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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 16, 1998
Eldorado Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 2-76555 33-0720548
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State or other jurisdiction of Commission File Number IRS Employer
incorporation Identification No.
24012 Calle de la Plata, Suite 150
Laguna Hills, California 92653
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(949) 699-4344
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(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On September 16, 1998, Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company")
and Antelope Valley Bank ("AVB") entered into a definitive agreement
(the "AVB Acquisition Agreement") for the Company's acquisition (the
"AVB Acquisition") of AVB. Headquartered in Lancaster, California
(located approximately 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles), AVB operates
eight full service branches. As of June 30, 1998, AVB had total assets of
$200.9 million and deposits of $178.1 million.
Pursuant to the AVB Acquisition Agreement, upon the consummation of the
AVB Acquisition, the Company will issue an aggregate of approximately 2,781,600
shares of Common Stock to the shareholders of AVB based upon a fixed exchange
ratio of 3.625 shares of Common Stock for each share of AVB common stock. The
AVB Acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including the
receipt of required regulatory approval, approved by the holders of a majority
of AVB common stock and letters from the independent accountants of the Company
and AVB to the effect that, for financial reporting purposes, the AVB
Acquisition qualifies for pooling of interests accounting treatment under GAAP.
AVB stockholders owning an aggregate of approximately 30% of AVB common stock
have agreed to vote in favor of the AVB Acquisition. The Company and AVB have
also entered into a Stock Option Agreement whereby the Company has the right to
purchase 19.9% of the outstanding shares of AVB at $43.25 per share upon the
occurrence of certain events that create the potential for a third party to
acquire or obtain control of AVB.
Included as an exhibit to this Current Report is the text of a press
release issued by the Company on September 16, 1998 concerning the AVB
Acquisition Agreement.
Item 7. Exhibits
Exhibit 2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between
Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. and Antelope Valley Bank
dated September 16, 1998.
Exhibit 10.1 Stock Option Agreement by and between Eldorado
Bancshares, Inc. and Antelope Valley Bank dated
September 16, 1998.
Exhibit 99.1 Text of Press Release dated September 16, 1998.
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ELDORADO BANCSHARES, INC.
By: /s/ Curt A. Christianssen
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Curt A. Christianssen
Senior Vice President
Dated: September 22, 1998
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Exhibit 2.1
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and between
ELDORADO BANCSHARES, INC.
and
ANTELOPE VALLEY BANK
Dated as of September 16, 1998
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ARTICLE I. Definitions.................................................................................1
1.1 Definitions........................................................................8
1.2 Rules of Construction..............................................................8
1.2.1 ........................................................................8
1.2.2 ........................................................................8
1.2.3 ........................................................................8
1.2.4 ........................................................................8
1.2.5 ........................................................................8
1.2.6 ........................................................................8
1.2.7 ........................................................................8
1.2.8 ........................................................................8
ARTICLE II. The Merger..................................................................................9
2.1 The Merger.........................................................................9
2.2 Corporate Documents, Directors and Officers........................................9
2.3 Treatment of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock.............................................9
2.3.1 Conversion of Common Stock..............................................9
2.3.2 Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares.........................................10
2.3.3 Fractional Shares......................................................10
2.3.4 Delivery of Shares and Cash to Exchange Agent..........................10
2.4 Exchange of Certificates. .......................................................10
2.4.1 SUBJECT BANK Common Stock Exchange Procedures..........................10
2.4.2 Certain Taxes..........................................................11
2.4.3 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.................................11
2.4.4 Unclaimed Merger Consideration.........................................12
2.5 Closing of SUBJECT BANK Transfer Books............................................12
2.6 Anti-Dilution.....................................................................12
2.7 Tax Consequences..................................................................12
ARTICLE III. Representations and Warranties.............................................................13
3.1 By SUBJECT BANK...................................................................13
3.1.1 Organization, Standing and Power.......................................13
3.1.2 Capital Structure......................................................13
3.1.3 Interests in Other Entities............................................14
3.1.4 Authority and Related Matters..........................................14
3.1.5 Voting Agreement.......................................................15
3.1.6 Conflicts..............................................................15
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3.1.7 Consents...............................................................15
3.1.8 Financial Statements; Exchange Act Filings;
S-1 Disclosure.........................................................15
3.1.9 Regulatory Filings and Agreements......................................16
3.1.10 Undisclosed Liabilities................................................17
3.1.11 Loans, Classified and OLEM Assets, Reserves and
Certain Other Assets...................................................17
3.1.12 Investment Securities; Derivatives.....................................18
3.1.13 Absence of Certain Changes or Events...................................19
3.1.14 Compliance with Applicable Laws........................................19
3.1.15 Litigation and Other Disputes..........................................20
3.1.16 Administration of Fiduciary Accounts...................................20
3.1.17 Taxes..................................................................20
3.1.18 Certain Agreements.....................................................21
3.1.19 Employees and Employee Benefit Plans...................................22
3.1.20 Properties.............................................................25
3.1.21 Environmental..........................................................25
3.1.22 Intellectual Property..................................................26
3.1.23 Capitalization.........................................................26
3.1.24 CRA....................................................................27
3.1.25 Year 2000..............................................................27
3.1.26 Pooling of Interests Treatment; Tax Free Reorganization................27
3.1.27 Fairness Opinion.......................................................27
3.1.28 Brokers................................................................27
3.1.29 Disclosure of All Material Matters.....................................28
3.2 By the Company....................................................................28
3.2.1 Organization, Standing and Power.......................................28
3.2.2 Authority and Related Matters..........................................29
3.2.3 Conflicts..............................................................29
3.2.4 Consents...............................................................29
3.2.5 Registration Statement.................................................30
3.2.6 Absence of Certain Changes or Events...................................30
3.2.7 Pooling of Interests Treatment; Tax Free Reorganization................30
3.2.8 NASDAQ.................................................................30
ARTICLE IV. Additional Agreements......................................................................31
4.1 Discussions with Third Parties....................................................31
4.1.1 .......................................................................31
4.1.2 .......................................................................31
4.1.3 .......................................................................32
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4.2 Joint Proxy Statement--Prospectus and S-4 Registration
Statement; Shareholder Approval...................................................32
4.2.1 .......................................................................32
4.2.2 ......................................................................32
4.2.3 ......................................................................33
4.2.4 ......................................................................33
4.2.5 ......................................................................33
4.2.6 ......................................................................34
4.2.7 ......................................................................34
4.2.8 ......................................................................35
4.3 Access .......................................................................35
4.3.1 With Respect to SUBJECT BANK...........................................35
4.3.2 With Respect to the Company............................................35
4.3.3 Confidentiality........................................................36
4.4 Prosecution of Regulatory Filings; Cooperation....................................37
4.5 Advice of Changes.................................................................37
4.6 Current Information...............................................................38
4.7 Interim and Annual Financial Statements...........................................38
4.8 Conduct of Business...............................................................39
4.9 Certain Operating Covenants.......................................................39
4.9.1 .......................................................................39
4.9.2 .......................................................................39
4.9.3 .......................................................................39
4.9.4 .......................................................................40
4.9.5 .......................................................................40
4.9.6 .......................................................................40
4.9.7 .......................................................................40
4.9.8 .......................................................................40
4.9.9 .......................................................................40
4.9.10 .......................................................................40
4.9.11 .......................................................................41
4.9.12 .......................................................................41
4.9.13 .......................................................................41
4.9.14 .......................................................................41
4.9.15 .......................................................................41
4.10 Certain Covenants of the Company..................................................42
4.11 Covenants Regarding Employees, Directors and Officers.............................42
4.11.1 Employee Benefit Plans.................................................42
4.11.2 Indemnification........................................................43
4.11.3 Tail Insurance.........................................................44
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ARTICLE V. Conditions to Closing......................................................................44
5.1 Conditions to Obligations of Both Parties.........................................44
5.1.1 Approval by Shareholders...............................................44
5.1.2 Regulatory Approvals...................................................45
5.1.3 Effectiveness of S-4 Registration Statement;
Listing of Stock.......................................................45
5.1.4 No Pending or Threatened Claims........................................45
5.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company......................................45
5.2.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties;
Compliance with Covenants..............................................45
5.2.2 Bringdown of Representations and Warranties............................45
5.2.3 SUBJECT BANK Common Stock Outstanding..................................45
5.2.4 Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares.........................................46
5.2.5 Unsatisfactory Regulatory Review.......................................46
5.2.6 Tax and Accounting Opinions............................................46
5.2.7 Third Party Consents...................................................46
5.2.8 Receipt of Officers' Certificates......................................46
5.2.9 Noncompetition Agreement...............................................47
5.2.10 Documents and Instruments in Satisfactory Form.........................47
5.3 Conditions to the Obligations of SUBJECT BANK.....................................47
5.3.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties;
Compliance with Covenants..............................................47
5.3.2 Bringdown of Representations and Warranties............................47
5.3.3 Delivery of Shares to Exchange Agent...................................47
5.3.4 Tax and Accounting Opinions............................................47
5.3.5 Receipt of Officers' Certificate.......................................48
5.3.6 Documents and Instruments in Satisfactory Form.........................48
ARTICLE VI. Termination; Termination Fee...............................................................48
6.1 By Mutual Agreement...............................................................48
6.2 Regulatory Impediment.............................................................48
6.3 By the Company....................................................................49
6.3.1 .......................................................................49
6.3.2 .......................................................................49
6.3.3 .......................................................................49
6.3.4 .......................................................................49
6.4 By SUBJECT BANK...................................................................49
6.4.1 .......................................................................49
6.4.2 .......................................................................49
6.4.3 .......................................................................50
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6.4.4 ......................................................................50
6.4.5 ......................................................................50
6.5 Termination Fee...................................................................50
6.6 Effect of Termination; Remedies...................................................50
6.6.1 General................................................................50
6.6.2 Remedies Cumulative Generally..........................................50
ARTICLE VII. Miscellaneous..............................................................................51
7.1 Closing...........................................................................51
7.2 Expenses..........................................................................51
7.3 Publicity.........................................................................51
7.4 Notices...........................................................................51
7.5 Entire Agreement..................................................................53
7.6 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements........................53
7.7 Benefits; Binding Effect; Assignment and Designation..............................53
7.8 Waiver............................................................................53
7.9 No Third Party Beneficiary........................................................53
7.10 Severability......................................................................53
7.11 Counterparts......................................................................54
7.12 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction...........................................54
7.13 Waiver of Jury Trial..............................................................54
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 16, 1998, is
by and between Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known
as Commerce Security Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), and Antelope Valley Bank, a
California banking corporation ("SUBJECT BANK").
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the Company and SUBJECT
BANK have deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their respective
companies and shareholders to consummate the transactions contemplated herein,
pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and for
the consideration set forth herein, a subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub")
shall merge with and into SUBJECT BANK (as more fully defined herein, the
"Merger"), in consideration of which all of the then outstanding shares of
SUBJECT BANK Common Stock shall be exchanged for Company Common Stock (each as
hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS, for federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the
Merger qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and that as a consequence the SUBJECT
BANK Shareholders will not recognize income or loss for federal income tax
purposes except to the extent they receive cash in lieu of fractional shares;
and
WHEREAS, the Company and SUBJECT BANK desire to make certain
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the
Merger, as contained herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth herein,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and SUBJECT BANK hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions
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1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms contained in this Agreement and not
defined in the preamble or the recitals above shall have the meanings set forth
in this Section 1.1:
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. As used in
this definition, "control" (including, with its correlative meanings,
"controlled by" and "under common control with") means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
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"Agreement" means this Agreement and Plan of Merger, including the
Disclosure Schedule and all Exhibits hereto, as the same may be hereafter
amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 14a-1 under
the Exchange Act.
"Average Price" means the average of the last sale prices of Company
Common Stock as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation system over the ten (10) consecutive trading day period
immediately preceding the fifth trading day prior to the Effective Time.
"Balance Sheet Date" means June 30, 1998.
"Bank" means Eldorado Bank, a California banking corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
"Bank Regulators" means any and all Federal or state Governmental
Entities charged with the supervision or regulation of banks, bank holding
companies or industrial loan companies, or engaged in the insurance of bank
deposits.
"Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan (including any "employee
benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained or contributed to
by the applicable entity.
"Borrower Group Obligations" means all loans from SUBJECT BANK to, and
other obligations to SUBJECT BANK of, (a) the applicable borrower, (b) all
guarantors of such borrower, and (c) all affiliates and associates of such
borrower and guarantors.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday that banks in Los Angeles, California are not required by Law to be
closed.
"Classified Asset" means (a) any loan or lease asset that is classified
on the books and records of the applicable entity as "Substandard", "Doubtful"
or "Loss", and (b) any property classified on the books and records of the
applicable entity as OREO.
"Closing" means the closing of the Merger, to be held on the Closing
Date at a location fixed pursuant to Section 7.1.
"Closing Date" shall mean the date as of which the Closing of the
Merger occurs, as the same may be fixed pursuant to Section 7.1.
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"Company" means Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware business
corporation, including, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, all
direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company as of the applicable time.
"Company Common Stock" means the voting common stock of the Company,
par value $.01 per share.
"Company Governmental Approvals" means the approvals listed on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.4.
"Company Interim Financial Statements" means, the Company's unaudited
balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements, prepared in
accordance with GAAP, as at June 30, 1998 and for the six months then ended.
"Criticized Asset" means any Classified Asset and any other loan or
lease asset of the applicable Party classified on the books and records of the
applicable Party as "Other Loans Especially Mentioned", "Special Mention",
"Classified", Criticized", "Credit Risk Assets", "Concerned Loans" or by words
of similar import.
"Disclosure Schedule" means, collectively, the two schedules delivered
prior to the execution of this Agreement by, respectively, SUBJECT BANK and the
Company to one another, as supplemented hereafter from time to time by the
applicable Party in accordance with Section 4.5.
"Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares" means all shares of SUBJECT BANK
Common Stock whose holders have perfected dissenters' rights under Section 1300
et seq. of the California Corporations Code.
"Effective Time" means the time as of which the Merger is deemed to
have become effective, as agreed upon by the Parties.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Agent" means ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. or a
banking institution, corporate trust company or entity regularly engaged in a
stock transfer business that the Company shall appoint, after consultation with
SUBJECT BANK, to act as exchange agent hereunder.
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"Exchange Ratio" means 3.625 shares of Company Common Stock for each
share of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock, unless such ratio is increased in the
Company's sole discretion under the circumstances described in Section 6.4.7.
"Excluded Shares" means shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock owned as of
the Effective Time by the Company other than shares owned in a fiduciary
capacity or as a result of debts previously contracted.
"Expenses" means all legal, accounting, consulting, investment banking
and other fees and expenses incurred by the applicable Party in connection with
the Merger (including expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of
this Agreement and all negotiations, due diligence and other activities
conducted prior hereto, and including all broker's, finder's and similar fees
and expenses).
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
"Final Approval Date" means the later of (a) the date on which the
final Governmental Approval is received, and (b) the date on which the SUBJECT
BANK Shareholders approve the Merger.
"1997 Financial Statements" means the applicable entity's audited
balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and statement of
shareholders' equity, with footnotes, prepared in accordance with GAAP, as at
December 31, 1997 and for the year then ended, as audited by the applicable
entity's independent auditors.
"GAAP" means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as in effect in
the United States, consistently applied.
"Governmental Approval" means the approval of, or effectiveness of a
filing or registration with, a Governmental Entity necessary or desirable for
the consummation of the Merger (including the expiration of any waiting period
imposed thereby), including the SUBJECT BANK Governmental Approvals and the
Company Governmental Approvals.
"Governmental Entity" means any administrative agency, commission,
court or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign,
including any government-sponsored corporation having regulatory authority
under law.
"Hazardous Material" means any pollutant, contaminant, waste or
hazardous or toxic substance regulated by Law as such, and petroleum or
petroleum products.
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"Interim Balance Sheet" means the applicable entity's unaudited
consolidated balance sheet, prepared in accordance with GAAP, as at June 30,
1998.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus" means the Joint Proxy
Statement-Prospectus by which SUBJECT BANK will solicit proxies from the SUBJECT
BANK Shareholders to vote such SUBJECT BANK Shareholders' shares in favor of the
Merger at a meeting of SUBJECT BANK Shareholders held for such purpose and by
which the Company will either solicit proxies from the holders of Company Common
Stock to vote such shareholders' shares of Company Common Stock in favor of the
Merger at a meeting of Company shareholders held for such purpose or provide
information to the holders of Company Common Stock in connection with a written
consent by such shareholders approving the Merger.
"Law" means any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity that is applicable to the referenced Person.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any Person, a material
adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of
operations or financial condition of such Person (including such an effect
caused indirectly through any of its subsidiaries), or on the ability of such
Person to consummate the Merger on the terms hereof; provided, however, that a
Material Adverse Effect does not include a change with respect to, or effect on,
such Person resulting from a change in Law, GAAP, RAP, or a change with respect
to, or effect on, such Person resulting from any other matter having a
comparable effect on financial institutions or their holding companies
generally.
"Merger" means the merger of Merger Sub with and into SUBJECT BANK, as
more particularly described in Section 2.1.
"Merger Consideration" shall have the meaning given that term in
Section 2.3.1.
"Monthly Financial Statements" shall have the meaning given that term
in Section 4.7.
"OLEM Asset" means any loan or lease asset of the applicable entity
classified on the books and records of the applicable entity as "Other Loans
Especially Mentioned", "Special Mention", "Criticized", "Credit Risk Assets",
"Concerned Loans" or by words of similar import.
"OREO" means real property (i) acquired by the applicable entity, in
the ordinary course of the applicable entity's banking business, through
purchase at a foreclosure sale conducted on a lien in favor of the applicable
entity (or a comparable sale by a trustee under a deed of trust)
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or by acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or (ii) any asset of the
applicable entity classified as "in-substance foreclosure" on the books and
records of the applicable entity.
"Parties" means, collectively, the Company and SUBJECT BANK.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, general or limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint
venture, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
sole proprietorship, governmental body, or agency or political subdivision of
any government.
"Principal Shareholder" means a holder of five percent (5%) or more of
the outstanding common stock of the referenced entity.
"Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal" shall have the meaning
given that term in Section 4.1.2.
"RAP" means Regulatory Accounting Principles, as interpreted by the
applicable entity's principal Federal Bank Regulator.
"Records" means all books, records and original documents in SUBJECT
BANK's possession which pertain to and are utilized by SUBJECT BANK or any of
its subsidiaries to administer, reflect, monitor, evidence or record information
respecting its business and operations, including but not limited to all books,
records and documents relating to (a) corporate, regulatory, supervisory and
litigation matters, (b) tax planning and payment of taxes, (c) personnel and
employment matters, and (d) the business or conduct of the business of SUBJECT
BANK or any of its subsidiaries.
"S-1 Registration Statement" shall have the meaning given that term in
Section 3.2.5.
"S-4 Registration Statement" shall have the meaning given that term in
Section 4.2.1.
"Regulatory Agreement" means any regulatory agreement, memorandum of
understanding or similar agreement with, any cease and desist or similar order
or directive entered or issued by, commitment letter or similar undertaking to,
any extraordinary supervisory letter from, any Bank Regulator.
