Shares First National Bancshares, Inc. Common Stock par value $0.01 per share Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Shares
First National Bancshares, Inc.
Common Stock
par value $0.01 per share
, 2005
Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
First National Bancshares, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P. (the “Underwriter”), an aggregate of shares (the “Firm Shares”) and, at the election of the Underwriter, up to additional shares (the “Optional Shares”) of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Stock”) of the Company (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriter elects to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the “Shares”).
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(i) A registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333- ) (the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Underwriter, and, excluding exhibits thereto, delivered to the Underwriter have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed
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with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”); the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; and such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”;
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(iii) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(iv) The consolidated financial statements, audited and unaudited (including the notes thereto), included in the Registration Statement present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise expressly stated therein. The financial statement schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial, pro forma and statistical data included in the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects and present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement;
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(v) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or action, order or decree of any Governmental Entity (as defined below), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development that may cause a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, business prospects, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(vi) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(vii) The Company is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”) with respect to First National Bank of the South, doing business as First National Bank of Spartanburg (the “Bank”), and has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of South Carolina, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to any liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any jurisdiction;
(viii) Each subsidiary of the Company either has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation or a statutory business trust or has been duly chartered and is validly existing as a national banking association, in each case in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to any liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any jurisdiction, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); the activities of the subsidiaries of the Bank are permitted to be conducted by subsidiaries of a national banking association and the deposit
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accounts of the Bank are insured up to the applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”);
(ix) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable and is owned, directly or through other subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed by the Underwriter, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms;
(xi) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriter hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(xii) Except as described in the Prospectus, (A) there are no outstanding rights (contractual or otherwise), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings with respect to the sale or issuance of, any shares of capital stock of or other equity interest in the Company; and (B) there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a Registration Statement under the Act or otherwise register any securities the Company owned or to be owned by such person;
(xiii) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any federal, state, local or foreign court, or governmental agency or body (each a “Governmental Entity”) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such Governmental Entity is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
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qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter;
(xiv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective Articles of Incorporation or charter (as applicable) or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(xv) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Our Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the capital stock of the Company and under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete;
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries conduct their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders applicable to them (including, without limitation, all regulations and orders of, or agreements with, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the Board of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) and the FDIC, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, all other applicable fair lending laws or other laws relating to discrimination and the Bank Secrecy Act and Title III of the USA Patriot Act), and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any communication from any Governmental Entity asserting that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in compliance with any statute, law, rule, regulation, decision, directive or order (other than instances of noncompliance cited in examination reports of Governmental Entities that have not had or are not reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, as defined below);
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions or suits, investigations proceedings before or by any Governmental Entity, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated by Governmental Entities or threatened or contemplated by others, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject (A) that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and not disclosed therein or (B) which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, current or future consolidated financial position, business prospects, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated herein (a “Material Adverse Effect”); all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is the subject, either individually or in the aggregate, which are not
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described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would be required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto by the Act or by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder which have not been so described and filed;
(xviii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possess all permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations of (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”), and has made all filings, applications and registrations with all Governmental Entities to permit the Company or such subsidiary to conduct the business now operated by the Company or its subsidiaries; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding or similar agreement with, or a commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Entity charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or engaged in the insurance of deposits (including the FDIC) or the supervision or regulation of it or any of its subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been advised by any such Governmental Entity that such Governmental Entity is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission;
(xx) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including, without limitation, those applicable to emissions to the environment, waste management, and waste disposal (collectively, the “Environmental Laws”), except where such noncompliance would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, or except as disclosed in the Prospectus, and to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that would prevent, interfere with or materially increase the cost of such compliance in the future;
(xxi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there is no claim under any Environmental Law, including common law, pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries (an “Environmental Claim”), which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, under applicable law, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, events or incidents, including, without limitation, releases of any material into the environment, that are
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reasonably likely to form the basis of any Environmental Claim against the Company or its subsidiaries which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others;
(xxiii) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder which has not been so described;
(xxiv) The statistical and market related data contained in the Prospectus and Registration Statement are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes are reliable and accurate;
(xxv) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xxvi) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the business in which they are engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xxvii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) or the rules of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto;
(xxviii) The Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto;
(xxix) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company and its affiliates has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no
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prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency,” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions;
(xxx) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;
(xxxi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary in his/her capacity as an employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus;
(xxxii) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares;
(xxxiii) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith; and
(xxxiv) Upon the effectiveness of the Company’s listing of the Stock on the Nasdaq National Market System (“Nasdaq”), the Company will comply with the corporate governance and other rules and requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
(b) The Bank represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(i) The Bank has been duly chartered by the OCC and is validly existing as a national banking association in good standing under the laws of the United States, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which
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it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;
(ii) Neither the Bank nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its stock charter, bylaws or other charter documents or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject; and
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Bank and the compliance by the Bank with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of: (i) $ per share with respect to Firm Shares; and (ii) $ per share with respect to Firm Shares reserved for issuance for, and purchased by, the Company’s directors, officers and employees in the offering of the Shares, and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriter shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a)(i) of this Section 2, the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriter the right to purchase at its election up to Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from the Underwriter to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Underwriter but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Underwriter and the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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3. Upon the authorization by the Company of the release of the Firm Shares, the Underwriter proposes to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Underwriter, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriter at least 48 hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificate(s) representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least 24 hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, a.m., Eastern time, on , 2005 or such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, a.m., New York time, on the date specified by the Underwriter in the written notice given by the Underwriter of the Underwriter’s election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery”.
