Maximum of 5,000,000 Shares FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP. AGENCY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Copy

Maximum of 5,000,000 Shares

FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.

AGENCY AGREEMENT

December 20, 2010

Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Farmers National Banc Corp., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and The Farmers’ National Bank of Xxxxxxxx, a national banking association (the “Bank”), confirm their agreement with Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P. (the “Agent”) with respect to the offer and sale by the Company of up to 5,000,000 common shares, without par value (the “Shares”).

The Company is offering up to 2,946,864 Shares to the holders of record of Shares (a “Record Date Holder”) at the close of business on October 25, 2010 (the “Record Date”), at a subscription price of $3.00 per Share (the “Subscription Price”) and, subject to the rights of such holders described below, to certain other purchasers on a standby basis. Each Record Date Holder will receive one (1) non-transferable subscription right (“Rights”) for every one (1) Share held of record at the close of business on the Record Date. Each Right will enable the holder thereof to purchase from the Company 0.21653 Share (an “Underlying Share”) at the Subscription Price (the “Basic Subscription Privilege”). Each Record Date Holder who fully exercises their Basic Subscription Privilege also will be eligible to subscribe at the Subscription Price for Shares (the “Excess Shares”) not otherwise purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Basic Subscription Privilege up to the total number of Underlying Shares, subject to availability, proration, and reduction by the Company in certain circumstances (the “Oversubscription Privilege”). The offer and sale of the Underlying Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Basic Subscription Privilege and the Oversubscription Privilege are referred to herein as the “Rights Offering.”

The Company also intends to enter into Standby Purchase Agreements pursuant to which an aggregate of twelve (12) investors (the “Standby Purchasers”) have severally agreed, subject in each case to a maximum standby commitment and certain conditions, to acquire from the Company at the Subscription Price an aggregate of 2,053,136 of the Underlying Shares remaining upon completion of the Rights Offering.

The Company may offer any Shares that remain unsubscribed in the Rights Offering and the offering to Standby Purchasers to the public at the Subscription Price per share (the “Public Reoffer”). Any offering of Shares in the Public Reoffer shall be on a best efforts (and not an underwritten) basis. The Public Reoffer, if any, shall terminate within ten (10) days of the closing of the Rights Offering. The Rights Offering, the offering to the Standby Purchasers and the Public Reoffer are together referred to herein as the “Offering,” and the Underlying Shares and the Shares

sold to the Standby Purchasers and to the public in the Public Reoffer are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

Record Date Holders may exercise subscription rights by delivering to The Registrar & Transfer Company (the “Subscription Agent”) a properly completed and executed subscription rights certificate and delivering to BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (“the “Escrow Agent”) payment in full of the subscription price for each share subscribed for. Payment may be made only by: (i) check or bank draft payable to the Escrow Agent, drawn upon a United States bank; or (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts maintained by the Escrow Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Bank.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Agent that:

(i) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333—167177) (the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Agent, and, excluding exhibits thereto have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; the Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act, is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; and such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing documents shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in the case of any reference herein to the Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the Prospectus under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act;

(ii) The agreement by and between the Company and the Subscription Agent (the “Subscription Agent Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed

and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Subscription Agent, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(iii) The agreement by and among the Company, the Agent and the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Agent and the Escrow Agent, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms,.

(iv) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein;

(v) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the effective date and at any Closing Time (as defined in Section 2 hereof), the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and when filed and at any Closing Time, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein. Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus when filed, if filed by electronic transmission, pursuant to XXXXX (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Agent;

(vi) As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (i) any Issuer-Represented General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(i) “Applicable Time” means 4:45 p.m (Eastern

time) on the date of this Agreement.

(ii) “Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the most recent Preliminary Prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time.

(iii) “Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.

(iv) “Issuer-Represented General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II to this Agreement.