"Representatives" means each of the applicable Person's directors,
officers, employees, agents, representatives and advisors.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Strategic Transaction" means any acquisition or purchase of all or a
significant (i.e., more than 20%) portion of the assets of, or a more than 5%
equity interest in, SUBJECT BANK, or any merger or other business combination
involving SUBJECT BANK or any recapitalization involving SUBJECT BANK resulting
in an extraordinary dividend or distribution to SUBJECT BANK Shareholders or a
self-tender for or the redemption of some or all of the SUBJECT BANK Common
Stock.
"Strategic Transaction Proposal" means any proposal regarding a
Strategic Transaction.
"SUBJECT BANK" means SUBJECT BANK including, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, all direct and indirect subsidiaries of SUBJECT BANK as of
the applicable time.
"SUBJECT BANK Common Stock" means the common stock of SUBJECT BANK, no
par value per share.
"SUBJECT BANK Governmental Approvals" means the approvals listed on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.7.
"SUBJECT BANK Interim Financial Statements" means SUBJECT BANK's
unaudited balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, prepared in
accordance with GAAP, as at June 30, 1998 and for the six months then ended.
"SUBJECT BANK Shareholder" means a holder of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock
as of the relevant time.
"SUBJECT BANK Stock Option Agreement" means the Stock Option Agreement
entered into between the Company and SUBJECT BANK contemporaneously with this
Agreement that would entitle the Company, under the circumstances described
therein, to purchase shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock constituting 19.9% of
the shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement.
"Tax" means, except where the context otherwise requires, all Federal,
state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, payroll,
sales, employment, use, property, withholding, excise, ad valorem, transfer,
license, occupancy, stamp and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature
whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with
respect to such amounts.
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"Violation" means a conflict with, violation of, default under,
creation of a right of termination under, cancellation of, acceleration of any
obligation under, loss of a material benefit under, or creation of any lien,
pledge, security interest, charge or other encumbrance on assets under, the
referenced Law, organic document, agreement or other instrument, in each case
with or without notice or lapse of time, or both.
1.2 Rules of Construction. The following rules of construction shall
apply to the interpretation of this Agreement:
1.2.1 Any reference to any event, change or effect being "material"
with respect to any Person means an event, change or effect which is material in
relation to the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets,
liabilities, businesses or operations of such entity and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
1.2.2 Disclosure of any matter in the Disclosure Schedule hereto
shall not be deemed to imply that such matter is or is not material, and shall
not constitute an admission or raise any inference that such matter constitutes
a violation of law or an admission of liability or facts supporting liability.
1.2.3 Whenever used in this Agreement, the word "including" shall
be non-exclusive and shall mean "including without limitation."
1.2.4 All references to Sections, Articles and sections of the
Disclosure Schedule shall, unless another agreement is expressly referenced,
mean the applicable sections or articles of, or section of the Disclosure
Schedule to, this Agreement.
1.2.5 The section titles and other headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provisions of this Agreement.
1.2.6 The terms "herein", "hereunder", and terms of similar import
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to the specific Section or Article in
which they are used.
1.2.7 The phrase "to the knowledge" of a Party (and phrases of
similar import) shall mean to the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of
the executive officers of the Company and SUBJECT BANK, as applicable.
1.2.8 This Agreement is the joint product of the Company and
SUBJECT BANK, and each provision hereof has been subject to the mutual
consultation, negotiation and agreement of such Parties, and shall not be
construed for or against any Party.
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ARTICLE II.
The Merger
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2.1 The Merger. SUBJECT BANK and Merger Sub shall be the constituent
corporations to the Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Merger shall be effected by means of a
merger (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Merger") of Merger Sub with
and into SUBJECT BANK in accordance with Section 1108 of the California
Corporation Code to be effected by the filing with the Secretary of State of
California of an Agreement of Merger substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit 2.1. In accordance with such statute, at the Effective Time, the
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall be merged into SUBJECT BANK, and SUBJECT
BANK shall be the Surviving Corporation and shall continue its corporate
existence under the laws of the State of California.
2.2 Corporate Documents, Directors and Officers. From and after the
Effective Time and thereafter until amended as provided by law, the Articles of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be the Articles of
Incorporation of SUBJECT BANK as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time and the By-laws of the Surviving Corporation shall be the By-laws of Merger
Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The number of
directors of the Surviving Corporation initially shall be fixed at five (5), who
initially shall be the individuals listed on Exhibit 2.2 or if any of those
designees is unable to serve as of the Closing, a replacement mutually
acceptable to the Company and SUBJECT BANK. The Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation initially shall
be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and the President of the
Surviving Corporation shall be the President of SUBJECT BANK. Each such director
or officer shall serve until his or her successor has been duly elected or
appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
removal in accordance with the terms of the Surviving Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation and By-laws.
2.3 Treatment of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock.
2.3.1 Conversion of Common Stock. At the Effective Time, each share
of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, excluding Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares and Excluded Shares,
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder
thereof, be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Company
Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio and cash in lieu of any fractional
share interest (collectively, the "Merger Consideration"). All shares of SUBJECT
BANK Common Stock converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, as of the Effective Time, no longer be
outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and
each certificate previously representing any such shares shall thereafter
represent only the right to receive the Merger
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Consideration into which the shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock represented by
such certificate have been converted. As of the Effective Time, all Excluded
Shares shall cease to exist and the certificates for such shares shall, as
promptly as practicable thereafter, be cancelled and no payments shall be made
in consideration therefor.
2.3.2 Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares shall not be
converted into the right to receive, or be exchangeable for, the Merger
Consideration provided for in Section 2.3.1 hereof, but, instead, the holders
thereof shall be entitled to payment, by the Company on behalf of SUBJECT BANK,
of the value of such Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares as agreed upon or determined
in accordance with the provisions of Section 1300 et seq. of the California
Corporations Code.
2.3.3 Fractional Shares. In the event the product of the Exchange
Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock held by
any holder of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock is other than a whole number, such
holder shall be entitled to receive, in exchange for such holder's SUBJECT BANK
Common Stock, the next lower whole number of shares of Company Common Stock plus
cash equal to such remaining fraction multiplied by the Average Price of a share
of Company Common Stock (rounded to the nearest cent). For purposes of
determining whether, and in what amounts, a particular holder of SUBJECT BANK
Common Stock would be entitled to receive cash adjustments under this Section
2.3.3, shares of record held by such holder and represented by two or more stock
certificates shall be aggregated.
2.3.4 Delivery of Shares and Cash to Exchange Agent. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, immediately prior to the Closing the Company shall
issue and deliver to the Exchange Agent one or more certificates representing
such number of shares of Company Common Stock as is sufficient to deliver the
aggregate Merger Consideration which former SUBJECT BANK Shareholders are
entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.3.1, including an estimate of the
aggregate amount of cash to be paid in lieu of fractional share interests under
Section 2.3.3. From time to time following the Effective Time, upon request of
the Exchange Agent, the Company shall furnish to the Exchange Agent additional
cash as necessary to make the cash payments on account of fractional shares
required under Section 2.3.3.
2.4 Exchange of Certificates.
2.4.1 SUBJECT BANK Common Stock Exchange Procedures. After the
Effective Time, each holder of a certificate or certificates theretofore
representing shares of issued and outstanding SUBJECT BANK Common Stock (other
than the Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares and Excluded Shares) shall, upon the
surrender of such certificates to the Exchange Agent, be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor one or more certificates representing
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the number of shares of Company Common Stock into which such shares of SUBJECT
BANK Common Stock have been converted pursuant to Section 2.3.1, without
interest and subject to any required withholding of Taxes. The holder of a
certificate that prior to the Merger represented issued and outstanding shares
of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock shall have no rights, after the Effective Time,
with respect to such shares except to surrender the certificate in exchange for
the Merger Consideration without interest thereon or, if applicable, to perfect
such rights as a holder of Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares as such holder may
have pursuant to the applicable provisions of the California Corporations Code.
As soon as practicable after the Effective Time but in no event later than five
(5) Business Days after the Effective Time, the Company will send, or will cause
the Exchange Agent to send, to each holder of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock at the
Effective Time a letter of transmittal for use in such exchange. No dividends or
other distributions declared after the Effective Time with respect to Company
Common Stock and payable to the holders of record thereof shall be paid to the
holder of any unsurrendered certificate representing shares of SUBJECT BANK
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time until the
holder thereof shall surrender such certificate in accordance with this Article
II. After the surrender of such certificate in accordance with this Article II,
the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or
other distributions, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had become
payable with respect to shares of Company Common Stock represented by such
certificates. No holder of an unsurrendered certificate shall be entitled, until
the surrender of such Certificate, to vote the shares of Company Common Stock
into which his SUBJECT BANK Common Stock shall have been converted.
2.4.2 Certain Taxes. If any shares of Company Common Stock are to
be issued in exchange for SUBJECT BANK Common Stock in a name other than that in
which the certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall
be a condition of such issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered
shall be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of
transferal and otherwise in proper form for transfer (including, but not limited
to, that the signature of the transferor shall be properly guaranteed by a
commercial bank, trust company, member firm of the NASD or other eligible
guarantor institution), and that the person requesting such exchange shall pay
to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other Taxes required by reason
of the issuance of a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock in
any name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate
surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is
not payable.
2.4.3 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any
certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to be lost,
stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Company, the posting by such Person
of a bond in such amount as the Company may direct as indemnity against any
claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Exchange
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Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the
Company Common Stock deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.4.1.
2.4.4 Unclaimed Merger Consideration. Any portion of the Merger
Consideration delivered to the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the
SUBJECT BANK Shareholders pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4.1 six months
after the Closing Date shall be returned to the Company, upon demand, and any
former SUBJECT BANK Shareholder who has not exchanged his, her or its shares of
SUBJECT BANK Common Stock for the Merger Consideration in accordance with
Section 2.4.1 prior to that time shall thereafter look solely to the Company for
receipt of the Merger Consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not be liable to any SUBJECT BANK Shareholder for any amount paid or any
property delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned
property laws.
2.5 Closing of SUBJECT BANK Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the
transfer books for SUBJECT BANK Common Stock shall be closed, and no transfer of
shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock shall thereafter be made on such books. If,
after the Effective Time, certificates representing such shares are presented
for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for
the Merger Consideration as provided in this Article II.
2.6 Anti-Dilution. In the event that, subsequent to the date of this
Agreement but prior to the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock shall have been increased, decreased, changed into or exchanged for
a different number of shares or securities through reorganization of the
Company's capitalization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split, or other like changes in the Company's
capitalization, other than pursuant to this Agreement, as the case may be (a
"Recapitalization"), then an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be
made to the Exchange Ratio so that each holder of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock
shall receive under Section 2.3.1 the number of shares of Company Common Stock
(except for fractional shares) that such holder would have held immediately
following the Recapitalization if the Merger had occurred immediately prior to
the Recapitalization or the record date therefor, as applicable. For purposes of
this Section 2.6, in no event shall the issuance of shares or securities by the
Company in connection with the Company acquiring directly or indirectly the
stock or assets of any corporation, bank or other entity be deemed to be a
"Recapitalization".
2.7 Tax Consequences. The Parties intend that the Merger shall
constitute a reorganization within the meaning of the Section 368(a) of the
Code, and that this Agreement shall constitute a "plan of reorganization" for
the purpose of Section 368 of the Code.
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ARTICLE III.
Representations and Warranties
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3.1 By SUBJECT BANK. SUBJECT BANK represents and warrants as follows,
except as specifically disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule:
3.1.1 Organization, Standing and Power. SUBJECT BANK is a banking
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of California. The deposit accounts of SUBJECT BANK are insured by
the FDIC through the Bank Insurance Fund, and all premiums and assessments
required in connection therewith have been paid by SUBJECT BANK as the same have
become due, and SUBJECT BANK has no current or future liability (whether
contingent or fixed) to the FDIC Savings Association Insurance Fund or any
predecessor thereto for "exit fees" or otherwise, and no current or future
liability (whether contingent or fixed) to the Bank Insurance Fund for "entrance
fees." SUBJECT BANK has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, and
is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in
which a failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. Copies of the Articles of Incorporation
and By-Laws of SUBJECT BANK, including all amendments thereto as of the date of
this Agreement, have been delivered to the Company and are complete and correct.
The minute books of SUBJECT BANK accurately reflect in all material respects all
corporate actions held or taken by SUBJECT BANK Shareholders and SUBJECT BANK's
Board of Directors, including all committees of such Board of Directors.
3.1.2 Capital Structure.
(a) Capital Stock of SUBJECT BANK. As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital stock of SUBJECT BANK consists of 10,000,000 shares
of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock, no par value, of which 767,342 shares are
issued and outstanding. No shares are held in treasury by SUBJECT BANK,
and no shares are reserved for future issuance. All outstanding shares
of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to
preemptive rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of SUBJECT
BANK Common Stock have been offered, issued and sold by SUBJECT BANK in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and
regulations and in compliance with any preemptive right held by any
Person. There are no dividends which have accrued or been declared but
are unpaid on the SUBJECT BANK Common Stock. SUBJECT BANK has no
contractual obligation to register any shares of SUBJECT BANK Common
Stock under the Securities Act. SUBJECT BANK has delivered to the
Company a true and correct list of all holders of SUBJECT BANK Common
Stock as of July 31, 1998.
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(b) Other Securities. There are no options, warrants, calls,
rights, commitments or agreements of any character, including any stock
option or equity incentive plan, outstanding or in existence as of the
date hereof to which SUBJECT BANK is a party or by which SUBJECT BANK
is bound obligating it to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be
issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other
securities of SUBJECT BANK or obligating SUBJECT BANK to grant, extend
or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or
agreement. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of SUBJECT
BANK to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital
stock of SUBJECT BANK. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
instruments evidencing indebtedness of SUBJECT BANK issued or
outstanding that entitle the holders thereof to vote on any matters on
which SUBJECT BANK Shareholders may vote.
3.1.3 Interests in Other Entities. Except as set forth on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.3(a), SUBJECT BANK has no subsidiaries and does
not otherwise hold more than 1% of the outstanding equity securities of any
corporation or other entity, is not a member of any partnership, joint venture
or similar entity or collectivity, and is not a party to any partnership
agreement or joint venture agreement, however named. Disclosure Schedule Section
3.1.3(a) lists all of the documents governing or affecting SUBJECT BANK's rights
in its joint venture investment, true and correct copies of which have been
provided to the Company. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule Section
3.1.3(b), SUBJECT BANK does not hold any "Acquisition, Development and
Construction" loans, as that term is used under GAAP. SUBJECT BANK holds no
shares of Company Common Stock, other than any Company Common Stock owned in a
fiduciary capacity or as a result of debts previously contracted.
3.1.4 Authority and Related Matters. Subject only to the approvals
of the holders of SUBJECT COMPANY Common Stock as specified in the immediately
following sentence, SUBJECT BANK (a) has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby (including the Merger), and (b) has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the SUBJECT BANK Stock Option
Agreement, and the consummation of such transactions (including the Merger) by
all necessary corporate action on the part of SUBJECT BANK's Board of Directors.
The only vote of the holders of any class or series of SUBJECT BANK's securities
necessary to approve this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger is the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
SUBJECT BANK Common Stock entitled to vote thereon approving the Merger, and the
Board of Directors has directed the officers of SUBJECT BANK to submit the
Merger and this Agreement to the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders for approval at a
meeting of such shareholders. No other corporate proceedings on the part of
SUBJECT BANK not heretofore taken are necessary to approve this Agreement or to
consummate the Merger. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
SUBJECT BANK and, subject to such approval by the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders and
assuming due authorization,
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execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the valid and binding
obligation of SUBJECT BANK, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject
only to laws regarding bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
otherwise affecting creditors' rights generally, and to the application of
general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in law or at
equity).
3.1.5 Voting Agreement. Each Director of SUBJECT BANK has executed
and delivered to the Company, and SUBJECT BANK has executed and delivered to the
Company, a valid and binding agreement in the form of Exhibit 3.1.5 (a "Voting
Agreement"), whereby each such Person has irrevocably agreed to vote all shares
of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock directly or beneficially owned by such Person
(including shares held as community property) or over which such Person has
voting control, in favor of any facet of the Merger that may require approval by
the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders and against any competing transaction.
3.1.6 Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does
not, and the consummation of the Merger will not, result in any conflict with or
violation of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of
SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.6 and
subject only to obtaining or making the consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings included among the
SUBJECT BANK Governmental Approvals, the execution and delivery of this
Agreement does not, and the consummation of the Merger will not result in any
violation, conflict, default, creation of a right of termination, cancellation,
acceleration, or loss of a material benefit under any Law or under any loan or
credit agreement, note, mortgage, indenture, lease, employee benefit plan or
other agreement, obligation, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or
license, or any judgment, order or decree, applicable to SUBJECT BANK or its
properties or assets which violation, conflict, default, creation of a right of
termination, cancellation, acceleration, or loss of a material benefit could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.7 Consents. Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section
3.1.7 (collectively, the "SUBJECT BANK Governmental Approvals"), no consent,
approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required in connection with SUBJECT BANK's
execution and delivery of this Agreement or its consummation of the Merger, as
to which the failure to obtain the same could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK or materially interfere with SUBJECT
BANK's ability to consummate the Merger.
3.1.8 Financial Statements; Exchange Act Filings; S-1 Disclosure.
(a) SUBJECT BANK has provided to the Company the SUBJECT BANK
Interim Financial Statements, the SUBJECT BANK 1997 Financial
Statements, audited
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by Grant Thornton LLP, as well as audited financial statements for
SUBJECT BANK for the years ended December 31, 1996 and December 31,
1995. The SUBJECT BANK Interim Financial Statements, the SUBJECT BANK
1997 Financial Statements and the prior two years' audited financial
statements comply, in all material respects, with applicable accounting
requirements and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP subject, in
the case of the SUBJECT BANK Interim Financial Statements, to recurring
audit adjustments normal in nature and amount, comply with the
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and
regulations of the SEC relating thereto and fairly present the
financial position of SUBJECT BANK (consolidated with any subsidiaries
then in existence) as of the dates thereof and the results of its
(their) operations and cash flows for the periods then ended. The
Records of SUBJECT BANK have been, and are being, maintained in all
material respects in accordance with GAAP and reflect only actual
transactions.
(b) SUBJECT BANK has filed all reports, schedules,
registration statements and proxy statements required to be filed by it
with the FDIC since December 31, 1994 pursuant to the Exchange Act. As
of their respective dates, such filings complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC or FDIC, as applicable, thereunder applicable to
such filings, and none of the such filings 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) SUBJECT BANK has received and reviewed a draft of the S-1
Registration Statement (draft of September 11, 1998) set forth as
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.5. The information pertaining to
SUBJECT BANK set forth in Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.5 does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
3.1.9 Regulatory Filings and Agreements. SUBJECT BANK has timely
filed all reports, registrations and statements, together with any amendments
required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file since
December 31, 1994 with any Bank Regulator as to which a failure to file the same
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK,
including any such report or statement required to be filed pursuant to the Laws
of the United States (including regulations of the FDIC and the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve) or the State of California (including the
California Department of Financial Institutions), and has paid all fees and
assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except as set forth on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.9, and except for normal examinations conducted
by a Bank Regulator in the regular course of the business of SUBJECT BANK, no
Bank Regulator has initiated any proceeding or investigation or, to the best
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knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, has threatened to initiate any proceeding or
investigation, into the business or operations of SUBJECT BANK since December
31, 1992. SUBJECT BANK is not a party to or subject to, and since December 31,
1992 has not been a party to or subject to, any Regulatory Agreement with or
from, and has not adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Bank
Regulator that restricts the conduct of SUBJECT BANK's business or in any manner
relates to its business or financial condition, including without limitation its
capital adequacy, credit policies, loan origination practices or management. To
the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, no Bank Regulator is contemplating issuing or
requesting (or considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any
such Regulatory Agreement. There is no material unresolved violation, criticism,
or exception by any Bank Regulator with respect to any report or statement
relating to any examination of SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.10 Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as and to the extent
reflected in SUBJECT BANK's Interim Balance Sheet, SUBJECT BANK does not have
any liabilities, commitments or obligations of any nature, whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, including,
without limitation, liabilities that may become known or arise after the date
hereof and which relate to transactions entered into, or any state of facts
existing, on or before the Balance Sheet Date and which would be required under
GAAP to be shown in such balance sheet or referenced in the notes thereto, other
than (a) obligations (including guarantees and letters of credit) not required
by GAAP to be reflected, reserved against or disclosed in the SUBJECT BANK
Interim Financial Statements, all of which are set forth on Disclosure Schedule
Section 3.1.10 and none of which, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK and (b)
those incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
since the Balance Sheet Date.
