AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION, FIC ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND FIRST INDIANA CORPORATION Dated as of July 8, 2007
EXECUTION COPY
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AMONG
XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX CORPORATION,
FIC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AND
Dated as of July 8, 2007
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I — THE MERGER | 1 | |||||
1.1
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The Merger | 1 | ||||
1.2
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The Closing; Effective Time | 1 | ||||
1.3
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Effect of the Merger | 2 | ||||
1.4
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Articles of Incorporation; By-Laws | 2 | ||||
1.5
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Directors and Officers | 2 | ||||
1.6
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Conversion of Securities | 2 | ||||
1.7
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Exchange of Certificates | 3 | ||||
1.8
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Stock Transfer Books | 5 | ||||
1.9
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Stock Options | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE II — REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER | 5 | |||||
2.1
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Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries | 5 | ||||
2.2
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Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws | 7 | ||||
2.3
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Capitalization | 7 | ||||
2.4
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Authority | 8 | ||||
2.5
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 9 | ||||
2.6
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Compliance; Permits | 9 | ||||
2.7
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Securities and Banking Reports; Financial Statements | 10 | ||||
2.8
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events | 13 | ||||
2.9
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Absence of Proceedings and Orders | 13 | ||||
2.10
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Employee Benefit Plans | 14 | ||||
2.11
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Proxy Statement | 16 | ||||
2.12
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Title to Property | 17 | ||||
2.13
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Environmental Matters | 17 | ||||
2.14
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Absence of Agreements | 18 | ||||
2.15
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Taxes | 18 | ||||
2.16
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Insurance | 19 | ||||
2.17
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Brokers | 19 | ||||
2.18
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Seller Material Adverse Effect | 20 | ||||
2.19
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Material Contracts | 20 | ||||
2.20
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Opinion of Financial Advisor | 20 | ||||
2.21
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Vote Required | 20 | ||||
2.22
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Rights Agreement | 20 | ||||
2.23
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No Dissenter’s Rights | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE III — REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 20 | |||||
3.1
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Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries | 21 | ||||
3.2
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Organizational Documents | 22 | ||||
3.3
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Authority | 22 | ||||
3.4
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 22 | ||||
3.5
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Absence of Proceedings and Orders | 23 | ||||
3.6
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Proxy Statement | 23 |
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3.7
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Brokers | 23 | ||||
ARTICLE IV — COVENANTS OF SELLER | 23 | |||||
4.1
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Affirmative Covenants | 23 | ||||
4.2
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Negative Covenants | 24 | ||||
4.3
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No Solicitation of Transactions | 26 | ||||
4.4
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Update Disclosure; Breaches | 29 | ||||
4.5
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Delivery of Stockholder and Option Information | 29 | ||||
4.6
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Loan and Investment Policies | 30 | ||||
4.7
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Access and Information | 30 | ||||
4.8
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Confidentiality Agreement | 30 | ||||
4.9
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Resignations | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE V — COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE MERGER SUB | 31 | |||||
5.1
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Affirmative Covenants | 31 | ||||
5.2
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Negative Covenants | 31 | ||||
5.3
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Breaches | 31 | ||||
5.4
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Confidentiality Agreement | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE VI — ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 32 | |||||
6.1
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Proxy Statement | 32 | ||||
6.2
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Meeting of Seller’s Stockholders | 32 | ||||
6.3
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Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings | 32 | ||||
6.4
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Employee Benefit Matters | 33 | ||||
6.5
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Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance | 33 | ||||
6.6
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Notification of Certain Matters | 34 | ||||
6.7
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Public Announcements | 34 | ||||
6.8
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Customer Retention | 34 | ||||
6.9
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NASDAQ Delisting | 35 | ||||
6.10
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Additional Documents | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE VII — CONDITIONS OF MERGER | 35 | |||||
7.1
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Conditions to Obligation of Each Party to Effect the Merger | 35 | ||||
7.2
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Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company and the Merger Sub | 36 | ||||
7.3
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Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Seller | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII — TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER | 38 | |||||
8.1
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Termination | 38 | ||||
8.2
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Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination | 40 | ||||
8.3
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Fees and Expenses | 40 | ||||
8.4
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Waiver | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE IX — GENERAL PROVISIONS | 42 | |||||
9.1
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Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements | 42 | ||||
9.2
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Notices | 42 | ||||
9.3
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Certain Definitions | 43 | ||||
9.4
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Headings | 46 |
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9.5
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Severability | 46 | ||||
9.6
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Entire Agreement | 46 | ||||
9.7
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Assignment | 47 | ||||
9.8
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Binding Effect | 47 | ||||
9.9
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Parties in Interest | 47 | ||||
9.10
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Governing Law | 47 | ||||
9.11
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Counterparts | 47 | ||||
9.12
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Time is of the Essence | 47 | ||||
9.13
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Specific Performance | 47 | ||||
9.14
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Interpretation | 48 |
ANNEX A
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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT MATTERS | |
ANNEX B
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SELLER | |
ANNEX C
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO COMPANY |
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Index of Defined Terms
Section | ||||
Affiliate
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9.3 | |||
Acquisition Proposal
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9.3 | |||
Acquisition Transaction
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9.3 | |||
Bank Secrecy Act
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2.9(d) | |||
BHCA
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2.1(a) | |||
Blue Sky Laws
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2.5(b) | |||
Business Day
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9.3 | |||
Certificate
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1.7(b) | |||
Change of Recommendation
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4.3(c) | |||
Closing
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1.2(a) | |||
Closing Date
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1.2(a) | |||
Code
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2.10(b) | |||
Company
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Preamble | |||
Company Approvals
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3.1(a) | |||
Company Disclosure Schedule
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Article III | |||
Company Material Adverse Effect
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3.1(c) | |||
Company Organizational Documents
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3.2 | |||
Company SEC Reports
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9.3 | |||
Company Subsidiary
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3.1(a) | |||
Company’s Board of Directors
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Preamble | |||
Confidentiality Agreement
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4.8 | |||
Consent
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9.3 | |||
Contract
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9.3 | |||
Conversion
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9.8 | |||
D&O Policy
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6.5(b) | |||
Effect
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2.1(d) | |||
Effective Time
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1.2(b) | |||
Environmental Claims
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2.13 | |||
Environmental Laws
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2.13 | |||
ERISA
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2.10(a) | |||
Exchange Act
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2.5(b) | |||
Exchange Agent
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1.7(a) | |||
Exchange Fund
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1.7(a) | |||
Existing D&O Policy
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4.1(e) | |||
FDIC
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2.1(b) | |||
Federal Reserve Board
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2.1(a) | |||
FinCEN
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2.9(d) | |||
GAAP
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2.7(b) | |||
GLB Act
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2.1(a) | |||
Governmental Authority
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1.7(d) | |||
Hazardous Materials
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2.13 |
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Section | ||||
HSR Act
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2.5(b) | |||
IBCL
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Preamble | |||
Indemnified Parties
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6.5(d) | |||
IRS
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2.10(a) | |||
Knowledge
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9.3 | |||
Law
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9.3 | |||
Lien
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9.3 | |||
Loan Property
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2.13 | |||
Merger
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Preamble | |||
Merger Sub
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Preamble | |||
Merger Sub Common Stock
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1.6(c) | |||
Merger Sub’s Board of Directors
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Preamble | |||
M&I LLC
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9.8 | |||
OCC
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2.1(b) | |||
OFAC
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2.9(d) | |||
Option Consideration
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1.9 | |||
Option Plans
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2.3 | |||
Options
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2.3 | |||
Order
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9.3 | |||
OTS
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3.1(a) | |||
Participation Facility
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2.13 | |||
Patriot Act
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2.9(d) | |||
Per Share Consideration
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1.6(a) | |||
Person
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9.3 | |||
Plans
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2.10(a) | |||
Preferred Share Purchase Right
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9.3 | |||
Proceeding
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9.3 | |||
Proxy Statement
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2.11 | |||
Regulatory Authorities
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9.3 | |||
Reimbursable Company Expenses
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9.3 | |||
Rights
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9.3 | |||
Rights Agreement
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2.22 | |||
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
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2.7(d) | |||
SEC
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2.7(a) | |||
Section 409A
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2.10(e) | |||
Securities Act
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2.5(b) | |||
Seller
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Preamble | |||
Seller Approvals
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2.1(b) | |||
Seller Articles
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1.4 | |||
Seller By-Laws
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1.4 | |||
Seller Common Stock
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1.6(a) | |||
Seller Disclosure Schedule
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Article II | |||
Seller Material Adverse Effect
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2.1(d) | |||
Seller Reports
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2.7(a) | |||
Seller SEC Documents
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2.7(c) | |||
Seller SEC Reports
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2.7(a) |
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Seller Stockholders’ Meeting
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2.11 | |||
Seller Subsidiary
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2.1(a) | |||
Seller’s Board of Directors
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Preamble | |||
Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation
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2.4 | |||
Shares
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1.6(a) | |||
Subsidiary
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9.3 | |||
Subsidiary Organizational Documents
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2.2 | |||
Subsidiary Securities
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2.1(c) | |||
Superior Offer
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9.3 | |||
Surviving Corporation
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1.1 | |||
Tax
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2.15 | |||
Tax Returns
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2.15 | |||
Termination Fee
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8.3(b) | |||
Title IV Plan
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2.10(b) | |||
Trust Securities
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2.3 | |||
Voting Agreement
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Preamble | |||
WBCL
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Preamble | |||
WI DFI
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1.2(b) |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 8, 2007 (this “Agreement”), among XXXXXXXX &
XXXXXX CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), FIC ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a
Wisconsin corporation (the “Merger Sub”), and FIRST INDIANA CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation
(the “Seller”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition are defined in the Sections of
this Agreement specified in the index of defined terms attached hereto.
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the Company (the “Company’s Board of Directors”), the
Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub’s Board of Directors”) and the Seller (the “Seller’s Board of
Directors”) have each determined that it is advisable to and in the best interests of their
respective stockholders for the Merger Sub to merge with and into the Seller (the “Merger”),
pursuant to which the Seller would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the Indiana Business
Corporation Law (the “IBCL”) and the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the “WBCL”);
WHEREAS, the Company’s Board of Directors, the Merger Sub’s Board of Directors and the
Seller’s Board of Directors have each approved the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, and approved and adopted this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the Seller’s approval of this Agreement and concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement and as a condition and an inducement to the willingness of the Company
and the Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, the Company has entered into a Stockholder Voting
Agreement pursuant to which each stockholder listed on Schedule I to such Stockholder Voting
Agreement has agreed to vote the shares of the Seller Common Stock beneficially owned by such
stockholder in favor of the Merger (the “Voting Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, warranties
and agreements contained herein, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I — THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and in accordance with the IBCL, the WBCL and a Plan of Merger consistent with the terms
and conditions hereof to be agreed to by the parties, at the Effective Time, the Merger Sub shall
be merged with and into the Seller. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of
the Merger Sub shall cease and the Seller shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger
(the “Surviving Corporation”).
1.2 The Closing; Effective Time.
(a) The closing of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall
be held at such time, date (the “Closing Date”) and location as may be mutually
agreed by the
parties. In the absence of such agreement, the Closing shall be held at the offices of Xxxxxxx &
Xxxx, S.C., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, commencing at 9:00 a.m., Milwaukee time,
on a date specified by either party upon five (5) Business Days’ written notice after the last to
occur of the following events: (i) receipt of all Consents of Governmental Authorities legally
required to consummate the Merger and the expiration of all statutory waiting periods applicable to
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby; and (ii) approval of this Agreement and
the Merger by the Seller’s stockholders in the manner contemplated by Section 6.2;
provided, however, that, at the Company’s election, the Closing may be deferred
until the first Business Day of the calendar month after the month in which the conditions set
forth in clauses (i) and (ii), above, have been satisfied. Scheduling or commencing the Closing
shall not constitute a waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII by either the Company or
the Seller.
(b) Contemporaneously with the Closing, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be
consummated by filing articles of merger, as necessary, and any other required documents, with the
Secretary of State of the State of Indiana and the Department of Financial Institutions of the
State of Wisconsin (the “WI DFI”), in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the
relevant provisions of, the IBCL and the WBCL (the effective date and time of such filing or such
date and time as the Company and the Seller shall agree and specify in the articles of merger are
referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).
1.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as
provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the IBCL and the WBCL. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, except as
otherwise provided herein, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the
Seller and the Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of the Seller and the Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
1.4 Articles of Incorporation; By-Laws. At the Effective Time, the Seller’s Articles
of Incorporation and the Seller’s By-Laws, each as amended or restated (the “Seller Articles” and
the “Seller By-Laws,” respectively), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be
the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.5 Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time, the directors of the Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving
Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of
the Surviving Corporation. At the Effective Time, the officers of the Merger Sub immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case
until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed.
1.6 Conversion of Securities.
(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without action on the part of the
Company, the Merger Sub or the Seller, each share of the common stock, $0.01 par value, of the
Seller together with the associated Preferred Share Purchase Right (“Seller Common Stock”), issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than (i) shares of Seller
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Common
Stock held in the treasury of the Seller, and (ii) shares of Seller Common Stock owned by the
Company or any Company Subsidiary for its own account, shall cease to be outstanding and shall be
converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to Thirty-Two and No/100 Dollars
($32.00), without interest (the “Per Share Consideration”). For purposes hereof, “Shares” shall
mean all shares of Seller Common Stock issued and outstanding other than those shares of Seller
Common Stock described in clauses (i) and (ii), above.
(b) Each share of Seller Common Stock held in the treasury of the Seller and each share held
by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for its own account immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof as provided in this Section
1.6.
(c) Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Merger Sub (“Merger Sub
Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted
into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation. Following the Effective Time, each certificate
evidencing ownership of shares of Merger Sub Common Stock shall evidence ownership of such shares
of the Surviving Corporation.
1.7 Exchange of Certificates.
(a) Exchange Agent. The Company shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, from
time to time, with the bank or trust company designated by the Company as the exchange agent (the
“Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of Shares, for exchange in accordance with this
Article I, through the Exchange Agent, the Per Share Consideration (the “Exchange Fund”). Such
deposits shall be made after the Effective Time as requested by the Exchange Agent in order for the
Exchange Agent to promptly deliver the Per Share Consideration.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time
but in any event no more than ten (10) Business Days thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall mail to
each holder of record of a certificate representing ownership of Shares (a “Certificate” or
“Certificates”) whose Shares were converted into the right to receive the Per Share Consideration
pursuant to Section 1.6, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as the
Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates in exchange for the Per Share Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for
cancellation to the Exchange Agent together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed, the
holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Per Share
Consideration as provided in this Article I, which such holder has the right to receive in respect
of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this Article I, and the
Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of
Shares which is not registered in the transfer records of the Seller, a transferee may exchange the
Certificate representing such Shares for the Per Share Consideration as provided in this Article I
if the Certificate representing such Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all
documents required to evidence and effect such transfer, and by evidence that any applicable
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stock
transfer taxes have been paid. In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to
be lost, stolen or destroyed and the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as the Company
may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it or the Exchange Agent with
respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Per Share Consideration as provided in this Article I, which such holder
would have had the right to receive in respect of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate.
Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate (other than Certificates
representing shares of Seller Common Stock described in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 1.6(a),
above) shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive
upon such surrender the Per Share Consideration, without interest, as provided in this Article I.
(c) No Further Rights in the Shares. The Per Share Consideration paid upon conversion
of the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been paid in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Shares.
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains
undistributed to the former stockholders of the Seller for six (6) months after the Effective Time
shall be delivered to the Company, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Seller who have
not theretofore complied with this Article I shall thereafter look only to the Company to claim the
Per Share Consideration, without interest thereon, and subject to Section 1.7(f). Any portion of
the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Shares as of a date which is immediately prior
to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any United States
federal, state or local or any foreign government, or political subdivision thereof, or any
multinational organization or authority or any authority, agency or commission entitled to exercise
any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory (including, without
limitation, any Regulatory Authority) or taxing authority or power, any court or tribunal (or any
department, bureau or division thereof), or any arbitrator or arbitral body (each a “Governmental
Authority”), shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving
Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(e) No Liability. None of the Company, the Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or
the Seller shall be liable to any former holder of Shares for any such Shares (or dividends or
distributions with respect thereto) or cash or other payment delivered to a Governmental Authority
pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(f) Withholding Rights. Each of the Company, the Surviving Corporation and the
Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable
pursuant to this Agreement to any former holder of Shares such amounts as it is required
to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any Laws relating to
Taxes and pay such withholding amount over to the appropriate Governmental Authority. To the
extent that amounts are so withheld by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange
Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
paid to the former holder of the Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made
by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be.
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1.8 Stock Transfer Books. On the business day immediately preceding the Effective
Time, the stock transfer books of the Seller shall be closed and there shall be no further
registration of transfers of shares of the Seller Common Stock thereafter on the records of the
Seller. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares except as
otherwise provided herein or by Law. On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to
the Exchange Agent or the Company for any reason shall be converted into the Per Share
Consideration in accordance with this Article I.
1.9 Stock Options. Each Option which is outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, whether or not exercisable, shall be canceled, effective as of the Effective Time,
in exchange for a single lump-sum cash payment from the Surviving Corporation (less any applicable
income or employment Tax withholding) equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Seller
Common Stock subject to such Option immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) the excess, if
any, of the Per Share Consideration over the exercise price per share of such Option (the “Option
Consideration”); provided, that if the exercise price per share of any such Option is equal
to or greater than the Per Share Consideration, such Option shall be canceled without any cash
payment being made in respect thereof. Prior to the Closing, the Seller, in consultation with the
Company, shall take or cause to be taken any and all actions reasonably necessary, including
amendment of the Option Plans, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary
consent of each holder of an Option, (i) to give effect to the treatment of Options pursuant to
this Section 1.9, to the extent such treatment is not expressly provided for by the terms of the
applicable Option Plans and related award agreements, and (ii) to cause the actions contemplated by
this Section 1.9 to be in compliance with applicable Law, including Section 409A, if applicable.
The Company shall pay the Option Consideration promptly after the Effective Time and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to mail or deliver checks in an amount equal to the Option Consideration to
the Option holders entitled thereto on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE II — REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Except as disclosed in the Seller SEC Reports or in the disclosure schedule delivered by the
Seller to the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “Seller Disclosure Schedule”),
which shall set forth items of disclosure with specific reference to the particular Section or
subsection of this Agreement to which the information in the Seller Disclosure Schedule relates,
the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
2.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Indiana and a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “BHCA”). The
Seller is subject to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
“Federal Reserve Board”). The Seller is a financial holding company under the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act of 1999 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “GLB Act”). Each direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Seller (a “Seller Subsidiary,” or collectively the “Seller
Subsidiaries”) is a national banking association, corporation, limited
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liability company, limited
partnership or trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
United States of America or the state of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be.
Each of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries has the requisite power and authority to own, lease
and operate the properties it now owns or holds under lease and to carry on its business as it is
now being conducted, is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign business entity to do business, and
is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a
Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries has all Consents and Orders (“Seller
Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted, including all required authorizations from the Federal Reserve Board, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), and the Office of Comptroller of the Currency
(the “OCC”), and neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary has received any notice of any
Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Seller Approvals.
(c) A true and complete list of the Seller Subsidiaries, together with (i) the Seller’s
percentage ownership of each Seller Subsidiary and (ii) Laws under which the Seller Subsidiary is
incorporated or organized, is set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule. The Seller or one or
more of the Seller Subsidiaries owns beneficially and of record all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock and/or other equity interests, as the case may be (“Subsidiary Securities”), of each
of the Seller Subsidiaries. Except for the Seller Subsidiaries, the Seller does not directly or
indirectly own any capital stock or equity interest in, or any interests convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for any capital stock or equity interest in, any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other business association or other Person, other than in the
ordinary course of business and in no event in excess of five percent (5%) of the outstanding
equity securities of such Person.
(d) As used in this Agreement, the term “Seller Material Adverse Effect” means any effect,
change, event, fact, condition, occurrence or development (each an “Effect”) that, individually or
in the aggregate with other Effects, (i) is material and adverse to the business, assets,
liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, and/or (ii) materially impairs the ability of the Seller to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the term “Seller Material
Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the impact of: (a) any Effect to the extent
resulting from the announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) any
action taken or not taken by the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms and
covenants contained in this Agreement; (c) any changes in Laws or
interpretations thereof that are generally applicable to the banking industry; (d) changes in
GAAP that are generally applicable to the banking industry; (e) expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (f) changes attributable to or resulting from
changes in general economic conditions affecting the banking industry generally, including, without
limitation, changes in interest rates and loan delinquency rates (unless such Effect would
reasonably be expected to have a materially disproportionate impact on the business, assets,
liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries
taken as a whole relative to other banking industry participants); or (g) the payment of any
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amounts due to, or the provision of any other benefits to, any officers or employees under
employment Contracts, non-competition agreements, employee benefit plans, severance agreements or
other arrangements in existence as of the date of or contemplated by this Agreement, in each case
only if disclosed in Section 2.1(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, provided that the payment of
any such amounts or the provision of any such benefits shall be made in the ordinary course
consistent with past practices or paid in accordance with such Contracts, agreements, plans or
arrangements.
(e) The minute books of the Seller and each of the Seller Subsidiaries contain complete and
correct records of all material matters approved at all meetings of, and all corporate actions
taken by, their respective stockholders and Boards of Directors (including committees of their
respective Boards of Directors).
2.2 Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. The Seller has heretofore furnished or
made available to the Company a complete and correct copy of the Seller Articles and the Seller
By-Laws and the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws, or other organizational documents, as
the case may be, of each Seller Subsidiary, each as amended or restated (the “Subsidiary
Organizational Documents”). The Seller Articles, the Seller By-Laws and the Subsidiary
Organizational Documents are in full force and effect. Neither the Seller nor any Seller
Subsidiary is in breach of any of the provisions of the Seller Articles, the Seller By-Laws or the
Subsidiary Organizational Documents.
2.3 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Seller consists of 33,000,000
shares of Seller Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share,
none of which shares of preferred stock are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. As of
July 6, 2007, (i) 16,525,072 shares of Seller Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which
are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not issued in violation of
any preemptive right of any Seller stockholder, (ii) 4,075,646 shares of Seller Common Stock are
held in the treasury of the Seller, (iii) 643,776 shares of Seller Common Stock are subject to
outstanding options to acquire shares of Seller Common Stock (the “Options”), issued pursuant to
the Seller’s stock option plans disclosed in Section 2.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (the
“Option Plans”), (iv) Preferred Share Purchase Rights have been issued to holders of the Seller
Common Stock, and (v) no undesignated shares are outstanding. The authorized capital stock of
First Indiana Capital Trust I consists of 12,000 preferred securities, stated liquidation amount of
$1,000 per security, and 372 common securities, stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per security,
and the authorized capital stock of First Indiana Capital Statutory Trust II consists of 12,000
capital securities, stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per security, and 372 common securities,
stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per security (collectively, “Trust Securities”). Except as set
forth above in this Section 2.3, there are no
outstanding Rights relating to the issued or unissued capital stock and/or other equity
interests of the Seller, any Seller Subsidiary or obligating the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary to
issue or sell any shares of capital stock or other securities of or in the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary. Each Option (a) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the
terms and conditions of the Option Plan pursuant to which it was issued, (b) has an exercise price
per share of Seller Common Stock equal to or greater than the fair market value of such share at
the close of business on the date of such grant, (c) has a grant date identical to the date on
which the Seller’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof actually awarded such Option, and
(d)
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qualifies for the tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Option as reflected in the
Seller’s Tax Returns and the Seller’s financial statements. Section 2.3 of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule contains a complete and correct description of all Options which do not fully vest upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger. Section 2.3
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth all dividends and other distributions, if any,
allocated to the shares of Seller Common Stock covered by the Options but unpaid as of the date
hereof. There are no obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Seller Common Stock or Subsidiary
Securities, as the case may be, or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a
loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any Seller Subsidiary or any other Person, except for
loan commitments and other funding obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Except as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, neither the Seller nor any
Seller Subsidiary has repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its shares of capital
stock and/or other equity interests since December 31, 2006. Each of the Subsidiary Securities is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not issued in violation of any
preemptive rights of any Seller Subsidiary stockholder or other equity holder, and such shares
owned by the Seller or a Seller Subsidiary, as the case may be, are owned free and clear of all
voting rights and Liens whatsoever. All outstanding shares of Seller Common Stock and Subsidiary
Securities were issued in compliance with all applicable Laws.
2.4 Authority. The Seller has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby (other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption of this
Agreement by the Seller’s stockholders in accordance with the IBCL, the Seller Articles and the
Seller By-Laws). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller and the consummation
by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller, including, without limitation, the Seller’s
Board of Directors (other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption of this
Agreement by the Seller’s stockholders in accordance with the IBCL, the Seller Articles and the
Seller By-Laws). As of the date of this Agreement, the Seller’s Board of Directors, at a meeting
duly called, constituted and held in accordance with the IBCL and the provisions of the Seller
Articles and the Seller By-Laws, has by the unanimous vote of all of the members of the Seller’s
Board of Directors determined (a) that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger, are advisable to, fair to and in the best interests of the Seller and its
stockholders, (b) to submit this Agreement for approval and adoption by the stockholders of the
Seller and to declare the advisability of this Agreement, and (c) to recommend that the
stockholders of the Seller adopt and approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger, and direct that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted for
consideration by the stockholders of the Seller at the Seller
Stockholders’ Meeting (collectively, the “Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation”). No
other corporate proceedings on the part of the Seller are necessary to authorize this Agreement or
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other than, with respect to the Merger, the
approval and adoption of this Agreement by the Seller’s stockholders in accordance with the IBCL,
the Seller Articles and the Seller By-Laws). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of, the Seller and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, is enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by Laws affecting
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depository institutions, general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of law or a court
of equity, and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies
generally.
2.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller do not, and the performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Seller will not,
(i) conflict with or violate the Seller Articles, the Seller By-Laws or the Subsidiary
Organizational Documents, (ii) conflict with or violate any Laws or Orders applicable to the Seller
or any Seller Subsidiary or by which its or any of their respective properties is bound or
affected, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the
properties or assets of the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease, license, permit, franchise or other Contract to which the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or its or any of their
respective properties is bound or affected. Sections 23-1-42 and 23-1-43 of the IBCL are
inapplicable to the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Voting Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger. Except for Sections
23-1-42 and 23-1-43 of the IBCL, no other “business combination,” “control share acquisition,”
“fair price” or other anti-takeover laws or regulations enacted under Indiana state law apply or
purport to apply to the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Voting
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including the Merger.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller do not, and the performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Seller will not,
require any Consent from, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except for
applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933 and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), state securities or blue sky
laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended (“Blue Sky Laws”), the BHCA, the
banking laws of the State of Indiana and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended, the
filing and recordation of appropriate merger or other documents as required by the IBCL and the
WBCL, and prior notification filings with the Department of Justice under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “HSR
Act”). Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is subject to any foreign Governmental
Authority or foreign Law.
2.6 Compliance; Permits. Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is in conflict
with, or in default under or violation of, as applicable, (a) any Law applicable to the Seller or
any Seller Subsidiary or by which its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected,
or (b) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, permit, franchise or other Contract to
which the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary is a party or by which the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary or its or any of their respective properties is bound or affected, except for any such
conflicts, defaults or violations which would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
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2.7 Securities and Banking Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) The Seller and each Seller Subsidiary have filed all forms, reports and documents required
to be filed with (x) the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since December 31, 2004, and,
as of the date of this Agreement, has delivered or made available to the Company (i) its Annual
Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively,
(ii) all proxy statements relating to the Seller’s meetings of stockholders (whether annual or
special) held since December 31, 2004, (iii) all Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by the Seller
with the SEC since December 31, 2004, (iv) all Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Seller with the SEC
since December 31, 2004, (v) all other reports or registration statements filed by the Seller with
the SEC since December 31, 2004, and (vi) all amendments and supplements to all such reports and
registration statements filed by the Seller with the SEC since December 31, 2004 (collectively, the
“Seller SEC Reports”) and (y) the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the OCC and any other applicable
federal or state securities or banking authorities (all such reports and statements are
collectively referred to as the “Seller Reports”). The Seller Reports, including all Seller
Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, (i) were or will be prepared in accordance with the
requirements of applicable Law and (ii) did not at the time they were filed, or will not at the
time they are filed, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The parties agree that
failure of the Seller’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer to provide any
certification required to be filed with any document filed with the SEC shall constitute an event
that has a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes
thereto) contained in the Seller SEC Reports, including any Seller SEC Reports filed after the date
of this Agreement and prior to or on the Effective Time, have been or will be prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or required by
reason of a concurrent change to GAAP) and each fairly presents in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries as of the respective
dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows and changes in
financial position for the periods indicated, except that any unaudited interim financial
statements do not contain the footnotes required by GAAP and were or are subject to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments, which were not or are not expected to be material in amount, either
individually or in the aggregate. The Seller has not had any dispute with any of its auditors
regarding accounting matters or policies during any of its past three (3) full fiscal years or
during the current fiscal year-to-date requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 304 of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC.
(c) The Seller has made available to the Company a complete and correct copy of any amendments
or modifications which are required to be filed with the SEC, but have not yet been filed with the
SEC, to (i) the Seller SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, and (ii) Contracts which
previously have been filed by the Seller with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and Exchange
Act (together with the Seller SEC Reports, the “Seller SEC Documents”). The Seller has timely
responded to all comment letters and other correspondence of the staff of the SEC relating to the
Seller SEC Documents, and the SEC has not advised the Seller that any final
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responses are
inadequate, insufficient or otherwise non-responsive. The Seller has made available to the Company
complete and correct copies of all correspondence between the SEC, on the one hand, and the Seller
and any of the Seller Subsidiaries, on the other hand, occurring since December 31, 2004 and prior
to the date hereof and will, reasonably promptly following the receipt thereof, make available to
the Company any such correspondence sent or received after the date hereof. To the Seller’s
Knowledge, none of the Seller SEC Documents is the subject of ongoing SEC review or outstanding SEC
comment.
