Common use of The Offering Clause in Contracts

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).

The Offering. In accordance with On April 22, 2009, the Board of Directors of PMMHC adopted a plan Plan of conversion and reorganization Conversion (the “Plan” or ”), which provides for the conversion of PMMHC from mutual to stock form (the “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards formation of Directors of the Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual HoldCo as a holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps that will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company own 100% of the Bank common stock held by of PMMHC, and the MHC, which represents issuance of all of the Bank PMMHC’s outstanding common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company to HoldCo. In connection with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity Conversion, HoldCo is offering up to 6,772,221 shares (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier MergerShares”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, par value $0.01 par value per share (the “Common SharesStock”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in (i) a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”), and, if necessary, (ii) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” ”), and when referred to together with (iii) a syndicated community offering (the “Syndicated Community Offering”). The Subscription Offering, the Community Offering and the Syndicated Community Offering are herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Offering.” HoldCo 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” shall mean such greater or lesser number, where applicable. The shares of Common Stock to be offered in the Subscription Offering will be offered pursuant to nontransferable subscription rights in the following order of priority (subject to limitations set forth in the Plan): • eligible members of PMMHC, who are the policyholders under individual policies of insurance issued by PMIC and in force on April 22, 2009 (“Eligible Members”); • an employee stock ownership plan to be established as a tax-qualified plan of HoldCo; and • directors, officers and employees of the Primary Parties as of the commencement of the Offering. HoldCo may offer shares of Common Stock for which subscriptions have not been received in the Subscription Offering in the Community Offering”Offering to the following categories of subscribers (listed in order of priority) before offering them to the general public: • licensed insurance agencies and/or brokers that have been appointed by or otherwise are under contract with PMIC to market and distribute policies of insurance; and • named insureds under policies of insurance issued by PMIC after April 22, 2009; and • natural persons and trusts of natural persons residing in Lackawanna or Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania. In the event a Community Offering is held, it may be commenced concurrently with, during, held at any time during or immediately after the Subscription Offering. Depending on market conditions, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Offering or in the Community Offering will may be offered in the Syndicated Community Offering to certain selected members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected syndicate of registered broker-dealers agreement who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “Syndicated Community OfferingFINRA”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and ). The Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as will be co-managed by the Agent and Sterne, Agee & Xxxxx, Inc. (“OfferingSterne Agee”). 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 the maximum and minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan Prospectus, and that the Company HoldCo may reject, in whole or in part, any orders subscription received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company HoldCo has filed with the United States U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SECCommission”) a registration statement Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913156936) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating in order to the Offering for the registration of 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 thereof and such amended prospectuses thereto as may have been required to the date hereof. The term hereof (the “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments”). The prospectus, as amended, on file with included in the SEC Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement it initially became becomes effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus prospectus is filed by the Company HoldCo pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file included in the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Commission and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof shall include any supplements and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner from and the FDIC (collectivelyafter their dates of effectiveness or use, the “Conversion Application”)respectively. The Company also has filed Concurrently with the Board execution of Governors this Agreement, HoldCo is delivering to the Agent copies of the Federal Reserve System Prospectus, dated , 2009, of HoldCo to be used in the Subscription Offering and Community Offering (if any), and, if necessary, will deliver copies of the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (Prospectus and any prospectus supplement for use in a Syndicated Community Offering as defined in the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”)Prospectus.

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company, the Bank Bank, the MHC and the MHC Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors members of the Bank MHC as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell for sale its common stock, $0.01 no par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Each of the outstanding shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC shall automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into and become the right to receive the Shares based upon the exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the percentage of outstanding Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion (as defined herein) before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. However, the exchange ratio may be adjusted downward to reflect the aggregate amount of existing Rockville Financial dividends paid to Rockville Financial MHC, Inc. and the initial capitalization of Rockville Financial MHC, Inc. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31June 30, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31September 30, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County Hartford, New London and Tolland Counties in Connecticut; (ii) existing Rockville Financial’s public shareholders as of January 4, 2011; and (iiiii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of Pursuant to the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authoritiesPlan, the Company will contribute and the Bank intend to donate 3% of the net proceeds to the newly created Farmington Bank Community existing Rockville Financial Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913169439) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the meeting of stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Shareholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Shareholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company, the Bank Bank, the MHC and the MHC Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors members of the Bank MHC as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell for sale its common stock, $0.01 no par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Each of the outstanding shares of common stock, no par value per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC shall automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into and become the right to receive the Shares based upon the exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the percentage of outstanding Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion (as defined herein) before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. However, the exchange ratio may be adjusted downward to reflect the aggregate amount of existing Rockville Financial dividends paid to Rockville Financial MHC, Inc. and the initial capitalization of Rockville Financial MHC, Inc. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31June 30, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County Hartford, New London and Tolland Counties in Connecticut; (ii) existing Rockville Financial’s public shareholders as of ; and (iiiii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of Pursuant to the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authoritiesPlan, the Company will contribute and the Bank intend to donate 3% of the net proceeds to the newly created Farmington Bank Community existing Rockville Financial Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913169439) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the meeting of stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Shareholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Shareholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization (the “"Plan” " or “"Plan of Conversion”), ") adopted by the Boards of Directors of the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the a federally chartered mutual holding company structure to a fully public Delaware-chartered stock holding company structurecorporation. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Association's establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Delaware-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC to an interim federal stock savings association (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”"Interim One"); (iii) the MHC will contribute conversion of the MHC's subsidiary stock holding company, the Mid-Tier Holding Company, to an interim federal stock savings association ("Interim Two") and its simultaneous merger with and into the Association; (iv) the merger of Interim One (formerly the MHC) with and into the Association, whereupon the outstanding common stock of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstandingMHC will be cancelled; (ivv) the MHC will merge establishment by the Company of a third interim federal stock savings association ("Interim Three"); (vi) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Association, with the Association as the surviving entity; and (vii) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the "OTS") regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Association, the Association will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The outstanding shares of common stock par value per share $0.10 of the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the ("Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock") by persons other than the MHC will be converted into the Common Shares of the Company pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held Common Stock owned by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified them in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) aggregate immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant prior to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part consummation of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).