3.1.11 Loans, Classified and OLEM Assets, Reserves and Certain
Other Assets.
(a) All currently outstanding loans of, or current extensions of credit
by, SUBJECT BANK (individually, a "Loan," and collectively, the "Loans") were
solicited, originated and currently exist in material compliance with all
applicable requirements of federal and state law and regulations promulgated
thereunder and applicable loan policies of SUBJECT BANK, except (i) for such
changes to the circumstances of the obligor thereunder or the collateral
occurring subsequent to the origination thereof, (ii) as set forth in Disclosure
Schedule Section 3.1.11(a) or (iii) where the failure to so comply would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.11(a), to SUBJECT BANK's knowledge the Loans are
adequately documented and each note evidencing a Loan or loan or credit
agreement or security instrument related to the Loans constitutes a valid, legal
and binding obligation of the obligor thereunder, enforceable in accordance with
the terms thereof, except that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization,
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moratorium or other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except that enforcement thereof may be subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding of law or in equity) and the availability of equitable remedies.
Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.11(a), there are no oral
modifications or amendments or additional agreements related to the Loans that
are not reflected in the Records of SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.11(a), no claims of defense as to the
enforcement of any Loan have been asserted against SUBJECT BANK for which there
is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination, and SUBJECT BANK is
aware of no acts or omissions which would give rise to any claim or right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense for which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination to SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth in
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.11(a), none of the Loans are presently serviced
by third parties and there is no obligation which could result in any Loan
becoming subject to any third party servicing.
(b) As of the Balance Sheet Date, the only assets of SUBJECT BANK that
were (a) Classified Assets or OLEM Assets on SUBJECT BANK's Records, or (b) over
90 days delinquent in payment of principal or interest whether or not the same
are Classified Assets or OLEM Assets, are those listed on Part A of Disclosure
Schedule Section 3.1.11 hereto (which Disclosure Schedule Section identifies the
asset by loan number or other designation and sets forth the original principal
amount, the current book balance, the amount of any reserve (or portion of the
general reserve) allocated thereto, and the loan classification). The loan and
other asset classification procedures utilized by SUBJECT BANK are in accordance
with RAP and prudent banking practice, and are consistently applied. Part B of
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.11 hereto sets forth all loans of SUBJECT BANK
outstanding as of the date hereof (whether or not they are Classified Assets,
OLEM Assets or are otherwise in default) to any director, executive officer or
Principal Shareholder of SUBJECT BANK, or to SUBJECT BANK's knowledge, any
person, corporation or enterprise controlling, controlled by or under common
control with any of the foregoing.
(c) SUBJECT BANK currently maintains, and shall continue to maintain,
an allowance for loan losses allocable to the Loans which is adequate to provide
for all known and estimable losses, net of any recoveries relating to such
extensions of credit previously charged off, on the Loans, such allowance for
loan losses complying in all material respects with all applicable loan loss
reserve requirements established in accordance with GAAP and by any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction with respect to SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.12 Investment Securities; Derivatives. Part A of Disclosure
Schedule Section 3.1.12 describes all of the investment securities (including
mortgage backed securities, and whether actively traded, available for sale or
held to maturity) owned by SUBJECT BANK as of the date hereof, including
identification of the type of security, CUSIP numbers, pool face values (where
applicable), book values, market values and coupon rates and, to SUBJECT
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BANK's knowledge, paydown speeds, book yields, durations, weighted average life
and weighted average coupons, in each case as of August 31, 1998. Except as
identified on Part B of Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.12, since December 31,
1996, SUBJECT BANK has not engaged in any transaction in or involving forwards,
futures, options on futures, swaps or other derivative instruments. To the
knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, none of the counterparties to any contract or
agreement with respect to any such instrument is in default with respect to such
contract or agreement and no such contract or agreement, were it to be a loan
held by SUBJECT BANK, would be a Classified Asset or OLEM Asset. The financial
position of SUBJECT BANK under or with respect to each such instrument has been
reflected in the Records of SUBJECT BANK in accordance with GAAP, and each such
derivative security was entered into as a hedge against financial risks then
inherent in SUBJECT BANK's assets, liabilities and commitments.
3.1.13 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31,
1997, (a) there has been no material adverse change in the business, property,
assets (including loan and servicing portfolios), liabilities (whether absolute,
contingent or otherwise), operations, liquidity, income or condition (financial
or otherwise) of SUBJECT BANK taken as a whole (other than as a result of
changes in banking laws or regulations of general applicability or
interpretation thereof), and (b) SUBJECT BANK has carried on its business in the
ordinary and usual course consistent with its past practices. Except as
disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.13 or as permitted by Section
4.9.10, between December 31, 1997 and the date hereof, SUBJECT BANK has not
increased the wages, salaries, compensation, pension, or other fringe benefits
or perquisites payable to any executive officer, employee, or director, granted
any severance or termination pay, entered into any employment contract, salary
continuation (or similar) contract or any contract to make or grant any
severance or termination pay, or paid any bonus, in each case except for normal
increases and payments for or to persons other than directors or senior officers
of SUBJECT BANK in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
or except as required by applicable law.
3.1.14 Compliance with Applicable Laws. The business of SUBJECT
BANK is, and at all times since December 31, 1994 has been, conducted in
compliance with all Laws (including those relating to equal credit, fair
lending, fair housing and community reinvestment), except where a failure to so
comply individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK, and (b) SUBJECT BANK holds all
permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals of all
Governmental Entities that are material to the operation of the business of
SUBJECT BANK, and is in compliance with the terms of the same except where the
failure so to comply individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. No investigation by
any Governmental Entity with respect to SUBJECT BANK is pending or, to SUBJECT
BANK's knowledge, contemplated, other than normal examinations conducted by a
Bank Regulator in the regular course of the business of SUBJECT BANK.
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3.1.15 Litigation and Other Disputes. Except as disclosed on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.15, (a) there is no suit, action, or proceeding
(including any cross- or counter-claim) pending or, to the knowledge of SUBJECT
BANK, threatened, against or affecting SUBJECT BANK or any of its assets, nor is
there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity
or arbitrator outstanding against SUBJECT BANK the obligations under which have
not heretofore been fully performed; (b) SUBJECT BANK has not accrued nor set
aside any reserves relating to any suit, action, or proceeding (including any
cross- or counter-claim) pending or, to the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK,
threatened, against or affecting SUBJECT BANK or any of its assets; and (c)
since December 31, 1994, SUBJECT BANK has not been a defendant, either directly
or as defendant-in-counterclaim or cross-claim, in any litigation in which any
"lender liability" cause of action was asserted against SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.16 Administration of Fiduciary Accounts. SUBJECT BANK has
properly administered in all material respects all accounts for which it acts as
a fiduciary (including but not limited to accounts for which it serves as a
trustee, agent, custodian, personal representative, guardian, conservator or
investment advisor) in accordance with the terms of the governing documents and
applicable Law, including state and federal common law. To the knowledge of
SUBJECT BANK, neither SUBJECT BANK nor any of its directors, officers or
employees has committed any breach of trust with respect to any such fiduciary
account which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on SUBJECT BANK, and the accounting for each such fiduciary account are
true and correct in all material respects and accurately reflect the assets of
such fiduciary account.
3.1.17 Taxes.
(a) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.17,
SUBJECT BANK and any affiliated, combined or unitary group of which
SUBJECT BANK is or was a member has in all material respects (i)
correctly prepared and timely filed all returns, declarations,
estimates, reports, claims for refund, information returns and
statements ("Returns") required to be filed with respect to all Taxes,
(ii) timely and properly paid all Taxes that are due and payable, (iii)
established on its Records reserves that are adequate for the payment
of all Taxes accrued but not yet due and payable and (iv) complied with
all Laws relating to the withholding and payment of all Taxes with
respect to employees' wages.
(b) There are no actual or proposed Tax deficiencies,
assessments, or adjustments for Taxes with respect to SUBJECT BANK or
any assets, property or operations of SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth
in Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.17, (i) there are no liens for Taxes
upon the assets of SUBJECT BANK, (ii) SUBJECT BANK has not requested
any extension of time within which to file any
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Return which has not since been filed, (iii) there are no waivers or
consents given by SUBJECT BANK regarding the application of the statute
of limitations with respect to any Taxes or Returns, (iv) no federal,
state, local or foreign audits or other administrative proceedings or
court proceedings are pending against SUBJECT BANK with regard to any
Taxes or Returns or (v) SUBJECT BANK has not filed any election under
Section 338(g) or 338(h)(10) of the Code or caused or permitted any
deemed election under Section 338(e) of the Code.
(c) The Company has not made any election under Section 341(f)
of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign
tax Law. The Company is not required to include in income any
adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a
voluntary change in accounting method nor does SUBJECT BANK have any
knowledge that the Internal Revenue Service has proposed any such
adjustment or change in accounting method. The Company, as a result of
any "closing agreement" as defined in Section 7121 of the Code (or any
corresponding provisions of any state, local or foreign tax law), is
not required to include any item of income in or exclude any item of
deduction from taxable income. The Company, as a result of any deferred
intercompany gain or any excess loss account, described in Section
1.1502 of the Treasury Department Regulations concerning consolidated
returns, is not required to include any item of income in taxable
income. The Company has not been at any time during the past ten (10)
years a member of an affiliated group, as defined in Section 1504 of
the Code, other than one of which SUBJECT BANK was the common parent,
or filed or been included in a combined, consolidated or unitary income
tax return other than one filed by SUBJECT BANK.
(d) The Company has not made any payments and is not obligated
under any contract to make any payments that will be nondeductible, in
whole or in part, under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code.
3.1.18 Certain Agreements. Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule
Section 3.1.18, SUBJECT BANK is not party to (nor are any of its assets bound
by) any oral or written contract, lease or other agreement of any name or
nature, in effect as of the date hereof:
(a) that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to an
annual report on Form 10-K filed with the FDIC or SEC,
(b) the benefits of which (to either party) will accrue or be
increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated,
by the occurrence of the Merger (either alone or upon the occurrence of
any additional acts or events), or the value of any of the benefits of
which will be calculated on the basis of the Merger or any portion or
aspect thereof (including any so-called retention or similar bonuses),
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(c) relating to employment, salary continuation, severance,
consulting, collective bargaining or otherwise relating to the
provision of personal services or payment therefor (including data
processing, software programming and licensing contracts),
(d) which, upon the consummation of the Merger, will result in
any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from
SUBJECT BANK or the Company to any officer or employee of SUBJECT BANK,
(e) relating to non-competition or secrecy,
(f) that materially restricts the conduct of any line of
business by SUBJECT BANK, or
(g) that was entered into in connection with the consummation
of an acquisition of the stock or one or more branches of a depository
institution pursuant to which SUBJECT BANK is entitled to receive
indemnification from any Person.
SUBJECT BANK is not materially in default under, conflict with, violation of,
nor has SUBJECT BANK, to its knowledge, through any act or omission created a
material right of termination under, cancellation of, acceleration of any
obligation under, loss of material benefit under, or created any material lien,
pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on its assets under any contract,
lease or other agreement described by any of the foregoing clauses (a) through
(g), and to its knowledge, no other party to any such contract, lease or other
agreement has committed (by act or omission) any such material default or
violation of the same. SUBJECT BANK has previously delivered to the Company true
and correct copies of all employment, consulting and deferred compensation
agreements in effect as of the date hereof that are in writing to which SUBJECT
BANK is a party, and has delivered to the Company complete and accurate
summaries of all employment, consulting and deferred compensation agreements in
effect as of the date hereof that are not in writing to which SUBJECT BANK is a
party. Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.18, SUBJECT BANK
is not a party to, and since December 31, 1994 has not been a party to (nor are
any of its assets bound by), any oral or written contract, lease or other
agreement of any name or nature with a Person who was, as of or within one year
prior to the date of such agreement, a director, officer or Principal
Shareholder of SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.19 Employees and Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.1.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
true and complete list of all Benefit Plans in effect as of the date
hereof that SUBJECT BANK maintains or to which it contributes for the
benefit of its employees. With respect to
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each such Benefit Plan, SUBJECT BANK has delivered to the Company an
accurate and complete copy thereof (or, to the extent any Benefit Plan
has not been reduced to writing, an accurate description thereof) and,
to the extent applicable, an accurate and complete copy of each of (i)
any related trust agreement, annuity contract or other funding
instrument, (ii) the most recent determination letter with respect to
the Benefit Plan and any summary plan description and other written
communication by SUBJECT BANK to the employees concerning the extent of
the benefits provided under such Benefit Plan, and (iii) Forms 5500 and
attached schedules, audited financial statements, actuarial valuation
reports and attorneys' responses to any auditor's request for
information filed or prepared since December 31, 1994.
(b) Each Benefit Plan has been established and administered in
all material respects in accordance with its terms, and in material
compliance with the applicable provisions of the Code, ERISA and other
applicable Laws. Each Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified
within the meaning of Section 401(a), 401(k), 408, 409 or 4975(e)(7) of
the Code is so qualified and has received a favorable determination
letter as to its qualification and nothing has occurred, whether by
action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
qualification. With respect to each Benefit Plan, no action, suit or
claim (other than ordinary and usual claims for benefits) is pending
or, to the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, threatened, and no fact or
circumstance exists which could give rise to any such action, suit or
claim. No Person has engaged in any prohibited transaction, as such
term is defined under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA,
or otherwise breached any fiduciary duty or failed to satisfy Section
412 of ERISA, which would subject SUBJECT BANK or the Company to any
taxes, penalties or liabilities or obligations under Section 4975 of
the Code or Part 4 or 5 of Title I (including Sections 409 and 502(i)
and (l)) of ERISA. No event has occurred and no condition exists that
would subject SUBJECT BANK or the Company to any tax, fine or penalty
imposed by the Code, ERISA or other applicable Laws. To the knowledge
of SUBJECT BANK, each Benefit Plan may be amended or terminated in
accordance with its terms, to the extent such terms provide for
amendment or termination, without obligation or liability (other than
(i) those obligations and liabilities for which specific and sufficient
assets have been set aside in a trust or other funding vehicle or
reserved for on the SUBJECT BANK Interim Balance Sheet, and (ii) those
obligations and liabilities reflected by the terms of the Benefit Plan
documents). SUBJECT BANK has made all payments and contributions due to
each Benefit Plan.
(c) The Company has no Benefit Plan which is subject to Title
IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. No
Benefit Plan which is a pension plan as described in Section 3(1) of
ERISA has been terminated in a manner which has resulted or may result
in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
other Person. There exists no condition or set of circumstances
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which present a material risk of termination or partial termination of
any Benefit Plan which could result in any liability on the part of
SUBJECT BANK or the Company, and there is no existing or anticipated
material liability under ERISA with respect to a Benefit Plan. Neither
SUBJECT BANK, nor any entity which may be or in the past may have been
treated as a single employer with SUBJECT BANK under Section 414 of the
Code, contributes to, has ever contributed to or has ever had an
obligation to contribute to, a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
(d) Each Benefit Plan which is intended to meet the
requirements for tax-favored treatment under Subchapter B of Chapter 1
of Subtitle A of the Code meets such requirements in all material
respects. SUBJECT BANK has received a favorable determination from the
Internal Revenue Service with respect to any trust intended to be
qualified within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. There is
no unfunded obligation under any Benefit Plan providing benefits after
termination of employment to any employee of SUBJECT BANK, and SUBJECT
BANK has made no other commitment to employees, former employees or
their beneficiaries under which it is or would be obligated to provide
any benefit or payment which is not adequately funded through a trust
or other funding arrangement or reserved for on the SUBJECT BANK
Interim Balance Sheet. SUBJECT BANK has no "accumulated post-retirement
benefit obligation," as defined in FAS 106, in respect to
post-retirement health and life benefits for employees. No Benefit Plan
exists which could result in the payment to any employee of any money
or other property or right, or accelerate or provide any other right or
benefit, to any employee as a result of any transaction explicitly
contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) With respect to the SUBJECT BANK Benefit Plans,
individually and in the aggregate, to the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, no
event has occurred and there exists no condition or set of
circumstances in connection with which SUBJECT BANK could be subject to
any liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK (except liability for benefits claims
and funding obligations payable in the ordinary course) under ERISA,
the Code or any other applicable Law.
(f) Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section
3.1.19(f), there are no material disputes, employee grievances, or
disciplinary actions pending or, to the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK,
threatened by or between any of SUBJECT BANK's employees and SUBJECT
BANK. SUBJECT BANK has complied in all material respects with all Laws
relating to the employment of labor and has no liability for any
arrears of wages or employment-related taxes, or penalties for failure
to comply with any such Law, or for any severance or termination
payments of any type. No election or proceeding relating to SUBJECT
BANK's labor relations is pending or, to SUBJECT
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BANK's knowledge, contemplated. To the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK,
SUBJECT BANK has had no union activity or any material labor trouble
(including any strike, work stoppage, slow-down, or similar
disturbance) of any kind, nature or description at any time.
3.1.20 Properties. Except as disclosed on Part A of Disclosure
Schedule Section 3.1.20, as of the date of this Agreement SUBJECT BANK does not
hold title to or a beneficial interest in any real property other than OREO.
Disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.20 are the only real properties
leased by, otherwise occupied by, or in the possession of SUBJECT BANK, as of
the date of this Agreement (excluding OREO and property occupied only as lender
in possession, in each case provided that SUBJECT BANK is conducting no business
in such property). Except for assets disposed of in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since the Balance Sheet Date, SUBJECT
BANK has good and valid title to all of the tangible personal property and
assets which are used in and material to the operation of its business and which
it owns or purports to own, including all assets reflected as owned by SUBJECT
BANK on the SUBJECT BANK Interim Balance Sheet, and has good and valid title to
all of the leasehold interests in all leases of real or personal property which
it leases or purports to lease (in each case, as lessee), including all assets
reflected as leased by SUBJECT BANK on the SUBJECT BANK Interim Balance Sheet,
in each case free and clear of any liens, encumbrances or other imperfections of
title other than such liens, encumbrances or imperfections as (a) are set forth
on Part A of Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.20 or are fully reserved against on
the SUBJECT BANK Interim Balance Sheet, (b) arise out of Taxes not yet due or
payable, or (c) relate to immaterial properties or assets or otherwise could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. SUBJECT BANK enjoys peaceful and undisturbed
possession of the applicable leased asset under all leases of real or personal
property under which it is operating or to which it is a party excepting only
those properties noted on Part B of Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.20 as
subleased to third parties, as to which SUBJECT BANK's sublessee enjoys peaceful
and undisturbed possession. All of such leases are valid, subsisting and in full
force and effect and there are no existing defaults or events which, with the
passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute defaults by
SUBJECT BANK or, to the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, by any other party thereto,
except for such defaults, if any, which could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT
BANK. All items of real or personal property owned or used by SUBJECT BANK and
material to its business have been properly maintained and, to SUBJECT BANK's
knowledge, are in good operating order and repair.
