AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among HOME FEDERAL BANCORP, INC. OF LOUISIANA, HOME FEDERAL MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY OF LOUISIANA and FIRST LOUISIANA BANCSHARES, INC. dated as of December 11, 2007
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
by
and among
HOME
FEDERAL MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY OF LOUISIANA
and
FIRST
LOUISIANA BANCSHARES, INC.
dated
as of December 11, 2007
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
MERGER
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8
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2.1
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The
Merger
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8
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2.2
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Effective
Time; Closing
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8
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2.3
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Treatment
of Capital Stock
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9
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2.4
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Shareholder
Rights; Stock Transfers
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10
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2.5
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Election
and Exchange Procedures
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10
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2.6
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Fractional
Shares
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16
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2.7
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Options
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16
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2.8
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Additional
Actions
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17
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ARTICLE
III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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18
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3.1
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Capital
Structure
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18
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3.2
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Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Company
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18
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3.3
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Ownership
of the Company Subsidiaries
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18
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3.4
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Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Company Subsidiaries
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3.5
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Authorized
and Effective Agreement
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19
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3.6
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Regulatory
Reports
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20
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3.7
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Financial
Statements
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21
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3.8
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Material
Adverse Change
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21
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3.9
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Environmental
Matters
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22
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3.10
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Tax
Matters
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22
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3.11
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Legal
Proceedings
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3.12
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Compliance
with Laws
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23
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3.13
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Certain
Information
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24
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3.14
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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24
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3.15
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Certain
Contracts
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26
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3.16
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Brokers
and Finders
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27
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3.17
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Insurance
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27
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3.18
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Properties
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27
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3.19
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Labor
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27
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3.20
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Affiliates
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28
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3.21
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Allowance
for Loan Losses
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28
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3.22
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Fairness
Opinion
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28
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3.23
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Disclosures
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28
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3.24
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State
Takeover Statutes
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28
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ARTICLE
IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF HOME BANCORP AND THE MHC
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29
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4.1
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Capital
Structure
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29
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4.2
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Organization,
Standing and Authority of Home Bancorp, the MHC and the Holding
Company
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29
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4.3
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Ownership
of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
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30
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4.4
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Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
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30
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4.5
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Authorized
and Effective Agreement
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30
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4.6
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Securities
and Regulatory Reports
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32
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4.7
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Financial
Statements
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33
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4.8
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Material
Adverse Change
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33
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4.9
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Environmental
Matters
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34
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4.10
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Tax
Matters
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34
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4.11
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Legal
Proceedings
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35
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4.12
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Compliance
with Laws
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35
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4.13
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Certain
Information
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36
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4.14
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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37
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4.15
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Certain
Contracts
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38
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4.16
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Brokers
and Finders
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39
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4.17
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Insurance
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39
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4.18
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Properties
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39
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4.19
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Labor
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40
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4.20
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Affiliates
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40
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4.21
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Allowance
for Losses on Loans
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40
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4.22
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Disclosures
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41
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ARTICLE
V
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COVENANTS
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41
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5.1
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Reasonable
Best Efforts
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41
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5.2
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Shareholder
and Member Meetings
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41
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5.3
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Regulatory
Matters
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42
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5.4
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Investigation
and Confidentiality
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43
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5.5
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Press
Releases
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44
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5.6
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Business
of the Parties
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44
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5.7
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Certain
Actions
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47
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5.8
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Current
Information
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48
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5.9
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Indemnification;
Insurance
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49
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5.10
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Directors
and Executive Officers
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51
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5.11
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Employees
and Employee Benefit Plans
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52
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5.12
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Bank
Merger
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54
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5.13
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Organization
of the Holding Company
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55
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5.14
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Shareholder
Agreements
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55
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5.15
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Integration
of Policies; Certain Modifications
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55
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5.16
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Disclosure
Supplements
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56
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5.17
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Failure
to Fulfill Conditions
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56
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5.18
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Statutory
Trust
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56
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ARTICLE
VI
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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56
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6.1
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Conditions
Precedent – Home Bancorp and the Company
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56
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6.2
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Conditions
Precedent – The Company
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58
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6.3
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Conditions
Precedent – Home Bancorp and the MHC
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59
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ARTICLE
VII
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TERMINATION,
WAIVER AND AMENDMENT
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60
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7.1
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Termination
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60
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7.2
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Effect
of Termination
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7.3
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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7.4
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Waiver
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7.5
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Amendment
or Supplement
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62
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ARTICLE
VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1
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Expenses;
Termination Fees
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63
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8.2
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Entire
Agreement
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64
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8.3
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No
Assignment
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64
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8.4
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Notices
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64
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8.5
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Alternative
Structure
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65
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8.6
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Interpretation
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66
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8.7
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Counterparts
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66
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8.8
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Governing
Law
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66
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Appendix
A
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Form
of Company Shareholder Agreement
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X-0
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Xxxxxxxx
X
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Form
of Home Bancorp Shareholder Agreement
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B-1
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Appendix
C
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Form
of Home Federal Mutual Holding Company of Louisiana Shareholder
Agreement
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C-1
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Appendix
D
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Articles
of Incorporation of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of
Louisiana
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D-1
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Appendix
E
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Bylaws
of Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana
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E-1
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Appendix
F
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Form
of Employment Agreement between First Louisiana Bank and Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
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F-1
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Appendix
G
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Form
of Employment Agreement between First Louisiana Bancshares, Inc.
