and the Bank acknowledges that the Designated Investor Director may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by the Investor and/or certain of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitors”).  Each of the Company and the Bank hereby agrees (1) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Designated Investor Director are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by the Designated Investor Director are secondary), an d (2) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the Designated Investor Director and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses and liabilities incurred by the Designated Investor Director, in each case to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company and the Bank (and any other agreement regarding indemnification between the Company and/or the Bank, on the one hand, and the Designated Investor Director, on the other hand), without regard to any rights the Designated Investor Director may have against any Investor Indemnitor.  The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Investor Indemnitor on behalf of the Designated Investor Director with respect to any claim for which the Designated Investor Director has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be s ubrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Designated Investor Director against the Company.  The Company agrees that the Investor Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 3.4(g).

 

(h) For the purposes of the definition of “Change in Control” under the Benefit Plans, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor Designated Director shall be deemed to be an “Incumbent Director” as defined in the applicable Benefit Plans.

 

3.5 Avoidance of Control.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall take any action (including any redemption, repurchase, or recapitalization of Common Stock, or securities or rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock in each case, where the Investor is not given the right to participate in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization to the extent of the Investor’s pro rata proportion), that would cause the Investor’s or any other Person’s ownership of Voting Securities (together with the ownership by the Inves tor’s or other Person’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of Voting Securities) to increase above 24.9%, without the prior written consent of the Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause the Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document, neither the Investor nor any other Person (together with the Investor or its Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act)) shall have the ability to exercise any voting rights of any securities in excess of 24.9% of the total outstanding Voting Securities.

 

(b) The Investor shall not take, permit or allow any action that would cause any Company Subsidiary to become a “commonly controlled insured depository institution” (as that term is defined for purposes of 12 U.S.C. §1815(e), as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor thereto) with respect to any institution that is not a direct or indirect Company Subsidiary.

 

(c) In the event that any of the parties hereto breaches its obligations under this Section 3.5 or believes that it is reasonably likely to breach such obligations, it shall notify the other party as promptly as practicable and shall cooperate in good faith with such other party to modify any ownership or other arrangements or take any other action, in each case, as is necessary to cure or avoid such breach.

 

3.6 Notice of Certain Events. Each party hereto shall promptly notify the other party hereto of (a) any event, condition, fact, circumstance, occurrence, transaction or other item of which such party becomes aware prior to the Closing that would constitute a violation or breach of the Transaction Documents (or a breach of any representation or warranty contained herein or therein) or, if the same were to continue to exist as of the Closing Date, would constitute the non-satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2 hereof, and (b) an y event, condition, fact, circumstance, occurrence, transaction or other item of which such party becomes aware which would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents had such event, condition, fact, circumstance, occurrence, transaction or other item existed as of the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither party shall be required to take any action that would jeopardize such party’s attorney-client privilege.

 

3.7 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to Section 3.3(b), upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, each of the parties hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all action, to do or cause to be done and to assist and cooperate with the other parties hereto in doing all things necessary, proper or advisable under Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to: ( a) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the parties hereto; (b) the obtaining of applicable Governmental Consents, and consents, waivers and approvals of any third parties; (c) the defending of any claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding, whether judicial or administrative, challenging the Transaction Documents or the performance of the obligations hereunder or thereunder; and (d) the execution and delivery of such instruments, and the taking of such other actions as the other parties hereto may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent of the Transaction Documents.