3.1.21 Environmental. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule
Section 3.1.21, SUBJECT BANK and all real property (including OREO) in the
possession of SUBJECT BANK or over which SUBJECT BANK exercises control are, and
at all times while in the possession or control of SUBJECT BANK each property at
any time owned, possessed or
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controlled by SUBJECT BANK has been, in compliance with all applicable Laws
relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment
(including Laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened
releases of Hazardous Material or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Material), except for any violations of Law that, either
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and cannot reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. Except as set forth on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.21, there has not occurred any release of
Hazardous Material on, under or affecting any real property during the period of
SUBJECT BANK's ownership, possession or operation of such property (including
its participation in the management of any business located on such property) or
during any prior period except for releases that, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and cannot reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. To the knowledge of SUBJECT BANK, neither
SUBJECT BANK nor any property now or heretofore in its possession is or has ever
been a defendant in or the subject of any suit, claim, action, proceeding,
investigation or notice before any Governmental Entity or other forum relating
to an alleged violation (including by any predecessor) of any environmental Law
or any Law relating to the release or threatened release into the environment of
any Hazardous Material, whether or not occurring at or on a site owned, leased
or operated by SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.22 Intellectual Property. SUBJECT BANK owns, or possesses valid
and binding licenses and other rights to use without payment (other than
payments for software licenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), all
material trademarks, trade names, servicemarks, copyrights, trade secrets and
patents used in its businesses, and SUBJECT BANK has not received any challenge
of the same by any Person or any notice of alleged conflict between the same and
the rights of any other Person. SUBJECT BANK has, in all material respects,
performed all of its obligations under, is not materially in default under, and
has not created any right of termination under, cancellation of, acceleration of
any obligation under, or loss of a material benefit under, any contract,
agreement, arrangement or commitment relating to any of the foregoing.
3.1.23 Capitalization. As of the date hereof, without giving effect
to the transactions contemplated hereby, SUBJECT BANK (a) is "well capitalized",
as defined in applicable Federal regulations, and (b) meets all capital
requirements, standards and ratios required by each Bank Regulator with
jurisdiction over SUBJECT BANK, including without limitation, any such higher
requirement, standard or ratio as shall apply to institutions engaging in the
acquisition of insured institution deposits, assets or branches, and no such
Bank Regulator has indicated that it will condition any of the regulatory
approvals upon an increase in SUBJECT BANK's capital or compliance with any
special capital requirement, standard or ratio.
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3.1.24 CRA. SUBJECT BANK was rated "Satisfactory" following its
most recent Community Reinvestment Act examination by the FDIC. SUBJECT BANK has
not received any notice of and SUBJECT BANK has no knowledge of any planned or
threatened objection by any community group to the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.1.25 Year 2000. None of the computer software, computer firmware,
computer hardware (whether general or special purpose), and other similar or
related items of automated, computerized, and/or software system(s) that are
used or relied on by SUBJECT BANK or BancData Solutions, Inc. in the conduct of
their respective businesses (collectively, the "Computer Systems") will
malfunction, cease to function, generate incorrect data, or produce incorrect
results when processing, providing, and/or receiving (i) date-related data into
and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and (ii) date-related data
in connection with any valid date in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
(the "Year 2000 Problem") where such Year 2000 Problem would have a Material
Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK. SUBJECT BANK's Computer Systems are in
compliance in all material respects with all regulations and guidelines
concerning the Year 2000 Problem promulgated or published by Federal or State
Bank Regulators. Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.25 sets forth a true and
correct summary of SUBJECT BANK's analysis, plans and implementation status with
respect to the Year 2000 Problem. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule
Section 3.1.25, SUBJECT BANK has no contracts with, or commitments to, any
third-party with respect to its Computer Systems relating to the Year 2000
Problem and is not aware of any expense that it will incur in connection with
the resolution of any Year 2000 Problem. To the best knowledge of SUBJECT BANK,
there is no inability on the part of any customer, reinsurance company or
service provider with which SUBJECT BANK transacts business to timely remedy
their own deficiencies in respect of the Year 2000 Problem, which inability,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on SUBJECT BANK.
3.1.26 Pooling of Interests Treatment; Tax Free Reorganization. As
of the date hereof, SUBJECT BANK has no reason to believe that the Merger will
not qualify as a pooling of interests for accounting purposes or as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code.
3.1.27 Fairness Opinion. SUBJECT BANK has received an opinion from
Carpenter & Company, addressed to SUBJECT BANK's Board of Directors, to the
effect that as of the date hereof the Merger Consideration is fair, from a
financial point of view, to the holders of the SUBJECT BANK Common Stock.
3.1.28 Brokers. SUBJECT BANK has not employed any broker, finder or
similar Person in connection with the Merger other than Carpenter & Company, and
has not incurred and will not incur any broker's, finder's or similar fees,
commissions or expenses in
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connection with the Merger excepting those of Carpenter & Company, the terms of
which are set forth in Disclosure Schedule Section 3.1.28.
3.1.29 Disclosure of All Material Matters. No statement of fact set
forth in (a) this Agreement (including all information in the Disclosure
Schedules and Exhibits hereto), (b) SUBJECT BANK's Form 10-K filed with the FDIC
for the period ended December 31, 1997, (c) SUBJECT BANK's Forms 10-Q filed with
the FDIC for the periods ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998, (d) SUBJECT
BANK's Interim Financial Statements, (e) each of SUBJECT BANK's Forms 10-Q and
10-K filed with the FDIC between the date hereof and the Closing Date (when the
same are filed), (f) SUBJECT BANK's Reports of Condition and Reports of Income
filed with the FDIC between the date hereof and the Closing Date (when the same
are filed), or (g) SUBJECT BANK's Monthly Financial Statements (when the same
are delivered), including in each case the financial statements included therein
and other exhibits thereto, is or will be false or misleading in any material
respect; nor does or will this Agreement (including all information in the
Disclosure Schedules and Exhibits hereto, taken as a whole) or the
above-referenced Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q, Most Recent Financial Statements,
Reports of Condition, Reports of Income or Monthly Financial Statements omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or
information disclosed, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made or disclosed, not misleading.
3.2 By the Company. The Company represents and warrants as follows,
except as specifically disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule:
3.2.1 Organization, Standing and Power.
(a) The Company is a business corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now
being conducted, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do
business in each jurisdiction in which a failure to be so qualified
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Company, including all amendments thereto as of the date of this
Agreement, have been delivered to SUBJECT BANK and are complete and
correct. The minute books of the Company accurately reflect in all
material respects all corporate actions held or taken by the Company's
shareholders and Board of Directors, including all committees of such
Board of Directors, except the meetings listed in Disclosure Schedule
Section 3.2.1 for which minutes have not been prepared. The Company is
a bank holding company duly registered under the Bank Holding Company
Act.
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(b) The Bank is a commercial banking corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of California, and is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the
Company.
3.2.2 Authority and Related Matters. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), and has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of such
transactions (including the Merger) by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company's Board of Directors. The only vote of the holders of any
class or series of SUBJECT BANK's securities necessary to approve this Agreement
or the consummation of the Merger is the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote
thereon approving the Merger, and the Board of Directors has directed the
officers of the Company to submit the Merger and this Agreement to the holders
of Company Common Stock for approval at a meeting of such shareholders or for
approval of such shareholders by written consent. The Company has entered into
agreements with shareholders of the Company holding greater than 50% of the
Company Common Stock whereby such shareholders agree to vote in favor of the
Merger. No other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company not heretofore
taken are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the Merger. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by SUBJECT BANK) constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms
subject only to laws regarding bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or otherwise affecting creditors' rights generally, and to the
application of general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding
in law or at equity).
3.2.3 Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does
not, and the consummation of the Merger will not, result in any conflict with or
violation of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company. Subject only to obtaining or making the consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings included among the
Company Governmental Approvals, the execution and delivery of this Agreement
does not, and the consummation of the Merger will not, result in any violation,
conflict, default, creation of a right of termination, cancellation,
acceleration, or loss of a material benefit under any Law or under any loan or
credit agreement, note, mortgage, indenture, lease, employee benefit plan or
other agreement, obligation, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or
license, or any judgment, order or decree, applicable to the Company or any of
their properties or assets, which violation, conflict, default, creation of a
right of termination, cancellation, acceleration, or loss of a material benefit
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.2.4 Consents. Except as disclosed on Disclosure Schedule Section
3.2.4 (collectively, the "Company Governmental Approvals"), no consent,
approval, order
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or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any
Governmental Entity is required in connection with the Company's execution and
delivery of this Agreement or its consummation of the Merger, as to which the
failure to obtain the same could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or materially interfere with the Company's ability
to consummate the Merger.
3.2.5 Registration Statement. The Company has provided to SUBJECT
BANK a copy of the registration statement on Form S-1 that the Company filed
with SEC on August 17, 1998 (the "S-1 Registration Statement") and a revised
draft of the S-1 Registration Statement (draft of September 11, 1998) is set
forth as Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.5. As of the date of this Agreement,
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.5 does not contain any statement of fact which
is false or misleading in any material respect nor does it omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information
disclosed therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
or disclosed, not misleading. No statement of fact with respect to the Company
set forth in any document filed by the Company with the SEC between the date
hereof and the Closing Date (when the same are filed) will be false or
misleading in any material respect; nor will any such document omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or information
disclosed, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or
disclosed, not misleading.
3.2.6 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed on
Disclosure Schedule Section 3.2.6, since August 17, 1998, (a) there has been no
material adverse change in the business, property, assets (including loan and
servicing portfolios), liabilities (whether absolute, contingent or otherwise),
operations, liquidity, income or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company (other than as a result of changes in banking laws or regulations of
general applicability or interpretation thereof), and (b) each of the Company
and the Bank has carried on its business in the ordinary and usual course
consistent with its past practices.
3.2.7 Pooling of Interests Treatment; Tax Free Reorganization. As
of the date hereof, the Company has no reason to believe that the Merger will
not qualify as a pooling of interests for accounting purposes or as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code.
3.2.8 NASDAQ. To the Company's knowledge, immediately after the
Closing, the Company will meet all of the criteria necessary in order for the
Company Common Stock to be eligible for listing on the Nasdaq National Market
System ("Nasdaq NMS") under Initial Listing Option No. 1 (as in effect as of the
date of this Agreement), except that the Company makes no representation or
warranty as to the number of broker-dealers, if any, that will be market makers
in Company Common Stock.
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ARTICLE IV.
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4.1 Discussions with Third Parties.
4.1.1 SUBJECT BANK (a) shall not, and shall instruct and cause each
of its Representatives not to, solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly,
inquiries or proposals with respect to any Strategic Transaction Proposal, and,
(b) except as expressly permitted by Section 4.1.2, shall not, and shall
instruct and cause each of its Representatives not to, furnish any non-public
information relating to or participate in any negotiations, discussions or other
activities concerning, any Strategic Transaction with any Person other than the
Company. SUBJECT BANK shall notify the Company promptly after any Strategic
Transaction Proposal is received by, or any negotiations or discussions
regarding a Strategic Transaction Proposal are sought to be initiated with,
directly or indirectly, SUBJECT BANK or any of its Representatives, and shall
disclose to the Company the identity of the third party making or seeking to
make such Strategic Transaction Proposal, the terms and conditions thereof and
such other information as the Company reasonably may request; provided, however,
that if SUBJECT BANK receives a Strategic Transaction Proposal and the foregoing
disclosure of such Strategic Transaction Proposal to the Company would violate a
confidentiality agreement by which SUBJECT BANK is bound, SUBJECT BANK shall
make the foregoing disclosure only to the maximum extent permissible under such
confidentiality agreement. SUBJECT BANK represents and warrants to the Company
that SUBJECT BANK is not subject to any such confidentiality agreement.
4.1.2 Notwithstanding Section 4.1.1, following receipt of a
Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal, neither SUBJECT BANK nor any of its
Representatives shall be prohibited from (a) engaging in discussions or
negotiations with a third party which has made a proposal that satisfies the
requirements of a Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal and thereafter
providing to such third party information previously provided or made available
to the Company, provided the third party shall have entered into a
confidentiality agreement substantially similar to the confidentiality
provisions of Section 4.3 hereof, (b) taking and disclosing to the SUBJECT BANK
Shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or
otherwise making disclosure of the Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal to
its shareholders, or (c) subject to the terms of Article VI of this Agreement,
terminating this Agreement. A "Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal" shall
mean a bona fide written Strategic Transaction Proposal with respect to which
the Board of Directors shall have determined, after consultation with SUBJECT
BANK's counsel, that the action by SUBJECT BANK contemplated under either clause
(a), (b) or (c), as applicable, of the immediately preceding sentence is
required under the fiduciary duties owed by the Board of Directors to the
SUBJECT BANK Shareholders, which determination has been made acting in good
faith and on the basis of a written opinion from a financial advisor retained by
SUBJECT
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BANK to the effect that the financial terms of such Strategic Transaction
Proposal are, from such shareholders' perspective, financially superior to the
Merger Consideration.
4.1.3 In the event that SUBJECT BANK receives a Qualifying
Strategic Transaction Proposal, it shall, within ten (10) Business Days of its
receipt thereof, give notice to the Company either (i) reaffirming SUBJECT
BANK's intent to proceed under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger, or
(ii) terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 6. If SUBJECT BANK does not,
within such ten (10) Business Day-period, either expressly reaffirm its intent
to proceed under this Agreement or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section
6, the Company may at any time within thirty (30) days thereafter terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 6.
4.2 Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus and S-4 Registration Statement;
Shareholder Approval.
4.2.1 The Company and SUBJECT BANK shall promptly prepare and file
with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus (including the preliminary
form thereof) and the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a
registration statement on form S-4 (the "S-4 Registration Statement"), in which
the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus will be included as a prospectus. The
Parties shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file the preliminary
proxy statement with the SEC within thirty (30) Business Days after the date of
this Agreement. The Company's employees and advisors shall have principal
responsibility for the preparing the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus. Each of
the Company and SUBJECT BANK shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
have the S-4 Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act
as promptly as practicable after such filing, and the Company and SUBJECT BANK
shall thereafter as promptly as practicable mail the Joint Proxy
Statement-Prospectus to their respective shareholders and convene meetings (or,
with respect to the Company, take action by written consent) of their respective
shareholders for the purpose of approving this Agreement, the proposed Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall use all
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or
"Blue Sky" permits and approvals required for the Company and SUBJECT BANK to
carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and SUBJECT BANK shall
furnish all information concerning SUBJECT BANK and the holders of SUBJECT BANK
Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
Each Party shall promptly notify the other of the receipt by it of any comments
of the SEC or state securities laws regulators and will promptly supply the
other with copies of all correspondence between it and its representatives, on
the one hand, and the SEC or Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus, the S-4
Registration Statement or such "Blue Sky" permits and approvals.
4.2.2 The Company and SUBJECT BANK shall, upon request, furnish
each other with all information concerning themselves, their subsidiaries,
directors, officers and
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shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable
in connection with the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus, the S-4 Registration
Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on
behalf of the Company, SUBJECT BANK or any of their respective subsidiaries to
any Governmental Entity in connection with the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus,
the S-4 Registration Statement or the "Blue Sky" permits and approvals.
4.2.3 Except as expressly provided in the immediately following
sentence, the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus shall include the Recommendation
of Approval by the SUBJECT BANK Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, in the event that SUBJECT BANK has received a
Strategic Transaction Proposal and its Board of Directors has determined, in
accordance with Section 4.1.2, that such Strategic Transaction Proposal
constitutes a Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal, then its Board of
Directors shall not be prohibited from failing to include a Recommendation of
Approval in the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus, from retracting or qualifying
its Recommendation of Approval if previously given, or from postponing or
adjourning the meeting of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders called for the purpose
of approving the Merger.
4.2.4 SUBJECT BANK represents and warrants to the Company that as
of the date the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus is issued and as of the date
its shareholders act to approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus will comply as to form in all
material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
FDIC thereunder, and the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus will not at the time
of its issuance and as of the date of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholder meeting to
approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation or warranty
is made with respect to information set forth in the Joint Proxy
Statement-Prospectus concerning the Company or the meeting of the shareholders
of the Company to act upon approval of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby. SUBJECT BANK will promptly advise the Company in writing
if, at any time prior to the date of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholder meeting to
approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, it shall obtain
knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or
supplement the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus in order to make the statements
contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with
applicable law and agrees to correct any statements that are or have become
misleading.
4.2.5 The Company represents and warrants to SUBJECT BANK that the
S-4 Registration Statement, at the time it becomes effective and at the date of
the SUBJECT BANK Shareholder meeting to act upon approval of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated
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hereby, and the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus, at the date of its issuance
and at the date of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholder meeting to act upon approval of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, will comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and will not at any such time
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no
representation or warranty is made with respect to information set forth in the
Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus concerning SUBJECT BANK or the meeting of the
SUBJECT BANK Shareholders to act upon approval of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company will promptly advise SUBJECT BANK
in writing if, at any time prior to the meeting of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders
to act upon approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
the Company shall obtain knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or
appropriate to amend or supplement the S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint
Proxy Statement-Prospectus in order to make the statements contained or
incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable
law and agrees to correct any statements that are or have become misleading.
4.2.6 SUBJECT BANK shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
cause to be delivered to the Company letters from its independent accountants
dated the date on which the S-4 Registration Statement or last amendment thereto
shall become effective, and dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Company
and SUBJECT BANK, with respect to SUBJECT BANK's consolidated financial position
and the results of operations, which letters shall be based on SAS 72 and
certain agreed-upon procedures, which procedures shall be consistent with
applicable professional standards for letters delivered by independent
accountants in connection with comparable transactions, and each in form and
substance which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
4.2.7 SUBJECT BANK shall identify in a letter to the Company, after
consultation with counsel, all persons who, at the time of the meeting of its
stockholders referred to in Section 4.2.1, it believes may be deemed to be
"affiliates" of SUBJECT BANK, as that term is defined for purposes of paragraphs
(c) and (d) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act and/or as used in and for
purposes of Accounting Series Releases 130 and 135, as amended, of the SEC (the
"Seller Affiliates"). SUBJECT BANK shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
to cause each person who is identified as a Seller Affiliate in the letter
referred to above to deliver to the Company at least forty (40) days prior to
the Effective Time an executed copy of SUBJECT BANK Affiliates Agreement in the
form of Exhibit 4.2.7. Prior to the Effective Time, SUBJECT BANK shall amend and
supplement such letter and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause each
additional person who is identified as a Seller Affiliate to execute a copy of
SUBJECT BANK Affiliates Agreement. Within thirty (30) days after the end of the
first fiscal quarter of the Company ending at least thirty (30) days after the
Effective
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Time, the Company will publish results including at least thirty (30) days of
combined operations of the Company and SUBJECT BANK as referred to in SUBJECT
BANK Affiliates Agreement as contemplated by and in accordance with SEC
Accounting Series Release No. 135.
