MAYFLOWER CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND ACQUISITION
Exhibit 2.0
MAYFLOWER CO-OPERATIVE BANK
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND ACQUISITION
This Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition (the “Plan”) is dated as of June 8, 2006, and made between Mayflower Co-operative Bank (“Mayflower” or the “Bank”), and Mayflower Bancorp, Inc. (the “Holding Company”), pursuant to Section 26B of Chapter 172 of the General Laws of Massachusetts (the “MGL”).
The Bank is a Massachusetts co-operative bank, with its principal office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Bank consists of (1) 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Bank Common Stock”), of which 2,074,374 shares are issued and outstanding and no shares are reserved for issuance under the Mayflower Co-operative Bank 1999 Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”), and (2) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, none of which shares are issued and outstanding.
The Holding Company is a Massachusetts corporation, with its principal office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx. The articles of organization of the Holding Company at the Effective Time (as defined in Article VI below), will provide for authorized capital stock consisting of 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Holding Company Common Stock”), and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, none of which shares of capital stock are issued and outstanding.
Mayflower and the Holding Company have agreed that at the Effective Time the Holding Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock (except for those stockholders exercising dissenters’ rights in accordance with Chapter 156B, Sections 86 to 98 of the MGL) in exchange for shares of Holding Company Common Stock pursuant to
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Chapter 172, Section 26B of the MGL and this Plan. As a result of such exchange, Mayflower will be reorganized (the “Reorganization”) into the holding company structure.
The Plan has been adopted and approved by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, and by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company. The officers of the Bank and of the Holding Company whose respective signatures appear below have been duly authorized to execute and deliver this Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Bank and the Holding Company agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Approval and Filing of Plan
1.1 The Plan shall be submitted for approval by the holders of Bank Common Stock at a meeting to be called and held in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Notice of such meeting shall be published at least once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Both of said publications shall be at least fifteen days prior to the date of the meeting. Such additional publications shall be made as may be required by law, regulation or the Commissioner of Banks of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Bank Commissioner”).
1.2 The Bank and the Holding Company shall submit the Plan to the Bank Commissioner for his approval and filing in accordance with the provisions of Section 26B of Chapter 172 of the MGL. The Plan shall be submitted with such application for acquisition of a bank by a company, and accompanied by such certificates of the respective officers of the Bank and the Holding Company, as may be required by law.
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ARTICLE II
Conversion and Exchange of Bank Common Stock
2.1 Each share of Bank Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Bank Common Stock held by a stockholder who exercises dissenters’ rights under applicable provisions of the MGL, as set forth below) shall, at the Effective Time, automatically and by operation of law, be converted into one share of Holding Company Common Stock. Any stockholder who does not wish to exchange his or her shares of Bank Common Stock for shares of Holding Company Common Stock shall be entitled to dissenters’ rights as provided under Chapter 156B, Sections 86 to 98 of the MGL, provided that he or she satisfies the requirements under the statute.
2.2 At the Effective Time, the holders of the then issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock (except for any such holder who exercises dissenters’ rights) shall, without any further action on their part or on the part of the Holding Company, automatically and by operation of law cease to own such shares and shall instead become owners of one share of Holding Company Common Stock for each share of Bank Common Stock theretofore held by them. Thereafter, such persons shall have full and exclusive power to vote such shares of Holding Company Common Stock, to receive dividends thereon and to exercise all rights of an owner thereof.
2.3 At the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall, without any further action on its part or on the part of the holders of Bank Common Stock, automatically and by operation of law acquire and become the owner for all purposes of all of the then issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock and shall be entitled to have issued to it by the Bank a certificate or certificates representing such shares. Thereafter, the Holding Company shall have full and
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exclusive power to vote such shares of Bank Common Stock, to receive dividends thereon and to exercise all rights of an owner thereof.
2.4 Certificates representing shares of Bank Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Bank Certificates”) shall, at the Effective Time, automatically and by operation of law cease to represent shares of Bank Common Stock or any interest therein and each Bank Certificate shall instead represent the ownership by the holder thereof of an equal number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock.
2.5 After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Bank of shares of Bank Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and converted into shares of Holding Company Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof. If, after the Effective Time, Bank Certificates are presented for transfer to the Bank, they shall be canceled and exchanged for certificates evidencing the shares of Holding Company Common Stock deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article II.
2.6 After the Effective Time, the holders of Bank Certificates shall cease to be holders of Bank Common Stock and shall have no rights as stockholders of the Bank other than (i) to receive shares of Holding Company Common Stock into which the shares of Bank Common Stock evidenced by such Bank Certificates have been converted in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof, and (ii) the rights afforded to Bank stockholders who chose to exercise dissenters’ rights under applicable provisions of the MGL.
