Exhibit 2.1
Final Version
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
By And Between
AND
BOE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC.
Dated as of
December 13, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREAMBLE |
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ARTICLE 1 TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER |
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Merger |
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Time and Place of Closing |
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Effective Time |
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Restructure of Transaction |
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ARTICLE 2 TERMS OF MERGER |
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2.1 |
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Charter |
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2.2 |
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Bylaws |
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2.3 |
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Directors and Officers |
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2.4 |
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Consolidation of Banking Operations |
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ARTICLE 3 MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES |
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3.1 |
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Conversion of Shares |
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Anti-Dilution Provisions |
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Fractional Shares |
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Conversion of Stock Rights |
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ARTICLE 4 EXCHANGE OF SHARES |
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Exchange Procedures |
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Rights of Former BOE Stockholders |
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ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BOE |
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Organization, Standing, and Power |
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Authority of BOE; No Breach By the Agreement |
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Capital Stock |
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BOE Subsidiaries |
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Exchange Act Filings; Securities Offerings; Financial Statements |
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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Tax Matters |
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Allowance for Possible Loan Losses; Loan and Investment Portfolio, etc. |
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Assets |
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Intellectual Property |
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Environmental Matters |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Labor Relations |
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Employee Benefit Plans |
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Material Contracts |
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Privacy of Customer Information |
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Legal Proceedings |
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Reports |
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Books and Records |
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Loans to Executive Officers and Directors |
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Independence of Directors |
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Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents |
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State Takeover Laws |
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Stockholders’ Support Agreements |
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Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor |
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Board Recommendation |
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Statements True and Correct |
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ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CBAC |
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Organization, Standing, and Power |
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Authority; No Breach By the Agreement |
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Capital Stock |
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CBAC Subsidiaries |
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Exchange Act Filings; Financial Statements |
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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6.8 |
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Tax Matters |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Employment Benefit Plans |
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6.11 |
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Material Contracts |
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6.12 |
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Legal Proceedings |
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6.13 |
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Reports |
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6.14 |
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Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor |
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Board Recommendation |
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Statements True and Correct |
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Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents |
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ARTICLE 7 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION |
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Affirmative Covenants of BOE |
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Negative Covenants of the Parties |
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Affirmative Covenants of CBAC |
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Adverse Changes in Condition |
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Reports |
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Claims Against Trust Account |
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ARTICLE 8 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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8.1 |
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Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement |
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8.2 |
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Stockholder Approvals |
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Other Offers |
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Consents of Regulatory Authorities |
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Agreement as to Efforts to Consummate |
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Investigation and Confidentiality |
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Press Releases |
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Charter Provisions |
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Employee Benefits and Contracts |
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8.10 |
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Indemnification |
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Employee Non-Solicitation |
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Dividends |
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ARTICLE 9 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE |
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Conditions to Obligations of Each Party |
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Conditions to Obligations of CBAC |
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Conditions to Obligations of BOE |
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ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION |
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10.1 |
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Termination |
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Effect of Termination |
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Non-Survival of Representations and Covenants |
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Definitions |
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Expenses |
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Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors |
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Entire Agreement |
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Amendments |
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Waivers |
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Assignment |
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Notices |
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Governing Law |
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Counterparts |
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Captions; Articles and Sections |
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Interpretations |
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Enforcement of Agreement |
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Severability |
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No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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LIST OF APPENDICES AND EXHIBITS
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Description |
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation |
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Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation |
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Officers of the Surviving Corporation |
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Officers of the Surviving Bank |
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Form of Support Agreement |
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Form of Employment Agreement of Xxxxxx X. Longest, Jr. |
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Form of Employment Agreement of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Form of Retention Agreement of Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. |
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Form of Retention Agreement of Members of the Surviving Corporation’s Board of Directors |
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List of Affiliates |
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Form of Affiliate Agreement |
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Form of BOE’s Legal Opinion |
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Form of CBAC’s Legal Opinion |
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Final Version
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “
Agreement”), dated as of December 13, 2007,
is by and between
Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation (“
CBAC”) and
BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“
BOE”).
Preamble
The Boards of Directors of CBAC and BOE are of the opinion that the transaction described
herein is in the best interest of the parties and their respective stockholders. This Agreement
provides for the merger of BOE with and into CBAC (the “Merger”). At the effective time of
the Merger, the outstanding shares of the capital stock of BOE shall be converted into the right to
receive shares of the common stock of CBAC (as provided herein and subject to certain terms and
conditions). As a result, stockholders of BOE shall become stockholders of CBAC. The transactions
described in this Agreement are subject to the approvals of the stockholders of CBAC and BOE, the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s
Bureau of Financial Institutions, as well as to the satisfaction of certain other conditions
described in this Agreement. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Merger
for federal income tax purposes shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Immediately following the Effective Time, Bank of Essex, a Virginia state bank and wholly
owned subsidiary of BOE (the “Bank”) will remain in existence under its Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time as a wholly owned
subsidiary of CBAC. The headquarters of the Bank prior to the Effective Time will remain as the
headquarters of the Bank following the Merger from and after the Effective Time in accordance with
the Bank’s bylaws. The headquarters of the Surviving Corporation will be located in Glen Allen,
Virginia.
Prior to the effectiveness and delivery of this Agreement, CBAC has received the written
consent of TransCommunity Financial Corporation (“
TFC”) to enter into this Agreement as
required pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 5, 2007
(the “
TFC Agreement”), by and between CBAC and TCF, and there have been no changes,
modifications or amendments to the TFC
Merger Agreement except as previously disclosed to BOE since
the execution of the TFC
Merger Agreement.
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 11.1 of this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual warranties, representations,
covenants, and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration and the
receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
TRANSACTIONS AND TERMS OF MERGER
1.1 Merger.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, BOE shall be
merged with and into CBAC pursuant to Section 252 of the DGCL and Section 13.1-716 of the VSCA, and
with the effect provided in Section 259 of the DGCL and Section 13.1-721 of the VSCA, CBAC shall be
the Surviving Corporation resulting from the Merger and shall continue to be governed by the Laws
of the State of
Delaware and the Bank shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAC. The Merger
shall be consummated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, which has been approved and adopted
by the respective Boards of Directors of BOE and CBAC.
1.2 Time and Place of Closing.
The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) will take place at
9:00 A.M. Eastern Time on the date that the Effective Time occurs (or the immediately preceding day
if the Effective Time is earlier than 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time), or at such other time as the
Parties, acting through their authorized officers, may mutually agree. The Closing shall be held
at such location as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties and may be effected by electronic or
other transmission of signature pages, as mutually agreed upon.
1.3 Effective Time.
The Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective on the
date and time the Certificate of Merger reflecting the Merger shall be filed and become effective
with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware and the Articles of Merger reflecting the
Merger become effective with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “
Effective
Time”). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in
writing by the authorized officers of each Party, the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to
cause the Effective Time to occur as soon as possible after the last of the following dates to
occur: (i) the effective date (including expiration of any applicable waiting period) of the last
required Consent of any Regulatory Authority having authority over and approving or exempting the
Merger, and (ii) the date on which the last of the stockholders of CBAC and BOE approve this
Agreement to the extent such approval is required by applicable Law and/or the BOE Articles of
Incorporation and CBAC Certificate of Incorporation.
1.4 Restructure of Transaction.
CBAC shall have the right to revise the structure of the Merger contemplated by this Agreement
by merging BOE with a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBAC; provided, that no such
revision to the structure of the Merger (i) shall result in any changes in the amount or type
of the consideration which the holders of shares of BOE Common Stock or BOE Rights are entitled to
receive under this Agreement, (ii) would unreasonably impede or delay consummation of the Merger,
or (iii) shall impose any less favorable terms or conditions on the Bank or BOE; further
provided,
however, no such revision shall be effective without the prior written consent of BOE. CBAC may
request such consent by giving written notice to BOE in the manner provided in Section 11.8, which
notice shall be in the form of an amendment to this Agreement or in the form of a proposed
amendment to this Agreement or in the form of an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger,
and the addition of such other exhibits hereto as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect
such change.
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ARTICLE 2
TERMS OF MERGER
2.1 Charter.
On or prior to the Effective Time, CBAC shall take all actions necessary to adopt the Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CBAC, substantially in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit A, effective as of the Effective Time.
2.2 Bylaws.
On or prior to the Effective Time, CBAC shall take all actions necessary to adopt the Amended
and Restated Bylaws of CBAC, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit B, effective as of the Effective Time.
2.3 Directors and Officers.
(a) On or prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of CBAC shall cause the
number of directors that will comprise the full board of directors of CBAC at the Effective
Time to be fixed at fourteen (14), which board shall consist of two (2) directors designated
by CBAC from its current board of directors, six (6) directors designated by TFC from its
current board of directors and six (6) directors designated by BOE from its current board of
directors, all of whom shall serve as the directors of the Surviving Corporation from and
after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, until the
earlier of their resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director. No other
individuals shall be designated to serve on the Board of Directors of the Surviving
Corporation at the Effective Time. Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. shall serve as the Chairman of
the Surviving Corporation and Xxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx shall each serve as Vice
Chairman of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) On or prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of CBAC will take all
actions necessary to cause the persons set forth on Exhibit C to be elected or
appointed to the offices shown on Exhibit C of the Surviving Corporation as of
the Effective Time.
(c) The headquarters of the Surviving Corporation will be located in Glen Allen,
Virginia.
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2.4 Consolidation of Banking Operations.
(a) At the Effective time or as soon thereafter as reasonable practicable, any
wholly-owned banking subsidiary of TFC shall be merged with and into the Bank (the “Bank
Merger”) with the Bank as the surviving bank in the Bank Merger (referred to herein as
the “Surviving Bank” whenever reference is made to it as of the effective time of the Bank
Merger or thereafter).
(b) On or prior to the effective time of the Bank Merger, the Board of Directors of the
Bank shall cause the number of directors that will comprise the full board of directors of
the Surviving Bank at the effective time of the Bank Merger to be fixed at fourteen (14),
which board shall consist of two (2) directors designated by CBAC, six (6) directors
designated by TFC and six (6) directors designated by BOE, all of whom shall serve as the
directors of the Surviving Bank from and after the effective time of the Bank Merger in
accordance with the Surviving Bank’s Bylaws, until the earlier of their resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director. No other individual shall be designated to
serve on the Board of Directors of the Surviving Bank at the effective time of the Bank
Merger.
(c) On or prior to the effective time of the Bank Merger, the board of directors of the
Bank will take all actions necessary to cause the persons set forth on Exhibit D to
be elected or appointed to the offices shown on Exhibit D of the Surviving Bank as
of the effective time of the Bank Merger.
(d) The headquarters of the Surviving Bank will be located in Tappahannock, Virginia.
Each division of the Surviving Bank shall be served by a local advisory board.
ARTICLE 3
MANNER OF CONVERTING SHARES
3.1 Conversion of Shares.
Subject to the provisions of this Article 3, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of CBAC, BOE or the stockholders of either of the foregoing, the
shares of the constituent corporations shall be converted as follows:
(a) Each share of CBAC Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, other than those shares as to which conversion rights provided for in
Section C of Article Sixth of the CBAC Certificate of Incorporation (“Conversion
Rights”) have been exercised, if applicable, shall remain issued and outstanding from
and after the Effective Time and be unaffected solely as a result of the Merger.
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(b) Each share of BOE Common Stock (excluding shares held by CBAC or any BOE Entity
(“Excluded Shares”), in each case other than in a fiduciary capacity or as a result
of debt previously contracted) issued and outstanding at the Effective Time shall be
converted into the right to receive 5.7278 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of CBAC
Common Stock (the “Merger Consideration”).
(c) If, after the Determination Date, the Average Closing Price is less than $7.42,
CBAC shall increase the Exchange Ratio to equal the quotient (rounded to the nearest one ten
thousandth) obtained by dividing (i) $42.50 by (ii) the Average Closing Price.
3.2 Anti-Dilution Provisions.
In the event CBAC changes the number of shares of CBAC Common Stock issued and outstanding
prior to the Effective Time as a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or similar
recapitalization with respect to such stock (specifically excluding the effect of the exercise of
the Conversion Rights, if applicable) and the record date therefore (in the case of a stock
dividend) or the effective date thereof (in the case of a stock split or similar recapitalization
for which a record date is not established) shall be prior to the Effective Time, the Exchange
Ratio shall be proportionately adjusted.
3.3 Fractional Shares.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of shares of BOE Common
Stock exchanged pursuant to the Merger who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction
of a share of CBAC Common Stock (after taking into account all certificates delivered by such
holder) shall receive, in lieu thereof, cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such
fractional part of a share of CBAC Common Stock multiplied by the market value of one share of CBAC
Common Stock at the Effective Time. The market value of one share of CBAC Common Stock at the
Effective Time shall be the closing price on the AMEX (as reported by The Wall Street Journal or,
if not reported thereby, any other authoritative source selected by CBAC) on the last trading day
preceding the Effective Time.
3.4 Conversion of Stock Rights.
(a) At the Effective Time, each award, option, or other right to purchase or acquire
shares of BOE Common Stock pursuant to stock options, stock appreciation rights, or stock
awards (“BOE Rights”) granted by BOE under the BOE Stock Plans,
which are outstanding at the Effective Time, whether or not exercisable, shall be
converted into and become rights with respect to CBAC Common Stock, and CBAC shall assume
each BOE Right, in accordance with the terms of the BOE Stock Plans and stock option
agreement by which it is evidenced, except that from and after the Effective Time, (i) CBAC
and its Compensation Committee, as established at the Effective Time of the Merger, shall be
substituted for BOE and the committee of BOE’s Board of Directors (including, if applicable,
the entire Board of Directors of BOE) administering such BOE Stock Plan, (ii) each BOE Right
assumed by CBAC may be exercised solely for shares of CBAC Common Stock (or cash in the case
of stock appreciation rights), (iii) the number of shares of CBAC Common Stock subject to
such BOE Right shall be equal to the number of shares of
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BOE Common Stock subject to such
BOE Right immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, and
(iv) the per share exercise price (or similar threshold price, in the case of stock awards)
under each such BOE Right shall be adjusted by dividing the per share exercise (or
threshold) price under each such BOE Right by the Exchange Ratio and rounding up to the
nearest cent. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence,
CBAC shall not be obligated to issue any fraction of a share of CBAC Common Stock upon
exercise of BOE Rights and any fraction of a share of CBAC Common Stock that otherwise would
be subject to a converted BOE Right shall represent the right to receive a cash payment
equal to the product of such fraction and the difference between the market value of one
share of CBAC Common Stock and the per share exercise price of such Right. The market value
of one share of CBAC Common Stock shall be the closing price on the AMEX (as reported by The
Wall Street Journal or, if not reported thereby, any other authoritative source selected by
CBAC) on the last trading day preceding the Effective Time. In addition, notwithstanding
the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first sentence of this Section 3.4, each BOE
Right which is an “incentive stock option” shall be adjusted as required by Section 424 of
the Internal Revenue Code, so as not to constitute a modification, extension, or renewal of
the option, within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. CBAC agrees
to take all necessary steps to effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.4.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall deliver to
the participants in each BOE Stock Plan an appropriate notice setting forth such
participant’s rights pursuant thereto and the grants pursuant to such BOE Stock Plan shall
continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by
Section 3.4(a) after giving effect to the Merger), and CBAC shall comply with the terms of
each BOE Stock Plan to ensure, to the extent required by, and subject to the provisions of,
such BOE Stock Plan, that BOE Rights which qualified as “incentive stock options” prior to
the Effective Time continue to qualify as “incentive stock options” after the Effective
Time. At or prior to the Effective Time, CBAC shall take all corporate action necessary to
reserve for issuance sufficient shares of CBAC Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of
BOE Rights assumed by it in accordance with this Section 3.4. As soon as reasonably
practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall file a registration statement on Form S-1
or Form S-8, as the case may be (or any successor or other appropriate forms), with respect
to the shares of CBAC Common Stock subject to such options and shall use its reasonable
efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such
registration statements (and maintain the current status of the prospectus or
prospectuses contained therein) for so long as such options remain outstanding. With
respect to those individuals who subsequent to the Merger will be subject to the reporting
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, where applicable, CBAC shall
administer the BOE Stock Plan assumed pursuant to this Section 3.4 in a manner that complies
with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(c) All restrictions or limitations on transfer with respect to BOE Common Stock
awarded under the BOE Stock Plans or any other plan, program, or arrangement of any BOE
Entity, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed,
and except as otherwise expressly provided in such plan, program, or arrangement, shall
remain in full force and effect with respect to shares of CBAC Common Stock into which such
restricted stock is converted pursuant to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE OF SHARES
4.1 Exchange Procedures.
(a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, CBAC shall cause the
exchange agent selected by CBAC (the “Exchange Agent”) to mail to the former
stockholders of BOE appropriate transmittal materials (which shall specify that delivery
shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates or other instruments
theretofore representing shares of BOE Common Stock shall pass, only upon proper delivery of
such certificates to the Exchange Agent). The certificate or certificates of BOE Common
Stock so surrendered shall be duly endorsed as the Exchange Agent may reasonably require.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of BOE Common Stock represented by
certificates that are not registered in the transfer records of BOE, the Merger
Consideration payable for such shares as provided in Section 3.1 may be issued to a
transferee if the certificates representing such shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent,
accompanied by all documents required to evidence such transfer and by evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Exchange Agent that such transfer is proper and that any applicable
stock transfer taxes have been paid. In the event any certificate representing BOE Common
Stock certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit
of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the
posting by such person of a bond in such amount as CBAC may reasonably direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Exchange
Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger
Consideration as provided for in Section 3.1. The Exchange Agent may establish such other
reasonable and customary rules and procedures in connection with its duties as it may deem
appropriate. CBAC shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent
in connection with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 3.1.
(b) After the Effective Time, each holder of shares of BOE Common Stock (other than
Excluded Shares) issued and outstanding at the Effective Time shall surrender the
certificate or certificates representing such shares to the Exchange Agent and shall
promptly upon surrender thereof receive in exchange therefore the consideration provided in
Section 3.1, without interest, pursuant to this Section 4.1. CBAC shall not be obligated to
deliver the consideration to which any former holder of BOE Common Stock is entitled as a
result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder’s certificate or certificates
for exchange as provided in this Section 4.1. Any other provision of this Agreement
notwithstanding, neither CBAC, nor any BOE Entity, nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to
any holder of BOE Common Stock or to any holder of BOE Rights for any amounts paid or
properly delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned
property, escheat or similar Law.
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(c) Each of CBAC and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of
BOE Common Stock such amounts, if any, as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect
to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax
Law or by any Taxing Authority or Governmental Authority. To the extent that any amounts
are so withheld by CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, as the case may
be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
paid to the holder of the shares of BOE Common Stock or BOE Rights, as applicable in respect
of which such deduction and withholding was made by CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or the
Exchange Agent, as the case may be.
(d) Adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of BOE shall constitute ratification
of the appointment of the Exchange Agent.
4.2 Rights of Former BOE Stockholders.
At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of BOE shall be closed as to holders of BOE
Common Stock and no transfer of BOE Common Stock by any holder of such shares shall thereafter be
made or recognized. Until surrendered for exchange in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.1, each certificate theretofore representing shares of BOE Common Stock (other than
certificates representing Excluded Shares), shall from and after the Effective Time represent for
all purposes only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, as provided in
Article 3.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF XXX
XXX represents and warrants to CBAC, except as set forth on the BOE Disclosure Memorandum with
respect to each such Section below as follows:
5.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.
BOE is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956 (the “BHCA”). The Bank is a Virginia state bank, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each of BOE
and the Bank has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to
own, lease and operate its Assets. Each of BOE and the Bank is duly qualified or licensed to
transact business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the United States and
foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its business
requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions
where the failure to be
so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a BOE
Material Adverse Effect. The minute book and other organizational documents for each of BOE and
the Bank have been made available to CBAC for its review and, except as disclosed in Section 5.1 of
the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, are true and complete in all material respects as in effect as of
the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material respects all amendments thereto
and all proceedings of the respective Board of Directors (including any committees of the Board of
Directors) and stockholders thereof.
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5.2 Authority of BOE; No Breach By the Agreement.
(a) BOE has the corporate power and authority necessary to execute, deliver, and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of BOE, subject
to the approval of this Agreement by the holders of more than two-thirds of the outstanding
shares of BOE Common Stock entitled to be voted at the BOE Stockholders Meeting (except in
all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable
remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding may be brought), which is the only BOE stockholder vote
required for approval of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger. Subject to such
requisite stockholder approval, this Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding
obligation of BOE, enforceable against BOE in accordance with its terms.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by BOE, nor the consummation
by BOE of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by BOE with any of the
provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of BOE’s
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or the certificate or articles of
incorporation or bylaws of any BOE Subsidiary or any resolution adopted by the Board of
Directors or the stockholders of any BOE Entity, or (ii) except as disclosed in Section 5.2
of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, constitute or result in a Default under, or require any
Consent pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any Asset of any BOE Entity
under, any Contract or Permit of any BOE Entity or, (iii) subject to receipt of the
requisite Consents referred to in Section 9.1(c), constitute or result in a Default under,
or require any Consent pursuant to, any Law or Order applicable to any BOE Entity or any of
their respective material Assets.
(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the Securities Laws
and applicable state corporate and securities Laws, and other than Consents required from
Regulatory Authorities, and other than notices to or filings with the Internal Revenue
Service (“IRS”) or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to any
employee benefit plans, no notice to, filing with, or Consent of, any Governmental Authority
is necessary for the consummation by BOE of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated in this Agreement.
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5.3 Capital Stock.
(a) The authorized capital stock of BOE consists only of 10,000,000 shares of BOE
Common Stock, of which 1,211,246.8238 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of
this Agreement, 1,000,000 of preferred stock, none of which are issued and outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement, and, assuming that all of the issued and outstanding BOE Rights
had been exercised, not more than 1,240,605.8238 shares would be issued and outstanding at
the Effective Time. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of BOE are
duly and validly issued and outstanding and are fully paid and nonassessable under the VSCA.
None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of BOE have been issued in violation of any
preemptive rights of the current or past stockholders of BOE.
(b) Except for the 100,000 shares of BOE Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
outstanding BOE Rights, each as disclosed in Section 5.3 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum,
there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of BOE reserved for issuance
and no outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of BOE.
(c) Except as specifically set forth in this Section 5.3, there are no shares of BOE
capital stock or other equity securities of BOE outstanding and there are no outstanding
Rights with respect to any BOE securities or any right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or
contractual) capable of becoming a Contract or Right for the purchase, subscription,
exchange or issuance of any securities of BOE.
5.4 BOE Subsidiaries.
BOE has disclosed in Section 5.4 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum each of the BOE Subsidiaries
that is a corporation (identifying its jurisdiction of incorporation, each jurisdiction in
which it is qualified or licensed to transact business, and the number of shares owned and
percentage ownership interest represented by such share ownership) and each of the BOE Subsidiaries
that is a general or limited partnership, limited liability company, or other non-corporate entity
(identifying the form of organization and the Law under which such entity is organized, each
jurisdiction in which it is qualified and/or licensed to transact business, and the amount and
nature of the ownership interest therein). Except as disclosed in Section 5.4 of the BOE
Disclosure Memorandum, BOE owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock (or other equity interests) of each BOE Subsidiary. No capital stock (or other
equity interest) of any BOE Subsidiary is or may become required to be issued (other than to
another BOE Entity) by reason of any Rights, and there are no Contracts by which any BOE Subsidiary
is bound to issue (other than to another BOE Entity) additional shares of its capital stock (or
other equity interests) or Rights or by which any BOE Entity is or may be bound to transfer any
shares of the capital stock (or other equity interests) of any BOE Subsidiary (other than to
another BOE Entity). There are no Contracts relating to the rights of
any BOE Entity to vote or to
dispose of any shares of the capital stock (or other equity
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interests)
of any BOE Subsidiary. All
of the shares of capital stock (or other equity interests) of each BOE Subsidiary held by a BOE
Entity are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by such BOE Entity
free and clear of any Lien. Except as disclosed in Section 5.4 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum,
each BOE Subsidiary is a state bank, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or
limited liability partnership, and each such BOE Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized,
and has the corporate or entity power and authority necessary for it to own, lease, and operate its
Assets and to carry on its business as now conducted. Each BOE Subsidiary is duly qualified or
licensed to transact business as a foreign entity in good standing in the States of the United
States and foreign jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its
business requires it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which the
failure to be so qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have individually or in the
aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse Effect. The Bank is an “insured institution” as defined in the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act and applicable regulations thereunder, and the deposits held by the
Bank are insured by the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund. The minute book and other organizational
documents for each BOE Subsidiary have been made available to CBAC for its review, and, except as
disclosed in Section 5.4 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, are true and complete in all material
respects as in effect as of the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material
respects all amendments thereto and all proceedings of the Board of Directors and stockholders
thereof.
5.5 Exchange Act Filings; Securities Offerings; Financial Statements.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.5 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum:
(a) BOE has timely filed and made available to CBAC all Exchange Act Documents required
to be filed by BOE since January 1, 2004 (together with all Exchange Act Documents filed,
whether or not required to be filed, the “BOE Exchange Act Reports”). The BOE
Exchange Act Reports (i) at the time filed, complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other
applicable Laws and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded
by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing or, in the
case of registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such BOE
Exchange Act Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such BOE Exchange Act
Reports in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each
offering or sale of securities by BOE since January 1, 2002 (i) was either registered under
the Securities Act or made pursuant to a valid exemption from registration, (ii) complied in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other
applicable Laws, and (iii) was made pursuant to offering documents which did not, at the
time of the offering (or, in the case of registration statements, at the effective date
thereof) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated in the offering documents or necessary in order to make the statements
in such documents not misleading. BOE has delivered or made available to CBAC all comment
letters received since January 1, 2002 by BOE from the staffs of the SEC and all responses
to such
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comment letters by or on behalf of BOE with respect to all filings under the
Securities Laws. BOE’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (and
BOE’s former principal executive officers and principal financial officers, as applicable)
have made the certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and
the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act thereunder with respect to BOE’s Exchange Act
Documents to the extent such rules or regulations applied at the time of the filing. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial
officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes–Oxley Act. Such
certifications contain no qualifications or exceptions to the matters certified therein and
have not been modified or withdrawn; and neither BOE nor any of its officers has received
notice from any Regulatory Authority questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness,
content, form or manner of filing or submission of such certifications. No BOE Subsidiary
is required to file any Exchange Act Documents.
(b) Each of the BOE Financial Statements (including, in each case, any related notes)
that are contained in the BOE Exchange Act Reports, including any BOE Exchange Act Reports
filed after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, complied, or at the time of
filing will comply, as to form in all material respects with the applicable published rules
and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, was prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in
the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited interim statements, as
permitted by Form 10-Q of the Exchange Act), fairly presented in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of BOE and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates and
the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, including
the fair values of the assets and liabilities shown therein, except that the unaudited
interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end
adjustments which were not or are not expected to be material in amount or effect. The BOE
Financial Statements are certified to the extent required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(c) BOE’s independent public accountants, which have expressed their opinion with
respect to the Financial Statements of BOE and its Subsidiaries whether or not included in
BOE’s Exchange Act Reports (including the related notes), is and has been throughout the
periods covered by such Financial Statements (x) a registered public accounting firm (as
defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act), (y) ”independent” with respect to
BOE within the meaning of Regulation S-X, and (z) with respect to BOE, in compliance with
subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and related Securities Laws.
Section 5.5(c) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum lists all non-audit services performed by
BOE’s independent public accountants for BOE and its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2004.
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(d) BOE maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15
under the Exchange Act; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all
material information concerning BOE and its Subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to
the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. Section 5.5(d) of the
BOE Disclosure Memorandum lists, and BOE has delivered to CBAC copies of, all written
descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure
controls and procedures. BOE and its directors and executive officers have complied at all
times with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act including the filing requirements thereunder to
the extent applicable.
5.6 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.
No BOE Entity has any Liabilities required under GAAP to be set forth on a consolidated
balance sheet or in the notes thereto that are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse Effect, except Liabilities which are (i) accrued or reserved
against in the consolidated balance sheets of BOE as of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007,
included in the BOE Financial Statements delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or reflected
in the notes thereto, (ii) incurred or paid in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices subsequent to September 30, 2007 or (iii) incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Section 5.6 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum lists, and BOE has
attached and delivered to CBAC copies of the documentation creating or governing, all
securitization transactions and “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii)
of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act) effected by BOE or its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in
Section 5.6 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, no BOE Entity is directly or indirectly liable, by
guarantee, indemnity, or otherwise, upon or with respect to, or obligated, by discount or
repurchase agreement or in any other way, to provide funds in respect to, or obligated to guarantee
or assume any Liability of any Person for any amount in excess of $250,000 and any amounts, whether
or not in excess of $250,000 that, in the aggregate, exceed $500,000. Except (x) as reflected in
BOE’s balance sheet at September 30, 2007 or liabilities described in any notes thereto (or
liabilities for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to GAAP or any
applicable Regulatory Authority) or (y) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
since September 30, 2007 consistent with past practice or in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, neither BOE nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any Material Liabilities or obligations of any nature.
5.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
Since September 30, 2007, except as disclosed in the BOE Financial Statements delivered prior
to the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 5.7 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum,
(i) there have been no events, changes, or occurrences which have had, or are reasonably likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) none of the BOE
Entities has taken any action, or failed to take any action, prior to the date of this Agreement,
which action or failure, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would represent or result in a
material breach or violation of any of the covenants and agreements of BOE provided in this
Agreement.
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5.8 Tax Matters.
(a) All BOE Entities have timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authorities, all Tax
Returns in all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are required to be filed, and such Tax
Returns are correct and complete in all respects. None of the BOE Entities is the
beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. All Taxes of the
BOE Entities (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid.
There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a Lien for current real property or ad valorem
Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the Assets of any of the BOE Entities. No claim
has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where any BOE Entity does not file a
Tax Return that such BOE Entity may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction.
(b) None of the BOE Entities has received any notice of assessment or proposed
assessment in connection with any Taxes, and there are no threatened or pending disputes,
claims, audits or examinations regarding any Taxes of any BOE Entity or the assets of any
BOE Entity. No officer or employee responsible for Tax matters of any BOE Entity expects
any Taxing Authority is reasonably likely to assess any additional Taxes for any period for
which Tax Returns have been filed. No issue has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any
prior examination of any BOE Entity which, by application of the same or similar principles,
could be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any subsequent taxable period. None
of the BOE Entities has waived any statute of limitations in respect of any Taxes or agreed
to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(c) Each BOE Entity has complied with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations
relating to the withholding of Taxes and the payment thereof to appropriate authorities,
including Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or
owing to any employee or independent contractor, and Taxes required to be withheld and paid
pursuant to Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code or similar provisions under foreign Law.
(d) The unpaid Taxes of each BOE Entity (i) did not, as of the most recent fiscal month
end, exceed the reserve for Tax Liability (other than any reserve for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face
of the most recent balance sheet (other than in any notes thereto) for such BOE Entity and
(ii) do not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date
in accordance with past custom and practice of the BOE Entities in filing their Tax Returns.
(e) Except as described in Section 5.8(e) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, none of the
BOE Entities is a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement and none of the BOE
Entities has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax
Return or has any Tax Liability of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or
any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law, or as a transferee or successor, by
contract or otherwise.
(f) During the five-year period ending on the date hereof, none of the BOE Entities was
a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” as defined in, and in a
transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
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(g) Except as disclosed in Section 5.8(g) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, none of the
BOE Entities has made any payments, is obligated to make any payments, or is a party to any
contract that could obligate it to make any payments that could be disallowed as a deduction
under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code, or which would be subject to withholding under
Section 4999 of the Code. BOE has not been a United States real property holding
corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. None of the BOE
Entities has been or will be required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any
Tax period (or portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any comparable
provision under state or foreign Tax Laws as a result of transactions or events occurring
prior to the Closing. There is no taxable income of BOE that will be required under
applicable tax law to be reported by CBAC, for a taxable period beginning after the Closing
Date which taxable income was realized prior to the Closing Date. Any net operating losses
of the BOE Entities disclosed in Section 5.8(g) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum are not
subject to any limitation on their use under the provisions of Sections 382 or 269 of the
Code or any other provisions of the Code or the Treasury Regulations dealing with the
utilization of net operating losses other than any such limitations as may arise as a result
of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) Each of the BOE Entities is in compliance with, and its records contain all
information and documents (including properly completed IRS Forms W-9) necessary to comply
with, all applicable information reporting and Tax withholding requirements under federal,
state, and local Tax Laws, and such records identify with specificity all accounts subject
to backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code.
(i) No BOE Entity is subject to any private letter ruling of the IRS or comparable
rulings of any Taxing Authority.
(j) No property owned by any BOE Entity is (i) property required to be treated as being
owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986, (ii) “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(1)
of the Code, (iii) “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168(g)
of the Code, (iv) “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 76-30, (v) subject
to Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code, or (vi) subject to any provision of state, local or
foreign Law comparable to any of the provisions listed above.
(k) No BOE Entity has any “corporate acquisition indebtedness” within the meaning of
Section 279 of the Code.
(l) BOE has disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein
that are reasonably believed to give rise to substantial understatement of federal income
tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
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(m) No BOE Entity has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(1), or a transaction substantially similar to a
reportable transaction.
(n) BOE has provided CBAC with complete copies of (i) all federal, state, local and
foreign income or franchise Tax Returns of the BOE Entities relating to the taxable periods
since inception and (ii) any audit report issued within the last four years relating to any
Taxes due from or with respect to the BOE Entities.
(o) No BOE Entity nor any other Person on its behalf has (i) filed a consent pursuant
to Section 341(f) of the Code (as in effect prior to the repeal under the Jobs and Growth
Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003) or agreed to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code (as in
effect prior to the repeal under the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003) apply
to any disposition of a subsection (f) asset (as such term is defined in Section 341(f)(4)
of the Code) owned by any BOE Entities, (ii) executed or entered into a closing agreement
pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of Law with respect to the BOE
Entities, or (iii) granted to any Person any power of attorney that is currently in force
with respect to any Tax matter.
(p) No BOE Entity has, or ever had, a permanent establishment in any country other than
the United States, or has engaged in a trade or business in any country other than the
United States that subjected it to tax in such country.
For purposes of this Section 5.8, any reference to BOE or any BOE Entity shall be deemed to
include any Person which merged with or was liquidated into or otherwise combined with BOE or a BOE
Entity.
5.9 Allowance for Possible Loan Losses; Loan and Investment Portfolio, etc.
(a) BOE’s allowance for loan losses (the “Allowance”) shown on the balance
sheets of BOE included in the most recent BOE Financial Statements dated prior to the date
of this Agreement was, and the Allowance shown on the balance sheets of BOE included in the
BOE Financial Statements as of dates subsequent to the execution of this Agreement will be,
as of the dates thereof, adequate (within the meaning of GAAP and applicable regulatory
requirements or guidelines) to provide for all known or reasonably anticipated losses
relating to or inherent in the loan portfolios (including accrued interest receivables,
letters of credit, and commitments to make loans or extend credit), by the BOE Entities as
of the dates thereof. The BOE Financial Statements fairly present the fair market values of
all loans, leases, securities, tangible and intangible assets and liabilities, and any
impairments thereof.
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(b) As of the date hereof, all loans, discounts and leases (in which any BOE Entity is
lessor) reflected on the BOE Financial Statements were, and with respect to the consolidated
balance sheets delivered as of the dates subsequent to the execution of this Agreement will
be as of the dates thereof, (i) at the time and under the circumstances in which made, made
for good, valuable and adequate consideration in the ordinary course
of business and are the
legal and binding obligations of the obligors thereof, (ii) evidenced by genuine notes,
agreements or other evidences of indebtedness and (iii) to the extent secured, have been
secured, to the Knowledge of BOE, by valid liens and security interests which have been
perfected. Accurate lists of all loans, discounts and financing leases as of September 30,
2007 and on a monthly basis thereafter, and of the investment portfolios of each BOE Entity
as of such date, have been and will be delivered to CBAC concurrently with the BOE
Disclosure Memorandum. Except as specifically set forth in Section 5.9(b) of the BOE
Disclosure Memorandum, neither BOE nor the Bank is a party to any written or oral loan
agreement, note or borrowing arrangement, including any loan guaranty, that was, as of the
most recent month-end (i) delinquent by more than 30 days in the payment of principal or
interest, (ii) to the Knowledge of BOE, otherwise in material default for more than 30 days,
(iii) classified as “substandard,” “doubtful,” “loss,” “other assets especially mentioned”
or any comparable classification by BOE or by any applicable Regulatory Authority or
Reserve, (iv) an obligation of any director, executive officer or 10% stockholder of any BOE
Entity who is subject to Regulation O of the Federal Reserve Board (12 C.F.R. Part 215), or
any person, corporation or enterprise controlling, controlled by or under common control
with any of the foregoing, or (v) in violation of any Law.
5.10 Assets.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 5.10 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum or as
disclosed or reserved against in the BOE Financial Statements delivered prior to the
date of this Agreement, the BOE Entities have good and marketable title, free and clear
of all Liens, to all of their respective Assets. All tangible properties used in the
businesses of the BOE Entities are in good condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and
are usable in the ordinary course of business consistent with BOE’s past practices.
(b) All Assets which are material to BOE’s business on a consolidated basis, held under
leases or subleases by any of the BOE Entities, are held under valid Contracts enforceable
in accordance with their respective terms, and each such Contract is in full force and
effect.
(c) The BOE Entities currently maintain insurance, including bankers’ blanket bonds,
with insurers of recognized financial responsibility, similar in amounts, scope, and
coverage to that maintained by other peer organizations. None of the BOE Entities has
received written notice from any insurance carrier, or have any reason to believe that
(i) any policy of insurance will be canceled or that coverage thereunder will be reduced or
eliminated, (ii) premium costs with respect to such policies of insurance will be
substantially increased, or (iii) similar coverage will be denied or limited or not extended
or renewed with respect to any BOE Entity, any act or occurrence, or that any Asset,
officer, director, employee or agent of any BOE Entity will not be covered by such insurance
or bond. There are presently no claims for amounts exceeding $125,000 individually or in
the aggregate pending under such policies of insurance or bonds, and no notices of claims in
excess of such amounts have been given by any BOE Entity under such policies. BOE has made
no claims, and no claims are contemplated to be made, under its directors’ and officers’
errors and omissions or other insurance or bankers’ blanket bond.
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(d) The Assets of the BOE Entities include all Assets required by BOE Entities to
operate the business of the BOE Entities as presently conducted.
5.11 Intellectual Property.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.11 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, each BOE Entity owns or
has a license to use all of the Intellectual Property used by such BOE Entity in the course of its
business, including sufficient rights in each copy possessed by each BOE Entity. Each BOE Entity
is the owner of or has a license, with the right to sublicense, to any Intellectual Property sold
or licensed to a third party by such BOE Entity in connection with such BOE Entity’s business
operations, and such BOE Entity has the right to convey by sale or license any Intellectual
Property so conveyed. No BOE Entity is in Default under any of its Intellectual Property licenses.
No proceedings have been instituted, or are pending or to the Knowledge of BOE threatened, which
challenge the rights of any BOE Entity with respect to Intellectual Property used, sold or licensed
by such BOE Entity in the course of its business, nor has any person claimed or alleged any rights
to such Intellectual Property. To BOE’s knowledge, the conduct of the business of the BOE Entities
does not infringe any Intellectual Property of any other person. No BOE Entity is obligated to pay
any recurring royalties to any Person with respect to any such Intellectual Property. BOE has no
Contracts with any of its directors, officers, or employees which require such officer, director or
employee to assign any interest in
any Intellectual Property to a BOE Entity and to keep confidential any trade secrets,
proprietary data, customer information, or other business information of a BOE Entity, and to BOE’s
Knowledge, no such officer, director or employee is party to any Contract with any Person other
than a BOE Entity which requires such officer, director or employee to assign any interest in any
Intellectual Property to any Person other than a BOE Entity or to keep confidential any trade
secrets, proprietary data, customer information, or other business information of any Person other
than a BOE Entity. No officer, director or employee of any BOE Entity is party to any
confidentiality, nonsolicitation, noncompetition or other Contract which restricts or prohibits
such officer, director or employee from engaging in activities competitive with any Person,
including any BOE Entity.
5.12 Environmental Matters.
(a) BOE has delivered, or caused to be delivered to CBAC, true and complete copies of,
all environmental site assessments, test results, analytical data, boring logs, permits for
storm water, wetlands fill, or other environmental permits for construction of any building,
parking lot or other improvement, and other environmental reports and studies in the
possession of any BOE Entity relating to its Participating Facilities and Operating
Facilities. To BOE’s Knowledge, there are no material violations of Environmental Laws on
properties that secure loans made by BOE or Bank.
(b) To BOE’s Knowledge, each BOE Entity, its Participation Facilities, and its
Operating Properties are, and have been, in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except
for violations which are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
BOE Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) There is no Litigation pending, or to BOE’s Knowledge, no environmental enforcement
action, investigation, or litigation threatened before any Governmental Authority or other
forum in which any BOE Entity or any of its Operating Properties or Participation Facilities
(or BOE in respect of such Operating Property or Participation Facility) has been or, with
respect to threatened Litigation, may be named as a defendant (i) for alleged noncompliance
(including by any predecessor) with or Liability under any Environmental Law or
(ii) relating to the release, discharge, spillage, or disposal into the environment of any
Hazardous Material, whether or not occurring at, on, under, adjacent to, or affecting (or
potentially affecting) a site currently or formerly owned, leased, or operated by any BOE
Entity or any of its Operating Properties or Participation Facilities nor is there any
reasonable basis for any litigation as described in this Section 5.12(c), except as such is
not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) During the period of (i) any BOE Entity’s ownership or operation of any of their
respective current properties, (ii) any BOE Entity’s participation in the management of any
Participation Facility, or (iii) any BOE Entity’s holding of a security interest in any
Operating Property, there have been no releases, discharges, spillages, or
disposals of Hazardous Material in, on, under, or to BOE’s Knowledge adjacent to, or
affecting (or potentially affecting) such properties. Prior to the period of (i) any BOE
Entity’s ownership or operation of any of their respective current properties, (ii) any BOE
Entity’s participation in the management of any Participation Facility, or (iii) any BOE
Entity’s holding of a security interest in any Operating Property, to BOE’s Knowledge, there
were no releases, discharges, spillages, or disposals of Hazardous Material in, on, under,
or affecting any such property, Participation Facility or Operating Property. During and,
to BOE’s Knowledge, prior to the period of (i) BOE Entity’s ownership or operation of any of
their respective current properties, (ii) any BOE Entity’s participation in the management
of any Participation Facility, or (iii) any BOE Entity’s holding of a security interest in
any Operating Property, there have been no violations of any Environmental Laws at such
property or facility, including but not limited to unauthorized alterations of wetlands.
5.13 Compliance with Laws.
(a) BOE is a bank holding company duly registered and in good standing as such with the
Federal Reserve and the Bureau. The Bank is a member in good standing with the Bureau, the
Federal Reserve System and the FDIC.
(b) Each of the BOE Entities has in effect all Permits and has made all filings,
applications, and registrations with Governmental Authorities that are required for it to
own, lease, or operate its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and there
has occurred no Default under any such Permit applicable to their respective businesses or
employees conducting their respective businesses.
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(c) None of the BOE Entities is in Default under any Laws or Orders (not including
Environmental Laws) applicable to its business or employees conducting its business.
(d) Since January 1, 2004, none of the BOE Entities has received any notification or
communication from any Governmental Authority (i) asserting that BOE or any of its
Subsidiaries is in Default under any of the Permits, Laws or Orders (not including
Environmental Laws) which such Governmental Authority enforces, (ii) threatening to revoke
any Permits (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12
of this Agreement), or (iii) requiring BOE or any of its Subsidiaries (x) to enter into or
consent to the issuance of a cease and desist order, formal agreement, directive,
commitment, or memorandum of understanding, or (y) to adopt any resolution of its Board of
Directors or similar undertaking which restricts materially the conduct of its business or
in any manner relates to its employment decisions, its employment or safety policies or
practices (not including those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12
of this Agreement).
(e) There (i) is no unresolved violation, criticism, or exception by any Governmental
Authority with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or
inspections of BOE or any of its Subsidiaries (not including those
relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement), (ii)
are no written notices or correspondence received by BOE and BOE does not reasonably expect
to receive any written notices or correspondence with respect to formal or informal
inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Governmental Authority (not including
those relating to environmental matters set forth in Section 5.12 of this Agreement) with
respect to BOE’s or any of BOE’s Subsidiaries’ business, operations, policies or procedures
since January 1, 2002, and (iii) is not any pending or, to BOE’s Knowledge, threatened, nor
has any Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct any, investigation or
review of it or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) None of the BOE Entities nor any of its directors, officers, employees or
Representatives acting on its behalf has offered, paid, or agreed to pay any Person,
including any Governmental Authority, directly or indirectly, any thing of value for the
purpose of, or with the intent of obtaining or retaining any business in violation of
applicable Laws, including (i) using any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) making
any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds, (iii) violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or (iv) making any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(g) Each BOE Entity has complied with all requirements of Law under the Bank Secrecy
Act and the USA Patriot Act and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, and each BOE
Entity has timely filed all reports of suspicious activity, including those required under
12 C.F.R. § 208.62.
(h) Each BOE Entity has complied and will comply with all requirements of Law governing
and regulating the closing of branch offices of the Bank.
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5.14 Labor Relations.
(a) No BOE Entity is the subject of any Litigation asserting that it or any other BOE
Entity has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of the National Labor
Relations Act of 1935, as amended, or comparable state Law) or other violation of state or
federal labor Law or seeking to compel it or any other BOE Entity to bargain with any labor
organization or other employee representative as to wages or conditions of employment, nor
is any BOE Entity party to any collective bargaining agreement or subject to any bargaining
order, injunction or other Order relating to BOE’s relationship or dealings with its
employees, any labor organization or any other employee representative. There is no strike,
slowdown, lockout or other job action or labor dispute involving any BOE Entity pending or
threatened and there have been no such actions or disputes in the past five years. To BOE’s
Knowledge, there has not been any attempt by any BOE Entity employees or any labor
organization or other employee representative to organize or certify a collective bargaining
unit or to engage in any other union organization activity with respect to the workforce of
any BOE Entity. Except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum,
employment of each
employee and the engagement of each independent contractor of each BOE Entity is
terminable at will by the relevant BOE Entity without (i) any penalty, liability or
severance obligation incurred by any BOE Entity, (ii) and in all cases without prior consent
by any Governmental Authority. No BOE Entity will owe any amounts to any of its employees
or independent contractors as of the Closing Date, including any amounts incurred for any
wages, bonuses, vacation pay, sick leave, contract notice periods, change of control
payments or severance obligations, except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the BOE Disclosure
Memorandum.
(b) To BOE’s Knowledge, all of the employees employed in the United States are either
United States citizens or are legally entitled to work in the United States under the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, other United States immigration Laws
and the Laws related to the employment of non-United States citizens applicable in the state
in which the employees are employed.
(c) No BOE Entity has effectuated (i) a “plant closing” (as defined in the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”)) affecting any site of
employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or
facility of any BOE Entity; or (ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting
any site of employment or facility of any BOE Entity; and no BOE Entity has been affected by
any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to
trigger application of any similar state or local Law. None of any BOE Entity’s employees
has suffered an “employment loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) since six months prior to the
Closing Date.
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5.15 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) BOE has disclosed in Section 5.15(a) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, and has
delivered or made available to CBAC prior to the execution of this Agreement, (i) copies of
each Employee Benefit Plan currently adopted, maintained by, sponsored in whole or in part
by, or contributed or required to be contributed to by any BOE Entity or ERISA Affiliate
thereof for the benefit of employees, former employees, retirees, dependents, spouses,
directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries or under which employees,
retirees, former employees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or
other beneficiaries are eligible to participate (each, a “BOE Benefit Plan,” and
collectively, the “BOE Benefit Plans”) and (ii) a list of each Employee Benefit Plan
that is not identified in (i) above (e.g., former Employee Benefit Plans) in respect of
which any BOE Entity or ERISA Affiliate has or reasonably could have any obligation or
Liability (each, an “Other Plan”). Any of the BOE Benefit Plans which is an
“employee pension benefit plan,” as that term is defined in ERISA Section 3(2), is referred
to herein as a “BOE ERISA Plan.” No BOE ERISA Plan or Other Plan is a “defined
benefit plan” (as defined in Code Section 414(j)), or is subject to Code Section 412 or
Title IV of ERISA.
(b) BOE has delivered or made available to CBAC prior to the execution of this
Agreement (i) all trust agreements or other funding arrangements for all Employee Benefit
Plans, (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or
advisory opinions issued by the IRS, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”)
or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation during this calendar year or any of the
preceding three calendar years, (iii) any filing or documentation (whether or not filed with
the IRS) where corrective action was taken in connection with the IRS EPCRS program set
forth in Revenue Procedure 2001-17 (or its predecessor or successor rulings), (iv) annual
reports or returns, audited or unaudited financial statements, actuarial reports and
valuations prepared for any Employee Benefit Plan for the current plan year and the three
preceding plan years, and (v) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material
modifications thereto.
(c) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(c) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, each BOE
Benefit Plan is in material compliance with the terms of such BOE Benefit Plan, in material
compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code, in material compliance with the
applicable requirements of ERISA, and in material compliance with any other applicable Laws.
Each BOE ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter or opinion from the IRS that is as current as
possible under applicable IRS procedures and that is still in effect and applies to the
applicable BOE ERISA Plan as amended and as administered or, within the time permitted under
Code Section 401(b), has timely applied for a favorable determination letter, which when
issued, will be as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and which, when
issued, will apply retroactively to the BOE ERISA Plan as amended and as administered. BOE
is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable
determination letter, which has been issued by the IRS, and BOE is not aware of any
circumstances
likely to result in a failure to issue any such favorable determination letter for
which it has applied. BOE has not received any communication (written or unwritten) from
any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging the compliance of any BOE Benefit Plan
with applicable Laws. No BOE Benefit Plan is currently being audited by any Governmental
Authority for compliance with applicable Laws or has been audited with a determination by
any Governmental Authority that the Employee Benefit Plan failed to comply with applicable
Laws.
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(d) There has been no oral or written representation or communication with respect to
any aspect of the Employee Benefit Plans made to employees of the BOE which is not in
accordance with the written or otherwise preexisting terms and provisions of such plans.
Neither BOE nor any administrator or fiduciary of any BOE Benefit Plan (or any agent of any
of the foregoing) has engaged in any transaction, or acted or failed to act in any manner,
which could subject any BOE Entity or CBAC to any direct or indirect Liability (by indemnity
or otherwise) for breach of any fiduciary, co-fiduciary or other duty under ERISA. There
are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, the BOE
Benefit Plans other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course of
business and no action, proceeding, prosecution, inquiry, hearing or investigation has been
commenced with respect to any BOE Benefit Plan.
(e) All BOE Benefit Plan documents and annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited
financial statements, actuarial valuations, summary annual reports, and summary plan
descriptions issued with respect to the BOE Benefit Plans are correct and complete in all
material respects, have been timely filed with the IRS or the DOL, and distributed to
participants of the BOE Benefit Plans (as required by Law), and there have been no changes
in the information set forth therein.
(f) To BOE’s Knowledge, no “party in interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or
“disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)) of any BOE Benefit Plan has
engaged in any nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (described in Code Section 4975(c) or
ERISA Section 406).
(g) No BOE Entity has, or ever has had, a pension plan, or any plan that is or was
subject to Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. There is no Lien nor
is there expected to be a Lien under Code Section 412(n) or ERISA Section 302(f) or Tax
under Code Section 4971 applicable to any BOE Entity or any BOE Entity’s Assets. Neither
BOE nor any of its ERISA Affiliates is subject to or can reasonably be expected to become
subject to a Lien under Code Section 401(a)(29). All premiums required to be paid under
ERISA Section 4006, if any, have been timely paid by BOE and by each of its ERISA
Affiliates.
(h) No Liability under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by any
BOE Entity or its ERISA Affiliates and no event has occurred that could reasonably result in
Liability under Title IV of ERISA being incurred by any BOE Entity or its ERISA Affiliates
with respect to any ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single-employer plan of any BOE
Entity or the single-employer plan of any ERISA Affiliate.
There has been no “reportable event,” within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043, for
which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived by any ongoing, frozen,
terminated or other single employer plan of any BOE Entity or of an ERISA Affiliate.
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(i) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(i) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, no BOE
Entity has any Liability for retiree or similar health, life or death benefits under any of
the BOE Benefit Plans, or other plan or arrangement, except to the extent required under
Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or Code Section 4980B and there are no restrictions on the rights
of such BOE Entity to amend or terminate any such retiree health or benefit plan without
incurring any Liability thereunder. No Tax under Code Sections 4980B or 5000 has been
incurred with respect to any BOE Benefit Plan, or other plan or arrangement, and no
circumstance exists which could give rise to such Taxes.
(j) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(j) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment
compensation, golden parachute, or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee
of any BOE Entity from any BOE Entity under any BOE Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase
any benefits otherwise payable under any BOE Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any
acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefit, or any benefit under any
life insurance owned by any BOE Entity or the rights of any BOE Entity in, to or under any
insurance on the life of any current or former officer, director or employee of any BOE
Entity, or change any rights or obligations of any BOE Entity with respect to such
insurance.
(k) The actuarial present values of all accrued deferred compensation entitlements
(including entitlements under any executive compensation, supplemental retirement, or
employment agreement) of employees and former employees of any BOE Entity and their
respective beneficiaries, other than entitlements accrued pursuant to funded retirement
plans, whether or not subject to the provisions of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302,
have been fully reflected on the BOE Financial Statements to the extent required by and in
accordance with GAAP.
(l) All individuals who render services to any BOE Entity and who are authorized to
participate in a BOE Benefit Plan pursuant to the terms of such BOE Benefit Plan are in fact
eligible to and authorized to participate in such BOE Benefit Plan in accordance with the
terms of such BOE Benefit Plan, the Code, ERISA and other applicable Laws.
(m) Neither BOE nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has had an “obligation to contribute”
(as defined in ERISA Section 4212) to, or other obligations or Liability in connection with,
a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A)).
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(n) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(n) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, there are
no payments or changes in terms due to any insured person as a
result of this Agreement, the Merger or the transactions contemplated herein, under any
bank-owned, corporate-owned split dollar life insurance, other life insurance, or similar
arrangement or Contract, and the Successor Corporation shall, upon and after the Effective
Time, succeed to and have all the rights in, to and under such life insurance Contracts as
BOE presently holds. Each BOE Entity will, upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and will continue to have, notwithstanding this Agreement or the consummation of
the transaction contemplated hereby, all ownership rights and interest in all corporate or
bank-owned life insurance.
(o) No BOE Benefit Plan holds any employer security (within the meaning of ERISA
Section 407(d)(1)) or employer real property (within the meaning of ERISA Section
407(d)(2)); and no commitment has been made that would require any BOE Benefit Plan to hold
any such employer security or employer real property.
(p) All contributions and premiums required by applicable Law or the terms of an
applicable BOE Benefit Plan to be paid prior to Closing have been or will be timely made or
paid in full prior to the Closing.
(q) There has been no act or omission which has given rise to or may give rise to
material fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Sections 502(c), 502(i), 501(l) or
4071 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47 or 68 of the Code for which any of the BOE Entities or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates may be liable.
(r) No action has been or reasonably ought to be taken to correct any defects with
respect to any BOE Benefit Plan under any IRS correction procedure or any United States
Department of Labor fiduciary correction procedure.
(s) Except as disclosed in Section 5.15(s) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, no payment
contemplated or required by any BOE Benefit Plan would in the aggregate constitute excess
parachute payments as defined in Section 280G of the Code (without regard to subsection
(b)(4) thereof).
(t) Each BOE Benefit Plan which constitutes a “group health plan” (as defined in ERISA
Section 607(1) or Code Section 4980B(g)(2)) has been operated in material compliance with
applicable Law.
(u) There has been no act or omission that would impair or otherwise limit the right or
ability of BOE or the Bank, as may be applicable, to unilaterally amend, from time to time,
or terminate, any BOE Benefit Plan.
(v) Each BOE Benefit Plan which is subject to Code Section 409A has been operated and
administered in compliance with and otherwise complies with such section. No tax, interest
or penalty has been assessed or incurred pursuant to Code Section 409A in relation to any
BOE Benefit Plan.
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5.16 Material Contracts.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 5.16 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise
reflected in the BOE Financial Statements, none of the BOE Entities, nor any of their
respective Assets, businesses, or operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or
receives benefits under, (i) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or
retirement Contract providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any calendar year in
excess of $125,000, (ii) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by any BOE Entity
or the guarantee by any BOE Entity of any such obligation (other than Contracts evidencing
the creation of deposit liabilities, purchases of federal funds, advances from the Federal
Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, entry into repurchase agreements fully secured by
U.S. government securities or U.S. government agency securities, advances of depository
institution Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of BOE’s business and trade
payables and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the ordinary course of
BOE’s business), (iii) any Contract which prohibits or restricts any BOE Entity or any
personnel of a BOE Entity from engaging in any business activities in any geographic area,
line of business or otherwise in competition with any other Person, (iv) any Contract
involving Intellectual Property (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course
with customers or “shrink-wrap” software licenses), (v) any Contract relating to the
provision of data processing, network communication, or other technical services to or by
any BOE Entity, (vi) any Contract relating to the purchase or sale of any goods or services
(other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and involving payments
under any individual Contract or series of contracts not in excess of $125,000), (vii) any
exchange-traded or over-the-counter swap, forward, future, option, cap, floor, or collar
financial Contract, or any other interest rate or foreign currency protection Contract or
any Contract that is a combination thereof not included on its balance sheet, and (viii) any
other Contract that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a Form 10-K filed by BOE
as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act,
if such reporting requirements applied to BOE as of such date (together with all Contracts
referred to in Sections 5.11 and 5.15(a), the “BOE Contracts”).
(b) With respect to each BOE Contract and except as disclosed in Section 5.16(b) of the
BOE Disclosure Memorandum: (i) the Contract is in full force and effect; (ii) no BOE Entity
is in Default thereunder; (iii) no BOE Entity has repudiated or waived any material
provision of any such Contract; (iv) no other party to any such Contract is, to BOE’s
Knowledge, in Default in any respect or has repudiated or waived each material provision
thereunder; and (v) no consent is required by a Contract for the execution, delivery, or
performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby. All of the indebtedness of any BOE Entity for money borrowed is
prepayable at any time by such BOE Entity without penalty, premium or charge, except as
specified in Section 5.16(b) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum.
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5.17 Privacy of Customer Information.
(a) Each BOE Entity is the sole owner of all (i) “nonpublic personal information” as
such term is defined in the Privacy Requirements, and (ii) any personally identifiable
information or records in any form (oral, written, graphic, electronic, machine-readable, or
otherwise) (“Customer Information”) relating to customers, former customers and
prospective customers that will be transferred to CBAC pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Each of the BOE Entities has at all times implemented and maintained commercially
reasonable technical, physical and organizational security measures as are appropriate in
the circumstances to protect Customer Information against unauthorized or unlawful
processing, access, input, disclosure, use, recording, copying, alteration, removal,
deletion, accidental loss, corruption, destruction or damage, including:
(i) firewalls, intrusion detection systems, locking file cabinets, and other
appropriate physical and electronic security mechanism, including current revisions
of all software releases and all software patches;
(ii) utilization of industry-standard or better network access control
restrictions and methods of terminating unauthorized network access, including
identification to the extent possible of the identify of the Person making such
unauthorized access; and
(iii) not making changes that would increase the risk of unauthorized access to
BOE’s network.
5.18 Legal Proceedings.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.18 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, there is no Litigation
instituted or pending, or, to the Knowledge of BOE, threatened (or unasserted but considered
probable of assertion) against any BOE Entity, or against any director, officer, employee or agent
of any BOE Entity in their capacities as such or with respect to any service to or on behalf of any
Employee Benefit Plan or any other Person at the request of the BOE Entity or Employee Benefit Plan
of any BOE Entity, or against any Asset, interest, or right of any of them, nor are there any
Orders or judgments outstanding against any BOE Entity. No claim for indemnity has been made or,
to BOE’s Knowledge, threatened by any director, officer, employee, independent contractor or agent
to any BOE Entity and to BOE’s Knowledge, no basis for any such claim exists.
5.19 Reports.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.19 of BOE Disclosure Memorandum, since January 1, 2004, in
addition to the BOE Exchange Act Reports, each BOE Entity has timely filed all reports and
statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was
required to file with Governmental Authorities. As of their respective dates, each of such
reports and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto,
complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws. As of their respective dates, such
reports and documents did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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5.20 Books and Records.
BOE and each BOE Entity maintains accurate books and records reflecting its Assets and
Liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls which provide assurance
that (a) transactions are executed with management’s authorization; (b) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial statements of BOE and to maintain
accountability for BOE’s consolidated Assets; (c) access to BOE’s Assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s authorization; (d) the reporting of BOE’s Assets is compared with
existing Assets at regular intervals; and (e) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory
are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the
collection thereof on a current and timely basis.
5.21 Loans to Executive Officers and Directors.
Neither BOE nor the Bank has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of
credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or
executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of BOE, except as permitted by Federal Reserve
Regulation O. Section 5.21 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum identifies any loan or extension of
credit maintained by BOE to which the second sentence of Section 13(k)(1) of the Exchange Act
applies.
5.22 Independence of Directors.
BOE’s directors listed on Section 5.22 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum and who will be
serving on the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation after the Closing Date will be
“independent” directors of the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
5.23 Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.
None of the BOE Entities or any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or
has any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger
from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or
(ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any required Consents or result in the imposition of a
condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of Section 9.1(b).
5.24 State Takeover Laws.
Each BOE Entity has taken all necessary action to exempt the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement from, or if necessary to challenge the validity or applicability of, any
applicable “moratorium,” “fair price,” “business combination,” “control share,” or other
anti-takeover Laws (collectively, “Takeover Laws”).
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5.25 Stockholders’ Support Agreements.
Each of the directors and executive officers of BOE has executed and delivered to CBAC the
Support Agreements in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.
5.26 Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.
Except for BOE Financial Advisor, neither BOE nor its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or Representatives, has employed any broker, finder or investment
banker or incurred any Liability for any financial advisory fees, investment bankers fees,
brokerage fees, commissions, or finder’s or other fees in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. BOE has received the written opinion of BOE Financial Advisor,
dated as of the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the Merger Consideration is fair from a
financial point of view, a signed copy of which has been delivered to CBAC.
5.27 Board Recommendation.
The Board of Directors of BOE, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous vote of the
directors present who constituted all of the directors then in office (i) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, the Support Agreements
and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, taken together, are fair to and in the best
interests of the BOE’s stockholders and (ii) resolved, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to
recommend that the holders of the shares of BOE Common Stock approve this Agreement, the Merger and
the related transactions and to call and hold a special meeting of BOE’s stockholders to consider
this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions.
5.28 Statements True and Correct.
(a) No statement, certificate, instrument, or other writing furnished or to be
furnished by any BOE Entity or any Affiliate thereof to CBAC pursuant to this Agreement or
any other document, agreement, or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any
untrue statement of material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(b) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by any BOE Entity or any
Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Registration Statement to be filed by CBAC with the
SEC will, when the Registration Statement becomes effective, be false or misleading with
respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
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(c) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the BOE Entity or any
Affiliate thereof for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to each
party’s stockholders in connection with the Stockholders Meetings, and any other
documents to be filed by any BOE Entity or any Affiliate thereof with the SEC or any other
Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the
respective time such documents are filed, and with respect to the any Joint Proxy Statement,
when first mailed to the stockholders of each party be false or misleading with respect to
any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, in
the case of the Joint Proxy Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, at the
time of the Stockholders Meetings be false or misleading with respect to any material fact,
or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier
communication with respect to the solicitation of any proxy for the Stockholders Meetings.
(d) All documents that any BOE Entity or any Affiliate thereof is responsible for
filing with any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable
Law.
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CBAC
CBAC hereby represents and warrants to BOE as follows:
6.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.
CBAC is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of
the State of
Delaware, and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and to own, lease and operate its Assets. CBAC is duly qualified or licensed to transact
business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the United States and foreign
jurisdictions where the character of its Assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires
it to be so qualified or licensed, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so
qualified or licensed is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC
Material Adverse Effect. The minute book and other organizational documents for CBAC has been made
available to BOE for its review and are true and complete in all material respects as in effect as
of the date of this Agreement and accurately reflect in all material respects all amendments
thereto and all proceedings of the respective Board of Directors (including any committees of the
Board of Directors) and stockholders thereto.
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6.2 Authority; No Breach By the Agreement.
(a) CBAC has the corporate power and authority necessary to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated
hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein, including the Merger, have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on
the part of CBAC, subject to the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
CBAC IPO Common Stock cast at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting with the holders of less than
20% of the outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock voting at the CBAC Stockholders
Meeting against the Merger and thereafter exercising the Conversion Rights, or in the event
that CBAC consummates a CBAC Business Combination prior to the CBAC Stockholders Meeting,
the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
by, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of CBAC Common Stock entitled to
vote at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting. Subject to any necessary approvals referred to in
Article 8, this Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of CBAC,
enforceable against CBAC in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, conservatorship, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of
specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before
which any proceeding may be brought).
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by CBAC, nor the consummation
by CBAC of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by CBAC with any of the
provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of CBAC’s
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (ii) constitute or result in a Default under, or
require any Consent (other than the Consent of TFC which has been received by CBAC),
pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Lien on any Asset of CBAC under, any Contract
or Permit of CBAC, or, (iii) subject to receipt of the requisite Consents referred to in
Section 9.1(b), constitute or result in a Default under, or require any Consent pursuant to,
any Law or Order applicable to CBAC or any of its material Assets.
(c) Other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of the Securities Laws,
applicable state corporate and securities Laws and the rules of AMEX and other than Consents
required from Regulatory Authorities, and other than notices to or filings with the IRS or
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to any employee benefit plans, and
other than Consents, filings, or notifications which, if not obtained or made, are not
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect,
no notice to, filing with, or Consent of, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the
consummation by CBAC of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated in this
Agreement.
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6.3 Capital Stock.
(a) The authorized capital stock of CBAC consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of CBAC
Common Stock, of which 9,375,000 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement (which includes 1,499,250 shares subject to Conversion Rights), and
(ii) 5,000,000 shares of CBAC Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital
stock of CBAC are, and all of the shares of CBAC Common Stock to be
issued in exchange for shares of BOE Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger, when
issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be, duly and validly issued and
outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable under the DGCL. None of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of CBAC have been, and none of the shares of CBAC Common Stock to be issued
in exchange for shares of BOE Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger will be issued in
violation of any preemptive rights of the current or past stockholders of CBAC.
(b) Except for 7,500,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
the CBAC Warrants and 1,050,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant
to the CBAC UPO, as disclosed in Section 6.3 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, shares
reserved for issuance pursuant to the TFC Agreement and shares reserved for issuance
pursuant to this Agreement, there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities
of CBAC reserved for issuance and no outstanding Rights relating to the capital stock of
CBAC.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 6.3(a), or as disclosed in Section 6.3 of the CBAC
Disclosure Memorandum, there are no shares of capital stock or other equity securities of
CBAC outstanding and no outstanding CBAC Rights relating to the capital stock of CBAC.
6.4 CBAC Subsidiaries.
CBAC has no subsidiaries.
6.5 Exchange Act Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) CBAC has timely filed and made available to BOE all Exchange Act Documents required
to be filed by CBAC since inception (together with all such Exchange Act Documents filed,
whether or not required to be filed, the “CBAC Exchange Act Reports”). The CBAC
Exchange Act Reports (i) at the time filed, complied in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other applicable Laws and (ii) did not,
at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of
this Agreement, then on the date of such amended or subsequent filing or, in the case of
registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such CBAC Exchange
Act Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such CBAC Exchange Act Reports,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each offering or
sale of securities by CBAC (i) was either registered under the Securities Act or made
pursuant to a valid exemption from registration, (ii) complied in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (iii) was
made pursuant to offering documents which did not, at the time of the offering (or, in the
case of registration statements, at the effective date thereof) contain any untrue statement
of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in the offering or
necessary in order to make the statements in such documents not
misleading. CBAC has delivered or made
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available to BOE all comment letters received by CBAC from the staffs
of the SEC and all responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of CBAC with respect to
all filings under the Securities Laws. CBAC’s principal executive officers and principal
financial officers (CBAC’s former principal executive officers and principal financial
officers, as applicable) have made the certifications required by Section 302 and 906 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act thereunder with respect
to CBAC’s Exchange Act Documents to the extent such rules or regulations applied at the time
of the filing. Such certifications contain no qualifications or exceptions to the matters
certified therein and have not been modified or withdrawn; and neither CBAC nor any of its
officers has received notice from any Regulatory Authority questioning or challenging the
accuracy, completeness, content, form or manner of filing or submissions of such
certification.
(b) Each of the CBAC Financial Statements (including, in each case, any related notes)
contained in the CBAC Exchange Act Reports, including any CBAC Exchange Act Reports filed
after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, complied, or will comply, as to
form in all material respects with the applicable published rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto, was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial
statements or, in the case of unaudited interim statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the
Exchange Act), and fairly presented in all material respects the financial position of CBAC
and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates and the results of operations and cash flows
for the periods indicated, including the fair values of the assets and liabilities shown
therein, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to
normal and recurring year-end adjustments which were not or are not expected to be material
in amount or effect. The CBAC Financial Statements are certified to the extent required by
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(c) Each of CBAC’s independent public accountants, which have expressed their opinion
with respect to the Financial Statements of CBAC included in CBAC’s Exchange Act Reports
(including the related notes), is and has been throughout the periods covered by such CBAC
Financial Statements (x) registered public accounting firms (as defined in Section 2(a)(12)
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act), (y) “independent” with respect to CBAC within the meaning of
Regulation S-X and, (z) with respect to CBAC, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l)
of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and related Securities Laws. Section 6.5(c) of the CBAC
Disclosure Memorandum lists all non-audit services performed by CBAC’s independent public
accountants for CBAC since inception.
(d) CBAC maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(b) or
15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that
all material information concerning CBAC is made known on a timely basis to the principal
executive officer and the principal financial officer. Section 6.5(d) of the CBAC
Disclosure Memorandum lists, and CBAC has delivered to BOE copies of, all written
description of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating such disclosure
controls and procedures. CBAC and its directors and executive officers have
complied at all times with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, including the filing
requirements thereunder to the extent applicable.
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(e) CBAC has reported the fair value of all warrants it has issued, including without
limitation, the CBAC Warrants, on its CBAC Financial Statements in accordance with Emerging
Issues Task Force No. 00-19, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and
Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock.
6.6 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.
CBAC has no Liabilities required under GAAP to be set forth on a balance sheet or in the notes
thereto that are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material
Adverse Effect, except Liabilities which are (i) accrued or reserved against in the balance sheet
of CBAC as of September 30, 2007, included in the CBAC Financial Statements delivered prior to the
date of this Agreement or reflected in the notes thereto, (ii) incurred or paid in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices subsequent to September 30, 2007, or (iii)
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except (x) as
reflected in CBAC’s balance sheet at September 30, 2007 or liabilities described in any notes
thereto (or liabilities for which neither accrual nor footnote disclosure is required pursuant to
GAAP or any applicable Regulatory Authority) or (y) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business since September 30, 2007 consistent with past practice or in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, CBAC has no Material Liabilities or obligations
of any nature.
6.7 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
(a) Since September 30, 2007, except as disclosed in the CBAC Financial Statements
delivered prior to the date of this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 6.7 of the CBAC
Disclosure Memorandum, (i) there have been no events, changes, or occurrences which have
had, or are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CBAC Material
Adverse Effect, and (ii) CBAC has not taken any action, or failed to take any action, prior
to the date of this Agreement, which action or failure, if taken after the date of this
Agreement, would represent or result in a material breach or violation of any of the
covenants and agreements of CBAC provided in this Agreement.
6.8 Tax Matters.
(a) CBAC has timely filed with the appropriate Taxing Authorities, all Tax Returns in
all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are required to be filed, and such Tax Returns are
correct and complete in all respects. CBAC is not the beneficiary of any extension of time
within which to file any Tax Return. All Taxes of CBAC (whether or not shown on any Tax
Return) have been fully and timely paid. There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a
Lien for current real property or ad valorem Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the
Assets of CBAC. No claim has ever been made by an authority in a jurisdiction where CBAC
does not file a Tax Return that CBAC may be subject to Taxes by that jurisdiction.
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(b) CBAC has not received any notice of assessment or proposed assessment in connection
with any Taxes, and there are no threatened or pending disputes, claims, audits or
examinations regarding any Taxes of CBAC or the assets of CBAC. No officer or employee
responsible for Tax matters of CBAC expects any Taxing Authority is reasonably likely to
assess any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed. No issue
has been raised by a Taxing Authority in any prior examination of CBAC which, by application
of the same or similar principles, could be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for
any subsequent taxable period. CBAC has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of
any Taxes or agreed to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(c) CBAC has complied with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the
withholding of Taxes and the payment thereof to appropriate authorities, including Taxes
required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any
employee or independent contractor, and Taxes required to be withheld and paid pursuant to
Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code or similar provisions under foreign Law.
(d) The unpaid Taxes of CBAC (i) did not, as of the most recent fiscal month end,
exceed the reserve for Tax Liability (other than any reserve for deferred Taxes established
to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the most
recent balance sheet (other than in any notes thereto) for CBAC and (ii) do not exceed that
reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with past
custom and practice of CBAC in filing its Tax Returns.
(e) Except as described in Section 6.8(e) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, CBAC is
not a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement.
(f) CBAC is not a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” as defined
in, and in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
(g) Except as disclosed in Section 6.8(g) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, CBAC has
not made any payments, is not obligated to make any payments, or is not a party to any
contract that could obligate it to make any payments that could be disallowed as a deduction
under Section 280G or 162(m) of the Code, or which would be subject to withholding under
Section 4999 of the Code. CBAC has not been a United States real property holding
corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. CBAC is not and
will not be required to include any adjustment in taxable income for any Tax period (or
portion thereof) pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or any comparable provision under state
or foreign Tax Laws as a result of transactions or events occurring prior to the Closing.
(h) CBAC is in compliance with, and its records contain all information and documents
(including properly completed IRS Forms W-9) necessary to comply with, all applicable
information reporting and Tax withholding requirements under federal, state,
and local Tax Laws, and such records identify with specificity all accounts subject to
backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code.
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(i) CBAC is not subject to any private letter ruling of the IRS or comparable rulings
of any Taxing Authority.
(j) No property owned by CBAC is (i) property required to be treated as being owned by
another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act
of 1986; (ii) “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code;
(iii) “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168(g) of the Code;
(iv) “limited use property” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 76-30; (v) subject to
Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code; or (vi) subject to any provision of state, local or
foreign Law comparable to any of the provisions listed above.
(k) CBAC has no “corporate acquisition indebtedness” within the meaning of Section 279
of the Code.
6.9 Compliance with Laws.
(a) CBAC, on or before consummation of the Merger, will be a bank holding company duly
registered and in good standing as such with the Federal Reserve and the Bureau and a member
in good standing of the Federal Reserve System.
(b) CBAC has in effect all Permits and has made all filings, applications, and
registrations with Governmental Authorities that are required for it to own, lease, or
operate its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and there has occurred no
Default under any such Permit applicable to its respective businesses or employees
conducting their respective businesses.
(c) CBAC is not in Default under any Laws or Orders applicable to its business or
employees conducting its business.
(d) CBAC has not received any notification or communication from any Governmental
Authority (i) asserting that CBAC is in Default under any of the Permits, Laws or Orders
which such Governmental Authority enforces, (ii) threatening to revoke any Permits, or (iii)
requiring CBAC (x) to enter into or consent to the issuance of a cease and desist order,
formal agreement, directive, commitment, or memorandum of understanding, or (y) to adopt any
resolution of its Board of Directors or similar undertaking which restricts materially the
conduct of its business or in any manner relates to its employment decisions, its employment
or safety policies or practices.
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(e) There (i) is no unresolved violation, criticism, or exception by any Governmental
Authority with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or
inspections of CBAC; (ii) are no notices or correspondence received by
CBAC with respect to formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes
with, any Governmental Authority with respect to CBAC’s business, operations, policies or
procedures since its inception; and (iii) is not any pending or, to CBAC’s Knowledge,
threatened any investigation or review of CBAC on behalf of any Governmental Authority, nor
has any Governmental Authority indicated an intention to conduct any, investigation or
review of CBAC.
(f) None of CBAC or any of its directors, officers, employees or Representatives acting
on its behalf has offered, paid, or agreed to pay any Person, including any Governmental
Authority, directly or indirectly, any thing of value for the purpose of, or with the intent
of obtaining or retaining any business in violation of applicable Laws, including (i) using
any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expense relating to political activity; (ii) making any direct or indirect unlawful payment
to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds;
(iii) violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or
(iv) making any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment.
6.10 Employment Benefit Plans.
(a) CBAC has disclosed in Section 6.10 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, and has
delivered or made available to BOE prior to the execution of this Agreement, (i) copies of
each Employee Benefit Plan currently adopted, maintained by, sponsored in whole or in part
by, or contributed or required to be contributed to by CBAC or ERISA Affiliate thereof for
the benefit of employees, former employees, retirees, dependents, spouses, directors,
independent contractors, or other beneficiaries or under which employees, retirees, former
employees, dependents, spouses, directors, independent contractors, or other beneficiaries
are eligible to participate (each, a “CBAC Benefit Plan,” and collectively, the
“CBAC Benefit Plans”) and (ii) a list of each Employee Benefit Plan that is not
identified in (i) above (e.g., former Employee Benefit Plans) in respect of which CBAC or
ERISA Affiliate has or reasonably could have any obligation or Liability (each a “CBAC
Other Plan”). Any of the CBAC Benefit Plans which is an “employee pension benefit
plan,” as that term is defined in ERISA Section 3(2), is referred to herein as a “CBAC
ERISA Plan.” No CBAC ERISA Plan or CBAC Other Plan is a “defined benefit plan” (as
defined in Code Section 414(j)), or is subject to Code Section 412 or Title IV of ERISA.
(b) CBAC has delivered or made available to BOE prior to the execution of this
Agreement (i) all trust agreements or other funding arrangements for all Employee Benefit
Plans; (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or
advisory opinions issued by the IRS, the DOL or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
during this calendar year or any of the preceding calendar years since inception; (iii) any
filing or documentation (whether or not filed with the IRS) where corrective action was
taken in connection with the IRS EPCRS program set forth in Revenue Procedure 2001-17 (or
its predecessor or successor rulings); (iv) annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited
financial statements, actuarial reports and valuations
prepared for any Employee Benefit Plan for the current plan year and the three
preceding plan years; and (v) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material
modifications thereto.
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(c) Each CBAC Benefit Plan is in material compliance with the terms of such CBAC
Benefit Plan, in material compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code, in
material compliance with the applicable requirements of ERISA, and in material compliance
with any other applicable Laws. Each CBAC ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion
from the IRS that is as current as possible under applicable IRS procedures and that is
still in effect and applies to the applicable CBAC ERISA Plan as amended and as administered
or, within the time permitted under Code Section 401(b), has timely applied for a favorable
determination letter, which when issued, will be as current as possible under applicable IRS
procedures and which, when issued, will apply retroactively to the CBAC ERISA Plan as
amended and as administered. CBAC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in
revocation of any such favorable determination letter which has been issued by the IRS, and
CBAC is not aware of any circumstances likely to result in a failure to issue any such
favorable determination letter for which it has applied. CBAC has not received any
communication (written or unwritten) from any Governmental Authority questioning or
challenging the compliance of any CBAC Benefit Plan with applicable Laws. No CBAC Benefit
Plan is currently being audited by any Governmental Authority for compliance with applicable
Laws or has been audited with a determination by any Governmental Authority that the
Employee Benefit Plan failed to comply with applicable Laws.
(d) There has been no oral or written representation or communication with respect to
any aspect of the Employee Benefit Plans made to employees of the CBAC which is not in
accordance with the written or otherwise preexisting terms and provisions of such plans.
Neither CBAC nor any administrator or fiduciary of any CBAC Benefit Plan (or any agent of
any of the foregoing) has engaged in any transaction, or acted or failed to act in any
manner, which could subject CBAC or CBAC to any direct or indirect Liability (by indemnity
or otherwise) for breach of any fiduciary, co-fiduciary or other duty under ERISA. There
are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, the CBAC
Benefit Plans other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course of
business and no action, proceeding, prosecution, inquiry, hearing or investigation has been
commenced with respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan.
(e) All CBAC Benefit Plan documents and annual reports or returns, audited or unaudited
financial statements, actuarial valuations, summary annual reports, and summary plan
descriptions issued with respect to the CBAC Benefit Plans are correct and complete in all
material respects, have been timely filed with the IRS or the DOL, and distributed to
participants of the CBAC Benefit Plans (as required by Law), and there have been no changes
in the information set forth therein.
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(f) To the CBAC’s Knowledge, no “party in interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14))
or “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2)) of any CBAC Benefit Plan
has engaged in any nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (described in Code Section 4975(c) or
ERISA Section 406).
(g) CBAC does not, and has never had, a pension plan, or any plan that is or was
subject to Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. There is no Lien nor
is there expected to be a Lien under Code Section 412(n) or ERISA Section 302(f) or Tax
under Code Section 4971 applicable to CBAC or its Assets. Neither CBAC nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates is subject to or can reasonably be expected to become subject to a Lien under
Code Section 401(a)(29). All premiums required to be paid under ERISA Section 4006, if any,
have been timely paid by CBAC and by each of its ERISA Affiliates.
(h) No Liability under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by CBAC
or its ERISA Affiliates and no event has occurred that could reasonably result in Liability
under Title IV of ERISA being incurred by CBAC or its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any
ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single-employer plan of CBAC or the single-employer
plan of any ERISA Affiliate. There has been no “reportable event,” within the meaning of
ERISA Section 4043, for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived by any
ongoing, frozen, terminated or other single employer plan of CBAC or of an ERISA Affiliate.
(i) CBAC has no Liability for retiree or similar health, life or death benefits under
any of the CBAC Benefit Plans, or other plan or arrangement, except to the extent required
under Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or Code Section 4980B and there are no restrictions on the
rights of CBAC to amend or terminate any such retiree health or benefit plan without
incurring any Liability thereunder. No Tax under Code Sections 4980B or 5000 has been
incurred with respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan, or other plan or arrangement, and no
circumstance exists which could give rise to such Taxes.
(j) Except as disclosed in Section 6.10 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment
compensation, golden parachute, or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee
of CBAC from CBAC under any CBAC Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase any benefits
otherwise payable under any CBAC Benefit Plan, or (iii) result in any acceleration of the
time of payment or vesting of any such benefit, or any benefit under any life insurance
owned by CBAC or the rights of CBAC in, to or under any insurance on the life of any current
or former officer, director or employee of CBAC, or change any rights or obligations of CBAC
with respect to such insurance.
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(k) The actuarial present values of all accrued deferred compensation entitlements
(including entitlements under any executive compensation, supplemental retirement, or
employment agreement) of employees and former employees of CBAC and
its beneficiaries, other than entitlements accrued pursuant to funded retirement plans,
whether or not subject to the provisions of Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302, have been
fully reflected on the CBAC Financial Statements to the extent required by and in accordance
with GAAP.
(l) All individuals who render services to CBAC and who are authorized to participate
in a CBAC Benefit Plan pursuant to the terms of such CBAC Benefit Plan are in fact eligible
to and authorized to participate in such CBAC Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms of
such CBAC Benefit Plan, the Code, ERISA and other applicable Laws.
(m) Neither CBAC nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has had an “obligation to contribute”
(as defined in ERISA Section 4212) to, or other obligations or Liability in connection with,
a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) or 3(37)(A)).
(n) Except as disclosed in Section 6.10 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, there are no
payments or changes in terms due to any insured person as a result of this Agreement, the
Merger or the transactions contemplated herein, under any bank-owned, corporate-owned split
dollar life insurance, other life insurance, or similar arrangement or Contract, and the
Successor Corporation shall, upon and after the Effective Time, succeed to and have all the
rights in, to and under such life insurance Contracts as CBAC presently holds. CBAC will,
upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and will continue to have,
notwithstanding this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby,
all ownership rights and interest in all corporate or bank-owned life insurance.
(o) No CBAC Benefit Plan holds any employer security (within the meaning of ERISA
Section 407(d)(1)) or employer real property (within the meaning of ERISA Section
407(d)(2)); and no commitment has been made that would require any CBAC Benefit Plan to hold
any such employer security or employer real property.
(p) All contributions and premiums required by applicable Law or the terms of an
applicable CBAC Benefit Plan to be paid prior to Closing have been or will be timely made or
paid in full prior to the Closing.
(q) There has been no act or omission which has given rise to or may give rise to
material fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Sections 502(c), 502(i), 501(l) or
4071 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47 or 68 of the Code for which any of the CBAC Entities or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates may be liable.
(r) No action has been or reasonably ought to be taken to correct any defects with
respect to any CBAC Benefit Plan under any IRS correction procedure or any United States
Department of Labor fiduciary correction procedure.
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(s) No payment contemplated by any CBAC Benefit Plan would in the aggregate constitute
excess parachute payments as defined in Section 280G of the Code (without regard to
subsection (b)(4) thereof).
(t) Each CBAC Benefit Plan which constitutes a “group health plan” (as defined in ERISA
Section 607(1) or Code Section 4980B(g)(2)) has been operated in material compliance with
applicable Law.
(u) There has been no act or omission that would impair or otherwise limit the right or
ability of CBAC or the Bank, as may be applicable, to unilaterally amend, from time to time,
or terminate, any CBAC Benefit Plan.
(v) Each CBAC Benefit Plan which is subject to Code Section 409A has been operated and
administered in compliance with and otherwise complies with such section. No tax, interest
or penalty has been assessed or incurred pursuant to Code Section 409A in relation to any
CBAC Benefit Plan.
6.11 Material Contracts.
(a) Except as disclosed in Section 6.11 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum or otherwise
reflected in the CBAC Financial Statements, none of CBAC, nor any of its respective Assets,
businesses, or operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits
under, (i) any employment, severance, termination, consulting, or retirement Contract
providing for aggregate payments to any Person in any calendar year in excess of $125,000,
(ii) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by CBAC or the guarantee by CBAC of any
such obligation other than trade payables and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees
made in the ordinary course of CBAC’s business), (iii) any Contract which prohibits or
restricts CBAC or any personnel of CBAC from engaging in any business activities in any
geographic area, line of business or otherwise in competition with any other Person, (iv)
any Contract involving Intellectual Property (other than Contracts entered into in the
ordinary course with customers or “shrink-wrap” software licenses), (v) any Contract
relating to the provision of data processing, network communication, or other technical
services to or by CBAC, (vi) any Contract relating to the purchase or sale of any goods or
services (other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and involving
payments under any individual Contract or series of contracts not in excess of $125,000),
(vii) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter swap, forward, future, option, cap, floor, or
collar financial Contract, or any other interest rate or foreign currency protection
Contract or any Contract that is a combination thereof not included on its balance sheet,
and (viii) any other Contract that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to a Form
10-K filed by CBAC as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to the reporting requirements
of the Exchange Act, if such reporting requirements applied to CBAC as of such date
(together with all Contracts referred to in Sections 6.10(a), the “CBAC Contracts”).
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(b) With respect to each CBAC Contract and except as disclosed in Section 6.11 of the
CBAC Disclosure Memorandum: (i) the Contract is in full force and
effect; (ii) CBAC is not in Default thereunder; (iii) CBAC has not repudiated or waived
any material provision of any such Contract; (iv) no other party to any such Contract is, to
CBAC’s Knowledge, in Default in any respect or has repudiated or waived each material
provision thereunder; and (v) no consent is required by a Contract for the execution,
delivery, or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or the other
transactions contemplated hereby. All of the indebtedness of CBAC for money borrowed is
prepayable at any time by CBAC without penalty, premium or charge, except as specified in
Section 6.11(b) of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum.
6.12 Legal Proceedings.
Except as disclosed in Section 6.12 of the CBAC Disclosure Memorandum, there is no Litigation
instituted or pending, or, to the Knowledge of CBAC, threatened (or unasserted but considered
probable of assertion) against CBAC, or against any director, officer, employee or agent of CBAC in
their capacities as such or with respect to any service to or on behalf of any Employee Benefit
Plan or any other Person at the request of CBAC or Employee Benefit Plan of CBAC, or against any
Asset, interest, or right of any of them, nor are there any Orders or judgments outstanding against
CBAC. No claim for indemnity has been made or, to CBAC’s Knowledge, threatened by any director,
officer, employee, independent contractor or agent to CBAC and to CBAC’s Knowledge, no basis for
any such claim exists.
6.13 Reports.
Since inception, in addition to the CBAC Exchange Act Reports, CBAC has filed all reports and
statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was
required to file with Governmental Authorities. As of their respective dates, each of such reports
and documents, including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, complied in all
material respects with all applicable Laws. As of their respective date, each such report,
statement and document did not, in all material respects, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
6.14 Brokers and Finders; Opinion of Financial Advisor.
Except for Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. neither CBAC nor any of its respective officers,
directors, employees or Representatives, has employed any broker or finder or incurred any
Liability for any financial advisory fees, investment bankers’ fees, brokerage fees, commissions,
or finder’s fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. CBAC
has received the written opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., dated as of the date of this
Agreement, to the effect that the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view, a
signed copy of which has been delivered to BOE.
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6.15 Board Recommendation.
The Board of Directors of CBAC, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous
vote of the directors present who constituted all of the directors then in office (i)
determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger, the Support Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, taken
together, are fair to and in the best interests of CBAC’s stockholders and (ii) resolved,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, to recommend that the holders of the shares of CBAC
Common Stock approve this Agreement, the Merger and the related transactions and to call and
hold a special meeting of CBAC’s stockholders to consider this Agreement, the Merger and the
related transactions.
6.16 Statements True and Correct.
(a) No statement, certificate, instrument or other writing furnished or to be furnished
by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof to BOE pursuant to this Agreement or any other document,
agreement or instrument referred to herein contains or will contain any untrue statement of
material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof
for inclusion in the Registration Statement to be filed by CBAC with the SEC will, when the
Registration Statement becomes effective, be false or misleading with respect to any
material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading.
(c) None of the information supplied by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof for inclusion in
the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to each Party’s stockholders in connection with the
Stockholders Meetings, and any other documents to be filed by CBAC or any Affiliate thereof
with the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, will, at the respective time such documents are filed, and with respect
to the Joint Proxy Statement, when first mailed to the stockholders of each Party be false
or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or, in the case of the Joint Proxy Statement or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, at the time of the Stockholders Meetings be false or
misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary
to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of
any proxy for the Stockholders Meetings.
(d) All documents that CBAC or any Affiliate thereof is responsible for filing with any
Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply
as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law.
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6.17 Tax and Regulatory Matters; Consents.
Neither CBAC nor any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any
Knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially
impede or delay receipt of any required Consents or result in the imposition of a condition or
restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of Section 9.1(b).
ARTICLE 7
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING CONSUMMATION
7.1 Affirmative Covenants of BOE.
From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of
this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of CBAC shall have been obtained, and except as
otherwise expressly contemplated herein, BOE shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
(i) operate its business only in the usual, regular and ordinary course, (ii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and Assets and maintain its rights
and franchises, (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its representations and
warranties to be correct at all times, (iv) use best efforts to provide all information requested
by CBAC related to loans or other transactions made by BOE with a value equal to or exceeding
$250,000, (v) consult with CBAC prior to entering into or making any loans or other transactions
with a value equal to or exceeding $500,000, and (vi) take no action which would (A) adversely
affect the ability of any Party to obtain any Consents required for the transactions contemplated
hereby without imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last
sentences of Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b) or 9.1(c), or (B) materially adversely affect the ability of
any Party to perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement.
7.2 Negative Covenants of the Parties.
From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of
this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of the other Party shall have been obtained, and
except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein, each Party covenants and agrees that it will not
do or agree or commit to do, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do or agree or commit to do, any
of the following:
(a) amend the Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other
governing instruments of CBAC or any BOE Entity, as applicable, provided nothing in this
Section 7.2(a) shall prohibit either Party from amending its Certificate of Incorporation,
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws as contemplated by this Agreement or, in the case of
CBAC, as contemplated in the TFC Agreement;
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(b) modify the Bank’s lending policy (in the case of BOE), incur any additional debt
obligation or other obligation for borrowed money in excess of an
aggregate of $100,000 except in the ordinary course of the business of any CBAC Entity
or BOE Entity, as applicable, consistent with past practices and that are prepayable without
penalty, charge or other payment (which exception shall include, for Subsidiaries that are
depository institutions, creation of deposit liabilities, purchases of federal funds,
advances from the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, and entry into repurchase
agreements fully secured by U.S. government securities or U.S. government agency
securities), or impose, or suffer the imposition, on any Asset of any CBAC Entity or any BOE
Entity, as applicable, of any Lien or permit any such Lien to exist (other than in
connection with public deposits, repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, “treasury tax
and loan” accounts established in the ordinary course of business of Subsidiaries that are
depository institutions, the satisfaction of legal requirements in the exercise of trust
powers, and Liens in effect as of the date hereof that are disclosed in the BOE Disclosure
Memorandum);
(c) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire or exchange (other than exchanges in the
ordinary course under employee benefit plans), directly or indirectly, any shares, or any
securities convertible into any shares, of the capital stock of CBAC or any BOE Entity, or
declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of either Party’s
capital stock; provided, that BOE may (to the extent legally and contractually permitted to
do so), but shall not be obligated to, declare and pay regular quarterly cash dividends on
shares of BOE Common Stock at a rate not in excess of $0.22 per share with usual and regular
record and payment dates in accordance with past practice disclosed in Section 7.2(c) of the
BOE Disclosure Memorandum and such dates may not be changed without the prior written
consent of CBAC; provided, that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.3 hereof, the
Parties shall cooperate to ensure that, with respect to the semi-annual period in which the
Effective Time occurs, the holders of CBAC Common Stock do not become entitled to receive
both a dividend in respect of their CBAC Common Stock and a dividend in respect of BOE
Common Stock or fail to be entitled to receive any dividend;
(d) except for this Agreement, the TFC Agreement, and the exercise of BOE Rights that
have been granted prior to the date hereof and which shall vest prior to the Effective Time
in accordance with their terms, issue, sell, pledge, encumber, authorize the issuance of,
sell, pledge, encumber, or authorize the issuance of, or otherwise permit to become
outstanding, any additional shares of CBAC Common Stock, BOE Common Stock, any other capital
stock of any BOE Entity, or any Right;
(e) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of CBAC or any BOE Entity or
issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of or in substitution for
shares of CBAC Common Stock or BOE Common Stock, or sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise
dispose of or otherwise (i) any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary or (ii) any Asset
other than in the ordinary course of business for reasonable and adequate consideration;
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(f) except for purchases of U.S. Treasury securities or U.S. Government agency
securities, which in either case have maturities of two years or less, purchase any
securities or make any material investment except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to
capital, Asset transfers, or purchase of any Assets, in any Person other than a wholly owned
Subsidiary, or otherwise acquire, or enter into any agreement to acquire, direct or indirect
control over any Person, other than in connection with foreclosures of loans in the ordinary
course of business;
(g) (i) grant any bonus or increase in compensation or benefits to the employees,
officers or directors of any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity, as applicable, except in the case of
officers and employees for normal individual increases in compensation in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and for any bonuses earned pursuant to any
incentive plan duly adopted and approved and existing on the date hereof; (ii) commit or
agree to pay any severance or termination pay, or any stay or other bonus to any BOE
director, officer or employee; (iii) enter into or amend any severance agreements with
officers, employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of any CBAC Entity or any
BOE Entity, as applicable; (iv) change any fees or other compensation or other benefits to
directors of any BOE Entity; or (v) waive any stock repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or
change the period of exercisability of any Rights or restricted stock, or reprice Rights
granted under the BOE Stock Plans or authorize cash payments in exchange for any Rights; or
accelerate or vest or commit or agree to accelerate or vest any amounts, benefits or rights
payable by any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity, except as permitted under the terms of the
agreement evidencing such right;
(h) enter into or amend any employment Contract between any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity
and any Person (unless such amendment is required by Law) that the CBAC Entity or BOE Entity
does not have the unconditional right to terminate without Liability (other than Liability
for services already rendered), at any time on or after the Effective Time;
(i) except for the adoption of the TFC employee benefit plans as contemplated by the
TFC Agreement, adopt any new employee benefit plan of any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity, as
applicable, or terminate or withdraw from, or make any material change in or to, any
existing employee benefit plans, welfare plans, insurance, stock or other plans of any CBAC
Entity or BOE Entity, as applicable, other than any such change that is required by Law or
that, in the written opinion of counsel, is necessary or advisable to maintain the tax
qualified status of any such plan, or make any distributions from such employee benefit or
welfare plans, except as required by Law, the terms of such plans or consistent with past
practice;
(j) make any change in any Tax or accounting methods or systems of internal accounting
controls, except as may be appropriate and necessary to conform to changes in Tax Laws,
regulatory accounting requirements or GAAP or file any amended Tax Return, enter into any
closing agreement, settle any Tax claim or assessment relating to any CBAC Entity or BOE
Entity, as applicable, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment
relating to any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity, as applicable, or take
any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any
Tax;
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(k) commence any Litigation other than in accordance with past practice or settle any
Litigation involving any Liability of any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity, as applicable, for
money damages or restrictions upon the operations of any CBAC Entity or BOE Entity;
(l) enter into, modify, amend or terminate any material Contract (including any loan
Contract with respect to any extension of credit with an unpaid balance exceeding $500,000)
or waive, release, compromise or assign any material rights or claims with respect to any
material Contract, or make any adverse changes in the mix, rates, terms or maturities of its
deposits and other Liabilities, including, in the case of CBAC, any material amendment to
the TFC Agreement or the waiver of any material obligation of TFC or right of CBAC under the
TFC Agreement;
(m) take any action or fail to take any action that at the time of such action or
inaction is reasonably likely to prevent, or would be reasonably likely to materially
interfere with, the consummation of this Merger.
7.3 Affirmative Covenants of CBAC.
From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of
this Agreement, unless the prior written consent of BOE shall have been obtained, and except as
otherwise expressly contemplated herein, CBAC shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to;
(i) operate its business only in the usual, regular and ordinary course; (ii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve intact its business organization and Assets and maintain its rights
and franchises; (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its representations and
warranties to be correct at all times; and (iv) take no action which would (A) adversely affect the
ability of any Party to obtain any Consents required for the transactions contemplated hereby
without imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentences of
Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c) or, or (B) materially adversely affect the ability of any Party to
perform its covenants and agreements under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing and
Section 8.3 hereof, provided CBAC consults and apprises a special committee of the Board of
Directors of BOE (the membership of such committee to be determined by the Board of Directors of
BOE), nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to prohibit CBAC from negotiating or, with the
consent of BOE, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, entering into a binding letter of
intent or definitive agreement to acquire control of a financial institution, whether by merger or
otherwise, or from taking action to list its shares on the Nasdaq Global Market and delist its
shares from AMEX so long as CBAC does not terminate this Agreement.
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7.4 Adverse Changes in Condition.
Each Party agrees to give written notice promptly to the other Party upon becoming aware of
the occurrence or impending occurrence of any event or circumstance relating to it or
any of its Subsidiaries which (i) has had or is reasonably likely to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse Effect or a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, as applicable,
(ii) would cause or constitute a material breach of any of its representations, warranties, or
covenants contained herein, or (iii) would be reasonably likely to prevent or materially interfere
with the consummation of the Merger, and to use its reasonable efforts to prevent or promptly to
remedy the same.
7.5 Reports.
Each of CBAC and its Subsidiaries and BOE and its Subsidiaries shall file all reports required
to be filed by it with Regulatory Authorities between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time and shall deliver to the other Party copies of all such reports promptly after the same are
filed. Each Party’s financial statements between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, whether or not contained in any such reports filed under the Exchange Act or with any other
Regulatory Authority, will fairly present the consolidated financial position of the entity filing
such statements as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the periods then ended in accordance with GAAP (subject in
the case of interim financial statements to normal recurring year-end adjustments that are not
material). As of their respective dates, such reports filed under the Exchange Act or with any
other Regulatory Authority will comply in all material respects with the Securities Laws and will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Any financial statements contained in any other
reports to another Regulatory Authority shall be prepared in accordance with the Laws applicable to
such reports.
7.6 Claims Against Trust Account.
BOE understands that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the
Trust Fund, CBAC may disburse monies from the Trust Fund only: (a) to its public stockholders in
the event of the redemption of their shares or the dissolution and liquidation of CBAC, (b) to CBAC
(less CBAC’s deferred underwriting compensation only) after CBAC consummates a business
combination (as described in the Prospectus) or (c) as consideration to the sellers of a target
business with which CBAC completes a business combination.
BOE agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, BOE does not
now have, and shall not at any time prior to the Effective Time have, any claim to, or make any
claim against, the Trust Fund, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in
connection with or relating in any way to, the business relationship between BOE on the one hand,
and CBAC on the other hand, this Agreement, or any other agreement or any other matter, and
regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of
legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to in this Section 7.6 as the
“Claims”). Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, BOE hereby
irrevocably waives any Claim it may have, now or in the future (in each case, however, prior to the
consummation of a business combination), and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any
reason whatsoever in respect thereof. In the event that BOE commences any action or
proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating
to CBAC, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Fund or the public
stockholders of CBAC, whether in the form of money damages or injunctive relief, CBAC shall be
entitled to recover from BOE the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such
action, in the event CBAC prevails in such action or proceeding.
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ARTICLE 8
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
8.1 Registration Statement; Joint Proxy Statement.
(a) Each of CBAC and BOE agrees to cooperate in the preparation of a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 to be filed by CBAC with the SEC and any other filings to be made by
either Party, including but not limited to the Form S-4 to be filed by CBAC with the SEC in
connection with CBAC’s acquisition of TFC and filings of Current Reports on Form 8-K, with
the SEC or any other Regulatory Authority, in connection with the issuance of CBAC Common
Stock in the Merger and the consummation of the Merger. Each of CBAC and BOE agrees to use
all reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under
the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after filing thereof. Each of CBAC
and BOE shall furnish to each other all information concerning them that they may reasonably
require in connection with the Registration Statement.
(b) CBAC also agrees to use all reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state
securities law or “Blue Sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. BOE agrees to furnish CBAC all information concerning BOE,
the Bank, and their respective officers, directors, and stockholders as may be reasonably
requested in connection with the foregoing. As a result of the registration of the CBAC
Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement, such stock shall be freely tradable by
the stockholders of BOE except to the extent that the transfer of any shares of CBAC Common
Stock received by stockholders of BOE is subject to the provisions of Rule 145 under the
Securities Act or restricted under Tax rules. BOE and its counsel shall have a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement being filed with the SEC and
any responses filed with the SEC regarding the Registration Statement.
(c) Each of BOE and CBAC agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the
information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in
(i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement and each
amendment or supplement thereto, if any, becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) none of
the information supplied by it or any of its respective Subsidiaries for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Joint Proxy Statement will at the date of the mailing to
its stockholders or at the time of the meeting of its stockholders
held for the purpose of obtaining the BOE Stockholder Approval or the CBAC Stockholder Approval, as
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applicable, 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. Each of BOE and CBAC further agrees that if it shall become aware prior to the
Effective Date of any information that would cause any of the statements in the Registration
Statement or Joint Proxy Statement to be false or misleading with respect to any material
fact, or to omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
false or misleading, to promptly inform the other Party thereof and to take the necessary
steps to correct the Joint Proxy Statement.
(d) In the case of CBAC, CBAC will advise BOE, promptly after CBAC receives notice
thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement
or amendment has been filed, or of the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the
qualification of the CBAC Common Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the SEC
for the amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or for additional information.
8.2 Stockholder Approvals.
(a) CBAC shall call a stockholders meeting, to be held as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Joint Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC, for the purpose of voting
upon adoption of this Agreement, the amendments to CBAC’s Certificate of Incorporation set
forth in Exhibit A hereto and such other related matters as it deems appropriate.
BOE shall call a stockholders meeting, to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after
the Joint Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC, for the purpose of voting upon the adoption
of this Agreement and such other related matters as it deems appropriate. The Parties shall
coordinate and cooperate with respect to the timing of such meetings and shall use their
reasonable efforts to hold such meetings on the same day.
(b) In connection with the Stockholders Meetings, (i) CBAC and BOE shall mail the Joint
Proxy Statement to their respective stockholders, (ii) the Boards of Directors of CBAC and
BOE shall recommend to their respective stockholders the approval of the matters submitted
for approval and (iii) the Board of Directors and officers of CBAC and BOE shall use their
reasonable efforts to obtain such stockholders’ approval; provided that each of CBAC and BOE
may withdraw, modify, or change in an adverse manner to the other Party its recommendations
of the Board of Directors of such Party if, after having consulted with and based upon the
advice of counsel, such Party determines in good faith that the failure to so withdraw,
modify or change its recommendation could constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of
such Party’s Board of Directors under applicable Law.
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8.3 Other Offers.
(a) Neither any CBAC Entity nor any BOE Entity shall, nor shall either Party authorize
or permit any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives to, directly or
indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or induce the making, submission or
announcement of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate in any discussions or
negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person or “Group” (as such term is defined in
Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) any nonpublic information with respect to, or take any
other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes or
may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) subject to
Section 8.3(c), approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) enter into
any definitive agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction;
provided, however, that this Section 8.3 shall not prohibit either Party from furnishing
nonpublic information regarding itself and its Subsidiaries to or entering into a
confidentiality agreement or discussions or negotiations with, any Person or Group in
response to a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal submitted by such Person or
Group (and not withdrawn) if (A) neither any CBAC Entity nor any BOE Entity or their
respective Representatives or Affiliates, as applicable, shall have violated any of the
restrictions set forth in this Section 8.3, (B) the Board of Directors of CBAC or BOE, as
the case may be, in its good faith judgment (based on, among other things, the advice of
CBAC Financial Advisor or BOE Financial Advisor, as applicable, that such Acquisition
Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal, (C) the Board of Directors of CBAC or BOE, as the
case may be, concludes in good faith, after consultation with and receipt of a written
opinion from its outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be
inconsistent with its fiduciary duties, as such duties would exist in the absence of this
Section 8.3, to the stockholders of CBAC or BOE, as the case may be, under applicable Law,
(D) (1) at least five business days prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to,
or entering into discussions or negotiations with, such Person or group, the Party gives the
other Party written notice of the identity of such Person or Group and of such Party’s
intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions or negotiations
with, such Person or Group, and (2) such Party receives from such Person or Group an
executed confidentiality agreement containing terms no less favorable to the disclosing
Party than the confidentiality terms of this Agreement, and (E) contemporaneously with
furnishing any such nonpublic information to such Person or group, such Party furnishes such
nonpublic information to the other Party (to the extent such nonpublic information has not
been previously furnished by such Party). In addition to the foregoing, such Party shall
provide the other Party with at least five business days’ prior written notice of a meeting
of its Board of Directors at which meeting such Board of Directors is reasonably expected to
resolve to recommend a Superior Proposal of CBAC or BOE, as the case may be, to its
stockholders and together with such notice a copy of the most recently proposed
documentation relating to such Superior Proposal; provided, further, that such Party hereby
agrees promptly to provide to the other Party any revised documentation and any definitive
agreement relating to such Superior Proposal.
(b) In addition to the obligations set forth in this Section 8.3, as promptly as
practicable, after any of the directors or executive officers of CBAC or BOE, as the case
may be, become aware thereof, the applicable Party shall advise the other Party of (x) any
request received by it for nonpublic information which such Party reasonably believes could
lead to an Acquisition Proposal or (y) any Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and
conditions of such request or Acquisition Proposal, and the identity of the Person or
Group making any such request or Acquisition Proposal. Each Party shall keep the other
Party informed promptly of material amendments or modifications to any such request or
Acquisition Proposal.
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(c) CBAC and each BOE Entity shall, and shall cause their respective directors,
officers, employees and Representatives to immediately cease any and all existing
activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect
to any Acquisition Proposal and will use and cause to be used all reasonable efforts to
enforce any confidentiality or similar or related agreement relating to any Acquisition
Proposal.
(d) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent a Party or its Board of Directors
from complying with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act with respect to an
Acquisition Proposal; provided that, such Rules will in no way eliminate or modify the
effect that any action pursuant to such Rules would otherwise have under this Agreement.
8.4 Consents of Regulatory Authorities.
The Parties hereto shall cooperate with each other and use their reasonable efforts to
promptly prepare and file all necessary documentation and applications, to effect all applications,
notices, petitions and filings, and to obtain as promptly as practicable all Consents of all
Regulatory Authorities and other Persons which are necessary or advisable to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger). The Parties agree that they
will consult with each other with respect to the obtaining of all Consents of all Regulatory
Authorities and other Persons necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and each Party will keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to
contemplation of the transactions contemplated herein. Each Party also shall promptly advise the
other upon receiving any communication from any Regulatory Authority or other Person whose Consent
is required for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which causes such
Party to believe that there is a reasonable likelihood that any requisite Consent will not be
obtained or that the receipt of any such Consent will be materially delayed.
8.5 Agreement as to Efforts to Consummate.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party agrees to use, and to cause
its Subsidiaries to use, its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to
do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper, or advisable under applicable Laws to
consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement,
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using its reasonable efforts to lift or
rescind any Order adversely affecting its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated
herein and to cause to be satisfied the conditions referred to in Article 9; provided, that nothing
herein shall preclude either Party from exercising its rights under this Agreement.
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8.6 Investigation and Confidentiality.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall keep the other Party advised of all
material developments relevant to its business and the consummation of the Merger and shall
permit the other Party to make or cause to be made such investigation of its business and
properties (including that of its Subsidiaries) and of their respective financial and legal
conditions as the other Party reasonably requests; provided, that such investigation shall
be reasonably related to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not interfere
unnecessarily with normal operations. Without limiting the foregoing, CBAC may attend any
meeting of the loan committee of the Bank. With respect to any such meeting, CBAC may
attend as an observer only and shall receive notice of such meeting as if CBAC were a member
of such committee. No investigation by a Party shall affect the ability of such Party to
rely on the representations and warranties of the other Party. Between the date hereof and
the Effective Time, BOE shall permit CBAC’s senior officers and independent auditors to meet
with the senior officers of BOE, including officers responsible for the BOE Financial
Statements, the internal controls of BOE and the disclosure controls and procedures of BOE
and BOE’s independent public accountants, to discuss such matters as CBAC may deem
reasonably necessary or appropriate for CBAC to satisfy its obligations under Sections 302,
404 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(b) In addition to each Party’s obligations pursuant to Section 8.6(a), each Party
shall, and shall cause its advisors and agents to, maintain the confidentiality of all
confidential information furnished to it by the other Party concerning its and its
Subsidiaries’ businesses, operations, and financial positions and shall not use such
information for any purpose except in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall
promptly return or certify the destruction of all documents and copies thereof, and all work
papers containing confidential information received from the other Party.
(c) Each Party agrees to give the other Party notice as soon as practicable after any
determination by it of any fact or occurrence relating to the other Party which it has
discovered through the course of its investigation and which represents, or is reasonably
likely to represent, either a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement of the other Party or which has had or is reasonably likely to have a BOE Material
Adverse Effect or a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, as applicable.
8.7 Press Releases.
Prior to the Effective Time, BOE and CBAC shall consult with each other as to the form and
substance of any press release, communication with their respective stockholders, or other public
disclosure materially related to this Agreement or any other transaction contemplated hereby;
provided, that nothing in this Section 8.7 shall be deemed to prohibit any Party from making any
disclosure which its counsel deems necessary or advisable in order to satisfy such Party’s
disclosure obligations imposed by Law.
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8.8 Charter Provisions.
Each BOE Entity shall take all necessary action to ensure that the entering into of this
Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby do not
and will not result in the grant of any rights to any Person under the Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws or other governing instruments of any BOE Entity or restrict or impair the ability of CBAC
or any of its Subsidiaries to vote, or otherwise to exercise the rights of a stockholder with
respect to, shares of any BOE Entity that may be directly or indirectly acquired or controlled by
them.
8.9 Employee Benefits and Contracts.
(a) Following the Effective Time, CBAC shall provide generally to officers and
employees of the BOE Entities employee benefits under employee benefit and welfare plans
(other than stock option or other plans involving the potential issuance of CBAC Common
Stock), including CBAC’s severance plan, on terms and conditions which when taken as a whole
are comparable to or better than those then provided by the BOE Entities to their similarly
situated officers and employees. For purposes of participation, vesting and benefit accrual
under any of CBAC’s employee benefit plans, whether new or existing, the service of the
employees of the BOE Entities prior to the Effective Time shall be treated as service with a
CBAC Entity participating in such employee benefit plans.
(b) Upon the execution of this Agreement, each of BOE’s directors and executive
officers shall execute and deliver to CBAC a Support Agreement in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit E.
(c) CBAC will enter into employment agreements, which will become effective as of the
Effective Time, with Xxxxxx X. Longest, Jr. and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx in a form substantially
similar to the forms attached hereto as Exhibit F-1 and Exhibit F-2,
respectively, and with Xxxxx X. Xxxxx in a form to be mutually agreed upon after the
execution of this Agreement. CBAC will also enter into change of control agreements, which
will become effective as of the Effective Time, with the individuals listed on
Exhibit C and Exhibit D that will provide certain severance payments and
benefits in the event of a termination of employment under certain circumstances following a
change of control of CBAC, which agreements will include terms and conditions that are no
less favorable to such individuals than their existing change of control agreements with BOE
or TFC, as applicable Upon execution of this Agreement, Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. shall
have entered into a Retention Agreement with CBAC in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit G and each of the other members of the Board of Directors of the Surviving
Corporation designated by BOE shall have executed and delivered to CBAC a Retention
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H. These agreements shall become
effective at the Effective Time and shall replace any existing employment agreements between
these persons and BOE or the Bank, which shall terminate and have no further force or
effect.
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(d) BOE has disclosed in Section 8.9(d) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum each Person
whom it reasonably believes may be deemed an “affiliate” of BOE for purposes of Rule 145
under the Securities Act, which Persons are set forth in Exhibit X. XXX shall use
its reasonable efforts to cause each such Person to deliver to CBAC not later than 30 days
prior to the Effective Time, a written agreement, in substantially the form of
Exhibit J, providing that such Person will not sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of the shares of BOE Common Stock held by such Person except as contemplated by such
agreement or by this Agreement and will not sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of
the shares of CBAC Common Stock to be received by such Person upon consummation of the
Merger except in compliance with applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder (and CBAC shall be entitled to place restrictive legends upon
certificates for shares of CBAC Common Stock issued to affiliates of BOE pursuant to this
Agreement to enforce the provisions of this Section 8.9). CBAC shall not be required to
maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of the
purposes of resale of CBAC Common Stock by such affiliates.
(e) The Surviving Corporation will, as of and after the Effective Time, assume and
honor all employment agreements, severance agreements and deferred compensation agreements
that any BOE Entity may have with its current and former officers and directors and which
are set forth in Section 8.9(e) of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum, except to the extent any
such agreements shall be superseded on or after the Effective Time.
8.10 Indemnification.
(a) For a period of six years after the Effective Time, CBAC shall, and shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the present and former
directors, officers, employees and agents of the BOE Entities (each, an “Indemnified
Party”) against all Liabilities arising out of actions or omissions arising out of the
Indemnified Party’s service or services as directors, officers, employees or agents of BOE
or, at BOE’s request, of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) to the fullest extent permitted under the VSCA, Section 402
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the Securities Laws and FDIC Regulations Part 359 and by BOE’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof, including provisions
relating to advances of expenses incurred in the defense of any Litigation and whether or
not CBAC is insured against any such matter. Without limiting the foregoing, in any case in
which approval by the Surviving Corporation is required to effectuate any indemnification,
the Surviving Corporation shall direct, at the election of the Indemnified Party, that the
determination of any such approval shall be made by independent counsel mutually agreed upon
between CBAC and the Indemnified Party.
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(b) CBAC shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use its reasonable efforts
(and BOE shall cooperate prior to the Effective Time in these efforts) to maintain in effect
for a period of up to three years after the Effective Time BOE’s existing directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy (provided that CBAC or the Surviving Corporation may
substitute therefore (i) policies of substantially the same coverage and amounts containing
terms and conditions which are substantially no less advantageous or (ii) with the consent
of BOE given prior to the Effective Time, any other policy) with respect to claims arising
from facts or events which occurred prior to the Effective Time and covering persons who are
currently covered by such insurance; provided, that none of BOE, CBAC nor the Surviving
Corporation shall be obligated to make aggregate premium payments longer than three years in
respect of such policy (or coverage replacing such policy) and which exceed, for the portion
related to BOE’s directors and officers, 150% of the annual premium payments on BOE’s
current policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement (the “Maximum Amount”).
If the amount of the premiums necessary to maintain or procure such insurance coverage
exceeds the Maximum Amount, CBAC or the Surviving Corporation shall use its reasonable
efforts to maintain the most advantageous policies of directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance obtainable for a premium equal to the Maximum Amount, but shall not be obligated
to maintain any insurance coverage to the extent the cost of such coverage exceeds the
Maximum Amount.
(c) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under paragraph (a) of this
Section 8.10, upon learning of any such Liability or Litigation, shall promptly notify CBAC
thereof in writing. In the event of any such Litigation (whether arising before or after
the Effective Time), (i) CBAC or the Surviving Corporation shall
have the right to assume the defense thereof and neither CBAC nor the Surviving
Corporation shall be liable to such Indemnified Parties for any legal expenses of other
counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Parties in
connection with the defense thereof, except that if CBAC or the Surviving Corporation elects
not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Parties advises that there are
substantive issues which raise conflicts of interest between CBAC or the Surviving
Corporation and the Indemnified Parties, the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel
satisfactory to them, and CBAC or the Surviving Corporation shall pay all reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Parties promptly as statements therefore
are received; provided, that CBAC and the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated pursuant
to this paragraph (c) to pay for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties in any
jurisdiction; (ii) the Indemnified Parties will cooperate in good faith in the defense of
any such Litigation; and (iii) neither CBAC nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable
for any settlement effected without its prior written consent and which does not provide for
a complete and irrevocable release of all CBAC’s Entities and their respective directors,
officers and controlling persons, employees, agents and Representatives; and provided,
further, that neither CBAC nor the Surviving Corporation shall have any obligation hereunder
to any Indemnified Party when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine, and
such determination shall have become final, that the indemnification of such Indemnified
Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.
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(d) If CBAC or the Surviving Corporation or any successors or assigns shall consolidate
with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving Person of
such consolidation or merger or shall transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, then and in each case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and
assigns of CBAC or the Surviving Corporation shall assume the obligations set forth in this
Section 8.10.
(e) The provisions of this Section 8.10 are intended to be for the benefit of and shall
be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party and their respective heirs and legal and personal
representatives.
8.11 Employee Non-Solicitation.
In the event this Agreement is terminated, for a period of three years following such
termination, no CBAC Entity or BOE Entity shall solicit (other than through the use of
general employment advertising or an independent employment agency or search firm, in either
case where such solicitation is not specifically targeted at CBAC or BOE employees, as
applicable) any part-time or full-time employee of the other Party without its prior written
consent.
8.12 Dividends.
It is the intent of the Parties that the Surviving Corporation will pay quarterly cash
dividends on shares of common stock of an amount per share equal to or greater than the
quotient obtained by dividing (x) $0.22 by (y) the Exchange Ratio subject to, among other
things: (i) applicable federal and state law and regulations; (ii) the earnings and
financial conditions of the Surviving Corporation; (iii) the ongoing approval thereof by the
Surviving Corporation’s Board of Directors; and (iv) general economic conditions.
ARTICLE 9
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE
9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party.
The respective obligations of each Party to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions, unless waived by both Parties pursuant to Section 11.6:
(a) Stockholder Approvals. The stockholders of BOE shall have approved this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger, as and to the extent required by Law and by the provisions of BOE’s Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws. The holders of a majority of the outstanding CBAC IPO Common
Stock cast at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting shall have voted for, and the holders of less
than 20% of the outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock cast at the CBAC Stockholders
Meeting against, or, in the event that CBAC has consummated a CBAC Business Combination
prior to the CBAC Stockholders Meeting, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of CBAC Common Stock entitled to vote at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting shall have voted for,
approval of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby,
including the Merger and the amendments to CBAC’s Certificate of Incorporation set forth in
Exhibit A hereto as and to the extent required by Law and the provisions of CBAC’s
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
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(b) Regulatory Approvals. All Consents of, filings and registrations with, and
notifications to, all Regulatory Authorities required for consummation of the Merger shall
have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and effect and all waiting periods
required by Law shall have expired. No Consent obtained from any Regulatory Authority which
is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be conditioned or
restricted in a manner (including requirements relating to the raising of additional capital
or the disposition of Assets) which in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of
CBAC or the Board of Directors of BOE would so materially adversely affect the economic or
business benefits of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that, had such
condition or requirement been known, CBAC or BOE, as applicable, would not, in its
reasonable judgment, have entered into this Agreement.
(c) Consents and Approvals. Each Party shall have obtained any and all
Consents required for consummation of the Merger (other than those referred to in
Section 9.1(b)) or for the preventing of any Default under any Contract or Permit of such
Party which, if not obtained or made, is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a BOE Material Adverse Effect or a CBAC Material Adverse Effect, as applicable.
No Consent so obtained which is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be conditioned or restricted in a manner which in the reasonable judgment of the Board
of Directors of CBAC (in the case of a Consent obtained by BOE) or in the reasonable
judgment of the Board of Directors of BOE (in the case of a Consent obtained by CBAC) would
so materially adversely affect the economic or business benefits of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement that, had such condition or requirement been known, CBAC or
BOE, as applicable, would not, in its reasonable judgment, have entered into this Agreement.
(d) Legal Proceedings. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction
shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether
temporary, preliminary or permanent) or taken any other action which prohibits, restricts or
makes illegal consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Exchange Listing. The shares of Surviving Corporation common stock
issuable pursuant to the Merger shall have been approved for listing on AMEX or inclusion in
the Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
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9.2 Conditions to Obligations of CBAC.
The obligations of CBAC to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions,
unless waived by CBAC pursuant to Section 11.6(a):
(a) Representations and Warranties. For purposes of this Section 9.2(a), the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of BOE set forth in this Agreement shall be
assessed as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time with the same effect
as though all such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective
Time (provided, that representations and warranties which are confined to a specified date
shall speak only as of such date). The representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.3 shall be true and correct (except for inaccuracies which are de minimis in
amount). There shall not exist inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of BOE
set forth in this Agreement (including the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.3) such that the aggregate effect of such inaccuracies has, or is reasonably
likely to have, a BOE Material Adverse Effect; provided, that for purposes of this sentence
only, those representations and warranties which are qualified by references to “material”
or “Material Adverse Effect” or to the “Knowledge” of any Person shall be deemed not to
include such qualifications.
(b) Performance of Agreements and Covenants. Each and all of the agreements
and covenants of BOE to be performed and complied with pursuant to this Agreement and the
other agreements contemplated hereby prior to the Effective Time shall have been duly
performed and complied with in all material respects.
(c) Certificates. BOE shall have delivered to CBAC (i) a certificate, dated as
of the Effective Time and signed on its behalf by its chief executive officer and its chief
financial officer, to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 9.1 as it relates
to BOE and in Sections 9.2(a), 9.2(b) and 9.2(f) have been satisfied, and (ii) certified
copies of resolutions duly adopted by BOE’s Board of Directors and stockholders evidencing
the taking of all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
all in such reasonable detail as CBAC and its counsel shall request.
(d) Retention Agreements and Affiliate Agreements. Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
shall have executed and delivered to CBAC a Retention Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G. Each of the other members of the Board of Directors of the Surviving
Corporation shall have executed and delivered to CBAC a Retention Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H. Each of the Persons set forth on Exhibit I
shall have executed and delivered to CBAC Affiliate Agreements in the forms attached hereto
as Exhibit J and delivered same to CBAC.
(e) Legal Opinions. CBAC shall have received legal opinions in form and
substance satisfactory to CBAC from BOE’s counsel as to the matters specified in
Exhibit K.
(f) Tax Matters. CBAC shall have received a written opinion of counsel from
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxxx LLP, in a form reasonably satisfactory to CBAC dated as
of the Effective Time (“Tax Opinion”) to the effect that the Merger will constitute
a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and related matters.
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(g) Conversion Rights. Less than 20% of the holders of the outstanding shares
of CBAC IPO Common Stock shall have voted against the Merger and exercised their Conversion
Rights, if applicable.
(h) Fairness Opinion. CBAC shall have received a written opinion of Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., dated as the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the exchange
ratio is fair, from the financial point of view, to CBAC.
(i) Board of Directors and Management. Since the date of this Agreement, there
shall have been no material changes in the members Board of Directors of BOE and the
management of BOE.
9.3 Conditions to Obligations of BOE.
The obligations of BOE to perform this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions,
unless waived by BOE pursuant to Section 11.6(b):
(a) Representations and Warranties. For purposes of this Section 9.3(a), the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of CBAC set forth in this Agreement shall be
assessed as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time with the same effect
as though all such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Effective
Time with such changes as necessary to reflect the consummation of the TFC Merger (provided
that representations and warranties which are confined to a specified date shall speak only
as of such date). The representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.3 shall be true
and correct (except for inaccuracies which are de minimis in amount and any shares of CBAC
Common Stock issued in connection with the TFC Merger). There shall not exist inaccuracies
in the representations and warranties of CBAC set forth in this Agreement such (including
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.3) that the aggregate effect of
such inaccuracies has, or is reasonably likely to have, a CBAC Material Adverse Effect;
provided that, for purposes of this sentence only, those representations and warranties
which are qualified by references to “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” or to the
“Knowledge” of any Person shall be deemed not to include such qualifications.
(b) Performance of Agreements and Covenants. Each and all of the agreements
and covenants of CBAC to be performed and complied with pursuant to this Agreement and the
other agreements contemplated hereby prior to the Effective Time shall have been duly
performed and complied with in all material respects.
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(c) Certificates. CBAC shall have delivered to BOE (i) a certificate, dated as
of the Effective Time and signed on its behalf by its chief executive officer and its chief
financial officer, to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 9.1 as it relates
to CBAC and in Sections 9.3(a) and 9.3(b) have been satisfied, and (ii) certified copies of
resolutions duly adopted by CBAC’s Board of Directors evidencing the taking of all corporate
action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all in such reasonable detail as
BOE and its counsel shall request.
(d) Legal Opinions. BOE shall have received legal opinions in form and
substance satisfactory to BOE from CBAC’s counsel as to the matters specified in Exhibit
L.
(e) Fairness Opinion. BOE shall have received a written opinion of BOE
Financial Advisor, dated as the date of this Agreement, to the effect that the Exchange
Ratio is fair, from the financial point of view, to the holders of BOE Common Stock.
(f) Tax Matters. BOE shall have received a written opinion of counsel from
LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation, in a form reasonably satisfactory to BOE, dated as
of the Effective Time to the effect that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and related matters.
(g) Consummation of Major Acquisition. CBAC shall have consummated a major
acquisition that has been previously announced prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION
10.1 Termination.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and notwithstanding the approval of
this Agreement by the stockholders of BOE, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time:
(a) By mutual written agreement of CBAC and BOE; or
(b) By either Party (provided, that the terminating Party is not then in material
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this
Agreement) in the event of a breach by the other Party of any representation or warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which cannot be or has not been cured
within 30 days after the giving of written notice to the breaching Party of such breach and
which breach is reasonably likely, in the opinion of the non-breaching Party, to permit such
Party to refuse to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to
the standard set forth in Section 9.2 or Section 9.3, as applicable; or
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(c) By either Party in the event (i) any Consent of any Regulatory Authority required
for consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been denied by final nonappealable action of such authority or if any action taken by such
authority is not appealed within the time limit for appeal, (ii) any Law or Order
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Merger
shall have become final and nonappealable, (iii) the stockholders of CBAC or BOE fail to
vote their approval of the matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby at CBAC’s Stockholders Meeting or BOE’s Stockholders’ Meeting,
respectively, where such matters were presented to such stockholders for approval and voted
upon, or (iv) if applicable, holders of 20% or more in interest of the holders of IPO Common
Stock vote against the Merger and exercise their Conversion Rights; or
(d) By CBAC in the event that (i) (w) the Board of Directors of BOE, shall have failed
to reaffirm its approval upon CBAC’s request for such reaffirmation, of the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (to the exclusion of any
other Acquisition Proposal) or shall have resolved not to reaffirm the Merger, or
(x) the Board of Directors of BOE shall have failed to include in the Joint Proxy Statement
its recommendation, without modification or qualification, that the BOE stockholders give
the BOE Stockholder Approval or shall have withdrawn, qualified or modified, or proposed
publicly to withdraw, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to CBAC, the recommendation of
such Board of Directors to the BOE stockholders that they give the BOE Stockholder Approval,
or (y) the Board of Directors of BOE shall have affirmed, recommended or authorized entering
into any Acquisition Transaction other than the Merger or, within ten business days after
commencement of any tender or exchange offer for any shares of BOE Common Stock, the Board
of Directors of BOE shall have failed to recommend against acceptance of such tender or
exchange offer by its stockholders or shall have taken no position with respect to the
acceptance of such tender or exchange offer by its stockholders, or (z) the Board of
Directors of BOE negotiates or authorizes the conduct of negotiations (and five business
days have elapsed without such negotiations being discontinued) with a third party (it being
understood and agreed that “negotiate” shall not be deemed to include the provision of
information to, or the request and receipt of information from, any Person that submits an
Acquisition Proposal or discussion regarding such information for the sole purpose of
ascertaining the terms of such Acquisition Proposal and determining whether the Board of
Directors will in fact engage in, or authorize, negotiations) regarding an Acquisition
Proposal other than the Merger, or (ii) (provided that CBAC is not then in material breach
of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement),
prior to obtaining the CBAC Stockholder Approval at the CBAC Stockholder Meeting, the Board
of Directors of CBAC has (x) withdrawn or modified or changed its recommendation or approval
of this Agreement in a manner adverse to BOE in order to approve and permit CBAC to accept a
Superior Proposal and (y) determined, after consultation with, and the receipt of advice
from outside legal counsel to CBAC, that the failure to take such action as set forth in the
preceding clause (x) would be likely to result in a breach of the Board of Directors’
fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that at least five business days
prior to any such termination, CBAC shall, and shall cause its advisors to, negotiate with
BOE, if BOE elects to do so, to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as would enable BOE to proceed with the transactions contemplated herein on such
adjusted terms; or
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(e) By BOE in the event that (i) (w) the Board of Directors of CBAC, shall have failed
to reaffirm its approval upon BOE’s request for such reaffirmation, of the Merger and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (to the exclusion of any other Acquisition
Proposal) or shall have resolved not to reaffirm the Merger, or (x) the Board of Directors
of CBAC shall have failed to include in the Joint Proxy Statement its recommendation,
without modification or qualification, that the CBAC stockholders give the CBAC Stockholder
Approval or shall have withdrawn, qualified or modified, or proposed publicly to withdraw,
qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to BOE, the recommendation of such Board of Directors
to the CBAC stockholders that they give the CBAC Stockholder Approval, or (y) the Board of
Directors of CBAC shall have affirmed, recommended or authorized entering into any
Acquisition Transaction other than the Merger or, within ten business days after
commencement of any tender or
exchange offer for any shares of CBAC Common Stock, the Board of Directors of CBAC
shall have failed to recommend against acceptance of such tender or exchange offer by its
stockholders or shall have taken no position with respect to the acceptance of such tender
or exchange offer by its stockholders, or (z) the Board of Directors of CBAC negotiates or
authorizes the conduct of negotiations (and five business days have elapsed without such
negotiations being discontinued) with a third party (it being understood and agreed that
“negotiate” shall not be deemed to include the provision of information to, or the request
and receipt of information from, any Person that submits an Acquisition Proposal or
discussion regarding such information for the sole purpose of ascertaining the terms of such
Acquisition Proposal and determining whether the Board of Directors will in fact engage in,
or authorize, negotiations) regarding an Acquisition Proposal other than the Merger, or (ii)
(provided that BOE is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant,
or other agreement contained in this Agreement), prior to obtaining the BOE Stockholder
Approval at the BOE Stockholder Meeting, the Board of Directors of BOE has (x) withdrawn or
modified or changed its recommendation or approval of this Agreement in a manner adverse to
CBAC in order to approve and permit BOE to accept a Superior Proposal and (y) determined,
after consultation with, and the receipt of advice from outside legal counsel to BOE, that
the failure to take such action as set forth in the preceding clause (x) would be likely to
result in a breach of the Board of Directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law;
provided, however, that at least five business days prior to any such termination, BOE
shall, and shall cause its advisors to, negotiate with CBAC, if CBAC elects to do so, to
make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement as would enable CBAC to
proceed with the transactions contemplated herein on such adjusted terms; or
(f) By either Party in the event that the Merger shall not have been consummated by
June 30, 2008, if the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on or
before such date is not caused by any breach of this Agreement by the Party electing to
terminate pursuant to this Section 10.1.
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10.2 Effect of Termination.
In the event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1,
this Agreement shall become void and have no effect, except that (i) the provisions of this
Section 10.2 and Sections 7.6, 8.6(b), 8.11, 11.2, 11.3, 11.9 and 11.15 shall survive any such
termination and abandonment, and (ii) except as provided in Section 7.6, 11.2 and 11.3, neither
Party shall have any liability to the other upon termination of this Agreement.
10.3 Non-Survival of Representations and Covenants.
Except for Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Sections 8.6(b), 8.7, 8.8 and 8.9, and this
Article 10, the respective representations, warranties, obligations, covenants, and agreements of
the Parties shall not survive the Effective Time.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Definitions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the capitalized terms set forth below shall
have the following meanings:
“Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal (whether communicated to the
applicable Party or publicly announced to a Party’s stockholders) by (i) any Person
(except, in the case of a proposal to BOE, other than CBAC or any of its
Affiliates) for an Acquisition Transaction involving a Party or any of its present
or future consolidated Subsidiaries, or any combination of such Subsidiaries, the
assets of which constitute 5% or more of the consolidated assets of the Party as
reflected on such Party’s consolidated statement of condition prepared in accordance
with GAAP.
“Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction or series of related
transactions (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) involving:
(i) any acquisition or purchase from a Party by any Person or Group (except, in the
case of a proposal to BOE, other than CBAC or any of its Affiliates) of 25% or more
in interest of the total outstanding voting securities of such Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result
in any Person or Group (except, in the case of a proposal to BOE, other than CBAC or
any of its Affiliates) beneficially owning 25% or more in interest of the total
outstanding voting securities of a Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any merger,
consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving a Party
pursuant to which the stockholders of such Party immediately preceding such
transaction hold less than 90% of the equity interests in the surviving or resulting
entity (which includes the parent corporation of any constituent corporation to any
such transaction) of such transaction; (ii) any sale
or lease (other than in the
ordinary course of business), or exchange, transfer, license (other than in the
ordinary course of business), acquisition or disposition of 5% or more of the assets
of a Party; or (iii) any liquidation or dissolution of BOE or CBAC, other than as
provided for in the CBAC Trust Agreement; provided that, for purposes of
Section 11.2(b), “Acquisition Transaction” will definitely specifically include any
acquisition, by tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation or other business
combination or otherwise, directly or indirectly, of any Persons by a Party.
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“Affiliate” of a Person means: (i) any other Person directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person; (ii) any officer, director, partner, employer, or direct
or indirect beneficial owner of any 10% or greater equity or voting interest of such
Person; or (iii) any other Person for which a Person described in clause (ii) acts
in any such capacity.
“AMEX” means the American Stock Exchange LLC.
“Articles of Merger” means the Articles of Merger to be filed with the Virginia
State Corporation Commission.
“Assets” of a Person means all of the assets, properties, businesses and rights
of such Person of every kind, nature, character and description, whether real,
personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, accrued or contingent, or otherwise
relating to or utilized in such Person’s business, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, whether or not carried on the books and records of such Person, and
whether or not owned in the name of such Person or any Affiliate of such Person and
wherever located.
“Average Closing Price” means the average of the daily closing prices of CBAC
Common Stock as reported on the AMEX (as reported by The Wall Street Journal or, if
not reported thereby, another authoritative source as chosen by CBAC) for the twenty
consecutive full trading days in which such shares are traded on the AMEX ending at
the close of trading on the Determination Date.
“Bank” means Bank of Essex, a Virginia state bank and a wholly owned Subsidiary
of BOE.
“Bank Secrecy Act” means The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended.
“BOE Common Stock” means the $5.00 per share par value common stock of BOE.
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“BOE Disclosure Memorandum” means the written information entitled “BOE
Disclosure Memorandum” delivered prior to the date of this Agreement to CBAC
describing in reasonable detail the matters contained therein and, with respect to
each disclosure made therein, specifically referencing each Section of this
Agreement under which such disclosure is being made. Information disclosed with
respect to one Section shall not be deemed to be disclosed for purposes of any other
Section not specifically referenced with respect thereto.
“BOE Entities” means, collectively, BOE and all BOE Subsidiaries.
“BOE Financial Advisor” means Xxxxxxx Financial Advisors, Inc.
“BOE Financial Statements” means (i) the consolidated balance sheets (including
related notes and schedules, if any) of BOE as of December 31, 2005 and 2006 and as
of September 30, 2007 and the related statements of earnings,
changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) for each of the three years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, and (ii) the consolidated
balance sheets of BOE (including related notes and schedules, if any) and related
statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows (including
related notes and schedules, if any) with respect to periods ended subsequent to
September 30, 2007.
“BOE Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change or occurrence which,
individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, has a material
adverse effect on (i) the financial position, property, business, assets or results
of operations of BOE and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of
BOE to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Merger or
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that “BOE Material
Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the effects of (A) changes in banking
and other Laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by Governmental
Authorities, (B) changes in GAAP or regulatory accounting principles generally
applicable to banks and their holding companies or (C) actions and omissions of BOE
(or any of its Subsidiaries) taken with the prior written Consent of CBAC in
contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (D) changes in economic
conditions affecting financial institutions generally, including, but not limited
to, changes in market interest rates or the projected future interest rate
environment, (E) any modifications or changes to valuation policies and practices in
connection with the Merger or restructuring charges taken in connection with the
Merger, in each case in accordance with GAAP, or (F) direct effects of compliance
with this Agreement on the operating performance of BOE, including expenses incurred
by BOE in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“BOE Stock Plans” means BOE’s Stock Incentive Plan and BOE’s stock option plan
for outside directors.
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“BOE Stockholder Approval” means the approval by the holders of more than
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of BOE Common Stock entitled to vote on the
Merger.
“BOE Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries, if any, of BOE, as of the date of
this Agreement.
“CBAC Business Combination” means a “business combination” as defined in
Article Sixth of the CBAC Certificate of Incorporation.
“CBAC Certificate of Incorporation” means the CBAC Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended and restated on May 24, 2006.
“CBAC Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of CBAC.
“CBAC Entities” means, collectively, CBAC and all CBAC Subsidiaries.
“CBAC Financial Statements” means (i) the balance sheets of CBAC as of
March 31, 2007 and as of September 30, 2007 and the related statements of income,
changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and for the
six-month period ended September 30, 2007, and (ii) the balance sheets of CBAC
(including related notes and schedules, if any) and related statements of income,
changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows (including related notes and
schedules, if any) with respect to periods ended subsequent to September 30, 2007.
“CBAC IPO Common Stock” means the 7,500,000 shares of CBAC Common Stock issued
in connection with the CBAC initial public offering on June 8, 2006.
“CBAC Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change or occurrence which,
individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, has a material
adverse effect on (i) the financial position, property, business, assets or results
of operations of CBAC and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of
CBAC to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Merger or
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that “CBAC Material
Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the effects of (A) changes in banking
and other Laws of general applicability or interpretations thereof by Governmental
Authorities, (B) changes in GAAP or regulatory accounting principles generally
applicable to banks and their holding companies or (C) actions and omissions of CBAC
(or any of its Subsidiaries) taken with the prior written Consent of BOE in
contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (D) changes in economic
conditions affecting financial institutions generally, including, but not limited
to, changes in market
interest rates or the projected future interest rate
environment, (E) any modifications or changes to valuation policies and practices in
connection with the Merger or restructuring charges taken in connection with the
Merger, in each case in accordance with GAAP, or (F) direct effects of compliance
with this Agreement on the operating performance of CBAC, including expenses
incurred by CBAC in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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“CBAC Stockholder Approval” means (i) the approval of the majority of the
outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock cast at the meeting with
the holders of less than 20% of the outstanding shares of CBAC IPO Common Stock
voting against the Merger and thereafter exercising their Conversion Rights or (ii)
in the event that CBAC consummates a CBAC Business Combination prior to the CBAC
Stockholders Meeting, the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of CBAC Common Stock entitled to vote at the CBAC Stockholders Meeting.
“CBAC Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries of CBAC, which shall include any
corporation, bank, savings association, limited liability company, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership or other organization acquired as a
Subsidiary of CBAC in the future and held as a Subsidiary by CBAC at the Effective
Time.
“CBAC UPO” means the unit purchase options issued by CBAC prior to the date of
this Agreement entitling the holders to purchase up to 525,000 CBAC units at an
exercise price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of CBAC Common
Stock and one warrant to purchase one share of CBAC Common Stock at an exercise
price of $7.50 per share. The unit purchase options may be exercised on the later
of the consummation of a CBAC Business Combination or June 8, 2007.
“CBAC Warrants” means the warrants issued by CBAC prior to the date of this
Agreement entitling the holders to purchase up to 7,500,000 shares of CBAC Common
Stock at an exercise price of $5.00. The CBAC Warrants may be exercised upon the
consummation of a CBAC Business Combination.
“Certificate of Merger” means the certificate of merger to be filed with the
Delaware Secretary of State.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing occurs.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Commission” or “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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“Consent” means any consent, approval, authorization, clearance, exemption,
waiver, or similar affirmation by any Person pursuant to any Contract, Law, Order,
or Permit.
“Contract” means any written or oral agreement, arrangement, authorization,
commitment, contract, indenture, instrument, lease, license, obligation, plan,
practice, restriction, understanding, or undertaking of any kind or character, or
other document to which any Person is a party or that is binding on any Person or
its capital stock, Assets or business.
“Default” means (i) any breach or violation of, default under, contravention
of, or conflict with, any Contract, Law, Order, or Permit, (ii) any occurrence of
any event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
constitute a breach or violation of, default under, contravention of, or conflict
with, any Contract, Law, Order, or Permit, or (iii) any occurrence of any event that
with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice would give rise to a
right of any Person to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, terminate or
revoke, suspend, cancel, or modify or change the current terms of, or renegotiate,
or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to increase or impose any
Liability under, any Contract, Law, Order, or Permit.
“Determination Date” means the fifth day prior to the anticipated Closing Date.
“DGCL” means the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means each pension, retirement, profit-sharing,
deferred compensation, stock option, employee stock ownership, share purchase,
severance pay, vacation, bonus, retention, change in control or other incentive
plan, medical, vision, dental or other health plan, or program or other arrangement,
any life insurance plan, flexible spending account, cafeteria plan, vacation,
holiday, disability, death or any other employee benefit plan or fringe benefit
plan, including any “employee benefit plan,” as that term is defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA and any other plan, fund, policy, program, practice, custom understanding
or arrangement providing compensation or other benefits, whether or not such
Employee Benefit Plan is or is intended to be (i) covered or qualified under the
Code, ERISA or any other applicable Law, (ii) written or oral, (iii) funded or
unfunded, (iv) actual or contingent or (v) arrived at through collective bargaining
or otherwise.
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“Environmental Laws” shall mean all Laws relating to pollution or protection of
human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water,
land surface or subsurface strata) and which are administered, interpreted or
enforced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and state and local
Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over, and including common law in respect
of, pollution or protection of the
environment, including: (i) the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.
(“CERCLA”); (ii) the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq. (“RCRA”); (iii) the
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 11001, et seq.);
(iv) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401, et seq.); (v) the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq.); (vi) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601,
et seq.); (vii) any state, county, municipal or local statues, laws or ordinances
similar or analogous to the federal statutes listed in parts (i) — (vi) of this
subparagraph; (viii)
any amendments to the statues, laws or ordinances listed in parts (i) — (vi) of
this subparagraph, regardless of whether in existence on the date hereof, (ix) any
rules, regulations, guidelines, directives, orders or the like adopted pursuant to
or implementing the statutes, laws, ordinances and amendments listed in parts (i) -
(vii) of this subparagraph; and (x) any other law, statute, ordinance, amendment,
rule, regulation, guideline, directive, order or the like in effect now or in the
future relating to environmental, health or safety matters and other Laws relating
to emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of any Hazardous
Material, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of any Hazardous Material.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated,
which together with a BOE Entity would be treated as a single employer under Code
Section 414 or would be deemed a single employer within the meaning of Sections.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Act Documents” means all forms, proxy statements, registration
statements, reports, schedules, and other documents, including all certifications
and statements required by the Exchange Act or Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
with respect to any report that is an Exchange Act Document, filed, or required to
be filed, by a Party or any of its Subsidiaries with any Regulatory Authority
pursuant to the Securities Laws.
“Exhibits” means the Exhibits so marked, copies of which are attached to this
Agreement. Such Exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a
part hereof, and may be referred to in this Agreement and any other related
instrument or document without being attached hereto or thereto.
“FDIC” shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Federal Reserve” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, consistently applied during the periods involved.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local, foreign, or
other court, board, body, commission, agency, authority or instrumentality, arbitral
authority, self-regulatory authority, mediator, tribunal, including Regulatory
Authorities and Taxing Authorities.
“Group” shall mean two or more Persons acting in concert for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities of an issuer.
“Hazardous Material” shall mean any chemical, substance, waste, material,
pollutant, or contaminant defined as or deemed hazardous or toxic or otherwise
regulated under any Environmental Law, including RCRA hazardous wastes, CERCLA
hazardous substances, and HSRA regulated substances, pesticides and other
agricultural chemicals, oil and petroleum products or byproducts and any
constituents thereof, urea formaldehyde insulation, lead in paint or drinking water,
mold, asbestos, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): (i) any hazardous substance,
hazardous material, hazardous waste, regulated substance, or toxic substance (as
those terms are defined by any applicable Environmental Laws) and (ii) any
chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, petroleum products, or oil (and
specifically shall include asbestos requiring abatement, removal, or encapsulation
pursuant to the requirements of Environmental Law), provided, notwithstanding the
foregoing or any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the words
“Hazardous Material” shall not mean or include any such Hazardous Material used,
generated, manufactured, stored, disposed of or otherwise handled in normal
quantities in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws, or such that may be naturally occurring in any ambient air,
surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata.
“Intellectual Property” means copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks,
service names, trade names, domain names, together with all goodwill associated
therewith, registrations and applications therefore, technology rights and licenses,
computer software (including any source or object codes therefore or documentation
relating thereto), trade secrets, franchises, know-how, inventions, and other
intellectual property rights.
“Joint Proxy Statement” means the prospectus/joint proxy statement included as
part of the Registration Statement.
“Knowledge” as used with respect to a Person (including references to such
Person being aware of a particular matter) means those facts that are known or
should reasonably have been known after due inquiry by the chairman, president, or
chief financial officer, or any senior or executive vice president of such Person
and the knowledge of any such Persons obtained or which would have been obtained
from a reasonable investigation.
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“Law” means any code, law (including common law), ordinance, regulation,
reporting or licensing requirement, rule, statute, regulation or order applicable to
a Person or its Assets, Liabilities or business, including those promulgated,
interpreted or enforced by any Regulatory Authority.
“Liability” means any direct or indirect, primary or secondary, liability,
indebtedness, obligation, penalty, cost or expense (including costs of
investigation, collection and defense), claim, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement
of or by any Person (other than endorsements of notes, bills, checks, and drafts
presented for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) of any type,
whether accrued, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or
unmatured, or otherwise.
“Lien” means any conditional sale agreement, default of title, easement,
encroachment, encumbrance, hypothecation, infringement, lien, mortgage, pledge,
reservation, restriction, security interest, title retention or other security
arrangement, or any adverse right or interest, charge, or claim of any nature
whatsoever of, on, or with respect to any property or any property interest, other
than (i) Liens for current property Taxes not yet due and payable, and (ii) for any
depository institution, pledges to secure public deposits and other Liens incurred
in the ordinary course of the banking business.
“Litigation” means any action, arbitration, cause of action, lawsuit, claim,
complaint, criminal prosecution, governmental or other examination or investigation,
audit (other than regular audits of financial statements by outside auditors),
compliance review, inspection, hearing, administrative or other proceeding relating
to or affecting a Party, its business, its Assets or Liabilities (including
Contracts related to Assets or Liabilities), or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, but shall not include regular, periodic examinations of depository
institutions and their Affiliates by Regulatory Authorities.
“Losses” means any and all demands, claims, actions or causes of action,
assessments, losses, diminution in value, damages (including special and
consequential damages), liabilities, costs, and expenses, including interest,
penalties, cost of investigation and defense, and reasonable attorneys’ and other
professional fees and expenses.
“Material” or “material” for purposes of this Agreement shall be determined in
light of the facts and circumstances of the matter in question; provided, that any
specific monetary amount stated in this Agreement shall determine materiality in
that instance.
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“OCC” means the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
“Operating Property” means any property owned, leased, or operated by the Party
in question or by any of its Subsidiaries or in which such Party or Subsidiary holds
a security interest or other interest (including an interest in a
fiduciary capacity), and, where required by the context, includes the owner or
operator of such property, but only with respect to such property.
“Order” means any administrative decision or award, decree, injunction,
judgment, order, quasi-judicial decision or award, directive, ruling, or writ of any
Governmental Authority.
“Participation Facility” means any facility or property in which the Party in
question or any of its Subsidiaries participates in the management and, where
required by the context, means the owner or operator of such facility or property,
but only with respect to such facility or property.
“Party” means BOE or CBAC and “Parties” means both of such Persons.
“Permit” means any federal, state, local, and foreign Governmental Authority
approval, authorization, certificate, easement, filing, franchise, license, notice,
permit, or right to which any Person is a party or that is or may be binding upon or
inure to the benefit of any Person or its securities, Assets, or business.
“Person” means a natural person or any legal, commercial or Governmental
Authority, such as, but not limited to, a corporation, general partnership, joint
venture, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, trust, business association, group acting in concert, or any person
acting in a representative capacity.
“Privacy Requirements” means: (i) Title V of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Financial
Modernization Act of 1999, as amended (the “GLB Act”); (ii) Federal
regulations implementing such act and codified at 12 C.F.R. Parts 40 or 573;
(iii) the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer
Information set forth in 12 C.F.R. Parts 30, 568 or 570; and (iv) any other
applicable Requirements of Law relating to the privacy and security of Customer
Information.
“Regulatory Authorities” means, collectively, the Commission, the AMEX, the
Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the NASD, the Virginia State
Corporation Commission, the OCC, the FDIC, the Department of Justice, and the
Federal Reserve and all other federal, state, county, local or other Governmental
Authorities having jurisdiction over a Party or its Subsidiaries.
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“Representative” means any investment banker, financial advisor, attorney,
accountant, consultant, or other representative or agent of a Person.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement, together with any and
all amendments and supplements thereto, on Form S-4 filed with the SEC under the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and complying with
applicable state securities Laws and including a prospectus/joint proxy statement
satisfying all requirements of applicable state securities Laws and the Securities
Act.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any certificate or
articles of incorporation, as applicable, bylaws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, ordinance, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, decree, injunction, permit, issuance or other
determination, finding, guidance or recommendation of any Governmental Authority or
final and binding determination of any arbitrator applicable to or binding upon such
Person or to which such Person is subject, whether federal, state, county or local
(including, but not limited to, if applicable, usury laws, the federal
Truth-In-Lending Act, the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the federal
Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, the GLB Act,
and regulations of the Federal Reserve, each as amended from time to time).
“Rights” shall mean all arrangements, calls, commitments, Contracts, options,
rights to subscribe to, scrip, warrants, or other binding obligations of any
character whatsoever by which a Person is or may be bound to issue additional shares
of its capital stock or other securities, securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for, shares of the capital stock or other securities of a Person or by
which a Person is or may be bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock or
other rights.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act” means the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act
of 1940, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, each as amended, and the rules and
regulations of any Regulatory Authority promulgated thereunder.
“Stockholders Meetings” means the BOE stockholders meeting and the CBAC
stockholders meeting, including any adjournment or adjournments thereof, each held
in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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“Subsidiaries” means all those corporations, banks associations, or other
entities of which the entity in question either (i) owns or controls 50% or more of
the outstanding equity securities either directly or through an unbroken chain of
entities as to each of which 50% or more of the outstanding equity securities is
owned directly or indirectly by its parent (provided, there shall not be included
any such entity the equity securities of which are owned or controlled in a
fiduciary capacity), (ii) in the case of partnerships, serves as a general partner,
(iii) in the case of a limited liability company, serves as a managing member, or
(iv) otherwise has the ability to elect a majority of the directors, trustees or
managing members thereof.
“Superior Proposal” means any Acquisition Proposal (on its most recently
amended or modified terms, if amended or modified) (i) involving the acquisition of
at least a majority of the outstanding equity interest in, or all or substantially
all of the assets and liabilities of, a Party and (ii) with respect to which the
Board of Directors of such Party determines in good faith judgment (based on, among
other things, the advice of its financial advisor) to be more favorable to such
Party’s stockholders than the Merger, taking into account all relevant factors.
“Surviving Corporation” means CBAC as the surviving corporation resulting from
the Merger with an amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation as provided in
Section 2.1 hereof.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts, duties, or
assessments, including income, gross receipts, excise, employment, sales, use,
transfer, recording license, payroll, franchise, severance, documentary, stamp,
occupation, windfall profits, environmental, federal highway use, commercial rent,
customs duties, capital stock, paid-up capital, profits, withholding, Social
Security, single business and unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, registration, ad valorem, value added, alternative or add-on minimum,
estimated, or other taxes, fees, assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever,
imposed or required to be withheld by any Governmental Authority (domestic or
foreign), including any interest, penalties, and additions imposed thereon or with
respect thereto.
“Tax Return” means any report, return, information return, or other information
required to be supplied to a Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes,
including any return of an affiliated or combined or unitary group that includes a
Party or its Subsidiaries.
“Taxing Authority” means the Internal Revenue Service and any other
Governmental Authority responsible for the administration of any Tax.
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“TFC Common Stock” means the $0.01 per share par value common stock of TFC.
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as
amended.
“VSCA” means the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as amended.
(b) The terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
referenced sections:
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Allowance |
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Bank |
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BHCA |
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5.1 |
BOE |
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Introduction |
BOE Benefits Plans |
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5.15(a) |
BOE Contracts |
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BOE ERISA Plan |
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BOE Exchange Act Reports |
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BOE Rights |
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CBAC |
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Introduction |
CBAC Benefit Plan |
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CBAC Exchange Act Reports |
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6.5(a) |
CBAC Contracts |
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CBAC ERISA Plan |
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6.10(a) |
CBAC Other Plan |
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6.10(a) |
CERCLA |
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Closing |
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Claims |
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Conversion Rights |
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Customer Information |
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DOL |
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Effective Time |
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Exchange Agent |
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Exchange Ratio |
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Maximum Amount |
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Other Plan |
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(c) Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any
plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used
in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation,” and such
terms shall not be limited by enumeration or example.
11.2 Expenses.
(a) Each of the Parties shall bear and pay all direct costs and expenses incurred by it
or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder, including
filing, registration and application fees, printing fees, and fees and expenses of its own
financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants, and counsel, and which in
the case of BOE, shall be paid at Closing and prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:
(i) BOE terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(b) due to a breach
by CBAC, either Party terminates pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(iii) or (iv) due to the
failure to obtain the CBAC Stockholder Approval or either Party terminates pursuant
to Section 10.1(f) and, in the case of a termination under Section 10.1(c)(iii) or
Section 10.1(f), (x) there has been publicly announced and not withdrawn another
Acquisition Proposal relating to CBAC or (y) CBAC has failed to perform and comply
in all material respects with any of its obligations, agreements or covenants
required by this Agreement, and within 12 months of such termination CBAC shall
either (A) consummate an Acquisition Transaction or (B) enter into a definitive
agreement with respect to an Acquisition Transaction, whether or not such
Acquisition Transaction is subsequently consummated (but changing, in the case of
(A) and (B), the references to 5% and 90% amounts in the definition of Acquisition
Transaction to 50% and 80%, respectively); or
(ii) CBAC terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(b) due to a breach
by BOE, either Party terminates pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(iii) or (iv) due to the
failure to obtain the BOE Stockholder Approval or either Party terminates pursuant
to Section 10.1(f) and, in the case of a termination under Section 10.1(c)(iii) or
(iv) or Section 10.1(f), (x) there has been publicly announced and not withdrawn
another Acquisition Proposal relating to TFC or (y) BOE has failed to perform and
comply in all material respects with any of its obligations, agreements or covenants
required by this Agreement, and within 12 months of such termination BOE shall
either (A) consummate an Acquisition
Transaction or (B) enter into a definitive agreement with respect to an
Acquisition Transaction, whether or not such Acquisition Transaction is subsequently
consummated (but changing, in the case of (A) and (B), the references to 5% and 90%
amounts in the definition of Acquisition Transaction to 50% and 80%, respectively);
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(iii) CBAC terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(d)(i) or BOE
terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(e)(ii); or
(iv) CBAC terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(d)(ii) or BOE
terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(e)(i).
then, in the case of a termination as set forth in subsection (b)(i) or (b)(iv) of this
Section 11.2, CBAC shall pay to BOE, and, in the case of a termination as set forth in
subsection (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this Section 11.2, BOE shall pay to CBAC, an amount equal
to $500,000 (the “Termination Fee”); provided however, that an additional
termination fee (the “Additional Termination Fee”) of $1,200,000 if, and only if, an
Acquisition Transaction involving the Party liable for the payment of the Termination Fee is
consummated within 12 months of such termination and such Additional Termination Fee shall
only be payable at the time of consummation of such Acquisition Transaction. Each Party
hereby waives any right to set-off or counterclaim against such amount. If the Termination
Fee shall be payable pursuant to subsection (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of this Section 11.2 in
connection with a termination pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(iii) or Section 10.1(f), the
Termination Fee shall be paid in same-day funds at or prior to the earlier of the date of
consummation of such Acquisition Transaction or the date of execution of a definitive
agreement with respect to such Acquisition Transaction. If the Termination Fee shall be
payable pursuant to subsection (b)(iii) of this Section 11.2, the Termination Fee shall be
paid in same-day funds upon the earlier of (i) the execution of a definitive agreement with
respect to such Acquisition Transaction or (ii) two business days from the date of
termination of this Agreement. If the Termination Fee shall be payable pursuant to
subsection (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of this Section 11.2 in connection with a termination pursuant
to Section 10.1(b) or subsection (b)(iv) of this Section 11.2, the Termination Fee shall be
paid in same-day funds at or prior to the termination of this Agreement.
(c) The Parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in Section 11.2(b) are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that without these
agreements, they would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly, if a Party fails to pay
promptly any fee payable by it pursuant to this Section 11.2, then such Party shall pay to
the other Party, its costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in connection with
collecting such fee, together with interest on the amount of the fee at the then current
prime rate (as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other authoritative source to be
agreed upon by the Parties).
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(d) Nothing contained in this Section 11.2 shall constitute or shall be deemed to
constitute liquidated damages for the willful breach by BOE of the terms of this Agreement
or otherwise limit the rights of CBAC.
11.3 Brokers, Finders and Financial Advisors.
Except for BOE Financial Advisor as to BOE and except for Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. as to
CBAC, each of the Parties represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, or Affiliates has employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for
any financial advisory fees, investment bankers’ fees, brokerage fees, commissions, or finders’
fees in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event of a
claim by any broker or finder based upon such broker’s representing or being retained by or
allegedly representing or being retained by BOE or by CBAC, each of BOE and CBAC, as the case may
be, agrees to indemnify and hold the other Party harmless from any Liability in respect of any such
claim. Each Party has provided a copy of BOE Financial Advisor’s and Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx,
Inc.’s engagement letter, respectively, and expected fee for its services as included in
Section 11.3 of the BOE Disclosure Memorandum and CBAC Disclosure Memorandum and shall pay all
amounts due thereunder at Closing and prior to the Effective Time.
11.4 Entire Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement (including the documents and
instruments referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereunder and supersedes all prior arrangements or understandings
with respect thereto, written or oral. Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied, is intended
to confer upon any Person, other than the Parties or their respective successors, any rights,
remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, other than as provided
in Sections 8.9(a) and 8.10.
11.5 Amendments.
To the extent permitted by Law, and subject to Section 1.4, this Agreement may be amended by a
subsequent writing signed by each of the Parties upon the approval of each of the Parties, whether
before or after stockholder approval of this Agreement has been obtained; provided, that after any
such approval by the holders of BOE Common Stock, there shall be made no amendment that reduces or
modifies in any respect the consideration to be received by holders of BOE Common Stock.
11.6 Waivers.
(a) Prior to or at the Effective Time, CBAC, acting through its Board of Directors,
chief executive officer or other authorized officer, shall have the right to waive any
Default in the performance of any term of this Agreement by BOE, to waive or extend the time
for the compliance or fulfillment by BOE of any and all of its obligations
under this Agreement, and to waive any or all of the conditions precedent to the
obligations of CBAC under this Agreement, except any condition which, if not satisfied,
would result in the violation of any Law. No such waiver shall be effective unless in
writing signed by a duly authorized officer of CBAC.
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(b) Prior to or at the Effective Time, BOE, acting through its Board of Directors,
chief executive officer or other authorized officer, shall have the right to waive any
Default in the performance of any term of this Agreement by CBAC, to waive or extend the
time for the compliance or fulfillment by CBAC of any and all of its obligations under this
Agreement, and to waive any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of BOE
under this Agreement, except any condition which, if not satisfied, would result in the
violation of any Law. No such waiver shall be effective unless in writing signed by a duly
authorized officer of BOE.
(c) The failure of any Party at any time or times to require performance of any
provision hereof shall in no manner affect the right of such Party at a later time to
enforce the same or any other provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any condition or of
the breach of any term contained in this Agreement in one or more instances shall be deemed
to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of such condition or breach or a waiver
of any other condition or of the breach of any other term of this Agreement.
11.7 Assignment.
Except as expressly contemplated hereby, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any Party hereto (whether by operation of
Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Party. Subject to the preceding
sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Parties and their respective successors and assigns.
11.8 Notices.
All notices or other communications which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing and sufficient if delivered by hand, by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified
mail, postage pre-paid, or by courier or overnight carrier, to the persons at the addresses set
forth below (or at such other address as may be provided hereunder), and shall be deemed to have
been delivered as of the date so delivered or refused:
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11.9 Governing Law.
Regardless of any conflict of law or choice of law principles that might otherwise apply, the
Parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except to the extent that the laws of the State of
Delaware apply to the Merger. The Parties all expressly agree and acknowledge that the
Commonwealth of Virginia has a reasonable relationship to the Parties and/or this Agreement.
11.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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11.11 Captions; Articles and Sections.
The captions contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of
this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to particular Articles or Sections
shall mean and refer to the referenced Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
11.12 Interpretations.
Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved
against any Party, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. No Party to this Agreement
shall be considered the draftsman. The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement has been
reviewed, negotiated, and accepted by all Parties and their attorneys and shall be construed and
interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as fairly to accomplish the
purposes and intentions of all Parties hereto.
11.13 Enforcement of Agreement.
The Parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction
or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in
addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
11.14 Severability.
Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability
without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or
affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any
other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the
provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
11.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries.
(a) Other than as set forth in Section 8.10, no officer, employee or other Person
(other than the corporate Parties to this Agreement) shall be or shall be deemed a third
party or other beneficiary of this Agreement, or shall have any right or other entitlement
in connection with any provision of this Agreement or seek any remedy, or right or
entitlement in connection with this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement constitutes
or shall give rise to, or shall be deemed to constitute or give rise to, an employee benefit
or employee benefit-related plan, program or other arrangement, a
provision of any such plan, program or other arrangement, or an amendment of any such
plan, program or other arrangement.
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(b) If and to the extent any BOE Benefit Plan is sponsored by BOE, CBAC may, by written
direction issued prior to Closing, require BOE to take all necessary or appropriate action
to terminate each such BOE Benefit Plan or cause the Bank to become the sole sponsor of each
such BOE Benefit Plan prior to Closing. The intent of the preceding sentence is to permit
CBAC to avoid becoming a sponsor of any and all BOE Benefit Plans as a result of the Merger.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf
by its duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
[SECOND] AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
FIRST. The name of the corporation is: “ ” (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Corporation”).
SECOND. The address of its registered office in the State of
Delaware is 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, located in New Castle County. The name of its
registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation
is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the
General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Corporation by law and those
incidental thereto, the Corporation shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges
which are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or
purposes of the Corporation.
FOURTH. The total number of shares of all classes capital stock which the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is fifty five million (55,000,000) shares, consisting of fifty million
(50,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), and five million
(5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).
FIFTH. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions
from time to time adopted, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the
issuance of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series. Before any shares of any such
class or series are issued, the Board of Directors shall fix and state, and hereby is expressly
empowered to fix, by resolution or resolutions, the designations, preferences, and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of each such series, and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, including, but not limited to, determination
of any of the following:
(a) the designation of such class or series, the number of shares to constitute such class or
series and the stated value thereof if different from the par value thereof;
(b) whether the shares of such class or series shall have voting rights, in addition to any
voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights, which may be full,
special or limited, and whether the shares of such class or series shall be entitled to vote as a
separate class either alone or together with the shares of one or more other classes or series of
stock;
(c) the dividends, if any, payable on such class or series, whether any such dividends shall
be cumulative, and, if so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends
shall be payable, the preference or relation that such dividends shall bear to the dividends
payable on any shares of stock of any other class or any other series of the same class;
(d) whether the shares of such class or series shall be subject to redemption by the
Corporation at its option or at the option of the holders of such shares or upon the happening of a
specified event, and, if so, the times, prices and other terms, conditions and manner of such
redemption;
(e) the preferences, if any, and the amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series
upon, and the rights of the holders of such class or series in, the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or upon any distribution of the assets, of the Corporation;
(f) whether the shares of such class or series shall be subject to the operation of a
retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or
sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of such class or series
for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation
thereof;
(g) whether the shares of such class or series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for,
at the option of either the holder or the Corporation or upon the happening of a specified event,
shares of stock of any other class or any other series of the same class or any other class or
classes of securities or property and, if so, the price or prices or the rate or rates of
conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and
conditions of conversion or exchange;
(h) the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such class
or series are outstanding, upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on,
and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation of, the Common Stock or
shares of stock of any other class or any other series of the same class;
(i) the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the
Corporation or upon the issue of any additional stock, including additional shares of such series
or of any other series of the same class or of any other class; and
(j) any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.
The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each
class or series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof,
if any, may differ from those of any and all other classes or series at any time outstanding. All
shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects with all other
shares of such series, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as
to the dates from which dividends thereof shall be cumulative. The Board of Directors may increase
the number of shares of the Preferred Stock designated for any existing class or series by a
resolution
adding to such class or series authorized and unissued shares of the Preferred Stock not
designated for any other class or series. The Board of Directors may decrease the number of shares
of Preferred Stock designated for any existing class or series by a resolution subtracting from
such class or series unissued shares of the Preferred Stock designated for such class or series,
and the shares so subtracted shall become authorized, unissued, and undesignated shares of the
Preferred Stock.
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SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and
Class III. The number of directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The
directors in Class I shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting of
stockholders, the directors in Class II shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2010 Annual
Meeting of stockholders, and the directors in Class III shall be elected for a term expiring at the
2011 Annual Meeting of stockholders. Commencing at the 2009 Annual Meeting of stockholders and at
each annual meeting thereafter, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire
shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders after their election. Except as the DGCL may otherwise require, in the interim between
annual meetings of stockholders or special meetings of stockholders called for the election of
directors and/or the removal of one or more directors and the filling of any vacancy in that
connection, newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including
unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of
a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in
the Corporation’s Bylaws), or by the sole remaining director. All directors shall hold office until
the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified. A director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation
or removal of a director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the director whose
death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor shall have
been elected and qualified.
SEVENTH. The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0000 X Xxxxxx,
XX, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
EIGHTH. The name and mailing address of the person who is to serve as the initial Class III
director of the Corporation pursuant to the terms set forth herein is:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X-000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
NINTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the
conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of
the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and shareholders:
A. Elections of directors need not be by ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so
provide.
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B. The Board of Directors shall have the power, without the assent or vote of the
stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation as
provided in the by-laws of the Corporation.
C. The directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or
ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called
for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any contract or act that shall be
approved or be ratified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation
which is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided
that a lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall be as valid
and binding upon the Corporation and upon all the stockholders as though it had been approved or
ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation, whether or not the contract or act would
otherwise be open to legal attack because of directors’ interest, or for any other reason.
D. In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred
upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and
things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of
the laws of
Delaware, of this Certificate of Incorporation, and to any by-laws from time to time
made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no by-law so made shall invalidate any prior act
of the directors which would have been valid if such by-law had not been made.
TENTH. The Corporation may agree to the terms and conditions upon which any director,
officer, employee or agent accepts his office or position and in its bylaws, by contract or in any
other manner may agree to indemnify and protect any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or any person who serves at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to
the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
ELEVENTH. A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any repeal or
modification of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a
director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior
to such repeal or modification.
TWELFTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation
Law of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, indemnify any and all persons who
it shall have power to indemnify under such law from and against any and all of the expenses,
liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by such law, and, in addition, to the extent
permitted under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his director or officer capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
a person.
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THIRTEENTH. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed
by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.
FOURTEENTH. The Corporation hereby elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
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EXHIBIT B
[AMENDED AND RESTATED]
BYLAWS
OF
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1. Registered Office and Agent. The initial registered office shall
be 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, located in New Castle County, and
the name of the initial registered agent of the Corporation at such address shall be The
Corporation Service Company.
Section 1.2. Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other
places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at
such date, time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the
purpose of electing a Board of Directors, and transacting such other business as properly may be
brought before the meeting.
To be properly brought before the annual meeting, business must be either (i) specified in the
notice of annual meeting (or any supplement or amendment thereto) given by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by a
stockholder. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty
(60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event
that less than seventy (70) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual
meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by a stockholder, to be timely, must be received
no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice
of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first
occurs. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
annual meeting, and (ii) any material interest of the stockholder in such business, and (b) as to
the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of the stockholder and (ii) the
class, series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned
by the stockholder. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the
contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Article II, Section 2. The officer of the Corporation presiding at an
annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the annual meeting that
business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the provisions of
this Article II, Section 2, and if such officer should so determine, such officer shall so declare
to the annual meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted.
Section 2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation,
may only be called by a majority of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer or the President and shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing of
stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed
meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the
purposes stated in the notice.
Section 2.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or
permitted to take action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall
state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose
or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice
of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date
of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.4. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. Except as otherwise provided by
law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the presence in person or by proxy of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
thereat shall constitute a quorum at each meeting of the stockholders and all questions shall be
decided by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares so represented in person or by proxy
at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat. The stockholders present at any duly organized meeting
may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.5. Adjournments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these
Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at any
meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, whether or not a quorum is present, shall have
the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a
quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting originally called; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more
than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the adjourned meeting.
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Section 2.6. Voting Rights; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided by law or by
the Certificate of Incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be
entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting
power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three (3) years from its date,
unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly
provided therein to be irrevocable or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law. The notice of every
meeting of the stockholders may be accompanied by a form of proxy approved by the Board of
Directors in favor of such person or persons as the Board of Directors may select.
Section 2.7. Action of Stockholders Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided
by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent
in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and shall
be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its
principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in
which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
Section 2.8. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge
of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every
meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting,
arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of
shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept
at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present.
Section 2.9. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment
of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful
action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more
than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor
more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described;
provided, however, that if no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at
the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is
waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held,
and, for
determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any
other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts a resolution relating thereto.
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A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors, and which record date shall be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of
Directors and no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended (“DGCL”), the record date shall be the first date on which a signed
written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation in the manner prescribed by Article II, Section 2.7 hereof. If no record date has been
fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the DGCL
with respect to the proposed action by written consent of the stockholders, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing shall be at the close
of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior
action.
Section 2.10. Ratification. Any transaction questioned in any stockholders’
derivative suit, or any other suit to enforce alleged rights of the Corporation or any of its
stockholders, on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse
interest of any director, officer or stockholder, nondisclosure, miscomputation or the application
of improper principles or practices of accounting may be approved, ratified and confirmed before or
after judgment by the Board of Directors or by the holders of common stock and, if so approved,
ratified or confirmed, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had
been originally duly authorized, and said approval, ratification or confirmation shall be binding
upon the Corporation and all of its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or
execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.1. Powers; Number; Qualifications. The business, affairs and
property of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors,
which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders. The number of directors shall be as fixed in such manner as
may be determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, but shall not be less
than one. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as
provided in Article III, Section 3.2 hereof, and each director elected shall hold office until his
successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. A
majority of the directors may elect from its members a chairman. The chairman, if any, shall hold
this office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
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Section 3.2. Staggered Board. The Board of Directors shall be divided into
three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. The number of directors in each class shall be as
nearly equal as possible. The directors in Class I shall be elected for a term expiring at the 2009
Annual Meeting of stockholders, the directors in Class II shall be elected for a term expiring at
the 2010 Annual Meeting of stockholders, and the directors in Class III shall be elected for a term
expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting of stockholders. Commencing at the 2009 Annual Meeting of
stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, directors elected to succeed those directors
whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual
meeting of stockholders after their election. At each annual meeting of stockholders, commencing
with the 2009 Annual Meeting of stockholders, (i) directors elected to succeed those directors
whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his or
her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified unless earlier removed, and (ii) if
authorized by a resolution of the board of directors, directors may be elected to fill any vacancy
on the board of directors, regardless of how such vacancy shall have been created.
Section 3.3. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors, including
vacancies resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a vote
of the remaining directors then in office or by a sole remaining director and the directors so
chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors
are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 3.4. Nominations. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be made at such
meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any committee or persons appointed by
the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election
of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article III,
Section 3.4. Such nominations by any stockholder shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing
to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60)
days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the meeting; provided however, that in the event that
less than seventy (70) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given
or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder, to be timely, must be received no later than
the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of
the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs. Such
stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (a) the name, age, business address
and residence address of the person, (b) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (c)
the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
the person, and (d) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed
in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice
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(a) the
name and record address of the stockholder and (b) the class and number of shares of capital stock
of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. The Corporation may require any
proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation
to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. No
person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The officer of the Corporation presiding at an
annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination
was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so
declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
Section 3.5. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by written
notice to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such
notice or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware, at such hour and on
such day as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors, without further notice of such
meetings. The time and place of holding regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be changed
by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President by giving written
notice thereof as provided in Article III, Section 3.8 hereof.
Section 3.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held whenever called by (i) the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (ii) the
Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary on the written request of a
majority of the Board of Directors; or (iii) resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Special
meetings may be held within or without the State of Delaware as may be stated in the notice of the
meeting.
Section 3.8. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the time, place and general
nature of the business to be transacted at all special meetings of the Board of Directors, and
written notice of any change in the time or place of holding the regular meetings of the Board of
Directors, must be given to each director at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the day of the
meeting; provided, however, that notice of any meeting need not be given to any director if waived
by him in writing, or if he shall be present at such meeting, except when the director attends the
meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction
of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 3.9. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. Except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of
the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the directors then in office or of
such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and,
except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present
at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum
shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee
thereof, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
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Section 3.10. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise
restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may
be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or the committee of the board, as the case
may be, consent thereto in writing, which may be in counterparts, and the writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or the committee thereof. Such
writing(s) shall be manually executed if practicable, but if circumstances so require, effect shall
be given to written consent transmitted by telegraph, telex, telecopy or similar means of visual
data transmission.
Section 3.11. Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of
Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of
such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a
meeting pursuant to this Bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.12. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the
Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other
corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors
or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable
solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in
the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or
transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material
facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or
committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a
quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the
contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon,
and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders;
or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized,
approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or
interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the
Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
Section 3.13. Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation
for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved by
resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance at each regular or
special meeting or any committee thereof. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving
the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or
standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
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Section 3.14. Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an
election of directors. The notice calling such meeting shall state the intention to act upon such
matter, and the vacancy or vacancies, if any, caused by such removal shall be filled at such
meeting by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
Section 3.15. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by
a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each
committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate
one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. The alternate members of any committee
may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee,
to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all
the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it; but no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending
the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to
the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s
property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution
or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees
shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same
to the Board of Directors when required. Members of special or standing committees shall be
entitled to receive such compensation for serving on such committees as the Board of Directors
shall determine.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 4.1. Notices. Whenever, under the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, such
notice must be in writing and may be given in person, in writing or by mail, telegram, telecopy or
other similar means of visual communication, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage or other transmittal charges
thereon prepaid. Such notice shall be deemed to be given (i) if by mail, the day when the same
shall be deposited in the United States mail, and (ii) otherwise, when such notice is transmitted.
Section 4.2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given
under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a
committee of
directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the
Certificate of Incorporation.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1. Election; Qualifications; Term of Office. The officers of the
Corporation shall be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and may include, at the
discretion of the Board, a Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, a President, a Chief
Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and such Executive, Senior or other Vice Presidents and other officers as may be determined by the
Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person and more than one person
may hold the same office, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen
and qualified, except that any officer may resign at any time by written notice to the Corporation
and the Board of Directors may remove any officer at any time at its discretion with or without
cause.
Section 5.2. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney,
proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned
by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief
Executive Officer or any Vice President, and any such officer may, in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by
proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own
securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers
incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might
have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to
time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 5.3. Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the provisions of these
Bylaws and to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have
ultimate authority for decisions relating to the general management and control of the affairs and
business of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers
which are or from time to time may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or these
Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by and subject to the oversight of the
Board of Directors.
Section 5.4. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have
general supervision, direction and control of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall
perform such other duties and exercise such other powers which are or from time to time may be
delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic
policies as established by and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. In the absence
of a named Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer shall also have the powers and duties of the
Treasurer as hereinafter set forth and shall be authorized and empowered to sign as Treasurer in
any case where such officer’s signature is required.
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Section 5.5. Vice Presidents. At the request of the Chief Executive Officer or
in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, or in the event of his or her inability or refusal
to act, the Vice President or the Vice Presidents if there is more than one (in the order
designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon such
office, Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board
of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Vice President, the Board of Directors
shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer
or in the event of the inability or refusal of such officer to act, shall perform the duties of
such office, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon such office.
Section 5.6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board
of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or
books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing
committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of
the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or he Chief Executive Officer, under whose
supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause or be
given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors,
then any Assistant Secretary shall perform such actions. If there be no Assistant Secretary, then
the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may choose another officer to cause such
notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to
any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give
general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the
affixing by his signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements,
certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept
or filed, as the case may be.
Section 5.7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate
funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in
books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the
name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board
of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief
Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of
Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration
to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his
control belonging to the Corporation.
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Section 5.8. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in
these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such
powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, or any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the
Secretary or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the
Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon the Secretary.
Section 5.9. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, if there be one, or the
Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal to act,
shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an
Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties
as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of
his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of
whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 5.10. Controller. The Controller shall establish and maintain the
accounting records of the Corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis, maintain proper internal control of the assets of the Corporation
and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or any
Vice President of the Corporation may prescribe.
Section 5.11. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors
may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to
them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the
Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and
powers.
Section 5.12. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by submitting
his written resignation to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of its
receipt by the Corporation, unless another time be fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall
become effective at the time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to
make it effective.
Section 5.13. Removal. Subject to the provisions of any employment agreement
approved by the Board of Directors, any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with
or without cause, by the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VI
STOCK
Section 6.1. Certificates. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation may
be represented by certificates or be uncertificated. Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be
entitled to receive, if he or she so requests, a certificate or certificates representing his
or her shares of capital stock of the Corporation in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (i) the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, or a Vice President, and (ii) a Vice President, the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the
number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue
more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or
series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights
shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the
Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be
set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent
such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each
stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, at all times that the Corporation’s
stock is listed on a stock exchange, such shares shall comply with all direct registration system
eligibility requirements established by such exchange, including any requirement that shares of the
Corporation’s stock be eligible for issue in book-entry form. All issuances and transfers of
shares of the Corporation’s stock shall be entered on the books of the Corporation with all
information necessary to comply with such direct registration system eligibility requirements,
including the name and address of the person to whom the shares are issued, the number of shares
issued and the date of issue. The Board shall have the power and authority to make such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of
shares of stock of the Corporation in both the certificated and uncertificated form.
Section 6.2. Certificates Issued for Partly Paid Shares. Certificates may be
issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon the face or back of the certificates issued to
represent any such partly paid shares the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor,
and the amount paid thereon shall be specified.
Section 6.3. Signatures. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may
be facsimile including, but not limited to, signatures of officers of the Corporation and
countersignatures of a transfer agent or registrar. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have
ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be
issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue.
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Section 6.4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New
Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued
in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate of
stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or
certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates,
or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to
give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
Section 6.5. Transfer of Stock. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable
in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Except as otherwise established by rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may
be transferred on the books of the Corporation, if such shares are certificated, only by a person
named in the certificate or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender
of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written
assignment or power of attorney properly executed, or upon proper instructions from the holder of
uncertificated shares, in each case with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature
as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. The Corporation shall have no
duty to inquire into adverse claims with respect to such transfer unless (a) the Corporation has
received a written notification of an adverse claim at a time and in a manner which affords the
Corporation a reasonable opportunity to act on it prior to the issuance of a new, reissued or
re-registered share certificate and the notification identifies the claimant, the registered owner
and the issue of which the share or shares is a part and provides an address for communications
directed to the claimant; or (b) the Corporation has required and obtained, with respect to a
fiduciary, a copy of a will, trust, indenture, articles of co-partnership, Bylaws or other
controlling instruments, for a purpose other than to obtain appropriate evidence of the appointment
or incumbency of the fiduciary, and such documents indicate, upon reasonable inspection, the
existence of an adverse claim. The Corporation may discharge any duty of inquiry by any reasonable
means, including notifying an adverse claimant by registered or certified mail at the address
furnished by him or, if there be no such address, at his residence or regular place of business
that the security has been presented for registration of transfer by a named person, and that the
transfer will be registered unless within thirty days from the date of mailing the notification,
either (a) an appropriate restraining order, injunction or other process issues from a court of
competent jurisdiction; or (b) an indemnity bond, sufficient in the Corporation’s judgment to
protect the Corporation and any transfer agent, registrar or other agent of the Corporation
involved from any loss which it or they may suffer by complying with the adverse claim, is filed
with the Corporation
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Reliance on Books and Records. Each Director, each member of any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation, shall, in the
performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or
other records of the Corporation, including reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers,
by an independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.
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Section 7.2. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set
aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors
from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of
the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it
was created.
Section 7.3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.4. Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or
new Bylaws may be adopted from time to time in the manner prescribed in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
Section 7.5. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of
the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner
reproduced.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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Section 8.2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
Section 8.3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
Section 8.4. Any indemnification under Sections 1 or 2 of this Article (unless ordered
by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such section. Such
determination shall be made:
(a) By the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were
not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or
(b) If such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested
directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(c) By the stockholders.
Section 8.5. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be
paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized in this Section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees
and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems
appropriate.
Section 8.6. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to the other sections of this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to
action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
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Section 8.7. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Article.
Section 8.8. For purposes of this Article, references to “the Corporation” shall
include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate
existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers,
and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer employee or agent of
such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation of
its separate existence had continued.
Section 8.9. For purposes of this Article, references to “other enterprises” shall
include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a
person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the
Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article.
Section 8.10. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this Article shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 8.11. No director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to
the Corporation or to any stockholder of the Corporation for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director or officer, provided that this provision shall not limit the liability
of a director or officer (i) for any breach of the director’s or the officer’s duty of loyalty to
the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director or officer derived
an improper personal benefit.
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EXHIBIT C
Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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EXHIBIT D
Officers of the Surviving Bank
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 13,
2007, by and among
Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“
CBAC”),
BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“
BOE”), and the
undersigned shareholder of BOE (the “
Shareholder”).
The Shareholder desires that CBAC and BOE enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of December 13, 2007, between CBAC and BOE (as the same may be amended or supplemented, the
“
Merger Agreement”). The
Merger Agreement provides for the merger of BOE with and into
CBAC (the “
Merger”). The transactions described in the
Merger Agreement are subject to the
approvals of the shareholders of BOE, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or its
delegee (“
Federal Reserve”), and other applicable federal and state regulatory authorities,
as well as to the satisfaction of certain other conditions described in the
Merger Agreement.
The Shareholder and BOE are executing this Agreement as an inducement and condition to CBAC
entering into, executing and performing the
Merger Agreement and the transactions (the
“
Transactions”) contemplated therein, including, without limitation, the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the execution and delivery by CBAC of the
Merger Agreement
and the mutual covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein and therein, and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties. The Shareholder represents and warrants to CBAC as
follows:
(a) The Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the number of shares
(“Shareholder’s Shares”) of BOE Common Stock set forth below such Shareholder’s name
on the signature page hereof. Except for the Shareholder’s Shares, the Shareholder is not
the record or beneficial owner of any shares of BOE Common Stock.
(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitutes
a valid and binding agreement of, the Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation by the
Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will result in a violation of, or a
default under, or conflict with, any contract, loan and credit arrangements, Liens (as
defined in subsection 1(d) below), trust, commitment, agreement,
understanding, arrangement or restriction of any kind to which the Shareholder is a party or
bound or to which the Shareholder’s Shares are subject. Consummation by the Shareholder of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate, or require any consent, approval, or
notice under, any provision of any judgment, order, decree, arbitral award or holding,
statute, law, rule or regulation applicable to the Shareholder or the Shareholder’s Shares.
(d) The Shareholder’s Shares and the certificates representing the Shareholder’s Shares
are now, and at all times during the term hereof will be, held by the Shareholder, or by a
nominee or custodian for the benefit of such Shareholder, free and clear of all pledges,
Liens, security interests, claims, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, understandings or
arrangements or any other encumbrances whatsoever (a “Lien”), except for (i) any
Liens arising hereunder, and (ii) Liens, if any, which have been disclosed on Exhibit
A hereto and which will be satisfied and released at Closing.
(e) Except for BOE’s engagement of Xxxxxxx Financial Advisors, Inc. as BOE’s investment
banker in connection with the Transactions, no broker, investment banker, financial adviser
or other Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial adviser’s or other similar
fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Shareholder.
(f) The Shareholder understands and acknowledges that CBAC is entering into the
Merger
Agreement in reliance upon the Shareholder’s execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement. The Shareholder acknowledges that the irrevocable proxy set forth in Section 2
of this Agreement is granted in consideration for the execution and delivery of the
Merger
Agreement by CBAC.
2. Voting Agreements. The Shareholder agrees with, and covenants to, CBAC as follows:
(a) At any meeting of shareholders of BOE called to vote upon the Merger Agreement
and/or the Transactions or at any adjournment or postponement thereof or in any other
circumstances upon which a vote, consent or other approval with respect to the Merger
Agreement and/or the Transactions is sought (collectively, the “Shareholders’
Meeting”), the Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) all of the Shareholder’s
Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement, and the approval of the terms thereof and each of
the Transactions, and shall not grant any proxies to any third party, except where such
proxies are expressly directed to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the
Transactions. The Shareholder hereby waives all notice and publication of notice of any
Shareholders’ Meeting to be called or held with respect to the Merger Agreement and the
Transactions. The Shareholder hereby grants CBAC an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an
interest, to vote all of the Shareholder’s Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement and the
Transactions, and against any competing proposals or other Acquisition Proposals or
Acquisition Transactions.
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(b) At any meeting of BOE’s shareholders or at any adjournment thereof or in any other
circumstances upon which their vote, consent or other approval is sought, the Shareholder
shall vote (or cause to be voted) such Shareholder’s Shares against (i) any Acquisition
Proposal or Acquisition Transaction, including, without limitation, any merger,
consolidation or exchange agreement or merger or exchange (other than the Merger Agreement
and the Transactions), consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets,
reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by BOE, or
(ii) any amendment of BOE’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or other proposal or
transaction involving BOE, which amendment or other proposal or transaction would in any
manner delay, impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger Agreement, or any of the
Transactions (each of the foregoing in clause (i) or (ii) above, a “Competing
Transaction”).
3. Covenants. The Shareholder agrees with, and covenants to, CBAC as follows:
(a) The Shareholder shall not (i) exercise any BOE Rights, (ii) “Transfer”
(which term shall include, without limitation, for the purposes of this Agreement, any sale,
gift, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition or transfer of the Shareholder’s Shares or
any interest therein), or consent to any Transfer of, any or all of the Shareholder’s Shares
or any interest therein, except to CBAC pursuant to the Merger Agreement; (iii) enter into
any contract, option or other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any
Transfer of any or all of Shareholder’s Shares or any interest therein, except to CBAC,
(iv) grant any proxy, written consent, power of attorney or other authorization in or with
respect to Shareholder’s Shares or the right to vote or provide a written consent or waiver
with respect to Shareholders’ Shares, except for this Agreement, or (v) deposit
Shareholder’s Shares into a voting trust or enter into any voting agreement, arrangement or
understanding with respect to Shareholder’s Shares; provided that Shareholder may Transfer
any of Shareholder’s Shares (a) by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution,
or (b) to any family member of Shareholder or charitable institution; provided further, that
such transferee shall, prior to such Transfer, become a party to this Agreement subject to
its terms and obligations to the same extent as the Shareholder, by executing and delivering
to CBAC a counterpart to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to CBAC.
(b) In connection with the Merger, each of Shareholder’s Shares shall, pursuant to the
terms of the Merger Agreement, be exchanged for 5.7278 shares of CBAC Common Stock, subject
to adjustment as provided in the Merger Agreement. The Shareholder hereby waives any rights
of appraisal or rights to dissent from the Transactions that such Shareholder may have.
(c) Except as specifically permitted by Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement solely in
such Shareholder’s capacity as a director of BOE, the Shareholder shall not, nor shall it
permit any investment banker, attorney or other adviser or representative of the Shareholder
to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage the submission of, any
Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Transaction or Competing Transaction or
(ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any
information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the
making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any
Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Transaction or Competing Transaction, other than the
Merger and the other Transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and other than any
Transfer expressly permitted by the proviso to Section 3(a) of this Agreement.
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4. No Prior Proxies. The Shareholder represents, warrants and covenants that any
proxies or voting rights previously given in respect of the Shareholder’s Shares other than to CBAC
are not irrevocable, and that any such proxies or voting rights are hereby irrevocably revoked.
5. Certain Events. The Shareholder agrees that this Agreement and the obligations
hereunder shall attach to the Shareholder’s Shares and shall be binding upon any person or entity
to which legal or beneficial ownership of Shareholder’s Shares shall pass, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, including the Shareholder’s successors or assigns. In the event of any stock
split, stock dividend, merger, exchange, reorganization, recapitalization or other change in the
capital structure of BOE affecting the BOE Common Stock, or the acquisition of additional shares of
BOE Common Stock (including pursuant to the exercise or exchange of any BOE Rights) or other voting
securities of BOE by any shareholder, the number of shares of BOE Common Stock subject to the terms
of this Agreement shall be adjusted appropriately and this Agreement and the obligations hereunder
shall attach to any additional shares of BOE Common Stock or other voting securities of BOE issued
to or acquired by the Shareholder.
6. Stop Transfer. BOE agrees with, and covenants to, CBAC that BOE shall not register
the transfer of any certificate representing any of the Shareholder’s Shares, including any
additional shares of BOE Common Stock acquired by the Shareholder and pursuant to any BOE Rights,
unless such transfer is made to CBAC or otherwise in compliance with this Agreement. The
Shareholder agrees that, upon the request of CBAC at any time, the Shareholder will tender to BOE
any and all certificates and instruments representing such Shareholder’s Shares and BOE Rights and
BOE will prominently inscribe upon such certificates the following legend in substantially the
following form:
THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF BOE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC. REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR HEREAFTER ACQUIRED IN RESPECT OF SUCH SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO A
SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY BANKERS ACQUISITION CORP. DATED AS OF DECEMBER 13,
2007, AND NONE OF SUCH SHARES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, DONATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED OR DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE
THEREWITH. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
OFFICES OF BOE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC.
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7. Further Assurances. The Shareholder shall, upon request of CBAC and at CBAC’s
reasonable expense, execute and deliver any additional documents and take such further
actions as
may reasonably be deemed by CBAC to be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof
and to vest in CBAC the power to vote such Shareholder’s Shares as contemplated by Section 2 of
this Agreement and the other irrevocable proxies provided therein.
8. Termination. This Agreement, and all rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder, shall terminate upon the first to occur of (x) the Effective Time of the Merger or
(y) the date upon which the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, in which
event the provisions of this Agreement shall terminate, except for Section 10 (excluding the
proviso appearing at the end of the first sentence of subsection 10(g)), which shall survive for
two years.
9. Capacity; Obligations to Vote.
(a) This Agreement relates solely to the capacity of the Shareholder as a shareholder or other
beneficial owner of the Shareholder’s Shares and is not in any way intended to affect the exercise
by such Shareholder of his responsibilities as a director or officer of BOE. The term
“Shareholder’s Shares” shall not include any BOE securities beneficially owned by the Shareholder
as a trustee or fiduciary, and this Agreement is not in any way intended to affect the exercise by
the Shareholder of his fiduciary responsibility in respect of any such securities.
(b) The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding the provisions contained in Section 2
hereof, the Shareholder shall not be obligated to vote as required in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of
this Agreement in the event that CBAC is in material default with respect to any covenant,
representation, warranty or agreement with respect to it contained in the Merger Agreement.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement. As used herein, the singular
shall include the plural and any reference to gender shall include all other genders. The
terms “include,” “including” and similar phrases shall mean including
without limitation, whether by enumeration or otherwise.
(b) All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or sent by
reliable overnight delivery or by facsimile to the parties at the following addresses (or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice): (i) if to CBAC or BOE,
to the addresses set forth in Section 11.8 of the Merger Agreement; and (ii) if to the
Shareholder, to its address shown below its signature on the last page hereof.
(c) The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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(d) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement. A facsimile signature shall constitute an original
signature and shall have the same force and effect as an original manual signature for all
purposes.
(e) This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein)
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written
and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, but shall not modify
the Merger Agreement or supersede any other agreement entered into as part of the Merger
Agreement or thereafter.
(f) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to the applicable conflicts of laws principles
thereof, except to the extent the laws of the State of Delaware necessarily apply.
(g) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of CBAC, BOE and the
Shareholder, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal and legal
representatives; provided Shareholders may not transfer or assign any rights or interests in
the Shares, except to CBAC or as expressly permitted by this Agreement. Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be
assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, by BOE or the Shareholder
without the prior written consent of the other parties, except as expressly contemplated by
Section 3(a) of this Agreement. Any assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be void.
(h) The Shareholder agrees that irreparable damage would occur and that CBAC would not
have any adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement
were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. The
Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement
will result in irreparable damage to CBAC and its subsidiaries and that CBAC and any of its
Subsidiaries shall be entitled to exercise all rights and remedies, including one or more
temporary restraining orders and/or injunctions and other equitable relief, including
specific performance, to prevent breaches or threatened breaches by the Shareholder of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in any
state or federal court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia without the necessity of
posting any bond or security (all of which are waived by the Shareholder), and to exercise
all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, including, without limitation, the right
to damages. In addition, each of the parties hereto (i) consents to submit such party to
the personal jurisdiction of any federal court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in
the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby, and (ii) agrees that such party
will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for
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(i) If any term, provision, covenant or restriction herein, or the application thereof
to any circumstance, shall, to any extent, be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions herein and the application thereof to any other circumstances, shall remain in
full force and effect, shall not in any way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and shall
be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(j) No amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement shall be
effective against any party unless it shall be in writing and signed by such party.
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EXHIBIT
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have executed and delivered this Support Agreement
as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT F-1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is entered into this ___ day of
, 2007, between
Community Bankers
Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(“
Company”), and Xxxxxx X. Longest, Jr. (“
Employee”).
WHEREAS, Company and BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (“Merger Partner”) have
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), under which Merger
Partner will be merged into Company; and
WHEREAS, Company and Employee have agreed that upon the consummation of the merger (the
“Merger”) contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Employee shall become an employee of
Company under the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby
agree as follows:
1. Employment. Conditional upon consummation of the Merger and Employee being in the
employment of Merger Partner on the effective date of the Merger (the “Merger Date”), and
effective at the Merger Date, Employee shall be employed by Company on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Term. The term of the employment hereunder shall commence on the Merger Date and
shall continue until the third anniversary of the Merger Date, unless terminated earlier as
provided herein (the “Term”); provided, however, that on each anniversary of the Merger
Date, upon the review and approval of Company’s Board of Directors, the Term shall be extended by
an additional year unless Company or Employee gives written notice at least thirty (30) days prior
to an anniversary date that no further extensions shall occur.
3. Position and Responsibilities. Commencing upon the Merger Date, Employee shall
serve as the President of the Company and, effective January 1, 2010, Employee shall also serve as
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Subject to the review and approval of the Board of
Directors of Company’s banking subsidiary (the “Bank”), and subject to the further review
and approval of the Bank’s Board of Directors as to the extension of the term as set forth in
Section 2, during the Term, Employee also shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.
Employee shall have the duties, responsibilities, rights, power and authority that may be from time
to time delegated or assigned to him by the Boards of Directors of Company or the Bank.
4. Duties. During the period of employment hereunder, Employee shall devote all of
his time, attention, skills and efforts to the business of Company and the Bank and the faithful
performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. Employee shall be loyal to Company and
the Bank and shall refrain from rendering any business services to any person or entity other
than Company and the Bank and their respective affiliates without the prior written consent of
Company.
5. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Annual Base Salary. During the Term, Company shall pay Employee an annual
base salary equal to or in excess of the Employee’s current annual base salary, subject to
applicable federal and state income and social security tax withholding requirements (the
“Base Salary”). The initial Base Salary shall be determined by an ad hoc
compensation committee consisting of an equal number of independent directors designated by
the Company and Merger Partner (the “Ad Hoc Committee”), which will use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the ad hoc compensation committee to make such
determination within forty-five (45) days after the date of the Merger Agreement. The Base
Salary shall be payable in accordance with Company’s customary payroll practices and may be
increased, but not decreased, upon regular reviews in accordance with senior management
compensation policies and performance of Employee.
(b) Reimbursement of Expenses. Company shall pay or reimburse Employee for all
reasonable travel and other business related expenses incurred by him in performing his
duties under this Agreement. Such expenses shall be appropriately documented and submitted
to Company in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures as established from time to
time.
(c) Vacation and Sick Leave. Employee shall be provided with vacation and sick
leave in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures for senior executives as
established from time to time, but in no event less than four weeks of vacation annually.
(d) Employee Benefit Plans. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to
participate in the employee benefit plans of Company or its successors or assigns, as
presently in effect or as they may be modified or added to from time to time, to the extent
such benefit plans are provided to other similarly situated senior executive employees on a
basis not less favorable than that provided to such class of employees.
(e) Incentive Bonus Plans. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to
participate in Company’s incentive-based bonus plans, applicable to his employment position,
in accordance with both the terms and conditions of such plans and Company’s policies and
procedures as established from time to time.
(f) Other Employment Benefits. The Company will provide Employee with an
appropriate automobile or automobile allowance, including appropriate insurance coverage and
maintenance expenses, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
will pay (or reimburse Employee for) Employee’s country club dues incurred during the Term.
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(g) Stock Compensation. Employee will be entitled to receive during the Term
stock awards under the Company’s stock incentive plan in such amounts and subject to such
terms and conditions as determined by the Compensation Committee or the Board of
Directors. In addition, upon consummation of the Merger, Employee shall receive a stock
option to purchase such number of shares of Company common stock as determined by the Ad Hoc
Committee at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock
on the date of grant, and with such further terms and conditions as may be set forth in a
separate stock option agreement.
6. Termination of Employment.
(a) Termination Upon Death or Disability. If Employee dies while employed by
the Company, the Company will pay his beneficiary designated in writing or, if none, his
estate, as applicable, an amount equal to two (2) months of Employee’s Base Salary in effect
at his death. Such amount shall be payable in a lump sum payment within twenty (20) days of
Employee’s death. If the Company determines that the Disability, as hereinafter defined, of
Employee has occurred, it may terminate Employee’s employment and this Agreement upon thirty
(30) days written notice, provided that, within such thirty day notice period, Employee
shall not have returned to full-time performance of Employee’s assigned duties. If
Employee’s employment is terminated for Disability, Employee shall be entitled only to the
disability benefits provided under the policy of disability insurance provided for all
employees, as such policy may be changed from time to time. For the purpose of this
Agreement, “Disability” shall be as defined under Company’s disability insurance
policy maintained for Employee from time to time.
(b) Termination for Cause. Employee’s employment may be terminated for Cause
at any time without further liability on the part of the Company. If the Company terminates
Employee for Cause, Employee shall have no right to render services or to receive
compensation or other benefits under this Agreement for any period after such termination.
Termination for Cause shall be effective immediately or upon such notice to Employee as may
determined by the Company. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Cause” means: (A)
the repeated failure of Employee to perform his responsibilities and duties hereunder after
reasonable notice and opportunity to cure; (B) the commission of an act by Employee
constituting dishonesty or fraud against Company or the Bank; (C) the conviction of or the
entering of a guilty or no contest plea with respect to a felony or any crime involving
moral turpitude; (D) any breach by Employee of a material term of this Agreement, or
violation in any material respect of any code or standard of behavior generally applicable
to officers of Company or the Bank, after being advised in writing of such breach or
violation and being given a reasonable opportunity and period (as determined by the Company)
to remedy such breach or violation; or (E) the willful engaging by Employee in conduct that
is reasonably likely to result, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in material
injury to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise.
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(c) Termination Without Cause. Company shall have the right to terminate
Employee’s employment at any time without Cause. In the event the Company shall terminate
Employee’s employment without Cause during the Term, Employee shall be
entitled to the following, provided Employee executes a general release of claims
prepared by the Company:
(i) For twenty-four (24) months following the date of termination, the Company
shall continue to pay Employee his Base Salary in effect on the date of termination,
such payments to be made on the same periodic dates as salary payments would have
been made to Employee had his employment not been terminated, subject to applicable
federal and state income and social security tax withholding requirements.
(ii) For twenty-four (24) months following the date of termination, Employee
shall continue to receive any health care (medical, dental and vision) plan coverage
provided to Employee and his spouse and dependents at the date of termination, with
the Company paying the normal Company paid contribution, on a monthly or more
frequent basis, for similarly situated active employees during such health care
continuation period, provided that Employee’s continued participation is possible
under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs. If the Company
reasonably determines that maintaining such coverage for Employee for Employee’s
spouse or dependents is not possible under the terms and provisions of such plans
and programs or any provision of law would create an adverse tax effect for Employee
or the Company due to such participation, the Company shall provide substantially
identical benefits directly or through a separate insurance arrangement.
(iii) The Company’s obligation to provide Employee and his dependents with
health care plan coverage pursuant to Section 6(c)(ii) hereof shall terminate with
respect to each particular type of insurance if and when Employee has obtained
coverage under one or more welfare benefit plans of a subsequent employer that
provides for equal or greater benefits to Employee and his dependents with respect
to that specific type of benefit.
(iv) If Employee dies while receiving such continued health care coverage,
Employee’s spouse and dependents will continue to be covered under all applicable
health care plans during the remainder of the coverage period as described above.
Employee’s spouse and dependents will become eligible for COBRA continuation
coverage for health and dental benefits at the end of such health care continuation
coverage period.
(d) Termination by Employee for Good Reason. Employee may terminate his
employment for Good Reason and will be entitled to the payments and other benefits provided
in Section 6(c), provided Employee executes a general release of claims prepared by the
Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:
(i) the continued assignment to Employee of duties inconsistent with Employee’s
position, authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Sections 3 and 4
hereof;
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(ii) any action taken by the Company which results in a substantial reduction
in the status of Employee, including a significant diminution in Employee’s
position, authority, duties or responsibilities;
(iii) the relocation of Employee to any other primary place of employment which
might require Employee to move his residence which, for this purpose, includes any
reassignment to a place of employment located more than thirty-five (35) miles from
Employee’s initially assigned place of employment (which includes for purposes of
this Agreement both Tappahannock and Richmond, Virginia), without Employee’s express
written consent to such relocation; or
(iv) any failure by the Company, or any successor entity following a Change of
Control, to comply with the provisions of Section 5 or to honor any other term or
provision of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, Good Reason shall not include the removal of Employee as an
officer of any subsidiary of the Company (including the Bank) in order that Employee might
concentrate his efforts on the Company, any resignation by Employee where Cause for
Employee’s termination by the Company exists, or an isolated, insubstantial and/or
inadvertent action not taken in bad faith by the Company and which is remedied by the
Company within a reasonable time after receipt of notice thereof given by Employee.
(e) Termination by Employee. Employee shall have the right at any time
voluntarily to terminate his employment, upon thirty (30) days written notice, in which
event Employee shall be entitled only to the Base Salary through the date of termination.
7. Change in Control.
(a) Termination Following Change in Control. Notwithstanding Sections 6(c) and
6(d) above, if Company terminates Employee’s employment without Cause or if Employee resigns
with Good Reason within one hundred twenty (120) days after the occurrence of Good Reason,
in either case within two (2) years of a Change in Control (as defined herein), Employee
will be entitled to the following benefits, subject to applicable federal and state income
and social security tax withholding requirements and the execution by Employee of a general
release of claims prepared by Company:
(i) Accrued Obligations. The “Accrued Obligations” are the sum
of: (1) Employee’s Base Salary through the date of termination at the rate then in
effect; (2) the amount, if any, of any incentive or bonus compensation theretofore
earned which has not yet been paid; (3) the product of the annual bonus paid or
payable, including by reason of deferral, for the most recently completed year and a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current year through
the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365; and (4) any benefits or
awards (including both the cash and stock components) which pursuant to the terms of
any plans, policies or programs have been earned or become payable, but
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which have
not yet been paid to Employee (but not including amounts that previously had been
deferred at Employee’s request, which amounts will be paid in accordance with
Employee’s existing directions). The Accrued Obligations will be paid to Employee
in a lump sum payment of cash or stock, as applicable, as soon as administratively
feasible after the date of termination; provided, however, that if payment of any
such Accrued Obligations at such time would result in a prohibited acceleration
under Section 409A of the Internal Code of 1986 (the “Code”), such Accrued
Obligations shall be paid at the time the Accrued Obligations would have been paid
under the applicable plan, policy, program or arrangement relating to such Accrued
Obligation had Employee remained employed by the Company.
(ii) Salary Continuance Benefit. The “Salary Continuance
Benefit” is an amount equal to 2.99 times Employee’s Final Compensation. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Final Compensation” means the Base Salary in
effect at the date of termination, plus the average of the annual bonus paid or
payable for the two most recently completed years (both of which shall include any
amount contributed therefrom by Employee to any salary reduction agreement or any
other program that provides for pre-tax salary reductions or compensation
deferrals). The Salary Continuance Benefit will be paid to Employee in a lump sum
cash payment as soon as administratively feasible following the date of termination.
(iii) Health Care Continuance Benefit. (1) For thirty-six (36) months
following the date of termination, coverage under any health care (medical, dental
and vision) plan or plans (“Health Care Plans”) shall continue with the
Company paying the normal Company paid contribution for similarly situated active
employees and with such coverage being available on the same basis as available to
similarly situated active employees during such continuation period (the “Health
Care Continuance Benefit”), provided that Employee’s continued participation is
possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans. If participation in
any one or more of the Health Care Plans is not possible under the terms of the
Health Care Plan or any provision of law would create an adverse tax effect for
Employee or the Company due to such participation, the Company will provide
substantially identical benefits directly or through a separate insurance
arrangement. The Health Care Continuance Benefit as to any Health Care Plan will
cease if and when Employee has obtained coverage under one or more welfare benefit
plans of a subsequent employer that provides for equal or greater benefits to
Employee and his dependents with respect to the specific type of benefit.
(v) Continuance of Health Care Continuation Benefits Upon Death. If
Employee dies while receiving a Health Care Continuance Benefit, Employee’s spouse
and dependents will continue to be covered under all applicable Health Care Plans
during the remainder of the thirty-six (36) month coverage period as described
above. Employee’s spouse and dependents will become eligible for COBRA continuation
coverage for health and dental benefits at the end of such thirty-six (36) month
period.
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(b) Parachute Limitation and Excise Tax Gross-up. In the event any payment or
distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of Employee (whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but
determined without regard to any additional payments required under this Section 7(b)) (the
“Total Payments”) would subject Employee to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by Employee with respect to such excise tax
(collectively, the “Excise Tax”) on “excess parachute payments” (as defined in Section 280G
of the Code and the regulations related thereto), then Employee will be entitled to receive
an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that after payment by the
Employee of all taxes (including any income and employment taxes and interest or penalties
imposed with respect to such taxes) and the Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment,
Employee retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed on the
Total Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of the Total Payments that
exceeds three times the Employee’s “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code) is
less than $25,000, then the Total Payments shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that
the Total Payments would not subject Employee to any Excise Tax. All determinations
required to be made under this Section 7(b), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment
is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, will be made by the independent
accounting firm of the Company immediately prior to Employee’s termination of employment
(the “Accounting Firm”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be borne solely
by the Company, and any determination by the Accounting Firm will be binding upon the
Company Bank and Employee. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section
7(e), will be paid by the Company to Employee within ten days of the receipt of the
Accounting Firm’s determination.
(i) If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by
Employee, it shall so indicate to Employee in writing.
(ii) In the event there is an under-payment of the Gross-Up Payment due to the
uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the
initial determination by the Accounting Firm and Employee thereafter is required to
make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm will determine the amount of
any such under-payment that has occurred and such amount will be promptly paid by
the Company to or for the benefit of Employee.
(c) Change of Control Defined. A “Change in Control” means the occurrence of
any of the following events:
(i) The acquisition by one person, or more than one person acting as a group,
of ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person
or group, constitutes more than 25% of the total fair market value or total voting
power of the stock of the Company; however, if any one person, or more than one
person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 25% of the total fair
market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of
additional stock by the same person or persons will not be considered a Change in
Control and an increase of the effective percentage of stock owned by
any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, as a result of a
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transaction in which the Company acquires its stock in exchange for
property will be treated as an acquisition of stock for purposes of this paragraph;
provided, further, however, that the following acquisitions
will not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
entity controlled by the Company, (B) any acquisition directly from the Company
(excluding an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege), or
(C) any acquisition pursuant to a reorganization, merger, share exchange, or
consolidation by any corporation owned or proposed to be owned, directly or
indirectly, by shareholders of the Company if the shareholders’ ownership of
securities of the corporation resulting from such transaction constitutes a
majority of the ownership of securities of the resulting entity and at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from
such transaction were members of the Incumbent Board (as defined below) at the time
of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such transaction.
(ii) Where individuals who, as of the Merger Date, constitute the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority of such Board of Directors; provided, however, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Merger Date whose election, or
nomination for election, by the shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered
as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board.
(iii) The Company consummates after the Merger Date (A) a reorganization,
merger, share exchange or consolidation of the Company with any other entity,
except as provided above in subparagraph (c)(i)(C), or (B) the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
For purposes of this Section, the provisions of section 318(a) of the Code regarding
the constructive ownership of stock will apply to determine stock ownership;
provided, that stock underlying unvested options (including options exercisable for
stock that is not substantially vested) will not be treated as owned by the individual who
holds the option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consummation of the Merger shall not
constitute a Change of Control.
(d) Restrictive Covenants. If, after the occurrence of a Change of Control,
Employee’s employment is terminated without Cause or Employee terminates for Good Reason,
the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 8(e) and 8(g) will be applicable for twelve
(12), and not twenty-four (24), months following the date of termination of employment.
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8. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Ownership of Work Product. Company shall own all Work Product arising
during the course of Employee’s employment. For purposes hereof, “Work Product”
shall mean all intellectual property rights, including all Trade Secrets, United States and
international copyrights, patentable inventions, and other intellectual property rights in
any programming, documentation, technology or other work product that relates to Company,
the Bank, their respective businesses or customers and that Employee conceives, develops, or
delivers to Company or the Bank at any time during his employment. Employee agrees to take
such actions and execute such further acknowledgments and assignments as Company may
reasonably request to give effect to this provision.
(b) Protection of Trade Secrets. Employee agrees to maintain in strict
confidence and, except as necessary to perform his duties for Company and the Bank, Employee
agrees not to use or disclose any Trade Secrets, as defined by applicable law, of Company
and the Bank during or after his employment.
(c) Protection of Other Confidential Information. In addition, Employee agrees
to maintain in strict confidence and, except as necessary to perform his duties for Company,
not to use or disclose any Confidential Business Information of Company or the Bank during
his employment and for a period of twenty-four (24) months following termination of his
employment. “Confidential Business Information” shall mean any internal, non-public
information (other than Trade Secrets addressed above) concerning Company’s and the Bank’s
financial position and results of operations (including revenues, assets, net income, etc.);
annual and long-range business plans; product or service plans; marketing plans and methods;
training, educational and administrative manuals; customer and supplier information and
purchase histories; and employee lists. The provisions of Sections 7(b) and 7(b) shall also
apply to protect Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information of third parties
provided to Company or the Bank under an obligation of secrecy.
(d) Return of Materials. Employee shall return to Company, promptly upon its
request and in any event upon termination of his employment, all media, documents,
notebooks, computer programs, handbooks, data files, models, samples, price lists, drawings,
customer lists, prospect data, or other material of any nature whatsoever (in tangible or
electronic form) in Employee’s possession or control, including all copies thereof, relating
to Company, the Bank, and their respective businesses or customers. Upon the request of
Company, Employee shall certify in writing compliance with the foregoing requirement.
(e) No Solicitation of Customers. During Employee’s employment with Company
and, subject to Section 7(d), for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not
(except on behalf of or with the prior written consent of Company), either directly or
indirectly, on Employee’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit,
divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, or (B) attempt to solicit,
divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, any person or entity that is or was a
customer of Company or the Bank or any of their affiliates at any time during the twelve
(12) months prior to the date of termination and with whom Employee has had material
contact. A “Competing Business” shall mean a depository financial institution or
holding company providing services that are the same as or substantially similar to those
provided to the customer by Company or the Bank at the time of termination of Employee’s
employment.
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(f) No Recruitment of Personnel. During Employee’s employment with Company and
for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not, either directly or indirectly,
on Employee’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit, divert, or
hire away, or (B) attempt to solicit, divert, or hire away, any employee of or consultant to
Company or the Bank.
(g) Non-Competition. During Employee’s employment with Company and, subject to
Section 7(d), for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not (without the prior
written consent of Company) compete with Company, the Bank or any of their affiliates by,
directly or indirectly, forming, serving as an organizer, director or officer of, or
consultant to, or acquiring or maintaining more than a 1% passive investment in, a
depository financial institution or holding company if such depository institution or
holding company has one or more offices or branches located within a ten (10) mile radius of
the headquarters or any branch banking office of the Company or Bank, or for which
regulatory approval is pending, as of the date of termination of employment; provided,
however, that any activity that cannot be reasonably construed to have the potential to
compete with or to further competition with the Company or the Bank shall not be prohibited
by this Agreement.
9. General Provisions.
(a) Entire Agreement. Except as provided in the next sentence, this Agreement
contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto relating to the employment of
Employee by Company and supersedes any and all prior employment or compensation agreements
between Employee and Merger Partner, including agreements in effect immediately prior to the
Merger. It is specifically agreed and acknowledged that the exercisability of stock options
and vesting of restricted stock, benefits or other rights on account of the Merger
constituting a “change of control” (as defined in any applicable plan or agreement providing
for rights upon the occurrence of a change of control) in plans or agreements other than
those designated as severance, separation, change of control or employment agreements shall
not be superseded by this Agreement and shall operate in accordance with their terms.
(b) Assignability. Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder
shall be assignable by Employee without Company’s prior written consent, with the sole
exception that the Company or Bank shall be permitted to assign this Agreement to the
appropriate person, entity or successor entity in connection with a Change of Control.
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(c) Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, Employee and Company and their respective successors and assigns. The Company
will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place.
(d) Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
(e) Severability. If any provision contained in this Agreement shall for any
reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had
never been contained herein. If a court determines that this Agreement or any covenant
contained herein is unreasonable, void or unenforceable, for any reason whatsoever, then in
such event the parties hereto agree that the duration, geographical or other limitation
imposed herein should be such as the court, or jury, as the case may be, determines to be
fair and reasonable, it being the intent of each of the parties hereto to be subject to an
agreement that is necessary for the protection of the legitimate interest of Company and its
successors or assigns and that is not unduly harsh in curtailing the legitimate rights of
Employee.
(f) Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed effective when delivered in person (with respect to Company or the Bank, to Company’s
Chief Executive Officer) or when mailed if mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested. Notices mailed shall be addressed, in the case of Employee, to his last known
residential address, and in the case of Company or the Bank, to Company’s corporate
headquarters, attention of the Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as Employee
or Company any designate in writing at the time or from time to time to the other party in
accordance with this Section.
(g) Waiver. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power of privilege. The provisions of
this Section 8(g) cannot be waived except in writing signed by both parties.
(h) Governing Law. This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and its validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement
shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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(i) Fees and Expenses. The Company will pay or reimburse Employee for all
costs and expenses, including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees, incurred by Employee (i) in contesting or disputing any termination of the
Employee’s employment or (ii) in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit
provided by this Agreement, in each case provided Employee’s claim is substantially upheld
by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any reimbursements to be paid by the Company to
Employee under this Section 8(i) must be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the
termination of any such litigation or other proceeding, or the settlement thereof, under
terms on which the Employee’s claim is substantially upheld.
(j) Deferred Compensation Omnibus Provision. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, it is intended that any payment or benefit which is provided
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement which is considered to be deferred
compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be provided and paid in a manner, and
at such time, including without limitation payment and provision of benefits only in
connection with the occurrence of a permissible payment event contained in Section 409A
(e.g. death, disability, separation from service from the Company and its affiliates as
defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code), and in such form, as complies with the
applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the unfavorable tax
consequences provided therein for non compliance. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, the Company’s Compensation Committee or Board of Directors is authorized to
amend this Agreement, to amend or void any election made by Employee under this Agreement
and/or to delay the payment of any monies and/or provision of any benefits in such manner as
may be determined by it to be necessary or appropriate to comply, or to evidence or further
evidence required compliance, with Section 409A of the Code (including any transition or
grandfather rules thereunder). For purposes of this Agreement, all rights to payments and
benefits hereunder shall be treated as rights to receive a series of separate payments and
benefits to the fullest extent allowed by Section 409A of the Code. If Employee is a key
employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph (5) thereof)
and any of the Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or
otherwise, then payment of any amount or provision of any benefit under this Agreement which
is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be deferred
for six (6) months as required by Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (the “409A Deferral
Period”). In the event such payments are otherwise due to be made in installments or
periodically during the 409A Deferral Period, the payments which would otherwise have been
made in the 409A Deferral Period shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum as soon as the
409A Deferral Period ends, and the balance of the payments shall be made as otherwise
scheduled. In the event benefits are required to be deferred, any such benefit may be
provided during the 409A Deferral Period at Employee’s expense, with Employee having a right
to reimbursement from the Company once the 409A Deferral Period ends, and the balance of the
benefits shall be provided as otherwise scheduled. For purposes of this Agreement,
termination of employment and date of termination or cessation of employment will be read to
mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code where it is
reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after such date or that
the level of bona fide services Employee would perform after that date (whether as an
employee or independent contractor) would permanently decrease to less than 50% of the
average level of bona fide services performed over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36)
month period.
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EXHIBIT F-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above stated.
EXHIBIT F-2
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is entered into this ___ day of
, 2007, between
Community Bankers
Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(“
Company”), and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx (“
Employee”).
WHEREAS, Company and BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (“Merger Partner”) have
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), under which Merger
Partner will be merged into Company; and
WHEREAS, Company and Employee have agreed that upon the consummation of the merger (the
“Merger”) contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Employee shall become an employee of
Company under the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby
agree as follows:
1. Employment. Conditional upon consummation of the Merger and Employee being in the
employment of Merger Partner on the effective date of the Merger (the “Merger Date”), and
effective at the Merger Date, Employee shall be employed by Company on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Term. The term of the employment hereunder shall commence on the Merger Date and
shall continue until the third anniversary of the Merger Date, unless terminated earlier as
provided herein (the “Term”); provided, however, that on each anniversary of the Merger
Date, upon the review and approval of Company’s Board of Directors, the Term shall be extended by
an additional year unless Company or Employee gives written notice at least thirty (30) days prior
to an anniversary date that no further extensions shall occur.
3. Position and Responsibilities. Commencing upon the Merger Date, Employee shall
serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Subject to the review and approval of the
Board of Directors of Company’s banking subsidiary (the “Bank”), and subject to the further
review and approval of the Bank’s Board of Directors as to the extension of the term as set forth
in Section 2, during the Term, Employee also shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Bank. Employee shall have the duties, responsibilities, rights, power and authority that may be
from time to time delegated or assigned to him by the Boards of Directors of Company or the Bank.
4. Duties. During the period of employment hereunder, Employee shall devote all of
his time, attention, skills and efforts to the business of Company and the Bank and the faithful
performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. Employee shall be loyal to Company and
the Bank and shall refrain from rendering any business services to any person or entity other
than Company and the Bank and their respective affiliates without the prior written consent of
Company.
5. Compensation and Benefits.
(a) Annual Base Salary. During the Term, Company shall pay Employee an annual
base salary equal to or in excess of the Employee’s current annual base salary, subject to
applicable federal and state income and social security tax withholding requirements (the
“Base Salary”). The initial Base Salary shall be determined by an ad hoc
compensation committee consisting of an equal number of independent directors designated by
the Company and Merger Partner (the “Ad Hoc Committee”), which will use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the ad hoc compensation committee to make such
determination within forty-five (45) days after the date of the Merger Agreement. The Base
Salary shall be payable in accordance with Company’s customary payroll practices and may be
increased, but not decreased, upon regular reviews in accordance with senior management
compensation policies and performance of Employee.
(b) Reimbursement of Expenses. Company shall pay or reimburse Employee for all
reasonable travel and other business related expenses incurred by him in performing his
duties under this Agreement. Such expenses shall be appropriately documented and submitted
to Company in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures as established from time to
time.
(c) Vacation and Sick Leave. Employee shall be provided with vacation and sick
leave in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures for senior executives as
established from time to time, but in no event less than four weeks of vacation annually.
(d) Employee Benefit Plans. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to
participate in the employee benefit plans of Company or its successors or assigns, as
presently in effect or as they may be modified or added to from time to time, to the extent
such benefit plans are provided to other similarly situated senior executive employees on a
basis not less favorable than that provided to such class of employees.
(e) Incentive Bonus Plans. During the Term, Employee shall be entitled to
participate in Company’s incentive-based bonus plans, applicable to his employment position,
in accordance with both the terms and conditions of such plans and Company’s policies and
procedures as established from time to time.
(f) Other Employment Benefits. The Company will provide Employee with an
appropriate automobile or automobile allowance, including appropriate insurance coverage and
maintenance expenses, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company
will pay (or reimburse Employee for) Employee’s country club dues incurred during the Term.
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(g) Stock Compensation. Employee will be entitled to receive during the Term
stock awards under the Company’s stock incentive plan in such amounts and subject to such
terms and conditions as determined by the Compensation Committee or the Board of
Directors. In addition, upon consummation of the Merger, Employee shall receive a stock
option to purchase such number of shares of Company common stock as determined by the Ad Hoc
Committee at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock
on the date of grant, and with such further terms and conditions as may be set forth in a
separate stock option agreement.
6. Termination of Employment.
(a) Termination Upon Death or Disability. If Employee dies while employed by
the Company, the Company will pay his beneficiary designated in writing or, if none, his
estate, as applicable, an amount equal to two (2) months of Employee’s Base Salary in effect
at his death. Such amount shall be payable in a lump sum payment within twenty (20) days of
Employee’s death. If the Company determines that the Disability, as hereinafter defined, of
Employee has occurred, it may terminate Employee’s employment and this Agreement upon thirty
(30) days written notice, provided that, within such thirty day notice period, Employee
shall not have returned to full-time performance of Employee’s assigned duties. If
Employee’s employment is terminated for Disability, Employee shall be entitled only to the
disability benefits provided under the policy of disability insurance provided for all
employees, as such policy may be changed from time to time. For the purpose of this
Agreement, “Disability” shall be as defined under Company’s disability insurance
policy maintained for Employee from time to time.
(b) Termination for Cause. Employee’s employment may be terminated for Cause
at any time without further liability on the part of the Company. If the Company terminates
Employee for Cause, Employee shall have no right to render services or to receive
compensation or other benefits under this Agreement for any period after such termination.
Termination for Cause shall be effective immediately or upon such notice to Employee as may
determined by the Company. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Cause” means: (A)
the repeated failure of Employee to perform his responsibilities and duties hereunder after
reasonable notice and opportunity to cure; (B) the commission of an act by Employee
constituting dishonesty or fraud against Company or the Bank; (C) the conviction of or the
entering of a guilty or no contest plea with respect to a felony or any crime involving
moral turpitude; (D) any breach by Employee of a material term of this Agreement, or
violation in any material respect of any code or standard of behavior generally applicable
to officers of Company or the Bank, after being advised in writing of such breach or
violation and being given a reasonable opportunity and period (as determined by the Company)
to remedy such breach or violation; or (E) the willful engaging by Employee in conduct that
is reasonably likely to result, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in material
injury to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise.
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(c) Termination Without Cause. Company shall have the right to terminate
Employee’s employment at any time without Cause. In the event the Company shall terminate
Employee’s employment without Cause during the Term, Employee shall be
entitled to the following, provided Employee executes a general release of claims
prepared by the Company:
(i) For twenty-four (24) months following the date of termination, the Company
shall continue to pay Employee his Base Salary in effect on the date of termination,
such payments to be made on the same periodic dates as salary payments would have
been made to Employee had his employment not been terminated, subject to applicable
federal and state income and social security tax withholding requirements.
(ii) For twenty-four (24) months following the date of termination, Employee
shall continue to receive any health care (medical, dental and vision) plan coverage
provided to Employee and his spouse and dependents at the date of termination, with
the Company paying the normal Company paid contribution, on a monthly or more
frequent basis, for similarly situated active employees during such health care
continuation period, provided that Employee’s continued participation is possible
under the general terms and provisions of such plans and programs. If the Company
reasonably determines that maintaining such coverage for Employee for Employee’s
spouse or dependents is not possible under the terms and provisions of such plans
and programs or any provision of law would create an adverse tax effect for Employee
or the Company due to such participation, the Company shall provide substantially
identical benefits directly or through a separate insurance arrangement.
(iii) The Company’s obligation to provide Employee and his dependents with
health care plan coverage pursuant to Section 6(c)(ii) hereof shall terminate with
respect to each particular type of insurance if and when Employee has obtained
coverage under one or more welfare benefit plans of a subsequent employer that
provides for equal or greater benefits to Employee and his dependents with respect
to that specific type of benefit.
(iv) If Employee dies while receiving such continued health care coverage,
Employee’s spouse and dependents will continue to be covered under all applicable
health care plans during the remainder of the coverage period as described above.
Employee’s spouse and dependents will become eligible for COBRA continuation
coverage for health and dental benefits at the end of such health care continuation
coverage period.
(d) Termination by Employee for Good Reason. Employee may terminate his
employment for Good Reason and will be entitled to the payments and other benefits provided
in Section 6(c), provided Employee executes a general release of claims prepared by the
Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:
(i) the continued assignment to Employee of duties inconsistent with Employee’s
position, authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Sections 3 and 4
hereof;
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(ii) any action taken by the Company which results in a substantial reduction
in the status of Employee, including a significant diminution in Employee’s
position, authority, duties or responsibilities;
(iii) the relocation of Employee to any other primary place of employment which
might require Employee to move his residence which, for this purpose, includes any
reassignment to a place of employment located more than thirty-five (35) miles from
Employee’s initially assigned place of employment (which includes for purposes of
this Agreement both Tappahannock and Richmond, Virginia), without Employee’s express
written consent to such relocation; or
(iv) any failure by the Company, or any successor entity following a Change of
Control, to comply with the provisions of Section 5 or to honor any other term or
provision of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, Good Reason shall not include the removal of Employee as an
officer of any subsidiary of the Company (including the Bank) in order that Employee might
concentrate his efforts on the Company, any resignation by Employee where Cause for
Employee’s termination by the Company exists, or an isolated, insubstantial and/or
inadvertent action not taken in bad faith by the Company and which is remedied by the
Company within a reasonable time after receipt of notice thereof given by Employee.
(e) Termination by Employee. Employee shall have the right at any time
voluntarily to terminate his employment, upon thirty (30) days written notice, in which
event Employee shall be entitled only to the Base Salary through the date of termination.
7. Change in Control.
(a) Termination Following Change in Control. Notwithstanding Sections 6(c) and
6(d) above, if Company terminates Employee’s employment without Cause or if Employee resigns
with Good Reason within one hundred twenty (120) days after the occurrence of Good Reason,
in either case within two (2) years of a Change in Control (as defined herein), Employee
will be entitled to the following benefits, subject to applicable federal and state income
and social security tax withholding requirements and the execution by Employee of a general
release of claims prepared by Company:
(i) Accrued Obligations. The “Accrued Obligations” are the sum
of: (1) Employee’s Base Salary through the date of termination at the rate then in
effect; (2) the amount, if any, of any incentive or bonus compensation theretofore
earned which has not yet been paid; (3) the product of the annual bonus paid or
payable, including by reason of deferral, for the most recently completed year and a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current year through
the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365; and (4) any benefits or
awards (including both the cash and stock components) which pursuant to the terms of
any plans, policies or programs have been earned or become payable, but
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which have
not yet been paid to Employee (but not including amounts that previously had been
deferred at Employee’s request, which amounts will be paid in accordance with
Employee’s existing directions). The Accrued Obligations will be paid to Employee
in a lump sum payment of cash or stock, as applicable, as soon as administratively
feasible after the date of termination; provided, however, that if payment of any
such Accrued Obligations at such time would result in a prohibited acceleration
under Section 409A of the Internal Code of 1986 (the “Code”), such Accrued
Obligations shall be paid at the time the Accrued Obligations would have been paid
under the applicable plan, policy, program or arrangement relating to such Accrued
Obligation had Employee remained employed by the Company.
(ii) Salary Continuance Benefit. The “Salary Continuance
Benefit” is an amount equal to 2.99 times Employee’s Final Compensation. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Final Compensation” means the Base Salary in
effect at the date of termination, plus the average of the annual bonus paid or
payable for the two most recently completed years (both of which shall include any
amount contributed therefrom by Employee to any salary reduction agreement or any
other program that provides for pre-tax salary reductions or compensation
deferrals). The Salary Continuance Benefit will be paid to Employee in a lump sum
cash payment as soon as administratively feasible following the date of termination.
(iii) Health Care Continuance Benefit. (1) For thirty-six (36) months
following the date of termination, coverage under any health care (medical, dental
and vision) plan or plans (“Health Care Plans”) shall continue with the
Company paying the normal Company paid contribution for similarly situated active
employees and with such coverage being available on the same basis as available to
similarly situated active employees during such continuation period (the “Health
Care Continuance Benefit”), provided that Employee’s continued participation is
possible under the general terms and provisions of such plans. If participation in
any one or more of the Health Care Plans is not possible under the terms of the
Health Care Plan or any provision of law would create an adverse tax effect for
Employee or the Company due to such participation, the Company will provide
substantially identical benefits directly or through a separate insurance
arrangement. The Health Care Continuance Benefit as to any Health Care Plan will
cease if and when Employee has obtained coverage under one or more welfare benefit
plans of a subsequent employer that provides for equal or greater benefits to
Employee and his dependents with respect to the specific type of benefit.
(v) Continuance of Health Care Continuation Benefits Upon Death. If
Employee dies while receiving a Health Care Continuance Benefit, Employee’s spouse
and dependents will continue to be covered under all applicable Health Care Plans
during the remainder of the thirty-six (36) month coverage period as described
above. Employee’s spouse and dependents will become eligible for COBRA continuation
coverage for health and dental benefits at the end of such thirty-six (36) month
period.
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(b) Parachute Limitation and Excise Tax Gross-up. In the event any payment or
distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of Employee (whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but
determined without regard to any additional payments required under this Section 7(b)) (the
“Total Payments”) would subject Employee to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by Employee with respect to such excise tax
(collectively, the “Excise Tax”) on “excess parachute payments” (as defined in Section 280G
of the Code and the regulations related thereto), then Employee will be entitled to receive
an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that after payment by the
Employee of all taxes (including any income and employment taxes and interest or penalties
imposed with respect to such taxes) and the Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment,
Employee retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed on the
Total Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of the Total Payments that
exceeds three times the Employee’s “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code) is
less than $25,000, then the Total Payments shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that
the Total Payments would not subject Employee to any Excise Tax. All determinations
required to be made under this Section 7(b), including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment
is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, will be made by the independent
accounting firm of the Company immediately prior to Employee’s termination of employment
(the “Accounting Firm”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be borne solely
by the Company, and any determination by the Accounting Firm will be binding upon the
Company Bank and Employee. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section
7(e), will be paid by the Company to Employee within ten days of the receipt of the
Accounting Firm’s determination.
(i) If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by
Employee, it shall so indicate to Employee in writing.
(ii) In the event there is an under-payment of the Gross-Up Payment due to the
uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the
initial determination by the Accounting Firm and Employee thereafter is required to
make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm will determine the amount of
any such under-payment that has occurred and such amount will be promptly paid by
the Company to or for the benefit of Employee.
(c) Change of Control Defined. A “Change in Control” means the occurrence of
any of the following events:
(i) The acquisition by one person, or more than one person acting as a group,
of ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person
or group, constitutes more than 25% of the total fair market value or total voting
power of the stock of the Company; however, if any one person, or more than one
person acting as a group, is considered to own more than 25% of the total fair
market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of
additional stock by the same person or persons will not be considered a Change in
Control and an increase of the effective percentage of stock owned by
any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, as a
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a transaction in which the Company acquires its stock in exchange for
property will be treated as an acquisition of stock for purposes of this paragraph;
provided, further, however, that the following acquisitions
will not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
entity controlled by the Company, (B) any acquisition directly from the Company
(excluding an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege), or
(C) any acquisition pursuant to a reorganization, merger, share exchange, or
consolidation by any corporation owned or proposed to be owned, directly or
indirectly, by shareholders of the Company if the shareholders’ ownership of
securities of the corporation resulting from such transaction constitutes a
majority of the ownership of securities of the resulting entity and at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from
such transaction were members of the Incumbent Board (as defined below) at the time
of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such transaction.
(ii) Where individuals who, as of the Merger Date, constitute the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority of such Board of Directors; provided, however, that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the Merger Date whose election, or
nomination for election, by the shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered
as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board.
(iii) The Company consummates after the Merger Date (A) a reorganization,
merger, share exchange or consolidation of the Company with any other entity,
except as provided above in subparagraph (c)(i)(C), or (B) the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
For purposes of this Section, the provisions of section 318(a) of the Code regarding
the constructive ownership of stock will apply to determine stock ownership;
provided, that stock underlying unvested options (including options exercisable for
stock that is not substantially vested) will not be treated as owned by the individual who
holds the option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consummation of the Merger shall not
constitute a Change of Control.
(d) Restrictive Covenants. If, after the occurrence of a Change of Control,
Employee’s employment is terminated without Cause or Employee terminates for Good Reason,
the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 8(e) and 8(g) will be applicable for twelve
(12), and not twenty-four (24), months following the date of termination of employment.
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8. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Ownership of Work Product. Company shall own all Work Product arising
during the course of Employee’s employment. For purposes hereof, “Work Product”
shall mean all intellectual property rights, including all Trade Secrets, United States and
international copyrights, patentable inventions, and other intellectual property rights in
any programming, documentation, technology or other work product that relates to Company,
the Bank, their respective businesses or customers and that Employee conceives, develops, or
delivers to Company or the Bank at any time during his employment. Employee agrees to take
such actions and execute such further acknowledgments and assignments as Company may
reasonably request to give effect to this provision.
(b) Protection of Trade Secrets. Employee agrees to maintain in strict
confidence and, except as necessary to perform his duties for Company and the Bank, Employee
agrees not to use or disclose any Trade Secrets, as defined by applicable law, of Company
and the Bank during or after his employment.
(c) Protection of Other Confidential Information. In addition, Employee agrees
to maintain in strict confidence and, except as necessary to perform his duties for Company,
not to use or disclose any Confidential Business Information of Company or the Bank during
his employment and for a period of twenty-four (24) months following termination of his
employment. “Confidential Business Information” shall mean any internal, non-public
information (other than Trade Secrets addressed above) concerning Company’s and the Bank’s
financial position and results of operations (including revenues, assets, net income, etc.);
annual and long-range business plans; product or service plans; marketing plans and methods;
training, educational and administrative manuals; customer and supplier information and
purchase histories; and employee lists. The provisions of Sections 7(b) and 7(b) shall also
apply to protect Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information of third parties
provided to Company or the Bank under an obligation of secrecy.
(d) Return of Materials. Employee shall return to Company, promptly upon its
request and in any event upon termination of his employment, all media, documents,
notebooks, computer programs, handbooks, data files, models, samples, price lists, drawings,
customer lists, prospect data, or other material of any nature whatsoever (in tangible or
electronic form) in Employee’s possession or control, including all copies thereof, relating
to Company, the Bank, and their respective businesses or customers. Upon the request of
Company, Employee shall certify in writing compliance with the foregoing requirement.
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(e) No Solicitation of Customers. During Employee’s employment with Company
and, subject to Section 7(d), for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not
(except on behalf of or with the prior written consent of Company), either directly or
indirectly, on Employee’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit,
divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, or (B) attempt to solicit,
divert, or appropriate to or for a Competing Business, any person or entity that is or
was a customer of Company or the Bank or any of their affiliates at any time during the
twelve (12) months prior to the date of termination and with whom Employee has had material
contact. A “Competing Business” shall mean a depository financial institution or
holding company providing services that are the same as or substantially similar to those
provided to the customer by Company or the Bank at the time of termination of Employee’s
employment.
(f) No Recruitment of Personnel. During Employee’s employment with Company and
for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not, either directly or indirectly,
on Employee’s own behalf or in the service or on behalf of others, (A) solicit, divert, or
hire away, or (B) attempt to solicit, divert, or hire away, any employee of or consultant to
Company or the Bank.
(g) Non-Competition. During Employee’s employment with Company and, subject to
Section 7(d), for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Employee shall not (without the prior
written consent of Company) compete with Company, the Bank or any of their affiliates by,
directly or indirectly, forming, serving as an organizer, director or officer of, or
consultant to, or acquiring or maintaining more than a 1% passive investment in, a
depository financial institution or holding company if such depository institution or
holding company has one or more offices or branches located within a ten (10) mile radius of
the headquarters or any branch banking office of the Company or Bank, or for which
regulatory approval is pending, as of the date of termination of employment; provided,
however, that any activity that cannot be reasonably construed to have the potential to
compete with or to further competition with the Company or the Bank shall not be prohibited
by this Agreement.
9. General Provisions.
(a) Entire Agreement. Except as provided in the next sentence, this Agreement
contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto relating to the employment of
Employee by Company and supersedes any and all prior employment or compensation agreements
between Employee and Merger Partner, including agreements in effect immediately prior to the
Merger. It is specifically agreed and acknowledged that the exercisability of stock options
and vesting of restricted stock, benefits or other rights on account of the Merger
constituting a “change of control” (as defined in any applicable plan or agreement providing
for rights upon the occurrence of a change of control) in plans or agreements other than
those designated as severance, separation, change of control or employment agreements shall
not be superseded by this Agreement and shall operate in accordance with their terms.
(b) Assignability. Neither this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder
shall be assignable by Employee without Company’s prior written consent, with the sole
exception that the Company or Bank shall be permitted to assign this Agreement to the
appropriate person, entity or successor entity in connection with a Change of Control.
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(c) Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, Employee and Company and their respective successors and assigns. The Company
will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place.
(d) Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
(e) Severability. If any provision contained in this Agreement shall for any
reason be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this
Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had
never been contained herein. If a court determines that this Agreement or any covenant
contained herein is unreasonable, void or unenforceable, for any reason whatsoever, then in
such event the parties hereto agree that the duration, geographical or other limitation
imposed herein should be such as the court, or jury, as the case may be, determines to be
fair and reasonable, it being the intent of each of the parties hereto to be subject to an
agreement that is necessary for the protection of the legitimate interest of Company and its
successors or assigns and that is not unduly harsh in curtailing the legitimate rights of
Employee.
(f) Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed effective when delivered in person (with respect to Company or the Bank, to Company’s
Chief Executive Officer) or when mailed if mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested. Notices mailed shall be addressed, in the case of Employee, to his last known
residential address, and in the case of Company or the Bank, to Company’s corporate
headquarters, attention of the Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as Employee
or Company any designate in writing at the time or from time to time to the other party in
accordance with this Section.
(g) Waiver. No delay or omission by either party hereto in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall impair such right, power or privilege, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power of privilege. The provisions of
this Section 8(g) cannot be waived except in writing signed by both parties.
(h) Governing Law. This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and its validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement
shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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(i) Fees and Expenses. The Company will pay or reimburse Employee for all
costs and expenses, including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees, incurred by Employee (i) in contesting or disputing any termination of the
Employee’s employment or (ii) in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit
provided by this Agreement, in each case provided Employee’s claim is substantially upheld
by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any reimbursements to be paid by the Company to
Employee under this Section 8(i) must be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the
termination of any such litigation or other proceeding, or the settlement thereof, under
terms on which the Employee’s claim is substantially upheld.
(j) Deferred Compensation Omnibus Provision. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, it is intended that any payment or benefit which is provided
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement which is considered to be deferred
compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be provided and paid in a manner, and
at such time, including without limitation payment and provision of benefits only in
connection with the occurrence of a permissible payment event contained in Section 409A
(e.g. death, disability, separation from service from the Company and its affiliates as
defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code), and in such form, as complies with the
applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code to avoid the unfavorable tax
consequences provided therein for non compliance. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, the Company’s Compensation Committee or Board of Directors is authorized to
amend this Agreement, to amend or void any election made by Employee under this Agreement
and/or to delay the payment of any monies and/or provision of any benefits in such manner as
may be determined by it to be necessary or appropriate to comply, or to evidence or further
evidence required compliance, with Section 409A of the Code (including any transition or
grandfather rules thereunder). For purposes of this Agreement, all rights to payments and
benefits hereunder shall be treated as rights to receive a series of separate payments and
benefits to the fullest extent allowed by Section 409A of the Code. If Employee is a key
employee (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph (5) thereof)
and any of the Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or
otherwise, then payment of any amount or provision of any benefit under this Agreement which
is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be deferred
for six (6) months as required by Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (the “409A Deferral
Period”). In the event such payments are otherwise due to be made in installments or
periodically during the 409A Deferral Period, the payments which would otherwise have been
made in the 409A Deferral Period shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum as soon as the
409A Deferral Period ends, and the balance of the payments shall be made as otherwise
scheduled. In the event benefits are required to be deferred, any such benefit may be
provided during the 409A Deferral Period at Employee’s expense, with Employee having a right
to reimbursement from the Company once the 409A Deferral Period ends, and the balance of the
benefits shall be provided as otherwise scheduled. For purposes of this Agreement,
termination of employment and date of termination or cessation of employment will be read to
mean a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code where it is
reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after such date or that
the level of bona fide services Employee would perform after that date (whether as an
employee or independent contractor) would permanently decrease to less than 50% of the
average level of bona fide services performed over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36)
month period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
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EXHIBIT G
RETENTION AGREEMENT
THIS RETENTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of , 2007
between Community Bankers Acquisition Corp. (“CBAC”) and the Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
(“Director”) of BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (“Merger Partner”) and
shall become effective on the Effective Time of the Merger provided in the Merger Agreement (as
defined below), between CBAC and Merger Partner.
WHEREAS, CBAC and Merger Partner are parties to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
December 13, 2007, as the same may be amended or supplemented (the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Director is a director and shareholder of Merger Partner and a director of Bank
of Essex, a commercial bank chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merger Partner (the “Bank”), and is receiving Merger Consideration
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement the Director shall serve as a director
and the chairman of the board of the Surviving Corporation and a director of the Bank from and
after the Effective Time in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s and the Bank’s Bylaws,
until the earlier of Director’s resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the
Surviving Corporation and the Bank.
WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates that, upon the execution and delivery of the Merger
Agreement by Merger Partner, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of CBAC to enter into
the Merger Agreement, Director will enter into and perform this Agreement.
IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, including,
without limitation, the Merger Consideration to be received by Director, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
(a) “Affiliated Company” means any company or entity controlled by, controlling
or under common control with Merger Partner, CBAC or the Surviving Corporation.
(b) “Confidential Information” means all information regarding Merger Partner,
CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and their Affiliated Companies and any of their respective
activities, businesses or customers that is not generally known to persons not employed
(whether as employees or independent contractors) by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies, that is not generally disclosed
publicly to persons not employed by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or their
respective Affiliated Companies (except to their
regulatory authorities and pursuant to
confidential or other relationships where there is no expectation of public disclosure or
use by third Persons), and that is the subject of reasonable efforts to keep it
confidential, and/or where such information is subject to limitations on disclosure or use
by applicable Laws. “Confidential Information” shall include, without limitation,
all customer information, customer lists, confidential methods of operation, lending and
credit information, commissions, xxxx-ups, product/service formulas, information concerning
techniques for use and integration of websites and other products/services, current and
future development and expansion or contraction plans of Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies, sale/acquisition plans and contacts,
marketing plans and contacts, information concerning the legal affairs of and information
concerning the pricing of products and services, strategy, tactics and financial affairs of
Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies.
“Confidential Information” also includes any “confidential information,” “trade
secrets” or any equivalent term under any other federal, state or local Law.
“Confidential Information” shall not include information that (i) has become
generally available to the public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such
information without violating any right or privilege of Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies or any duty owed to any of them;
(ii) was rightfully in the possession of a person or entity prior to receipt of such
Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, from the Director; or (iii) is
independently developed by a person or entity without reference to or use of Confidential
Information. The Director acknowledges and agrees that the trading in Merger Partner, CBAC
or the Surviving Corporation securities using Confidential Information or non-public
information may violate federal and state securities laws.
(c) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings provided
in the Merger Agreement.
2. Nondisclosure of Confidential Information.
(a) Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. For two years following the
last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the Bank and Surviving Corporation, except
as required by law, Director shall not directly or indirectly transmit or disclose any
Confidential Information to any Person, or use or permit others to use any such Confidential
Information, directly or indirectly, without the prior express written consent of the Chief
Executive Officer of Surviving Corporation, which consent may be withheld in the sole
discretion of Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer. If required to disclose such
information by law, the Director shall use reasonable efforts to protect and preserve the
confidentiality of such information.
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(b) Enforceability of Covenants. Director, Merger Partner, CBAC, and the
Surviving Corporation agree that Director’s obligations under these nondisclosure covenants
are separate and distinct from other provisions of this Agreement, and a failure or alleged
failure of Merger Partner, CBAC and the Surviving Corporation to perform
their obligations
under any provision of this Agreement or other agreements with Director shall not constitute
a defense to, or waiver of the enforceability of these nondisclosure covenants. Nothing in
this provision or this Agreement shall limit any rights or remedies otherwise available to
Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or any Affiliated Company under federal,
state or local law.
3. Nonrecruitment and Nonsolicitation Covenants.
(a) Nonrecruitment of Employees. Director hereby agrees that, for two years
following the last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s
resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of both the Bank and the
Surviving Corporation, Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole
discretion of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, on his own behalf or on
behalf of any other Person other than the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving
Corporation’s Affiliated Companies, directly or indirectly solicit or recruit for employment
or encourage to leave employment with the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving
Corporation’s Affiliated Companies, any employee of the Surviving Corporation or any of the
Surviving Corporation’s Affiliated Companies with whom Director worked during Director’s
services as a director of Merger Partner, any Merger Partner Affiliated Company, or any
Surviving Corporation Affiliated Company and who performed services for Merger Partner, the
Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliated Companies and who has not
thereafter ceased to be employed by Merger Partner, the Surviving Corporation or any of
their Affiliated Companies for a period of one year or more.
(b) Nonsolicitation of Customers. Director hereby agrees that, for two years
following the last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s
resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of both the Bank and Surviving
Corporation, Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the Surviving
Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion
of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, on behalf of himself or of anyone
other than the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving Corporation’s Affiliated
Companies, solicit or attempt to solicit for the purpose of providing any Business
Activities (as defined in Section 3(c)) to any customer of the Merger Partner, CBAC, the
Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliated Companies whom Director actively solicited
or with whom Director worked, or otherwise had material contact, in the course of Director’s
service as a director of the Surviving Corporation, Merger Partner or any Affiliated
Company.
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(c) Noncompetition. Director hereby agrees that, for two years following the
last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the Bank and the Surviving Corporation,
Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief
Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Surviving
Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, engage or participate in, or prepare or apply to
commence, any Business Activities with, for or on behalf of any new financial institution as
a director, consultant, officer, employee, agent or shareholder of, or on behalf of any
other Person, business or enterprise that competes in the Restricted Area with the Surviving
Corporation or any Affiliated Company with respect to Business Activities. For purposes of
this Section 3(c), “Business Activities” shall be any business activities conducted
by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and any of their Affiliated Companies,
which consist of commercial or consumer loans and extensions of credit, letters of credit,
commercial and consumer deposits and deposit accounts, securities repurchase agreements and
sweep accounts, cash management services, money transfer and xxxx payment services, internet
or electronic banking, automated teller machines, XXX and retirement accounts, mortgage
loans, and home equity lines of credit. For purposes of this Section 3(c), the
“Restricted Area” shall mean a ten (10) mile radius of the headquarters or any
branch banking office of the Company or Bank, or for which regulatory approval is pending,
as of the date of termination of employment. Nothing in this Section 3(c) shall prohibit
Director from acquiring or holding, for investment purposes only, less than 5% of the
outstanding securities of any corporation which may compete directly or indirectly with the
Surviving Corporation or any Affiliated Company or preclude Director from continuing any
Business Activities conducted as of the date hereof.
(d) Enforceability of Covenants. Director acknowledges and agrees that the
covenants in this Agreement are direct consideration for a sale of a business and should be
governed by standards applicable to restrictive covenants entered into in connection with a
sale of a business. Director acknowledges that each of Merger Partner, CBAC, and their
Affiliated Companies have a current and future expectation of business within the Restricted
Area and from the current and proposed customers of Merger Partner that are derived from the
merger of Merger Partner and CBAC. Director acknowledges that the term, geographic area,
and scope of the covenants set forth in this Agreement are reasonable, and agrees that he
will not, in any action, suit or other proceeding, deny the reasonableness of, or assert the
unreasonableness of, the premises, consideration or scope of the covenants set forth herein.
Director agrees that his position as a director of the Bank and Merger Partner and, after
the Effective Time, as a director of the Bank and the Surviving Corporation, involves duties
and authority relating to all aspects of the Business Activities and all of the Restricted
Area. Director further acknowledges that complying with the provisions contained in this
Agreement will not preclude him from engaging in a lawful profession, trade or business, or
from becoming gainfully employed. Director and CBAC agree that Director’s obligations under
the above covenants are separate and distinct under this Agreement, and the failure or
alleged failure of CBAC or the Surviving Corporation to perform its obligations under any
other provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a defense to the enforceability of
this covenant. Director and CBAC agree that if any portion of the foregoing covenants is
deemed to be unenforceable because the geography, time or scope of activities restricted is
deemed to be too broad, the court shall be authorized to substitute for the overbroad term
an enforceable term that will enable the enforcement of the covenants to the maximum extent
possible under applicable law. Director acknowledges and agrees that any breach or
threatened breach of this covenant will result in irreparable damage
and injury to the Surviving
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Corporation and its Affiliated Companies and that the Surviving Corporation will
be entitled to exercise all rights including, without limitation, obtaining one or more
temporary restraining orders, injunctive relief and other equitable relief, including
specific performance in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, in
any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in Virginia without the necessity of
posting any bond or security (all of which are waived by the Director), and to exercise all
other rights or remedies, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, the right to
damages. Director consents to jurisdiction and venue in the federal and state courts of
Virginia.
4. Absence of Claims for Indemnification. Except as disclosed in Section 5.18 of the
BOE Disclosure Memorandum, Director acknowledges and agrees that in his capacity as an officer or a
director of the Bank and Merger Partner, and as of the date of this Agreement, Director does not,
to his knowledge, have any claims, and is not aware of any facts or circumstances that he believes
are likely to give rise to any claim, for indemnification under the Bank’s or Merger Partner’s
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws as existing on the date hereof or as may be afforded by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the United States.
5. Successors.
(a) This Agreement is personal to Director is not assignable by Director, and none of
Director’s duties hereunder may be delegated.
(b) This Agreement may be assigned by, and shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and any of their Affiliated Companies and their
successors and assigns.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Waiver. Failure of any party to insist, in one or more instances, on
performance by the other in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any right granted in this
Agreement or of the future performance of any such term or condition or of any other term or
condition of this Agreement, unless such waiver is contained in a writing signed by the
party making the waiver.
(b) Severability. If any provision or covenant, or any part thereof, of this
Agreement should be held by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, either in
whole or in part, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions or covenants, or any part
thereof, of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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(d) Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required
or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered or three days after mailing if mailed, first class, certified mail, postage
prepaid:
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Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other
communications shall be delivered or mailed by giving notice thereof to the other party in
the same manner provided herein.
(e) Amendments and Modifications. This Agreement may be amended or modified
only by a writing signed by both parties hereto, which makes specific reference to this
Agreement.
(f) Entire Agreement. Except as provided herein, this Agreement contains the
entire agreement between CBAC and Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and,
from and after the date hereof, this Agreement shall supersede any prior agreement between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(g) Counterparts, etc. This Agreement may be executed in identical
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile signature shall constitute and
have the same force and effect as an original signature for all purposes under this
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT G
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF
HOLDING COMPANY DIRECTOR’S AGREEMENT
THIS DIRECTOR’S AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of ___, 2007
between Community Bankers Acquisition Corp. (“CBAC”) and the undersigned director
(“Director”) of BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (“Merger Partner”) and
shall become effective on the Effective Time of the Merger provided in the Merger Agreement (as
defined below), between CBAC and Merger Partner.
WHEREAS, CBAC and Merger Partner are parties to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
December 13, 2007, as the same may be amended or supplemented (the “Merger Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Director is a director and shareholder of Merger Partner and a director of Bank
of Essex, a commercial bank chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merger Partner (the “Bank”), and is receiving Merger Consideration
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement the Director shall serve as a director
of the Surviving Corporation and the Bank from and after the Effective Time in accordance with the
Surviving Corporation’s and the Bank’s Bylaws, until the earlier of Director’s resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the Surviving Corporation and the Bank.
WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates that, upon the execution and delivery of the Merger
Agreement by Merger Partner, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of CBAC to enter into
the Merger Agreement, Director will enter into and perform this Agreement.
IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, including,
without limitation, the Merger Consideration to be received by Director, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
(a) “Affiliated Company” means any company or entity controlled by, controlling
or under common control with Merger Partner, CBAC or the Surviving Corporation.
(b) “Confidential Information” means all information regarding Merger Partner,
CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and their Affiliated Companies and any of their respective
activities, businesses or customers that is not generally known to persons not employed
(whether as employees or independent contractors) by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies, that is not
generally disclosed
publicly to persons not employed by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or their
respective Affiliated Companies (except to their regulatory authorities and pursuant to
confidential or other relationships where there is no expectation of public disclosure or
use by third Persons), and that is the subject of reasonable efforts to keep it
confidential, and/or where such information is subject to limitations on disclosure or use
by applicable Laws. “Confidential Information” shall include, without limitation,
all customer information, customer lists, confidential methods of operation, lending and
credit information, commissions, xxxx-ups, product/service formulas, information concerning
techniques for use and integration of websites and other products/services, current and
future development and expansion or contraction plans of Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies, sale/acquisition plans and contacts,
marketing plans and contacts, information concerning the legal affairs of and information
concerning the pricing of products and services, strategy, tactics and financial affairs of
Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies.
“Confidential Information” also includes any “confidential information,” “trade
secrets” or any equivalent term under any other federal, state or local Law.
“Confidential Information” shall not include information that (i) has become
generally available to the public by the act of one who has the right to disclose such
information without violating any right or privilege of Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving
Corporation or their respective Affiliated Companies or any duty owed to any of them;
(ii) was rightfully in the possession of a person or entity prior to receipt of such
Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, from the Director; or (iii) is
independently developed by a person or entity without reference to or use of Confidential
Information. The Director acknowledges and agrees that the trading in Merger Partner, CBAC
or the Surviving Corporation securities using Confidential Information or non-public
information may violate federal and state securities laws.
(c) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings provided
in the Merger Agreement.
2. Nondisclosure of Confidential Information.
(a) Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. For two years following the
last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the Bank and Surviving Corporation, except
as required by law, Director shall not directly or indirectly transmit or disclose any
Confidential Information to any Person, or use or permit others to use any such Confidential
Information, directly or indirectly, without the prior express written consent of the Chief
Executive Officer of Surviving Corporation, which consent
may be withheld in the sole discretion of Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive
Officer. If required to disclose such information by law, the Director shall use reasonable
efforts to protect and preserve the confidentiality of such information.
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(b) Enforceability of Covenants. Director, Merger Partner, CBAC, and the
Surviving Corporation agree that Director’s obligations under these nondisclosure
covenants
are separate and distinct from other provisions of this Agreement, and a failure or alleged
failure of Merger Partner, CBAC and the Surviving Corporation to perform their obligations
under any provision of this Agreement or other agreements with Director shall not constitute
a defense to, or waiver of the enforceability of these nondisclosure covenants. Nothing in
this provision or this Agreement shall limit any rights or remedies otherwise available to
Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation or any Affiliated Company under federal,
state or local law.
3. Nonrecruitment and Nonsolicitation Covenants.
(a) Nonrecruitment of Employees. Director hereby agrees that, for two years
following the last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s
resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of both the Bank and the
Surviving Corporation, Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole
discretion of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, on his own behalf or on
behalf of any other Person other than the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving
Corporation’s Affiliated Companies, directly or indirectly solicit or recruit for employment
or encourage to leave employment with the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving
Corporation’s Affiliated Companies, any employee of the Surviving Corporation or any of the
Surviving Corporation’s Affiliated Companies with whom Director worked during Director’s
services as a director of Merger Partner, any Merger Partner Affiliated Company, or any
Surviving Corporation Affiliated Company and who performed services for Merger Partner, the
Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliated Companies and who has not
thereafter ceased to be employed by Merger Partner, the Surviving Corporation or any of
their Affiliated Companies for a period of one year or more.
(b) Nonsolicitation of Customers. Director hereby agrees that, for two years
following the last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s
resignation or removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of both the Bank and Surviving
Corporation, Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the Surviving
Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion
of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, on behalf of himself or of anyone
other than the Surviving Corporation or any of the Surviving Corporation’s Affiliated
Companies, solicit or attempt to solicit for the purpose of providing any Business
Activities (as defined in Section 3(c)) to any customer of the Merger Partner, CBAC, the
Surviving Corporation or any of their Affiliated Companies whom Director actively solicited
or with whom Director worked, or
otherwise had material contact, in the course of Director’s service as a director of
the Surviving Corporation, Merger Partner or any Affiliated Company.
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(c) Noncompetition. Director hereby agrees that, for two years following the
last to occur of (i) the Effective Time of the Merger and (ii) the Director’s resignation or
removal or otherwise ceasing to be a director of the Bank and the Surviving Corporation,
Director shall not, without the prior written consent of the Surviving Corporation’s Chief
Executive Officer, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Surviving
Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, engage or participate in, or prepare or apply to
commence, any Business Activities with, for or on behalf of any new financial institution as
a director, consultant, officer, employee, agent or shareholder of, or on behalf of any
other Person, business or enterprise that competes in the Restricted Area with the Surviving
Corporation or any Affiliated Company with respect to Business Activities. For purposes of
this Section 3(c), “Business Activities” shall be any business activities conducted
by Merger Partner, CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and any of their Affiliated Companies,
which consist of commercial or consumer loans and extensions of credit, letters of credit,
commercial and consumer deposits and deposit accounts, securities repurchase agreements and
sweep accounts, cash management services, money transfer and xxxx payment services, internet
or electronic banking, automated teller machines, XXX and retirement accounts, mortgage
loans, and home equity lines of credit. For purposes of this Section 3(c), the
“Restricted Area” shall mean a ten (10) mile radius of the headquarters or any
branch banking office of the Company or Bank, or for which regulatory approval is pending,
as of the date of termination of employment. Nothing in this Section 3(c) shall prohibit
Director from acquiring or holding, for investment purposes only, less than 5% of the
outstanding securities of any corporation which may compete directly or indirectly with the
Surviving Corporation or any Affiliated Company or preclude Director from continuing any
Business Activities conducted as of the date hereof.
(d) Enforceability of Covenants. Director acknowledges and agrees that the
covenants in this Agreement are direct consideration for a sale of a business and should be
governed by standards applicable to restrictive covenants entered into in connection with a
sale of a business. Director acknowledges that each of Merger Partner, CBAC, and their
Affiliated Companies have a current and future expectation of business within the Restricted
Area and from the current and proposed customers of Merger Partner that are derived from the
merger of Merger Partner and CBAC. Director acknowledges that the term, geographic area,
and scope of the covenants set forth in this Agreement are reasonable, and agrees that he
will not, in any action, suit or other proceeding, deny the reasonableness of, or assert the
unreasonableness of, the premises, consideration or scope of the covenants set forth herein.
Director agrees that his position as a director of the Bank and Merger Partner and, after
the Effective Time, as a director of the Bank and the Surviving Corporation, involves duties
and authority relating to all aspects of the Business Activities and all of the Restricted
Area. Director further acknowledges that complying with the provisions contained in this
Agreement will not preclude him from engaging in a lawful profession, trade or business, or
from
becoming gainfully employed. Director and CBAC agree that Director’s obligations under
the above covenants are separate and distinct under this Agreement, and the failure or
alleged failure of CBAC or the Surviving Corporation to perform its obligations under any
other provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a defense to the enforceability of
this covenant. Director and CBAC agree that if any portion of the foregoing covenants is
deemed to be unenforceable because the geography, time or scope of activities restricted is
deemed to be too broad, the court shall be authorized to substitute for the overbroad term
an enforceable term that will enable the enforcement of the covenants
to the maximum extent
possible under applicable law. Director acknowledges
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and agrees that any breach or
threatened breach of this covenant will result in irreparable damage and injury to the
Surviving Corporation and its Affiliated Companies and that the Surviving Corporation will
be entitled to exercise all rights including, without limitation, obtaining one or more
temporary restraining orders, injunctive relief and other equitable relief, including
specific performance in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, in
any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in Virginia without the necessity of
posting any bond or security (all of which are waived by the Director), and to exercise all
other rights or remedies, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, the right to
damages. Director consents to jurisdiction and venue in the federal and state courts of
Virginia.
4. Absence of Claims for Indemnification. Except as disclosed in Section 5.18 of the
BOE Disclosure Memorandum, Director acknowledges and agrees that in his capacity as an officer or a
director of the Bank and Merger Partner, and as of the date of this Agreement, Director does not,
to his knowledge, have any claims, and is not aware of any facts or circumstances that he believes
are likely to give rise to any claim, for indemnification under the Bank’s or Merger Partner’s
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws as existing on the date hereof or as may be afforded by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the United States.
5. Successors.
(a) This Agreement is personal to Director is not assignable by Director, and none of
Director’s duties hereunder may be delegated.
(b) This Agreement may be assigned by, and shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of CBAC, the Surviving Corporation and any of their Affiliated Companies and their
successors and assigns.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Waiver. Failure of any party to insist, in one or more instances, on
performance by the other in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any right granted in this
Agreement or of the future performance of any such term or condition or of any other
term or condition of this Agreement, unless such waiver is contained in a writing
signed by the party making the waiver.
(b) Severability. If any provision or covenant, or any part thereof, of this
Agreement should be held by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, either in
whole or in part, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions or covenants, or any part
thereof, of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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(d) Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required
or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered or three days after mailing if mailed, first class, certified mail, postage
prepaid:
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Community Bankers Acquisition Corp.
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Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other
communications shall be delivered or mailed by giving notice thereof to the other party in
the same manner provided herein.
(e) Amendments and Modifications. This Agreement may be amended or modified
only by a writing signed by both parties hereto, which makes specific reference to this
Agreement.
(f) Entire Agreement. Except as provided herein, this Agreement contains the
entire agreement between CBAC and Director with respect to the subject matter hereof and,
from and after the date hereof, this Agreement shall supersede any prior agreement between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(g) Counterparts, etc. This Agreement may be executed in identical
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile signature shall constitute and
have the same force and effect as an original signature for all purposes under this
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT I
List of Affiliates
Directors
X. Xxxxxxx Ball
R. Xxxxx Xxxxx, III
X. XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
L. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Page Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxx X. Longest, Jr.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Executive Officers not also Serving as Directors
K. Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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EXHIBIT J
, 2007
Community Bankers Acquisition Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X-000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I understand and agree that I may be, an “affiliate” of BOE Financial Services of Virginia, a
Virginia corporation (“BOE”), as that term is defined in Rule 144 and used in Rule 145
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act
of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). I understand that pursuant to the terms of the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 13, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between
BOE and Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“CBAC”), BOE plans to
merge with and into CBAC (the “Merger”). I anticipate that I will be an “affiliate” of BOE
at the time of the Merger.
I further understand that as a result of the Merger, I will receive shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of CBAC (“CBAC Common Stock”) in exchange for shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, of BOE (“BOE Common Stock”).
I have carefully read this letter and reviewed the Merger Agreement and discussed their
requirements and other applicable limitations upon my ability to sell, transfer, or otherwise
dispose of CBAC Common Stock, to the extent I felt necessary, with my counsel or counsel for BOE.
I represent, warrant and covenant with and to CBAC that in the event I receive any shares of
CBAC Common Stock as a result of the Merger:
1. I shall not make any sale, transfer, or other disposition of such shares of CBAC Common
Stock unless (i) such sale, transfer or other disposition has been registered under the Securities
Act, which is not anticipated, (ii) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made in conformity
with the provisions of Rule 145 under the Securities Act, or (iii) in the opinion of counsel in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to CBAC, or under a “no-action” letter obtained by me
from the staff of the SEC, such sale, transfer or other disposition will not violate the
registration requirements of, or is otherwise exempt from registration under, the Securities Act.
2. I understand that, subject to the last paragraph of this letter, CBAC is under no
obligation to register the sale, transfer, or other disposition of shares of CBAC Common Stock by
me or on my behalf under the Securities Act or to take any other action necessary to make
compliance with an exemption from such registration available.
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3. I understand that stop transfer instructions will be given to CBAC’s transfer agent with
respect to shares of CBAC Common Stock issued to me as a result of the Merger and that there will
be placed on the certificates for such shares, or any substitutions therefor, a legend stating in
substance:
The shares represented by this certificate were issued as a result of the merger of
BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. with and into Community Bankers Acquisition
Corp., in a transaction to which Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933 applies. The shares represented by this certificate may be transferred only in
accordance with the terms of a letter agreement between the registered holder hereof
and Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., a copy of which agreement is on file at the
principal offices of Community Bankers Acquisition Corp.
4. I understand that, unless the transfer by me of the CBAC Common Stock issued to me as a
result of the Merger has been registered under the Securities Act or such transfer is made in
conformity with the provisions of Rule 145(d) under the Securities Act, CBAC reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to place the following legend on the certificates for such shares, or any
substitutions therefor, issued to my transferee:
The shares represented by this certificate were acquired from [SHAREHOLDER] who, in
turn, received such shares as a result of the merger of BOE Financial Services of
Virginia, Inc. with and into Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., in a transaction
to which Rule 145 under the Securities Act of 1933 applies. The shares have been
acquired by the holder not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be
offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except in accordance with an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
5. It is understood and agreed that the legends set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) above
shall be removed by delivery of substitute certificates without such legends if I shall have
delivered to CBAC (i) a copy of a “no action” letter from the staff of the SEC, or an opinion of
counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to CBAC, to the effect that
such legend is not required for purposes of the Securities Act, or (ii) evidence or
representations reasonably satisfactory to CBAC that CBAC Common Stock represented by such
certificates is being or has been sold in conformity with the provisions of Rule 145(d).
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6. I further understand and agree that the provisions of Rule 145 shall apply to all shares of
CBAC Common Stock that my spouse, any relative of mine, or any relative of my spouse, any one of
whom has the same home as me, receives as a result of the Merger.
7. By acceptance hereof, CBAC agrees, for a period of two years after the Effective Time (as
defined in the Agreement) that, so long as it is obligated to file reports pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to
timely file such reports so that the public information requirements of Rule 144(c) promulgated
under the Securities Act are satisfied and the resale provisions of Rule 145(d)(1) and (2) are
therefore available to me if I desire to transfer any CBAC Common Stock issued to me in the Merger.
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Accepted this day of , 2007.
Community Bankers Acquisition Corp.
EXHIBIT K
OPINION OF
BOE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC. COUNSEL
This opinion is delivered pursuant to Section 9.2(e) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used
in this opinion shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
1. BOE Financial Services of Virginia, Inc. (“BOE”) is a corporation validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia with full corporate power and
authority to carry on the business in which it is engaged as described as being carried on by it in
the Proxy Statement used to solicit the approval by the stockholders of Community Bankers
Acquisition Corp. (“CBAC”) and BOE of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
2. The authorized capital stock of BOE consists of [10,000,000] shares of BOE Common Stock and
[1,000,000] shares of preferred stock.
3. The execution and delivery of the Agreement and compliance with its terms, and consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not violate or contravene any provision
of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of BOE.
4. In accordance with the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Articles of Incorporation
of BOE and the Bylaws of BOE, and pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by its Board of Directors,
the Agreement has been duly adopted and approved by the Board of Directors of BOE.
5. The Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by BOE, and assuming valid
authorization, execution, and delivery by CBAC, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of BOE
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, provided,
however, that we express no opinion as to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific
performance.
EXHIBIT L
OPINION OF
COMMUNITY BANKERS ACQUISITION CORP. COUNSEL
This opinion is delivered pursuant to Section 9.3(d) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms
used in this opinion shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
1. Community Bankers Acquisition Corp. (“CBAC”) is a corporation validly existing and
in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate power and authority to
carry on the business in which it is engaged as described as being carried on by it in the Proxy
Statement used to solicit the approval by the stockholders of CBAC and BOE Financial Services of
Virginia, Inc. (“BOE”) of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
2. The authorized capital stock of CBAC consists of [50,000,000] shares of CBAC Common Stock
and [5,000,000] shares of CBAC Preferred Stock.
3. The execution and delivery of the Agreement and compliance with its terms, and consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby, do not and will not violate or contravene any provision
of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of CBAC.
4. In accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of CBAC, and the Bylaws of CBAC and pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by its
Board of Directors and stockholders, the Agreement has been duly adopted and approved by the Board
of Directors of CBAC and by the stockholders of CBAC at the Stockholders’ Meeting.
5. The Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by CBAC and, assuming valid
authorization, execution, and delivery by BOE, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of CBAC
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, provided,
however, that we express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies.
6. The shares of the $.01 par value common stock of CBAC to be issued to the stockholders of
BOE as contemplated by the Agreement have been duly and validly authorized for issuance, have been
duly and validly registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and when delivered to the
stockholders of CBAC pursuant to the Agreement following consummation of the Merger will be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free of any preemptive or other similar rights.