4.2.8 The Company shall identify in a letter to SUBJECT BANK, after
consultation with counsel, all persons who, at the time of the meeting of its
stockholders (or the time of the written consent of its stockholders) referred
to in Section 4.2.1, it believes may be deemed to be "affiliates" of the
Company, as that term is defined for purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule
145 under the Securities Act and/or as used in and for purposes of Accounting
Series Releases 130 and 135, as amended, of the SEC (the "Company Affiliates").
The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause each person
who is identified as a Company Affiliate in the letter referred to above to
deliver to the Company at least forty (40) days prior to the Effective Time an
executed copy of an affiliates agreement satisfactory to the Company.
4.3 Access.
4.3.1 With Respect to SUBJECT BANK. SUBJECT BANK shall make
available to the Company all information regarding itself that the Company
reasonably may request, and shall authorize all commercially reasonable visits
to its premises with such staff, consultants and experts as the Company
reasonably may request. The Company agrees to coordinate closely all such
activities with SUBJECT BANK's President or Chief Financial Officer and to
conduct any such inquiries with appropriate discretion and sensitivity to
SUBJECT BANK's relationships with its employees, customers and suppliers.
4.3.2 With Respect to the Company. Upon reasonable notice, the
Company shall afford SUBJECT BANK, and its officers, employees, counsel,
accountants and other authorized representatives, access, during normal business
hours throughout the period prior to the date of the meeting of shareholders of
the Company held to vote (or written consent voting) upon the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, to such information regarding the Company and
its subsidiaries as shall be reasonably necessary for SUBJECT BANK to fulfill
its obligations pursuant to this Agreement to prepare the Joint Proxy
Statement-Prospectus. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall, within a
reasonable period of time prior to the Closing, afford SUBJECT BANK and its
officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives,
such access as is reasonably necessary to confirm that the representations and
warranties of the Company made herein are true and correct in all material
respects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in its discretion, the Company may
limit or exclude the provision of and access to information relating to any
actual or proposed acquisition or business combination by the Company that is
unrelated to the Merger. The Company shall furnish promptly to SUBJECT BANK a
copy of each application, report, schedule, correspondence and other document
filed by the Company with or received by the Company from any Governmental
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Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, and the
Company agrees to notify SUBJECT BANK by telephone within 24 hours of receipt of
any adverse oral communication from any Governmental Entity regarding the
outcome of any regulatory applications required in connection with the Merger.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall be required to provide
access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would
jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of the institution in possession or
control of such information or would contravene any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior
to the date of this Agreement. The parties hereto will make appropriate
substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions
of the preceding sentence apply. No investigation pursuant to this Section 4.3.2
by SUBJECT BANK shall affect of be deemed to modify or waive any representation
or warranty made herein by the Company or the conditions to the obligation of
SUBJECT BANK to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SUBJECT BANK agrees to coordinate closely all such activities with the Company's
President or Chief Financial Officer and to conduct any such inquiries with
appropriate discretion and sensitivity to the Company's relationships with its
employees, customers and suppliers.
4.3.3 Confidentiality. Each Party acknowledges that certain of the
information made available to it pursuant to this Section 4.3 and otherwise in
connection with the Merger may be confidential, proprietary or otherwise
nonpublic, and each Party agrees, for itself and for each of its
Representatives, that it (i) shall hold in confidence all confidential
information received by it from or with regard to the other Party ("Confidential
Information") subject to the terms of this Section 4.3, (ii) shall disclose such
Confidential Information only to those of its Representatives and, in the case
of the Company, its current or prospective investors, and other sources of
capital, in each case having a need to know the same for purposes of evaluating,
negotiating or implementing the financing of the Merger, and (iii) shall inform
each Representative or investor to whom Confidential Information is disclosed
that such information is confidential and direct such Representative or current
or prospective investor not to disclose the same. Each Party shall remain
responsible for any disclosure of Confidential Information by any of its
Representatives or investors. Each Party further agrees that, upon the request
of the other Party given following any termination of this Agreement, the
receiving Party and each of its Representatives either shall return to the
requesting Party all Confidential Information received by the receiving Party
and its Representatives (including all compilations, analyses or other documents
prepared by it that contain Confidential Information) or shall certify that the
same has been destroyed. As used herein, Confidential Information shall not
include (i) information that is or becomes generally available to the public
other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement, (ii) information that the
receiving Party demonstrates was known to it on a non-confidential basis prior
to receiving such information from the other Party, (iii) information that the
receiving Party develops independently without relying on Confidential
Information, and (iv) information that becomes available to the receiving Party
on a non-confidential basis from
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another source if the source was not known to or not reasonably believed by the
receiving Party to be subject to any prohibition against disclosing such
information.
4.4 Prosecution of Regulatory Filings; Cooperation. The Parties
shall cooperate with each other and use all commercially reasonable efforts to
prepare and file promptly all necessary documentation, to effect all
applications, notices, petitions and filings, and to obtain as promptly as
practicable all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third
parties and Governmental Entities which are necessary or advisable to consummate
the Merger. The Parties agree that they will consult with each other with
respect to the obtaining of all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations
of all third parties and Governmental Entities necessary or advisable to
consummate the Merger and each Party will keep the other apprised of the status
of matters relating to completion of the Merger. Each Party shall, upon request,
furnish the other Party with all information concerning itself as may be
reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with any filing or application
made by or on behalf of such Party to any Governmental Entity in connection with
the Merger. Each Party shall promptly advise the other Party upon receiving any
communication from any Governmental Entity whose consent or approval is required
for consummation of the Merger which causes such Party to believe that there is
a reasonable likelihood that any required Governmental Approval will not be
obtained or that the receipt of any such Governmental Approval will be
materially delayed. Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of
the Parties hereto agrees to use all reasonable efforts to, as promptly as
practicable, take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and
regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or to vest the Company, indirectly through the Surviving
Corporation, with full title to all properties, assets, rights, approvals,
immunities and franchises of SUBJECT BANK. In case at any time after the
Effective Time any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the
purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Company with full title to all
properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and franchises of SUBJECT
BANK, the proper officers and directors of each party to this Agreement shall
take all such necessary action.
4.5 Advice of Changes. Each Party shall promptly advise the other
Party of any change or event having a Material Adverse Effect on it or which it
believes would or may be reasonably likely to cause or constitute a material
breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained herein
or to preclude the satisfaction of one or more of the conditions set forth in
Article V. From time to time prior to the Closing Date, each Party will promptly
supplement or amend the Disclosure Schedules delivered by it in connection with
the execution of this Agreement to reflect any matter which, if existing,
occurring or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be
set forth or described in such Disclosure Schedules, or which is necessary to
correct any information in such Disclosure Schedules which has been rendered
inaccurate thereby; provided, however, that no such supplement or amendment to
the Disclosure Schedules shall have any effect for the purpose of determining
the accuracy of any
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representation or warranty when made, for determining satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Article V, or for determining the compliance by any
Party with any other provision of this Agreement.
4.6 Current Information. During the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Closing Date, SUBJECT BANK will cause one or more of its
designated representatives to confer on a regular and frequent basis (not less
than bi-weekly) with representatives of the Company and to report the general
status of its ongoing operations. SUBJECT BANK will promptly notify the Company
of any material change in the normal course of its business or in the operation
of its properties and of any governmental complaint, investigation or hearing
(or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated), or the
institution or the threat of significant litigation involving it, and will keep
the Company fully informed of such events. SUBJECT BANK will keep the Company
fully informed of the status of, and the action proposed to be taken with
respect to, Classified Assets that, individually or in combination with one or
more other loans to the same borrower thereunder, have an aggregate carry value
of $100,000 or more. SUBJECT BANK will provide to the Company copies of the
minutes (or consents in lieu of meeting) of its loan committee, its Board of
Directors and all committees thereof promptly following each such meeting;
provided, however, that SUBJECT BANK may omit therefrom any portion of such
minutes that it determines, with the concurrence of its counsel, relates to (a)
the SUBJECT BANK compliance or non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement,
or (b) any Strategic Transaction or Strategic Transaction Proposal other than
the Merger.
4.7 Interim and Annual Financial Statements. As soon as reasonably
available, but in no event more than 45 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter ending after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date
(excepting the quarter ending December 31, 1998), each Party will deliver to the
other Party its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the FDIC or SEC, as
applicable, and as soon as reasonably available, but in no event later than
March 31, 1999 (provided that the Closing has not yet occurred and the Agreement
has not theretofore been terminated), will deliver to the other Party its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 1998, as filed with the
FDIC or SEC, as applicable. SUBJECT BANK will deliver to the Company monthly
financial statements (the "Monthly Financial Statements"), prepared in
accordance with GAAP (excepting only by the absence of footnotes and other
presentation items and subject to normal year-end adjustments) and otherwise in
the form delivered to the members of SUBJECT BANK's Board of Directors, no later
than the time at which such financial statements are delivered to such Directors
but in no event later than the twenty-first calendar day of the month
immediately following the month to which such financial statements relate. The
Company will deliver to SUBJECT BANK financial statements, prepared in
accordance with GAAP (excepting only by the absence of footnotes and other
presentation items and subject to normal year-end adjustments) and otherwise in
the form delivered to the members of the Company's Board of Directors, no later
than the time at which such financial
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statements are delivered to such Directors. The Company will deliver to SUBJECT
BANK promptly after the filing thereof copies of all documents filed by the
Company with the SEC.
4.8 Conduct of Business. SUBJECT BANK shall (a) conduct its
business in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with
the past practice (except as required by applicable Law or as required by this
Agreement), (b) use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve
intact its business organization, employees and advantageous business
relationships and retain the services of its officers and key employees
(including by causing its current insurance policies not to be cancelled or
terminated or any of the coverage thereunder to lapse, unless simultaneously
with such event replacement policies providing substantially similar coverage
for substantially similar (or lesser) premiums are in full force and effect),
(c) conduct relations with its employees, including hiring and terminating
practices, only in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice, (d) take no action which would adversely affect or delay the ability
of SUBJECT BANK to obtain any necessary approvals of any Governmental Entity
required for the Merger or for the transactions contemplated in connection
therewith, or to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement, and
(e) take no action which would prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for
pooling of interests accounting treatment and as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368 of the Code. Through the Effective Time, SUBJECT BANK
will maintain the Records in the same manner and with the same care that the
Records have been maintained prior to the execution of this Agreement. The
Company may, at its own expense, make such copies of and excerpts from the
Records as it may deem desirable. All Records, whether held by the Company or
SUBJECT BANK, shall be maintained for such periods as are required by law,
unless the parties shall, applicable law permitting, agree in writing to a
different period.
4.9 Certain Operating Covenants. Without the Company's prior
written consent (which consent, in the case of Sections 4.9.9 through 4.9.14,
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), SUBJECT BANK shall not:
4.9.1 declare or make any payment or distribution with respect to
its capital stock or other securities, whether by way of payment of interest or
principal, redemption, dividend or otherwise;
4.9.2 (a) create, authorize, issue, sell or deliver any of its
capital stock, bonds or other of its securities (whether authorized and unissued
or held in treasury) or any instrument convertible into any of them; (b) grant
or otherwise issue any options, warrants or other rights with respect thereto;
(c) amend the terms of any rights with regard to the SUBJECT BANK securities; or
(d) split up, combine or reclassify any of its outstanding stock;
4.9.3 acquire, by merging or consolidating with, by purchasing a
substantial equity interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by
any other manner, any business,
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including any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof;
4.9.4 excepting those matters identified on Exhibit 4.9.4, (a)
create, renew, amend or terminate, or give notice of a proposed renewal,
amendment or termination of, any material contract, agreement or lease for
goods, services or office space to which the applicable Party is a party or by
which the applicable Party or any of its properties is bound, excepting only
contracts, agreements and leases under which the aggregate annual payments by
either party do not exceed $50,000, (b) make any single capital expenditure
exceeding $50,000 or any capital expenditures exceeding $100,000 in the
aggregate, or (c) relocate or terminate, or file any application to relocate or
terminate, the operations of any of its banking offices;
4.9.5 enter into any new line of business;
4.9.6 change its methods of accounting in effect at December 31,
1997, except as required by changes in GAAP or RAP as concurred with by the
applicable Party's independent auditors;
4.9.7 commit any act or omission which constitutes a Violation of
any Law, Regulatory Agreement or any material contract or license to which the
applicable Party is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound
which Violation, individually or in the aggregate, has or reasonably could be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Party;
4.9.8 make any equity investment in any real estate or real estate
development project, other than in connection with foreclosures, settlements in
lieu of foreclosure or troubled loan or debt restructurings in the ordinary
course of business consistent with prudent banking practices;
4.9.9 sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
property or asset, except for (a) investment portfolio transactions in the
ordinary course of business and substantially consistent with past practice; and
(b) sales of assets having a gross book value not in excess of $50,000
individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;
4.9.10 (a) enter into any agreement with any labor union or
association representing any employee, (b) institute, amend or terminate any
Benefit Plan, (c) pay any pension or retirement allowance to any Person not
required by an existing plan or agreement, (d) except as set forth on Schedule
3.1.13, increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of, or pay
any bonus to, any officer or employee other than customary annual (or less
frequent) increases in the wages or salaries of non-officer employees consistent
with past practice, which increases on an annualized basis do not increase the
salary or wage of any individual employee by more than 5% and in the aggregate
do not increase personnel costs for
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all non-officer employees by more than 2% over the levels in effect as of
December 31, 1997, (e) increase any other direct or indirect compensation or
employee benefit for or to any of its officers, directors or employees, or (f)
purchase, enter into a new lease for, or extend or renew any lease for, any
automobile for any employee of SUBJECT BANK;
4.9.11 make, amend or compromise any loan or advance (whether in
cash or other property) to any officer, to any director, or to any holder of
record or beneficial owner of 3% or more of the SUBJECT COMPANY Common Stock,
except advances made to employees in the usual, regular and ordinary course of
business consistent with the past practice;
4.9.12 (a) excepting those matters identified on Exhibit 4.9.12,
make, amend or renew, or enter into any commitment to make, amend or renew, any
loan if, as a result of the disbursement of the proceeds of such loan, the total
Borrower Group Obligations (including accrued and unpaid interest) of the
borrower to the applicable Party would exceed $300,000 with respect to unsecured
loans or $500,000 with respect to secured loans, except that if the Company does
not grant or refuse its consent or reasonably request additional information
regarding such proposed loan within five Business Days of the Company's receipt
of SUBJECT BANK's request for consent, then such the Company shall be deemed to
have granted its consent; or (b) amend or renew, or enter into any commitment to
amend or renew, any Criticized Asset with an unpaid balance (including accrued
and unpaid interest) in excess of $250,000;
4.9.13 incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, or assume,
guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the
obligations of any other individual, corporation or other entity, in each case
except in the usual, regular and ordinary course of business consistent with the
past practice, it being understood and agreed that the creation of deposit
liabilities, purchases of federal funds, sales of certificates of deposit and
entering into repurchase agreements shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course
of business so long as the maturity of such indebtedness does not exceed (a) 24
months in the case of retail certificates of deposit in amounts of $100,000 or
less, and (b) 12 months in the case of all other such indebtedness;
4.9.14 restructure or materially change its investment securities
portfolio through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the
portfolio is classified or reported, it being understood and agreed that
investment portfolio transactions in the ordinary course of business and
substantially consistent with past practice shall be deemed to constitute a
material change in a Party's investment portfolio only if the number and/or
nature of such transactions causes a material change in the makeup of the
portfolio taken as a whole; or
4.9.15 enter into any agreement or commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
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4.10 Certain Covenants of the Company. During the period from the date
of this Agreement and continuing until the Effective Time, except as expressly
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, the Company shall not take any
action which would prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for pooling of
interests accounting treatment and as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368 of the Code; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit the
ability of the Company to exercise its rights under the SUBJECT BANK Stock
Option Agreement. The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Company Common Stock, including without limitation, the Company Common
Stock to be received by SUBJECT BANK Shareholders in the Merger, to be listed on
the Nasdaq NMS as soon as practical after the Closing.
4.11 Covenants Regarding Employees, Directors and Officers.
4.11.1 Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Company agrees to provide
the employees of SUBJECT BANK (the "SUBJECT BANK Employees") who remain employed
after the Closing Date (collectively, the "Transferred SUBJECT BANK Employees")
with the types and levels of employee benefits maintained by the Company for
similarly situated employees of the Company or the Bank. As soon as
administratively practicable after the Effective Time, the Company shall permit
the Transferred SUBJECT BANK Employees to participate in the Company's group
hospitalization, medical, life and disability insurance plans, defined benefit
pension plan, thrift plan, severance plan and similar plans, on the same terms
and conditions as applicable to comparable employees of the Company and the Bank
(including the waiver of pre-existing conditions, restrictions, exclusions or
limitations), giving the Transferred SUBJECT BANK Employees full credit for all
"years of service," as that term is defined in Section 411(a)(5) of the Code,
with SUBJECT BANK and its subsidiaries (to the extent SUBJECT BANK gave effect)
as if such service were with the Company, for purposes of eligibility, vesting
and calculation of benefits under vacation, severance and other plans, but not
for benefit accrual for any other purpose.
(b) Compensation Arrangements. Following the Effective Time, the
Company shall honor and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to honor in
accordance with their terms all individual employment and other compensation
agreements existing prior to the execution of this Agreement, which are between
SUBJECT BANK and any current or former director, officer or employee thereof,
and which have been disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule, except as the same are
modified by the Executive Compensation Amendments, and the Company will not, and
will not cause any of its subsidiaries to, challenge the validity of any
obligation of SUBJECT BANK under any employment, consulting, supplemental
retirement or other compensation, contract or arrangement with any current or
former director, officer or employee of SUBJECT BANK, provided such contract or
arrangement was set forth in the Disclosure Schedule.
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(c) Continuation of Plans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Company shall have sole discretion with respect to the
determination as to whether to terminate, merge or continue any employee benefit
plans and programs of SUBJECT BANK to the extent permitted by and in accordance
with the terms of such plans and programs; provided, however, that the Company
shall continue to maintain SUBJECT BANK plans (other than stock based or
incentive plans) until SUBJECT BANK Employees are permitted to participate in
the Company's plans in accordance with this Section 4.11.1. Nothing in this
Agreement shall alter or limit the Company's obligations, if any, under ERISA,
as amended by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and/or
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 with respect to
the rights of SUBJECT BANK Employees and their qualified beneficiaries in
connection with the group health plan maintained by SUBJECT BANK as of the
Effective Time.