(d) The Seller and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, each of its officers and directors, are in
compliance with and have complied in all material respects with (A) the applicable provisions of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
(“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), including, without limitation, Section 404 thereof and (B) the applicable
listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. With
respect to each Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and each amendment of any such report filed by
the Seller with the SEC since December 31, 2004, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Seller have made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx at the time of such filing, and the statements contained in each such certification
were true and correct. Further, the Seller has established and maintains “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that are reasonably
designed to ensure that material information (both financial and non-financial) relating to the
Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries required to be disclosed by the Seller in the reports that it
files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Seller’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or
persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and the principal
financial officer of the Seller required by Section 302 of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx with respect to such
reports. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial
officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx.
(e) The Seller has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) (“internal controls”).
To the Seller’s Knowledge, based on its evaluation of internal controls prior to the date hereof,
such internal controls are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
the Seller’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Seller’s financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Seller has disclosed, based on its most recent
evaluation of internal controls prior to the date hereof, to the Seller’s auditors and audit
committee (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses known to the Seller in the
design or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in a
material respect the Seller’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information and (ii) any material fraud known to the Seller that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in internal controls. The Seller has made available to the
Company a summary of any such disclosure regarding material weaknesses and fraud made by management
to the Seller’s auditors and audit committee since December 31, 2004. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “significant deficiency” in controls means an internal control deficiency that
adversely affects an entity’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report
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financial data reliably in accordance with GAAP. A “significant deficiency” may be a single
deficiency or a combination of deficiencies that results in more than a remote likelihood that a
misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will
not be prevented or detected. For purposes of this Agreement, a “material weakness” in internal
controls means a significant deficiency, or a combination of significant deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected.
(f) There are no outstanding loans made by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary to any
executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or director of the
Seller, other than loans that are subject to and that were made and continue to be in compliance
with Regulation O under the Federal Reserve Act.
(g) Except (i) for those liabilities that are fully reflected or reserved against on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Seller included in the Seller’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the period ended March 31, 2007, and (ii) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice since March 31, 2007, neither the Seller nor any Seller
Subsidiary has incurred any liability of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due) that is required to be disclosed on a
balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP that has had, or would reasonably be expected to
have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(h) The Seller has not been notified by its independent registered public accounting firm or
by the staff of the SEC that such accounting firm or the staff of the SEC, as the case may be, are
of the view that any financial statement included in any registration statement filed by the Seller
under the Securities Act or any periodic or current report filed by the Seller under the Exchange
Act should be restated, or that the Seller should modify its accounting in future periods in a
manner that would have, or would be reasonably expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Since December 31, 2006, none of the Seller, the Seller Subsidiaries, any executive
officer of the Seller or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, any auditor, accountant or representative of
the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or
auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries
or their respective internal accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or
claim that the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing
practices. To the Seller’s Knowledge, no attorney representing the Seller or the Seller
Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries, has reported
evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar
violation by the Seller, any Seller Subsidiary or any of their officers, directors, employees
or agents to the Seller’s or any Seller Subsidiary’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof or
to any director or officer of the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary. Since December 31, 2006, there
have been no internal investigations regarding accounting or revenue recognition discussed with,
reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
individuals performing similar functions, general counsel, the Seller’s or any Seller Subsidiary’s
Board of Directors or any committee thereof.
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2.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
(a) Since December 31, 2006 to the date hereof, the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have
conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past
practice and, since December 31, 2006, there has not been (i) any change in the financial
condition, results of operations or business of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries which
has had, or would be reasonably expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) with respect to any assets of the
Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries which has had, or would be reasonably expected to have, a
Seller Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any change by the Seller in its accounting methods,
principles or practices, (iv) any revaluation by the Seller of any of its assets in any material
respect, (v) except for regular, quarterly cash dividends on the Seller Common Stock with usual
record and payment dates to the date of this Agreement and the purchase of Seller Common Stock
pursuant to the Seller’s publicly announced stock repurchase program, any declaration, setting
aside or payment of any dividends or distributions in respect of shares of Seller Common Stock or
any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any of its securities or any Subsidiary
Securities, (vi) any increase in the wages, salaries, bonuses, compensation, pension or other
fringe benefits or perquisites payable to any executive officer, employee or director of the Seller
or any Seller Subsidiary or any grant of any severance or termination pay, except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices, (vii) any strike, work stoppage, slow-down or
other labor disturbance, (viii) the execution of any collective bargaining agreement or other
Contract with a labor union or organization, or (ix) any union organizing activities.
(b) To the Seller’s Knowledge, no third Person has used, with or without permission, the
corporate name, trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, symbols or similar intellectual
property of the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary in connection with the marketing, advertising,
promotion or sale of such third Person’s products or services, except for any such use which would
not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is a party
to any joint marketing or other affinity marketing program with any third Person.
2.9 Absence of Proceedings and Orders.
(a) There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened in writing
against the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets or challenging the
validity or propriety of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which, if determined
adversely to the Seller or such Seller Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in the
Seller or such Seller Subsidiary incurring a liability in an amount equal to or greater than
$100,000.
(b) There is no Order imposed upon the Seller, any of the Seller Subsidiaries or the assets of
the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, any Order relating to
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which has had, or would reasonably be
expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as set forth in the Seller’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006 or its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
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(without giving effect to any amendment filed after the date of this Agreement), neither the Seller
nor any of the Seller Subsidiaries is subject to and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, there are no facts
and/or circumstances in existence that will result in the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries
becoming subject to, any written Order, agreement (including an agreement under Section 4(m) of the
BHCA), memorandum of understanding or similar arrangement with, or a commitment letter or similar
submission to, or extraordinary supervisory letter from, or has adopted any extraordinary board
resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Authority charged with the supervision or
regulation of financial institutions or issuers of securities or engaged in the insurance of
deposits or the supervision or regulation of it or any of the Seller Subsidiaries, nor has any
Governmental Authority advised it in writing or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, otherwise advised that
it is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or
requesting) any such Order, agreement, memorandum of understanding or extraordinary supervisory
letter or any such board resolutions, nor, to the Seller’s Knowledge, has any Governmental
Authority commenced an investigation in connection therewith.
(d) The Seller is not aware of, has not been advised of, and has no reason to believe in the
existence of, any facts or circumstances which would cause it or any of the Seller Subsidiaries to
be deemed to be (i) operating in violation of The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “Bank Secrecy Act”), the USA Patriot
Act of 2001 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (the “Patriot Act”), the laws
and regulations promulgated and administered by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), any
Order issued with respect to anti-money laundering by the United States Department of Justice or
the United States Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), any
Order issued by OFAC, or any other applicable anti-money laundering Laws; or (ii) not in
satisfactory compliance with the applicable privacy and customer information requirements contained
in any privacy, data protection or security breach notification Laws, including, without
limitation, Title V of the GLB Act and the provisions of the information security program adopted
pursuant to 12 C.F.R Part 40. The Seller is not aware of any facts or circumstances which would
cause it to believe that any non-public customer information has been disclosed to or accessed by
an unauthorized third Person in a manner which would cause it or any of the Seller Subsidiaries to
undertake any remedial action. The Seller (or where appropriate the Seller Subsidiary) has adopted
and implemented an anti-money laundering program that contains adequate and appropriate customer
identification verification procedures that comply with Section 326 of the Patriot Act and such
anti-money laundering program meets the requirements in all material respects of Section 352 of the
Patriot Act and it (or such other of the Seller Subsidiaries) has complied in all respects with any
requirements to file reports and other necessary documents as required by the Patriot Act, the Bank
Secrecy Act or any other anti-money laundering Laws.
2.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Current Plans. The Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all employee benefit plans
(as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended (“ERISA”)), and all bonus, stock option, stock
purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance,
supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all
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employment, termination, severance and other employment Contracts or employment arrangements
involving an obligation in excess of $25,000, with respect to which the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary has any obligation, whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due
or to become due (collectively, the “Plans”). The Seller has furnished or made available to the
Company a complete and correct copy of each Plan (or a description of the Plans, if the Plans are
not in writing) and a complete and accurate copy of each material document prepared in connection
with each such Plan, including, without limitation, and where applicable, a copy of (i) each trust
or other funding arrangement, (ii) each summary plan description and summary of material
modifications, (iii) the three (3) most recently filed United States Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) Forms 5500 and related schedules, (iv) the most recently issued determination letter from
the IRS for each such Plan and the materials submitted to obtain such letter, and (v) the three (3)
most recently prepared actuarial and financial statements with respect to each such Plan.
(b) Absence of Certain Types of Plans. No member of the Seller’s “controlled group,”
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, maintains or contributes to, or within the five
(5) years preceding the Effective Time has maintained or contributed to, an employee pension
benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (“Title IV Plan”), including, without limitation, any
“multiemployer pension plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. Except as set forth in the
Seller Disclosure Schedule or the Seller SEC Reports, none of the Plans obligates the Seller or any
of the Seller Subsidiaries to pay separation, severance, termination or similar benefits solely as
a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or as a result of a “change in control,”
within the meaning of such term under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”). Except as required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as
amended, and except as set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule or the Seller SEC Reports, none
of the Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any
current or former employee, officer or director of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries.
Each of the Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a political subdivision
thereof.
(c) Compliance with Applicable Law. To the Seller’s Knowledge, each Plan has been
operated in all respects in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Law and all Persons
who participate in the operation of such Plans and all Plan “fiduciaries” (within the meaning of
Section 3(21) of ERISA) have acted in accordance with the provisions of all applicable Law, except
where such operations or violations of applicable Law would not have a Seller Material Adverse
Effect. To the Seller’s Knowledge, the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have performed all
obligations required to be performed by any of them under, are not in any respect in default under
or in violation of, and the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have no Knowledge of any default or
violation by any party to, any Plan, except where such failures, defaults or violations would not
have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. No Proceeding is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries, threatened with respect to any Plan (other
than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the Knowledge of the Seller or the Seller
Subsidiaries, no fact or event exists that could give rise to any such Proceeding. Neither the
Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary has incurred any liability under Section 302 of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code that has not been satisfied in full and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, no condition
exists that presents a material risk of incurring any such liability.
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(d) Qualification of Certain Plans. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code (including each trust established in
connection with such a Plan that is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Code) has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS that it is
so qualified or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion or advisory letter issued to the sponsor
of a master and prototype plan pursuant to Section 19 of Revenue Procedure 2005-16, and, to the
Seller’s Knowledge, there is no fact or event that could adversely affect the qualified status of
any such Plan. No trust maintained or contributed to by the Seller or any of the Seller
Subsidiaries is intended to be qualified as a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association or is
intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.
(e) Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans. Any Plan that is a non-qualified
deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code and the related guidance issued
thereunder, as amended (“Section 409A”) has been operated and administered by the Seller and the
Seller Subsidiaries in good faith compliance with Section 409A from the period beginning January 1,
2005 through the date hereof.
(f) Absence of Certain Liabilities and Events. To the Seller’s Knowledge, there has
been no non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code) with respect to any Plan. Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary has
incurred any liability for any excise tax arising under Sections 4971 through 4980G of the Code
that would have a Seller Material Adverse Effect and, to the Seller’s Knowledge, no fact or event
exists that could give rise to any such liability.
(g) Plan Contributions. All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made
with respect to any Plan by the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have been made on or before
their due dates or within the applicable grace period for payment without default.
(h) Employment Contracts. Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is a party to
any Contracts for employment, severance, consulting or other similar agreements with any employees,
consultants, officers or directors of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries, except as set
forth on Section 2.10(h) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. Neither the Seller nor any Seller
Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining agreements.
(i) Effect of Agreement. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not, either alone or in conjunction with another event, entitle any current or
former employee of the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary to severance pay, unemployment compensation
or any other payment, including payments constituting “excess parachute payments” within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code or accelerate the time of payment or vesting or increase the
compensation due any such employee or former employee.
2.11 Proxy Statement. The information contained in the proxy statement to be sent to
the stockholders of the Seller in connection with the meeting of the Seller’s stockholders to
consider the Merger (the “Seller Stockholders’ Meeting”) (such proxy statement as amended or
supplemented is referred to herein as the “Proxy Statement”) will not, at the date the Proxy
Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders, at the
time of the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting and at the Effective Time, be false or misleading
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with
respect to any material fact required to be stated therein, or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. If at any time prior to the
Effective Time any event relating to the Seller, the Seller Subsidiaries or any of its or their
Affiliates, officers or directors is discovered by the Seller which should be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Seller shall promptly inform the Company
thereof. The Proxy Statement will comply in all material respects as to form with the requirements
of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller makes no representation or warranty
with respect to any information about, or supplied or omitted by, the Company which is contained in
any of the foregoing documents.
2.12 Title to Property. The Seller Disclosure Schedule identifies all real property
owned by the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries and identifies, to the Seller’s Knowledge,
all real property leases pursuant to which the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries is a party,
either as a lessor or lessee. The Seller and each of the Seller Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all of their respective properties and assets, real and personal, free and
clear of all Liens, except liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, pledges to secure deposits and
such minor imperfections of title, if any, as do not materially detract from the value of or
interfere with the present use of the property affected thereby and which would not have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect; and all leases and licenses pursuant to which the Seller or any of the
Seller Subsidiaries lease or license from other Persons any real or material amounts of personal
property are in good standing, valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and
there is not, under any of such leases and licenses, any existing default or event of default (or
event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default and in respect of
which the Seller or such Seller Subsidiary has not taken adequate steps to prevent such a default
from occurring), except for any such default or event which has not had, and would not reasonably
be expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect. All of the Seller’s and each of the
Seller’s Subsidiaries’ buildings and equipment in regular use have been reasonably maintained and
are in good and serviceable condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, except for any defect as
would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
2.13 Environmental Matters. To the Seller’s Knowledge and except for any Effect which
has not had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect: (i) each
of the Seller, the Seller Subsidiaries, properties owned or operated by the Seller or the Seller
Subsidiaries, the Participation Facilities and the Loan Properties are and at all times since they
became properties owned or operated by the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries or, in the case of
Participation Facilities or Loan Properties, since they became Participation Facilities or Loan
Properties, as the case may be, have been in compliance with all applicable Laws, Orders and
Contractual obligations relating to the environment, health, safety, natural resources, wildlife or
“Hazardous Materials” which are hereinafter defined as chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic substances, compounds, products, solid, liquid, gas, petroleum or other regulated
substances or materials which are hazardous, toxic or otherwise harmful to health, safety,
natural resources or the environment (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) during and prior to the period of
(a) the Seller’s or any of the Seller Subsidiaries’ ownership or operation of any of their
respective current properties, (b) the Seller’s or any of the Seller Subsidiaries’ participation in
the management of any Participation Facility or (c) the Seller’s or any of the Seller Subsidiaries’
holding of a security interest in a Loan Property, Hazardous Materials have not been generated,
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treated, stored, transported, released or disposed of in, on, under, above, from or affecting any
such property; (iii) there is no asbestos or any material amount of urea formaldehyde materials in
or on any property owned or operated by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or any Loan Property or
Participation Facility and no electrical transformers or capacitors, other than those owned by
public utility companies, on any such properties contain any polychlorinated biphenyls; (iv) there
are no underground or aboveground storage tanks and there have never been any underground or
aboveground storage tanks located on, in or under any properties currently or formerly owned or
operated by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or any Loan Property or Participation Facility; (v)
neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary has received any notice from any Governmental
Authority or third Person notifying the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary of any Environmental Claim;
and (vi) there are no circumstances with respect to any properties currently owned or operated by
the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or any Loan Property or Participation Facility that could
reasonably be anticipated (a) to form the basis for an Environmental Claim against the Seller or
any Seller Subsidiary or any properties currently or formerly owned or operated by the Seller or
any Seller Subsidiary or any Loan Property or Participation Facility or (b) to cause any properties
currently owned or operated by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or any Loan Property or
Participation Facility to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or
transferability under any applicable Environmental Law or require notification to or Consent of any
Governmental Authority or third Person pursuant to any Environmental Law.