 

3.8 Preemptive Rights.

 

(a) Sale of New Securities.  After the Closing, for so long as the Investor owns, in the aggregate with its Affiliates, Common Shares representing the Qualifying Ownership Interest (before giving effect to any issuances triggering provisions of this Section 3.8), at any time that the Company proposes to make any public or nonpublic offering or sale of any equity (including Common Stock, preferred stock or restricted stock), or any securities, options or debt that is convertible or exchangeable into equity or that includes an equity component (such as an “equity” kicker) (including any hybrid security) (any such security, a & #8220;New Security”) (other than the issuance and sale of securities (i) in connection with the Rights Offering; (ii) upon conversion of convertible securities issued in compliance with this Section 3.8, (iii) to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to employee benefit plans or compensatory arrangements approved by the Board of Directors (including upon the exercise of employee stock options granted pursuant to any such plans or arrangements), (iv) pursuant to any rights plan or (v) as consideration in connection with any bona fide, arm’s-length, direct or indirect merger, acquisition or similar transaction or joint venture, strategic alliance, license agreement or other similar commercial transactions) the Investor shall first be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the Company for the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions) and on th e same terms (except that, to the extent permitted by Law and the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, the Investor may elect to receive such securities in nonvoting form, convertible into Voting Securities in a widely dispersed offering) as such securities are proposed to be offered to others, up to the amount of such New Securities to be offered in the aggregate required to enable it to maintain its proportionate equivalent interest in the Common Stock immediately prior to any such issuance of New Securities.  The New Securities that the Investor shall be entitled to purchase in the aggregate shall be determined by multiplying (x) the total number or principal amount of such offered New Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares held by the Investor and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Investor have the right t o purchase securities hereunder to the extent that such purchase would result in the Investor exceeding the ownership limitations of the Investor set forth in Section 3.5 or the passivity or anti-association commitments described on Exhibit A.

 

(b) Notice.  In the event the Company proposes to offer or sell New Securities that are subject to the Investor’s rights under Section 3.8(a), it shall give the Investor written notice of its intention, specifying the price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing and other terms upon which the Company proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of a registered public offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed with respect to such offering), at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the proposed offer, issuance or sale.  The Invest or shall have ten (10) Business Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise its rights provided in this Section 3.8 and as to the amount of New Securities the Investor desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.8(a).  Such notice shall constitute a nonbinding agreement of the Investor to purchase the amount of New Securities so specified at the price and other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it.  The failure of the Investor to respond within such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to be a waiver of the Investor’s rights under this Section 3.8 only with respect to the offering described in the applicable notice.

 

(c) Purchase Mechanism.  If the Investor exercises its rights provided in this Section 3.8, the closing of the purchase of the New Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place within thirty (30) days after the giving of notice of such exercise; provided that, if such issuance is subject to regulatory approval, such thirty (30)-day period shall be extended until the expiration of ten (10) Business Days after all such approvals have been received, but in no event later than 90 days from the date of the Company’s initial notice pursuant to Section 3.8(b).  Each of the Company and the Investor a grees to use commercially reasonable efforts to secure any regulatory or shareholder approvals or other consents, and to comply with any Law necessary in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of such New Securities.

 

(d) Failure of Purchase.  In the event the Investor fails to exercise its rights provided in this Section 3.8 within the ten (10) Business Day period described in Section 3.8(b) or, if so exercised, the Investor is unable to consummate such purchase within the time period specified in Section 3.8(c) because of its failure to obtain any required regulatory or shareholder consent or approval, the Company shall thereafter be entitled (during the period of 90 days following the conclusion of the applicable period) to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of the New Securities covered thereby shall be consummated, if at all, within 90 days from the date of said agreement) to sell the New Securities not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.8 or that the Investor is unable to purchase because of such failure to obtain any such consent or approval, at a price and upon terms, taken together in the aggregate, no more materially favorable to the purchasers of such New Securities than were specified in the Company’s notice to the Investor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such sale is subject to the receipt of any regulatory or shareholder approval or consent or the expiration of any waiting period, the time period during which such sale may be consummated shall be extended until the expiration of ten (10) Business Days after all such approvals or consents have been obtained or waiting periods expired, but in no event shall such time period exceed 120 days from the date of the applicable agreement with respect to such sale.  In the event the Company has not sold the New Securiti es or entered into an agreement to sell the New Securities within said 90-day period (or sold and issued New Securities in accordance with the foregoing within 90 days from the date of said agreement (as such period may be extended in the manner described above for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date of said agreement)), the Company shall not thereafter offer, issue or sell such New Securities without first offering such securities to the Investor in the manner provided above.

