FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP up to 6,670,000 Shares (subject to increase up to 7,670,500 shares) COMMON SHARES ($.01 Par Value) Subscription Price $10.00 Per Share AGENCY AGREEMENT August , 2007
Exhibit 1.2
COMMON SHARES
($.01 Par Value)
($.01 Par Value)
Subscription Price $10.00 Per Share
August , 2007
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
First Advantage Bancorp, a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), and First Federal Savings
Bank, a federal savings bank located in Clarksville, Tennessee (the “Bank”) (references to the
“Bank” include the Bank in mutual or stock form as indicated by the context), the deposit accounts
of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), hereby confirm their
agreement with Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. (the “Agent”) as follows:
Section 1. The Offering. The Bank, in accordance with its plan of conversion adopted by its
Board of Directors (the “Plan”), intends to convert from a federally-chartered mutual savings bank
to a federal stock savings bank (the “Conversion”), and issue all of its issued and outstanding
capital stock to the Company. The Conversion will be accomplished pursuant to federal law and the
rules and regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”). Pursuant to the Plan, the
Company will offer and sell up to 6,670,000 shares (subject to increase up to 7,670,500 shares) of
its common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Shares” or “Common Shares”), in a subscription
offering (the “Subscription Offering”) to (1) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits (as
defined in the Plan) as of December 31, 2005 (“Eligible Account Holders”), (2) the employee stock
ownership plan established by either the Bank or the Company (the “ESOP”), (3) depositors of the
Bank with Qualifying Deposits as of June 30, 2007 (“Supplemental Eligible Account Holders”), and
(4) other depositor members of the Bank as defined in the Plan. Subject to the prior subscription
rights of the above-listed parties, the Company may offer for sale in a community offering (the
“Community Offering” and when referred to together with or subsequent to the Subscription Offering,
the “Subscription and Community Offering”) the Shares not subscribed for or ordered in the
Subscription Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as
hereinafter defined) is
delivered with a preference given first to natural persons who are residents of Xxxxxxxxxx
County, Tennessee. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and
Community Offering may be offered to certain members of the general public on a best efforts basis
through a selected dealers agreement (the “Syndicated Community Offering”) (the Subscription
Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the
“Offering”). It is acknowledged that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the
maximum and minimum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the Company may reject,
in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community
Offering.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-144454) (the “Registration Statement”), containing
a prospectus relating to the Offering, for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act
of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as
may have been required to the date hereof. The term “Registration Statement” shall include any
documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as
amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the
Commission at the time the Registration Statement initially became effective is hereinafter called
the “Prospectus,” except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or
(c) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”)
differing from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement initially became
effective, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c)
from and after the time said prospectus is filed with the Commission.
In accordance with Title 12, Part 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations (the “Conversion
Regulations”), the Bank has filed with the OTS an Application For Conversion on Form AC (the “Form
AC”), including the Prospectus and the Conversion Valuation Appraisal Report prepared by Xxxxxx &
Company, Inc. (the “Appraisal”) and has filed such amendments thereto as may have been required by
the OTS. The Form AC has been approved by the OTS and the related Prospectus has been authorized
for use by the OTS. In addition, the Company has filed with the OTS its Application H-(e)l-S (the
“Holding Company Application”) to become a savings and loan holding company under the Home
Owners’ Loan Act, as amended (“HOLA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the
“Control Act Regulations”).
Section 2. Retention of Agent; Compensation; Sale and Delivery of the Shares. Subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Bank hereby appoint the Agent as their
exclusive financial advisor and marketing agent (i) to utilize its best efforts to solicit
subscriptions for Common Shares and to advise and assist the Company and the Bank with respect to
the Company’s sale of the Shares in the Offering and (ii) to participate in the Offering in
the areas of market making and in syndicate formation (if necessary).
On the basis of the representations, warranties, and agreements herein contained, but subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent accepts such appointment and agrees to
consult with and advise the Company and the Bank as to the matters set forth in the letter
agreement, dated August 4, 2006, between the Bank and the Agent (a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A). It is acknowledged by the Company and the Bank that the Agent
shall not be required to purchase any Shares or be obligated to take any action which is
inconsistent with all applicable laws, regulations, decisions or orders.
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The obligations of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon termination of
the Offering, but in no event later than 45 days after the completion of the Subscription Offering
(the “End Date”). All fees or expenses due to the Agent but unpaid will be payable to the Agent in
next day funds at the earlier of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) or the End Date. In the
event the Offering is extended beyond the End Date, the Company and the Agent may agree to renew
this Agreement under mutually acceptable terms.
In the event the Company is unable to sell a minimum of 4,930,000 Shares within the period
herein provided, this Agreement shall terminate and the Company shall refund to any persons who
have subscribed for any of the Shares the full amount which it may have received from them plus
accrued interest, as set forth in the Prospectus; and none of the parties to this Agreement shall
have any obligation to the other parties hereunder, except as set forth in this Section 2 and in
Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof. In the event the Offering is terminated for any reason not
attributable to the action or inaction of the Agent, the Agent shall be paid the fees due to the
date of such termination pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (d) below.
If all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Conversion, including, without
limitation, the sale of all Shares required by the Plan to be sold, are satisfied, the Company
agrees to issue the Shares sold in the Offering and to release for delivery certificates for such
Shares on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) against payment to the Company by any means
authorized by the Plan; provided, however, that no funds shall be released to the Company until the
conditions specified in Section 7 hereof shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Agent and its counsel. The release of Shares against payment therefor shall be
made on a date and at a place acceptable to the Company and the Agent. Certificates for shares
shall be delivered directly to the purchasers in accordance with their directions. The date upon
which the Company shall release or deliver the Shares sold in the Offering, in accordance with the
terms herein, is called the “Closing Date.”
The Agent shall receive the following compensation for its services hereunder:
(a) A management fee of $40,000 payable in four consecutive monthly installments of $10,000
each commencing with the adoption of the Plan. This fee shall be due as it is earned and
shall be non-refundable.
(b) A success fee upon completion of the Offering of 1.00% of the aggregate purchase price
of the Common Shares sold in the Subscription Offering and Community
Offering excluding shares purchased by the Bank’s officers, directors, or employees (or members of their
immediate family), any ESOP tax-qualified or stock-based compensation plans (except IRA’s)
or similar plan created by the Bank for some or all of its directors or employees, or issued
to any charitable foundation that the Company or Bank may establish in connection with the
Conversion. The management fee will be applied against the success fee.
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(c) If any of the Common Shares remain available after the Subscription Offering, at the
request of the Company, the Agent will seek to form a syndicate of registered broker-dealers
(“Selected Dealers”) to assist in the sale of such Common Shares on a best efforts basis,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the selected dealers agreement. The Agent
will endeavor to distribute the Common Shares among the Selected Dealers in a fashion which
best meets the distribution objectives of the Bank and the Plan. The Agent will be paid a
fee not to exceed 5.5% of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Shares sold by the Selected
Dealers. The Agent will pass onto the Selected Dealers who assist in the Syndicated
Community Offering an amount competitive with gross underwriting discounts charged at such
time for comparable amounts of stock sold at a comparable price per share in a similar
market environment. Fees with respect to purchases effected with the assistance of Selected
Dealers other than the Agent shall be transmitted by the Agent to such Selected Dealers.
The decision to utilize Selected Dealers will be made by the Company upon consultation with
the Agent. In the event, with respect to any stock purchases, fees are paid pursuant to
this subparagraph 2(c), such fees shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, payment
pursuant to paragraph 2(b).
(d) The Company and the Bank shall reimburse the Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, subject to appropriate documentation if requested, including costs of travel,
meals and lodging, photocopying, telephone, facsimile and couriers. The Company and the
Bank will reimburse the Agent for the fees and expenses of the Agent’s counsel which will
not exceed $50,000 (which do not include legal fees to complete the qualification of the
Common Shares under the various state securities “Blue Sky” laws). The Company will bear
the expenses of the Offering customarily borne by issuers including, without limitation,
regulatory filing fees, SEC, “Blue Sky,” and FINRA filing and registration fees; the fees of
the Company’s accountants, attorneys, appraiser, transfer agent and registrar, printing,
mailing and marketing expenses associated with the reorganization; and the fees set forth
under this Section 2.
Additional Services. The Agent further agrees to provide general financial advisory
assistance to the Company and the Bank for a period of one year following completion of the
Offering, including formation of a dividend policy and share repurchase program, assistance with
shareholder reporting and shareholder relations matters, general advice on mergers and acquisitions
and other related financial matters, without the payment by the Company and the Bank of any fees in
addition to those set forth in this Section 2 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the
Company and the Bank to obtain such services from the Agent. Following the initial one year term,
if both parties wish to continue the relationship, a fee will be negotiated and an agreement
entered into at that time.
Full payment of the Agent’s actual and accountable expenses, advisory fees and
compensation shall be made in next day funds on the earlier of the Closing Date or a determination
by the Bank to terminate or abandon the Offering.