The following definitions apply for purposes of this Section 2.13: (a) “Loan Property” means
any real property in which the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary holds a security interest and, where
required by the context, said term means the owner or operator of such property; (b) “Participation
Facility” means any facility in which the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary participates in the
management and, where required by the context, said term means the owner or operator of such
property; and (c) “Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory,
judicial or private Proceedings relating in any way to (i) any Environmental Law; (ii) any
Hazardous Material including, without limitation, any abatements, removal, remedial, corrective or
other response action in connection with any Hazardous Material, Environmental Law or Order of a
Governmental Authority; or (iii) any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health,
safety, natural resources, wildlife or the environment.
2.14 Absence of Agreements. Neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is a party
to any Contract or any action by a Governmental Authority which restricts the conduct of its
business (including any Contract containing covenants which limit the ability of the Seller or of
any Seller Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any Person or which involve any
restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which, the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary may carry on its business (other than as may be required by applicable Law or
Governmental Authorities)), or in any manner relates to its capital adequacy, credit policies or
management, nor has the Seller been advised that any Governmental Authority is contemplating
issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any
such Contract or Order.
2.15 Taxes. The Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have timely filed all Tax Returns
required to be filed by them on or prior to the date of this Agreement (all such Tax Returns being
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accurate and complete in all material respects), and the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries have
timely paid and discharged all Taxes due in connection with or with respect to the filing of such
Tax Returns, except such as are not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
Proceedings and with respect to which the Seller is maintaining reserves adequate for their
payment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean taxes, charges, fees, levies
and other governmental assessments and impositions of any kind payable to any Governmental
Authority, including, without limitation, (i) income, franchise, profits, gross receipts,
estimated, ad valorem, value-added, sales, use, service, real or personal property, capital stock,
license, payroll, withholding, disability, employment, social security, worker’s compensation,
unemployment compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premiums,
windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes, (ii) customs duties, imposts, charges, levies or other
similar assessments of any kind, and (iii) interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with
respect thereto; and “Tax Returns” shall mean returns, reports and information statements with
respect to Taxes required to be filed with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, including,
without limitation, consolidated, combined and unitary tax returns. For purposes of this Section
2.15, references to the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries include former subsidiaries of the
Seller for the periods during which any such Persons were owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Seller. Neither the IRS nor any other Governmental Authority is now asserting, either through
audits, administrative Proceedings or court Proceedings, any deficiency or claim for additional
Taxes from the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries. Neither the Seller nor any of the Seller
Subsidiaries has granted any waiver of any statute of limitations with respect to, or any extension
of a period for the assessment of, any Tax. Except for statutory liens for current Taxes not yet
due, there are no material Tax Liens on any assets of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries.
Neither the Seller nor any of the Seller Subsidiaries has received a ruling or entered into an
agreement with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes that would have a
Seller Material Adverse Effect. No agreements relating to allocating or sharing of Taxes exist
among the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries and no Tax indemnities given by the Seller or the
Seller Subsidiaries in connection with a sale of stock or assets remain in effect. Neither the
Seller nor any of the Seller Subsidiaries is required to include in income either (i) any amount in
respect of any adjustment under Section 481 of the Code or (ii) any installment sale gain. Neither
the Seller nor any of the Seller Subsidiaries (i) is a member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary group, other than one of which the Seller was the common parent, or (ii) has
any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries) under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state or local Law), as a
transferee or successor, by Contract or otherwise.
2.16 Insurance. The Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all policies of insurance of the
Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries currently in effect.
2.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker (other than Sandler X’Xxxxx &
Partners, L.P.) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of the Seller. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Seller has furnished to the Company
a complete and correct copy of all agreements between the Seller and Sandler X’Xxxxx & Partners,
L.P. pursuant to which such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
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2.18 Seller Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2006, there has not been
any Effect that has had, or would be reasonably expected to have, a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
2.19 Material Contracts. Except for loan or credit agreements entered into by the
Seller or any Seller Subsidiary as lender in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice or as disclosed in Section 2.19 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (which may reference
other Sections of such Schedule), neither the Seller nor any Seller Subsidiary is a party to or
obligated under any Contract which (i) is not terminable by the Seller or the Seller Subsidiary
without additional payment or penalty within sixty (60) days of delivery of notice of such
termination and obligates the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary for payments or other consideration
with a value in excess of $100,000, in the aggregate over the term of such Contract; or (ii) would
require disclosure by the Seller pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange
Act.
2.20 Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Seller has received the opinion of Sandler
X’Xxxxx & Partners, L.P. on the date of this Agreement to the effect that, as of the date of this
Agreement, the Per Share Consideration to be received in the Merger by the Seller’s stockholders is
fair to the Seller’s stockholders from a financial point of view, and the Seller will promptly,
upon receipt of a written copy of such opinion, deliver a copy of such opinion to the Company.
2.21 Vote Required. The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes that holders of
the outstanding shares of Seller Common Stock are entitled to cast is the only vote of the holders
of any class or series of the Seller’s capital stock necessary to approve this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger.
2.22 Rights Agreement. The Seller and the Seller’s Board of Directors have taken all
necessary action to render the Rights Agreement dated November 14, 1997, between the Seller and
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as amended by the Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 8, 2002
(the “Rights Agreement”), inapplicable to this Agreement and the Voting Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger, without any further action on
the part of the holders of Seller Common Stock or the Seller’s Board of Directors, and neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Voting Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will result in the occurrence of a Distribution Date
(as defined in the Rights Agreement) or otherwise cause the Preferred Share Purchase Rights to
become exercisable by the holders thereof.
2.23 No Dissenter’s Rights. No dissenters’, appraisal or similar rights or demands
shall be exercisable by any stockholder of the Seller in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger, including, without limitation, under Section
23-1-44 of the IBCL.
ARTICLE III — REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports or in the disclosure schedule delivered by the
Company to the Seller prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”),
which shall set forth items of disclosure with specific reference to the particular
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Section or subsection to which the information in the Company Disclosure Schedule relates, the
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
3.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company is a business entity duly organized, validly existing and in active status
under the Laws of the State of Wisconsin, a registered bank holding company under the BHCA and a
financial holding company under the GLB Act. Each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (a
“Company Subsidiary,” or collectively the “Company Subsidiaries”) is a bank, corporation, limited
liability company or other form of business entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the state of its incorporation or organization or the United States of
America. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have the requisite power and authority
and is in possession of all Consents and Orders (“Company Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, including
appropriate authorizations from the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the WI DFI, the Office of
Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) and the OCC, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any notice of Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Company
Approvals, except in each case where the revocations or modifications, the failure to be so
organized, existing and in good standing or to have such power, authority or Company Approvals
would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
business entity to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character
of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so
qualified or licensed would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the term “Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect
that, individually or in the aggregate with other Effects, (i) is material and adverse to the
business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and/or (ii) materially impairs the ability of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the term “Company Material
Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include: (a) any Effect to the extent resulting from the
announcement of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) any Effect resulting
from compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (c) any decrease in the price or
trading volume of the Company’s common stock (but not excluding any Effect underlying such decrease
to the extent such Effect would constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect); (d) any Effect to
the extent resulting from changes in Laws generally applicable to the banking industry; (e) any
Effect to the extent resulting from changes in GAAP which the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries is required to adopt; (f) changes attributable to or resulting from changes in general
economic conditions affecting the banking industry generally (unless such Effect would reasonably
be expected to have a materially disproportionate impact on the business, assets, liabilities,
results of operations or financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a
whole relative to other banking industry participants); or (g) actions contemplated and permitted
by this Agreement.
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3.2 Organizational Documents. The Company has heretofore furnished or made available
to the Seller a complete and correct copy of the Company’s organizational documents (the “Company
Organizational Documents”). The Company Organizational Documents are in full force and effect.
The Company is not in breach of any of the provisions of the Company Organizational Documents.
3.3 Authority. The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, including, without limitation, the
Company’s Board of Directors, and no other proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to
authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of,
the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Seller, is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may
be limited by Laws affecting insured depository institutions, general principles of equity, whether
applied in a court of law or a court of equity, and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar Laws
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally.
3.4 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company will not, (i) conflict with
or violate the Company Organizational Documents or the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or other
organizational documents, as the case may be, of any Company Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or
violate any Laws or Orders applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any of
their respective properties is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
above, for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company will
not, require any Consent from, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority,
except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, Blue Sky
Laws, the BHCA, applicable state banking laws and regulations, the filing and recordation of
appropriate merger or other documents as required by the IBCL and WBCL, and prior notification
filings with the Department of Justice under the HSR Act and (ii) where the failure to obtain such
Consents or to make such filings or notifications would not prevent or delay consummation of the
Merger, or otherwise would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger, or otherwise prevent
the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement, and would not have, or be
reasonably expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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3.5 Absence of Proceedings and Orders.
(a) There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the
Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets or challenging the validity
or propriety of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as to which there is a reasonable
probability of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, would have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) There is no Order imposed upon the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries or the assets
of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, any Order
relating to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which has had, or which would
reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 Proxy Statement. The information, if any, supplied by the Company for inclusion
or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will not, at the date the Proxy Statement (or
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders, at the time of the
Seller Stockholders’ Meeting and at the Effective Time, be false or misleading with respect to any
material fact required to be stated therein, or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective
Time any event relating to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of its or their Affiliates,
officers or directors is discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or
supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform the Seller thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any
information about, or supplied or omitted by, the Seller which is contained in any of the foregoing
documents.
3.7 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage,
finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.
ARTICLE IV — COVENANTS OF SELLER
4.1 Affirmative Covenants. The Seller hereby covenants and agrees with the Company
and the Merger Sub that, except (i) as permitted by this Agreement, (ii) as disclosed in the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as required by Law or a Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction, provided, that prior to failing to take any such action, the Seller notifies
the Company thereof and to the extent required by the Company, uses its reasonable best efforts to
take any such action otherwise subject to such Law or Governmental Authority, or (iv) as otherwise
consented to in writing by the Company, during the period from the date hereof to the earlier of
the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, the Seller will,
and the Seller will cause each Seller Subsidiary, to:
(a) operate its business only in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent with past
practices;
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(b) use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and assets,
maintain its rights and franchises, retain the services of its officers and key employees and
maintain its relationships with customers;
(c) use its reasonable best efforts to maintain and keep its properties which are necessary to
the operation of its business in good repair and condition as at present, ordinary wear and tear
excepted;
(d) cooperate with the Company in its efforts to obtain information and title insurance with
respect to real property owned or leased by the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries,
including, without limitation, efforts to communicate with and obtain Consents and/or estoppels
from landlords and tenants, and the execution and delivery as of the Effective Time of standard
title affidavits, deeds and other documents as may be reasonably necessary to reflect the
transaction in the real estate records of the states in which real property is located and/or to
obtain title insurance;
(e) use its reasonable best efforts to keep in full force and effect director and officer
liability insurance comparable in amount and scope of coverage to that now maintained by it (the
“Existing D&O Policy”);
(f) perform in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under all
material Contracts relating to or affecting its assets, properties and business;
(g) comply with and perform in all material respects all obligations and duties imposed upon
it by all applicable Laws; and
(h) not to take any action or fail to take any action which can be expected to have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
4.2 Negative Covenants. Except (i) as permitted by or provided in this Agreement,
(ii) as disclosed in the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as required by Law or a Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction, provided that prior to taking any such action, the
Seller notifies the Company thereof and to the extent required by the Company, uses its reasonable
best efforts to avoid having to take such action required by such Law or Governmental Authority, or
(iv) as otherwise consented to in writing by the Company, during the period from the date hereof to
the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII,
the Seller shall not do, or permit any Seller Subsidiary to do, any of the following:
(a) (i) except to maintain qualification pursuant to the Code or as contemplated in Annex
A, adopt, amend, renew or terminate any Plan or any other agreement, arrangement, plan or
policy between the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary and one or more of its current or former
directors, officers or employees, or (ii) except for normal increases in the ordinary cause of
business consistent with past practices, increase in any manner the base salary, bonus, incentive
compensation or fringe benefits of any director, officer or employee or pay any benefit not
required by any Plan or other agreement as in effect as of the date hereof (including, without
limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
stock units or performance units or shares);
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(b) declare or pay any dividend on, or make any other distribution in respect of, its
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests, except for (A) regular, quarterly
cash dividends on the Seller Common Stock with usual record and payment dates for such dividends
with each such dividend at a rate per share of Seller Common Stock not in excess of $0.21 per share
for a dividend payable in 2007 or $0.22 per share for a dividend payable in 2008, and (B) dividends
by a Seller Subsidiary either to the Seller or another Seller Subsidiary;
(c) except as contemplated by this Agreement, merge into any other Person, permit any other
Person to merge into it or consolidate with any other Person, or effect any reorganization or
recapitalization;
(d) purchase or otherwise acquire any substantial portion of the assets, or more than five
percent (5%) of any class of stock or other equity interests, of any Person other than in the
ordinary course of business;
(e) liquidate, sell, dispose of, or encumber any assets or acquire any assets with a value in
excess of $100,000 outside of the ordinary course of business;
(f) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or issue, sell or deliver, split, reclassify,
combine or otherwise adjust, or agree to issue, sell or deliver, split, reclassify, combine or
otherwise adjust, any stock (except pursuant to exercise of the Options), bonds or other corporate
securities of which the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries is the issuer (whether authorized
and unissued or held in treasury), or grant or issue, or agree to grant or issue, any options,
warrants or other Rights (including convertible securities) calling for issue thereof;
(g) propose or adopt any amendments to its articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of
organization or operating agreement, as the case may be;
(h) change any of its methods of accounting in effect at December 31, 2006 or change any of
its methods of reporting income or deductions for federal income tax purposes from those employed
in the preparation of the federal income tax returns for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006,
except as may be required by GAAP; or
(i) change any lending, investment, liability management or other material policies concerning
the business or operations of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries, except as required by
Law or by a Regulatory Authority, including, without limitation:
(i) acquire or sell any Contracts for the purchase or sale of financial or other
futures or any put or call options, or enter into any xxxxxx or interest rate swaps relating
to cash, securities or any commodities whatsoever or enter into any other derivative
transaction, which would have gains or losses in excess of $100,000, or enter into,
terminate or exchange a derivative instrument with a notional amount in excess of $100,000
or having a term of more than five (5) years;
(ii) sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber, or permit any
Liens to exist with respect to, any of its assets with a value in excess of $100,000
individually, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
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(iii) make any investment with a maturity of five (5) years or more;
(iv) incur any material liabilities or material obligations, whether directly or by way
of guaranty, including any obligation for borrowed money (other than indebtedness of the
Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries to each other) in excess of an aggregate of $100,000 (for
the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) except in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(v) enter into any Contract with respect to any acquisition of a material amount of
assets or securities or any discharge, waiver, satisfaction, release or relinquishment of
any material Contract rights, Liens, debts or claims, not in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices (which shall include creation of deposit liabilities,
purchases of federal funds, advances from the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan
Bank, and entry into repurchase agreements fully secured by United States government or
agency securities), or impose, or suffer the imposition of, on any material asset of the
Seller or any Seller Subsidiaries, any Lien or permit any such Lien to exist (other than in
connection with deposits, repurchase agreements, bankers acceptances, “treasury tax and
loan” accounts established in the ordinary course of business, the satisfaction of legal
requirements in the exercise of trust powers, and Liens in effect as of the date hereof that
are disclosed in the Seller SEC Reports) and in no event with a value in excess of $100,000
individually;
(vi) settle any Proceeding or controversy of any kind for any amount in excess of
$100,000 or in any manner which would restrict in any material respect the operations or
business of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries;
(vii) purchase any new financial product or instrument outside of the ordinary course
of business which involves entering into a Contract with a term of six (6) months or longer;
(viii) make any capital expenditure, except in the ordinary course and consistent with
past practice and in no event in excess of $100,000 individually;
(ix) take any action or fail to take any action which would be reasonably expected to
have a Seller Material Adverse Effect;
(x) take any action that would adversely affect or delay the ability of the Seller to
perform any of its obligations on a timely basis under this Agreement or cause any of the
conditions set forth in Article VII to not be satisfied; or
(xi) agree in writing or otherwise to do any of the foregoing.
