CARDINAL FINANCIAL CORP
8-K, EX-2, 2000-09-18
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
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                                                                     Exhibit 2.2

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                      AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

         THIS FIRST  AMENDMENT  TO AMENDED AND  RESTATED  AGREEMENT  AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION  (the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of August 28, 2000
by and between Heritage Bancorp, Inc., a Virginia corporation with its principal
office located in McLean,  Virginia ("HBI"),  Cardinal Financial Corporation,  a
Virginia  corporation  with its principal  office  located in Fairfax,  Virginia
("CFC"),  and Cardinal  Merger Corp., a Virginia  corporation  and  wholly-owned
subsidiary of CFC ("CMC").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS,  the  parties to this  Amendment  entered  into an Amended and
Restated Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Agreement") dated as of June
19, 2000; and

         WHEREAS, the parties to this Amendment now desire,  pursuant to Section
8.2 of the Agreement,  to amend the Agreement and the Plan of Merger in the form
attached to the Agreement as Exhibit A (the "Plan").

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  the  mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1.       The first  paragraph  of Section 2.1 (b) of the  Agreement  is
amended to read as follows:

                  By written notice to CFC in the manner described  below,  each
         HBI shareholder may elect the form of consideration (shares of Series A
         Preferred  Stock or cash)  into  which his or her  shares of HBI Common
         Stock will be converted on the  Effective  Date;  provided that despite
         such  elections,  shareholders  of HBI may be  required  to  receive  a
         different  amount of cash or shares of Series A Preferred  Stock in the
         event of a proration pursuant to Section 2.1(c).  Following approval of
         this  Agreement  and the Plan by  HBI's  shareholders,  HBI  will  mail
         written  instructions  to  each  of its  shareholders  for  making  the
         election,  together  with a form (a  "Notice of  Election")  which each
         shareholder  shall be required to use to make such election.  HBI shall
         specify a date by which a shareholder's  election must be made, subject
         to extension (the "Election  Date").  The Election Date shall be twenty
         (20) days  following the date the  instructions  and Notice of Election
         form are first  distributed  to HBI's  shareholders  or such other date
         specified by HBI. The instructions  and Notice of Election  distributed
         to HBI's  shareholders  shall be provided by and in a form satisfactory
         to CFC and HBI.


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         2.       The first  paragraph of Section 2.1 (b) of the Plan is amended
to read as follows:

                  Election  of  Consideration.  By written  notice to CFC in the
         manner  described  below,  each HBI  shareholder  may elect the form of
         consideration  (shares of Series A Preferred  Stock or cash) into which
         his  or her  shares  of HBI  Common  Stock  will  be  converted  on the
         Effective Date;  provided that despite such elections,  shareholders of
         HBI may be required to receive a different  amount of cash or shares of
         Series A  Preferred  Stock  in the  event of a  proration  pursuant  to
         Section  2.1(c).  Following  approval of this Agreement and the Plan of
         Merger by HBI's  shareholders,  HBI will mail written  instructions  to
         each of its shareholders for making the election,  together with a form
         (a "Notice of Election")  which each  shareholder  shall be required to
         use to  make  such  election.  HBI  shall  specify  a date  by  which a
         shareholder's   election  must  be  made,  subject  to  extension  (the
         "Election Date"). The Election Date shall be twenty (20) days following
         the date  the  instructions  and  Notice  of  Election  form are  first
         distributed to HBI's  shareholders or such other date specified by HBI.
         The   instructions   and  Notice  of  Election   distributed  to  HBI's
         shareholders shall be provided by and in a form satisfactory to CFC and
         HBI.


         3.       Except as amended  hereby,  the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.

         4.       Unless otherwise defined herein, all defined terms used herein
shall have the same meanings given to them in the Agreement.

         5.       This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the  Commonwealth  of Virginia and for all purposes shall be governed by
and construed in  accordance  with the laws of such  Commonwealth  applicable to
contracts to be made and performed entirely within such Commonwealth.

         6.       This  Amendment may be executed in any number of  counterparts
and  each  of such  counterparts  shall  for all  purposes  be  deemed  to be an
original,  and all such counterparts  shall together  constitute but one and the
same  instrument.  The  parties  hereto  acknowledge  and  agree  that  original
signatures delivered by facsimile  transmission shall be accepted as original to
evidence execution of this Amendment.




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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed in counterparts  by their duly authorized  officers and their corporate
seals to be affixed hereto, all as of the dates first written above.

                                   CARDINAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                   By: /s/ L. Burwell Gunn, Jr.
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       L. Burwell Gunn, Jr.
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:

/s/
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Secretary

                                   CARDINAL MERGER CORP.


                                   By: /s/ L. Burwell Gunn, Jr.
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       L. Burwell Gunn, Jr.
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:

/s/
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Secretary













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                                       HERITAGE BANCORP, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Terrie G. Spiro
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Terrie G. Spiro
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:

/s/
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Secretary























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