The Arrangement and the Merger
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The Merger Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time (as defined below), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
The Mergers Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement:
The Offer and the Merger Section 1.01. The Offer 2 Section 1.02. Company Actions 5 Section 1.03. Board of Directors Prior to the Effective Time 6 Section 1.04. Top-Up Option 7 Section 1.05. The Merger 8 Section 1.06. Closing 8 Section 1.07. Effective Time 8 Section 1.08. Effects of the Merger 9 ARTICLE 2
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of May 15, 1997, by and between XXXXX BANKCORP, INC. ("TARGET"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with its principal office located in Ocilla, Georgia, and ABC BANCORP ("PURCHASER"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with its principal office located in Moultrie, Georgia. PREAMBLE -------- Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 10.1 hereof. The Boards of Directors of TARGET and PURCHASER are of the opinion that the transactions described herein are in the best interests of TARGET and PURCHASER and their respective shareholders. This Agreement provides for the combination of TARGET with PURCHASER pursuant to the merger of TARGET with and into PURCHASER, as a result of which the outstanding shares of the capital stock of TARGET shall be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of PURCHASER (except as provided herein), and the shareholders of TARGET shall become shareholders of PURCHASER (except as provided herein). The transactions described in this Agreement are subject to the approvals of the shareholders of TARGET, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the satisfaction of certain other conditions described in this Agreement. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Merger for federal income tax purposes shall qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Simultaneous with the Closing of the Merger, The Bank of Ocilla, a wholly- owned Georgia state bank subsidiary of TARGET, will be merged with and into The Citizens Bank of Tifton ("Citizens Bank"), a wholly-owned Georgia state bank subsidiary of PURCHASER, and will thereafter be operated as a branch of Citizens Bank.
The Bank Merger Immediately following the Effective Time, the Bank shall be merged with and into UNB (the "Bank Merger") in accordance with the provisions of the National Bank Act and the New Jersey Banking Act of 1948, as amended, and UNB shall be the surviving bank (the "Surviving Bank"). Upon the consummation of the Bank Merger, the separate existence of the Bank shall cease and the Surviving Bank shall be considered the same business and corporate entity as each of the Bank and UNB and all of the property, rights, powers and franchises of each of the Bank and UNB shall vest in the Surviving Bank and the Surviving Bank shall be deemed to have assumed all of the debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of each of the Bank and UNB and shall have succeeded to all of each of their relationships, fiduciary or otherwise, as fully and to the same extent as if such property, rights, privileges, powers, franchises, debts, obligations, duties and relationships had been originally acquired, incurred or entered into by the Surviving Bank. Upon the consummation of the Bank Merger, the articles of association and bylaws of UNB shall become the articles of association and bylaws of the Surviving Bank, the officers and employees of UNB and the officers and employees of the Bank shall be the officers and employees of the Surviving Bank with such additions as the Board of Directors of UNB shall determine, and the directors of UNB shall be the directors of the Surviving Bank with the additions from the directors of Raritan as specified herein. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, the Bank and UNB shall execute and deliver a separate merger agreement (the "Bank Merger Agreement") in substantially the form of Exhibit A, annexed hereto, for delivery to the appropriate regulatory authorities for approval of the Bank Merger.
The Merger Agreement The following is a summary of material terms of the Merger Agreement. This summary is not a complete description of the terms and conditions thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which has been filed with the SEC as an exhibit to Schedule TO. The Merger Agreement may be examined, and copies thereof may be obtained, as set forth in Section 8 above.
Second Merger At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of the Surviving Corporation or Parent or the holders of any securities of the Surviving Corporation or Parent, each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist without any consideration being payable therefor.
Closing and Effective Time of the Merger The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on a date to be specified by the parties (the “Closing Date”), as promptly as practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in Article 7 but in any event no later than the second Business Day thereafter (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions at the Closing), at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, unless another time, date or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. On the Closing Date, or on such other date as Parent and the Company may agree to in writing, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will cause a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”), to be executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and will make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger will become effective at the time the Certificate of Merger will have been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or such other date and time as is agreed upon by the parties and specified in the Certificate of Merger, such date and time hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time.”
Bank Merger Concurrently with the Merger, Beneficial Bank, will merge with and into WSFS Bank, with WSFS Bank as the Surviving Bank. Following the Bank Merger, the separate existence of Beneficial Bank shall terminate. The Parties agree that the Bank Merger shall become effective concurrently with the Merger. The Bank Merger shall be implemented pursuant to a subsidiary plan of merger, in the form of Exhibit D (the “Subsidiary Plan of Merger”). In order to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for the Bank Merger, the Parties shall cause the following to be accomplished prior to the filing of applications for regulatory approval of the Bank Merger: (i) Beneficial shall cause the board of directors of Beneficial Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, Beneficial, as the sole stockholder of Beneficial Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and Beneficial shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by Beneficial Bank and delivered to WSFS and (ii) WSFS shall cause the board of directors of WSFS Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, WSFS, as the sole stockholder of WSFS Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and WSFS shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by WSFS Bank and delivered to Beneficial. Prior to the Effective Time, Beneficial shall cause Beneficial Bank, and WSFS shall cause WSFS Bank, to execute and file applicable articles or certificates of merger, and such other documents and certificates as are necessary to make the Bank Merger effective concurrently with the Merger.
First Merger At the Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub or the holders of any securities of the Company or Acquisition Sub:
