GREEN DOT CORPORATION

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Exhibit 1.01
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
4,269,051 Shares of Class A Common Stock
Underwriting Agreement
December [  ], 2010
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the
   several Underwriters listed
   in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
and
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Certain stockholders named in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) of Green Dot Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), propose to sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for which you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 4,269,051 shares (the “Underwritten Shares”) of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”), after giving effect to the conversion by the Selling Stockholders of 3,729,381 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”) into Class A Common Stock (the “Conversion”) immediately prior to the completion of the offering contemplated by this Agreement. The Selling Stockholders also propose to sell, to the several Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 426,904 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”.
     The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby confirm their agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
     1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-170467), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant

 


 

to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
     At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated December 2, 2010 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.
     “Applicable Time” means [  ], New York City time, on December [  ], 2010.
     2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters.
     (a) Each of the Selling Stockholders, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell, the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the “Purchase Price”) of $[  ] the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto. The number of Underwritten Shares (to be adjusted by you to eliminate fractional shares) each Underwriter shall purchase from each of the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be sold by that Selling Stockholder as set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2 hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters. In addition, each of the Selling Stockholders agrees severally and not jointly, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule 2 hereto, to sell, the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from each Selling Stockholder at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 12 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make. Any such election to purchase Option Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum number of Option Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as and to the extent indicated in Schedule 2 hereto.

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     The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Attorneys in Fact (as defined below). Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
     (b) The Selling Stockholders understand that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
     (c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Attorneys in Fact to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, California, at [  ], New York City time, on December [  ], 2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives may agree or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”, and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.
     Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on the applicable date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Selling Stockholders. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
     (d) Each of the Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigations and appraisals of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Selling Stockholders.
     3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Selling Stockholders that:

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     (a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.
     (b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package, and no statement of material fact included in the Pricing Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
     (c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus.
     (d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to

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Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
     (e) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly, on the basis set forth therein, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.
     (f) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans, described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or

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regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (g) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are currently engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company has no significant subsidiaries, within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than its wholly owned subsidiaries, Next Estate Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that holds a varying amount of deposit assets from time to time and has no operations or employees (the “Subsidiary”), and Green Dot Acquisition Corp., a Utah corporation that was formed solely to effect the proposed merger with Bonneville Bancorp, a Utah bank holding company.
     (h) Capitalization. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had an authorized equity capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the first paragraph of the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
     (i) Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and

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any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.
     (j) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
     (k) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (l) Reserved.
     (m) Reserved.
     (n) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (o) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Conversion and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (p) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and (ii) such consents, approvals,

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authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications that have already been obtained or as may be required (a) by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), or (b) under applicable U.S. state and international securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
     (q) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject (collectively, “Actions”) that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such Action has been overtly threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or overtly threatened by others that, individually or when aggregated with any other Action, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (r) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
     (s) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (t) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or can obtain on reasonable terms adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The conduct of the Company’s business does not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. The Company and its subsidiaries have not received any oral or written communication alleging a claim of infringement,

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misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others in connection with its patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and know-how, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (u) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
     (v) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
     (w) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof except for any tax that is being contested in good faith and for which an adequate reserve for accrual has been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except where the failure to pay or file or where such deficiency would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (x) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or (ii) has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, where such revocation, modification or nonrenewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (y) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of its or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (z) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (a) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation,

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Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
     (aa) Hazardous Materials. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that could reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, radioactive materials, polychlorinated biphynets, chlorinated solvents, and ozone-depleting substances, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into, from or through any building or structure.
     (bb) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

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(ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year.
     (cc) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
     (dd) Accounting Controls. The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for

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assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) 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.
     (ee) Insurance. The Company has insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are customary for a company of comparable size that is engaged in the business in which the Company is engaged; and the Company has not received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance and does not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business. The Company has obtained directors and officers’ insurance in such amounts as is customary for a public company of comparable size in its industry.
     (ff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
     (gg) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
     (hh) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
     (ii) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such

