Common use of EESA Provisions Clause in Contracts

EESA Provisions. (a) Company’s parent company, Manhattan Bancorp, has entered into agreements with the U.S. Treasury Department (“UST”) under which Manhattan Bancorp issued preferred shares and other securities to the UST as part of the Troubled Assets Relief Program Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”) established under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”). The Company and Manhattan Bancorp have determined that Executive is not currently a Senior Executive Officer (as such term is defined under EESA) of Manhattan Bancorp for purposes of EESA. However, Executive is aware that certain significant restrictions under EESA or subsequent legislation or regulations applicable to CPP participants can be applied to employees of Manhattan Bancorp or its affiliates, including the Company, that are not Senior Executive Officers, including restrictions on permissible compensation, and the UST could expand the number or nature of employees treated as Senior Executive Officers so as to include Executive at any time. Executive has been made aware of Manhattan Bancorp’s participation in the CPP and agrees that Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation hereunder that would be prohibited by EESA or subsequent legislation or regulations applicable to CPP participants.