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• The Mergers (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Parent Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. Following the First Company Merger, the separate corporate existence of Parent Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. Upon the terms and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, the applicable parties hereto shall file a certificate of merger (the “First Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Secretary of State”), executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL, to effect the First Company Merger. The First Company Merger shall become effective at such time on the Closing Date as the applicable parties hereto shall agree in writing and shall specify in the First Certificate of Merger (the time the First Company Merger becomes effective being the “Effective Time”). (b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL and the DLLCA, at the Second Company Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be merged with and into LLC Sub. Following the Second Company Merger, the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Corporation shall cease, and LLC Sub shall be the Surviving Company and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. Upon the terms and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, the applicable parties hereto shall file a certificate of merger (the “Second Certificate of Merger”) with the Delaware Secretary of State, executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA, to effect the Second Company Merger. The Second Company Merger shall become effective one minute after the Effective Time (the time the Second Company Merger becomes effective being the “Second Company Merger Effective Time”), which the applicable parties hereto shall specify in the Second Certificate of Merger.

• Mergers (a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity, except as described in Section 3.15(b) and (c) hereof. (b) The Trust may, with the consent of a majority of the Regular Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Trust Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any State of the United States, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity; provided, that: (i) if the Trust is not the survivor, such successor entity (the “Successor Entity”) either: (A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust to the Holders of the Trust Securities; or (B) substitutes for the Trust Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Securities (the “Successor Trust Securities”) so long as the Successor Trust Securities rank the same as the Trust Securities rank with respect to Capital Payments, distributions and rights upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise; (ii) the Company expressly acknowledges a trustee of such Successor Entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Class B Preferred Securities; (iii) if applicable, the Successor Trust Securities are listed, or any Successor Trust Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any securities exchange or other organization on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted, and the Successor Securities have at least the same rating as the Trust Preferred Securities; (iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges or tax treatment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Trust Securities) in any material respect; (v) such Successor Entity has purposes substantially identical to that of the Trust, (vi) such Successor Entity will be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; (vii) the Guarantor guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Trust Securities to the same extent as provided under the Trust Preferred Guarantee; (viii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Bank has received an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm experienced in such matters to the effect that: (A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement shall not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges or tax treatment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities (including the Successor Trust Securities) in any material respect; (B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor such Successor Entity shall be required to register under the 1940 Act; (C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or such Successor Entity) shall be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and (D) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Company shall not be classified as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and

• Second Merger At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of the Surviving Corporation or Parent or the holders of any securities of the Surviving Corporation or Parent, each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist without any consideration being payable therefor.

• The Merger On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL (including Section 251(h) of the DGCL), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. At the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”).

• The Merger Closing (a) As soon as reasonably practicable on the Closing Date, the Company and Merger Subsidiary shall execute and file articles of merger with the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin and make all other filings or recordings required by the WBCL to be made in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the articles of merger are duly filed with the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin or, if agreed to by the Company and Parent, at such later time as is specified in the articles of merger (the "Effective Time"). (b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Effective Time, Merger Subsidiary shall be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the requirements of the WBCL, whereupon the separate existence of Merger Subsidiary shall cease. The Company shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation"). (c) The Merger will have the effects set forth in the WBCL, including the effects set forth in Section 180.1106 of the WBCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and purposes and shall assume and be liable for all the liabilities, obligations and penalties of the Company and Merger Subsidiary. (d) The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Four Times Square, New York, New York 10036-6522, at 10:00 a.m. local time, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within two (2) Business Days after the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereby, waiver of all of the conditions to the Merger, other than those conditions that by their nature are to be fulfilled at Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions, unless this Agreement has been heretofore terminated pursuant to its terms or another time or date is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (the actual time and date of the Closing being referred to herein as the "Closing Date").