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subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
     (jj) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
     (kk) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or, to the knowledge of the Company, the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder, other than a right that has been satisfied or waived.
     (ll) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
     (mm) Reserved.
     (nn) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
     (oo) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
     (pp) The Options. The unissued Shares issuable upon the exercise of options (the “Options”) to be exercised by certain of the Selling Stockholders (the “Optionholders”) have been duly authorized by the Company and validly reserved for issuance, and at the time of delivery to the Underwriters with respect to such Shares, such Shares will be issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option Agreements between the Company and such Selling Stockholders pursuant to which such Options were granted (the “Option Agreements”) and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (qq) The Option Agreements. The Options were duly authorized and issued pursuant to the Option Agreements and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Optionholders are entitled to the benefits provided by the Option Agreements; the Option Agreements were duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitute valid and legally binding agreements enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability; and the Options and the Option Agreements conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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     (rr) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in any material respect with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”).
     (ss) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
     4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Company that:
     (a) Required Consents; Authority. Except for the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders as may be required under any state securities, blue sky or antifraud laws (collectively, the “State Securities Laws”) or FINRA in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the Power of Attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) and the Custody Agreement (the “Custody Agreement”) hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder, if an individual, has all right and capacity and, if a corporation, limited liability partnership, limited liability corporation or limited partnership, has full corporate, limited liability partnership, limited liability corporation or limited partnership, as the case may be, right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; and this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder.
     (b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents of any such Selling Stockholder or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency, provided that no representation is made with respect to the compliance by any party with any applicable State Securities Laws, and except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (iii) above for any conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances which would not materially and adversely affect such Selling Stockholder’s ability to consummate the sale of such Shares.
     (c) Title to Shares. Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Conversion, and the exercise of the Options by the Optionholders, each Selling Stockholder will be the

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record and beneficial owner of the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; and upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters, (A) DTC will be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”), (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement with respect to such Shares and (C) no action based on an “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery, registration and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC is a “securities intermediary” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) DTC indicates by book entries on its books that security entitlements with respect to the Shares have been credited to the accounts of the several Underwriters.
     (d) No Stabilization. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares (except no representation is made as to the activities of the Underwriters).
     (e) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time did not, and at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such Selling Stockholder makes this representation and warranty solely with respect to written information furnished to the Company or the Representatives by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and in reliance upon and in conformity therewith.
     (f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic roadshow and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Company and the Representatives.
     (g) Registration Statement and Prospectus. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the

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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that each Selling Stockholder makes this representation and warranty solely with respect to written information furnished to the Company or the Representatives by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and in reliance upon and in conformity therewith.
     (h) Material Information. As of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the sale of the Shares by such Selling Stockholder is not and will not be prompted by any material information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
     (i) Each of the Selling Stockholders who is selling Shares issued prior to the Closing Date (the “Book-Entry Shares”) represents and warrants that duly completed and executed irrevocable stock powers, in the form provided in the Custody Agreement, with respect to all Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders hereunder, and each of the Selling Stockholders who is selling Shares upon the exercise of Options represents and warrants that duly completed and executed irrevocable Option exercise notices, in the forms specified by the relevant Option Agreement, with respect to all Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders hereunder, in each case, have been placed in custody under the Custody Agreement relating to such Shares, in the form heretofore furnished to you, duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to Computershare Inc., as custodian (the “Custodian”), and that such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered Powers of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you, appointing the person or persons indicated in Schedule 3 hereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder’s Attorneys-in-fact (the “Attorneys-in-Fact” or any one of them the “Attorney-in Fact”) with authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, to authorize the delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Custody Agreement.
     (j) Each of the Selling Stockholders specifically agrees that the Book-Entry Shares and the related irrevocable stock power held in custody for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement, are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, and that the arrangements made by such Selling Stockholder for such custody, and the appointment by such Selling Stockholder of the Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are to that extent irrevocable. Each of the Selling Stockholders specifically agrees that the obligations of such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling Stockholder, or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership, corporation or similar organization, by the dissolution of such partnership, corporation or organization, or by the occurrence of any other event. If any individual Selling Stockholder or any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership, corporation or similar organization should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur, before the delivery of the Book-Entry Shares hereunder, such Book-Entry Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement, and actions taken by the Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be as valid as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them, shall have received notice of such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.

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     5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
     (a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
     (b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, two conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
     (c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
     (d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension

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of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
     (e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
     (f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under, or obtain exemptions from the application of, the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
     (g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
     (h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any

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option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (a) the grant by the Company of awards under Company Stock Plans described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (b) any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise or settlement of awards granted under Company Stock Plans described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (c) the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or equivalent forms) in connection with an employee stock compensation plan or agreement of the Company, (d) the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, businesses, property or other assets of another person or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition, or (e) the issuance of securities in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of clauses (d) and (e), the aggregate number of shares issued in all such acquisitions and transactions does not exceed 10% of the outstanding Common Stock following the offering of the Shares and prior to any such issuance the Company shall cause each recipient of such securities to execute and deliver to you a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
     (i) Reserved.
     (j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.
     (k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the Exchange.
     (l) Reports. Until the fifth anniversary of the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
     (m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

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     6. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
     (a) Clear Market. It has delivered a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
     (b) Tax Form. It will deliver to the Representatives prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriters’ documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder or any other applicable tax law with respect to the transactions herein contemplated.
     7. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
     (a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 5(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
     (b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
     (c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company and the Selling Stockholders if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
     8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
     (a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the

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Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
     (b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers and each of the Selling Stockholders and their members, officers, partners or trustees made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
     (c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
     (d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(f) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (x) a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representatives, on behalf of the Company, (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) (to the extent applicable) and (d) above and (y) a certificate of each of the Selling Stockholders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, (A) confirming that the representations of such Selling Stockholder set forth in Sections 4(e), 4(f) and 4(g) hereof is true and correct and (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this agreement are true and correct and that the such Selling Stockholder has complied with all

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agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.
     (f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
     (g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.
     (h) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. Each of Whalen LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP, respective counsel for certain of the Selling Stockholders for which each acts as counsel, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Selling Stockholders, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annexes A-2 and A-3 hereto, respectively.
     (i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
     (j) Conversion. The Conversion shall have been consummated as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
     (k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholders; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholders.
     (l) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in the State of Delaware and the good standing of each as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

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     (m) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
     (n) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain stockholders, officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
     (o) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
     All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
     9. Indemnification and Contribution.
     (a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
     (b) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders severally in proportion to the number of Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any

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Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Representatives by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein.
     (c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each of the Selling Stockholders to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package.
     (d) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9, except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall have the right to participate therein (jointly with any other electing Indemnifying Person) with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company and any such separate firm for the Selling Stockholders shall be designated in writing by the Attorneys in Fact or any one of them. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to

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indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person for all reasonably incurred fees and expenses of such counsel in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
     (e) Reserved.
     (f) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Stockholders from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
     (g) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (f) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (f) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount

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by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
     (h) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
     (i) Limitation of Selling Stockholder Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the aggregate liability of each Selling Stockholder under such Selling Stockholder’s representations and warranties contained in Sections 4(e) and 4(g) hereof and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 or otherwise under this Agreement shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds, after deducting underwriting commission and discounts, from the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters.
     10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
     11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     12. Defaulting Underwriter.
     (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company and the Selling Stockholders may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any

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changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company, counsel for the Selling Stockholders or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 12, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
     (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
     (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 13 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
     (d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
     13. Payment of Expenses.
     (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation (as applicable), (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) all fees incurred and any expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum

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(including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if any; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all reasonable expenses and all application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, (it being agreed that (A) the Underwriters will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses related to investor group lunches, net roadshow presentations and investor conference calls and (B) the Company and the Underwriters shall each bear half of the costs, respectively, associated with any aircraft chartered in connection with such presentation); and (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange; provided that the Underwriters (acting collectively) will reimburse the Company for up to $750,000 of expenses incurred by the Company in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. It is understood and acknowledged that the foregoing is not intended to and shall not modify any separate agreement between the Company, on the one hand, and the Selling Stockholders, on the other hand, in respect of the payment or reimbursement of such costs and expenses.
     (b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11(ii), (ii) the Company or the Selling Stockholders for any reason (other than as a result of a termination pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 11 or Section 12) fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
     14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
     15. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters.
     16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
     17. Miscellaneous.
     (a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

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     (b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212)  ###-###-####; Attention Equity Syndicate Desk) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department and to the General Counsel. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 605 East Huntington Drive, Suite 205, Monrovia, California 91016, (fax: (626)  ###-###-####; Attention: Steven W. Streit), with a copy to John C. Ricci, General Counsel and Secretary, and a further copy to Andrew Y. Luh, Esq., Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California Street, Mountain View, California 94041 (fax: (650)  ###-###-####). Notices to the Selling Stockholders shall be given as set forth under the name of such Selling Stockholder on Schedule 2 hereto.
     (c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
     (d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
     (e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
     (f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
             
    Very truly yours,    
 
           
    GREEN DOT CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
 
           
    SELLING STOCKHOLDERS    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name: John L. Keatley    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name: John C. Ricci    
 
           
    As Attorneys-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule 3 to this Agreement.    