and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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G-1
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Appendix
H
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Form
of Employment Agreement between First Louisiana Bank and Xxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
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H-1
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Appendix
I
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Form
of Employment Agreement between First Louisiana Bancshares, Inc.
and Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
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I-1
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Appendix
J
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Form
of Accession to Agreement
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J-1
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Appendix
K
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Form
of Affiliate’s Letter
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K-1
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iii
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the
“Agreement”), dated as of December 11, 2007, by and among Home Federal Bancorp,
Inc. of Louisiana (“Home Bancorp”), a federally-chartered subsidiary holding
company, Home Federal Mutual Holding Company of Louisiana (the “MHC”), a
federally-chartered mutual holding company, and First Louisiana Bancshares,
Inc.
(the “Company”), a Louisiana corporation.
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Boards of Directors of
Home Bancorp, the MHC and the Company have determined to consummate the business
combination transactions provided for herein, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to provide
for certain undertakings, conditions, representations, warranties and covenants
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
WHEREAS,
the parties intend that the
Merger, as hereinafter defined, contemplated hereby will qualify as a
reorganization under Section 368 of the Code, as hereinafter defined, and
that
this Agreement constitutes a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of the
Code;
WHEREAS,
as an inducement to Home
Bancorp and the MHC to enter into this Agreement and simultaneously with
the
execution of this Agreement, each director of the Company and the Bank, as
hereinafter defined, is entering into an agreement (the “Company Shareholder
Agreement”), in the form of Appendix A hereto pursuant to which they have
agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Company Common Stock
in
favor of this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
as an inducement to the
Company to enter into this Agreement and simultaneously with the execution
of
this Agreement, (i) each director of Home Bancorp and Home Federal, as
hereinafter defined, is entering into an agreement (the “Home Bancorp
Shareholder Agreement”), in the form of Appendix B hereto, pursuant to
which they have agreed (A) to vote, to the extent they are members of the
MHC
eligible to vote on the Plan of Conversion, in favor of the Plan of Conversion
and (B) to vote their shares of Home Bancorp Common Stock in favor of this
Agreement, and (ii) the MHC is entering an agreement (the “MHC Shareholder
Agreement”) in the form of Appendix C hereto pursuant to which it has agreed to
vote in favor of this Agreement as a shareholder of Home Bancorp, all the
shares
of Home Bancorp Common Stock owned thereby; and
WHEREAS,
as an inducement to Home
Bancorp and the MHC to enter into this Agreement, the Company, the Bank and
Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx are simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement entering
into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Executive Employment
Agreement regarding the termination of said Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement in connection with the consummation of the
Merger.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
The
following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Acquisition
Proposal” means any
proposal or offer with respect to any of the following (other than the
transactions contemplated hereunder) involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries: (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business
combination or other similar transaction; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of 20% or more of the Company’s
consolidated assets in a single transaction or series of transactions; (iii)
any
tender offer or exchange offer for 20% or more of the outstanding shares
of the
Company’s capital stock or the filing of a registration statement under the
Securities Act in connection therewith; or (iv) any public announcement of
a
proposal, plan or intention to do any of the foregoing or any agreement to
engage in any of the foregoing.
“Accession
Agreement” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.13 hereof.
“Application
for Conversion” shall mean
the application submitted by the MHC to the OTS pursuant to the HOLA and
the
regulations of the OTS promulgated thereunder in connection with the Conversion,
as amended and supplemented.
“Bank”
shall
mean First Louisiana Bank,
a state bank organized under the banking laws of the State of Louisiana and
a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
“Banking
Law” shall mean the Louisiana
Banking Law, as amended.
“Bank
Merger” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.12 hereof.
“Bank
Merger Agreement” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.12 hereof.
“BCL”
shall
mean the Business
Corporation Law of Louisiana, as amended.
“Business
Day” means
Monday through Friday of each week, except a legal holiday recognized as
such by
the U.S. Government or any day on which banking institutions in the State
of
Louisiana are authorized or obligated to close.
“Certificate
of Merger” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
“Closing”
shall
have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
“Closing
Date” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
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“Code”
shall
mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission”
shall
mean the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company
Affiliate” shall mean any
person who is deemed, for purposes of Rule 145 under the Securities Act,
to be
an “affiliate” of the Company.
“Company
Common Stock” shall mean the
common stock, par value $2.00 per share, of the Company.
“Company
Employee Plans” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a) hereof.
“Company
Financial Statements” shall
mean (i) the consolidated balance sheets (including related notes and schedules,
if any) of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including
related notes and schedules, if any) of the Company for each of the three
years
ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 as examined and reported upon by Heard
XxXxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, and
the audited or unaudited, as the case may be, (ii) consolidated balance sheets
of the Company (including related notes and schedules, if any) and consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including
related notes and schedules, if any) of the Company with respect to each
of the
quarterly or fiscal year periods ended subsequent to December 31,
2006.
