AGENCY AGREEMENTAgency Agreement • August 26th, 1997 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
Exhibit 1.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. (a Delaware corporation) Senior Notes Due 2010...Purchase Agreement • September 22nd, 2005 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
AGREEMENT OF MERGERAgreement of Merger • January 24th, 2000 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
WITNESSETHChange in Control Severance Agreement • June 26th, 1998 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
ANDAgreement and Plan of Merger • December 8th, 2003 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP. AND INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2005Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 27th, 2005 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sovereign”), ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Sovereign (“Merger Sub”), and INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ICBC”).
EMPLOYMENT AND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENTEmployment and Noncompetition Agreement • March 15th, 2006 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • New York
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 24, 2003 (the “Merger Agreement”) between the Corporation and Staten Island Bancorp, Inc. (“SIB”), SIB shall, as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), merge with and into the Corporation, so that the Corporation is the Surviving Company (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AMONG INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK ANDIndependence Community Bank Corp • March 10th, 2004 • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
AGREEMENT OF MERGER THIS AGREEMENT OF MERGER (the "Agreement") is dated as of the first day of February 1999, by and between Independence Community Bank ("ICB"), a New York-chartered stock savings bank, and Broad National Bank, a national banking...Agreement of Merger • August 16th, 1999 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
Re: Amendment to the Investment AgreementInvestment Agreement • November 23rd, 2005 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
Reference is made to (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2005 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sovereign”), Iceland Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Sovereign, and Independence Community Bank Corp. ( “ICBC”) and (ii) the Investment Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2005 (the “Investment Agreement”), between Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A., a Spanish sociedad anónima, and Sovereign. Capitalized terms used in this letter agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Investment Agreement.
To: Participants in the Independence Community Bank Recognition and Retention Plan and Trust Agreement (the “Recognition Plan”)Independence Community Bank Corp • January 30th, 2004 • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
Your voting instructions are being solicited in connection with the proposals to be considered at Independence Community Bank Corp.’s (the “Company”) upcoming Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 8, 2004. We urge you to take advantage of the opportunity to direct the manner in which shares of common stock of the Company allocated to your account under the Recognition Plan will be voted.