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Accepted: December [   ], 2010
         
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC    
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED    
 
       
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.    
 
       
By:
  J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
 
       
By:
  MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    

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Schedule 1
         
Underwriter   Number of Shares Sold
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
       
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
       
 
       
 
       
Total
    4,269,051  
 
       

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Schedule 2
                 
    Number of   Number of
Selling Stockholders:   Underwritten Shares:   Option Shares:
Virginia L. Hanna
    797,138       79,862  
Benson A. Riseman and affiliated entities
    482,784       48,368  
Steven W. Streit
    431,745       43,255  
Barbara Herris Peckett
    269,045       26,955  
Raulee Marcus and affiliated entities
    214,535       21,493  
Nancy Donahue
    210,442       21,083  
Encina Technology Ventures, LLC
    119,462       11,968  
Dina Furash
    102,436       10,263  
Mark T. Troughton
    99,984       10,016  
Synovus Financial Corp.
    93,578       9,375  
Sara Jane DeWitt
    90,894       9,106  
Donald B. Wiener and affiliated entities
    83,979       8,413  
Gardiner W. Garrard, III and affiliated entities
    83,796       8,395  
Christopher R. Britt
    54,536       5,464  
John L. Keatley
    54,536       5,464  
Konstantinos Sgoutas
    54,536       5,464  
John C. Ricci
    48,324       4,841  
Timothy R. Greenleaf
    47,518       4,761  
Avishai Shachar
    40,902       4,098  
CheckFree Services Corp.
    39,821       3,989  
Mark L. Shifke & Patricia W. Shifke, as Joint Tenants, and affiliates
    47,424       4,751  
BMS Investments
    36,357       3,643  
Brad Schwartz
    36,357       3,643  
Madeline Fernandez
    35,918       3,598  
Kimberle S. Kelly
    27,371       2,742  
Secil Baysal
    24,581       2,463  
Betty Wiener Spomer
    22,723       2,277  
Paul David Watson
    22,589       2,263  
Julie Mazman
    22,105       2,215  
Robert Matthew Kohler
    21,270       2,131  
The Ben-Barak 1990 Family Trust Y. Ben Barak, Trustee
    19,997       2,003  
Steven J. Pfrenzinger and Margaret A. Pfrenzinger Family Trust dated 3/25/83
    18,831       1,887  
Kathleen L. Ferrell
    18,205       1,824  
Charles F. Murray
    18,179       1,821  
Howard Ellins
    18,179       1,821  
Stephen M. Greenberg
    18,083       1,812  
William Kontgis
    17,572       1,761  
Sandra M. Feingerts and affiliates
    16,993       1,703  
Paul J. Farina
    16,918       1,695  
David Gullett
    16,099       1,613  
Tuff Yen
    14,786       1,481  
John W. Cotton
    14,070       1,410  
Simon Heyrick
    13,634       1,366  