 

(e) Non-Cash Consideration.  In the case of the offering of securities for consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such fair value as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the securities being offered as of the date the Board of Directors authorizes the offering of such securities.

 

(f) Cooperation.  The Company and the Investor shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of the Investor’s rights under this Section 3.8, including securing any required approvals or consents.

 

3.9 Most Favored Nation. During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing, neither the Company nor the Company Subsidiaries shall enter into any additional, or modify any existing, agreements with any existing or future investors in the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (including any Additional Agreements entered into with the Additional Investors) that have the effect of establishing rights or otherwise benefiting such investor in a manner more favorable in any material respect to such investor than the rights and bene fits established in favor of the Investor by the Transaction Documents, unless, in any such case, the Investor has been provided with such rights and benefits.

 

3.10 Transfer Taxes. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) that are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Common Shares to be sold to the Investor hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all Laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

3.11 Legend.

 

(a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the Common Shares subject to the Transaction Documents shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect, until such time as they are not required under Section 3.11(b):

 

“(i) THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR 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.

 

(ii) THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN AN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 4, 2010, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER.”

 

(b) Upon request of the Investor, upon receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel to the Investor reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such legend is no longer required under the Securities Act or applicable state laws, as the case may be, the Company shall promptly cause clause (i) of the legend to be removed from any certificate for any Common Shares to be so transferred and clause (ii) of the legend shall be removed upon the expiration of such transfer and other restrictions set forth in this Agreement.  The Investor acknowledges that the Common Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws and agrees that it shall not sell or otherwise dispose of an y of the Common Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws.

 

3.12 Registration Rights.

 

(a) Registration.

 

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that as promptly as practicable after (and in any event no more than thirty (30) days after) the Lockup Termination Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company shall have prepared and filed with the SEC one or more Shelf Registration Statements covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities (or, if permitted by the rules of the SEC, otherwise designated an existing Shelf Registration Statement filed with the SEC to cover such 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 as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than the Effectiveness Deadline) 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 the time as there are no such Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Shelf Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration Statement) if the initial Shelf Registration Statement expires).  In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities under this Section 3.12(a)(i), the Company shall (A) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form , including, without limitation, Form S-1 and (B) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(ii) Demand Registration.

 

(A) The Investor shall have the right, by written notice (the “Demand Notice”) given to the Company, to request, at any time and from time to time during such periods when a Shelf Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statements covering all of the Investor’s Registrable Securities is or are not existing and effective, that the Company register, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, all or any portion of the Registrable Securities designated by the Investor. Upon receipt of a Demand Notice from the Investor pursuant to this Section 3.12(a)(ii), the Company shall promptly (and in any event wit hin thirty (30) days of the date on which the Company receives such Demand Notice) file with the SEC, and the Company shall thereafter use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable, a registration statement on the appropriate form for the registration and sale as shall be selected by the Company and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Investor registering Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution (which may be by an underwritten offering), of the total number of Registrable Securities specified by the Holders in such Demand Notice (a “Demand Registration Statement”). If the Investor registering Registrable Securities 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, includ ing the actions required pursuant to Section 3.12(c). The managing underwriters in any such distribution shall be acceptable to the Investor registering Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering. Any Demand Registration Statement may, at the request of the Holders submitting the Demand Notice, be a “shelf” registration pursuant to Rule 415, if available.

 

(B) The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep each Demand Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 3.12(a)(ii) continuously effective and usable for the resale of the Registrable Securities covered thereby for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date on which the SEC declares such Demand Registration Statement effective, as such period may be extended pursuant to this Section 3.12(a)(ii)(B). The time period for which the Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of any Demand Registration Statement shall be extended by the aggregate number of days of all suspension periods pursuant to Section 3.12(d) occurring with respect to such Demand Registration Statement.