(v) “Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer-Represented General Use Free Writing Prospectus;

(vii) Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Agent, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein;

(viii) The Company has not directly or indirectly distributed, and will not distribute any offering materials in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the Securities Act and consistent with Section 3(a) below;

(ix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as set forth or contemplated in the each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, business prospects, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or any development that would adversely affect the ability of the Company to validly issue the

Securities or adversely affect the Company’s ability to perform the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock;

(x) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

(xi) The Company is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing does not have, and could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

(xii) Each subsidiary of the Company either has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company or has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a national banking association, in each case in good standing or full force and effect under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority (as a corporation, limited liability company or national banking association) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing does not have, and could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; the deposit accounts of the Bank are insured up to the applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”); all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned, directly or through other subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. The Bank does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation or association or other entity;

(xiii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization,” and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws and conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities contained in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and no such shares were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Company;

(xiv) The unissued Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities contained in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(xv) Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or otherwise), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act or otherwise register any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person;

(xvi) The issue and sale of the Securities by the Company and the compliance by the Company and the Bank with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, the “Agreements and Instruments”), nor will any such action (A) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of incorporation or charter (as applicable) or the code of regulations or by laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any law, statute or any order, rule or regulation of any federal, state, local or foreign court, arbitrator, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body (each, a “Governmental Entity”) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or (B) constitute a Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other encumbrance upon any assets or operations of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any of the Agreements and Instruments; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such Governmental Entity is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the Securities, as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the

right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary;

(xvii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its articles of incorporation or charter, as applicable, or its code of regulations or bylaws or (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any of the Agreements and Instruments, except with respect to subsection (B) for such default that would not be reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xviii) The statements set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the capital stock of the Company, and under the caption “Supervision and Regulation” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 12, 2010 are accurate and complete;

(xix) Upon completion of the Offering, the authorized equity capital of the Company will be within the range set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization.” The Securities to be sold in the Offering have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment of the consideration therefor, the Securities will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be free and clear of any security interest, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity other than created by the purchaser thereof; and the issuance of the Securities will not be in violation of any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any Securities pursuant to the Company’s article of incorporation, code of regulations or other governing documents or any agreement, plan or other instrument to which the Company is party or by which it is bound. The terms and provisions of the Securities conform and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and the certificates representing the Securities will conform with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations.

(xx) The financial statements included in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the supporting schedules, if any, and notes, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements and supporting schedules, if any, have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The summary selected financial data included in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Pro forma financial statements are not required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or GAAP;

(xxi) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries maintains a system of accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with the management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (C) access to assets is permitted

only in accordance with the management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;

(xxii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures (A) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and its chief financial officer by others within those entities to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures, (B) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter and (C) are effective to perform the functions for which they were established. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of (1) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data and (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

(xxiii) Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject or is party to, or has received any notice or advice that any of them may become subject or party to any investigation with respect to, any corrective, suspension or cease-and-desist order, agreement, consent agreement, memorandum of understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or order with or by, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any directive by, or has been a recipient of any supervisory letter (including, without limitation, any notification from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) of a proposal to increase the minimum capital requirements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, pursuant to the OCC’s authority under 12 U.S.C. 3907(a)(2)) from, or has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Regulatory Agency (as defined below) that currently relates to or restricts in any material respect the conduct of their business or that in any manner relates to their capital adequacy, credit policies or management (each, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries been advised by any Regulatory Agency that it is considering issuing or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. There is no unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, is expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term “Regulatory Agency” means any Governmental Entity having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, any federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depositary institutions or holding companies of depositary institutions, or engaged in the insurance of depositary institution deposits;

(xxiv) Except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their respective businesses in compliance with all statutes, laws, rules, regulations, judgments, decisions,

directives, orders and decrees of any Governmental Entity (including, without limitation, all regulations and orders of, or agreements with, the OCC, the Board of the Federal Reserve system (the “FRB”) and the FDIC and the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions) applicable to them, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxv) Other than as set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, investigations or proceedings before or by any Governmental Entity, now pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated by Governmental Entities or threatened by others, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject (A) that are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and not disclosed therein or (B) which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto by the Securities Act or by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder which have not been so described and filed;

(xxvi) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by the Company or its subsidiaries; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failures so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxvii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those applicable to emissions to the environment, waste management, and waste disposal (each an “Environmental Law”), except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or except as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that would prevent, interfere with or materially increase the cost of such compliance in the future;

(xxviii) To the knowledge of the Company, under applicable law, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, events or incidents, including, without limitation, releases of any material into the environment, that are reasonably likely to form the basis of any claim under any Environmental Law, including common law, against the Company or its subsidiaries which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxix) The statistical and market related data contained in each of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate;

(xxx) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(xxxi) Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company nor any person acting on their behalf has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate or any person acting on their behalf take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities;

(xxxii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, and after receipt of payment for the Securities and the application of such proceeds as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

(xxxiii) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;

(xxxiv) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries, included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) with respect to the Company;

(xxxv) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(xxxvi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing

insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(xxxvii) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or is eligible for, and has requested, extensions thereof, except as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(xxxviii) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(xxxix) Any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, any of the subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA; “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or any subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member; no “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, any of the subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates; no “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, any of the subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA); none of the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (A) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (B) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code; each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, any of the subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification;

(xl) The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have valid, binding enforceable and sufficient licenses or other rights to use the patents and patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, technology, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary rights) and other intellectual property necessary or used in any material respect to conduct their business in the manner in which it is being conducted and in the manner in which it is contemplated as set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise necessary or used in connection with the commercialization of the existing products of the Company and its

subsidiaries and the products described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being under development (collectively, the “Company Intellectual Property”); except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and enforceable, and none of the patents owned or licensed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is unenforceable or invalid, and none of the patent applications owned or licensed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries would be unenforceable or invalid if issued as patents; the Company and its subsidiaries, and to the Company’s knowledge, their licensors, have complied with the duty of candor and disclosure of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and any similar foreign intellectual property office (collectively, the “Patent Offices”); neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have infringed or otherwise violated any intellectual property rights of any third person or have breached any contract in connection with which any Company Intellectual Property is provided to the Company and its subsidiaries; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is obligated to pay a royalty, grant a license, or provide other consideration to any third party in connection with the Company Intellectual Property other than as disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; no person has asserted or threatened to assert any claim against, or notified, the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) that (A) the Company or any of its subsidiaries has infringed or otherwise violated any intellectual property rights of any third person, (B) the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in breach or default of any contract under which any Company Intellectual Property is provided, (C) such person will terminate a contract described in Clause (B) or adversely alter the scope of the rights provided thereunder or (D) otherwise concerns the ownership, enforceability, validity, scope, registerability, interference, use or the right to use, any Company Intellectual Property (other than a Patent Office review of pending applications in the ordinary course); to the knowledge of the Company no third party is infringing or otherwise violating any of the Company Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xli) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (D) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; or (E) made any payment of funds to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or received or retained funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, that is not described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as required;

(xlii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened;

(xliii) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC;

(xliv) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and that is not so described;

(xlv) Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenues or expenses;

(xlvi) The Company is in compliance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act applicable to it and will comply with those provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act that will become effective in the future upon their effectiveness; and the Company is in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the “OTCBB”);

(xlvii) All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the Securities Act) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable; and

(xlviii) To the knowledge of the Company, after inquiry of its officers and directors, there are no affiliations with any FINRA member firm among the Company’s officers, directors, or principal shareholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent.

(b) The Bank represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Agent that:

(i) The Bank has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a national banking association in good standing under the laws of the United States, with power and authority (as a national banking association) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;

(ii) The Bank is not in violation of its charter, its by laws or its code of regulations or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject; and

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Bank and the compliance by the Bank with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter of the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties.

2. Appointment of Agent; Sale and Delivery of the Securities; Closing.

On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Bank hereby appoint Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P. as its Agent to consult with and advise the Company and the Bank regarding the structure of the Offering, including the Public Reoffer, as well as to identify Standby Purchasers and assist the Company and the Bank in negotiating Standby Purchase Agreements with the Standby Purchasers. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent accepts such appointment and agrees to provide services to the Company as to the matters described below; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be obligated to sell any minimum number of Securities to any particular category of purchaser or in the aggregate or take any action which is inconsistent with any applicable laws, regulations, decisions or orders. The services to be rendered by the Agent pursuant to this appointment include the following: (i) assisting management in structuring the Offering; (ii) advising the Company and the Bank on the financial and market impact of the proposed Offering; (iii) advising and assisting management in making presentations to the Company’s and the Bank’s Board of Directors regarding the Offering; (iv) assisting the Company and the Bank in establishing an appropriate price for the Shares to be issued in the Offering; (v) reviewing all offering documents, including the prospectus and related offering materials (it being understood that preparation and filing of such documents will be the responsibility of the Company, the Bank and their counsel); (vi) if requested by the Company and the Bank, identifying prospective Standby Purchasers in the Offering and assisting in the negotiation of Standby Purchase Agreements with such Standby Purchasers; (vii) assisting management in preparing for meetings with existing shareholders and other potential investors in the Offering; (viii) providing such other general advice and assistance as may be requested to promote the successful completion of the Offering; and (ix) offering, as agent for the Company on a best efforts basis, the Securities to prospective investors in the Public Reoffer. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Agent’s services shall not encompass any direct or indirect solicitation of shareholders in connection with the Rights Offering.

The Company agrees to issue or have issued the Securities sold and to deliver the certificates, or other evidence, for such Securities at the applicable Closing Times (as defined below) against payment therefore by release of funds from the Escrow Agent (the “Initial Closing”). In addition, the Public Reoffer shall expire at the earlier of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within ten (10) days of the closing of the Rights Offering or the date on which the Company shall have accepted subscriptions for all Securities remaining for purchase as reflected in the Prospectus Supplement (the “Reoffer Closing”),. The parties agree that the Public Reoffer shall be closed on a delivery versus payment basis through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company and that no investor funds from the Public Reoffer will be received prior to the Reoffer Closing. At the Reoffer Closing, the Company shall deliver to the purchasers through the Depository Trust Company the Securities and each purchaser shall deliver to the Company, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company, an amount in cash equal to the purchase price with respect to the Securities to be purchased in accordance with the procedures of the Depository Trust Company. The Initial Closing and any Reoffer Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxx, Halter & Xxxxxxxx LLP in Cleveland, OH at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on or at such other place and time as shall be agreed upon by the parties hereto, on a business day to be agreed upon by the parties hereto. At the Initial Closing and at any Reoffer Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Agent by wire transfer in immediately available funds the commissions, fees and expenses owing to the Agent as set forth in this Agreement and the opinions required hereby and other documents deemed reasonably necessary by the Agent shall be executed and delivered to effect the Offering and the issuance of the Securities as contemplated hereby and pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus. The Company shall notify the Agent by telephone, confirmed in writing, when funds shall have been received for all the Securities. Certificates or other evidence of the Securities shall be delivered directly to the purchasers (or, in the case of the Public Reoffer, to an account designated by the purchaser) thereof in accordance with their instructions. The date upon which the Company shall release for delivery all of the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof, is herein called the “Initial Closing Date.” The hour on the Closing Date at which the Company shall release for delivery all of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof is called the “Initial Closing Time.” The date upon which the Company shall release for delivery all of the Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Public Reoffer, is herein called the “Reoffer Closing Date.” The hour on the Reoffer Closing Date at which the Company shall release for delivery all of the Securities in connection with the Public Reoffer and in accordance with the terms hereof is called the “Reoffer Closing Time” and, together with the Initial Closing Time, the “Closing Times”).

In addition to reimbursement of the expenses specified in Section 4 hereof, the Agent will receive the following compensation for its services hereunder:

(a) In consideration for the advisory services to be provided by the Agent, an advisory fee in an amount equal to $35,000, due and payable upon the Initial Closing;

(b) A placement fee of 6.0% of the aggregate value of funds committed by Standby Purchasers in the offer to Standby Purchasers; and

(c) A placement fee of 7.0% of the aggregate purchase price of any Shares sold on a best efforts basis in the Public Reoffer.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the minimum fee to be paid to the Agent hereunder shall not be less than $200,000, provided that Shares equal to an amount of at least $2,750,000 are sold in the Offering. If this Agreement is terminated by the Agent in

accordance with this Agreement or the Offering is terminated by the Company, the Company shall reimburse Sandler X’Xxxxx for all of its reasonable out- of-pocket expenses incurred prior to termination, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent, upon receipt by the Company or the Bank of a written accounting therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the expenses incurred by the Agent.

All fees payable to the Agent hereunder shall be payable in immediately available funds at the applicable Closing Time, or upon the termination of this Agreement, as the case may be.

3. Covenants of the Company.

The Company covenants with the Agent as follows:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Agent and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Securities Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by the Agent promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Agent with copies thereof; to advise the Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(b) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict in any material respect with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify promptly the Agent so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free-Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented and the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission; provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein.

(c) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Agent, and the Agent represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of each of the Company and the Agent, it has not made and will not make

any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Agent is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that it has satisfied the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Agent with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, to notify the Agent and upon its request to prepare and furnish without charge to the Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case the Agent is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon its request but at the expense of the Agent, to prepare and deliver to the Agent as many copies as the Agent may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(f) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(g) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to, and not to allow any of its directors or executive officers to, offer, sell, agree to sell, contract to sell hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale, or otherwise dispose of or hedge, directly or

indirectly, except as provided hereunder any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Securities or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, without its prior written consent; provided, however, that if: (1) during the last 17 days of such 90-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of such 90-day period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day-period beginning on the last day of such 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 3(g) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event;

(h) To furnish to its shareholders, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

(i) During a period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to the Agent copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders, and to deliver to the Agent (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders generally or to the Commission);

(j) To comply with terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to any agreement entered into by the Company and the Standby Purchasers;

(k) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;

(l) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Securities Act;

(n) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act; and

(o) To comply, and to use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply, in all material respects, with all effective applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

4. Payment of Expenses.

The Company covenants and agrees with the Agent that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (regardless of whether the sale of the Securities is consummated), including, without limitation, disbursements, fees and expenses of the Agent’s counsel (in an amount not to exceed $160,000) and marketing and travel expenses (in an amount not to exceed $50,000); (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Agent and dealers; (iii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey and any and all state filing fees; (v) all fees and expense associated with any listing of the Securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (vi) the filing fees incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section.

5. Conditions of Agent’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Agent hereunder, as to the Securities to be delivered at each Closing Time, shall be subject, in its discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Closing Time, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof (or a post-effective amendment shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A); if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction; and FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements

(b) Xxxxxx, Halter & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Agent, shall have furnished to the Agent such written opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Time, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and other related matters as the Agent may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

(c) Vorys, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Agent their written opinion, dated such Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Agent may reasonably request;

(d) Xxxxxxx & Associates, LTD., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Agent their written opinion, dated such Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, to the effect set forth in Annex III hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Agent may reasonably request;

(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Closing Time, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the Agent a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;

(f) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Agent so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at such Closing Time on the terms and in the manner contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;

(g) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;

(h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (ii) a suspension or material limitation

in trading in the Company’s securities on the OTCBB; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York or Ohio state authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities or the declaration of a national emergency or war or a change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), or any other national or international calamity or crisis, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the Agent makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at such Closing Time on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(i) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Agent executed copies of an agreement from the shareholders listed on Schedule I hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 3(g) hereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 3(e) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Agent at such Closing Time certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Agent as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Closing Time, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Closing Time, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request.

(l) If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Agent by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the applicable Closing Time.

6. Indemnification.

(a) The Company and the Bank, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or any blue sky application, or other instrument or document of the Company or based upon written information supplied by the Company filed in any state or jurisdiction to register or qualify any or all of the Securities under the securities laws thereof, or to perfect any exemption from any such registration or qualification (collectively, the “Blue Sky Applications”), or any application or other document, advertisement, or communication (“Sales Information”) prepared, made or executed by or on behalf of the Company with its consent or based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company, whether or not filed in any jurisdiction, in order to qualify or register the Securities under the securities laws thereof, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred

by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Bank shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein (provided that the Company and the Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the only information that the Agent has furnished to the Company specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information are in the information in final paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided for in this paragraph (a) shall not apply to the Bank to the extent that such indemnification by the Bank is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute a covered transaction under Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act.

(b) The Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, or any such amendment or supplement, and any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to

assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Agent, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Agent on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Agent were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No

person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Agent’s obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company and the Bank under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Bank may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) the Agent, or any of the respective partners, directors, officers and employees of the Agent or any such controlling person; and the obligations of the Agent under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Agent may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company), each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, within the meaning of the Securities Act.

7. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Agent shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Agent at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0^xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the Company or to the Bank shall be delivered or sent by mail to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer.. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

8. Successors. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Company and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

(i) the price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established following discussions and arms-length negotiations, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(ii) it has been advised that the Agent and their respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Agent have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(iii) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Agent for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

(b) The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Agent or any controlling person of the Agent, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

(c) This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Agent, the Company, the Bank and, to the extent provided in Section 6 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and of the Bank and each person who controls the Company, the Bank or the Agent, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.