The Offering. In Fullerton, in accordance with a plan its Plan of conversion Conversion Merger, as amended, adopted by its Board of Directors and reorganization the Board of Directors of the Bank (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted and the Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger entered into as of May 11, 2011, by the Boards of Directors of the Companyand between Fullerton, the Bank and the MHC Holding Company, as amended on June 1 and June 2, 2011 by Fullerton and the Bank will Bank, respectively (“Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger”), intends to convert from the a federally-chartered mutual holding company structure savings association to a fully public federal stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC savings association (the “Mid-Tier Conversion”), and issue all of its issued and outstanding capital stock to the Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all will purchase such shares in exchange for the consideration set forth in the Agreement and Plan of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC Conversion Merger. Immediately thereafter, Fullerton will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity Bank (the “MHC Merger,” and when referred to together with the Conversion, the “Conversion Merger”), . The Conversion Merger will be accomplished pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled federal law and the deposit account holders rules and regulations of the Bank specified in Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”). References to the OCC shall include, as applicable, the Office of Thrift Supervision, as its predecessor agency. Pursuant to the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in and the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell up to 48,936 shares (subject to increase up to 56,276 shares) (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common SharesStock”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: to (1) depositors of the Bank Fullerton with Qualifying Deposits, Deposits (as defined in the Plan, ) as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); ) (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and Bank’s tax qualified employee stock ownership plan, (3) depositors of the Bank Fullerton with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31June 30, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”), and (4) other depositor members of Fullerton as of August 3, 2011 (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Holding Company is offering may offer for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and and, when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; who are residents of Baltimore City or Baltimore County, Maryland followed by the trustees of the Holding Company 2010 Recognition and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in ConnecticutRetention Plan and Trust Agreement. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in In the Subscription and event the Community Offering will is held, it may be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (held at any time during or immediately after the Subscription Offering, Community . The Subscription Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering.” The Holding Company will issue the Shares at a purchase price of $14.10 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. 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 the maximum and minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan Prospectus; and that the Holding Company may reject, in its sole discretion, in whole or in part, any orders subscription received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Holding Company has filed with the United States U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SECCommission”) a registration statement Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913174813) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating in order to the Offering for the registration of 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 thereof and such amended prospectuses thereto as may have been required to the date hereof. The term hereof (the “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments”). The prospectus, as amended, on file with included in the SEC Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement it initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus prospectus is filed by the Holding Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) Regulations differing from the prospectus on file included in the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement 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 SECCommission and shall include any supplements and amendments thereto from and after their dates of effectiveness or use, respectively. In accordance connection with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of Conversion Merger, (i) Fullerton has filed with the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner OCC an Application for Conversion on Form AC (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectivelytogether with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Conversion RegulationsApplication”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof ) and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and OCC in accordance with the FDIC Conversion Regulations, (collectively, ii) the “Conversion Application”). The Holding Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 application on Form H-(e)3 (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling and amendments thereto as required by the FRB in accordance with the Conversion Regulations, and (iii) the Bank under has filed with the OCC an Interagency Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder Merger Application (collectivelytogether with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “BHCAMerger Application”). Collectively, the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application and the Merger Application may also be referred to as the “Applications.” Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Holding Company is delivering to the Agent copies of the Prospectus dated August 12, 2011 to be used in the Subscription Offering and Community Offering (if any).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “The Mid-Tier Holding Company”); Company will adopt an interim federal stock charter and thereafter merge into the Association with the Association as the surviving entity. The MHC, in accordance with the Plan of Conversion of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (iiithe "Plan") will then convert into an interim federal stock savings bank and merge with and into the Association, pursuant to which the MHC will contribute cease to exist (the "Conversion"). In connection with the Conversion, each stockholder of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of immediately prior to the Bank common stock held by Conversion, except the MHC, which represents all ("Public Stockholders") will receive Exchange Shares of the Bank Company's common stock issued and outstanding; (iv"Common Stock," or "Shares") the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan ratio that will result in Public Stockholders owning in the aggregate immediately after the Conversion the same percentage of merger, whereby the outstanding shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held Common Stock, before giving effect to (a) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; (b) the purchase by such stockholders of additional shares of Common Stock in the Offering; and (c) subject to an adjustment by the MHC will be canceled and OTS to reflect the deposit account holders MHC's waiver of certain dividends declared by the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in Association or the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan total amount of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein)__ million. Pursuant to the Plan, Plan and in connection with the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed partiesConversion, the Company is offering for sale up to 7,753,143 shares of its common stock (the "Conversion Stock") in a subscription and community offering (the “Community Offering,” "Offerings"). Conversion Stock is first being offered in a subscription offering with nontransferable subscription rights being granted, in the following order of priority, to (i) depositors of the Association with account balances of $50.00 or more as of the close of business on June 30, 1997 ("Eligible Account Holders"); (ii) the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the ESOP"); (iii) depositors of the Association with account balances of $50.00 or more as of the close of business on __________, 1998 (other than Eligible Account Holders) ("Supplemental Eligible Account Holders"); (iv) depositors of the Association as of the close of business on _________, 1998 (other than Eligible Account Holders and when referred Supplemental Eligible Account Holders) and certain borrowers ("Other Members") and (v) directors, officers and employees of the Association. Subscription rights will expire if not exercised by Noon, Xxstern Time, on _________, 1998, unless extended. Subject to together with the Subscription Offeringprior rights of holders of subscription rights, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares Conversion Stock not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, Offering is being offered first to Eligible Public Shareholders and then in the Community Offering to certain members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) Prospectus, stock order form and certification is delivered delivered, with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community. The Primary Parties reserve the absolute right to reject or accept any orders in the Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in either at the Community Offering time of receipt of an order or Syndicated Community Offeringas soon as practicable following the Expiration Date. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913333-_____) (the “"Registration Statement”") containing a prospectus relating to the Offering Offerings for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “"1933 Act”"), and has filed such amendments thereof thereof, if any, and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC Commission at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “"Prospectus,” " except that if any Prospectus prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).the

The Offering. In The MHC, in accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), Conversion and Reorganization adopted by the Boards of Directors of the CompanyMHC, the Bank Mid-Tier Company and the MHC Bank (the Bank will “Plan”), intends to convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public form of organization into the stock holding company structure. As part form of organization, in compliance with the regulations of the PlanBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), pursuant to the following steps will be effectuatedsteps, or in any other manner that is consistent with the purpose of the Plan and applicable laws and regulations: (i) the establishment of the Holding Company will be organized as a Maryland corporationcorporation subsidiary of the Mid-Tier Company; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the merger of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting surviving entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan ; (iii) the merger of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Holding Company with the Holding Company as the resulting surviving entity (the “Mid-Tier Company Merger”); and (iv) the sale of the Shares (as hereinafter defined) and the exchange of the Exchange Shares (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Plan. As a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part result of the Mid-Tier Company Merger, the liquidation interests in Bank will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. The outstanding shares of common stock of the Mid-Tier Company held by persons other than the MHC will be converted into shares of Holding Company constructively received by common stock pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the depositors Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Bank shares of common stock of the Holding Company to be outstanding upon the completion of the conversion as part the percentage of Mid-Tier Company common stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to consummation of the conversion before giving effect to (a) cash paid in lieu of any fractional interests of shares of Holding Company common stock, (b) assets of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest and (c) any Shares purchased in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion Offering (as defined hereinhereinafter); and (vi) immediately after . Pursuant to the Mid-Tier MergerPlan, the Holding Company will offer and sell up to 3,680,000 shares (subject to increase up to 4,311,181 shares) (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common SharesStock”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: to (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, Deposits (as defined in the Plan, ) as of December 31January 21, 2009 2020 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); , (2) the TaxBank’s tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans qualified employee benefit plans, including the employee stock ownership plan established by the Bank (the “ESOP”), (3) Supplemental Eligible Account Holders (as defined in the Plan) and (4) Other Members (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Holding Company is offering may offer for sale in a community offering offering, which may occur concurrently with the Subscription Offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with or subsequent to the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering), the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons and trusts of natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; Cullman County, Alabama, and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthereafter to cover orders of other members of the general public. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will may be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). The conversion and reorganization of the MHC from mutual to stock holding company form, the formation of the Holding Company, the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Company Merger, the exchange of the Mid-Tier Company’s public stockholders’ shares for shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange Shares”), the acquisition of the capital stock of the Bank by the Holding Company as a consequence of the Mid-Tier Company Merger, and the Offering are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Conversion.” It is acknowledged that the number of Shares to be sold in the Conversion may be increased or decreased as described in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined). It is further acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the maximum and minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Holding Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part pursuant to the Plan and immediately following the completion of the Offering and the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Holding Company will contribute to the a newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. formed charitable foundation (the “Foundation”), ) $100,000 in cash and a number of shares of Common Stock to equal to 4.02% of the Holding Company’s issued and outstanding shares sold in of Common Stock upon completion of the Offering. The Offering and the issuance of the Exchange Shares (such shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter being referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” ”). In connection with the Conversion, the MHC filed with the FRB an application on Form FR MM-AC, including copies of the MHC’s Proxy Statement for a Special Meeting of its Members relating to the Conversion and the contribution of the Foundation Shares to the Foundation (the “Members’ Proxy Statement”), the proxy/statement prospectus for the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Mid-Tier Company relating to the Conversion and the contribution of the Foundation Shares to the Foundation (the “Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”), the Conversion Valuation Appraisal Report (the “Appraisal”) prepared by Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., and the Prospectus, for conversion to a stock company (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Conversion Application”) and amendments thereto as required by the FRB in accordance with the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (the “HOLA”), and 12 C.F.R. Part 239, subpart E of Regulation MM (as administered by the FRB). The Holding Company has also filed with the FRB an application on Form H-(e)1 (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Holding Company Application”) to become a unitary savings and loan holding company under the HOLA and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Control Act Regulations”). The Holding Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913254220) (the “Registration Statement”) ), containing a prospectus relating to the Offering Offering, for the registration of the Shares and the Exchange Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus revised prospectus is used by the Holding Company in connection with the Offering (whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed by the Holding Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”)) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement initially becomes became effective, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the revised prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required provided to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”)Agent for such use.