4.3 No Solicitation of Transactions.
(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries will not, nor will they
authorize or permit any of their respective officers, directors, Affiliates or employees or
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any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by any of them to,
directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit, initiate, encourage or induce the making, submission or announcement of
any Acquisition Proposal;
(ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person
any material non-public information with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate
any inquiry or the making of any proposal that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to
lead to, any Acquisition Proposal; or
(iii) enter into any Contract relating to any Acquisition Transaction;
provided, however, this Section 4.3(a) shall not prohibit the Seller or the
Seller’s Board of Directors from:
(A) furnishing material nonpublic information (other than information regarding
the Company or the Merger Sub supplied to the Seller by the Company or the Merger
Sub) regarding the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries to, or entering into a
customary confidentiality agreement with or entering or re-entering into discussions
with, any Person in response to an Acquisition Proposal submitted by such Person
(and not withdrawn) if (x) the Seller’s Board of Directors reasonably determines in
good faith, after taking into consideration the advice of and consultation with an
investment banking firm of national reputation (which includes the Seller’s current
financial advisor), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably
likely to result in a Superior Offer, and (y) the Seller’s Board of Directors
concludes in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that
failure to take such action is reasonably likely to result in a breach by the
Seller’s Board of Directors of its fiduciary obligations to the Seller’s
stockholders under applicable Laws, provided that in any such case neither the
Seller nor any representative of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries shall have
violated any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.3(a), or
(B) taking the actions described in the proviso of subsection (c), below, as
permitted thereby, provided that none of the Seller, the Seller Subsidiaries or any
representatives of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries shall have violated any of
the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.3(a).
At least ten (10) days prior to furnishing any material nonpublic information to, or entering
into discussions or negotiations with, any Person, the Seller shall:
(i) give the Company written notice of the identity of such Person and of the Seller’s
intention to furnish material nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions or
negotiations with, such Person; and
(ii) receive from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing
customary limitations on the use and disclosure of all written and oral nonpublic
information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Seller, and contemporaneously
with furnishing any such information to such Person, the Seller shall
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furnish such information to the Company (to the extent such information has not been
previously furnished by the Seller to the Company).
Nothing in this Section 4.3(a) shall prevent the Seller or the Seller’s Board of Directors
from complying with Rules 14e-2 and 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to an
Acquisition Proposal. The Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries will immediately cease, and will
cause each of their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, investment bankers, attorneys and
other advisors or representatives to immediately cease, as of the date hereof, any and all existing
activities, discussions or negotiations with any other Persons conducted heretofore with respect to
any Acquisition Proposal, subject to the right to renew such activities, discussions or
negotiations in accordance with this Section 4.3. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.3 by
any officer, director, employee or Affiliate of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries or any
investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by any of them shall be
deemed to be a breach of this Section 4.3 by the Seller.
(b) In addition to the obligations of the Seller set forth in Section 4.3(a), the Seller as
promptly as practicable shall advise the Company orally and in writing of any request received by
the Seller, any Seller Subsidiary or any of their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates,
investment bankers, attorneys and other advisors or representatives after the date hereof for
information which the Seller reasonably believes would lead to an Acquisition Proposal or of any
Acquisition Proposal, or any inquiry received by the Seller, any Seller Subsidiary or any of their
officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, investment bankers, attorneys and other advisors or
representatives after the date hereof with respect to, or which the Seller reasonably believes
would lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and conditions of such request,
Acquisition Proposal or inquiry, and the identity of the Person making any such request,
Acquisition Proposal or inquiry. The Seller will keep the Company informed in all material
respects of the status and details (including material amendments or proposed amendments) of any
such request, Acquisition Proposal or inquiry.
(c) Except as provided herein below: (i) the Seller’s Board of Directors shall recommend that
the Seller’s stockholders vote in favor of and to adopt and approve this Agreement and the Merger
at the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement of the
Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation; and (iii) neither the Seller’s Board of Directors nor
any committee thereof shall withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withhold,
withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company (in either event, a “Change of
Recommendation”), the Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation; provided,
however, that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Seller’s Board of Directors from
(i) withholding, withdrawing, amending or modifying the Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation
or (ii) not including in the Proxy Statement the Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation if, in
either case, the Seller’s Board of Directors reasonably determines in good faith, after
consultation with its outside legal counsel, that, due primarily to facts or circumstances coming
to the attention of the Seller’s Board of Directors after the date of this Agreement, the failure
to take such action is reasonably likely to result in a breach by the Seller’s Board of Directors
of its fiduciary obligations to Seller’s stockholders under applicable Law; and provided
further, however, that neither the Seller nor the Seller’s Board of Directors may
take any of the actions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding proviso
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unless the Seller shall have received an Acquisition Proposal that has not been withdrawn as
of the time of such action of the Seller’s Board of Directors and the Seller’s Board of Directors
shall have reasonably determined in good faith, after taking into consideration the advice of and
consultation with an investment banking firm of national reputation (which includes the Seller’s
current financial advisor), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to
result in a Superior Offer.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.3, in the event that
the Seller’s Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel,
that in light of a Superior Offer it is necessary to do so in order to comply with its fiduciary
duties to the Seller or the Seller’s stockholders under applicable Law, the Seller’s Board of
Directors may terminate this Agreement in the manner contemplated by Section 8.1(h) solely in order
to concurrently enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Offer, but only after
the tenth (10th) day following the Company’s receipt of written notice advising the
Company that the Seller’s Board of Directors is prepared to accept a Superior Offer, and only if,
during such ten (10) day period, if the Company so elects, the Seller and its advisors shall have
negotiated in good faith with the Company to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of
this Agreement as would enable the Seller to proceed with the transactions contemplated herein on
such adjusted terms.
4.4 Update Disclosure; Breaches.
(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Seller shall
update the Seller Disclosure Schedule on a regular basis by written notice to the Company to
reflect any matters which have occurred from and after the date of this Agreement which, if
existing on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be described therein;
provided that (i) to the extent that any information that would be required to be included
in an update under this Section 4.4(a) would have in the past been contained in internal reports
prepared by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary in the ordinary course, such update may occur by
delivery of such internal reports prepared in accordance with past practice, with appropriate steps
taken by the Seller to identify relevant information contained therein, and (ii) to the extent that
updating required under this Section 4.4 is unduly burdensome to the Seller, the Seller and the
Company will use their reasonable best efforts to develop alternate updating procedures using,
wherever possible, existing reporting systems.
(b) The Seller shall, in the event it becomes aware of the impending or threatened occurrence
of any event or condition which would cause or constitute a material breach (or would have caused
or constituted a material breach had such event occurred or been known prior to the date of this
Agreement) of any of its representations or agreements contained or referred to herein, give prompt
written notice thereof to the Company and use its reasonable best efforts to prevent or promptly
remedy the same.
4.5 Delivery of Stockholder and Option Information. The Seller shall deliver or
arrange to have its transfer agent deliver, as the case may be, to the Company or its designee,
from time to time prior to the Effective Time, a complete and correct list setting forth the names
and addresses of the Seller stockholders and holders of Options, their holdings of stock or
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Options as of the latest practicable date, and such other information as the Company may
reasonably request.
4.6 Loan and Investment Policies. The Seller agrees to maintain and to cause the
Seller Subsidiaries to maintain their existing loan and investment policies and procedures designed
to insure safe and sound banking practices, which shall remain in effect, except as otherwise
agreed in writing by the Company, for the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the
Effective Time or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII. To the extent permitted
by applicable Law, such policies and procedures shall apply to, among other matters, the following:
(i) making or renewing any commitments or loans, or purchase or renewals of any participations in
loans, in excess of an amount to be agreed for any commercial loan, single-family residential loan
or consumer loan; (ii) making, committing to make or renewing any loan to any Affiliate of the
Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries or any family member of such Affiliate or any entity in which
such Affiliate has a material interest; (iii) making any investment or commitment to invest, or
making any loan, in excess of an amount to be agreed with respect to any commercial real estate
development project; (iv) making multiple commercial real estate loans which are in the aggregate
in excess of an amount to be agreed; or (v) entering into any Contract under which the Seller or
any Seller Subsidiary will be bound to pay in excess of an amount to be agreed over the life of
such Contract or voluntarily committing any act or omission which constitutes a breach or default
by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary under any Contract to which the Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound. To the extent permitted
by applicable Law, the Company shall have the right to designate one (1) observer to attend all
meetings of the Seller’s (i) senior credit committee, or similar committee at any Seller Subsidiary
designated by the Company, and (ii) investment committee or similar committee at any Seller
Subsidiary, and the Seller shall ensure that such representatives receive all information given by
the Seller or its agents to the Seller’s members of said committees.
4.7 Access and Information. From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective
Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, the Seller will give the
Company and its representatives, employees, counsel and accountants reasonable access to the
properties, books and records of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries and any other information
relating to the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries that is reasonably requested by the Company for
purpose of permitting the Company, among other things, to: (a) conduct its due diligence review;
(b) review the financial statements of the Seller; (c) verify the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement; (d) confirm compliance by the Seller with
the terms of this Agreement; and (e) prepare for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any investigation by the Company
pursuant to this Section 4.7 shall not unreasonably interfere with the business and operations of
the Seller. The Company shall not, without the consent of the Seller (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), directly contact any customers or key employees of the Seller. General
advertisements by the Company will not be deemed a violation of the preceding sentence.
4.8 Confidentiality Agreement. The Seller agrees that the Confidentiality Agreement
dated July 5, 2007, between the Company and the Seller (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) shall
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remain in full force and effect and binding upon the Seller and shall survive termination of
this Agreement for the period set forth therein.
4.9 Resignations. The Seller shall obtain and deliver to the Company at the Closing
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the resignation, effective as of the Effective
Time, of those directors and officers of the Seller and Seller Subsidiaries designated by the
Company to the Seller prior to the Closing.
ARTICLE V — COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE MERGER SUB
5.1 Affirmative Covenants. The Company and the Merger Sub hereby covenant and agree
with the Seller that, except (i) as permitted by this Agreement, (ii) as disclosed in the Company
Disclosure Schedule or in the Company SEC Reports, (iii) as required by Law or a Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) as otherwise consented to in writing by the Seller,
during the period from the date hereof to the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, each of the Company and the Merger Sub will, and the
Company will cause each other Company Subsidiary, to:
(a) maintain its corporate existence in good standing and maintain all books and records in
accordance with accounting principles and practices as used in the Company’s financial statements
applied on a consistent basis; and
(b) conduct its business in a manner that does not violate any Law, except for possible
violations which do not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
5.2 Negative Covenants. Except as disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule or in
the Company SEC Reports or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, from the date of this
Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VIII, neither the Company nor the Merger Sub shall, or agree to commit to, or, in the case
of the Company, permit any Company Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the
Seller, take any action that would adversely affect or delay the ability of the Company or the
Merger Sub to perform any of their obligations on a timely basis under this Agreement or cause any
of the conditions set forth in Article VII to not be satisfied.
5.3 Breaches. The Company and the Merger Sub shall, in the event either of them
becomes aware of the impending or threatened occurrence of any event or condition which would cause
or constitute a material breach (or would have caused or constituted a material breach had such
event occurred or been known prior to the date of this Agreement) of any of their respective
representations or agreements contained or referred to herein, give prompt written notice thereof
to the Seller and use their reasonable best efforts to prevent or promptly remedy the same.
5.4 Confidentiality Agreement. The Company agrees that the Confidentiality Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and binding upon the Company and shall survive termination of
this Agreement for the period set forth therein.
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ARTICLE VI — ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1 Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable after the execution of this
Agreement, the Seller shall prepare the Proxy Statement relating to the approval of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, by the stockholders of the Seller.
Each of the Seller, the Company and the Merger Sub shall furnish all information concerning itself
and its Affiliates, officers and directors that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement.
The Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any
comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement or the other filings, and the Seller shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the
Seller’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement.
The Seller shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff
or any request from the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or
the other filings and shall provide the Company with copies of all correspondence between it and
its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC and its staff, on the other hand, relating to the
Proxy Statement or the other filings. If at any time prior to the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting,
any information relating to the Seller, the Company, the Merger Sub or any of their respective
Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Seller, the Company or the Merger
Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that the
Proxy Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party which discovers
such information shall promptly notify the other party, and an appropriate amendment or supplement
describing such information shall be, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the
stockholders of the Seller. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated above, prior to
mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the stockholders of the
Seller or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Seller shall provide the
Company an opportunity to review and comment on such document or response and shall include in such
document or response all comments reasonably proposed by the Company.
6.2 Meeting of Seller’s Stockholders. The Seller shall promptly, after the Proxy
Statement becomes effective, take all action necessary in accordance with the IBCL, the Seller
Articles and the Seller By-Laws to convene the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting. The Seller shall use
its reasonable best efforts to solicit from stockholders of the Seller proxies in favor of the
Merger and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of
stockholders required by the IBCL to approve the Merger, except as otherwise provided in Section
4.3(c), above.