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    Number of   Number of
Selling Stockholders:   Underwritten Shares:   Option Shares:
William D. Sowell
    12,725       1,275  
Scott Harvey
    12,493       1,252  
Michael Casella
    11,740       1,176  
John P. Imlay, Jr.
    10,907       1,093  
Mario J. Verdolini, Jr.
    10,907       1,093  
William P. Scarbrough
    10,907       1,093  
Albert A. Abril
    10,839       1,086  
Courts Foundation, Inc.
    9,955       997  
James L. Aeling and affiliated entities
    9,817       983  
Ilie Ardelean
    9,111       913  
Eduardo A. Becerril
    9,089       911  
Eric Simons
    9,089       911  
Tiffany Chelsvig
    9,089       911  
John T. Turner
    8,296       831  
Stephen T. Butler
    8,296       831  
Jennifer Leanne Willis
    8,180       820  
Adnan Masood
    7,700       771  
Minnie & Edward H. Cappel
    7,271       729  
James van Velthuyzen
    6,817       683  
Stephanie Treanor
    6,817       683  
SLP Ventures
    6,771       678  
The Jordan Company
    6,637       665  
Laura M. Baer
    6,440       645  
Haley Rose Peckett
    6,363       637  
The Miller Living Survivors Trust DTD 6/6/97
    6,363       637  
Ronald P. Egge and affiliated entities
    6,137       615  
Allison Peckett
    5,908       592  
The Pfrenzinger Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust DTD 4/23/99
    5,772       578  
Helena Mao
    5,768       578  
Robert H.P. Binnie
    5,454       546  
Byron L. Patterson
    4,545       455  
Chris Seymour
    4,545       455  
Lina Davidian
    4,545       455  
Mark Gilder
    4,545       455  
Andrea Kim
    3,636       364  
Glinda Bridgforth
    3,636       364  
Yanin Dave Silberman
    3,369       337  
Karimah Ohi Malcolm Knowles
    3,238       324  
Gregory Thornhill
    2,785       279  
Kenneth D. Leiter
    2,727       273  
Michael Brief
    2,727       273  
Scott Fisher
    2,727       273  
Scott Patrick Grimes
    2,727       273  
Ilham Abouelhouda
    2,443       245  
Richard and Tracie McCloskey, TTEES of The McCloskey Family Trust 9/15/87
    2,392       240  
David Colin Phillips
    2,272       228  
William B. Wiener Jr. and affiliates
    2,272       228  

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    Number of   Number of
Selling Stockholders:   Underwritten Shares:   Option Shares:
Eric Gerencher
    2,045       205  
Deborah Davis
    1,818       182  
Robert Ross
    1,818       182  
Gregory A. Cicatelli
    1,514       152  
Scott Buckwalter
    1,372       138  
Se Mook Choi
    1,222       122  
Rob Walling
    1,136       114  
Cyrus Bersabe
    909       91  
Joseph Kowalski
    814       82  
Jess R. Unruh
    757       76  
David Phan
    733       73  
Isaac Choi
    682       68  
Zane Alexander
    682       68  
Kristi Smith
    614       61  
Gustavo Lira, Jr.
    500        
Jack Chang
    500        
Byron Suarez
    450        
Roxanne Romo
    450        
Catalina De Anda
    400        
Veronica Ramos-Davis
    400        
Douglas Hartley
    312        
Jasmin Coyne
    312        
Matthew Sayovitz
    312        
Amor Alexander
    250        
Jose Arredondo
    250        
Lixa Anderson
    250        
Robert Valenzuela
    250        
Jahmal Rogers
    204        
Mia Smith
    204        
Lisvelia Pazos Hilario
    200        
Catherine Chavez
    187        
Charles Atkins
    187        
David Parsons
    187        
Ferdinand Mori
    187        
Franklin D. Vinson III
    187        
Jimmy Le
    187        
Linda Wong
    187        
Desi Mendoza
    180        
Arian Orr
    125        
Bao Huynh
    125        
Ke Chen
    125        
Ryan Bozis
    125        
Sean P. King
    125        
Andre Senane
    100        
Hugo Sanchez
    100        
Mathew Garcia
    100        
Shawn Upstill
    100        
Wendy Hancock
    100        
Sharon Goodman
    56        

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Schedule 3
     
Selling Stockholders:   Attorneys-in-Fact*:
Virginia L. Hanna
  John L. Keatley and John C. Ricci
Benson A. Riseman and affiliated entities
   
Steven W. Streit
   
Barbara Herris Peckett
   
Raulee Marcus and affiliated entities
   
Nancy Donahue
   
Encina Technology Ventures, LLC
   
Dina Furash
   
Mark T. Troughton
   
Synovus Financial Corp.
   
Sara Jane DeWitt
   
Donald B. Wiener and affiliated entities
   
Gardiner W. Garrard, III and affiliated entities
   
Christopher R. Britt
   
John L. Keatley
   
Konstantinos Sgoutas
   
John C. Ricci
   
Timothy R. Greenleaf
   
Avishai Shachar
   
CheckFree Services Corp.
   