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors members of the Bank MHC as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell for sale its common stock, par value $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Each of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC shall automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into and become the right to receive the Common Shares based upon the exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the percentage of outstanding Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion (as defined herein) before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 9,200,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 2008 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31June 30, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”) and (4) depositors of the Bank with aggregate balances of at least $50.00 at the close of business on ____________, 2010 (“Other Depositors”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the counties of __________, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________, and __________, Georgia and the counties of __________, __________, and __________, Florida, then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of _________, 2010. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913333-__________) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the meeting of stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the “Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC OTS (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”) and filed an application with the Department of Banking and Finance for approval to acquire the Bank (the “Georgia Application”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization (the “"Plan” " or “"Plan of Conversion”), ") adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank's establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Maryland-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC to an interim federal stock savings association (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”"Interim Two"); (iii) the MHC will contribute conversion of the MHC's subsidiary stock holding company, the Mid-Tier Holding Company, to an interim federal stock savings association ("Interim One") and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the merger of Interim Two (formerly the MHC) with and into the Bank, whereupon the outstanding common stock of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstandingMHC will be cancelled; (ivv) the MHC will merge establishment by the Company of a third interim federal stock savings association ("Interim Three"); (vi) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity; and (vii) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the "OTS") regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, the Bank will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Next Page Company. The outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the ("Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock") by persons other than the MHC will be converted into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Shares") pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held Common Stock owned by them in the MHC will be canceled and aggregate immediately prior to the deposit account holders consummation of the Bank specified Conversion before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in lieu of issuing fractional exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein)shares; and (vi2) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its any shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering (as defined herein)offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 5,290,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “"Subscription Offering”") to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December March 31, 2009 2005 (“"Eligible Deposit Account Holders”"); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Bank (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying DepositsDeposits as of June 30, 2006 ("Supplemental Eligible Account Holders"); and (4) Other Members, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 Plan (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”"Other Members"). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “"Shares.” " Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “"Community Offering,” " or "Direct Community Offering," and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “"Subscription and Community Offering”") that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company and (ii) natural persons and trusts of natural persons residing elsewhere in ConnecticutEau Claire, Buffalo, Xxxxxxx, Sauk, Xxxxxx and Chippewa counties in Wisconsin, Blue Earth and Washington counties in Minnesota and Oakland and XxXxxx counties in Michigan ("Preferred Subscribers"). It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “"Syndicated Community Offering”") (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “"Offering”"). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “"Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” " The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913135527) (the “"Registration Statement”") containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “"1933 Act”"), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “"Registration Statement” " shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC Commission at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “"Prospectus,” " except that if any Prospectus is -2- Next Page filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC Commission under the 1933 Act (the “"1933 Act Regulations”") differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SECCommission. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “"Conversion Regulations”"), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (the FDIC (collectively, the “"Conversion Application”"). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)1-S (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “"Holding Company Application”") to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners' Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”"HOLA").