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 7(k) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, PLLC, 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at a.m., Eastern time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with the Underwriter:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by the Underwriter promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
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Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriter with copies thereof; to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Underwriter may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriter with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and, if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, to notify the Underwriter and upon the Underwriter’s request to prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case the Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the request of the Underwriter at the expense of the Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to the Underwriter as many copies as the Underwriter may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
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(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to, and not to allow its directors and executive officers to, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any shares of Stock or securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including, but not limited to, any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without the Underwriter’s prior written consent; provided, however, that if: (1) during the last 17 days of such 180-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of such 180-day period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day-period beginning on the last day of such 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(e) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event;
(f) During a period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its shareholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to the Underwriter copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders, and to deliver to the Underwriter (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or Nasdaq; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders generally or to the Commission); provided, however, that the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under this Section 5(g) if it files such documents with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”), and such documents are available for inspection via XXXXX;
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;
(i) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Eastern time on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of
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filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
(j) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on Nasdaq;
(k) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the fifth anniversary of the First Time of Delivery or the date on which the Underwriter receives full payment in satisfaction of any claim for indemnification or contribution to which it may be entitled pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, neither the Company nor the Bank shall, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, take or permit to be taken any action that could result in the Bank’s common stock becoming subject to any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance; provided, however, that this covenant shall be null and void if the FRB, the OCC, the FDIC, or any other federal agency having jurisdiction over the Bank, by regulation, policy statement or interpretive release or by written order or written advice addressed to the Bank and specifically addressing the provisions of Section 8 hereof, permits indemnification of the Underwriter by the Bank as contemplated by such provisions;
(l) To comply with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and such rules and regulations that will become effective in the future upon their effectiveness; and
(m) To comply with all applicable corporate governance and other rules and requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and such rules and requirements that will become effective in the future upon their effectiveness.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are completed: (i) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriter in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, disbursements, fees and expenses of Underwriter’s counsel and marketing and travel expenses, which expenses shall not exceed $150,000 without the Company’s prior approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld); (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers; (iii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (v) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on Nasdaq; (vi) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with, securing any required review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (ix) the cost of obtaining all securities and regulatory approvals from any applicable Governmental Entity; and (x) all other costs and expenses
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incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section.
7. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in its discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Underwriter’s reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, PLLC, counsel for the Underwriter, shall have furnished to the Underwriter such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Scarborough, LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion (a form of such opinion to be delivered is substantially as attached as Exhibit A attached hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(d) (i) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) they are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Code of Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and they are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto; (ii) it is their opinion that the consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and covered by their opinions therein comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; (iii) based upon limited procedures as agreed upon by the Underwriter and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC set forth in detail in such letter, including a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, a reading of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and
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procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing has come to their attention which causes them to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or are not presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (B) the unaudited amounts of net interest income and net income, and the other balance sheet data and operating data, set forth under “Summary Consolidated Financial Data” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not agree with the amounts set forth in unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the dates and periods presented under such captions or such amounts were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that used in determining the corresponding amounts in the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, (C) at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of this Agreement, there has been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any increase in the consolidated long term or short term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries or any decrease in consolidated total assets, the provision for loan losses, total deposits, retained earnings or shareholders’ equity of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case as compared with the amounts shown in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, or (D) during the period from the date of the most recent consolidated statement of income included in the Registration Statement to a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of this Agreement, there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in total interest income, net interest income, net interest income after provision for loan losses, income before income taxes or net income of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in all instances for changes, increases or decreases which the Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may occur, and (iv) in addition to the audits referred to in their opinions and the limited procedures referred to in clause (iii) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information which are included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and which are specified by the Underwriter, and have found such amounts, percentages and financial information to be in agreement with the relevant accounting, financial and other records of the Company and its subsidiaries identified in such letter.
(ii) At 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, the Underwriter shall have received from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC a letter, dated as of each such date, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 7(d)(i) hereof, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter.
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or action, order or decree of any Governmental
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Entity, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (except for advances to the Bank from the Federal Home Loan Bank in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Underwriter so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(f) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on Nasdaq; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board or on Nasdaq; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, including without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities occurring after the date hereof, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v), in the judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq;
(i) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of an agreement from each officer and director and the shareholders listed on Schedule I hereto of the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 5(e) hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter;
(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
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(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriter at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Underwriter as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company and the Bank, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Bank shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided for in this paragraph (a) shall not apply to the Bank to the extent prohibited by Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act, as determined by a written legal opinion or other form of written interpretation by the staff of the Federal Reserve that is not subsequently overturned by a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) The Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriter on the
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other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Bank may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or who is an affiliate or partner of the Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriter under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, and to each other person, if any, who controls the Company or the Bank within the meaning of the Act or who is an affiliate of the Company or the Bank, as the case may be.
9. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) in connection with the sale of the Shares, the Underwriter has been retained solely to act as underwriter, and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) the price of the Shares set forth in this Agreement was established following discussions and arms-length negotiations between the Company and the Underwriter, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it has been advised that the Underwriter and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriter has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriter for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and
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agrees that the Underwriter shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Bank and the Underwriter, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person of the Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If for any reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses, including fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to: 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile to: First National Bancshares, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriter, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or the Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from the Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us four counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by the Underwriter, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among the Underwriter, the Company and the Bank.
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| FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC. | ||||
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| FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THE SOUTH | ||||
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| SANDLER X’XXXXX & PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||
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Schedule I
Shareholders Entering into Lock-Up Agreements
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
C. Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Dr. C. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
W. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xx.
Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