Mark L. Shifke & Patricia W. Shifke, as Joint Tenants, and affiliates
   
BMS Investments
   
Brad Schwartz
   
Madeline Fernandez
   
Kimberle S. Kelly
   
Secil Baysal
   
Betty Wiener Spomer
   
Paul David Watson
   
Julie Mazman
   
Robert Matthew Kohler
   
The Ben-Barak 1990 Family Trust Y. Ben Barak, Trustee
   
Steven J. Pfrenzinger and Margaret A. Pfrenzinger Family Trust dated 3/25/83
   
Kathleen L. Ferrell
   
Charles F. Murray
   
Howard Ellins
   
Stephen M. Greenberg
   
 
    * Unless otherwise indicated, the Attorneys-in-Fact for each Selling Stockholder are John L. Keatley and John C. Ricci

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Selling Stockholders:   Attorneys-in-Fact*:
William Kontgis
   
Sandra M. Feingerts and affiliates
   
Paul J. Farina
   
David Gullett
   
Tuff Yen
   
John W. Cotton
   
Simon Heyrick
   
William D. Sowell
   
Scott Harvey
   
Michael Casella
   
John P. Imlay, Jr.
   
Mario J. Verdolini, Jr.
   
William P. Scarbrough
   
Albert A. Abril
   
Courts Foundation, Inc.
   
James L. Aeling and affiliated entities
   
Ilie Ardelean
   
Eduardo A. Becerril
   
Eric Simons
   
Tiffany Chelsvig
   
John T. Turner
   
Stephen T. Butler
   
Jennifer Leanne Willis
   
Caroline Rose Shifke
   
Adnan Masood
   
Minnie & Edward H. Cappel
   
James van Velthuyzen
   
Stephanie Treanor
   
SLP Ventures
   
The Jordan Company
   
Laura M. Baer
   
Haley Rose Peckett
   
The Miller Living Survivors Trust DTD 6/6/97
   
Ronald P. Egge and affiliated entities
   
Allison Peckett
   
The Pfrenzinger Irrevocable Life Insurance
Trust DTD 4/23/99
   
Helena Mao
   
Robert H.P. Binnie
   
Byron L. Patterson
   
Chris Seymour
   
Lina Davidian
   
Mark Gilder
   
Andrea Kim
   
Glinda Bridgforth
   
Yanin Dave Silberman
   
Karimah Ohi Malcolm Knowles
   
Gregory Thornhill
   
Kenneth D. Leiter
   
Michael Brief
   

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Selling Stockholders:   Attorneys-in-Fact*:
Scott Fisher
   
Scott Patrick Grimes
   
Ilham Abouelhouda
   
Richard and Tracie McCloskey, TTEES of The McCloskey Family Trust 9/15/87
   
David Colin Phillips
   
William B. Wiener Jr. and affiliates
   
Eric Gerencher
   
Deborah Davis
   
Robert Ross
   
Gregory A. Cicatelli
   
Scott Buckwalter
   
Se Mook Choi
   
Rob Walling
   
Cyrus Bersabe
   
Joseph Kowalski
   
Jess R. Unruh
   
David Phan
   
Isaac Choi
   
Zane Alexander
   
Kristi Smith
   
Gustavo Lira, Jr.
   
Jack Chang
   
Byron Suarez
   
Roxanne Romo
   
Catalina De Anda
   
Veronica Ramos-Davis
   
Douglas Hartley
   
Jasmin Coyne
   
Matthew Sayovitz
   
Amor Alexander
   
Jose Arredondo
   
Lixa Anderson
   
Robert Valenzuela
   
Jahmal Rogers
   
Mia Smith
   
Lisvelia Pazos Hilario
   
Catherine Chavez
   
Charles Atkins
   
David Parsons
   
Ferdinand Mori
   
Franklin D. Vinson III
   
Jimmy Le
   
Linda Wong
   
Desi Mendoza
   
Arian Orr
   
Bao Huynh
   
Ke Chen
   
Ryan Bozis
   
Sean P. King
   

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Selling Stockholders:   Attorneys-in-Fact*:
Andre Senane
   
