Commencement of the Offer Provided that this Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with Article 9, as promptly as practicable after the Agreement Date (but in no event more than ten (10) Business Days after the Agreement Date), Purchaser shall (and Parent shall cause Purchaser to) commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act) the Offer.
Public Offering of the Offered Shares The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, initially on the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
TERMINATION OF THE OFFERING The undersigned understands that the Company may terminate the offering at any time and for any reason. If the offering is so terminated, and the Company is holding subscriptions that have not been accepted by an authorized representative of the Company, together with the un-accepted subscription agreements, then in that event the subscriptions so held shall be returned without any interest earned thereon.
Expiration and Extension of the Offer (i) Unless the Offer is extended pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement, the Offer shall expire at midnight, New York Time, on the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the date the Offer is first commenced (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (as such date and time may be extended, the “Expiration Time”). In the event that the Offer is extended pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement, then the Offer shall expire on the date and at the time to which the Offer has been so extended.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(i) or anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement:
(A) Acquisition Sub shall extend the Offer for any period required by any Law or Order, or any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or NASDAQ, in any such case that is applicable to the Offer;
(B) in the event that any of the conditions to the Offer set forth on Annex A, other than the Minimum Condition, are not satisfied or waived (if permitted hereunder) as of any then scheduled expiration of the Offer, Acquisition Sub shall extend the Offer for successive extension periods of ten (10) Business Days each (or any longer period as may be approved in advance by the Company) in order to permit the satisfaction of all of the conditions to the Offer; and
(C) in the event that all of the conditions to the Offer set forth on Annex A have been satisfied or waived (if permitted hereunder), except that the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied, as of any then scheduled expiration of the Offer, Acquisition Sub shall extend the Offer for an extension period of ten (10) Business Days (or any longer period as may be approved in advance by the Company), it being understood and agreed that Acquisition Sub shall not be required to extend the Offer pursuant to this clause (C) on more than two (2) occasions, but may, in its sole discretion, elect to do so; provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this Section 2.1(d)(ii) shall not be deemed to impair, limit or otherwise restrict in any manner the right of the parties to terminate this Agreement pursuant to the terms of Article IX, and in no event shall Acquisition Sub be required to extend the Offer beyond the Termination Date.
(iii) Neither Parent nor Acquisition Sub shall extend the Offer in any manner other than pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(ii) without the prior written consent of the Company.
(iv) Neither Parent nor Acquisition Sub shall terminate or withdraw the Offer prior to the then scheduled expiration of the Offer unless this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with Article IX, in which case Acquisition Sub shall (and Parent shall cause Acquisition Sub to) irrevocably and unconditionally terminate the Offer promptly (but in no event more than one (1) Business Day) after such termination of this Agreement.
The Offering On October 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Bank adopted a Plan of Conversion (the “Plan”), which provides for (i) the conversion of the Bank from the mutual to the stock form of organization in accordance with the laws of the United States and the applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the issuance of all of the Bank’s outstanding common stock to the Holding Company and the issuance of all of the outstanding common stock of the Holding Company in the Offering (as hereinafter defined) (the “Conversion”). Upon completion of the Conversion, the Bank will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. As part of the Plan, the Holding Company is offering up to 575,000 shares (subject to an increase of up to 661,250 shares) (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in (i) a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) and, if necessary, (ii) a direct community offering (the “Community Offering”) and (iii) a syndicated community offering (the “Syndicated Community Offering” and, collectively with the Subscription Offering and the Community Offering, the “Offering”), in connection with the Conversion. The Holding Company will issue the Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”). If the number of Shares is increased or decreased in accordance with the Plan, the term “Shares” as used herein shall mean such greater or lesser number, where applicable. All references to the Bank herein shall include the Bank in its current form and post-Conversion as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company, as applicable. In the Subscription Offering, non-transferable rights to subscribe for between 425,000 and 575,000 Shares (subject to an increase of up to 661,250 Shares) of the Common Stock (the “Subscription Rights”) will be granted, in the following order of priority: (i) the Bank’s depositors with aggregate account balances of at least $50.00 as of the close of business on September 30, 2008 (the “Eligible Account Holders”); (ii) the Bank’s tax-qualified employee benefit plans; (iii) the Bank’s depositors with aggregate account balances of at least $50.00 as of the close of business on (the “Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (iv) to depositors