Section 3. Sale and Delivery of Shares. If all conditions precedent to the consummation of
the Conversion, including without limitation, the sale of all Shares required by the Plan to be
sold, are satisfied, the Company agrees to issue, or have issued, the Shares sold in the Offering
and to release for delivery certificates for such Shares on the Closing Date against
payment to the Company by any means authorized by the Plan; provided, however, that no funds
shall be released to the Company until the conditions specified in Section 7 hereof shall have been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and its counsel. The release of Shares
against payment therefor shall be made on a date and at a place acceptable to the Company, the Bank
and the Agent. Certificates for shares shall be delivered directly to the purchasers in accordance
with their directions.
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Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Bank. The Company and the
Bank jointly and severally represent and warrant to and agree with the Agent as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement which was prepared by the Company and the Bank and filed with
the Commission has been declared effective by the Commission, no stop order has been issued
with respect thereto and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or, to the knowledge of
the Company or the Bank, threatened by the Commission. At the time the Registration
Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein (including any amendment or
supplement), became effective, at the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 4(c) hereof)
and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the
Registration Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein (including any amendment
or supplement thereto), and any information regarding the Company contained in Sales
Information (as such term is defined in Section 8 hereof) authorized by the Company for use
in connection with the Offering, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and at the time any Rule 424(b) or (c) Prospectus is filed with the Commission
and at the Closing Date referred to in Section 2 hereof, the Prospectus (including any
amendment or supplement thereto) and any information regarding the Company contained in
Sales Information (as such term is defined in Section 8 hereof) authorized by the Company
for use in connection with the Offering will contain all statements that are required to be
stated therein in accordance with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this
Section 4(a) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent or its counsel
expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus under the caption “The Conversion
and Stock Offering—Marketing Arrangements” or statements in or omissions from any Sales
Information or information filed pursuant to state securities or blue sky laws or
regulations regarding the Agent.
(b) At the time of filing the Registration Statement relating to the offering of the Shares
and at the date hereof, the Company was not, and is not, an ineligible issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations. At the time of the filing of the Registration
Statement and at the time of the use of any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in
Rule 433(h) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company met the conditions
required by Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations for the use of a free writing
prospectus. If required to be filed, the Company has filed any issuer free writing
prospectus related to the offered Shares at the time it is required to be filed under Rule
433 of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if not required to be filed, will retain such free
writing prospectus in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the 1933 Act
Regulations and if any issuer free writing prospectus is used after the date hereof in
connection with the offering of the Shares the Company will file or retain such free writing
prospectus as required by Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
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(c) As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the Issuer-Represented General Free Writing
Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus, all
considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any
individual Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together
with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Prospectus included in the
Registration Statement relating to the offered Securities or any Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by the Agent specifically for use therein. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere
in this Agreement:
1. “Applicable Time” means each and every date when a potential
purchaser submitted a subscription or otherwise committed to purchase
Securities.
2. “Statutory Prospectus”, as of any time, means the Prospectus
relating to the offered Shares that is included in the Registration
Statement relating to the offered Shares immediately prior to the Applicable
Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein.
3. “Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free
writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433(h) of the 1933 Act Regulations,
relating to the offered Shares in the form filed or required or, if not
required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant
to Rule 433(g) under the 1933 Act Regulations. The term does not include
any writing exempted from the definition of prospectus pursuant to clause
(a) of Section 2(a)(10) of the 1933 Act, without regard to Rule 172 or Rule
173 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
4. “Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general
distribution to prospective investors.
5. “Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is not an
Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus. The term
Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus also includes any
“bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act
Regulations, that is made available without restriction pursuant to Rule
433(d)(8)(ii) of the 1933 Act Regulations or otherwise, even though not
required to be filed with the Commission.
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(d) Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its date of first use and at all
subsequent times through the completion of the Offering and sale of the offered Shares or
until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Agent (as described in the
next sentence), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement,
including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or
modified. If at any time following the date of first use of an Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which
such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the offered Shares or
included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified
or will notify promptly the Agent so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free-Writing
Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented and the Company has promptly
amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus
to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two
sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer-Represented Free
Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by the Agent specifically for use therein.
(e) The Form AC, which was prepared by the Company and the Bank and filed with the OTS, has
been approved by the OTS and the related Prospectus and proxy statement to be delivered to
members of the Bank have been authorized for use by the OTS and the Form AC complied in all
material respects with the Conversion Regulations. No order has been issued by the OTS or
the FDIC preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or the proxy statement, and no
action by or before any such government entity to revoke any approval, authorization or
order of effectiveness related to the Offering is, to the best knowledge of the Company,
pending or threatened. At the time of the approval of the Form AC, including the Prospectus
(including any amendment or supplement thereto) by the OTS and at all times subsequent
thereto until the Closing Date, the Form AC, including the Prospectus (including any
amendment or supplement thereto), will comply in all material respects with the Conversion
Regulations, except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by the OTS. The Form AC,
including the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement thereto), does not include
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 therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and
warranties in this Section 4(e) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent or its
counsel expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus contained in the Form AC
under the caption “The Conversion and Stock Offering—Marketing Arrangements” or statements
in or omissions from any Sales Information or information filed pursuant to state securities
or blue sky laws or regulations regarding the Agent.
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(f) The Company has filed the Holding Company Application with the OTS and the Holding
Company Application is accurate and truthful. The Company has received written notice from
the OTS of its approval of the acquisition of the Bank, such approval remains in full force
and effect and no order has been issued by the OTS suspending or revoking such approval and
no proceedings therefor have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Bank,
threatened by the OTS. At the date of such approval, the Holding Company Application
complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of HOLA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(g) The Company and the Bank have filed the Prospectus and any supplemental sales literature
with the Commission and the OTS. The Prospectus and all supplemental sales literature, as
of the date the Registration Statement became effective and on the Closing Date referred to
in Section 2, complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations and, at or prior to the time of their first use,
will have received all required authorizations of the OTS and Commission for use in final
form. No approval of any other regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is
required in connection with the distribution of the Prospectus and any supplemental sales
literature that has not been obtained and a copy of which has been delivered to the Agent.
The Company and the Bank have not distributed any offering material in connection with the
Offering except for the Prospectus and any supplemental sales material that has been filed
with the Registration Statement and the Form AC and authorized for use by the Commission and
the OTS. The information contained in the supplemental sales material filed as an exhibit
to both the Registration Statement and the Form AC does not conflict with information
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(h) The Plan has been adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank and, at
the Closing Date, will have been approved by the members of the Bank, and the offer and sale
of the Shares will have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with the Plan,
the Conversion Regulations except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by the OTS, and
all other applicable laws, regulations, decisions and orders, including all terms,
conditions, requirements and provisions precedent to the Offering imposed upon the Company
and the Bank by the OTS, the Commission, or any other regulatory authority and in the manner
described in the Prospectus. To the best knowledge of the Company and the Bank, no person
has sought to obtain review of the final action of the OTS in approving the Conversion
pursuant to the HOLA or any other statute or regulation.
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(i) The Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as a federally-chartered
savings bank in mutual form of organization and upon completion of the Conversion will
become a duly organized and validly existing federally-chartered savings bank in permanent
capital stock form of organization, in both instances duly authorized to conduct its
business and own its property as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
the Bank has obtained all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations currently
required for the conduct of its business, except those that individually or in the aggregate
would not materially adversely affect the financial condition, results of operations or
business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; all such licenses, permits and
governmental authorizations are in full force and effect, and the Bank is in compliance with
all material laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its
business, except where failure to be in compliance would not materially adversely affect the
financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as
a whole; the Bank is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or leasing of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, unless the failure to be so
qualified in one or more of such jurisdictions would not have a material adverse effect on
the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Bank. The Bank does not
own equity securities or any equity interest in any other business enterprise except as
described in the Prospectus or as would not be material to the operations of the Bank. Upon
completion of the sale by the Company of the Shares contemplated by the Prospectus, (i) all
of the outstanding capital stock of the Bank will be duly authorized, validly issued and
fully paid and non-assessable and owned directly by the Company free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrances or legal or equitable claim and (ii)
the Company will have no direct subsidiaries other than the Bank and no indirect
subsidiaries other than First Financial Mortgage Corp. (the “Subsidiary”). The Conversion
will be effected in all material respects in accordance with all applicable statutes,
regulations, decisions and orders; and, except with respect to the filing of certain
post-sale, post-Conversion reports, and documents in compliance with the 1933 Act
Regulations, the Conversion Regulations or letters of approval, at the Closing Date, all
terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Conversion imposed by the
Commission, the OTS and the FDIC, if any, will have been complied with by the Company and
the Bank in all material respects or appropriate waivers will have been obtained and all
applicable notice and waiting periods will have been satisfied, waived or elapsed.
(j) The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Tennessee with full corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and, at the Closing Date, the Company will be
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct
of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would
not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or
business of the Company. At the Closing Date, the Company will have obtained all licenses,
permits and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its
business except those that individually or in the aggregate would not materially adversely
affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the
Bank, taken as a whole; all such licenses, permits and governmental authorizations will be
in full force and effect, and the Company will be in all material
respects complying with all laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation
of its business.