Hugo Sanchez
   
Mathew Garcia
   
Shawn Upstill
   
Wendy Hancock
   
Sharon Goodman
   

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Annex A-1
Form of Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP for the Company
     (a) Based solely upon advice from the Commission, the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act; the Preliminary Prospectus was included in the Registration Statement filed with the Commission on December 2, 2010 and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act on the date specified therein; and to such counsel’s knowledge, (i) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, and (ii) no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending or threatened by the Commission.
     (b) As of the date of this Agreement, the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the other financial data contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) each appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act.
     (c) The Company and the Subsidiary have been duly incorporated, are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and each is duly qualified to do business and in good standing under the laws of each State of the United States of America in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all corporate power and corporate authority necessary to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such corporate power or corporate authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (d) The Company had an authorized equity capitalization, as of September 30, 2010, as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the first paragraph under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”; all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the rights, preferences and privileges of each class and series of capital stock of the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiary owned of record by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
     (e) The Company has the corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions provided for therein to be taken as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, has been duly and validly taken.
     (f) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (g) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, the compliance by the Company with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Conversion and the consummation of the transactions provided for in the Underwriting Agreement by the Company do not (i) result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of any indenture,

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mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument that is specifically listed on an exhibit to such opinion (collectively, the “Selected Documents”), (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the certificate of incorporation of the Subsidiary in effect at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, or the by-laws of the Company or the Subsidiary then in effect or (iii) result in the violation of any U.S. federal or California state law or statute, or provision of the DGCL or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any U.S. federal or California state court or governmental or regulatory authority known to us except, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such breach, default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (h) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any U.S. federal, California State court or governmental authority or, to the extent required under the DGCL, Delaware state court or governmental authority, is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the Company to execute, deliver or perform the Underwriting Agreement and to consummate the transactions provided for in the Underwriting Agreement, except for (i) the registration of the sale of the Shares under the Securities Act and (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable U.S. state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
     (i) To the knowledge of such counsel, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations by or before any United States federal, California or Delaware state court or governmental agency that are pending to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party (collectively, “Actions”) that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or the subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of such counsel, no Action has been overtly threatened by any governmental authority or overtly threatened by others that, individually or when aggregated with any other Action, if determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (j) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of any laws, statutes, governmental proceedings and Selected Documents; fairly describe such statutes, proceedings and Selected Documents in all material respects. The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” and in the Registration Statement in Items 14 and 15, to the extent that they constitute summaries of the terms of stock, matters of law or legal conclusions, fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects. To the knowledge of such counsel, (A) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that are not so described, (B) there are no contracts and other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that are not so filed or described and (C) there are no U.S. federal or California State laws, rules or regulations, or provisions of the DGCL, that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that have not been so described.
     Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company, with representatives of its independent accountants and with the representatives of the underwriters and their counsel at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (except to the extent expressly provided above), nothing has come to the attention of such

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counsel that causes such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, that the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Underwriting Agreement) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as of its date and as of the Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than the financial statements and other financial data contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as to which such counsel need express no belief).
     In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials that are furnished to the Underwriters.
     The opinion of Fenwick & West LLP described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

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Annex A-2
Form of Opinion of Whalen LLP For
The Selling Stockholders
     (i) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by each Selling Stockholder that is an entity and duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each Selling Stockholder.
     (ii) A Power-of-Attorney and a Custody Agreement have been duly authorized by each Selling Stockholder that is an entity and duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and binding agreements of each Selling Stockholder enforceable against such Selling Stockholder in accordance with their terms.
     (iii) Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“NY UCC”) to such Shares)), (A) DTC will be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the NY UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the NY UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the NY UCC, to such Shares may be successfully asserted against any of the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; it being understood that for purposes of this opinion, such counsel may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or such other nominee as may be designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, by laws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the securities account or accounts in the name of the Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
     (iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body (that in such counsel’s experience are generally applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement (collectively, the “Operative Documents”)) is necessary to be obtained for the execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholders of the Operative Documents or the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, except as such as (A) have been made or obtained under the Act, (B) may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws or FINRA, and/or (C) may have been otherwise made or obtained.
     (v) The sale of the Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the compliance by each Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholders are a party or by which such Selling Stockholders are bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholders are subject that is binding on, would result in a lien, encumbrance or charge upon, or otherwise affects or would be affected by, the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Operative Documents as identified to such counsel in certificates furnished to such counsel by the Selling Stockholders and

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specifically listed on an exhibit to such opinion, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of any Selling Stockholder that is a corporation, or the charter or the constituent documents of any Selling Stockholder that is partnership or limited liability company or (c) result in a violation of any order known to such counsel or any statute, law, rule or regulation (which in such counsel’s experience is typically applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents) of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder.
     The opinion of Whalen LLP described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Selling Stockholders and shall so state therein.