4.11.2 Indemnification. (a) In the event of any threatened or
actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal
or administrative, including any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation in which any person who is now, or has been at any time prior to
the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a
director or officer or employee of SUBJECT BANK (collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties") is, or is threatened to be, made a party based in whole or in part on,
or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to (i) the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer or employee of SUBJECT BANK or any of its
predecessors or (ii) this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, whether in any case asserted or arising before or after the Effective
Time, the parties hereto agree to cooperate and use all commercially reasonable
efforts to defend against and respond thereto. It is understood and agreed that
after the Effective Time, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, as and
to the fullest extend permitted by law, each such Indemnified Party against any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim,
suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest
extent permitted by law upon receipt of any undertaking required by applicable
law), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any
such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and
in the event of any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time),
the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after
consultation with the Company; provided, however, that (a) the Company shall
have the right to assume the defense thereof and upon such assumption the
Company shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified
Party of any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently
incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except
that if the Company elects not to assume such defense, or counsel for the
Indemnified Parties reasonably advised the Indemnified Parties that there are
issues which raise conflicts of interest between the Company and the Indemnified
Parties, the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably
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satisfactory to them after consultation with the Company, and the Company shall
pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified
Parties, (b) the Company shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay
for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, (c) the Company shall
not be liable for any settlement without its prior written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (d) the Company shall have no
obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party when and if a court of competent
jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination shall have
become final and nonappealable, that indemnification of such Indemnified Party
in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable law. Any
Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 4.11.2,
upon learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation,
shall notify the Company thereof, provided that the failure to so notify shall
not affect the obligations of the Company under this Section 4.11.2 except to
the extent such failure to notify materially prejudices the Company. The
Company's obligations under this Section 4.11.2 continue in full force and
effect for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time; provided, however,
that all rights to indemnification in respect of any claim asserted or made
within such period shall continue until the final disposition of such claim.
(b) In the event the Company or any of its successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be the
continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger,
or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to any person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary,
proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company
assume the obligation set forth in this section.
4.11.3 Tail Insurance. The Company shall obtain so-called "tail
insurance" with respect to SUBJECT BANK's directors and officers liability
insurance policy for a three-year period following the Effective Time so long as
the premium therefor does not exceed one hundred fifty (150) percent of the 1998
premium for SUBJECT BANK's directors and officers liability insurance.
ARTICLE V.
Conditions to Closing
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5.1 Conditions to Obligations of Both Parties. The obligations of the
Company and SUBJECT BANK to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
5.1.1 Approval by Shareholders. The Merger shall have been approved
by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all shares of SUBJECT
BANK Common Stock entitled to vote thereon and the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of all shares of the Company Common Stock entitled to vote
thereon.
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5.1.2 Regulatory Approvals. All necessary approvals of any
Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the Merger (including the
SUBJECT BANK Governmental Approvals and the Company Governmental Approvals)
shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect; all
statutory or other required waiting periods in respect thereof shall have
expired; and no approval of any Governmental Entity shall have imposed any
condition or requirement which, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, would
so materially adversely affect the economic or business benefits to the Company
of the Merger so as to render inadvisable the consummation thereof.
5.1.3 Effectiveness of S-4 Registration Statement; Listing of
Stock. The S-4 Registration Statement shall have become effective under the
Securities Act, no stop order suspending its effectiveness shall have been
issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or shall
be threatened by the SEC.
5.1.4 No Pending or Threatened Claims. There shall be no claim,
action, suit, investigation or other proceeding pending or overtly threatened
before any court or other Governmental Entity that presents a substantial risk
of restraint or prohibition of the Merger, or the obtaining of material damages
from SUBJECT BANK or the Company or their respective officers or directors in
connection therewith; and no such restraint or prohibition shall be effective as
of the Closing, whether or not the action in which the same was entered shall
remain pending.
5.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations
of the Company to consummate the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction
of, or the Company's written waiver of, each of the following conditions:
5.2.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties; Compliance with
Covenants. SUBJECT BANK's representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the dates when made, and
SUBJECT BANK shall have performed, satisfied and complied with, in all material
respects, each of its agreements and covenants contained in Articles II and IV
and elsewhere in this Agreement.
5.2.2 Bringdown of Representations and Warranties. SUBJECT BANK's
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement remain true and
correct as of the Closing as though made at and as of the Closing, excepting
only representations and warranties which speak expressly as of an earlier
specified date.
5.2.3 SUBJECT BANK Common Stock Outstanding. There shall be no
shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock or other SUBJECT BANK securities issued and
outstanding as of the Effective Time other than the 767,342 shares issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof.
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5.2.4 Dissenting SUBJECT BANK Shares. The aggregate number of
shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock owned by Persons who have made a demand for
purchase under Section 1301 of the California Corporation Code shall constitute
less than 5% of all shares of SUBJECT BANK Common Stock outstanding as of the
date of the meeting of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders called for the purpose of
voting on the Merger.
5.2.5 Unsatisfactory Regulatory Review. SUBJECT BANK shall not have
received between the date of this Agreement and the Closing an "unsatisfactory"
rating in any supervisory, CRA or compliance exam conducted by any Regulatory
Authority.
5.2.6 Tax and Accounting Opinions. The Company shall have received
(a) an opinion of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, the Company's tax counsel,
addressed to the Company's Boards of Directors and dated as of the Closing Date,
substantially to the effect that, based upon representations, assumptions and
conditions customary for transactions such as the Merger, the Merger should be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning
of Sections 368(a)(1)(A) and 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code and that Merger Sub and
SUBJECT BANK will each be a party to such reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(b) of the Code; and (b) an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
addressed to the Company's Board of Directors and dated as of the Closing Date,
to the effect that the Merger will qualify for "pooling of interests" accounting
treatment; provided, however, that this condition shall not constitute a basis
for termination by the Company if it has taken any action that prevents either
such opinion from being rendered.
5.2.7 Third Party Consents. The consent, approval or waiver of each
Person (other than the Governmental Entities referred to in Section 5.1.2) whose
consent, approval or waiver shall be required in order to permit the
consummation of the Merger or the preservation of the contractual rights of
SUBJECT BANK with respect to its business shall have been obtained except where
the failure to obtain such consent, approval or waiver would not materially
adversely affect the economic or business benefits to the Company of the Merger
contemplated by this Agreement, so as to render inadvisable the consummation of
the Merger in the reasonable judgment of the Company.
5.2.8 Receipt of Officers' Certificates. SUBJECT BANK shall have
delivered to the Company (a) a certificate, executed by the President and Chief
Financial Officer of SUBJECT BANK and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying
to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Section 5.1 (with regard to
SUBJECT BANK only) and Section 5.2, including a certification that each
representation or warranty of SUBJECT BANK contained in Article III is true and
correct as of the Closing Date (or, if such certification cannot be made,
specifying the exceptions thereto), excepting only representations and
warranties which speak expressly as of an earlier specified date, and (b) a
certificate, executed by the Chief Financial Officer of SUBJECT BANK and dated
as of not more than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing
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Date, containing, and certifying to the accuracy of, the same information
required to be included on Part A of Schedule 3.1.11 had such Schedule been
delivered as of the date of such certificate.
5.2.9 Noncompetition Agreement. Each director of SUBJECT BANK that
is not an employee of SUBJECT BANK shall have executed and delivered to the
Company a Nondisclosure and Noncompetition Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit 5.2.9.
5.2.10 Documents and Instruments in Satisfactory Form. All
corporate and other proceedings in connection with this Agreement and with the
Merger and all documents and instruments incidental to the Merger shall be
reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company and its counsel,
and the Company and its counsel shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably
request.
5.3 Conditions to the Obligations of SUBJECT BANK. The obligations of
SUBJECT BANK to consummate the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction
of, or SUBJECT BANK's written waiver of, each of the following conditions:
5.3.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties; Compliance with
Covenants. The Company's representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement shall have been true and correct as of the dates when made, and the
Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied with, in all material
respects, each of its agreements and covenants contained in Articles II and IV
and elsewhere in this Agreement.
5.3.2 Bringdown of Representations and Warranties. The Company's
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement remain true and
correct as of the Closing as though made at and as of the Closing, excepting
only representations and warranties which speak expressly as of an earlier
specified date.
5.3.3 Delivery of Shares to Exchange Agent. The Company shall have
issued and delivered to the Exchange Agent one or more certificates representing
the full number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable to the holders of
SUBJECT BANK Common Stock as Merger Consideration.
5.3.4 Tax and Accounting Opinions. SUBJECT BANK shall have received
(a) an opinion of SUBJECT BANK's tax counsel or tax accountants, addressed to
SUBJECT BANK's Boards of Directors and dated as of the Closing Date,
substantially to the effect that, based upon representations, assumptions and
conditions customary for transactions such as the Merger, the Merger should be
treated for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning
of Sections 368(a)(1)(A) and 368(a)(2)(E) of the Code and that Merger Sub and
SUBJECT
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BANK will each be a party to such reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(b) of the Code; and (b) an opinion of Grant Thornton LLP addressed to the
SUBJECT BANK's Board of Directors and dated as of the Closing Date, to the
effect that the Merger will qualify for "pooling of interests" accounting
treatment; provided, however, that this condition shall not constitute a basis
for termination by SUBJECT BANK if it has taken any action that prevents either
such opinion from being rendered.
5.3.5 Receipt of Officers' Certificate. SUBJECT BANK shall have
received from the Company a certificate, executed by the President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to
the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Section 5.1 (with regard to the
Company only) and Section 5.3, including a certification that each
representation or warranty of the Company contained in Article III is true and
correct as of the Closing Date (or, if such certification cannot be made,
specifying the exceptions thereto), excepting only representations and
warranties which speak expressly as of an earlier specified date.
5.3.6 Documents and Instruments in Satisfactory Form. All corporate
and other proceedings in connection with this Agreement and with the Merger and
all documents and instruments incidental to the Merger shall be reasonably
satisfactory in substance and form to SUBJECT BANK and its counsel, and SUBJECT
BANK and its counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or
certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably request.
ARTICLE VI.
Termination; Termination Fee
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This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger abandoned, prior to
the Closing by the following means and with the following effects:
6.1 By Mutual Agreement. SUBJECT BANK and the Company may terminate
this Agreement by mutual written consent at any time.
6.2 Regulatory Impediment. Either the Company (on behalf of itself and
Merger Sub) or SUBJECT BANK may unilaterally terminate this Agreement at any
time prior to the Closing if (a) a Bank Regulator shall have made a final
determination denying an application of either Party the granting of which is
essential to the consummation of the Merger, or (b) the occurrence of the
Closing would violate any final order, decree or judgment of any court having
competent jurisdiction.
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6.3 By the Company. The Company may unilaterally terminate this
Agreement:
6.3.1 if SUBJECT BANK has breached any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement, or has failed to perform, satisfy or comply with in
any material respect any of its agreements and covenants contained in this
Agreement (other than as described in Section 6.2.2), such termination to take
effect fifteen (15) Business Days following notice to SUBJECT BANK identifying
such breach if such breach has not been cured prior to the expiration of such
period;
6.3.2 upon notice to SUBJECT BANK if (a) SUBJECT BANK has not
reaffirmed its intent to proceed with the Merger pursuant to Section 4.1.3
following its receipt of a Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal, or (b) its
Board of Directors fails to give its Recommendation of Approval to the holders
of the SUBJECT BANK Common Stock, or withdraws its Recommendation of Approval
prior to the affirmative vote of such shareholders, whether or not such failure
or withdrawal is permitted under Section 4.2.3, provided that in the case of a
termination under this Section 6.3.2, the Company shall be entitled to receive
from SUBJECT BANK the Termination Fee, which shall be the Company's sole and
exclusive remedy against SUBJECT BANK at law or in equity;
6.3.3 upon notice to SUBJECT BANK if any of the conditions to the
obligations of the Company contained in Section 5.2 has not been satisfied as of
the Closing Date;
6.3.4 upon notice to SUBJECT BANK at any time after 12:00 noon
(Pacific time) on April 30, 1999, if the Closing shall not have occurred prior
to such date and time, unless such failure results primarily from the Company
breaching any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement, provided, that if the basis for such termination is
the failure of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders to approve the Merger, the Company
shall be entitled to receive from SUBJECT BANK the Termination Fee, which shall
be the Company's sole and exclusive remedy against SUBJECT BANK at law or in
equity;
6.4 By SUBJECT BANK. SUBJECT BANK may unilaterally terminate this
Agreement:
6.4.1 if the Company has breached any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement, or has failed to perform, satisfy or comply with in
any material respect any of its agreements and covenants contained in this
Agreement, such termination to take effect fifteen (15) Business Days following
notice to the Company identifying such breach if such breach has not been cured
prior to the expiration of such period;
6.4.2 upon notice to the Company if SUBJECT BANK receives a
Qualifying Strategic Transaction Proposal; provided, however, that a condition
to the effectiveness of any
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termination pursuant to this Section 6.4.2 is the payment of the Termination Fee
to the Company by SUBJECT BANK which payment shall be the Company's sole and
exclusive remedy against SUBJECT BANK at law or in equity;
6.4.3 upon notice to the Company if the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders
fail to approve the Merger at the meeting of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders
called for the purpose of voting on the Merger; provided, however, that a
condition to the effectiveness of any termination pursuant to this Section 6.4.3
is SUBJECT BANK's payment of the Termination Fee which payment shall be the
Company's sole and exclusive remedy against SUBJECT BANK at law or in equity;
6.4.4 upon notice to the Company if any of the conditions to the
obligations of SUBJECT BANK contained in Section 5.3 has not been satisfied as
of the Closing Date; or
6.4.5 upon notice to the Company after 12:00 noon (Pacific time) on
April 30, 1999, if the Closing shall not have occurred prior to such date and
time, unless the failure results primarily from SUBJECT BANK breaching any of
its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement; provided, however, that if the basis for such termination is the
failure of the SUBJECT BANK Shareholders to approve the Merger, a condition to
the effectiveness of such termination is SUBJECT BANK's payment of the
Termination Fee which payment shall be the Company's sole and exclusive remedy
against SUBJECT BANK at law or in equity.
6.5 Termination Fee. The "Termination Fee" means Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000) and the Company's expenses, in same day funds.
6.6 Effect of Termination; Remedies.
6.6.1 General. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to this Article VI, this Agreement shall become void and of no effect and
neither Party shall have any liabilities or other obligations whatsoever
hereunder, except that (a) the provisions of Section 4.3 relating to
Confidential Information, Article VI and Section 7.2 shall survive such
termination, and (b) notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained
herein, neither Party shall be relieved of or released from any liability or
damages arising out of its breach of any provision of this Agreement prior to
such termination.
6.6.2 Remedies Cumulative Generally. No remedy made available by
any of the provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other
remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition
to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity.
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ARTICLE VII.
Miscellaneous
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7.1 Closing. Unless the Parties shall mutually fix another date, the
Closing Date shall be on such Business Day as the Company shall select that is
not more than thirty (30) Business Days after the Final Approval Date or such
later date on which the latest to occur of the conditions set forth in Section
5.1 is satisfied. Subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions and
the other conditions set forth in Article V, the Closing of the Merger shall
take place at the offices of SUBJECT BANK's counsel in Los Angeles, California,
at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on the Closing Date. Except as otherwise provided
herein, all proceedings to be taken and all documents to be executed at the
Closing shall be deemed to have been taken, delivered and executed
simultaneously as of the Effective Time, and no proceeding shall be deemed taken
nor documents deemed executed or delivered until all have been taken, delivered
and executed.
7.2 Expenses. Except as expressly provided in Sections 6.3 and 6.4 with
respect to reimbursement of the Company's Expenses under certain circumstances,
each Party shall be responsible for its own Expenses.
7.3 Publicity. Promptly following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, SUBJECT BANK and the Company shall issue a joint press release in a
form mutually to be agreed upon. SUBJECT BANK and the Company shall not, and
shall instruct their Representatives not to, issue or cause the publication of
any press release or other public announcement with respect to, or otherwise
make any public statement concerning, this Agreement or the Merger without the
consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that either the Company or SUBJECT
BANK determines, based upon the advice of counsel, that a press release,
disclosure in a public filing, or other public disclosure of, or reference to,
this Agreement, the Merger or the Company is required by law, such Party shall
first notify the other of the potential disclosure, afford the other Party a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the proposed disclosure, and
obtain the other Party's approval of such disclosure, which approval shall not
be withheld or delayed in any manner that is unreasonable under the
circumstances.
7.4 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given when delivered in person or by electronic facsimile transmission
(with confirmation) or on the next business day after dispatch by an overnight
courier of national reputation to the respective Parties as follows:
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If to the Company, to it at:
Eldorado Bancshares, Inc.
24012 Calle de la Plata, Suite 150
Laguna Hills, California 92653
Attention: Robert P. Keller, President & CEO
fax: (714) 891-8884
with a copy to:
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2699
Attention: Michael K. Krebs, Esquire
fax: (617) 973-9748
If to SUBJECT BANK, to it at:
Antelope Valley Bank
831 W. Lancaster Boulevard
Lancaster, California 93534
Attention: Clyde G. Golding, Chairman
fax: (805) 942-6093
with copies to:
King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, LLP
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2500
Los Angeles, California 90067
Attention: Keith T. Holmes, Esq.
fax: (310) 282-8903
Fried, Bird & Crumpacker
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90067
Attention: Jack Fried, Esq.
fax: (310) 556-4487
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or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have
previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above
(provided that notice of any change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt thereof).
7.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
among the Parties and, supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, both written and oral, among the Parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
7.6 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. None of
the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein or in
any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective
Time except those covenants and agreements that by their express terms apply in
whole or in part to periods after the Effective Time.
7.7 Benefits; Binding Effect; Assignment and Designation. This
Agreement shall be for the benefit of and binding upon the Parties, their
respective successors and, where applicable, assigns. No Party may assign this
Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the
prior written consent of the other Party. Notwithstanding any assignment or
delegation of any Party's rights, interests or obligations, each Party shall
nonetheless remain responsible for the performance of all of its obligations
provided hereunder.
7.8 Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or
not similar), nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless
otherwise expressly so provided.
7.9 No Third Party Beneficiary. Nothing expressed or implied in this
Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any Person
other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns any
rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
7.10 Severability. The invalidity of any one or more of the words,
phrases, sentences, clauses, Sections or Articles contained in this Agreement
shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining portions of the Agreement
or any part hereof, all of which are inserted conditionally on their being valid
in law. In the event any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses,
sections or subsections contained in this Agreement shall be declared invalid,
this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid word or words, phrase or
phrases, sentence or sentences, clause or clauses, section or sections, or
subsection or subsections, had not been inserted; provided, however, that if any
provision is declared to be unenforceable because it is determined to be
overbroad, then, to the extent possible, in lieu of deletion such provision
shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to render such provision
enforceable.
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7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the several Parties in separate counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
7.12 Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ALL
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE VALIDITY AND CONSTRUCTION THEREOF SHALL BE DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS SITTING IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ON BEHALF
OF SUCH PARTY'S SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS, THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION SUCH PERSON MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE
VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT
SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
7.13 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER
(WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO,
OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATED DOCUMENTS OR THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have each executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
ELDORADO BANCSHARES, INC.
ATTEST:
By:
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Secretary President & Chief Executive Officer
ANTELOPE VALLEY BANK
ATTEST:
By:
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Secretary President & Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 10.1
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 16, 1998, between
Antelope Valley Bank, a California banking corporation (the "Issuer") and
Eldorado Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Grantee").
WHEREAS, the Grantee and the Issuer have entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger of even date herewith (as amended and in effect from time to
time, the "Acquisition Agreement"), which agreement is being executed by the
parties thereto prior to the execution of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Grantee's entry into the Acquisition
Agreement and in consideration for such entry, the Issuer has agreed to grant to
the Grantee the Option (as hereinafter defined);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Acquisition Agreement, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The Issuer hereby grants to the Grantee an unconditional,
irrevocable option (the "Option") to purchase, subject to the terms hereof, up
to 152,700 fully paid and nonassessable shares (the "Option Shares") of common
stock, no par value per share, of the Issuer ("Common Stock") at a price of
$43.25 per share (the "Option Price"). The number of shares of Common Stock that
may be received upon the exercise of the Option and the Option Price are subject
to adjustment, as herein set forth, provided that, except as provided by Section
8 hereof, in no event shall the number of shares for which this Option is
exercisable exceed 19.9% of the Issuer's issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock (without giving effect to any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to
the Option) less the number of shares previously issued pursuant to exercise of
the Option.