“Company
Options” shall mean options to
purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company Option
Plans.
“Company
Option Plans” shall mean each
of (i) the First Louisiana Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and (ii)
the
non-statutory stock option agreements entered into with each of the organizing
directors of the Company (collectively, the “Company Option
Plans”).
“Company
Preferred Stock” shall mean
the shares of preferred stock, par value $2.00 per share, of the
Company.
“Conversion”
shall
mean the series of
substantially simultaneous transactions as provided for in the Plan of
Conversion including the conversion and the mergers whereby the MHC will
convert
from the mutual to the stock form of organization and as a result of which
(i)
the MHC will cease to exist and a liquidation account will be established
by
Home Federal for the benefit of members of the MHC, (ii) Home Federal will
become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Holding Company, (iii) each share
of
Home Federal Bancorp Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective
time thereof other than shares of Home Federal Bancorp Common Stock owned
by the
MHC, which shares shall be cancelled in connection with the Conversion, will
be
converted into shares of Holding Company Common Stock based on an exchange
ratio, plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest, and (iv) the Holding
Company will offer shares of Conversion Stock to Participants (as such term
is
defined in the Plan of Conversion) and the general public in the
Conversion.
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“DIF”
shall
mean the Deposit Insurance
Fund administered by the FDIC or any successor thereto.
“Dissenting
Shares” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
“DOJ”
shall
mean the United States
Department of Justice.
“Effective
Time” shall mean the date
and time specified pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof as the effective time of
the
Merger.
“Environmental
Claim” means any written
notice from any Governmental Entity or third party alleging potential liability
(including, without limitation, potential liability for investigatory costs,
cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages, property
damages, personal injuries or penalties) arising out of, based on, or resulting
from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Materials of
Environmental Concern.
“Environmental
Laws” means any federal,
state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license,
permit,
authorization, approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or
agreement with any governmental entity relating to (i) the protection,
preservation or restoration of the environment (including, without limitation,
air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface
soil, subsurface soil, plant and animal life or any other natural resource),
and/or (ii) the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation,
processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Materials
of
Environment Concern. The term Environmental Law includes without
limitation (i) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq; the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §6901, et seq; the Clean Air Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. §7401, et seq; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, 33 U.S.C. §1251, et seq; the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended,
15 U.S.C. §9601, et seq; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Xxxx Xxx,
00 X.X.X. §0000, et seq; the Safe Drinking Xxxxx Xxx, 00 X.X.X. §000x, et seq;
and all comparable state and local laws, and (ii) any common law (including
without limitation common law that may impose strict liability) that may
impose
liability or obligations for injuries or damages due to, or threatened as
a
result of, the presence of or exposure to any Materials of Environmental
Concern.
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“Exchange
Act” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Ratio” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
“FDIA”
shall
mean the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, as amended.
“FDIC”
shall
mean the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.
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“FHLB”
shall
mean Federal Home Loan
Bank.
“Final
Purchase Price” shall mean the
price per share at which Holding Company Common Stock is ultimately sold
by the
Holding Company to Participants (as defined in the Plan of Conversion) and
others in connection with the Conversion.
“FRB”
shall
mean the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.
“Form
S-1” shall mean the registration
statement on Form S-1, as amended and supplemented (or on any successor or
other
appropriate form) to be filed by the Holding Company in connection with the
issuance of shares of Holding Company Common Stock in connection with the
Merger
and the Conversion.
“Governmental
Entity” shall mean any
federal or state court, administrative agency or commission or other
governmental authority or instrumentality.
“HOLA”
shall
mean the Home Owners’ Loan
Act, as amended.
“Holding
Company” shall mean Home
Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana, a business corporation which shall be
organized by Home Federal under the BCL for the purposes of becoming the
stock-form holding company of Home Federal upon consummation of the Conversion
and acquiring the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Holding
Company Common Stock” shall
mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Holding
Company.
“Holding
Company Preferred Stock” shall
mean the preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Holding
Company.
“Home
Federal” shall mean Home Federal
Savings and Loan Association.
“Home
Federal Employee Plans” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a) hereof.
“Home
Bancorp Financial Statements”
shall mean (i) the consolidated balance sheets (including related notes and
schedules, if any) of Home Bancorp as of June 30, 2007 and 2006 and the
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash
flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) of Home Bancorp for
each
of the three years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005 as filed by Home Bancorp
in its Securities Documents, and (ii) the consolidated balance sheets of
Home
Bancorp (including related notes and schedules, if any) and the consolidated
statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including
related notes and schedules, if any) of Home Bancorp, as filed by Home Bancorp
in its Securities Documents, with respect to the periods ended subsequent
to
June 30, 2007.
“IRS”
shall
have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.10(c) hereof.
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“KSOP”
shall
mean the First Louisiana
Bancshares, Inc. KSOP Plan.