(d) Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

(e) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflicts of laws thereof.

This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument..

If the foregoing is in accordance with the Agent’s understanding of the Company’s and Agent’s agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Agent, the Company and the Bank in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours, FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP.
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer


THE FARMERS’ NATIONAL BANK OF XXXXXXXX
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer


	CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P.
	By:	Sandler X'Xxxxx & Partners Corp., the sole general partner


By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
	Title:	An officer of the Corporation

SCHEDULE I

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SCHEDULE II

[Issuer-Represented General Use Free Writing Prospectus]

ANNEX I

Pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Agency Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Agent to the effect that:

(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been separately furnished to the Agent and are attached hereto;

(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately furnished to the Agent and are attached hereto; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, nothing came to their attention that causes them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years;

(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;

(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus, for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;

(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in Clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;

(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;

(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or shareholders’ equity or other items specified by the Agent, or any increases in any items specified by the Agent, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Agent, or any increases in any items specified by the Agent, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Agent, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Agent which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Agent and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.

ANNEX II

Pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Agency Agreement, counsel for the Company and the Bank shall deliver an opinion in substantially the following form:

(i) The Company is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended; has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) The Securities being delivered at such Closing Time have been duly and validly authorized, and when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and the Securities conform to the description contained in the Prospectus;

(iii) Except as described in the Prospectus, to such counsel’s knowledge (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or otherwise), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company; and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or otherwise register any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person;

(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company either has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation or has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a national bank, in each case in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; the activities of the subsidiaries of the Bank are activities permitted to subsidiaries of a national bank under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the OCC and the deposit accounts of the Bank are insured up to the applicable limits by the FDIC;

(v) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, to such counsel’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with all laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders (including, without limitation, all regulations and orders of, or agreements with, the FDIC, the FRB, the OCC, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and all other applicable fair lending laws or other laws relating to discrimination and the Bank Secrecy Act and Title III of the USA Patriot Act) and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any communication from any Governmental Entity asserting that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in compliance with any statute, law, rule, regulation, decision, directive or order; there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding before or by any Governmental Entity now pending, threatened or contemplated against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries (A) that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and not disclosed therein, (B) that could result, individually or in the aggregate, in any Material Adverse Effect, (C) that could materially and adversely affect the properties, assets or leasehold interests of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (D) that could adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; all pending legal or governmental

proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is the subject, which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses, either individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Bank;

(vii) The issue and sale of the Securities being delivered at such Closing Time by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or code of regulations of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or Governmental Entity;

(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or Governmental Entity is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, and except as may be required under the rules and regulations of FINRA and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securites;

(ix) To such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or charter (as applicable), by laws or code of regulations or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;

(x) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, are accurate and complete;

(xi) To such counsel’s knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries possess all Governmental Licenses and have made all filings, applications and registrations with all Governmental Entities that are required in order to permit the Company or such subsidiary to conduct its business as presently conducted, except where the failure to possess such Governmental License or to have made such filing, application or registration would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, to such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding or similar arrangement with, or a commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Entity charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or engaged in the insurance of deposits (including the FDIC) or the supervision or regulation of it or any of its subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been advised by any such Governmental Entity that such Governmental Entity is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission;

(xiii) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act;

(xiv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Delivery Time (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and such counsel does not know of any contracts or other agreements of a character required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference or described as required; and

(xv) To such counsel’s knowledge, the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.

In addition, such counsel shall state that nothing has come to such counsel’s attention that would lead such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial or statistical data included therein, as to which counsel need make no statement), at the time it became effective, or that the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Delivery Time (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial or statistical data included therein, as to which counsel need make no statement), at the time the Registration Statement became effective and at such Delivery Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

ANNEX III

Pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Agency Agreement, counsel for the Company and the Bank shall deliver an opinion in substantially the following form:

(i) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;

(ii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to any liability or disability by reason of failure to be so qualified in any jurisdiction, except where such failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) Each subsidiary of the Company either has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable and is owned, directly or through other subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;

(iv) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

(v) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Supervision and Regulation” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference therein, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete; and

(vi) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no reason to believe that any such documents, when such documents were so filed, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading.

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