2. (a) The Holder (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) below) may
exercise the Option, in whole or in part, if, but only if, both an Initial
Triggering Event (as defined in paragraph (e) below) and a Subsequent Triggering
Event (as defined in paragraph (f) below) shall have occurred prior to the
occurrence of an Exercise Termination Event (as defined in paragraph (b) below),
provided that the Holder shall have sent the written notice of such exercise (as
provided in paragraph (h) of this Section 2) within thirty (30) days following
such Subsequent Triggering Event and prior to the Exercise Termination Event.
(b) The term "Exercise Termination Event" shall mean the earliest of
(i) the Effective Time, (ii) any termination of the Acquisition Agreement in
accordance with the provisions thereof if such termination occurs prior to the
occurrence of an Initial Triggering Event, and (iii)
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in the event of any termination of the Acquisition Agreement in accordance with
the provisions thereof after the occurrence of an Initial Triggering Event, the
passage of twelve (12) months after such termination. Upon the occurrence of an
Exercise Termination Event, this Option (or such portion hereof as to which the
holder has not theretofore given a notice of exercise in accordance with
paragraph (h) below) shall terminate and become void, without notice or other
action by any Person (the term "Person" for purposes of this Agreement having
the meaning assigned thereto in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and
regulations thereunder). Notwithstanding the termination of the Option, the
Grantee shall be entitled to purchase those Option Shares with respect to which
it has exercised the Option in whole or in part prior to the termination of the
Option.
(c) The term "Holder" shall mean the holder or holders of the Option.
(d) The term "Schedule 13G Investor" shall mean any person holding
voting securities of the Issuer eligible to report the beneficial ownership of
such securities on Schedule 13G pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13d-1 under
the Exchange Act.
(e) The term "Initial Triggering Event" shall mean any of the following
events or transactions occurring after the date hereof.
(i) The Issuer or any subsidiary of the Issuer, without having
received the Grantee's prior written consent, shall have entered into
an agreement to engage in an Acquisition Transaction with any Person,
other than the Grantee or any subsidiary of the Grantee, or, without
the consent of the Grantee, the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall
have approved an Acquisition Transaction or recommended that the
shareholders of the Issuer approve or accept any Acquisition
Transaction other than as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Acquisition Transaction"
shall mean (A) a merger or consolidation, or any similar transaction,
with the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer (as such
term is defined in Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange
Commission), or any subsidiary of the Issuer which, after such
transaction, would be a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer, (B) a
purchase, lease or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or (C)
a purchase or other acquisition (including by way of merger,
consolidation, share exchange or otherwise) of securities representing
ten percent (10%) or more of the voting power of the Issuer or any
Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(ii) Any Person, other than the Grantee or any subsidiary of
the Grantee or the Issuer in a fiduciary capacity, and other than a
Schedule 13G Investor, shall have acquired beneficial ownership (as
hereinafter defined) or the right to acquire beneficial ownership of
ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock if
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such Person owned beneficially less than ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock on the date of this Agreement, or
any Person shall have acquired beneficial ownership of an additional
three percent (3%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock if such
Person owned beneficially ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock on the date of this Agreement (the term
"beneficial ownership" for purposes of this Agreement having the
meaning assigned thereto in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and in
the rules and regulations thereunder);
(iii) (A) The holders of Common Stock shall not have approved
the Acquisition Agreement at the meeting of such shareholders held for
the purpose of voting on the Acquisition Agreement, (B) such meeting
shall not have been held or shall have been canceled prior to the
termination of the Acquisition Agreement unless the Grantee shall be in
default of any of its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement or
the Issuer shall be entitled to terminate the Acquisition Agreement
pursuant to its terms, or (C) the Issuer's Board of Directors shall
have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Grantee the
recommendation of Issuer's Board of Director's with respect to the
Acquisition Agreement, in each case after it shall have been publicly
announced or become publicly known that (x) any Person, other than the
Grantee or any subsidiary of the Grantee, shall have made a bona-fide
proposal to the Issuer or its shareholders to engage in an Acquisition
Transaction by public announcement or written communication that shall
be or become the subject of public disclosure; or (y) any Person other
than the Grantee or any subsidiary of the Grantee, other than in
connection with a transaction to which the Grantee has given its prior
written consent, shall have filed an application or notice with the
Federal Reserve Board or other federal or state bank regulatory
authority, which application or notice has been accepted for
processing, for approval to engage in an Acquisition Transaction;
(iv) After any Person other than the Grantee or any subsidiary
of the Grantee has made a proposal to the Issuer or its shareholders to
engage in an Acquisition Transaction, the Issuer shall have breached
any covenant or obligation contained in the Acquisition Agreement and
such breach (A) shall remain uncured at the expiration of any
applicable cure period provided for under the Acquisition Agreement,
(B) would entitle the Grantee to terminate the Acquisition Agreement
and (C) shall not have been remedied prior to the Notice Date (as
defined in paragraph (h) below); or
(v) Any person (other than Grantee or any subsidiary of
Grantee) shall have commenced (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-2
under the Exchange Act) or shall have filed a registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to, a tender offer or exchange offer to purchase any
shares of Common Stock such that, upon consummation of such offer, such
person would own or control 50% or more of the then outstanding shares
of Common Stock (such an offer being referred to herein as a "Tender
Offer" or an "Exchange Offer," respectively).
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(f) The term "Subsequent Triggering Event" shall mean either of the
following events or transactions occurring after the date hereof:
(i) The acquisition by any Person (other than a Schedule 13G
Investor) of beneficial ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of
the then outstanding Common Stock; or
(ii) The occurrence of the Initial Triggering Event described
in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of this Section 2, except that the
percentage referenced in clause (C) thereof shall be fifteen percent
(15%) in lieu of ten percent (10%).
(g) The Issuer shall notify the Grantee promptly in writing of the
occurrence of any Initial Triggering Event or Subsequent Triggering Event
(together, a "Triggering Event"), it being understood that the giving of such
notice by the Issuer shall not be a condition to the right of the Holder to
exercise the Option.
(h) In the event the Holder is entitled to and wishes to exercise the
Option, it shall send to the Issuer a written notice prior to an Exercise
Termination Event (the date of which being herein referred to as the "Notice
Date") specifying (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock it will
purchase pursuant to such exercise, and (ii) a place and date not earlier than
three (3) business days nor later than sixty (60) business days from the Notice
Date for the closing of such purchase (the "Closing"); provided that if prior
notification to or approval of the Federal Reserve Board or any other regulatory
agency is required in connection with such purchase, the Holder shall promptly
file the required notice or application for approval and shall expeditiously
process the same and the period of time that otherwise would run pursuant to
this sentence shall run instead from the date on which any required notification
periods have expired or been terminated or such approvals have been obtained and
any requisite waiting period or periods shall have passed. The term "business
day" for purposes of this Agreement means any day, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and any other day that is a legal holiday in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
or a day on which banking institutions in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts are
authorized by law or executive order to close.
(i) At the Closing, the Holder shall pay to the Issuer the aggregate
purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise
of the Option in immediately available funds by a wire transfer to a bank
account designated by the Issuer, provided that failure or refusal of the Issuer
to designate such a bank account shall not preclude the Holder from exercising
the Option.
(j) At such Closing, simultaneously with the delivery of immediately
available funds as provided in paragraph (i) above, the Issuer shall deliver to
the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of
Common Stock purchased by the Holder and, if the Option should be exercised in
part only, a new Option evidencing the rights of the Holder
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thereof to purchase the balance of the shares purchasable hereunder, and the
Holder shall deliver to the Issuer a copy of this Agreement and a letter
agreeing that the Holder will not offer to sell or otherwise dispose of such
shares in violation of applicable law or the provisions of this Agreement.
(k) Certificates for the Common Stock delivered at a Closing hereunder
may (in the sole discretion of the Issuer) be endorsed with a restrictive legend
that shall read substantially as follows:
"THE TRANSFER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT
TO RESTRICTION PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT DATED
AS OF SEPTEMBER __, 1998, A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENT WILL BE PROVIDED TO
THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE UPON RECEIPT BY THE ISSUER OF A
WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR."
It is understood and agreed that the above legend shall be removed by delivery
of substitute certificate(s) without such legend if the shares have been sold or
transferred in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and under
circumstances that do not require the retention of such legend. In addition,
such certificates shall bear any other legend as may be required by law.
(l) Upon the giving by the Holder to the Issuer of the written notice
of exercise of the Option provided for under paragraph (h) above, the tender of
the applicable purchase price in immediately available funds and the tender of a
copy of this Agreement to the Issuer, such Holder shall be deemed to be the
holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise,
notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Issuer shall then be closed
or that certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall not then be
actually delivered to the Holder. The Issuer shall pay all expenses, and any and
all United States federal, state and local taxes and other charges that may be
payable in connection with the preparation, issue and delivery of stock
certificates under this Section 2 in the name of the Holder or its assignee,
transferee or designee.
3. The Issuer agrees (a) that it shall at all times maintain, free from
preemptive rights, sufficient authorized but unissued or treasury shares of
Common Stock so that the Option may be exercised without requiring the Issuer's
shareholders to approve an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock after giving effect to all other options, warrants, convertible securities
and other rights to purchase Common Stock, (b) that it will not, by charter
amendment or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution or sale
of assets, or by any other voluntary act, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the covenants, stipulations or conditions to be
observed or performed hereunder by the Issuer, (c) promptly to take all action
as may from time to time be required (including without limitation
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cooperating fully with any Holders in preparing any applications or notices
required under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or the Change
in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, or any state banking law), in order to
permit such Holders to exercise the Option and the Issuer duly and effectively
to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant hereto, and (d) promptly to take all
action provided herein to protect the rights of any Holders against dilution.
4. This Agreement (and the Option granted hereby) is exchangeable,
without expense, at the option of each Holder, upon presentation and surrender
of this Agreement at the principal office of the Issuer, for other Agreements
providing for Options of different denominations entitling the Holder thereof to
purchase, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as are set forth
herein, in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
hereunder. The terms "Agreement" and "Option" as used herein include any Stock
Option Agreements and related Options for which this Agreement (and the Option
granted hereby) may be exchanged. Upon receipt by the Issuer of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Agreement, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of reasonably
satisfactory indemnification, and upon surrender and cancellation of this
Agreement, if mutilated, the Issuer will execute and deliver a new Agreement of
like tenor and date. Any such new Agreement executed and delivered shall
constitute for all purposes and under all circumstances an additional
contractual obligation on the part of the Issuer, whether or not this Agreement
so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall at any time be enforceable by
anyone.
5. The number of Option Shares shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time as provided in this Section 5.
(a) (i) In the event of any change in the shares of Common
Stock by reason of stock dividend, split up, merger, recapitalization,
subdivision, conversion, combination, exchange of shares or similar
transaction, the type and number of Option Shares, and the Option Price
therefor, shall be adjusted appropriately, and proper provision shall
be made in the agreements governing such transaction, so that the
Grantee shall receive upon exercise of the Option the number and class
of shares or other securities or property that the Grantee would have
held immediately after such event if the Option had been exercised
immediately prior to such event, or the record date therefor, as
applicable.
(ii) The Issuer may, at its election, make such increases in
the number of Option Shares, in addition to those required under
subparagraph (a)(i) above, as shall be determined by its Board of
Directors to be advisable in order to avoid taxation, so far as
practicable, of any dividend of stock or stock rights or any event
treated as such for federal income tax purposes to the recipients.
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(b) Whenever the number of Option Shares (or other securities)
purchasable upon exercise hereof is adjusted as provided in this Section 5, the
Option Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Option Price by a fraction,
the numerator of which is equal to the number of Option Shares prior to the
adjustment and the denominator of which is equal to the number of Option Shares
(or other securities) purchasable after the adjustment.
6. Upon the occurrence of a Subsequent Triggering Event that occurs
prior to an Exercise Termination Event, Issuer shall, at the request of Grantee
delivered within thirty (30) days of such Subsequent Triggering Event (whether
on the Grantor's own behalf or on the behalf of any subsequent Holder of this
Option (or part thereof) or any of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant
hereto), promptly prepare, file and keep current, with respect to the Option and
the Option Shares, a "shelf" registration statement under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act or any successor provision, and Issuer shall use its best efforts
to qualify such shares under any applicable state securities laws; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall have no obligation to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Option Shares if the
offer and sale of such common stock is exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3 thereof, including without
limitation Section 3(a)(2). Issuer will use all commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such registration statement first to become effective and then to
remain effective for such period not in excess of 180 days from the day such
registration statement first becomes effective or such shorter time as may be
reasonably necessary to effect sales or other dispositions of Option Shares.
Grantee shall have the right to demand one such registration. Any registration
statement prepared and filed under this Section 6, and any sales covered
thereby, shall be at Issuer's expense, except for underwriting discounts or
commissions, broker's fees and expenses and the fees and disbursements of
Grantee's counsel related thereto. The foregoing notwithstanding, if, at the
time of any request by Grantee for registration of the Option or Option Shares
as provided above, (i) Issuer is in registration with respect to an underwritten
public offering of shares of Common Stock, and (ii) in the good faith judgment
of the managing underwriter or managing underwriters, or, if none, the sole
underwriter or underwriters, of such offering, the inclusion of the Option or
Option Shares would interfere with the successful marketing of the shares
represented by the Option, the number of Option Shares otherwise to be covered
in the registration statement contemplated hereby may be reduced; provided,
however, that if such reduction occurs, the Issuer shall file a registration
statement for the balance as promptly as practical and no reduction shall
thereafter occur. Each such Holder shall provide all information reasonably
requested by Issuer for inclusion in any registration statement to be filed
hereunder. If requested by any such Holder in connection with such registration,
Issuer shall become a party to any underwriting agreement relating to the sale
of such shares, but only to the extent of obligating itself in respect of
representations, warranties, indemnities and other agreements customarily
included in such underwriting agreements for the Issuer.
7. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Subsequent Triggering Event that
occurs prior to an Exercise Termination Event, and subject in all events to
paragraph (c) hereof, (i) at the
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request of the Holder, delivered within thirty (30) days following such
occurrence (or such later period as provided in Section 10), the Issuer shall
repurchase the Option from the Holder at a price (the "Option Repurchase Price")
equal to the amount by which (A) the market/offer price (as defined below)
exceeds (B) the Option Price, multiplied by the number of shares for which this
Option may then be exercised, and (ii) at the request of any owner of Option
Shares from time to time (the "Owner"), delivered within thirty (30) days
following such occurrence (or such later period as provided in Section 10), the
Issuer shall repurchase such number of the Option Shares from such Owner as the
Owner shall designate at a price per share ("Option Share Repurchase Price")
equal to the greater of (A) the market/offer price and (B) the average exercise
price per share paid by the Owner for the Option Shares so designated. The term
"market/offer price" shall mean the highest of (w) the price per share of the
Common Stock at which a tender offer or exchange offer therefor has been made,
(x) the price per share of the Common Stock to be paid by any Person, other than
the Grantee or a subsidiary of the Grantee, pursuant to an agreement with the
Issuer, (y) the highest sale price for shares of Common Stock within the six (6)
month period immediately preceding the required repurchase of Options or Option
Shares, as the case may be, or (z) in the event of a sale of all or
substantially all of the Issuer's assets, the sum of the price paid, after
deducting therefrom all related expenses, including taxes, in such sale for such
assets and the current market value of the remaining assets of the Issuer as
determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by a
majority in the interest of the Holders or the Owners, as the case may be, and
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer, divided by the number of shares of Common
Stock of the Issuer outstanding at the time of such sale. In determining the
market/offer price, the value of consideration other than cash shall be
determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by a
majority in interest of the Holders or the Owners, as the case may be, and
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.
(b) Each Holder and Owner, as the case may be, may exercise its right
to require the Issuer to repurchase the Option and any Option Shares pursuant to
this Section 7 by surrendering for such purpose to the Issuer, at its principal
office, a copy of this Agreement or certificates for Option Shares, as
applicable, accompanied by a written notice or notices stating that such Holder
or Owner elects to require the Issuer to repurchase this Option and/or Option
Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7. As promptly as
practicable, and in any event within ten (10) business days (the "Payment Date")
after the surrender of the Option and/or certificates representing Option Shares
and the receipt of such notice or notices relating thereto (the "Surrender
Date"), the Issuer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder the
Option Repurchase Price and/or to each Owner the Option Share Repurchase Price
therefor or the portion thereof that the Issuer is not then prohibited under
applicable law and regulation from so delivering in accordance with paragraph
(c) hereof.
(c) To the extent that the Issuer is prohibited under applicable law or
regulation, or as a consequence of administrative policy or order, or as a
result of a written agreement or other binding obligation with a governmental or
regulatory body or agency (including without
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limitation any resolution of the Issuer's Board of Directors adopted at the
direction or request of any government or regulatory body or agency)
(collectively, "Regulatory Impediment"), from repurchasing the Option and/or the
Option Shares in full or to the extent that the Issuer would not have been
designated "Adequately Capitalized" (as such term is defined by the Issuer's
primary federal bank regulator) as of the last day of the Issuer's most recent
fiscal quarter had the Issuer repurchased the Option and/or the Option Shares in
full as of such date, the Issuer shall immediately so notify each Holder and/or
each Owner and thereafter deliver or cause to be delivered, from time to time,
to such Holder and/or Owner, as appropriate, the portion of the Option
Repurchase Price and the Option Share Repurchase Price, respectively, that it is
no longer prohibited from delivering, within ten (10) business days after the
date on which the Issuer is no longer so prohibited or that the Issuer can
deliver and remain designated "Adequately Capitalized" within the meaning of
this sentence; provided, however, that if the Issuer at any time after delivery
of a notice of repurchase pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 7 is
prohibited from delivering as a consequence of a Regulatory Impediment, or the
delivery of which would cause the Issuer not be designated "Adequately
Capitalized" to any Holder and/or Owner, as appropriate, the Option Repurchase
Price and the Option Share Repurchase Price, respectively, in part or in full
(and the Issuer hereby undertakes to use its best efforts to receive all
required regulatory and legal approvals and to file any required notices as
promptly as practicable in order to accomplish such repurchase), such Holder or
Owner may revoke its notice of repurchase of the Option or the Option Shares
either in whole or to the extent of the prohibition, whereupon the Issuer shall
promptly (i) deliver to such Holder and/or Owner, as appropriate, that portion
of the Option Purchase Price or the Option Share Repurchase Price that the
Issuer is not prohibited from delivering or that the Issuer can deliver and
remain designated "Adequately Capitalized;" and (ii) deliver, as appropriate,
either (A) to such Holder, a new Stock Option Agreement evidencing the right of
such Holder to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock obtained by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock for which the surrendered Stock
Option Agreement was exercisable at the time of delivery of the notice of
repurchase by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Option Repurchase Price
less the portion thereof theretofore delivered to the Holder and the denominator
of which is the Option Repurchase Price, or (B) to such Owner, a certificate for
the Option Shares it is then so prohibited or restricted from repurchasing.