“Material
Adverse Effect” shall mean,
(i) with respect to the Company, any effect that has or would be expected
to
have a material and adverse effect on the financial condition, results of
operations or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as whole,
(ii)
with respect to Home Bancorp, any effect that has or would be expected to
have a
material and adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations,
or business of Home Bancorp and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii)
any
effect which materially impairs the ability of either the Company or the
Bank,
on the one hand, or Home Bancorp, the MHC or Home Federal, on the other hand,
to
consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement on a timely basis, provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect
shall not be deemed to include the impact of (a) changes in laws, rules and
regulations or interpretations thereof that are generally applicable to the
banking institution or savings institution industries, (b) changes in generally
accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting requirements that
are
generally applicable to the banking institution or savings institution
industries, (c) reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, (d) actions or omissions of a party (or any of its
Subsidiaries, as hereinafter defined,) taken or omitted to be taken with
the
prior express written consent of the other party or parties in contemplation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, (e) any effect with respect to a Party
hereto caused, in whole or substantial part, by another Party hereto, or
(f)
changes attributable to or resulting from changes in general economic
conditions, including changes in the prevailing level of interest
rates.
“Materials
of Environmental Concern”
means pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and
petroleum products and any other materials regulated under Environmental
Laws.
“Merger”
shall
have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“Merger
Consideration” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3 (a)(iii) hereof.
“NASD”
shall
mean the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“OFI”
means
the Louisiana Office of
Financial Institutions.
“OTS”
means
the Office of Thrift
Supervision.
“PBGC”
shall
mean the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“Party”
shall
mean Home Bancorp, the
MHC or the Company, whichever is applicable.
“Person”
shall
mean any individual,
bank, savings association, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock
company, business trust, limited liability company or unincorporated
organization.
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“Plan
of Conversion” shall mean the
written plan of conversion and reorganization adopted by the Boards of Directors
of the MHC, Home Bancorp, the Holding Company and Home Federal pursuant to
which
the Conversion will be effected.
“Previously
Disclosed” shall mean
disclosed (i) in a disclosure schedule dated the date hereof delivered from
the
disclosing Party to the other Parties specifically referring to the appropriate
section of this Agreement and describing in reasonable detail the matters
contained therein, or (ii) a supplement to the disclosure schedule dated
after
the date hereof from the disclosing party specifically referring to this
Agreement and describing in reasonable detail the matters contained therein
and
delivered to the other Parties pursuant to Section 5.16 hereof.
“Prospectus”
shall
mean the prospectus,
as amended and supplemented, to be delivered to (i) shareholders of the Company
in connection with the offering of Holding Company Common Stock in connection
with the Merger pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) shareholders of Home Bancorp
in
connection with the offering of Holding Company Common Stock in connection
with
the Conversion and (iii) Participants (as defined in the Plan of Conversion)
and
others in connection with the offering of Holding Company Common Stock in
connection with the Conversion.
“Proxy
Statements” shall mean the proxy
statements, as amended and supplemented, to be delivered to (i) shareholders
of
the Company in connection with the solicitation of their approval of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) shareholders of
Home
Bancorp in connection with the solicitation of their approval of the adoption
of
(A) this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and (B) the Plan
of
Conversion and the transactions contemplated thereby and (iii) the Voting
Members (as defined in the Plan of Conversion) of the MHC in connection with
the
solicitation of their approval of the Plan of Conversion and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
“Rights”
shall
mean warrants, options,
rights, convertible securities and other arrangements or commitments which
obligate an entity to issue or dispose of any of its capital stock or other
ownership interests.
“Securities
Act” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities
Documents” shall mean all
reports, offering circulars, proxy statements, registration statements and
all
similar documents filed, or required to be filed, pursuant to the Securities
Laws.
“Securities
Laws” shall mean the
Securities Act; the Exchange Act; the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended; the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended; and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder with respect to the Securities Laws.
“Subsidiary”
and
“Significant
Subsidiary” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of
the Commission.
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“Surviving
Bank” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.12 hereof.
Other
terms used herein are defined in
the preamble or elsewhere in this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
2.1 The
Merger
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as
defined
in Section 2.2 hereof), the Company shall be merged with and into the Holding
Company (the “Merger”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 12:111 et.
seq. of the BCL. The Holding Company shall be the surviving
corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the “Surviving Corporation”) of the
Merger, and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the
State
of Louisiana. Upon consummation of the Merger, the separate corporate
existence of the Company shall terminate and the Articles of Incorporation
of
the Holding Company will be amended to provide that the name of the Surviving
Corporation shall be “First Louisiana Bancshares, Inc.”
(b) From
and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth
in
Section 12:115 of the BCL.
(c) The
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Holding Company in the forms
attached hereto as Appendix D and Appendix E hereto, respectively,
as in effect as of the Effective Time, shall be the Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, respectively, until altered, amended
or
repealed in accordance with their terms and applicable law and as set forth
in
Section 2.1(a) hereof.
(d) The
authorized capital stock of the Surviving Corporation shall be as stated
in the
Articles of Incorporation of the Holding Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(e) The
directors and officers of the Holding Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time, together with the directors and officers elected pursuant to Section
5.10
hereof, shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation,
each
to hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected, appointed
or
qualified in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the
Surviving Corporation as well as the provisions hereof.