of the Bank as of (the “Other Members”). The Holding Company may offer Shares, if any, remaining after the Subscription Offering in the Community Offering on a priority basis to natural persons residing in the City of Baltimore, Maryland and the Maryland Counties of Baltimore and Harford and then to the general public. In the event the Community Offering is held, it may be held at any time during or immediately after the Subscription Offering. Depending on market conditions, Shares available for sale but not subscribed for in the Subscription Offering or purchased in the Community Offering may be offered in the Syndicated Community Offering to selected members of the general public through a syndicate of registered broker-dealers managed by the Agent which are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the “FINRA”). It is acknowledged that the number of Shares to be sold in the Offering may be increased or decreased as described in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined); that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to maximum and minimum purchase limitations as described in the Prospectus; and that the Holding Company may reject, in its sole discretion, in whole or in part, any subscription received in the Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering. The Holding Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-163797) in order to register the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “1933 Act Regulations”), and has filed such amendments thereto as have been required to the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”). The prospectus, as amended, included in the Registration Statement at the time it initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any prospectus is filed by the Holding Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the 1933 Act Regulations differing from the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it initially becomes effective, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the Commission and shall include any supplements and amendments thereto from and after their dates of effectiveness or use, respectively. In connection with the Conversion, (i) the Bank has filed with the OTS an Application for Conversion on Form AC (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Conversion Application”) and amendments thereto as required by the OTS in accordance with the Conversion Regulations and (ii) the Holding Company has filed with the OTS an application on Form H-(e)1-S (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Holding Company Application”) and amendments thereto as required by the OTS in accordance with the Conversion Regulations. Collectively, the Conversion Application and the Holding Company Application may also be defined as the “Applications.” Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Holding Company is delivering to the Agent copies of the Prospectus dated , 2010 to be used in the Subscription Offering and Community Offering (if any) and, if necessary, will deliver copies of the Prospectus and any prospectus supplement for use in the Syndicated Community Offering.
The Offer (a) Subject to this Agreement not having theretofore been terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1 hereof, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than five business days from, the date of this Agreement, commence an offer to purchase for cash (as it may be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the "Offer") all shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Company Common Stock"), of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Offer (the "Shares"), subject only to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the "Conditions"), at a price of $19.50 (the "Offer Price") per Share, net to the seller in cash. Subject only to the Conditions, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, accept for payment and pay for all Shares validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn prior to the expiration date of the Offer as promptly as practicable following the expiration date of the Offer. Sub expressly reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions of the Offer, PROVIDED that without the consent of the Company, no amendment may be made which (i) decreases the price per Share or changes the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (ii) decreases the number of Shares sought, or (iii) changes any of the Conditions or imposes additional conditions to the Offer or amends any other term of the Offer in either case in any manner adverse to the holders of Shares (it being understood that extensions of the Offer as contemplated by this Section 1.1(a) are not adverse to the holders of Shares); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Minimum Condition (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) is for the benefit of the Company and may not be waived without the Company's consent. The Offer may only be extended with the prior written consent of the Company or as required by law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, Parent and Sub may extend the Offer without the consent of the Company (A) if at the scheduled expiration date of the Offer any of the Conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived or (B) for any period required by any Laws (as hereinafter defined) applicable to the Offer and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if the Conditions are not satisfied or, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, waived as of any scheduled expiration date, Parent and Sub shall extend the Offer from time to time for up to five (5) business days at a time (or such longer period as shall be approved by the Company) until the earlier of the consummation of the Offer or sixty (60) calendar days after the date hereof, provided that such extension shall not be required if in the reasonable judgment of Parent or Sub, any Condition is incapable of being satisfied prior to the expiration of the sixty (60) calendar days. Upon the terms hereof and subject to the Conditions, Sub will accept for payment and purchase all Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer.