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(k) The Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the State of Tennessee with full corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the
Company and the Bank, taken as a whole. The activities of the Subsdiary are permissible to
subsdiaries of federal savings banks. The Subsidiary has obtained all licenses, permits and
other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business except
those that individually or in the aggregate would not materially adversely affect the
financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as
a whole; all such licenses, permits and governmental authorizations will be in full force
and effect, and the Subsidiary is in all material respects complying with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its business. All of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is
fully paid and non-assessable and owned by the Bank directly, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or legal or equitable claim.
(l) The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (“FHLB-Cincinnati”).
The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the applicable limits, and no
proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened. The Bank is a “qualified thrift lender”
within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. §l467a(m).
(m) The Bank and the Company have good and marketable title to all real property and good
title to all other assets material to the business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a
whole, and to those properties and assets described in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus as owned by them, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or
restrictions, except such as are described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, or
are not material to the business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; and all of
the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a
whole, under which, the Company or the Bank hold properties, including those described in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are in full force and effect.
(n) The Company has received an opinion of its special counsel, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx,
LLP, with respect to the federal income tax consequences of the Conversion and an opinion of
its tax advisor, BKD, LLP, with respect to the Tennessee income tax consequences of the
Conversion; all material aspects of such opinions are accurately summarized in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company and the Bank represent and warrant
that the facts upon which such opinions are based are
truthful, accurate and complete. Neither the Company nor the Bank will take any action
inconsistent therewith.
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(o) Each of the Company and the Bank has all such power, authority, authorizations,
approvals and orders as may be required to enter into this Agreement, to carry out the
provisions and conditions hereof and to issue and sell the Shares to be sold by the Company
as provided herein and as described in the Prospectus, subject to approval or confirmation
by the OTS of the final appraisal of the Bank. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated have been duly
and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Bank and the
Company. This Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Bank
and is the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company and the Bank enforceable in
accordance with its terms (except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or the rights of creditors of savings
and loan holding companies, the accounts of whose subsidiaries are insured by the FDIC, or
by general equity principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law, and except to the extent, if any, that the provisions of
Sections 8 and 9 hereof may be unenforceable as against public policy).
(p) Neither the Company nor the Bank is in violation of any directive received from the OTS,
the FDIC, or any other agency to make any material change in the method of conducting its
business so as to comply in all material respects with all applicable statutes and
regulations (including, without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives and orders of
the OTS and the FDIC) and, except as may be set forth in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no suit or proceeding or charge or
action before or by any court, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body, pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened, which might materially and
adversely affect the Offering, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
or which might result in any material adverse change in the financial condition, results of
operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole, or which would
materially affect their properties and assets.
(q) The consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes related thereto which are
included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly present the balance
sheet, income statement, statement of changes in equity capital and statement of cash flows
of the Bank and the Subsidiary on a consolidated basis at the respective dates indicated and
for the respective periods covered thereby and comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations and Title 12 of the
Code of Federal Regulations. Such consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes
related thereto have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied through the periods involved, present fairly in all
material respects the information required to be stated therein and are consistent with the
most recent financial statements and other reports filed by the Bank with the OTS, except
that accounting principles employed in such regulatory filings conform to the requirements
of the OTS and not necessarily to
GAAP. The other financial, statistical and pro forma information and related notes included
in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein on a basis consistent with
the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Bank included in the
Prospectus, and as to the pro forma adjustments, the adjustments made therein have been
properly applied on the basis described therein.
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(r) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement including the Prospectus: (i) there has not been any material adverse change,
financial or otherwise, in the condition of the Company and the Bank and their subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, or in the earnings, capital, properties or business of the
Company and the Bank and their subsidiaries, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
of business; (ii) there has not been any material increase in the long-term debt of the Bank
or in the principal amount of the Bank’s assets which are classified by the Bank as
impaired, substandard, doubtful or loss or in loans past due 90 days or more or real estate
acquired by foreclosure, by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or deemed in-substance foreclosure
or any material decrease in equity capital or total assets of the Bank; nor has the Company
or the Bank issued any securities (other than in connection with the incorporation of the
Company) or incurred any liability or obligation for borrowing other than in the ordinary
course of business; (iii) there have not been any material transactions entered into by the
Company or the Bank; (iv) there has not been any material adverse change in the aggregate
dollar amount (on a consolidated basis with the Bank) of the Company’s deposits or its net
worth; (v) there has been no material adverse change in the Company’s or the
Bank’s relationship with its insurance carriers, including, without limitation,
cancellation or other termination of the Company’s or the Bank’s fidelity bond
or any other type of insurance coverage; (vi) except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there has been no material change in management of the Company
or the Bank; (vii) neither the Company nor the Bank has sustained any material loss or
interference with its respective business or properties from fire, flood, windstorm,
earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance; (viii) neither
the Company nor the Bank has defaulted in the payment of principal or interest on any
outstanding debt obligations; (ix) the capitalization, liabilities, assets, properties and
business of the Company and the Bank conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (x) neither the
Company nor the Bank has any material contingent liabilities, except as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(s) Neither the Company nor the Bank is (i) in violation of their respective charters or
bylaws (and the Bank will not be in violation of its charter or bylaws in stock form upon
completion of the Conversion), or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant, or condition contained in any material contract, lease,
loan agreement, indenture or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of its property may be bound. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not: (i) conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company or the Bank pursuant to the respective
charters or bylaws of the Company or the Bank or any contract, lease or other
instrument in which the Company or the Bank has a beneficial interest, or any applicable
law, rule, regulation or order; (ii) violate any authorization, approval, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the Bank, except for such
violations which would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company and the Bank on a consolidated basis; or (iii) result
in the creation of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property of the Company
or the Bank.
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(t) All documents made available to or delivered or to be made available to or delivered by
the Company and the Bank or their representatives in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Shares, including records of account holders and depositors of the Bank, or in
connection with the Agent’s exercise of due diligence, except for those documents which were
prepared by parties other than the Company or the Bank or their representatives, to the best
knowledge of the Company and the Bank, were on the dates on which they were delivered, or
will be on the dates on which they are to be delivered, true, complete and correct in all
material respects.
(u) No default exists, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute a default on the part of the Company or the Bank in the due
performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, note, bank loan or credit agreement or any other instrument or agreement to
which the Company or the Bank is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is
bound or affected, except such defaults which would not have a material adverse affect on
the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Bank, taken as a
whole; such agreements are in full force and effect; and no other party to any such
agreements has instituted or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened
any action or proceeding wherein the Company or the Bank would or might be alleged to be in
default thereunder, where such action or proceeding, if determined adversely to the Company
or the Bank, would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of
operations, or business of the Company or the Bank, taken as a whole.
(v) Upon consummation of the Conversion, the authorized, issued and outstanding equity
capital of the Company will be within the range set forth in the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization,” and no Shares have been or will be
issued and outstanding prior to the Closing Date; the Shares will have been duly and validly
authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Plan
against payment of the consideration calculated as set forth in the Plan and in the
Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, except for shares purchased by the ESOP with funds borrowed from the Company to the extent payment
therefor in cash has not been received by the Company; except to the extent that
subscription rights and priorities pursuant thereto exist pursuant to the Plan, no
preemptive rights exist with respect to the Shares; and the terms and provisions of the
Shares will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Shares have been approved for listing on the
Nasdaq Global Market, subject to issuance. Upon the issuance of the Shares, good title to
the Shares will be transferred from the Company to the purchasers thereof against
payment therefor, subject to such claims as may be asserted against the purchasers thereof
by third-party claimants.
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(w) No approval of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance of the Shares,
except for the approval of the Commission and the OTS, and any necessary qualification,
notification, registration or exemption under the securities or blue sky laws of the various
states in which the Shares are to be offered, and except as may be required under the rules
and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)
(x) BKD, LLP, which has certified the audited financial statements and schedules of the Bank
included in the Prospectus, has advised the Company and the Bank in writing that they are,
with respect to the Company and the Bank, independent registered public accountants within
the applicable rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(y) Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., which has prepared the Valuation Appraisal Report (as amended or
supplemented, if so amended or supplemented) of the Bank, has advised the Bank in writing
that it is independent of the Company and the Bank within the meaning of the Conversion
Regulations.
(z) The Company and the Bank have timely filed or extended all required federal, state and
local tax returns; the Company and the Bank have paid all taxes that have become due and
payable in respect of such returns, except where permitted to be extended, have made
adequate reserves for similar future tax liabilities and no deficiency has been asserted
with respect thereto by any taxing authority.
(aa) The Company and the Bank are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the regulations and rules thereunder.
(bb) To the knowledge of the Company and the Bank, none of the Company, the Bank or the
employees of the Company or the Bank has made any payment of funds of the Company or the
Bank as a loan for the purchase of the Shares or made any other payment of funds prohibited
by law, and no funds have been set aside to be used for any payment prohibited by law.