6.3 Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings. The Seller, the Company and the Merger Sub
shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action,
and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) obtain all
Consents and Orders required under Law (including, without limitation, all rulings and approvals of
Governmental Authorities) and from parties to Contracts required in connection with the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by them of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger, and (iii) make all
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necessary filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions, with respect to this
Agreement and the Merger required under (A) the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (to the extent
applicable) and any other applicable federal or state securities laws, (B) the BHCA and any other
applicable federal or state banking laws and (C) any other applicable Law; provided
that, the Company, the Seller and the Merger Sub shall cooperate with each other in
connection with the making of all such filings, including providing copies of all such documents to
the non-filing party and its advisors prior to filing and, if requested, to accept all reasonable
additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith, and shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to file all applications required to be filed with the Federal Reserve
Board, the OCC or any other federal or state banking regulator no later than thirty (30) days after
the execution of this Agreement by the parties. The Seller, the Company and the Merger Sub shall
furnish all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the
rules and regulations of any applicable Law (including all information required to be included in
the Proxy Statement) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall
furnish the other party with copies of all such applications and filings and correspondence to and
from such party with respect thereto. In case at any time after the Effective Time any further
action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers
and directors of each party to this Agreement shall use all reasonable best efforts to take all
such necessary action.
6.4 Employee Benefit Matters. Annex A attached hereto sets forth certain
agreements of the parties with respect to the manner in which various benefit and compensation
matters will be handled prior to and after the Effective Time for employees and directors of the
Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries.
6.5 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) By virtue of the occurrence of the Merger, and subject to the limitations imposed by
Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended by the Crime Control Act of 1990 and
the regulations issued thereunder, including, without limitation, 12 C.F.R. Part 359, the Surviving
Corporation shall from and after the Effective Time succeed to the Seller’s obligations with
respect to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of
the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries as provided in the Seller Articles, the Seller By-Laws and
indemnification agreements of the Seller or the Seller Subsidiaries with respect to matters
occurring prior to the Effective Time. Section 6.5 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and correct list of all indemnification arrangements to which the Seller is a party on the
date of this Agreement. The Seller agrees not to amend or enter into new indemnification
arrangements or agreements from and after the date hereof.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable
best efforts to maintain an insurance policy for directors’ and officers’ liabilities (the “D&O
Policy”) for all present and former directors and officers of the Seller covered by the Existing
D&O Policy on the date of this Agreement with terms (including coverage limits) substantially
similar in all respects to those currently in effect on the date of this Agreement with respect to
acts, omissions and other matters occurring prior to the Effective Time for which coverage is
provided under the Existing D&O Policy; provided, however, that the Company’s
obligation under this subsection (b) shall be completely satisfied at such time as the Company
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shall have satisfied either of the following conditions: (i) the Company shall have
maintained the D&O Policy in accordance with this subsection (b) for a period of six (6) years from
and after the Effective Time or (ii) the Company shall have incurred costs to maintain insurance in
accordance with this subsection equal to or exceeding two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the
annualized premium in effect on the date of this Agreement and disclosed on Section 6.5 of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule; provided, further however, if the Company fails
to maintain the D&O Policy in accordance with this subsection (b) for six (6) years from the
Effective Time, the Company will indemnify and hold all present and former directors and officers
of the Seller covered by the Existing D&O Policy harmless against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees,
disbursements and court costs) and actions with respect to acts, omissions, and other matters
occurring prior to the Effective Time for which coverage is provided under the Existing D&O Policy
to the same extent as coverage would have been provided to such persons had the D&O Policy in
accordance with this subsection (b) been maintained by the Company for a period of six (6) years
from and after the Effective Time.
(c) In the event the Company or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or
merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of
such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its
properties or assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company assume the obligations
set forth in this Section 6.5.
(d) The provisions of this Section 6.5 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable by, each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement
or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, an officer or director of Seller or any Seller
Subsidiary (the “Indemnified Parties”) and his or her heirs and representatives.
6.6 Notification of Certain Matters. The Seller shall give prompt notice to the
Company, and the Company shall give prompt notice to the Seller, of (i) the occurrence, or
non-occurrence, of any event the occurrence or non-occurrence of which would be likely to cause any
representation or warranty of the Seller, the Company or the Merger Sub, as the case may be,
contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate, and (ii) any failure of the Seller, the
Company or the Merger Sub, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder; provided, however, that
the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall not limit or otherwise affect the
remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.
6.7 Public Announcements. The Company and the Seller shall consult with each other
before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to the
Merger and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such
consultation, except as may be required by Law, including disclosures required under the federal
securities laws.
6.8 Customer Retention. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Seller shall,
and shall cause each Seller Subsidiary to, use all reasonable best efforts to assist the Company in
its efforts to retain the Seller’s and the Seller Subsidiaries’ customers for the Surviving
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Corporation. Such efforts shall include making introductions of the Company’s employees to
such customers, assisting in the mailing of information prepared by the Company and reasonably
acceptable to the Seller to such customers and actively participating in any “transitional
marketing programs” as the Company shall reasonably request.
6.9 NASDAQ Delisting. The Surviving Corporation shall use its reasonable best
efforts, and the Company shall cause the Surviving Corporation to use its reasonable best efforts,
to cause the Shares to no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and de-registered under
the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time.
6.10 Additional Documents. From time to time, as and when requested by a party
hereto, each party shall execute and deliver any additional agreements, instruments, documents and
certificates which are consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and are
reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII — CONDITIONS OF MERGER
7.1 Conditions to Obligation of Each Party to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to
the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. This Agreement and the Merger shall have been approved and
adopted by the requisite vote of the stockholders of the Seller.
(b) Federal Reserve Board. The Merger shall have been approved by the Federal Reserve
Board, which approval shall not contain any condition that would materially adversely affect the
Company or the Surviving Corporation. All conditions required to be satisfied prior to the
Effective Time imposed by the terms of such approval shall have been satisfied and all waiting
periods relating to such approval shall have expired.
(c) HSR. All statutory waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired and the
Company shall not have received any objections thereunder from either the Federal Trade Commission
or the United States Department of Justice.
(d) Regulatory Approval. The Merger shall have been approved by the OCC and the WI
DFI and neither of such approvals shall contain any condition that would materially adversely
affect the Company or the Surviving Corporation. All conditions required to be satisfied prior to
the Effective Time imposed by the terms of such approval shall have been satisfied and all waiting
periods relating to such approval shall have expired. All documents required to be filed with any
state agency or recorded at the county level in connection with such approval shall be filed or
recorded at the Effective Time.
(e) No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated,
enforced or entered any Law or Order which is in effect preventing or prohibiting consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or restricting the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in a manner that would have a Seller Material Adverse Effect or a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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7.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company and the Merger Sub. The
obligation of the Company and the Merger Sub to effect the Merger is also subject to the
satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time (or, if an earlier time is set forth in this Section
7.2, at such earlier time) of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Without giving effect to any update to the Seller
Disclosure Schedule or notice to the Company under Sections 4.4 or 6.6, above, and except for
Section 2.18, above, which is provided for in subsection (g), below, (i) each of the
representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement that is qualified by
reference to “materiality” or Seller Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, except to the extent such representations and
warranties are made as of another date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct as of such other date; and (ii) each of the representations and warranties of the
Seller contained in this Agreement that is not qualified by reference to “materiality” or Seller
Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Effective Time, except to the extent such representations and warranties
are made as of another date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct as of such other date, and except in the case of either clauses (i) or (ii), above, where
any failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the
Seller by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Seller, or individuals
performing similar functions, to the foregoing effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Seller shall have performed or complied in all
material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or
complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Consents Obtained. (i) The Seller shall continue to possess all Seller Approvals
and (ii) all Consents and Orders required to be obtained, and all filings and notifications
required to be made, by the Seller for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained
and made by the Seller, except where the failure to obtain any such Consents or Orders, or make any
such filings or notifications, would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No Challenge. There shall not be pending any Proceeding before any Governmental
Authority or any other Person (i) challenging or seeking material damages in connection with the
Merger or (ii) seeking to restrain, prohibit or limit the exercise of full rights of ownership or
operation by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries of all or any portion of the business or
assets of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries, which in either case is reasonably likely to have
a Seller Material Adverse Effect or a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall have received from Bose XxXxxxxx & Xxxxx
LLP, or other independent counsel to the Seller reasonably satisfactory to the Company, an opinion
dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
covering the matters set forth in Annex B attached hereto, which opinion shall be based on
such assumptions and contain such qualifications and limitations as are appropriate and reasonably
satisfactory to the Company. In rendering such opinion, Bose XxXxxxxx & Xxxxx
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LLP or such other legal counsel may require and rely upon representations and covenants
contained in certificates of officers of the Seller.
(f) Burdensome Condition. There shall not be any action taken, or any statute, rule,
regulation or Order enacted, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger, by any
Governmental Authority which imposes any condition or restriction upon the Company, the Merger Sub
or the Seller or their respective subsidiaries (or the Surviving Corporation after the Effective
Time), which would materially adversely impact the economic or business benefits of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement in such a manner as to render inadvisable the
consummation of the Merger.
(g) No Material Adverse Changes. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall have
been no Seller Material Adverse Effect and no Effect shall have occurred that is reasonably likely
to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. The Company shall have received a certificate of the
Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Seller, or individuals performing
similar functions, to that effect.
7.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Seller. The obligation of the Seller
to effect the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Without giving effect to any notice to the Seller
under Sections 5.3 or 6.6, above, (i) each of the representations and warranties of the Company and
the Merger Sub contained in this Agreement that is qualified by reference to “materiality” or
Company Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as
of the Effective Time, except to the extent that such representations and warranties are made as of
another date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of
such other date; and (ii) each of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Merger
Sub contained in this Agreement that is not qualified by reference to “materiality” or Company
Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Effective Time, except to the extent such representations and warranties
are made as of another date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct as of such other date, and except in the case of either clauses (i) or (ii), above, where
any failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect. The Seller shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, or
individuals performing similar functions, to the foregoing effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. Each of the Company and the Merger Sub shall have
performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Consents Obtained. (i) The Company and the Merger Sub shall continue to possess
all Company Approvals and (ii) all Consents and Orders required to be obtained, and all filings and
notifications required to be made, by the Company and the Merger Sub for the authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company and the Merger Sub of
the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and made
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by the Company and the Merger Sub, except where the failure to obtain any such Consents or
Orders, or make any such filings or notifications, would not have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) No Challenge. There shall not be pending any Proceeding before any Governmental
Authority or any other Person (i) challenging or seeking material damages in connection with the
Merger or (ii) seeking to restrain, prohibit or limit the exercise of full rights of ownership or
operation by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries of all or any portion of the business or
assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, which in either case is reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Opinion of Counsel. The Seller shall have received from Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, S.C., or
other independent counsel to the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, an opinion dated as
of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller, covering the
matters set forth in Annex C attached hereto, which opinion shall be based on such
assumptions and contain such qualifications and limitations as are appropriate and reasonably
satisfactory to the Seller. In rendering such opinion, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, S.C. may require and rely
upon representations and covenants contained in certificates of officers of the Company.
(f) No Material Adverse Changes. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall have
been no Company Material Adverse Effect and no Effect shall have occurred that is reasonably likely
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Seller shall have received a certificate of the
President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, or individuals performing similar
functions, to that effect.
ARTICLE VIII — TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective
Time, whether prior to or after the stockholders of the Seller adopt this Agreement, as applicable:
(a) by mutual written consent duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and the
Seller’s Board of Directors;
(b) by either the Seller or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by
February 29, 2008 (or March 31, 2008, if the reason the Merger has not been consummated by such
earlier date is due to the fact that the Company, despite its prompt and diligent actions, has not
received the approval of the OCC or the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to Section 3(a)(5) of the
BHCA (12 U.S.C. § 1842(a)(5)), or any required waiting periods shall have not yet expired or been
terminated), unless extended by the Company’s Board of Directors and the Seller’s Board of
Directors for any reason; provided, however, that the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 8.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to
act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before
such date if such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of any provision of this Agreement;
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(c) by either the Seller or the Company if a Governmental Authority shall have issued a
non-appealable final Order or taken any other action having the effect of restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the Merger;
(d) by either the Seller or the Company if: (i) the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting (including
any adjournments thereof) shall have been held and completed and the stockholders of the Seller
shall have taken a final vote on a proposal to adopt this Agreement and (ii) the required approval
of the stockholders of the Seller contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been obtained;
provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
8.1(d) shall not be available to the Seller where the failure to obtain approval by the Seller
stockholders shall have been caused by the action or failure to act of the Seller, and such action
or failure to act constitutes a breach by the Seller of any provision of this Agreement;
(e) by the Seller, upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company or
the Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company
shall have been untrue when made or shall have become untrue, in either case such that the
conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a), above, would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach
or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that
if such inaccuracy in the Company’s representations and warranties or breach by the Company or the
Merger Sub of a covenant or agreement was unintentional and is curable by the Company or the Merger
Sub through exercise of commercially reasonable best efforts, then the Seller may not terminate
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(e) for ten (10) days after delivery of written notice
from the Seller to the Company of such breach, provided, that the Company or the Merger
Sub, as the case may be, continues to exercise commercially reasonable best efforts to cure such
breach (it being understood that the Seller may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8.1(e) if such breach by the Company or the Merger Sub is cured during such ten (10) day
period);
(f) by the Company, upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Seller set
forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Seller shall have been untrue
when made or shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section
7.2(a), above, would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such
representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such inaccuracy in
the Seller’s representations and warranties or breach by the Seller of a covenant or agreement was
unintentional and is curable by the Seller through exercise of its commercially reasonable best
efforts, then the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(f) for ten
(10) days after delivery of written notice from the Company to the Seller of such breach,
provided, that the Seller continues to exercise commercially reasonable best efforts to
cure such breach (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 8.1(f) if such breach by the Seller is cured during such ten (10) day period);
(g) by the Company if there is a Change of Recommendation or if the Seller’s Board of
Directors fails to include the Seller’s Board of Directors Recommendation in the Proxy Statement;
(h) by the Seller prior to the vote of the stockholders of the Seller, without further action,
if the Seller shall have entered into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior
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Offer pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.3, above; provided,
however, that such determination and the right to terminate under this Section 8.1(h) shall
not be effective until the Seller has made payment to the Company of the amounts required to be
paid pursuant to Section 8.3(b)(i), below;
(i) by the Company:
(i) if any of the conditions to the obligation of the Company and the Merger Sub to
effect the Merger set forth in Sections 7.1 or 7.2, above, have not been satisfied or waived
by the Company at Closing or the Company reasonably determines that the timely satisfaction
of any condition to the obligation of the Company and the Merger Sub to effect the Merger
set forth in Sections 7.1 or 7.2, above, has become impossible (other than as a result of
any failure on the part of the Company and the Merger Sub to comply with or perform any
covenant or obligation of the Company and the Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement); or
(ii) in the event there has been a Seller Material Adverse Effect between the date
hereof and the Effective Time;
(j) by the Seller:
(i) if any of the conditions to the obligation of the Seller to effect the Merger set
forth in Sections 7.1 or 7.3, above, have not been satisfied or waived by the Seller at
Closing or the Seller reasonably determines that the timely satisfaction of any condition to
the obligation of the Seller to effect the Merger set forth in Sections 7.1 or 7.3, above,
has become impossible (other than as a result of any failure on the part of the Seller to
comply with or perform any covenant or obligation of the Seller set forth in this
Agreement); or
(ii) in the event there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect between the date
hereof and the Effective Time.