2.2 Effective
Time; Closing
The
Merger shall become effective upon
the occurrence of the filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary
of
State of the State of Louisiana (the “Certificate of Merger”), unless a later
date and time is specified as the effective time in such Certificate of Merger
(the “Effective Time”). The Effective Time will occur immediately
after the consummation of the Conversion. A closing (the “Closing”)
shall take place immediately prior to the Effective Time at 10:00 a.m., Central
Time, following the satisfaction or waiver, to the extent permitted hereunder,
of the conditions to the consummation of the Merger specified in Article
VI of
this Agreement (other than the delivery of certificates, opinions and other
instruments and documents to be delivered at the Closing) (the “Closing Date”),
at such place and at such time as the parties may mutually agree
upon. At the Closing, there shall be delivered to the MHC, Home
Bancorp and the Holding Company, on the one hand, and the Company, on the
other
hand, the opinions, certificates and other documents required to be delivered
under Article VI hereof.
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2.3 Treatment
of Capital Stock
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, automatically
by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any
shareholder:
(i) each
share of Holding Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior
to the Effective Time (consisting of shares issued or to be issued by the
Holding Company in connection with the Conversion) shall be unchanged and
shall
remain issued and outstanding;
(ii) each
share of Company Common Stock owned by the Company (including treasury shares)
or the Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than
shares held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of third parties or as
a
result of debts previously contracted) shall be cancelled and retired and
shall
not represent capital stock of the Holding Company and shall not be exchanged
for shares of Holding Company Common Stock, or other consideration;
and
(iii)
(A) Subject to
Sections 2.5 and 2.6, each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding
at the Effective Time (other than shares to be cancelled in accordance with
Section 2.3(a)(ii) and any Dissenting Shares, as hereinafter defined, subject
to
Section 2.3(d)) shall be converted into, and shall be cancelled in exchange
for,
the right to receive, at the election of the holder thereof:
(1) the
number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock which is equal to the quotient
(the “Exchange Ratio”) determined by dividing (x) $28.00 by (y) the Final
Purchase Price of Holding Company Common Stock (or 2.8 shares assuming a
Final
Purchase Price of $10.00 per share) (the “Per Share Stock Consideration”),
or
(2) a
cash amount equal to $28.00 (the “Per Share Cash Consideration”).
The
Per
Share Stock Consideration and Per Share Cash Consideration are collectively
referred to herein as the “Merger Consideration.”
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, the “Aggregate Cash Consideration” shall be equal to
the product of the number of shares of Company Common Stock (including any
Dissenting Shares but excluding shares of Company Common Stock being cancelled
pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(ii) or which are owned by the Holding Company
other
than in a fiduciary capacity) outstanding at the Effective Time multiplied
by
.40 multiplied by the Per Share Cash Consideration.
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(c) Each
outstanding share of Company Common Stock the holder of which has perfected
his
right to dissent under Section 12:131 of the BCL and has not effectively
withdrawn or lost such right as of the Effective Time (the “Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive the Merger
Consideration hereunder, and the holder thereof shall be entitled only to
such
rights as are granted by applicable law. The Company shall give Home
Bancorp prompt notice upon receipt by the Company of any such demands for
payment of the fair value of such shares of Company Common Stock and of
withdrawals of such notice and any other instruments provided pursuant to
applicable law (any shareholder duly making such demand being hereinafter
called
a “Dissenting Shareholder”) and Home Bancorp and the Holding Company shall have
the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect
to any
such demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior written
consent of Home Bancorp and/or the Holding Company, voluntarily make any
payment
with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demand for payment,
or
waive any failure to timely deliver a written demand for appraisal or the
taking
of any other action by such Dissenting Shareholder as may be necessary to
perfect appraisal rights under applicable law. Any payments made in
respect of Dissenting Shares shall be made by the Surviving
Corporation.
(d) If
any Dissenting Shareholder shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure
to perfect or otherwise) his right to such payment at or prior to the Effective
Time, such holder’s shares of Company Common Stock shall be converted into a
right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Agreement. If such holder shall effectively
withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) his right to such
payment after the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock of such
holder shall be converted on a share by share basis into either the right
to
receive the Per Share Cash Consideration or the Per Share Stock Consideration
as
the Surviving Corporation shall determine pursuant to the terms hereof in
its
sole determination.
2.4 Shareholder
Rights; Stock Transfers
At
the Effective Time, holders of
Company Common Stock shall cease to be and shall have no rights as shareholders
of the Company, other than to receive the consideration provided under Sections
2.3 and 2.6 hereof. After the Effective Time, there shall be no
transfers on the stock transfers books of the Company or the Surviving
Corporation of shares of Company Common Stock and if certificates evidencing
such shares are presented for transfer after the Effective Time, they shall
be
cancelled against delivery of (i) certificates for whole shares of Holding
Company Common Stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest)
equal
to the Per Share Stock Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of
Company Common Stock presented for transfer or (ii) the Per Share Cash
Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock
presented for transfer or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), in each case
as
determined in accordance with this Agreement as herein provided.