(cc) Neither the Company nor the Bank has: (i) issued any securities within the last 18
months (except for notes to evidence bank loans and reverse repurchase agreements or other
liabilities in the ordinary course of business or as described in the Prospectus); (ii) had
any material dealings within the 12 months prior to the date hereof with any member of the
FINRA, or any person related to or associated with such member, other than discussions and
meetings relating to the proposed Offering and routine purchases and sales of United States
government and agency and other securities in the ordinary course of business; (iii) entered
into a financial or management consulting agreement except as
contemplated hereunder; and (iv) engaged any intermediary between the Agent and the Company
or the Bank in connection with the offering of the Shares, and no person is being
compensated in any manner for such service. Appropriate arrangements have been made for
placing the funds received from subscriptions for Shares in a special interest-bearing
account with the Bank until all Shares are sold and paid for, with provision for refund to
the purchasers in the event that the Offering is not completed for whatever reason or for
delivery to the Company if all Shares are sold.
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(dd) The Company and the Bank have not relied upon the Agent or its legal counsel for any
legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the Conversion.
(ee) The records used by the Company and the Bank to determine the identities of Eligible
Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and Other Members are accurate and
complete in all material respects.
(ff) The Company is not required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(gg) Neither the Company nor the Bank or any properties owned or operated by the Company or
the Bank, is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law (as defined below),
except for such violations or liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business
of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole. There are no actions, suits or proceedings,
or demands, claims, notices or investigations (including, without limitation, notices,
demand letters or requests for information from any environmental agency) instituted or
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened relating to the
liability of any property owned or operated by the Company or the Bank under any
Environmental Law. For purposes of this subsection, the term “Environmental Law” means any
federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license,
permit, authorization, approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or agreement
with any regulatory authority relating to (i) the protection, preservation or restoration of
the environment (including, without limitation, air, water, vapor, surface water,
groundwater, drinking water supply, surface soil, subsurface soil, plant and animal life or
any other natural resource), and/or (ii) the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation,
transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of any
substance presently listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic,
radioactive or dangerous, or otherwise regulated, whether by type or by quantity, including
any material containing any such substance as a component.
(hh) The Company has filed a registration statement to register for the Common Shares under
Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).
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(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, and (D) the recorded accounts or assets is compared with the existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect thereto. The books,
records and accounts and systems of internal accounting control of the Company and its
subsidiaries comply in all material respects with the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of
the 1934 Act. The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the 0000 Xxx) that are effective in ensuring
that the information it will be required to disclose in the reports it files or submits
under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management (including
the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer) in a timely manner and
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and forms.
(jj) All of the loans represented as assets of the Company or the Bank in the Prospectus
meet or are exempt from all requirements of federal, state and local law pertaining to
lending, including, without limitation, truth in lending (including the requirements of
Regulation Z and 12 C.F.R. Part 226), real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity and all disclosure laws applicable to such loans,
except for violations which, if asserted, would not have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition, results of operations, or business of the Company and the Bank, taken
as a whole.
(kk) To the Company’s and the Bank’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations
between any member of the FINRA and any of the Company’s or the Bank’s officers, directors
or 5% or greater securityholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(ll) The Company has taken all actions necessary to obtain at Closing a Blue Sky Memorandum
from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP.
(mm) Any certificates signed by an officer of the Company or the Bank pursuant to the
conditions of this Agreement and delivered to the Agent or their counsel that refers to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or the Bank, as
the case may be, to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby with the same effect as if
such representation and warranty were set forth herein.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Agent. The Agent represents and warrants to
the Company and the Bank as follows:
(a) The Agent is a corporation and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of
the State of New York with full power and authority to provide the services to be furnished
to the Company and the Bank hereunder.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of the Agent, and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Agent and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Agent, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as the legality, validity, binding nature and
enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization, conservatorship, receivership or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) general equity principles
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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(c) Each of the Agent and its employees, agents and representatives who shall perform any of
the services hereunder shall be duly authorized and empowered, and shall have all licenses,
approvals and permits necessary to perform such services; and the Agent is a registered
selling agent in each of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are to be offered by the
Company in reliance upon the Agent as a registered selling agent as set forth in the blue
sky memorandum prepared with respect to the Offering.
(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Agent, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof will
not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of,
or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default) under, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Agent or any
agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Agent is a party or by which it or its
property is bound.
(e) No approval of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in
connection with the Agent’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, except as may
have been received.
(f) There is no suit or proceeding or charge or action before or by any court, regulatory
authority or government agency or body or, to the knowledge of the Agent, pending or
threatened, which might materially adversely affect the Agent’s performance under this
Agreement.
Section 5.1 Covenants of the Company and the Bank. The Company and the Bank hereby
jointly and severally covenant and agree with the Agent as follows:
(a) The Company will not, at any time after the date the Registration Statement is declared
effective, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement without providing
the Agent and its counsel an opportunity to review such amendment or supplement or file any
amendment or supplement to which amendment or supplement the Agent or its counsel shall
reasonably object.
(b) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Represented Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances prevailing
at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify promptly the
Agent so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it
is amended or supplemented and the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or
supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such
conflict, untrue statement or omission; provided, however, that this covenant shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein.
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(c) The Company and the Bank represent and agree that, unless it obtains the prior consent
of the Agent, and the Agent represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent
of the Company or the Bank, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the
offered Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule
433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, or that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, required to be filed with the Commission.
Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company, the Bank and the Agent is
hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company and the Bank
represent that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act
Regulations, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 of the 1933
Act Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely
Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company and the Bank
need not treat any communication as a free writing prospectus if it is exempt from the
definition of prospectus pursuant to Clause (a) of Section 2(a)(10) of the 1933 Act without
regard to Rule 172 or 173 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(d) The Bank will not, at any time after the Form AC is approved by the OTS, file any
amendment or supplement to such Form AC without providing the Agent and its counsel an
opportunity to review such amendment or supplement or file any amendment or supplement to
which amendment or supplement the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object.
(e) The Company will not, at any time after the Holding Company Application is approved by
the OTS, file any amendment or supplement to such Holding Company Application without
providing the Agent and its counsel an opportunity to review the non-confidential portions
of such amendment or supplement or file any amendment or supplement to which amendment or
supplement the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object.
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(f) The Company and the Bank will use their best efforts to cause any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission and any
post-effective amendment to the Form AC or the Holding Company Application to be approved by
the OTS and will immediately upon receipt of any information concerning the events listed
below notify the Agent: (i) when the Registration Statement, as amended, has become
effective; (ii) when the Form AC or the Holding Company Application, as amended, has been
approved by the OTS; (iii) of any comments from the
Commission, the OTS or any other governmental entity with respect to the Conversion
contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) of the request by the Commission, the OTS or any other
governmental entity for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Form
AC, Holding Company Application or for additional information; (v) of the issuance by the
Commission, the OTS or any other governmental entity of any order or other action suspending
the Conversion or the use of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any other
filing of the Company or the Bank under the Conversion Regulations, or other applicable law,
or the threat of any such action; (vi) of the issuance by the Commission, the OTS or any
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
the initiation or threat of initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose; or
(vii) of the occurrence of any event mentioned in paragraph (h) below. The Company and the
Bank will make every reasonable effort (i) to prevent the issuance by the Commission, the
OTS or any other state authority of any such order and, (ii) if any such order shall at any
time be issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.
(g) The Company and the Bank will deliver to the Agent and to its counsel two conformed
copies of the Registration Statement, the Form AC or the Holding Company Application, as
originally filed and of each amendment or supplement thereto, including all exhibits.
Further, the Company and the Bank will deliver such additional copies of the foregoing
documents to counsel to the Agent as may be required for any FINRA filings.
(h) The Company and the Bank will furnish to the Agent, from time to time during the period
when the Prospectus (or any later prospectus related to this offering) is required to be
delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of such Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) as the Agent may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated
by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”). The Company authorizes the
Agent to use the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) in any
lawful manner contemplated by the Plan in connection with the sale of the Shares by the
Agent.
(i) The Company and the Bank will comply with any and all material terms, conditions,
requirements and provisions with respect to the Offering imposed by the Commission, the OTS
or the Conversion Regulations, and by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act
and the 1934 Act Regulations to be complied with prior to or subsequent to the Closing Date
and when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, and during such time period the Company
and the Bank will comply, at their own expense, with all material requirements imposed upon
them by the Commission, the OTS or the Conversion Regulations, and by the 1933 Act, the 1933
Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, including, without limitation,
Rule 10b-5 under the 1934 Act, in each case as from time to time in force, so far as
necessary to permit the continuance of sales or dealing in the Common Shares during such
period in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.
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(j) If, at any time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, any
event relating to or affecting the Company or the Bank shall occur, as a result of which it
is necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or in the reasonable
opinion of the Agent’s counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
Prospectus in order to make the Registration Statement or Prospectus not misleading in light
of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, the
Company will immediately so inform the Agent and prepare and file, at its own expense, with
the Commission and the OTS, and furnish to the Agent a reasonable number of copies, of an
amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Registration Statement or
Prospectus (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel after
a reasonable time for review) which will amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
Prospectus so that as amended or supplemented it will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading. For the purpose of this Agreement, the Company will timely
furnish to the Agent such information with respect to itself and the Bank as the Agent may
from time to time reasonably request.
