WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC
8-K, EX-2.1, 2001-01-17
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                                 Amendment No. 1
                                       to
                          Agreement and Plan of Merger


     This Amendment No. 1, dated January 5, 2001,  amends the Agreement and Plan
of Merger (the "Agreement")  originally made and entered into as of the 18th day
of  August,   2000,  by  and  between  Washington  Mutual,  Inc.,  a  Washington
corporation ("Washington Mutual") and Bank United Corp., a Delaware corporation.

     WHEREAS,  immediately  prior to the merger  (the  "Merger")  of Bank United
Corp. with and into Washington Mutual as set forth in the Agreement, Bank United
Corp. will effect a reorganization  (the  "Reorganization")  by merging a wholly
owned subsidiary of Bank United Corp. with and into Bank United Corp.

     WHEREAS, as a result of the Reorganization, each share of Bank United Corp.
common stock outstanding at the effective time of the Reorganization, other than
shares held by persons properly  exercising  dissenters'  appraisal rights, will
automatically  convert into (1) a  corresponding  share of new Bank United Corp.
common  stock  and (2) the  right to  receive a CPR  Certificate.  In  addition,
appropriate  and  proportionate  adjustments  will  be made  to all  options  to
purchase shares of Bank United Corp.  common stock  outstanding at the effective
time of the Reorganization and to all Bank United Corp. 8% Premium Income Equity
Securities.

     WHEREAS,  Washington  Mutual and Bank United Corp. have agreed to amend the
Agreement  to more  accurately  describe  the  treatment  of options to purchase
shares of Bank United Corp. in connection with the Merger and to correct certain
cross-references.

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     WASHINGTON MUTUAL AND BANK UNITED CORP. AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

     1. Each capitalized term used but not defined in this Amendment No. 1 shall
have the meaning provided for such term in the Agreement.

     2. The  reference in Section 1.1 of the  Agreement to the section  defining
the term "Stock Option Agreement" shall be changed from "2.12" to "2.13".

     3. Section  2.5(e) of the Agreement  shall be replaced in its entirety with
the following:

          At the Effective Time, all shares of any class of the capital stock of
     Bank United Corp. that are owned by Bank United Corp. as treasury stock and
     all shares of any class of the capital stock of Bank United Corp.  that are
     owned  directly or indirectly by Washington  Mutual or Bank United Corp. or
     any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than shares of any class of the
     capital  stock of Bank United Corp.  held  directly or  indirectly in trust
     accounts, managed accounts and the like or otherwise held in a fiduciary or
     nominee  capacity  that are  beneficially  owned by third parties (any such
     shares being referred to herein as "Trust  Account  Shares") and other than
     any shares of any class of the capital  stock of Bank United Corp.  held by
     Washington  Mutual  or  Bank  United  Corp.  or  any  of  their  respective
     Subsidiaries in respect of a debt previously contracted (any such shares of
     Bank United Corp.  Capital Stock being referred to herein as "DPC Shares"))
     shall  be  cancelled  and  shall  cease to exist  and no  capital  stock or
     warrants of Washington Mutual or other  consideration shall be delivered in
     exchange therefor.

     4. The first  sentence  of Section 2.8 of the  Agreement  shall be replaced
with the following:

          At the  Effective  Time,  each option  granted by Bank United Corp. to
     purchase  shares of Bank United  Corp.  Common  Stock and CPR  Certificates
     (each a "Bank United Corp.  Option") which is outstanding  and  unexercised
     immediately  prior  thereto  shall  cease to  represent  a right to acquire
     shares  of  Bank  United   Corp.   Common  Stock  and  shall  be  converted
     automatically into an option to purchase shares of Washington Mutual Common
     Stock and CPR Certificates in an amount and at an exercise price determined
     as provided  below (and  otherwise  subject to the terms of the Bank United
     Corp.  1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended to date, the Bank United Corp.
     1996 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as amended to date, the Bank United Corp. 2000
     Stock  Incentive  Plan,  as  amended  to  date,  the  Executive  Management
     Compensation  Program, as amended to date or the Bank United Corp. Director
     Stock Plan,  as amended to date,  as  applicable  (collectively,  the "Bank
     United Corp.  Stock Option Plans"),  and the agreements  evidencing  grants
     thereunder):