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), ) adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank’s establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Maryland-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding CompanyCompany to an interim federal stock savings association and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank (“Interim One”); (iii) the MHC conversion of the MHC, to an interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Two”) and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the establishment by the Company of an interim federal stock savings association as the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (“Interim Three”); (v) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity; and (vi) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, the Bank will contribute to become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the “Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC MergerCommon Stock”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held ) owned by persons other than the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders converted into shares of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Mergercommon stock, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of mergerpar value $0.01 per share, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Offering Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as defined herein)herein defined) as the percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 16,100,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December March 31, 2009 2006 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Bank or the Company (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31June 30, 2011 2007 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (4) depositors of the Bank at the close of business on , 2007 (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” or “Direct Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the Massachusetts counties of Hampden and Hampshire, and then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of August __, 2007. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333XXX-171913XXXXX) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement relating to the meeting of shareholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) , and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and the FDIC merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Stock Issuance (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), ) adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank’s establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Massachusetts-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC to an interim federal stock savings association (the “Mid-Tier Holding CompanyInterim One”); (iii) the MHC will contribute conversion of the MHC’s subsidiary stock holding company, the Mid-Tier Holding Company, to an interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Two”) and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the merger of Interim One (formerly the MHC) with and into the Bank, whereupon the outstanding common stock of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHCcancelled; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, establishment by the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge of a third interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Three”); (vi) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Company Bank, with the Company Bank as the resulting entity surviving entity; and (vii) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the “Mid-Tier MergerOTS”) pursuant to regulations. As a plan result of mergerthe merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-a wholly owned subsidiary of the (1) the Company payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (as part 2) any shares of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein)offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 17,250,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December March 31, 2009 2005 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Bank (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31September 30, 2011 2006 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (4) Other Members, as defined in the Plan (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” or “Direct Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Bank’s Community Reinvestment Act assessment area, which consists of the municipalities of Agawam, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, East Longmeadow, Granville, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Springfield, Southampton, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield and West Springfield, Massachusetts (“Preferred Subscribers”). It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913137024) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and the FDIC merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), ) adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank’s establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Maryland-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding CompanyCompany to an interim federal stock savings association and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank (“Interim One”); (iii) the MHC conversion of the MHC, to an interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Two”) and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the establishment by the Company of an interim federal stock savings association as the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (“Interim Three”); (v) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity; and (vi) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, the Bank will contribute to become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the “Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC MergerCommon Stock”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held ) owned by persons other than the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders converted into shares of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Mergercommon stock, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of mergerpar value $0.01 per share, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Offering Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as defined herein)herein defined) as the percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 12,937,500 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December March 31, 2009 2006 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Bank or the Company (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31June 30, 2011 2007 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (4) depositors of the Bank at the close of business on September 30, 2007 (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” or “Direct Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the Massachusetts counties of Hampden and Hampshire, and then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of October 12, 2007. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913144245) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement relating to the meeting of shareholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) , and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and the FDIC merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan the agreement of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein)Company; and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its for sale the Common Stock in the Offering. The outstanding shares of common stock, $0.01 par value [$0.01] per share share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC will be converted into shares of common stock, par value [$0.01] per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Offering Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as defined herein)herein defined) as the percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 1,351,250 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 2008 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); (3) Supplemental Eligible Account Holders (as defined in the Plan) and (34) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Depositsat the close of business on ___________, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account HoldersOther Depositors”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the counties of Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon and Xxxxx, Illinois, and then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of _____________. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913165466) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement relating to the meeting of shareholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC OTS (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors members of the Bank MHC as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell for sale its common stock, par value $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Each of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC shall automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into and become the right to receive the Common Shares based upon the exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the percentage of outstanding Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion (as defined herein) before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 1,351,250 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 2008 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”) and (4) depositors of the Bank at the close of business on May 10, 2010 (“Other Depositors”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the counties of Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon and Xxxxx, Illinois, and then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of May 10, 2010. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913165466) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the meeting of stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC OTS (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Stock Issuance (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), ) adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank’s establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Massachusetts-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding CompanyCompany to an interim federal stock savings association and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank (“Interim One”); (iii) the MHC conversion of the MHC, to an interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Two”) and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the establishment by the Company of an interim federal stock savings association as the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (“Interim Three”); (v) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity; and (vi) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, the Bank will contribute to become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the “Mid-Tier Holding Company with Common Stock”) by (1) the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the 2) any shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held purchased by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified public stockholders in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein)offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 18,400,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December March 31, 2009 2005 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Bank or the Company (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31September 30, 2011 2006 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (4) Other Members, as defined in the Plan (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” or “Direct Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Bank’s Community Reinvestment Act assessment area, which consists of the municipalities of Agawam, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, East Longmeadow, Granville, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Springfield, Southampton, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield and West Springfield, Massachusetts (“Preferred Subscribers”). It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913137024) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and the FDIC merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization and Plan of Reorganization (the “"Plan” " or “"Plan of Conversion”), ") adopted by the Boards of Directors of the CompanyMHC, the Bank Mid-Tier Holding Company and the Bank, the MHC the Bank will convert from the a federally chartered mutual holding company structure to a fully public Delaware-chartered stock holding company structurecorporation. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Bank's establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Delaware-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC to an interim federal stock savings bank (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”"Interim One"); (iii) the MHC will contribute conversion of the MHC's subsidiary stock holding company, the Mid-Tier Holding Company, to an interim federal stock savings bank ("Interim Two") and its simultaneous merger with and into the Bank; (iv) the merger of Interim One (formerly the MHC) with and into the Bank, whereupon the outstanding common stock of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstandingMHC will be cancelled; (ivv) the MHC will merge establishment by the Company of a third interim federal stock savings bank ("Interim Three"); (vi) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, with the Bank as the surviving entity; and (vii) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the "OTS") regulations. As a result of the merger of Interim Three with and into the Bank, the Bank will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The outstanding shares of common stock par value per share $0.10 of the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the ("Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock") by persons other than the MHC will be converted into the Common Shares of the Company pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Common Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares percentage of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held Common Stock owned by them in the MHC will be canceled and aggregate immediately prior to the deposit account holders consummation of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Sharesconversion.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticut. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan Plan of conversion Conversion and reorganization Reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), ) adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Association, the MHC and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank Association will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Association’s establishment of the Company will be organized as a Maryland Maryland-chartered corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the conversion of the MHC to an interim federal stock savings association (the “Mid-Tier Holding CompanyInterim One”); (iii) the MHC will contribute conversion of the MHC’s subsidiary stock holding company, the Mid-Tier Holding Company, to an interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Two”) and its simultaneous merger with and into the Association; (iv) the merger of Interim One (formerly the MHC) with and into the Association, whereupon the outstanding common stock of the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHCcancelled; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, establishment by the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge of a third interim federal stock savings association (“Interim Three”); (vi) the merger of Interim Three with and into the Company Association, with the Company Association as the resulting entity surviving entity; and (vii) the sale and exchange of the Common Shares (as herein defined) of the Company pursuant to the Plan of Conversion and Office of Thrift Supervision (the “Mid-Tier MergerOTS”) pursuant to regulations. As a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary result of the Company merger of Interim Three with and into the Association, the (as part 1) the payment of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein)offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 3,636,875 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank Association with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31June 30, 2009 2004 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans of the Association (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank Association with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31September 30, 2011 2005 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”); and (4) Other Members, as defined in the Plan (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a direct community offering (the “Community Offering,” or “Direct Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Connecticut county of Hartford (“Preferred Subscribers”). It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 SB-2 (File No. 333-171913128277) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OTS including applications to form and the FDIC merge Interim One, Interim Two and Interim Three (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”Association and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e) an Application FR Y-3 1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”).

The Offering. In Fullerton, in accordance with a plan its Plan of conversion and reorganization Conversion Merger adopted by its Board of Directors (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted and the Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger entered into as of May 11, 2011, by the Boards of Directors of the Companyand between Fullerton, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will Holding Company, as amended on June 2, 2011 (“Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger”), intends to convert from the a federally-chartered mutual holding company structure savings association to a fully public federal stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC savings association (the “Mid-Tier Conversion”), and issue all of its issued and outstanding capital stock to the Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all will purchase such shares in exchange for the consideration set forth in the Agreement and Plan of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC Conversion Merger. Immediately thereafter, Fullerton will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity Bank (the “MHC Merger,” and when referred to together with the Conversion, the “Conversion Merger”), . The Conversion Merger will be accomplished pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled federal law and the deposit account holders rules and regulations of the Bank specified in Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”). References to the OCC shall include, as applicable, the Office of Thrift Supervision, as its predecessor agency. Pursuant to the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in and the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Agreement and Plan of Conversion Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors of the Bank as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (vi) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell up to shares (subject to increase up to shares) (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common SharesStock”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: to (1) depositors of the Bank Fullerton with Qualifying Deposits, Deposits (as defined in the Plan, ) as of December 31, 2009 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); ) (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and Bank’s tax qualified employee stock ownership plan, (3) depositors of the Bank Fullerton with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, Deposits as of March 31June 30, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”), and (4) other depositor members of Fullerton as of , 2011 (“Other Members”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Holding Company is offering may offer for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutwho are residents of Baltimore City or Baltimore County, Maryland. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in In the Subscription and event the Community Offering will is held, it may be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (held at any time during or immediately after the Subscription Offering, Community . The Subscription Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering.” The Holding Company will issue the Shares at a purchase price of $ 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. 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 the maximum and minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan Prospectus; and that the Holding Company may reject, in its sole discretion, in whole or in part, any orders subscription received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Holding Company has filed with the United States U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SECCommission”) a registration statement Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913174813) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating in order to the Offering for the registration of 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 thereof and such amended prospectuses thereto as may have been required to the date hereof. The term hereof (the “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments”). The prospectus, as amended, on file with included in the SEC Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement it initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus prospectus is filed by the Holding Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) Regulations differing from the prospectus on file included in the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement 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 SECCommission and shall include any supplements and amendments thereto from and after their dates of effectiveness or use, respectively. In accordance connection with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of Conversion Merger, (i) Fullerton has filed with the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner OCC an Application for Conversion Merger on Form AC (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectivelytogether with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Conversion RegulationsApplication”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required to the date hereof ) and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner OCC in accordance with the Conversion Regulations and (ii) the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Holding Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 application on Form H-(e)3 (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling and amendments thereto as required by the FRB in accordance with the Conversion Regulations and (iii) the Bank under has filed with the OCC an Interagency Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder Merger Application (collectivelytogether with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “BHCAMerger Application”). Collectively, the Conversion Application, the Holding Company Application and the Merger Application may also be referred to as the “Applications.” Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Holding Company is delivering to the Agent copies of the Prospectus dated , 2011 to be used in the Subscription Offering and Community Offering (if any).

The Offering. In accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Bank, the MHC , the Company and the Mid-Tier Holding Company, the Bank and the MHC the Bank will convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public stock holding company structure. As part of the Plan, the following steps will be effectuated: (i) the Company will be organized as a Maryland corporation; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (ivii) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders members of the Bank specified in the Plan MHC will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor ownership interests in the MHC; (viii) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Company with the Company as the resulting entity (the “Mid-Tier Merger”) pursuant to a plan an agreement of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part of the Mid-Tier Merger, the liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company constructively received by the depositors members of the Bank MHC as part of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion (as defined herein); and (viiv) immediately after the Mid-Tier Merger, the Company will offer and sell for sale its common stock, par value $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Each of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (“Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock”) owned by persons other than the MHC shall automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be converted into and become the right to receive the Shares based upon the exchange ratio as defined in the Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Shares to be outstanding upon the completion of the Conversion (as herein defined) as the percentage of outstanding Mid-Tier Holding Company Common Stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to the consummation of the Conversion (as defined herein) before giving effect to: (1) the payment of cash in lieu of issuing fractional exchange shares; and (2) any shares of common stock purchased by public stockholders in the Offering. Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 9, 522 ,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of December 31, 2009 2008 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); (2) the Tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31June 30, 2011 2010 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”) and (4) depositors of the Bank with aggregate balances of at least $50.00 at the close of business on ____________, 2010 (“Other Depositors”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company is offering for sale in a community offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that which may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering, the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; the counties of Appling, Bulloch, Cook, Dougherty, Xxxx Xxxxx, Lowndes, Tattnall and Worth , Georgia and the counties of Columbia and Xxxxxx , Florida, then to (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthe Mid-Tier Holding Company’s public stockholders as of _________, 2010. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part of the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Company will contribute to the newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”), shares equal to 4.0% of the shares sold in the Offering. The shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” The Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913333- 167670 ) (the “Registration Statement”) containing a prospectus relating to the Offering for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and a proxy statement/prospectus relating to the meeting of stockholders of the Mid-Tier Holding Company (the “Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses and Stockholders’ Proxy Statements as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement 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 SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut Title 12, Parts 575 and Title 36a 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed with the OTS an Application for Approval of Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDICon Form AC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required by the OTS to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company has also has filed with the Board of Governors of OTS an application for approval to acquire the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 Bank and to become a registered savings and loan holding company on Form H-(e)-1-S (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1956 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCAHOLA”) and filed an application with the Department of Banking and Finance for approval to acquire the Bank (the “Georgia Application”).

The Offering. In The MHC, in accordance with a plan of conversion and reorganization (the “Plan” or “Plan of Conversion”), Conversion and Reorganization adopted by the Boards of Directors of the CompanyMHC, the Bank Mid-Tier Company and the MHC Bank (the Bank will “Plan”), intends to convert from the mutual holding company structure to a fully public form of organization into the stock holding company structure. As part form of organization, in compliance with the regulations of the PlanBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), pursuant to the following steps will be effectuatedsteps, or in any other manner that is consistent with the purpose of the Plan and applicable laws and regulations: (i) the establishment of the Holding Company will be organized as a Maryland corporationcorporation subsidiary of the Mid-Tier Company; (ii) Farmington Holding, Inc., a Connecticut-chartered business corporation, will be organized as a first-tier stock subsidiary the merger of the MHC (the “Mid-Tier Holding Company”); (iii) the MHC will contribute to the Mid-Tier Holding Company 100% of the Bank common stock held by the MHC, which represents all of the Bank common stock issued and outstanding; (iv) the MHC will merge with and into the Mid-Tier Holding Company with the Mid-Tier Holding Company as the resulting surviving entity (the “MHC Merger”), pursuant to a plan ; (iii) the merger of merger, whereby the shares of Mid-Tier Holding Company common stock held by the MHC will be canceled and the deposit account holders of the Bank specified in the Plan will constructively receive liquidation interests in the Mid-Tier Holding Company in exchange for their depositor interests in the MHC; (v) immediately after the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Holding Company will merge with and into the Holding Company with the Holding Company as the resulting surviving entity (the “Mid-Tier Company Merger”); and (iv) the sale of the Shares (as hereinafter defined) and the exchange of the Exchange Shares (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Plan. As a plan of merger, whereby the Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as part result of the Mid-Tier Company Merger, the liquidation interests in Bank will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. The outstanding shares of common stock of the Mid-Tier Company held by persons other than the MHC will be converted into shares of Holding Company constructively received by common stock pursuant to an exchange ratio as defined in the depositors Plan, which will result in the holders of such shares receiving and owning in the aggregate approximately the same percentage of the Bank shares of common stock of the Holding Company to be outstanding upon the completion of the conversion as part the percentage of Mid-Tier Company common stock owned by them in the aggregate immediately prior to consummation of the conversion before giving effect to (a) cash paid in lieu of any fractional interests of shares of Holding Company common stock, the effect of the shares issued to the Foundation (as hereinafter defined), (c) assets of the MHC Merger will automatically, without further action on the part of the holders thereof, be exchanged for an interest and (d) any Shares purchased in the liquidation accounts to be established in the Conversion Offering (as defined hereinhereinafter defined); and (vi) immediately after . Pursuant to the Mid-Tier MergerPlan, the Holding Company will offer and sell up to 3,748,853 shares (subject to increase up to 4,311,181 shares) (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common SharesStock”) in the Offering (as defined herein). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to 14,950,000 of its Common Shares (subject to increase to up to 17,192,500 Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to: to (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, Deposits (as defined in the Plan, ) as of December January 31, 2009 2020 (“Eligible Deposit Account Holders”); , (2) the TaxBank’s tax-Qualified Employee Stock Benefit Plans qualified employee benefit plans, including the employee stock ownership plan established by the Bank (the “ESOP”), (3) Supplemental Eligible Account Holders (as defined in the Plan) and (4) Other Members (as defined in the Plan); and (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits, as defined in the Plan, as of March 31, 2011 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”). The Common Shares to be sold by the Company in the Subscription Offering (as defined below) are hereinafter called the “Shares.” Subject to the prior subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Holding Company is offering may offer for sale in a community offering offering, which may occur concurrently with the Subscription Offering (the “Community Offering,” and when referred to together with or subsequent to the Subscription Offering, the “Subscription and Community Offering”) that may be commenced concurrently with, during, or after the Subscription Offering), the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the Subscription Offering, Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a preference given first to (i) natural persons and trusts of natural persons residing only in Hartford County in Connecticut; Cullman County, Alabama, and (ii) natural persons residing elsewhere in Connecticutthereafter to cover orders of other members of the general public. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering will may be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) or, if applicable, a firm commitment underwritten offering (the Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the “Offering”). This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, an agreement or commitment between the Cullman Parties and the Agent relating to any firm commitment underwriting of the Shares, if applicable, or any other securities of the Holding Company. The conversion and reorganization of the MHC from mutual to stock holding company form, the formation of the Holding Company, the MHC Merger, the Mid-Tier Company Merger, the exchange of the Mid-Tier Company’s public stockholders’ shares for shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange Shares”), the acquisition of the capital stock of the Bank by the Holding Company as a consequence of the Mid-Tier Company Merger, and the Offering are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Conversion.” It is acknowledged that the number of Shares to be sold in the Conversion may be increased or decreased as described in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined). It is further acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the maximum and minimum and maximum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Holding Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering. Collectively, these transactions described in this Section 1 are referred to herein as the “Conversion.” In addition, as part pursuant to the Plan and immediately following the completion of the Offering and the Conversion, and subject to compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory authorities, the Holding Company will contribute to the a newly created Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. formed charitable foundation (the “Foundation”), ) $100,000 in cash and a number of shares of Common Stock to equal to 4.02% of the Holding Company’s issued and outstanding shares sold in of Common Stock upon completion of the Offering. The Offering and the issuance of the Exchange Shares (such shares contributed to the Foundation are hereinafter being referred to as the “Foundation Shares.” ”). In connection with the Conversion, the MHC filed with the FRB an application on Form FR MM-AC, including copies of the MHC’s Proxy Statement for a Special Meeting of its Members relating to the Conversion and the contribution of cash and the Foundation Shares to the Foundation (the “Members’ Proxy Statement”), the proxy/statement prospectus for the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Mid-Tier Company relating to the Conversion and the contribution of cash and the Foundation Shares to the Foundation (the “Stockholders’ Proxy Statement”), the Conversion Valuation Appraisal Report (the “Appraisal”) prepared by Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., and the Prospectus, for conversion to a stock company (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Conversion Application”) and amendments thereto as required by the FRB in accordance with the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (the “HOLA”), and 12 C.F.R. Part 239, subpart E of Regulation MM (as administered by the FRB). The Holding Company has also filed with the FRB an application on Form H-(e)1 (together with any other required ancillary applications and/or notices, the “Holding Company Application”) to become a unitary savings and loan holding company under the HOLA and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Control Act Regulations”). The Holding Company has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171913254220) (the “Registration Statement”) ), containing a prospectus relating to the Offering Offering, for the registration of the Shares and the Exchange Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the SEC at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus revised prospectus is used by the Holding Company in connection with the Offering (whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed by the Holding Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”)) differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement initially becomes became effective, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the revised prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the SEC. In accordance with the Banking Law of Connecticut and Title 36a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which are issued by the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) and the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) governing mutual-to-stock conversions (collectively, the “Conversion Regulations”), the MHC filed an Application for Conversion of a Mutual Holding Company to a Capital Stock Holding Company and an Acquisition Statement with the Commissioner and a notice of intent to convert to stock form with the FDIC, and has filed such amendments thereto and supplementary materials as may have been required provided to the date hereof and amendments thereto as required by the Commissioner and the FDIC (collectively, the “Conversion Application”). The Company also has filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) an Application FR Y-3 (the “Holding Company Application”) to become a bank holding company controlling the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “BHCA”)Agent for such use.