(k) The Company and the Bank will take all necessary actions in cooperating with the Agent
and furnish to whomever the Agent may direct such information as may be required to qualify
or register the Shares for offering and sale by it or to exempt such Shares from
registration, or to exempt the Company as a broker-dealer and its officers, directors and
employees as broker-dealers or agents under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions in which the Shares are required under the Conversion Regulations to be
sold or as the Agent and the Company may reasonably agree upon; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process, to qualify
to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified, or to register its
directors or officers as brokers, dealers, salesmen or agents in any jurisdiction. In each
jurisdiction where any of the Shares shall have been qualified or registered as above
provided, the Company will make and file such statements and reports in each fiscal period
as are or may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(l) The liquidation account for the benefit of Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental
Eligible Account Holders will be duly established and maintained in accordance with the
requirements of the Conversion Regulations, and such Eligible Account Holders and
Supplemental Eligible Account Holders who continue to maintain their savings accounts in the
Bank will have an inchoate interest in their pro rata portion of the liquidation account,
which shall have a priority superior to that of the holders of the Common Stock in the event
of a complete liquidation of the Bank.
(m) The Company and the Bank will not sell or issue, contract to sell or otherwise dispose
of, for a period of 90 days after the Closing Date, without the Agent’s prior written
consent, any of their shares of their common stock, other than the Common Shares or other
than in connection with any plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus.
(n) The Company will register its common stock under Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act. The
Company shall maintain the effectiveness of such registration for not less than three years
from the time of effectiveness or such shorter period as may be required by the OTS.
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(o) During the period during which the Common Shares are registered under the 1934 Act or
for three years from the date hereof, whichever period is greater, the Company will furnish
to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual
report of the Company (including a consolidated balance sheet and statements of consolidated
income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries as at
the end of and for such year, certified by independent public accountants in accordance with
Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act).
(p) During the period of three years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the
Agent: (i) as soon as practicable after such information is publicly available, a copy of
each report of the Company furnished to or filed with the Commission under the 1934 Act or
any national securities exchange or system on which any class of securities of the Company
is listed or quoted (including, but not limited to, reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and
all proxy statements and annual reports to stockholders), (ii) a copy of each other
non-confidential report of the Company mailed to its shareholders or filed with the
Commission, the OTS or any other supervisory or regulatory authority or any national
securities exchange or system on which any class of securities of the Company is listed or
quoted, each press release and material news items and additional documents and information
with respect to the Company or the Bank as the Agent may reasonably request; and (iii) from
time to time, such other nonconfidential information concerning the Company or the Bank as
the Agent may reasonably request.
(q) The Company and the Bank will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the
manner set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(r) Other than as permitted by the Conversion Regulations, the HOLA, the 1933 Act, the 1933
Act Regulations and the rules and regulations and the laws of any state in which the Shares
are registered or qualified for sale or exempt from registration, the Company will not
distribute any prospectus, offering circular or other offering material in connection with
the offer and sale of the Shares.
(s) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, en
earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act
Regulations) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the
Company’s fiscal quarter next following the effective date (as defined in such Rule 158) of
the Registration Statement.
(t) The Company will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain a listing of the Common
Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market on or prior to the Closing Date.
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(u) The Bank will maintain appropriate arrangements for depositing all funds received from
persons mailing or delivering subscriptions for or orders to purchase Shares in the Offering
with the Bank or another financial institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, on an
interest-bearing basis at the rate described in the Prospectus until the Closing Date and
satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the release of the Company’s or the Bank’s
obligation to refund payments received from persons subscribing for or ordering Shares in
the Offering in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus or until refunds
of such funds have been made to the persons entitled thereto or withdrawal authorizations
canceled in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus. The Bank will
maintain such records of all funds received to permit the funds of each subscriber to be
separately insured by the FDIC (to the maximum extent allowable) and to enable the Bank to
make the appropriate refunds of such funds in the event that such refunds are required to be
made in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus.
(v) The Company will report the use of proceeds of the Offering in accordance with Rule 463
under the 1933 Act.
(w) The Company will promptly take all necessary action to register as savings and loan
holding company under the HOLA.
(x) The Company and the Bank will take such actions and furnish such information as are
reasonably requested by the Agent in order for the Agent to ensure compliance with the FINRA
Rule 2790.
(y) Neither the Company nor the Bank, will amend the Plan without notifying the Agent and
the Agent’s counsel prior thereto.
(z) The Company shall assist the Agent, if necessary, in connection with the allocation of
the Shares in the event of an oversubscription and shall provide the Agent with any
information necessary to assist the Company in allocating the Shares in such event and such
information shall be accurate and reliable in all material respects.
(aa) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will inform the Agent of any event or
circumstances of which it is aware as a result of which the Registration Statement and/or
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(bb) The Company will not deliver the Shares until the Company and the Bank have satisfied
or caused to be satisfied each condition set forth in Section 7 hereof, unless such
condition is waived in writing by the Agent.
(cc) Subsequent to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Commission and prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise may be indicated or
contemplated therein or set forth in an amendment or supplement thereto, neither the Company
nor the Bank will have: (i) issued any securities or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except borrowings from the same or
similar sources indicated in the Prospectus in the ordinary course of its business, or (ii)
entered into any transaction which is material in light of the business and properties of
the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole.
(dd) Until the Closing Date, the Company and the Bank will conduct their businesses in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state laws, rules,
regulations, decisions, directives and orders, including all decisions, directives and
orders of the Commission, the FDIC and the OTS.
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(ee) The Company and the Bank shall comply in all material respects with any and all terms,
conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Offering imposed by the OTS, the
Conversion Regulations, the Commission, the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations to be complied with subsequent to the Closing Date. The
Company will comply with all provisions of all undertakings contained in the Registration
Statement.
(ff) The facts and representations provided to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP by the Bank and
the Company and upon which Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Aguggia, LLP will base its opinion under Section
7(c)(1) are and will be truthful, accurate and complete.
(gg) The Company and the Bank will not distribute any offering material in connection with
the Offering except for the Prospectus and any supplemental sales material that has been
filed with the Registration Statement and the Form AC and authorized for use by the
Commission and the OTS. The information contained in any supplemental sales material (in
addition to the supplemental sales material filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and the Form AC) shall not conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Section 6. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the Conversion is completed or the sale of
the Shares by the Company is consummated, the Company and the Bank jointly and severally agree to
pay or reimburse the Agent for: (a) all filing fees in connection with all filings related to the
Conversion with the FINRA; (b) any stock issue or transfer taxes which may be payable with respect
to the sale of the Shares; (c) subject to Section 2(d), all expenses of the Conversion, including
but not limited to the Agent’s attorneys’ fees and expenses, blue sky fees, transfer
agent, registrar and other agent charges, fees relating to auditing and accounting or other
advisors and costs of printing all documents necessary in connection with the Offering. In the
event the Company is unable to sell the minimum number of shares necessary to complete the
Conversion or the Conversion is terminated or otherwise abandoned, the Company and the Bank shall
promptly reimburse the Agent in accordance with Section 2(d) hereof.
In the event that the Agent incurs any expenses on behalf of the Company or the Bank that are
customarily borne by the issuer, the Company and the Bank will pay or reimburse the Agent for such
expenses regardless of whether the Offering is successfully completed, and such reimbursements will
not be included in the expense limitations set forth in Section 2(d) hereof. The Company and the
Bank acknowledge, however, that such limitations may be increased by the mutual consent of the Bank
and Agent in the event of delay in the Offering requiring the
Agent to utilize a Syndicated Community Offering, a delay as a result of circumstances
requiring material additional work by Agent or its counsel or an update of the financial
information in tabular form contained in the Prospectus for a period later than [June 30, 2007].
Not later than two days prior to the Closing Date, the Agent will provide the Company with an
accounting of all reimbursable expenses to be paid at the Closing in next day funds. In the event
the Bank determines to abandon or terminate the Conversion prior to Closing, payment of such
expenses shall be made in next day funds on the date such determination is made.
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Section 7. Conditions to the Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Agent
hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Closing Date, are subject, to the extent not
waived in writing by the Agent, to the condition that all representations and warranties of the
Company and the Bank, herein are, at and as of the commencement of the Offering and at and as of
the Closing Date, true and correct in all material respects, the condition that the Company and the
Bank shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder to be performed on or before such dates,
and to the following further conditions:
(a) At the Closing Date, the Company and the Bank shall have conducted the Conversion in all
material respects in accordance with the Plan, the Conversion Regulations, the applicable
laws of Tennessee, and all other applicable laws, regulations, decisions and orders,
including all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions precedent to the Conversion
imposed upon them by the OTS.