8. (a) In the event that prior to an Exercise Termination Event, the
Issuer shall enter into an agreement (i) to consolidate with or merge into
any Person, other than the Grantee or one of the Grantee's subsidiaries, and
the Issuer shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger, (ii) to permit any Person, other than the Grantee or
one of its subsidiaries, to merge into the Issuer and the Issuer shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation, but, in connection with such merger, the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged
for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other
property, or the then outstanding shares of Common Stock shall, after such
merger, represent less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares and
share equivalents of the merged company, or (iii) to sell or otherwise
transfer all or substantially all
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of its assets to any Person, other than the Grantee or one of the Grantee's
subsidiaries, then, and in each such case, the agreement governing such
transaction shall make proper provision so that the Option shall upon the
consummation of any such transaction and upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein, be converted into, or exchanged for, an option (the "Substitute
Option"), at the election of the Holder, of either (A) the Acquiring
Corporation (as defined in paragraph (b) below) or (B) any Person that
controls the Acquiring Corporation.
(b) The following terms have the meanings indicated:
(i) The term "Acquiring Corporation" shall mean (A) the
continuing or surviving corporation of a consolidation or merger with
the Issuer (if other than the Issuer), (B) the Issuer in a merger in
which the Issuer is the continuing or surviving Person, and (C) the
transferee of all or substantially all of the Issuer's assets.
(ii) The term "Substitute Common Stock" shall mean the common
stock issued by the issuer of the Substitute Option upon exercise of
the Substitute Option.
(iii) The term "Assigned Value" shall mean the "market/offer
price", as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 7 hereof.
(iv) The term "Average Price" shall mean the average closing
price of a share of the Substitute Common Stock for the one (1) year
period immediately preceding the consolidation, merger or sale in
question, but in no event higher than the closing price of the shares
of the Substitute Common Stock on the day preceding such consolidation,
merger or sale, provided that if the Issuer is the issuer of the
Substitute Option, the Average Price shall be computed with respect to
a share of common stock issued by the Person merging into the Issuer or
by any company which controls such Person, as the Holder may elect.
(c) Except as set forth in (d) below, the Substitute Option shall have
the same terms as the Option, provided that if the terms of the Substitute
Option cannot, for legal reasons, be the same as the Option, such terms shall,
to the extent legally permissible, be as similar as possible to, and in no event
less advantageous to the Holder than, the terms of the Option. The issuer of the
Substitute Option shall also enter into an agreement with the then Holder or
Holders of the Substitute Option in substantially the same form as this
Agreement, which shall be applicable to the Substitute Option.
(d) The Substitute Option shall be exercisable for such number of
shares of the Substitute Common Stock as is equal to (i) the product of (A) the
Assigned Value and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Option
is then exercisable, divided by (ii) the Average Price. The exercise price of
the Substitute Option per share of the Substitute Common Stock shall then be
equal to the Option Price multiplied by a fraction in which the numerator is
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the number of Option Shares, as adjusted pursuant to this Section 8(d), and the
denominator is the number of shares of the Substitute Common Stock for which the
Substitute Option is exercisable.
(e) In no event, pursuant to any of the foregoing paragraphs, shall the
Substitute Option be exercisable for more than 19.9% of the aggregate of the
shares of the Substitute Common Stock outstanding prior to exercise of the
Substitute Option (without giving effect to any shares of Substitute Common
Stock issued pursuant to the Substitute Option) less the number of shares
previously issued pursuant to the Substitute Option. In the event that the
Substitute Option would be exercisable for more than 19.9% of the shares of
Substitute Common Stock outstanding prior to exercise but for this paragraph
(e), the issuer of the Substitute Option (the "Substitute Option Issuer") shall
make a cash payment to the Holder equal to the excess of (i) the value of the
Substitute Option without giving effect to the limitation in this paragraph (e)
over (ii) the value of the Substitute Option after giving effect to the
limitation in this paragraph (e). The difference in value shall be determined by
a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by a majority in
interest of the Holders or the Owners, as the case may be.
(f) The Issuer shall not enter into any transaction described in
paragraph (a) of this Section 8 unless the Acquiring Corporation and any Person
that controls the Acquiring Corporation shall have assumed in writing all the
obligations of the Issuer hereunder.
9. (a) At the written request of the holder of the Substitute Option
(the "Substitute Option Holder"), and subject to paragraph (c) below, the issuer
of the Substitute Option (the "Substitute Option Issuer") shall repurchase the
Substitute Option from the Substitute Option Holder at a price (the "Substitute
Option Repurchase Price") equal to the amount by which (i) the Highest Closing
Price (as hereinafter defined) exceeds (ii) the exercise price of the Substitute
Option, multiplied by the number of shares of the Substitute Common Stock for
which the Substitute Option may then be exercised, and at the request of each
owner (the "Substitute Share Owner") of shares of the Substitute Common Stock
(the "Substitute Shares"), the Substitute Option Issuer shall repurchase the
Substitute Shares at a price per share (the "Substitute Share Repurchase Price")
equal to the greater of (A) the Highest Closing Price and (B) the average
exercise price per share paid by the Substitute Share Owner for the Substitute
Shares so designated. The term "Highest Closing Price" shall mean the highest
closing price for shares of the Substitute Common Stock within the six (6) month
period immediately preceding the date the Substitute Option Holder gives notice
of the required repurchase of the Substitute Option or the Substitute Share
Owner gives notice of the required repurchase of the Substitute Shares, as
applicable.
(b) Each Substitute Option Holder and the Substitute Share Owner, as
the case may be, may exercise its respective right to require the Substitute
Option Issuer to repurchase the Substitute Option and the Substitute Shares
pursuant to this Section 9 by surrendering for such purpose to the Substitute
Option Issuer, at its principal office, the agreement for such Substitute
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Option (or, in the absence of such an agreement, a copy of this Agreement) and
certificates for Substitute Shares accompanied by a written notice or notices
stating that such Substitute Option Holder or Substitute Share Owner elects to
require the Substitute Option Issuer to repurchase the Substitute Option and/or
the Substitute Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9. As
promptly as practicable, and in any event within five (5) business days after
the surrender of the Substitute Option and/or the certificates representing
Substitute Shares and the receipt of such notice or notices relating thereto,
the Substitute Option Issuer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Substitute Option Holder the Substitute Option Repurchase Price and/or to the
Substitute Share Owner the Substitute Share Repurchase Price therefor, or the
portion(s) thereof which the Substitute Option Issuer is not then prohibited
under applicable law and regulation from so delivering.
(c) To the extent that the Substitute Option Issuer is prohibited under
applicable law or regulation, or as a consequence of administrative policy, or
as a result of a written agreement or other binding obligation with a
governmental or regulatory body or agency, from repurchasing the Substitute
Option and/or the Substitute Shares in full, the Substitute Option Issuer shall
immediately so notify each Substitute Option Holder and/or the Substitute Share
Owner and thereafter deliver or cause to be delivered, from time to time, to the
Substitute Option Holder and/or Substitute Share Owner, as appropriate, that
portion of the Substitute Option Repurchase Price and the Substitute Share
Repurchase Price, respectively, which it is no longer prohibited from
delivering, within five (5) business days after the date on which the Substitute
Option Issuer is no longer so prohibited, provided, however, that if the
Substitute Option Issuer is, at any time after delivery of a notice of
repurchase pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9 prohibited under
applicable law or regulation, or as a consequence of administrative policy, or
as a result of a written agreement or other binding obligation with a
governmental or regulatory body or agency, from delivering to the Substitute
Option Holder and/or the Substitute Share Owner, as appropriate, the Substitute
Option Repurchase Price and the Substitute Share Repurchase Price, respectively,
in part or in full (and the Substitute Option Issuer shall use its best efforts
to receive all required regulatory and legal approvals as promptly as
practicable in order to accomplish such repurchase), the Substitute Option
Holder or Substitute Share Owner may revoke its notice of repurchase of the
Substitute Option or the Substitute Shares either in whole or to the extent of
the prohibition, whereupon the Substitute Option Issuer shall promptly (i)
deliver to the Substitute Option Holder or Substitute Share Owner, as
appropriate, that portion of the Substitute Option Repurchase Price or the
Substitute Share Repurchase Price that the Substitute Option Issuer is not
prohibited from delivering; and (ii) deliver, as appropriate, either (A) to the
Substitute Option Holder, a new Substitute Option evidencing the right of the
Substitute Option Holder to purchase that number of shares of the Substitute
Common Stock obtained by multiplying the number of shares of the Substitute
Common Stock for which the surrendered Substitute Option was exercisable at the
time of delivery of the notice of repurchase by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Substitute Option Repurchase Price less the portion thereof
theretofore delivered to the Substitute Option Holder and the denominator of
which is the Substitute Option Repurchase Price, or (B) to the
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Substitute Share Owner, a certificate for the Substitute Option Shares it is
then so prohibited from repurchasing.
10. The thirty (30) day period for exercise of certain rights under
Sections 2, 6, 7 and 12 hereof shall be extended in each such case: (i) to the
extent necessary to obtain all Regulatory approvals for the exercise of such
rights and for the expiration of all statutory waiting periods; and (ii) to the
extent necessary to avoid liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act by
reason of such exercise, provided that notice of intent to exercise such rights
shall be given to the Issuer within the requisite thirty (30) day period and the
Grantee and the Holders shall use their best efforts to promptly obtain all
requisite approvals and cause the expiration of all requisite waiting periods.
11. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Grantee as
follows:
(a) The Issuer has full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Issuer and no other corporate proceedings on the part
of the Issuer are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions so contemplated. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by the Issuer. This Agreement is the valid and legally binding
obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its
respective terms, except that enforcement thereof may be limited by the
receivership, conservatorship and supervisory powers of bank regulatory agencies
generally as well as bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors rights generally and except that
enforcement thereof may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless
of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
the availability of equitable remedies.
(b) The Issuer has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize
and reserve and to permit it to issue, and at all times from the date hereof
through the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms will have
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Option, that number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock at any time
and from time to time issuable hereunder, and all such shares, upon issuance
pursuant hereto, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable, and will be delivered free and clear of all claims, liens,
encumbrances and security interests and not subject to any preemptive rights.
12. Neither of the parties hereto may assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Option Agreement or the Option created hereunder to any
other Person, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the express
written consent of the other party, except that (a) the Grantee shall, at any
time, be permitted to assign its rights under this Option Agreement or the
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Option created hereunder to any Affiliate (as defined in the Acquisition
Agreement) of the Grantee and (b) in the event a Subsequent Triggering Event
shall have occurred prior to an Exercise Termination Event, the Grantee may,
subject to the right of first refusal set forth in Section 13, assign, transfer
or sell in whole or in part its rights and obligations hereunder within thirty
(30) days following such Subsequent Triggering Event (or such later period as
provided in Section 9); provided, however, that in the event the Grantee sells,
assigns or transfers all or a portion of the Option to other Holders as
permitted by this Agreement, the Grantee may exercise its rights hereunder on
behalf of itself and such Holders.
13. If at any time after the occurrence of a Subsequent Triggering
Event and, with respect to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired
by the Grantee pursuant to an exercise of the Option, prior to the expiration of
twenty-four (24) months after the date on which the Option would have terminated
but for its exercise pursuant to Section 2(b), the Grantee shall desire to sell,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Option, in whole or in part, or all
or any of the shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired by the Grantee
pursuant to the Option, the Grantee shall give the Issuer written notice of the
proposed transaction (an "Offeror's Notice"), identifying the proposed
transferee, accompanied by a copy of a binding offer to purchase the Option or
such shares or other securities signed by such transferee and setting forth the
terms of the proposed transaction. An Offeror's Notice shall be deemed an offer
by the Grantee to the Issuer, which may be accepted within ten (10) business
days of the receipt of such Offeror's Notice, on the same terms and conditions
and at the same price at which the Grantee is proposing to transfer the Option
or such shares or other securities to such transferee. The purchase of the
Option or such shares or other securities by the Issuer shall be settled within
five (5) business days of the date of the acceptance of the offer and the
purchase price shall be paid to the Grantee in immediately available funds,
provided that, if prior notification to or approval, consent or waiver of the
Federal Reserve Board or any other regulatory authority is required in
connection with such purchase, the Issuer shall promptly file the required
notice or application for approval, consent or waiver and shall expeditiously
process the same (and the Grantee shall cooperate with the Issuer in the filing
of any such notice or application and the obtaining of any such approval) and
the period of time that otherwise would run pursuant to this sentence shall run
instead from the date on which, as the case may be, (a) the required
notification period has expired or been terminated or (b) such approval has been
obtained and, in either event, any requisite waiting period shall have passed.
In the event of the failure or refusal of the Issuer to purchase the Option or
the shares or other securities, as the case may be, covered by an Offeror's
Notice or if the Federal Reserve Board or any other regulatory authority
disapproves the Issuer's proposed purchase of the Option or such shares or other
securities, the Grantee may, within sixty (60) days following the date of the
Offeror's Notice (subject to any necessary extension for regulatory
notification, approval, or waiting periods), sell all, but not less than all, of
the portion of the Option (which may be one hundred percent (100%)) or such
shares or other securities, as the case may be, proposed to be transferred to
the proposed transferee identified in the Offeror's Notice at no less than the
price specified and on terms no more favorable to the proposed transferee than
those set forth in the
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Offeror's Notice. The requirements of this Section 13 shall not apply to (i) any
disposition of the Option or any shares of Common Stock or other securities by a
Person to whom the Grantee has assigned its rights under the Option with the
prior written consent of the Issuer, (ii) any sale by means of a public offering
in which steps are taken to reasonably ensure that no purchaser will acquire
securities representing more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Issuer or (iii) any transfer to a direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Grantee which agrees in writing to be bound by
the terms hereof.
14. Each of the Grantee and the Issuer will use all reasonable efforts
to make all filings with, and to obtain consents of, all third parties and
governmental authorities necessary to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation applying to the
Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended,
for approval to acquire the shares issuable hereunder.
15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that
the Holder or the Owner or any Related Person thereof (as hereinafter defined)
is a Person making an offer or proposal to engage in an Acquisition Transaction
(other than the transaction contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement), then (a)
in the case of a Holder or any Related Person thereof, the Option held by it
shall immediately terminate and be of no further force or effect, and (b) in the
case of an Owner or any Related Person thereof, the Option Shares held by it
shall be immediately repurchasable by the Issuer at the Option Price. For
purposes of this Agreement, a "Related Person" of a Holder or Owner means any
Affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act) of the Holder or the Owner and any Person that is required to file
a Schedule 13D with the Holder or the Owner with respect to shares of Common
Stock or options to acquire the Common Stock.
16. The parties hereto acknowledge that damages would be an inadequate
remedy for a breach of this Agreement by either party hereto and that the
obligations of the parties hereto shall be enforceable by either party hereto
through injunctive or other equitable relief.
17. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this
Agreement is held by a court or a federal or state regulatory agency of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of
the terms, provisions and covenants and restrictions contained in this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect, and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated. If for any reason such court or regulatory agency determines
that the Holder is not permitted to acquire, or the Issuer is not permitted to
repurchase pursuant to Section 7, the full number of shares of Common Stock
provided in Section l(a) hereof (as adjusted pursuant to Sections l(b) or 6(a)
hereof), it is the express intention of the Issuer to allow the Holder to
acquire or to require the Issuer to repurchase such lesser number of shares as
may be permissible, without any amendment or modification hereof.
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18. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in Person, by
cable, telegram, telecopy or telex, or by registered or certified mail (postage
prepaid, return receipt requested) at the respective addresses of the parties
set forth in the Acquisition Agreement.
19. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, regardless of the laws that might
otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
20. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
21. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each of the parties
hereto shall bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including fees and
expenses of its own financial consultants, investment bankers, accountants and
counsel.
22. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement
contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereunder and supersedes all prior arrangements or
understandings with respect thereof, written or oral. The terms and conditions
of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than
the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any
rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
23. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Acquisition Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Stock Option
Agreement to be executed as a sealed instrument on its behalf by its officers
thereunder duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
ANTELOPE VALLEY BANK
By:
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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ELDORADO BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 1998
Contact: Robert P. Keller, President Jack Seefus, President
(949) 699-4344 (805) 945-4511
ELDORADO BANCSHARES, INC. AND ANTELOPE VALLEY BANK SIGN AGREEMENT
Robert P. Keller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eldorado
Bancshares, Inc. of Laguna Hills, California and Clyde G. Golding, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Antelope Valley Bank of Lancaster, California jointly
announced that Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. and Antelope Valley Bank have signed a
definitive Agreement in that Antelope Valley Bank will be acquired by Eldorado
Bancshares, Inc. Upon completion of the acquisition, Eldorado Bancshares, Inc.
will have total assets in excess of $1.2 billion, based on June 30, 1998
financial statements. Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. recently changed its name from
Commerce Security Bancorp, Inc.
Jack D. Seefus, President and CEO of Antelope Valley Bank said, "The
purpose of this new affiliation is to enable Antelope Valley Bank to provide a
broader range of products and services to our customers. Our historic and
continuing commitment to the Antelope Valley area business community will be
enhanced by the continuity of account officers and staff and by gaining access
to the financial resources and other capabilities of Eldorado Bancshares, Inc.
Antelope Valley Bank will go forward as Antelope Valley's premier community bank
under our locally based management and Board of Directors".
Mr. Keller stated "Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. is delighted with the
proposed affiliation with Antelope Valley Bank. We believe the association will
add strength to both parties. Antelope Valley Bank will retain its local
identity, with local board and management, and be able to call upon a larger
organization for additional support and expertise."
Under the terms of the agreement, each share of Antelope Valley Bank
stock will be exchanged for 3.625 shares of Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. common
stock. Mr. Keller will continue to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of
Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. and will become Chairman of Antelope Valley Bank's
Board of Directors. Jack Seefus will remain as President of Antelope Valley
Bank. Mr. Seefus, Clyde Golding, A.C. Warnack and William Walsh will constitute
the remaining members of the board. The transaction will be accounted for as a
pooling. At the closing of the transaction, Antelope Valley Bank shareholders
will own approximately 23% of the outstanding stock on a pro forma basis.
Antelope Valley Bank had total assets of approximately $200 million at
June 30, 1998 and conducts its business from eight branch offices. Antelope
Valley Bank is Antelope Valley's premier commercial bank, offering loan and
deposit products to businesses and individuals throughout the area. Eldorado
Bancshares, Inc. had total assets of approximately $1.0 billion at June 30, 1998
and it's sole operating subsidiary is Eldorado Bank of Tustin, California.
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Eldorado Bank, one of California's leading community banks, operates 17 full
service branch offices serving Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino,
Riverside and San Diego counties and the Sacramento area. In addition, Eldorado
Bank operates nine mortgage banking offices in the Western United States, as
well as four equipment leasing offices located nationally.
The transaction is contingent upon the approval of shareholders and
state and federal regulators. All of Antelope's Directors, owning over 30% of
Antelope stock, have agreed to vote in favor of the merger. The parties expect
that the transaction will close by the first quarter of 1999.
In connection with the proposed transaction, Antelope Valley Bank has
issued an option to Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. to acquire up to 19.9% of Antelope
Valley Bank stock under certain conditions.
On August 17, 1998, Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. announced that it intends
to sell shares of its common stock to the public and that it had filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement relating to such
proposed sale. The transaction between Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. and Antelope
Valley Bank is not contingent upon the completion of that public offering. This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. common stock.
For further information, please contact Robert Keller of Eldorado
Bancshares, Inc. at (949) 699-4344 or Jack Seefus, President of Antelope Valley
Bank at (805) 945-4511
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