               (a) the number of shares of Washington  Mutual Common Stock to be
          subject to the new option  shall be equal to the product of the number
          of shares of Bank United Corp.  Common  Stock  subject to the original
          option and the Exchange Ratio,  provided that any fractional shares of
          Washington  Mutual  Common Stock  resulting  from such  multiplication
          shall  be  rounded  to  the  nearest  share,  and  the  number  of CPR
          Certificates subject to the new option shall be equal to the number of
          CPR Certificates subject to the original option; and


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               (b) the  exercise  price  under the new  option  for one share of
          Washington Mutual Common Stock and the corresponding fraction of a CPR
          Certificate  (which  fraction  shall  equal 1 divided by the  Exchange
          Ratio) under the new option  shall be equal to the exercise  price per
          share  exercise  price of the original  option to acquire one share of
          Bank United Corp. Common Stock and one CPR Certificate  divided by the
          Exchange Ratio,  provided that such exercise price shall be rounded to
          the nearest cent.

     5. The clause (a) of the first  sentence  of Section  4.6 of the  Agreement
shall be replaced with the following:

          (a) the consolidated statements of financial conditions of Bank United
     Corp. and its  Subsidiaries,  as of September 30, for the fiscal years 1998
     and  1999  and  the  related   consolidated   statements   of   operations,
     stockholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal years 1997 through 1999,
     inclusive,  as reported in Bank United  Corp.'s  Annual Report on Form 10-K
     for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999,  filed with the SEC under the
     Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"), in each
     case  accompanied  by the audit report of Bank United  Corp.'s  independent
     auditors, and

     6. Section 5.8 of the Agreement shall be amended so that the words "Section
5.10" are replaced with the words "Section 5.11".

     7. The first sentence of Section  6.2(f) of the Agreement  shall be amended
so that the words "Section 7.3(b)" are replaced with the words "Section 7.3".

     8. Section  8.2(h) of the Agreement  shall be replaced in its entirety with
the following:

     Dissenting  Shares.  The aggregate  number of  Dissenting  Shares shall not
constitute  more than 10% of all  outstanding  Bank United  Common Stock and the
aggregate  number of shares of Bank United Common Stock held by holders (if any)
who have not voted in favor of the merger  described in Section 7.15 and who are
eligible to and have demanded  appraisal rights (if any) with respect thereto in
accordance  with  Section 262 of the DGCL and, as of the  effective  time of the
merger  described in Section 7.15, shall not have failed to perfect or shall not
have  effectively  withdrawn or lost their  rights to appraisal  and payment (if
any) under  Section  262 of the DGCL shall not  constitute  more than 10% of all
outstanding  Bank  United  Common  Stock  at the  effective  time of the  merger
described in Section 7.15.

     9. Except as  specifically  amended by this  Amendment No. 1, the Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.

     10. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in one or more  counterparts,  all
of  which  shall be  considered  one and the same  agreement,  and the  executed
counterparts  taken  together  shall be  deemed  to be one  originally  executed
document.

     11. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Washington,  without regard to any applicable conflicts
of law.



                            [Signature Page Follows]


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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Washington  Mutual and Bank United Corp.  have caused
this Amendment No. 1 to be executed by their respective  officers  hereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.


                                         WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.


                                         By:  /s/ Fay L. Chapman
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                                         Name  Fay L. Chapman
                                         Title:  Senior Executive Vice President


                                         BANK UNITED CORP.


                                         By:  /s/ Jonathon K. Heffron
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                                         Name:  Jonathon K. Heffron
                                         Title:  Executive Vice President




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