(b) The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and the
Form AC and Holding Company Application shall have been approved by the OTS not later than
5:30 p.m. on the date of this Agreement, or with the Agent’s consent at a later time
and date; and at the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefore
initiated or threatened by the Commission or any state authority, and no order or other
action suspending the authorization of the Prospectus or the consummation of the Conversion
shall have been issued or proceedings therefore initiated or, to the Company’s or the
Bank’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission, the OTS, the FDIC or any other state
authority.
(c) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall have received:
(1) The favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Agent
and for its benefit, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP special counsel for the
Company and the Bank in form and substance to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation under the laws of the State of Tennessee.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(iii) The Bank is a validly existing federally-chartered savings bank in
mutual form and immediately following the completion of the Conversion will
be a validly-existing federally-chartered savings bank in stock form and, in
both instances duly authorized to conduct its business and own its property
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All of the
outstanding capital stock of the Bank, upon completion of the Conversion,
will be duly authorized and, upon payment therefor, validly issued,
fully-paid and non-assessable and will be owned by the Company, to such
counsel’s Actual Knowledge, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances,
claims or other restrictions.
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(iv) The Bank is a member of the FHLB-Cincinnati. The deposit accounts of
the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the maximum amount allowed under law
and, to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, no proceedings for the
termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or threatened. The
description of the liquidation account as set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption “The Conversion and Stock Offering – Effects of Conversion to
Stock Form – Liquidation Account,” to the extent that such information
constitutes matters of law and legal conclusions, has been reviewed by such
counsel and is accurately described in all material respects.
(v) Immediately following the consummation of the Offering, the authorized,
issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company will be within the range
set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
“Capitalization,” and no shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued prior to the
Closing Date; at the time of the Offering, the Common Shares subscribed for
pursuant to the Conversion will have been duly and validly authorized for
issuance, and when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Plan
against payment of the consideration calculated as set forth in the Plan and
Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable, except for shares purchased by the ESOP with funds borrowed
from the Company to the extent payment therefor in cash has not been
received by the Company; except to the extent that subscription rights and
priorities pursuant thereto exist pursuant to the Plan, the issuance of the
Shares is not subject to preemptive rights (other than subscription rights
as provided in the Plan) and the terms and provisions of the Shares conform
in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus. To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, the Shares will not, when
issued, be subject to any liens, charges, encumbrances or other claims
created by the Company.
(vi) The Company and the Bank have full corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby and by the Plan. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the Offering have been duly and validly authorized by
all necessary action on the part of the Company and
the Bank; and this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the
Company and the Bank, enforceable against the Company and the Bank, in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
conservatorship, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally or the rights of creditors of federally chartered savings
institutions or holding companies as applicable, (ii) general equitable
principles, (iii) laws relating to the safety and soundness of insured
depository institutions, and (iv) applicable law or public policy with
respect to the indemnification and/or contribution provisions contained
herein and except that no opinion need be expressed as to the effect or
availability of equitable remedies or injunctive relief (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
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(vii) The Form AC and the Holding Company Application have been approved by
the OTS, the Prospectus has been authorized for use by the OTS, and the
acquisition by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Bank has been approved by the OTS and no action has been taken,
and to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge none is pending or threatened, to
revoke any such authorization or approval.
(viii) The Plan has been duly adopted by the required vote of the directors
of the Company and the Bank and by the required vote of the Bank’s members.
(ix) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to the OTS’s
approval of the Conversion and the Holding Company Application, no further
approval, registration, authorization, consent or other order of any federal
regulatory agency is required in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the consummation of the Conversion and the issuance of
the Shares, except as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws
of various jurisdictions (as to which no opinion need be rendered) and
except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the FINRA (as
to which no opinion need be rendered).
(x) The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness has been issued under the 1933 Act or
proceedings therefor initiated or, to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge,
threatened by the Commission.
(xi) At the time the Form AC, including the Prospectus contained therein,
was approved by the OTS, the Form AC, including the Prospectus contained
therein, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the Conversion Regulations except as waived or otherwise approved by the
OTS (other than the financial statements, the notes
thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data
included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered).
(xii) At the time that the Registration Statement became effective, (i) the
Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or
supplemented) (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto, and
other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included therein,
as to which no opinion need be rendered), complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations, and (ii) the Prospectus (other than the financial statements,
the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal
data included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and
the 1933 Act Regulations.
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(xiii) The terms and provisions of the shares of common stock of the Company
conform, in all material respects, to the description thereof contained in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus,
and the form of certificate used to evidence the Shares complies with
applicable laws.
(xiv) To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or threatened (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the Conversion or the offer, sale or
issuance of the Shares, or (iii) which are required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, other than those disclosed therein.
(xv) Neither the Company nor the Bank are required to be registered as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(xvi) To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, neither the Company nor the Bank
is in violation of any directive from the OTS or the FDIC to make any
material change in the method of conducting its respective business.
(xvii) To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, there are no material
contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other
instruments required to be described or referred to in the Form AC, the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or
required to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or
referred to therein or filed as exhibits thereto in the Form AC, the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
The description in the Form AC, the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of such documents and exhibits is
accurate in all material respects and fairly presents the information
required to be shown.
(xviii) Except as waived or otherwise approved by the OTS, the Plan complies
in all material respects with all applicable federal law, rules,
regulations, decisions and orders including, but not limited to, the
Conversion Regulations; to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, the Conversion
has been effected by the Company’s and the Bank in all material respects in
accordance with the Conversion Regulations and the OTS approvals issued
thereunder; to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, no order has been issued by
the OTS, the Commission, the FDIC, or any state authority to suspend the
Offering or the use of the Prospectus, and no action for such purposes has
been instituted or threatened by the OTS, the Commission, the FDIC, or any
other state authority and, to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, no
person has sought to obtain regulatory or judicial review of the final
action of the OTS approving the Plan, the Form AC, the Holding Company
Application or the Prospectus.
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(xix) To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, the Company, and the Bank have
obtained all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations
currently required for the conduct of their businesses as described in the
Registration Statement, and all such licenses, permits and other
governmental authorizations are in full force and effect, and the Company
and the Bank are in all material respects complying therewith.
(xx) To such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, neither the Company nor the
Bank is in violation of its Charter and Bylaws or in default or violation of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or its property may be bound, except for
such defaults or violations which would not have a material adverse impact
on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the
Bank on a consolidated basis; to such counsel’s Actual Knowledge, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations
herein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein will not, in any material respect, conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or
the Bank pursuant to any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or the Bank
is a party or by which any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or the Bank are subject; and such action
will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Charter or Bylaws
of the Company or the Bank, or result, in any material respect, in any
violation of any applicable federal or state law, act, regulation (except
that no opinion with respect to the securities and blue sky laws of various
jurisdictions or the rules or regulations of the FINRA need be rendered) or
order or court order, writ, injunction or decree.
(xxi) The Company’s Charter and Bylaws comply in all material respects with
the laws of the State of Tennessee. The Bank’s Charter and Bylaws each
comply in all material respects with the laws of the United States of
America.
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(xxii) The information in the Prospectus under the captions “Regulation and
Supervision,” “Federal and State Taxation,” “The Conversion and Stock
Offering,” “Restrictions on the Acquisition of First Advantage Bancorp and
First Federal Savings Bank” and “Description of First Advantage Bancorp
Capital Stock,” to the extent that such information constitutes matters of
law, summaries of legal matters, documents or proceedings, or legal
conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and is accurate in all
material respects. The description of the Offering process in the
Prospectus under the caption “The Conversion and Stock Offering” to the
extent that such information constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal
matters, documents or proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed
by such counsel and fairly describes such process in all material respects.
The descriptions in the Prospectus of statutes or regulations are accurate
summaries and fairly present, in all material respects, the information
required to be shown. The information under the caption “The Conversion and
Stock Offering — Material Income Tax Consequences” has been reviewed by such
counsel and fairly describes the federal and state tax opinions rendered by
them and BKD, LLP, respectively, to the Company and the Bank with respect to
such matters.
In addition, such counsel shall state that during the preparation of the
Form AC, the Holding Company Application, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, they participated in conferences with certain officers of, the
independent public and internal accountants for, and other representatives
of, the Company and the Bank, at which conferences the contents of the Form
AC, the Holding Company Application, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, while such counsel have
not confirmed the accuracy or completeness of or otherwise verified the
information contained in the Form AC, the Holding Company Application, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and do not assume any
responsibility for such information, based upon such conferences and a
review of documents deemed relevant for the purpose of rendering their
opinion (relying as to materiality as to factual matters on certificates of
officers and other factual representations by the Company), nothing has come
to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Form AC, the
Holding Company Application, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto or the General Disclosure Package as of
the Applicable Time (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto,
and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included
therein as to which no view need be rendered) contained an untrue statement
of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely as to all matters of fact on
certificates of officers or directors of the Company and the Bank and
certificates of public officials. Such counsel’s opinion shall be
limited to matters governed by federal laws and by the laws of Tennessee.