2.5 Election
and Exchange Procedures
(a) Home
Bancorp shall designate an exchange agent reasonably satisfactory to the
Company
to act as agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for purposes of conducting the election
procedure and the exchange procedure as described in this Section 2.5 and
Section 2.6. No later than 15 days prior to the anticipated Effective
Time or on such earlier date as Home Bancorp and the Company may mutually
agree
(the “Mailing Date”), Home Bancorp shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail or
make available to each holder of record as of five (5) Business Days prior
to
the Mailing Date of a certificate or certificates representing issued and
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (each a “Certificate”) (i) a notice
and letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected
and risk of loss and title to the certificates theretofore representing shares
of Company Common Stock shall pass only upon proper delivery of such
certificates to the Exchange Agent) advising such holder of the procedure
for
surrendering to the Exchange Agent such Certificate or Certificates in exchange
for the Merger Consideration set forth in Section 2.3(a)(iii) hereof deliverable
in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) an election form in
such
form as Home Bancorp and Company shall mutually agree (“Election
Form”). Each Election Form shall permit the holder (or in the case of
nominee record holders, the beneficial owner through proper instructions
and
documentation) (i) to elect to receive Holding Company Common Stock with
respect
to the designated number of such holder’s Company Common Stock (the “Stock
Election Shares”), (ii) to elect to receive cash with respect to the designated
number of such holder’s Company Common Stock (the “Cash Election Shares”), or
(iii) to indicate that such holder makes no such election with respect to
such
holder’s shares of Company Common Stock (the “No-Election Shares”). A
holder of Company Common Stock may elect to receive a combination of Holding
Company Common Stock and cash with respect to his shares of Company Common
Stock. Nominee record holders who hold Company Common Stock on behalf
of multiple beneficial owners shall indicate how many of the shares held
by them
are Stock Election Shares, Cash Election Shares and No-Election
Shares. Any shares of Company Common Stock with respect to which the
holder thereof shall not, as of the Election Deadline (as defined below),
have
made such an election by submission to the Exchange Agent of an effective,
properly completed Election Form shall be deemed to be No-Election
Shares. For purposes of the allocation procedures set forth in this
Section 2.5, any Dissenting Shares shall be deemed Cash Election Shares and
with
respect to such shares the holders thereof shall in no event receive
consideration comprised of Holding Company Common Stock.
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(b) The
term “Election Deadline” shall mean 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 15th
Business Day following but not including the Mailing Date
or such other date as Home Bancorp and the Company shall mutually agree
upon.
(c) Any
election to receive Holding Company Common Stock or cash shall have been
properly made only if the Exchange Agent shall have actually received a properly
completed Election Form, together with any duly executed transmittal materials
included with the Election Form, by the Election Deadline. An
Election Form will be properly completed only if accompanied by Certificates
representing all shares of Company Common Stock covered thereby, subject
to the
provisions of subsection (i) below of this Section 2.5. Any Election
Form may be revoked or changed by the person submitting such Election Form
to
the Exchange Agent by written notice to the Exchange Agent only if such notice
is actually received by the Exchange Agent at or prior to the Election
Deadline. The Certificate or Certificates relating to any revoked
Election Form shall be promptly returned without charge to the Person submitting
the Election Form to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent shall
have reasonable discretion to determine when any election, modification or
revocation is received and whether any such election, modification or revocation
has been properly made and to disregard any immaterial defects in any Election
Form and any good faith decisions of the Exchange Agent regarding such matters
shall be binding and conclusive. Neither Home Bancorp, the Holding
Company nor the Exchange Agent shall be under any obligation to notify any
Person of any defect in an Election Form. In addition, in the event
this Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Date, the Exchange Agent
shall promptly return any Certificate or Certificates to any Person who
submitted an Election Form.
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(d) As
soon as practicable after the Election Deadline, and provided that the Company
has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Exchange Agent all information
which is necessary for the Exchange Agent to perform its obligations as
specified herein, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record
of a
Certificate or Certificates who has not previously surrendered such Certificate
or Certificates with a form of 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
instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange
for the Merger Consideration into which the shares of Company Common Stock
represented by such Certificate or Certificates shall have been converted
pursuant to Section 2.3 and this Section 2.5. Upon proper surrender
of a Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together
with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder
of
such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, as
applicable, (i) a certificate representing that number of shares of Holding
Company Common Stock (if any) to which such former holder of Company Common
Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) a check
representing that amount of cash (if any) to which such former holder of
Company
Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to this Agreement and/or
(iii)
a check representing the amount of cash (if any) payable in lieu of a fractional
share of Holding Company Common Stock which such former holder has the right
to
receive in respect of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to this Agreement,
and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled.
(e) Within
five (5) Business Days after the later to occur of the Election Deadline
or the
Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall effect the allocation among holders
of
Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time of rights to
receive Holding Company Common Stock or cash in the Merger in accordance
with
the Election Forms as follows:
(i) If
the number of Cash Election Shares (including Dissenting Shares) times the
Per
Share Cash Consideration is less than the Aggregate Cash Consideration,
then:
(A) all
Cash Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive
cash,
(B) No-Election
Shares shall then be deemed to be Cash Election Shares to the extent necessary
to have the total number of Cash Election Shares times the Per Share Cash
Consideration equal the Aggregate Cash Consideration. If less than
all of the No-Election Shares need to be treated as Cash Election Shares,
the
Exchange Agent shall convert on a pro rata basis as described below in Section
2.5(f) a sufficient number of No-Election Shares into Cash Election Shares
(“Reallocated No-Election Shares”) such that the sum of the number of Cash
Election Shares plus the number of Reallocated No-Election Shares equals
the
Aggregate Cash Consideration.