8.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination. Any termination of this Agreement
under Section 8.1, above, will be effective immediately upon (or if termination is pursuant to
Sections 8.1(e) or 8.1(f), above, and the proviso therein is applicable, ten (10) days after) the
delivery of written notice thereof by the terminating party to the other party. In the event of
termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1, above, this Agreement shall be of no
further force or effect, with no liability of any party to the other parties, except (i) the
provisions set forth in this Section 8.2, Section 8.3 and Article IX, shall survive the termination
of this Agreement indefinitely, (ii) the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive
the termination of this Agreement for the period set forth therein, and (iii) nothing herein shall
relieve any party from liability for any intentional or willful breach of this Agreement.
8.3 Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 8.2, above, and this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid
by the party incurring such fees and expenses whether or not the Merger is
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consummated. Within one (1) Business Day after the effective date of any termination of this
Agreement under the circumstances described in Sections 8.3(b)(i) through (b)(iii), the Seller
shall pay to the Company, in addition to any Termination Fee owed to the Company pursuant to
Section 8.3(b), all of the Reimbursable Company Expenses by delivery of immediately available
funds.
(b) (i) The Seller shall pay to the Company in immediately available funds, within one (1)
Business Day after demand by the Company, an amount equal to Eighteen Million Three Hundred
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($18,300,000.00) (the “Termination Fee”) if this Agreement is
terminated by the Seller pursuant to Section 8.1(h), above.
(ii) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(g), above,
and within twelve (12) months following the termination of this Agreement an Acquisition
Proposal is consummated or the Seller enters into a Contract providing for an Acquisition
Proposal, then the Seller shall pay or cause to be paid to the Company in immediately
available funds an amount equal to the Termination Fee within one (1) Business Day after the
Seller enters into such Contract or such transaction is consummated, whichever is earlier.
(iii) If (A) this Agreement is terminated by the Company or the Seller, as applicable,
pursuant to Section 8.1(b), above (and prior to such termination the Seller shall not have
held a meeting of its stockholders pursuant to Section 6.2, above), or Section 8.1(d),
above, (B) prior to such termination an Acquisition Proposal (other than by the Company and
the Merger Sub) shall have been received by the Seller and not withdrawn, and (C) within
twelve (12) months following the termination of this Agreement such Acquisition Proposal is
consummated or the Seller enters into a Contract providing for such Acquisition Proposal,
then the Seller shall pay or cause to be paid to the Company in immediately available funds
an amount equal to the Termination Fee within one (1) Business Day after the Seller enters
into such Contract or such transaction is consummated, whichever is earlier.
(iv) The Seller acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3(b) are
an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these
agreements, the Company and the Merger Sub would not enter into this Agreement; accordingly,
if the Seller fails to pay in a timely manner the amounts due pursuant to this Section
8.3(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, the Company makes a claim that results in a
judgment against the Seller for the amounts set forth in this Section 8.3(b), the Seller
shall pay to the Company, in addition to the amount of such judgment, the Company’s
reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in
connection with such suit, together with interest on the amounts set forth in this Section
8.3(b) at The Wall Street Journal prime rate in effect on the date such payment was
required to be made. Payment of the fees described in this Section 8.3(b) shall be the
exclusive remedy for a termination of this Agreement as specified in this Section 8.3(b) and
shall be in lieu of damages incurred in the event of any such termination of this Agreement.
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8.4 Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a) extend
the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto,
(b) waive any inaccuracies by the other parties hereto in the representations and warranties
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance by the other
parties hereto with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension or
waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be
bound thereby, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with
respect to, any subsequent other failure.
ARTICLE IX — GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The representations,
warranties and agreements in this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time or upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, except that the agreements set forth in
Article I, Sections 1.9, 6.4, 6.5 and 6.7, above, shall survive the Effective Time indefinitely and
those set forth in Sections 4.8, 5.4, 8.2, 8.3 and Article IX hereof shall survive termination
indefinitely.
9.2 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall
be in writing and shall be deemed given and received when delivered personally, three (3) Business
Days after being mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt
requested), one (1) Business Day after being delivered by an express courier (with confirmation),
or when sent by facsimile (with confirmation), in each case to the parties at the following
addresses or telecopy numbers, as the case may be (or at such other address or telecopy number for
a party as shall be specified by like notices of changes of address or telecopy number) and shall
be effective upon receipt:
(a) | If to the Seller: | ||
First Indiana Corporation 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Attention: | Xxxxxx K. Xxxx | |||
Secretary and General Counsel | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
(b) | With a copy to: | ||
Bose XxXxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Attention: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
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(c) | If to the Company or the Merger Sub: | ||
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Corporation 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Attention: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and | ||||
General Counsel | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, S.C.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: | Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
9.3 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the term:
“Acquisition Proposal” shall mean any offer or proposal (other than an offer or proposal by
the Company) relating to any Acquisition Transaction.
“Acquisition Transaction” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions other
than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement involving:
(i) any acquisition or purchase from the Seller by any Person of more than a fifteen
percent (15%) interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Seller or any of
the Seller Subsidiaries or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would
result in any Person beneficially owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total
outstanding voting securities of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries, or any
merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving the Seller or
any of the Seller Subsidiaries;
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or other disposition of
more than fifteen percent (15%) of the assets of the Seller or any of the Seller
Subsidiaries; or
(iii) any liquidation or dissolution of the Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries.
“Affiliate” means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first mentioned Person including,
without limitation, any partnership or joint venture in which any Person (either alone, or through
or together with any other Person) has, directly or indirectly, an interest of five percent (5%) or
more. For purposes of this definition, “control” shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of
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the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise.
“Business Day” means any day other than a day on which banks in Wisconsin are required or
authorized to be closed.
“Company SEC Reports” means all forms, reports and documents filed by the Company or any
Company Subsidiary with the SEC since December 31, 2004, including, without limitation, (i) the
Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006,
(ii) the Company’s proxy statements relating to the Company’s meetings of stockholders (whether
annual or special) held since December 31, 2004, (iii) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC since December 31, 2004, (iv) the Company’s reports on Form 8-K filed with the
SEC since December 31, 2004, (v) all other reports or registration statements filed by the Company
with the SEC since December 31, 2004, and (vi) all amendments and supplements to all such reports
and registration statements filed by the Company with the SEC since December 31, 2004.
“Consent” shall mean any consent, approval, authorization, clearance, exemption, waiver,
permit, franchise, charter, license, easement, grant or similar affirmation by any Person pursuant
to any Contract, Law or Order.
“Contract” shall mean any agreement, arrangement, authorization, commitment, indenture,
instrument, license, lease, obligation, plan, practice, restriction, understanding or undertaking
of any kind or character, or other document to which any Person is a party or that is binding on
any Person or its capital stock, assets or business, including, without limitation, any letter of
intent or memorandum of understanding.
“Knowledge” as used with respect to a party (including references to such party being aware of
a particular matter) shall mean (i) those facts that are actually known by the Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of such party, or individuals performing
similar functions, or any other officer of such party, and (ii) those facts that would reasonably
be expected to have come to the attention of one or more of the officers referred to in the
preceding clause (i) had such officer conducted a reasonable due diligence review of such party’s
operations and business, including reasonable inquiries to key personnel and a review of, and
discussions with key personnel regarding, the books, records and operations of such party.
“Law” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational,
territorial or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law,
rule, regulation, statute or treaty and any guidance issued thereunder, including any transitional
relief or rules provided in connection therewith.
“Lien” shall mean any conditional sale agreement, default of title, easement, encroachment,
encumbrance, hypothecation, infringement, lien, mortgage, pledge, reservation, restriction,
security interest, title retention or other security arrangement, or any adverse right or interest,
charge or claim of any nature whatsoever of, on or with respect to any property (real or personal)
or property (real or personal) interest, other than (i) Liens for current Taxes upon the assets or
property of a Person or its subsidiaries which are not yet due and payable provided
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appropriate reserves have been established therefor on the financial statements of such Person
and (ii) for depository institution subsidiaries of a Person, pledges to secure deposits and Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of the banking business.
“Order” shall mean any award, decision, decree, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena
or verdict entered, issued, made or rendered by any court, administrative agency or any other
Governmental Authority.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, limited liability company, other entity, group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act) or Governmental Authority.
“Preferred Share Purchase Right” shall mean a right to purchase certain capital stock of the
Seller in the manner described in the Rights Agreement.
“Proceeding” shall mean any action, arbitration, cause of action, claim, complaint, criminal
prosecution, demand letter, governmental or other examination or investigation, hearing, inquiry,
administrative or other proceeding, or notice by any Person alleging potential liability of another
Person, or invoking or seeking to invoke legal process to obtain information relating to or
affecting another Person, which affects such other Person’s business assets (including Contracts
related to it), or obligations under the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but shall not
include regular, periodic examinations of depository institutions and their Affiliates by
Regulatory Authorities in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
“Regulatory Authorities” shall mean, collectively, the Federal Trade Commission, the United
States Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the OCC, the OTS, the WI DFI,
the SEC, and all other federal and state regulatory agencies and public authorities having
jurisdiction over the parties and their respective subsidiaries.
“Reimbursable Company Expenses” means all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including,
without limitation, all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and
consultants to the Company, the Merger Sub and their Affiliates) incurred by the Company, the
Merger Sub and their Affiliates or on their behalf in connection with or related to the
authorization, preparation and execution of this Agreement, the Proxy Statement, the solicitation
of stockholder approvals and all other matters related to the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
“Rights” shall mean all arrangements, calls, commitments, Contracts, options, rights to
subscribe to, scrip, warrants or other binding obligations of any character whatsoever by which a
Person is or may be bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock or other Rights, or
securities or Rights convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of the capital stock of a Person.
“Subsidiary” means, with reference to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
business trust, joint venture or other entity, ownership by such entity, directly or indirectly, of
fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting equity of such entity, the holders of which are entitled
to vote for the election of a majority of the board of directors or any similar governing body of
such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, joint venture or other
entity.
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“Superior Offer” means an unsolicited, bona fide written offer made by a third Person to
consummate any of the following transactions or in one or a series of related transactions:
(i) a merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation,
dissolution or similar transaction involving the Seller pursuant to which those stockholders
of the Seller immediately preceding such transaction will hold less than fifty percent (50%)
of the equity interest in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction;
(ii) a sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license or other disposition by the Seller and
the Seller Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of their assets, as a consolidated
group; or
(iii) the acquisition by any Person (including by way of a tender offer, merger,
consolidation, business combination, exchange offer or similar transaction or issuance by
the Seller), directly or indirectly, of beneficial ownership or a right to acquire
beneficial ownership of shares representing in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting
power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Seller;
provided, however, that in each of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) immediately above, the
Superior Offer shall be on terms that the Seller’s Board of Directors determines, in its good faith
judgment, to be more favorable to the Seller stockholders (taking into account the relative value
and form of the consideration offered, all other terms and conditions of the respective offers,
including, without limitation, the presence of a financial contingency, the likelihood of obtaining
financing on a timely basis if a financing contingency is present, and the likelihood of obtaining
any required Consents or Orders from Governmental Authorities) than the terms of the Merger (after
receipt and consideration of the written opinion of a financial advisor of nationally recognized
reputation (which includes the Seller’s current financial advisor) to the effect that the
consideration offered in such offer is superior, from a financial point of view, to the Per Share
Consideration).
9.4 Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.5 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions
and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
adverse to either party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify
this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an
acceptable manner to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.
9.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments
referred to in this Agreement) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to
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the subject matter hereof and, except as set forth in Section 9.9, below, are not intended to
confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder.
9.7 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of Law or
otherwise, except that the Company may assign all or any of its rights hereunder and thereunder to
any Affiliate, provided that no such assignment shall relieve the Company of its obligations
hereunder.
9.8 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Without limiting the
general applicability of the foregoing, the Seller acknowledges receiving a copy or having access
to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on April 4, 2007, relating to the Company’s
sponsored-spin transaction involving Warburg Pincus LLC and Metavante Corporation, pursuant to
which, among other things, the Company will be converted (the “Conversion”) into a Wisconsin
limited liability company (“M&I LLC”). The Seller further acknowledges that M&I LLC shall succeed
to the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement as a result of the Conversion without
any action by the parties.
9.9 Parties in Interest. Subject to Section 9.7, above, this Agreement (including
Annex A attached hereto) shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each
party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer
upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of
this Agreement, other than Sections 6.4 and 6.5, above (which are intended to be for the benefit of
and may be enforced by the employees of the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries and the Indemnified
Parties).
9.10 Governing Law. Except to the extent that the laws of the State of Indiana are
mandatorily applicable to the matters arising under or in connection with this Agreement, this
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Wisconsin, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of choice
of law or conflicts of law.
9.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts
have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that
each party need not sign the same counterpart.
9.12 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence as to all performance under this
Agreement.
9.13 Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that monetary damages would
not be a sufficient remedy for breach of this Agreement. Therefore, upon breach of this Agreement
by either party, the aggrieved party may proceed to protect its rights and enforce this Agreement
by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate Proceeding, including an action for the
specific performance of any provision herein or any other remedy granted by Law, equity or
otherwise, in each case without posting a bond. Any action for specific performance hereunder
shall not be deemed exclusive and may also include claims for monetary damages as
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may be warranted under the circumstances. The prevailing party in any such suit, action or
other Proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be entitled to recover its
costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred in such suit, action or other Proceeding. The sole and
exclusive venue for any action arising out of this Agreement shall be a state or federal court
having jurisdiction in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law: (i) any objections that it may now or hereafter have to venue of any
suit, action or other Proceeding brought in such court; (ii) any claim that any suit, action or
other Proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (iii) any
defense it may now or hereafter have based on lack of personal jurisdiction in such forum.
9.14 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles,
Sections, Annexes or Schedules, such reference will be to an Article or Section of or Annex or
Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents contained in this
Agreement is for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used
in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Unless
the context otherwise requires (i) “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive, (ii) words in
the singular include the plural and vice versa, (iii) the use in this Agreement of a pronoun in
reference to a party hereto includes the masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context may require,
and (iv) terms used herein that are defined in GAAP have the meanings ascribed to them therein. No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against, either of the parties to
this Agreement by reason of the extent to which either such party or its counsel participated in
the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which any such provision is inconsistent with
any prior draft hereof, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against either party
hereto. The Seller Disclosure Schedule and the Company Disclosure Schedule, as well as all other
Schedules and all Annexes hereto, will be deemed part of this Agreement and included in any
reference to this Agreement. All of the representations and warranties of the Seller are qualified
by and subject to the Seller Disclosure Schedule and the Seller SEC Reports even if not expressly
referenced in a section of Article II. This Agreement will not be interpreted or construed to
require either party to take any action, or fail to take any action, if to do so would violate any
applicable Law. References to the “other parties” will be deemed to refer to the Seller, the
Company or the Merger Sub, as the case may be.
[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Merger Sub and the Seller have caused this Agreement and
Plan of Merger to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
SELLER: FIRST INDIANA CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
COMPANY: XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
MERGER SUB: FIC ACQUISITION CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
President | ||||
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ANNEX A
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT MATTERS
1. Conduct of Business Between Date of Signing the Agreement and the Effective Time.
Between the date of signing of the Agreement and the Effective Time, unless otherwise agreed
between Seller and the Company (i) Seller or Seller Subsidiaries will not increase the base
salaries of their respective employees except on such employees’ annual review date or except to
the extent necessary for limited specific individuals to account for market adjustments, provided
however such increases shall be in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past
practices, shall not exceed in the aggregate 4% on an annualized basis for those employees without
employment agreements and there shall be no increases for employees with employment agreements;
(ii) no bonuses or incentive payments will be paid to employees of Seller or Seller Subsidiaries
except consistent with existing bonus or incentive programs and in the ordinary course of business
in accordance with past practices; (iii) no new programs, plans or agreements providing
compensation or benefits for employees or directors of Seller or Seller Subsidiaries will be
adopted or implemented, existing programs, plans or agreements providing compensation or benefits
for employees or directors of Seller or Seller Subsidiaries will not be amended or modified except
as required by, or necessary to comply with, applicable law, including to comply with Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code, or as provided herein or in agreements executed by employees in
connection herewith, and no further grants or awards will be made under existing plans, programs or
agreements providing compensation or benefits for employees or directors of Seller or Seller
Subsidiaries, except as provided herein; (iv) there will be no officer title promotions, except
that if an officer position becomes vacant, another officer may be promoted to that position if he
or she assumes the former employee’s job responsibilities; (v) no new consulting agreements or
employment continuation agreements, if any, will be granted to employees of Seller or Seller
Subsidiaries and the existing consulting and employment continuation agreements of Seller and
Seller Subsidiaries will not be amended, except as provided herein or in the Consulting Agreements
executed simultaneously herewith; (vi) in no event will Seller make employer contributions to its
retirement programs except to the extent consistent with past practice, and Seller will not make
any amendments or modifications to its retirement programs, other than as provided herein or
required to maintain the tax-qualified status of any such retirement programs; and (vii) Seller or
Seller Subsidiaries will only pay severance to those employees who are terminated by their employer
and then only in amounts and for a period consistent with past practice of the employer, or as
provided in the employee’s employment agreement, if any. The Company agrees that it will not
knowingly amend or unreasonably omit to take any action with respect to any existing arrangement in
a manner that would result in additional employee tax under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code.
2. General.
(a) Transferred Employees. Those individuals who are employed by the Seller or any
of the Seller Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time shall be hereinafter referred to as the
“Transferred Employees.” After the Effective Time, the Transferred Employees shall be
integrated into the Company’s qualified retirement plans, health and dental plans and
other employee welfare benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the
referenced
plans, except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and this Annex A. If the Company
terminates a Transferred Employee’s employment with the Company within the first twelve
months after the Effective Time, the amount of severance to which such Transferred Employee
would be entitled is as set forth in the Company’s Reduction-In-Force Severance policy
provided to the Seller. Thereafter, if the Company terminates a Transferred Employee’s
employment, the amount of severance to which such Transferred Employee may be entitled will
be as set forth in the Company’s severance plans as then in effect, and Transferred
Employees will be given full credit for their prior service with the Seller and the Seller
Subsidiaries (or any service credited as such in connection with a previous acquisition by
the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary) for purposes of the Company’s severance plans as then
in effect.
(b) Credit for Past Service. After the Effective Time, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries shall give the Transferred Employees full credit for their prior service with
the Seller and the Seller Subsidiaries (or any service credited as such in connection with a
previous acquisition by the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary): (i) for purposes of
eligibility (including, without limitation, initial participation and eligibility for
current benefits) and vesting under any qualified or nonqualified retirement or profit
sharing plans maintained by the Company in which Transferred Employees may be eligible to
participate; and (ii) for all purposes under any welfare benefit plans, “cafeteria plans”
(as defined in Code Section 125), vacation plans and similar arrangements maintained by the
Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company will not
give credit for prior service to Transferred Employees as regards the Company’s retiree
health plan.
(c) Waiver of Certain Limitations. The Company will, or will cause the Company’s
affiliates or the Seller Subsidiaries to, waive all limitations as to preexisting conditions
and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to
the Transferred Employees under any welfare benefit plans that such employees may be
eligible to participate in after the Effective Time, other than limitations or waiting
periods that are already in effect with respect to such employees and that have not been
satisfied as of the Effective Time under any welfare plan maintained for the Transferred
Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Transferred Employees still have to meet the service requirements (recognizing past service
credit given in Section 2(b), above) and other eligibility criteria under the Company’s
plans.
(d) Company’s Ability to Amend, Modify or Terminate Plans. Nothing contained in
this Annex shall limit the right of the Company or its affiliates, at any time and from time
to time, to amend, modify or terminate, in whole or in part, any of the plans referenced in
this Annex, except that no such amendment shall nullify the provisions of this Annex, and
the Company hereby reserves such right.
3. Employee Welfare Plans. The Seller’s existing health and dental plans and other
employee welfare benefit plans shall remain in effect at least until the Effective Time.
Thereafter, Transferred Employees will be integrated into the Company’s health and dental plans
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other employee welfare plans at a time determined on a plan-by-plan basis by the Company in its
sole discretion. If integration occurs during a plan year, Transferred Employees shall receive
credit under the Company’s plans for co-pays, deductibles and similar limits incurred under
Seller’s plans during such plan year. Until the Transferred Employees are integrated into the
Company plans, the respective Seller plans shall remain in effect.
4. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (the
“Pentegra Plan”) and Supplemental Benefit Plan Agreement With Key Executives (“Supplemental
Plan”).
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Seller shall not make any discretionary employer
contributions to Seller’s 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, its Supplemental Plan or the Pentegra
Plan except to the extent consistent with past practice, unless otherwise agreed between
Seller and the Company.
(b) At or prior to the Effective Time, Seller shall cause the cessation of all benefit
accruals under the Pentegra Plan by its employees, and Seller shall provide all affected
participants and alternate payees with written notice at least 45 days in advance of such
change, unless the parties agree to a notice period as short as 15 days.
(b) At or prior to the Effective Time, Seller shall cause all benefit accruals under
the Supplemental Plan to cease.
(d) At or after the Effective Time, the Seller’s 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan shall be
frozen, and this plan will be merged into the Company’s Retirement Program subsequent to the
Effective Time. Immediately after the Effective Time, the Transferred Employees will
participate in the M&I Retirement Program on the same basis as other M&I employees.
5. Code Section 125 Plans. Company shall, or shall cause its affiliates, to either (i)
maintain any Code Section 125 plans of the Seller and Seller Subsidiaries (the “Seller 125 Plans”)
for the remainder of the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs, or (ii) terminate any
Seller 125 Plans after the Effective Time and either allow the Transferred Employees to participate
in the Company’s Code Section 125 Plan or adopt a new Code Section 125 plan (either alternative
referred to hereafter as the “New 125 Plan”) for the Transferred Employees who were participating
in the Seller 125 Plans and transfer the account balances of such employees under the Seller 125
Plans to the New 125 Plan. Until the Transferred Employees are integrated into the New 125 Plan,
any Seller 125 Plans shall remain in effect.
6. Options, Deferred Shares and Restricted Stock.
(a) Options. In accordance with Section 1.9 of the Agreement and the provisions of
the relevant plan documents, each Option which is outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, whether or not exercisable, shall be cancelled as of the Effective Time, in
exchange for a lump-sum payment from the Surviving Corporation.
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(b) Deferred Shares and Restricted Stock Issued Pursuant to the 2006-2008 Long Term
Incentive Plan. In accordance with the provisions of the relevant plan documents (where
change in control is discussed) and previous disclosures in the Seller SEC Reports, (i) all
outstanding deferred shares that are unvested at the Effective Time of the Merger shall
become vested and be paid in cash, before applicable withholding, based on a $32.00 per
share price, upon consummation of the Merger, and (ii) all outstanding restricted shares
issued pursuant to the 2006-2008 Long Term Incentive Plan that are unvested at the Effective
Time of the Merger shall be canceled and cash payments, before applicable withholding, in an
amount equal to $32.00 per share shall become vested and be paid in cash upon consummation
of the Merger.
(c) Other Restricted Stock. Except to the extent provided above, any other
restricted stock issued by the Seller shall be canceled and cash payments, before applicable
withholding, in an amount equal to $32.00 per share plus interest at M&I’s money market
index account rate from the date of the Merger to the date of payment, shall be paid
upon the earliest of: (i) the normal vesting date or an agreed upon retention date (the
“Vesting Date”), provided the employee remains continuously employed with Company or its
subsidiaries through the Vesting Date, (ii) the date of termination of the employee’s
employment if the employee’s position is involuntarily impacted or the employee terminates
employment for Good Reason prior to the Vesting Date, otherwise no payment shall be due; or
(iii) an accelerated date relating to all or any portion of any award, if and upon such
conditions as determined in the sole discretion of the Company. For purposes hereof, “Good
Reason” shall mean a reduction in the employee’s annual base salary in effect at the
Effective Time of the Merger, or the Company requires the employee, without his or her
consent, to relocate his or her principal business office to a location more than 30 miles
from where the employee is employed at the Effective Time of the Merger.
(d) Consistent with previous disclosures in the Seller SEC Reports, any payment pursuant to
this Section 6 will not be included in compensation for purposes of determining benefits
under any nonqualified plan in which the employee participates.
(e) To avoid any ambiguity, the options, deferred shares and restricted stock discussed in
this Section 6 shall vest and shall be payable in accordance with the terms set forth in
this Section 6.
(f) The Seller agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any agreements necessary
or advisable to effectuate the foregoing.
7. Section 409A. Adjustments may need to made to the foregoing to the extent necessary to
comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
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ANNEX B
Form of Opinion of Counsel to Seller
1. The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Indiana and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as now being conducted as described in the Proxy Statement. Each Seller Subsidiary is
a national banking association, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or
trust duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the United States of
America or the state of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be. Each Seller Subsidiary
has the requisite power and authority as a corporation or other legal entity to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted as described in the Proxy Statement.
2. The Seller is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in
good standing, in [ ],1 and each Seller Subsidiary (other than First Indiana
Bank, which is organized under the Laws of the United States of America) is duly qualified or
licensed as a foreign legal entity to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction
where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for qualification or licensing
in any such jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not have a
Seller Material Adverse Effect.
3. The Seller has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Merger Agreement, to perform its obligations thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby.
4. The execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Seller and the consummation by
the Seller of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller.
5. The Merger Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Seller and,
assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, (a)
except as such enforceability may be subject to the effect of any Laws affecting insured depository
institutions, applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all Laws relating
to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar Laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to the effect of general principles of equity, including, without
limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (b) except as the enforceability of the
indemnity provisions may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy
underlying such laws or may otherwise be limited by applicable provisions of the IBCL.
1 | To be completed by Seller’s counsel. |
6. The authorized capital stock of the Seller consists, immediately prior to the Effective
Time, of 33,000,000 shares of Seller Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of $.01 par value preferred
stock.
7. The execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Seller do not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by the Seller will not,
conflict with or violate (a) the Seller Articles, the Seller By-Laws or the Subsidiary
Organizational Documents, each as amended to the date hereof, (b) any Laws of the United States of
America or the State of Indiana applicable to the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or by which any
of their respective properties is bound or affected, or (c) to our knowledge, any Orders applicable
to the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary or by which any of their respective properties is bound or
affected, the conflict with which or the violation of which would, in our judgment, be reasonably
expected to result in a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
8. To our knowledge, except as otherwise set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there is
no Proceeding pending or overtly threatened against the Seller or any Seller Subsidiary in writing
which questions, directly or indirectly, the validity or enforceability of the Merger Agreement.
9. Based solely on our review of the applicable stock record book of the Seller or the Seller
Subsidiary, as the case may be, or the Subsidiary Organizational Documents of any Seller Subsidiary
that is not a corporation and does not have certificated equity interests, the Seller or one or
more of the Seller Subsidiaries owns of record, and to our knowledge beneficially, all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock and/or equity interests, as applicable, of each Seller
Subsidiary except for the preferred equity interests in First Indiana Capital Trust I and First
Indiana Capital Statutory Trust II.
10. The Proxy Statement (excluding all information about, or supplied or omitted by, the
Company for use in the Proxy Statement, as to all of which we do not express any opinion), at the
time it was first mailed to holders of Seller Common Stock and at the date of the Seller
Stockholders’ Meeting, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act.
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We have participated in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and, in the course of such
preparation, in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Seller with respect thereto.
Although we are not passing upon or assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained or incorporated in the Proxy Statement, during the course of
such participation, no facts have come to our attention which would lead us to believe that the
Proxy Statement at the time it was first mailed to holders of Seller Common Stock and at the time
of the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading (except that we do not comment with respect to any information about, or
supplied or omitted by, the Company for use in the Proxy Statement).
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ANNEX C
Form of Opinion of Counsel to Company2
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of the
State of Wisconsin and is in active status. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, M&I Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx Bank (the “Bank”), is a state banking association duly formed and validly existing under the
Laws of the State of Wisconsin, is in active status and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted as described in the Company’s
Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006. For purposes of this
Section 1, “active status” means that the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, has filed its
most recent required annual report and has not filed articles of dissolution with the Wisconsin
Department of Financial Institutions.
2. Each of the Company and the Bank is duly qualified or licensed as foreign corporation or
other foreign legal entity, as the case may be, to do business, and is in good standing, in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of
its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for qualification or
licensing in any such jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Merger Agreement, to perform its obligations thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby.
4. The execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.
5. The Merger Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the Seller, constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
(a) except as such enforceability may be subject to the effect of any Laws affecting insured
depository institutions, applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all Laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, receivership, moratorium or similar Laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to the effect of general principles of equity, including,
without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (b) except as the
enforceability of the indemnity provisions may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
the public policy underlying such laws or may otherwise be limited by applicable provisions of the
WBCL.
2 | Opinions to be adjusted, as necessary, to reflect the Conversion if the Conversion occurs prior to the Closing. |
6. The execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company do not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by the Company will not,
conflict with or violate (a) the Company Organizational Documents, (b) any Laws of the United
States of America or the State of Wisconsin applicable to the Company or the Bank or by which any
of their respective properties is bound or affected, or (c) to our knowledge, any Orders applicable
to the Company or the Bank or by which any of their respective properties is bound or affected, the
conflict with which or the violation of which would, in our judgment, be reasonably expected to
result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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