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(d) A Blue Sky Memorandum from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP relating to the Offering,
including Agent’s participation therein, and should be furnished to the Agent with a copy
thereof addressed to Agent or upon which Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Aguggia, LLP shall state the Agent
may rely. The Blue Sky Memorandum will relate to the necessity of obtaining or confirming
exemptions, qualifications or the registration of the Shares under applicable state
securities law.
(e) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a certificate of the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent’s Counsel, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect
that: (i) they have carefully examined the Prospectus and, in their opinion, at the time
the Prospectus became authorized for final use, the Prospectus did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; (ii) since the date the Prospectus became authorized for final use, no event has
occurred which should have been set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
which has not been so set forth, including specifically, but without limitation, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
capital, properties or business of the Company or the Bank and the conditions set forth in
this Section 7 have been satisfied; (iii) since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
the earnings, capital, properties or business of the Company or the Bank independently, or
of the Company and the Bank considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business; (iv) the representations and warranties in Section 4 are true
and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing
Date; (v) the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
Closing Date and will comply in all material respects with all obligations to be satisfied
by them after the Closing Date; (vi) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been initiated or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the
Bank, threatened by the Commission or any state authority; (vii) no order suspending the
Conversion, the Offering or the effectiveness of the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the
Bank, threatened by the OTS, the Commission, the FDIC, or any state authority; and (viii) to
the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, no person has sought to obtain review of the
final action of the OTS approving the Conversion.
(f) Neither the Company or the Bank shall have sustained, since the date of the latest
financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have
been any material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, or
business of the Company or the Bank that is in the Agent’s reasonable judgment sufficiently
material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering
or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
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(g) Prior to and at the Closing Date: (i) in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, there
shall have been no material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations
or business of the Company and the Bank considered as one enterprise, from that as of the
latest dates as of which such condition is set forth in the Prospectus, other than
transactions referred to or contemplated therein; (ii) neither the Company nor the Bank
shall have received from the OTS or the FDIC any direction (oral or written) to make any
material change in the method of conducting their business with which it has not complied
(which direction, if any, shall have been disclosed to the Agent) or which materially and
adversely would affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the
Company and the Bank taken as a whole; (iii) neither the Company or the Bank shall have been
in default (nor shall an event have occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default) under any provision of any agreement or instrument relating to
any outstanding indebtedness; (iv) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity or
before or by any federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency, not
disclosed in the Prospectus, shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Bank, threatened against the Company or the Bank or affecting any of their properties
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would materially and adversely affect the
financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank taken as
a whole; and (v) the Shares shall have been qualified or registered for offering and sale or
exempted therefrom under the securities or blue sky laws of the jurisdictions as the Agent
shall have reasonably requested and as agreed to by the Company and the Bank.
(h) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Agent shall receive a letter from
BKD, LLP, dated as of the date hereof and addressed to the Agent: (i) confirming that BKD,
LLP is a firm of independent registered public accountants within the applicable rules of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and stating in effect that in
its opinion the consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company as of
December 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2006, and covered by their opinion included therein, and any other more recent
unaudited financial statements included in the Prospectus comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements and related published rules and
regulations of the OTS and the 1933 Act; (ii) stating in effect that, on the basis of
certain agreed upon procedures (but not an audit
in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States)) consisting of a reading of the latest available consolidated financial statements
of the Company prepared by the Company, a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the
Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Audit Committee of the Company and the Bank and
consultations with officers of the Company and the Bank responsible for financial and
accounting matters, nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that: (A)
audited consolidated financial statements and any unaudited interim financial statements
included in the Prospectus are not in conformity with the 1933 Act, applicable accounting
requirements of the OTS and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus; or
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(B) during the period from the date of
the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to a specified date not more than
three business days prior to the date of the Prospectus, except as has been described in the
Prospectus, there was any increase in borrowings of the Company, other than normal deposit
fluctuations for the Bank; or (C) there was any decrease in the net assets of the Company at
the date of such letter as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included
in the Prospectus; and (iii) stating that, in addition to the audit referred to in their
opinion included in the Prospectus and the performance of the procedures referred to in
clause (ii) of this subsection (h), they have compared with the general accounting records
of the Company, which are subject to the internal controls of the Company, the accounting
system and other data prepared by the Company, directly from such accounting records, to the
extent specified in such letter, such amounts and/or percentages set forth in the Prospectus
as the Agent may reasonably request; and they have found such amounts and percentages to be
in agreement therewith (subject to rounding).
(i) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a letter dated the Closing Date, addressed
to the Agent, confirming the statements made by BKD, LLP in the letter delivered by it
pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section 7, the “specified date” referred to in clause (i)
of subsection (h) to be a date specified in the letter required by this subsection (h) which
for purposes of such letter shall not be more than three business days prior to the Closing
Date.
(j) At the Closing Date, the Company shall receive a letter from Xxxxxx & Company, Inc.,
dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that said firm is independent of the Company and the
Bank and is experienced and expert in the area of corporate appraisals within the meaning of
Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 563b.200(b), (ii) stating in effect
that the Appraisal prepared by such firm complies in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and (iii) further
stating that its opinion of the aggregate pro forma market value of the Company including
the Bank, as most recently updated, remains in effect.
(k) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive: (i) a copy of the letters from
the OTS approving the Form AC, the Holding Company Application and authorizing the use of
the Prospectus; (ii) a copy of the orders from the Commission declaring the Registration
Statement and the Exchange Act Registration Statement
effective; (iii) a certificate from the OTS evidencing the valid existence of the Company
and the Bank; (iv) a certificate from the FDIC evidencing the Bank’s insurance of
accounts; (v) a certificate from the FHLB-Cincinnati evidencing the Bank’s membership
therein; and (vi) a certified copy of the Bank’s Charter and Bylaws.
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(l) Subsequent to the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the following; (i) a
suspension or limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange
(the “NYSE”) or in the over-the-counter market, or quotations halted generally on The Nasdaq
Stock Market, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges
for prices for securities have been required by either of such exchanges or the Nasdaq Stock
Market or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority; (ii) a general
moratorium on the operations of commercial banks, or federal savings and loan associations
or a general moratorium on the withdrawal of deposits from commercial banks or federal
savings and loan associations declared by federal or state authorities; (iii) the engagement
by the United States in hostilities which have resulted in the declaration, on or after the
date hereof, of a national emergency or war; or (iv) a material decline in the price of
equity or debt securities if the effect of such a declaration or decline, in the
Agent’s reasonable judgment, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
Offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(m) At or prior to the Closing Date, counsel to the Agent shall have been furnished with
such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them
to pass upon the sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and related proceedings or in
order to evidence the occurrence or completeness of any of the representations or
warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by the Company and the Bank in connection with the sale of the Shares as
herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and its
counsel.
(n) All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Agent and to counsel for the Agent. Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or
the Bank and delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, to the Agent as
to the statements made therein.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company and the Bank jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the
Agent, its officers and directors, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls the Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the
1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense whatsoever
(including, but not limited to, settlement expenses), joint or several, that the Agent or
any of them may suffer or to which the Agent and any such persons may become subject under
all applicable federal or state laws or otherwise, and to promptly reimburse the Agent and
any such persons upon written demand for any expense
(including all fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Agent or any of them in
connection with investigating, preparing or defending any actions, proceedings or claims
(whether commenced or threatened) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions: (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing
Prospectus, preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the
Form AC (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any instrument or document executed by the Company or
the Bank or based upon written information supplied by the Company filed in any state or
jurisdiction to register or qualify any or all of the Shares or to claim an exemption
therefrom or provided to any state or jurisdiction to exempt the Company or the Bank as a
broker-dealer or its officers, directors and employees as broker-dealers or agents, under
the securities laws thereof (collectively, the “Blue Sky Application”),
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or any document,
advertisement, oral statement or communication (“Sales Information”) prepared, made or
executed by or on behalf of the Company or the Bank with its consent and based upon written
or oral information furnished by or on behalf of the Company or the Bank, whether or not
filed in any jurisdiction, in order to qualify or register the Shares or to claim an
exemption therefrom under the securities laws thereof; (ii) arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing documents or information a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) arise from
any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising from or based upon the
Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), preliminary or final
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the General Disclosure Package, any
Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, the Form AC (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) the Holding Company Application (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information or other documentation distributed
in connection with the Conversion; provided, however, that no indemnification is required
under this paragraph (a) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions
arise out of or are based upon any untrue material statement or alleged untrue material
statement in, or material omission or alleged material omission from, the Registration
Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), preliminary or final Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer-Represented
Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, the Form AC, the Holding Company Application, any Blue
Sky Application or Sales Information made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company, by the Agent or its counsel regarding the
Agent, and provided, that it is agreed and understood that the only information furnished in
writing to the Company, by the Agent regarding the Agent is set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption “The Conversion and Stock Offering—Marketing Arrangements”; and, provided
further, that such indemnification shall be limited to the extent prohibited by the
Commission, the OTS, the FDIC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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(b) The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Bank, their
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Bank within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act against any and
all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense whatsoever (including but not limited to
settlement expenses), joint or several, which they, or any of them, may suffer or to which
they, or any of them may become subject under all applicable federal and state laws or
otherwise, and to promptly reimburse the Company, the Bank, and any such persons upon
written demand for any expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
incurred by them, or any of them, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending
any actions, proceedings or claims (whether commenced or threatened) to the extent such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions: (i) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Form AC (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, the preliminary or final
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Blue Sky Application or Sales
Information, (ii) are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the
foregoing documents a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or (iii) arise from any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising
from or based upon the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Form AC (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, or any Blue Sky
Application or Sales Information or other documentation distributed in connection with the
Offering; provided, however, that the Agent’s obligations under this Section 8(b)
shall exist only if and only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement was made in, or such material fact or alleged material fact was omitted from, the
Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the preliminary or final
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Form AC (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, any Blue Sky Application or Sales
Information in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company or the Bank, by the Agent or its counsel regarding the Agent, and provided, that it
is agreed and understood that the only information furnished in writing to the Company or
the Bank, by the Agent regarding the Agent is set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
“The Conversion and Stock Offering—Marketing Arrangements.”
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt written notice to each indemnifying party of
any action, proceeding, claim (whether commenced or threatened), or suit instituted against
it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have on account of
this Section 8 or otherwise. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in
the defense of such action. In addition, if it so elects within a reasonable time after
receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party, jointly with any other indemnifying parties
receiving such notice, may assume defense of such action with counsel chosen by it and
approved by the indemnified parties that are defendants in such action, unless such
indemnified parties reasonably object to such assumption on the
ground that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in
addition to those available to such indemnifying party. If an indemnifying party assumes
the defense of such action, the indemnifying parties shall not be liable for any fees and
expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties incurred thereafter in connection with such
action, proceeding or claim, other than reasonable costs of investigation. In no event
shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm of attorneys (and any special counsel that said firm may retain) for each indemnified
party in connection with any one action, proceeding or claim or separate but similar or
related actions, proceedings or claims in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances.
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Section 9. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is due in accordance with its
terms but is for any reason held by a court to be unavailable from the Company, the Bank or the
Agent, the Company, the Bank and the Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in
connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding, but after
deducting any contribution received by the Company, the Bank or the Agent from persons other than
the other parties thereto, who may also be liable for contribution) in such proportion so that the
Agent is responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that the fees paid to the Agent
pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement (not including expenses) bears to the gross proceeds
received by the Company from the sale of the Shares in the Offering, and the Company and the Bank
shall be responsible for the balance. If, however, the allocation provided above is not permitted
by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative fault
of the Company and the Bank on the one hand and the Agent on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions,
proceedings or claims in respect thereto), but also the relative benefits received by the Company
and the Bank on the one hand and the Agent on the other from the Offering (before deducting
expenses). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Bank on the one hand or the
Agent on the other and the parties’ relative intent, good faith, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the
Bank and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 9 were determined by pro-rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does
not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9. The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions, proceedings or claims in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 9 shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action, proceeding or claim. It is expressly
agreed that the Agent shall not be liable for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense or be
required to contribute any amount pursuant to Section 8(b) or this Section 9 which in the aggregate
exceeds the amount paid (excluding reimbursable expenses) to the Agent under this Agreement. It is
understood that the above stated limitation on the Agent’s liability is essential to the
Agent and that the Agent would
not have entered into this Agreement if such limitation had not been agreed to by the parties to
this Agreement. No person found guilty of any fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not found
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Company, the Bank and the
Agent under this Section 9 and under Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the
Company and the Agent may otherwise have. For purposes of this Section 9, each of the
Agent’s, the Company’s or the Bank’s officers and directors and each person, if any, who
controls the Agent or the Company or the Bank within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Agent on the one hand, or, the Company or the
Bank on the other hand. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of
commencement of any action, suit, claim or proceeding against such party in respect of which a
claim for contribution may be made against another party under this Section 9, will notify such
party from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party shall not
relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it may have
hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 9.
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Section 10. Survival of Agreements, Representations and Indemnities. The respective
indemnities of the Company, the Bank and the Agent, the representations and warranties and other
statements of the Company, the Bank and the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
and the provisions relating to contribution shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Agent, the Company, the Bank or any controlling person referred to in Section 8 hereof, and shall
survive the issuance of the Shares, and any successor or assign of the Agent, the Company and the
Bank, and any such controlling person shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective
agreements, indemnities, warranties and representations.
Section 11. Termination. The Agent may terminate this Agreement by giving the notice
indicated below in this Section 11 at any time after this Agreement becomes effective as follows:
(a) If any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted the
United States securities markets such as to make it, in the Agent’s reasonable
opinion, impracticable to proceed with the offering of the Shares; or if trading on the NYSE
shall have suspended (except that this shall not apply to the imposition of NYSE trading
collars imposed on program trading); or if the United States shall have become involved in a
war or major hostilities; or if a general banking moratorium has been declared by a state or
federal authority which has a material effect on the Company on a consolidated basis; or if
a moratorium in foreign exchange trading by major international banks or persons has been
declared; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial condition,
results of operations or business of the Bank, or if the Bank shall have sustained a
material or substantial loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft,
sabotage or other calamity or malicious act, whether or not said loss shall have been
insured; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial condition,
results of operations or business of the Bank.
(b) In the event the Company fails to sell the required minimum number of the Shares by the
date when such sales must be completed, in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan or as required by the Conversion Regulations, and applicable law, this Agreement shall
terminate upon refund by the Company to each person who has subscribed for or ordered any of
the Shares the full amount which it may have received from such person, together with
interest as provided in the Prospectus, and no party to this Agreement shall have any
obligation to the other hereunder, except as set forth in Sections 2(a) and (d), 6, 8 and 9
hereof.
(c) If any of the conditions specified in Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and
as required by this Agreement, unless waived in writing, or by the Closing Date, this
Agreement and all of the Agent’s obligations hereunder may be cancelled by the Agent
by notifying the Company of such cancellation in writing or by telegram at any time at or
prior to the Closing Date, and any such cancellation shall be without liability of any party
to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(a), 2(d), 6, 8 and 9 hereof.
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(d) If the Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company
and the Bank shall be notified promptly by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter.
The Company or the Bank may terminate this Agreement in the event the Agent is in material
breach of the representations and warranties or covenants contained in Section 5 and such breach
has not been cured after the Company or the Bank has provided the Agent with notice of such breach.
This Agreement may also be terminated by mutual written consent of the parties hereto.
Section 12. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically
provided, shall be mailed in writing and if sent to the Agent shall be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxx
00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (with a copy to Xxxxxxx Spidi & Xxxxx, PC, 000 Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.) and, if
sent to the Company or the Bank, shall be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the
Company at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, III (with a
copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.).
Section 13. Parties. The Company and the Bank shall be entitled to act and rely on any
request, notice, consent, waiver or agreement purportedly given on behalf of the Agent when the
same shall have been given by the undersigned. The Agent shall be entitled to act and rely on any
request, notice, consent, waiver or agreement purportedly given on behalf of the Company or the
Bank, when the same shall have been given by the undersigned or any other officer of the Company or
the Bank. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the
Agent, the Company, the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall
have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. It is understood and agreed that
this Agreement is the exclusive agreement among the parties hereto, and supersedes any prior
agreement among the parties and may not be varied except in writing signed by all the parties.
Section 14. Closing. The closing for the sale of the Shares shall take place on the Closing
Date at such location as mutually agreed upon by the Agent and the Company and the Bank. At the
closing, the Company and the Bank shall deliver to the Agent in next day funds the commissions,
fees and expenses due and owing to the Agent as set forth in Sections 2 and 6 hereof and the
opinions and certificates required hereby and other documents deemed reasonably necessary by the
Agent shall be executed and delivered to effect the sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby and
pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus.
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Section 15. Partial Invalidity. In the event that any term, provision or covenant herein or
the application thereof to any circumstance or situation shall be invalid or unenforceable, in
whole or in part, the remainder hereof and the application of said term, provision or covenant to
any other circumstances or situation shall not be affected thereby, and each term, provision or
covenant herein shall be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
Section 16. Construction. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of
which so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section 18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto, which
are integral parts hereof and incorporated as though set forth in full, constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof superseding any and all prior
or contemporaneous oral or prior written agreements, proposals, letters of intent and
understandings, and cannot be modified, changed, waived or terminated except by a writing which
expressly states that it is an amendment, modification or waiver, refers to this Agreement and is
signed by the party to be charged. No course of conduct or dealing shall be construed to modify,
amend or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the arrangement among the Company, the Bank and the
Agent, please indicate acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon
this letter and the Agent’s acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement.
Very truly yours,
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
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FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP | |
By Its Authorized Representative
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By Its Authorized Representative: | |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, III
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, III | |
President and Chief Executive Officer
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President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Accepted as of the date first above
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XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC. |
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By its Authorized Representative |
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