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(C) If
all of the No-Election Shares are treated as Cash Election Shares under the
preceding subsection and the total number of Cash Election Shares times the
Per
Share Cash Consideration is less than the Aggregate Cash Consideration, then
the
Exchange Agent shall convert on a pro rata basis as described below in Section
2.5(f) a sufficient number of Stock Election Shares into Cash Election Shares
(“Reallocated Cash Shares”) such that the sum of the number of Cash Election
Shares plus the number of Reallocated Cash Shares times the Per Share Cash
Consideration equals the Aggregate Cash Consideration, and all Reallocated
Cash
Shares will be converted into the right to receive cash, and
(D) the
Stock Election Shares which are not Reallocated Cash Shares shall be converted
into the right to receive Holding Company Common Stock.
(ii) If
the number of Cash Election Shares (including Dissenting Shares) times the
Per
Share Cash Consideration is greater than the Aggregate Cash Consideration,
then:
(A) all
Stock Election Shares and all No-Election Shares shall be converted into
the
right to receive Holding Company Common Stock,
(B) the
Exchange Agent shall convert on a pro rata basis as described below in Section
2.5(f) a sufficient number of Cash Election Shares (other than Dissenting
Shares) (“Reallocated Stock Shares”) such that the number of remaining Cash
Election Shares (including Dissenting Shares) times the Per Share Cash
Consideration equals the Aggregate Cash Consideration, and all Reallocated
Stock
Shares shall be converted into the right to receive Holding Company Common
Stock, and
(C) the
Dissenting Shares and the Cash Election Shares which are not Reallocated
Stock
Shares shall be converted into the right to receive cash.
(iii) If
the number of Cash Election Shares (including Dissenting Shares) times the Per
Share Cash Consideration is equal to the Aggregate Cash Consideration, then
subparagraphs (e)(i) and (ii) above shall not apply and all No-Election Shares
and all Stock Election Shares will be converted into the right to receive
Holding Company Common Stock and all Cash Election Shares will be converted
into
the right to receive cash.
(f)
In the event that the Exchange Agent is required pursuant to Section
2.5(e)(i)(C) to convert some Stock Election Shares into Reallocated Cash
Shares,
each holder of Stock Election Shares shall be allocated a pro rata portion
of
the total Reallocated Cash Shares. Such proration shall reflect the
proportion that the number of Stock Election Shares of each holder of Stock
Election Shares bears to the total number of Stock Election
Shares. In the event the Exchange Agent is required pursuant to
Section 2.5(e)(ii)(B) to convert some Cash Election Shares into Reallocated
Stock Shares, each holder of Cash Election Shares shall be allocated a pro
rata
portion of the total Reallocated Stock Shares. Such proration shall
reflect the proportion that the number of Cash Election Shares of each holder
of
Cash Election Shares bears to the total number of Cash Election
Shares. In the event the Exchange Agent is required pursuant to
Section 2.5(e)(i)(B) to convert some No-Election Shares into Reallocated
No-Election Shares, each holder of No-Election Shares shall be allocated
a pro
rata portion of the total Reallocated No-Election Shares. Such
proration shall reflect the proportion that the number of No-Election Shares
of
each holder of No-Election Shares bears to the total number of No-Election
Shares.
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(g) Immediately
prior to the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall (i) reserve for issuance
a sufficient number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock and deliver
to the
Exchange Agent certificates evidencing such number of shares of Holding Company
Common Stock issuable and (ii) deliver to the Exchange Agent the amount of
cash
payable in the Merger (which shall be held by the Exchange Agent in trust
for
the holders of Company Common Stock). No later than five (5) Business
Days after the later to occur of the Election Deadline or the Effective Time,
the Exchange Agent shall distribute Holding Company Common Stock and cash
as
provided herein. The Exchange Agent shall not be entitled to vote or
exercise any rights of ownership with respect to the shares of Holding Company
Common Stock held by it from time to time hereunder, except that it shall
receive and hold all dividends or other distributions paid or distributed
with
respect to such shares for the account of the Persons entitled
thereto.