(b) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries (as defined below) to, tender into the Offer any Shares beneficially owned by it. For purposes of this Agreement, "Subsidiary" means, as to any Person (as defined below), any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired: (i) in the case of a corporation, of which at least a majority of the outstanding shares of stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (other than stock having such voting power solely by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, in which such Person or Subsidiary of such Person is a managing member, general partner or joint venturer or of which a majority of the partnership or other ownership interests are at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
Terms of the Offering We may advise you orally or by one or more wires, telexes, telecopy or electronic data transmissions, or other written communications (each, a “Wire”) of the particular method and supplementary terms and conditions of any Offering (including the price or prices at which the Securities initially will be offered by the several Underwriters, or if the price is to be determined by a formula based on market price, the terms of the formula, (the “Offering Price”) and any Selling Concession or, if applicable, Reallowance) in which you are invited to participate. Any such Wire may also amend or modify such provisions of this Master SDA in respect of the Offering to which such Wire relates, and may contain such supplementary provisions as may be specified in any Wire relating to an Offering. To the extent such supplementary terms and conditions are inconsistent with any provision herein, such supplementary terms and conditions shall supersede any provision of this Master SDA. Unless otherwise indicated in any such Wire, acceptances and other communications by you with respect to an Offering should be sent pursuant to the terms of Section 19 hereof. Notwithstanding that we may not have sent you a Wire or other form of invitation to participate in such Offering or that you may not otherwise have responded by wire or other written communication (any such communication being deemed “In Writing”) to any such Wire or other form of invitation, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of our offer to participate as a Selected Dealer and of this Master SDA (as amended, modified or supplemented by any Wire) by your purchase of Securities or otherwise receiving and retaining an economic benefit for participating in the Offering as a Selected Dealer. We reserve the right to reject any acceptance in whole or in part. Any Offering will be subject to delivery of the Securities and their acceptance by us and any other Underwriters may be subject to the approval of all legal matters by counsel and may be subject to the satisfaction of other conditions. Any application for additional Securities will be subject to rejection in whole or in part.
Terms of the Offer Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Purchasers will accept for payment and pay for Units validly tendered on or prior to the Expiration Date and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 4 of this Offer to Purchase. The term “Expiration Date” shall mean 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, on January 25, 2013, unless and until the Purchasers shall have extended the period of time for which the Offer is open, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date on which the Offer, as so extended by the Purchasers, shall expire. The Offer is conditioned on satisfaction of certain conditions. See Section 13, which sets forth in full the conditions of the Offer. The Purchasers reserve the right (but shall not be obligated), in their sole discretion and for any reason, to waive any or all of such conditions. If, by the Expiration Date, any or all of such conditions have not been satisfied or waived, the Purchasers reserve the right (but shall not be obligated) to (i) decline to purchase any of the Units tendered, terminate the Offer and return all tendered Units to tendering Unit holders, (ii) waive all the unsatisfied conditions and, subject to complying with applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, purchase all Units validly tendered, (iii) extend the Offer and, subject to the right of Unit holders to withdraw Units until the Expiration Date, retain the Units that have been tendered during the period or periods for which the Offer is extended or (iv) to amend the Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the expiration of the Offer, if all conditions are either satisfied or waived, the Purchasers will promptly pay for all validly tendered Units upon confirmation that the Supervisor will either transfer the Units or recognize the change of address for distributions and correspondence on the Units, and the Purchasers do not intend to imply that the foregoing rights of the Purchasers would permit the Purchasers to delay payment for validly tendered Units following expiration. The Purchasers do not anticipate and have no reason to believe that any condition or event will occur that would prevent the Purchasers from purchasing tendered Units as offered herein. Further, by tendering your Units, you are agreeing to arbitrate any disputes that may arise between you and the Purchasers or the Depositary, to subject yourself to personal jurisdiction in California, and that the prevailing party in any such action will be entitled to recover attorney fees and costs. However, by so doing, you are not waiving any of your rights under the federal securities laws or any rule or regulation thereunder.
Public Offering of the Notes The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Notes as soon after the Execution Time as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
Registered Exchange Offer (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Commission’s staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall prepare and, not later than 270 days following the Closing Date, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 365 days of the Closing Date.
(b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer by the Target Registration Date.
(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(i) mail or make available to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and related documents;
(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed or publicly disseminated by press release to the Holders (or longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act until the end of the Exchange Offer Registration Period (including by supplementing and amending the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as required under the Act) to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers, if any, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;
(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;
(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;
(vi) include disclosure within the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) representing that the Company and Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any person that will participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with a view to distribute (within the meaning of the Act) the New Securities; and
(vii) comply in all respects with all applicable laws.
(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company and Guarantors shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(s) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent and warrant to the Company and Guarantors that:
(i) any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business;
(ii) such Holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to engage in, and such Holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities within the meaning of the Act;
(iii) such Holder is not a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that such Holder purchased directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act or any other available exemption from registration under the Act; and
(iv) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors.