FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This First Amendment (the "AMENDMENT") to the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement (the "RIGHTS AGREEMENT") dated February 3, 1999 and amended and
restated on March 29, 1999 is made and entered into this 20th day of July, 2001
by and between BANK PLUS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation (the
"RIGHTS AGENT"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given them in the Rights Agreement.
RECITALS
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WHEREAS, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "BOARD") may, from time to time, without the
approval of any holders of Rights, supplement or amend any provision of the
Rights Agreement and direct the Rights Agent so to supplement or amend such
provision;
WHEREAS, the Board believes that it is in the best interest of the Company
to amend the Rights Agreement;
AGREEMENT
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set
forth herein, the parties hereto agree to amend the Rights Agreement as follows:
1. AMENDMENT.
A. The final sentence of the definition of "Beneficial Owner"
in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (i)-(v)
above, (a) a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of
securities shall not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of,
or to Beneficially Own, any securities acquired through such
Person's participation in good faith in a firm commitment
underwriting until the expiration of 40 days after the date of
such acquisition, and (b) neither FBOP Corporation, nor any of
its Affiliates, shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of,
or to Beneficially Own, any shares of common stock of the
Company solely because such shares are the subject of the
Voting Agreements.
B. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to
add the following definitions:
"FBOP Merger" shall mean the merger of the Company with a
subsidiary of FBOP Corporation, as contemplated in the FBOP
Merger Agreement.
C. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add
the following definition:
"FBOP Merger Agreement" means that certain Agreement and Plan
of Merger entered into by and between the Company and FBOP
Corporation dated June 2, 2001.
D. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add
the following definition:
"Voting Agreements" means those certain agreements by and
between FBOP Corporation and each of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, dated June 2, 2001, pursuant to which Messrs. ▇▇▇▇▇ and
▇▇▇▇▇ agreed to vote shares of common stock of the Company
that they each beneficially own in favor of the FBOP Merger.
E. The Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add Section 35
as follows:
Section 35. "TERMINATION" Effective immediately prior to the
consummation of the FBOP Merger, this Agreement shall
automatically terminate and shall have no further force or
effect."
2. RATIFICATION. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Rights
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms,
without any waiver, amendment or other modification of any provision thereof.
3. GOVERNING LAW. The Company and the Rights Agent agree that
the interpretation, validity, construction, and performance of this Amendment
shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its
principles of conflicts of laws.
4. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each such counterpart shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of July 20, 2001.
BANK PLUS CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Executive Officer
American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as Rights Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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