• Bank Merger Simultaneously with the Merger, Bryn Mawr Bank, will merge with and into WSFS Bank, with WSFS Bank as the Surviving Bank. Following the Bank Merger, the separate existence of Bryn Mawr Bank shall terminate. The Parties agree that the Bank Merger shall become effective simultaneously with the Merger. The Bank Merger shall be implemented pursuant to a subsidiary plan of merger, in the form of Exhibit C (the “Subsidiary Plan of Merger”). In order to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for the Bank Merger, the Parties shall cause the following to be accomplished prior to the filing of applications for regulatory approval of the Bank Merger: (i) Bryn Mawr shall cause the board of directors of Bryn Mawr Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, and Bryn Mawr, as the sole shareholder of Bryn Mawr Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and Bryn Mawr shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by Bryn Mawr Bank and delivered to WSFS; (ii) Bryn Mawr shall cause the board of directors of Bryn Mawr Bank to approve the conversion of Bryn Mawr Bank to a federal savings bank immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Charter Conversion”) and to file an application for the Charter Conversion with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”); and (iii) WSFS shall cause the board of directors of WSFS Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, and WSFS, as the sole stockholder of WSFS Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and WSFS shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by WSFS Bank and delivered to Bryn Mawr. Prior to the Effective Time, Bryn Mawr shall cause Bryn Mawr Bank, and WSFS shall cause WSFS Bank, to execute and file applicable articles or certificates of merger, and such other documents and certificates as are necessary to make the Bank Merger effective simultaneously with the Merger.

• Share Exchange In the case of a Share Exchange, (i) the Exchanging Holder (or other Person(s) whose name or names in which the Deliverable Common Stock is to be issued) shall be deemed to be a holder of Deliverable Common Stock from and after the close of business on the Exchange Date. (ii) as promptly as practicable on or after the Exchange Date (but not later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately following the Exchange Date), RocketCo shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Exchanging Holder (or other Person(s) whose name or names in which the Deliverable Common Stock is to be issued) the number of shares of Deliverable Common Stock deliverable upon such Exchange, registered in the name of such Holder (or other Person(s) whose name or names in which the Deliverable Common Stock is to be issued). To the extent the Deliverable Common Stock is settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, RocketCo will, subject to Section 2.02(d)(iii) below, upon the written instruction of an Exchanging Holder, deliver or cause to be delivered the shares of Deliverable Common Stock deliverable to such Holder (or other Person(s) whose name or names in which the Deliverable Common Stock is to be issued), through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, to the account of the participant of The Depository Trust Company designated by such Holder. (iii) If the shares of Deliverable Common Stock issued upon an Exchange are not issued pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, such shares shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: THE TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW), OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. (iv) if (i) any shares of Deliverable Common Stock may be sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 are met, or (iii) the legend (or a portion thereof) otherwise ceases to be applicable, RocketCo, upon the written request of the Holder thereof shall promptly provide such Holder or its respective transferees, without any expense to such Persons (other than applicable transfer taxes and similar governmental charges, if any) with new certificates (or evidence of book-entry share) for securities of like tenor not bearing the provisions of the legend with respect to which the restriction has terminated. In connection therewith, such Holder shall provide RocketCo will such information in its possession as RocketCo may reasonably request in connection with the removal of any such legend.

• Merger Closing (a) The Merger shall be consummated (the "Closing") at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on a date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 7 (other than any such conditions that by their nature cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, which shall be required to be so satisfied or (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) waived on the Closing Date), at the offices of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, unless another time, date or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (such date upon which the Closing occurs, the "Closing Date"). (b) At the Closing, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by causing to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger or a certificate of ownership and merger, as the case may be (in any such case, the "Certificate of Merger"), in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later time as Parent and the Company shall agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger (the time the Merger becomes effective being the "Effective Time"). (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Subsidiaries collectively hold or acquire at least 90% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock after giving effect to the closing of the Offer and, if applicable, the purchase by Merger Sub of the Top-Up Shares, Parent and the Company hereby agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective, without a meeting of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL as promptly as practicable.

• Capitalization of Merger Sub The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists solely of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, all of which are validly issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub is, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by Parent or a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent. Merger Sub has not conducted any business prior to the date hereof and has no, and prior to the Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

• Consolidations and Mergers The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (other than any Allied Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Securitization Subsidiary or any Republic Insurance Entity) to, merge, consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any other Person, except: (a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Borrower or with any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that (i) if any transaction shall be between the Borrower and a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and (iii) if any transaction shall be between an Excluded Subsidiary and a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; (b) any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and any Excluded Subsidiary may transfer all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary for nominal consideration or as a result of the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of such Excluded Subsidiary; and (c) any merger, consolidation or disposition in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or an Acquisition permitted by Section 7.05.