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Annex A-3
Form of Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP
     1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by the Selling Stockholder and duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Selling Stockholder.
     2. Each of the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder and constitutes valid and binding agreements of the Selling Stockholder enforceable against the Selling Stockholder in accordance with their respective terms.
     3. Assuming, that, when payment, delivery and crediting the Stockholder Shares as provided below occur, (x) the Stockholder Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“NY UCC”) and (z) appropriate entries to the securities account or accounts in the name of the Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the NY UCC, upon payment for the Stockholder Shares as provided for in the Underwriting Agreement, delivery of the Stockholder Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede or such other nominee as may be designated by DTC, registration of the Stockholder Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Stockholder Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriters has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the NY UCC to such Stockholder Shares)), (A) DTC will be a “protected purchaser” of the Stockholder Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the NY UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the NY UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of the Stockholder Shares and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the NY UCC, to the Stockholder Shares may be successfully asserted against any of the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement.
     4. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any United States federal or New York or Georgia state court or governmental agency or body (that in our experience is normally applicable in transactions of the type contemplated by the Operative Documents) is necessary to be obtained for the execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholder of the Operative Documents or the sale and deliver of the Stockholder Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, except as (A) have been made or obtained under the Securities Act, (b) may be required under state of foreign securities or Blue Sky laws or FINRA, and/or (c) may have otherwise been made or obtained.
     5. The sale of the Stockholder Shares pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and compliance by the Selling Stockholder with the provisions of the Operative Documents and the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrances upon any property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to any agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder is bound, or pursuant to any agreement or instrument to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, in each case that is identified to us in the Officer’s Certificate and listed on Exhibit A hereto, (b) result in any violation the provisions of the Selling Stockholder’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or (c) result in any violation of any order known to us specifically

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naming the Selling Stockholder or any United States federal or New York or Georgia state law, rule or regulation (that in our experience is normally applicable in transactions of the type contemplated by the Operative Documents) of any United States federal or New York or Georgia state court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or the property of the Selling Stockholder.

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Annex B
Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters
Underwritten Shares: [    ]
Option Shares: [    ]
Public Offering price per share: $[    ]

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Annex C
N/A

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Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
, 2010
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to below
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 39th floor
New York, NY 10179
Re: Green Dot — Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule 2 thereto, the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriters”) and Green Dot Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriters of shares (the “Securities”) of the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).
     In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus (the “Prospectus”) relating to the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
     The foregoing sentence shall not apply to transactions relating to:
     (a) shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock acquired in the Public Offering or in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, provided that no filing with the Commission shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or such other securities;

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     (b) shares of Common Stock sold by the undersigned to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;
     (c) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (i) to an immediate family member or a trust formed for the benefit of an immediate family member, (ii) by bona fide gift, will or intestacy, (iii) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership or other business entity (A) to another corporation, partnership or other business entity that is a controlled or managed affiliate of the undersigned or (B) as part of a disposition, transfer or distribution without consideration by the undersigned to its equity holders or (iv) if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust, provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to this clause (c), it shall be a condition of transfer or distribution that (A) there shall be no disposition for value, (B) each transferee, donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter agreement and (C) no filing with the Commission shall be required or shall be made voluntarily during the Lock-up Period in connection with any such transfer;
     (d) entering into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; provided that no sales of the Company’s securities shall occur under such plan and no public disclosure of any such action shall be required or shall be voluntarily made by any person during the Lock-up Period; or
     (e) the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to employee benefit plans disclosed in the Prospectus, provided that any such shares of Common Stock received upon such exercise shall be subject to the terms of this letter agreement.
     For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, no more remote than a first cousin.
     In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this letter agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
     In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this letter agreement.
     The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this letter agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the undersigned.
     The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this letter agreement.

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     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this letter agreement will terminate and the undersigned will be released from all of its obligations hereunder if (i) the execution of the Underwriting Agreement shall not have occurred on or before the termination of the lock-up agreements previously executed by the Company’s directors, officers and the selling stockholders and delivered to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (formerly known as J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, (ii) the Company files an application to withdraw, and the Commission consents to the withdrawal of, the registration statement related to the Public Offering, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder or (iv) the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, advising the Company, or the Company advising the Representatives, in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that they have determined not to proceed with the Public Offering.

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     This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
             
    Very truly yours,    
 
           
    [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    

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