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ARTICLE III
Conditions Precedent
The obligations of the parties to consummate the Reorganization shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions at or prior to the Effective Time:
3.1 The holders of the outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock, at a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank duly called and held, shall have adopted this Plan by the affirmative vote of stockholders owning at least two-thirds in amount of the issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock.
3.2 The shares of Holding Company Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders of the Bank pursuant to this Plan shall have been duly registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or exempt from such registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(12) of the Securities Act, and the Holding Company shall have complied with all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws relating to the issuance of the Holding Company Common Stock.
3.3 All approvals from the Bank Commissioner, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) and any other state or federal governmental agency having jurisdiction necessary for the lawful consummation of the Reorganization as contemplated by this Plan shall have been obtained, all conditions imposed by such regulatory approvals shall have been satisfied, and all waiting periods required in connection with any such approvals shall have expired.
3.4 The Bank shall have received a favorable opinion or opinions from its independent auditors or legal counsel, satisfactory in form and substance to the Bank with respect to the federal and state income tax consequences of the Plan and the Reorganization contemplated thereby.
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3.5 The Bank and the Holding Company shall have obtained all other consents, permissions and approvals and shall have taken all actions required by law or agreement, or deemed necessary, by the Bank or the Holding Company, prior to the consummation of the Reorganization and to the Holding Company’s having and exercising all rights of ownership with respect to all of the outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock acquired by it under this Agreement.
3.6 The holders of not more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock shall have elected to exercise dissenters’ rights of appraisal in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 156B, Sections 86 to 98 of the MGL, unless this condition is waived by the parties hereto.
ARTICLE IV
Amendment
4.1 Any of the terms or conditions of the Plan may be amended or modified in whole or in part at any time, to the extent permitted by applicable law, rules and regulations, by an amendment in writing, provided that any such amendment or modification is not materially adverse to the Bank, the Holding Company or their stockholders. In the event that any governmental agency requests or requires modification of the Plan in order for the Bank to obtain regulatory approval or a favorable ruling, or that in the opinion of counsel to the Bank, such modification is necessary to obtain such approval or ruling, this Plan may be modified at any time before or after the adoption thereof by the stockholders of the Bank, by an instrument in writing, provided that the effect of such amendment would not be materially adverse to the Bank, the Holding Company or their stockholders.
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ARTICLE V
Termination of Plan
5.1 Termination. This Plan may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, at the election of any of the parties hereto, if any one or more of the conditions to the obligations of any of them hereunder shall not have been satisfied and shall have become incapable of fulfillment and shall not be waived. The Plan may also be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the mutual written consent of the parties.
5.2 No Further Obligation. In the event of the termination of this Plan pursuant to this Article V, the Plan shall be void and of no further force or effect, and there shall be no further liability or obligation of any nature by reason of the Plan or the termination hereof on the part of any of the parties hereto or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or stockholders.
ARTICLE VI
Effective Time
6.1 The “Effective Time” shall mean the time and date, following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent to the Reorganization specified in Article III, on which a copy of this Plan, with the approval of the Bank Commissioner endorsed thereon, is filed in the office of the Bank Commissioner in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 172, Section 26B of the MGL, or such other time and date provided in a supplement to this Plan, as filed in the office of the Bank Commissioner.
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ARTICLE VII
Adoption of Stock Benefit Plan
7.1 By voting in favor of this Plan, the Holding Company shall have approved adoption of the Stock Option Plan as the stock option plan of the Holding Company and shall have agreed to issue Holding Company Common Stock in lieu of Bank Common Stock pursuant to options currently outstanding under the existing Stock Option Plan. As of the Effective Time, the Stock Option Plan shall automatically, by operation of law, be continued as and become the stock option plan of the Holding Company. At the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Bank Common Stock under the Stock Option Plan outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be converted into an identical option, with identical exercise price, terms and conditions, to purchase an identical number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock in lieu of shares of Bank Common Stock. The Holding Company and the Bank shall make appropriate amendments to the Stock Option Plan to reflect the adoption of the Stock Option Plan as the stock option plan of the Holding Company, without adverse effect upon the options outstanding as of the Effective Time under the Stock Option Plan.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
8.1 This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
8.2 This Plan may be executed in several identical counterparts, each of which when executed by the parties hereto and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.
8.3 The headings contained in this Plan are for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to be part of this Plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition to be duly executed this 8th day of June 2006, and their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed.
MAYFLOWER BANCORP, INC.* | ||||||||
Corporate Seal | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx President | ||||||||
Attest: | ||||||||
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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MAYFLOWER COOPERATIVE BANK | ||||||||
Corporate Seal | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx President | ||||||||
Attest: | ||||||||
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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* | To be formed. |
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