(h) After
the completion of the foregoing allocation, each former holder of a Certificate
or Certificates, other than with respect to any Dissenting Shares, who has
surrendered such Certificate or Certificates to the Exchange Agent in accordance
with the terms hereof will, upon acceptance thereof by the Exchange Agent,
be
entitled to a certificate or certificates representing the number of full
shares
of Holding Company Common Stock and/or the amount of cash into which the
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock previously represented
by
such Certificate or Certificates so surrendered shall have been converted
pursuant to this Agreement and, if such holder’s shares of Company Common Stock
have been converted into Holding Company Common Stock, any other distribution
theretofore paid with respect to Holding Company Common Stock issuable in
the
Merger including cash payable in lieu of a fractional share, in each case
without interest. The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates
upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Exchange
Agent
may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal
exchange practices. Each outstanding Certificate which prior to the
Effective Time represented Company Common Stock and which is not surrendered
to
the Exchange Agent in accordance with the procedures provided for herein
shall,
except for any Dissenting Shares and as otherwise herein provided, until
duly
surrendered to the Exchange Agent be deemed to evidence the right to receive
the
number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock or the right to receive
the
amount of cash into which such Company Common Stock shall have been
converted. After the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the
Company shall be closed and there shall be no further transfer on the stock
transfer books of the Company of Certificates and if such Certificates are
presented to the Holding Company for transfer, they shall be cancelled against
delivery of certificates for Holding Company Common Stock or cash as hereinabove
provided. No dividends which have been declared will be remitted to
any Person entitled to receive shares of Holding Company Common Stock under
this
Section 2.5 until such Person surrenders the Certificate or Certificates,
at
which time such dividends shall be remitted to such Person, without
interest.
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(i)
The Holding Company shall not be obligated to deliver cash and/or a certificate
or certificates representing shares of Holding Company Common Stock to which
a
holder of Certificates would otherwise be entitled as a result of the Merger
until such holder surrenders the Certificate or Certificates for exchange
as
provided in this Section 2.5, or, in lieu thereof, an appropriate affidavit
of
loss and indemnity agreement and/or a bond as may be required by the Holding
Company. If any certificates evidencing shares of Holding Company
Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate
surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of
the
issuance thereof that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed
or accompanied by an executed form of assignment separate from the Certificate
and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting
such
exchange pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other tax required by
reason
of the issuance of a certificate for shares of Holding Company Common Stock
in
any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered
or otherwise establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such
tax
has been paid or is not payable.
(j)
Any portion of the shares of the Holding Company Common Stock and cash delivered
to the Exchange Agent by the Holding Company pursuant to Section 2.5(g) that
remains unclaimed by the former shareholders of the Company for six months
after
the Effective Time (as well as any proceeds from any investment thereof),
at the
request of the Holding Company, shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent
to the
Holding Company. After delivery to the Holding Company, any former
shareholders of the Company who have not theretofore complied with Section
2.5(h) shall thereafter look only to the Holding Company for the consideration
deliverable in respect of each Certificate such Person holds as determined
pursuant to this Agreement without any interest thereon. If
Certificates are not surrendered or the payment for them is not claimed prior
to
the date on which such shares of the Holding Company Common Stock or cash
would
otherwise escheat to or become the property of any governmental unit or agency,
the unclaimed items shall, to the extent permitted by abandoned property
and any
other applicable law, become the property of the Holding Company (and to
the
extent not in its possession shall be delivered to it), free and clear of
all
claims or interest of any Person previously entitled to such
property. Neither the Exchange Agent nor any Party to this Agreement
shall be liable to any holder of any Certificate for any consideration paid
to a
public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
laws. The Holding Company and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to
rely upon the stock transfer books of the Company to establish the identity
of
those persons entitled to receive the Merger Consideration, which books shall
be
conclusive with respect thereto. In the event of a dispute with
respect to ownership of stock represented by any Certificate, the Holding
Company and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deposit any Merger
Consideration represented thereby in escrow with an independent third party
and
thereafter be relieved with respect to any claims thereto.
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(k) The
Holding Company (through the Exchange Agent, if applicable) shall be entitled
to
deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this
Agreement to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock such amounts as
the
Holding Company is required to deduct and withhold under applicable
law. Any amounts so withheld shall be treated for all purposes of
this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Company Common Stock
in
respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Holding
Company.
(l)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, Certificates surrendered for exchange by any Company Affiliate
shall
not be exchanged for certificates representing shares of Holding Company
Common
Stock to which such Company Affiliate may be entitled pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement until the Holding Company has received a written agreement
from
such person as specified in Section 5.14 in the form of Appendix K
hereto.
2.6 Fractional
Shares
Notwithstanding
any other provision
hereof, no fractional shares of Holding Company Common Stock shall be issued
to
holders of Company Common Stock. In lieu thereof, each holder of
shares of Company Common Stock entitled to a fraction of a share of Holding
Company Common Stock shall, at the time of surrender of the certificate or
certificates representing such holder’s shares, receive an amount of cash
(without interest) equal to the amount determined by multiplying the fractional
share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled by the Final
Purchase Price. No such holder shall be entitled to dividends, voting
rights or any other rights in respect of fractional shares.
2.7 Options
(a) At
the Effective Time, each Company Option which is then outstanding, whether
or
not exercisable, shall cease to represent a right to acquire shares of Company
Common Stock and shall be converted automatically into a right to purchase
shares of Holding Company Common Stock, and the Holding Company shall assume
each Company Option, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company
Option Plan and stock option or other agreement by which it is evidenced,
except
that from and after the Effective Time, (i) the Holding Company and either
its
Board of Directors or a committee consisting solely of two or more Non-Employee
Directors, as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Exchange Act, shall be
substituted for the Company and the committee of the Company’s Board of
Directors (including, if applicable, the entire Board of Directors of the
Company) administering such Company Option Plan, (ii) the number of shares
of
Holding Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option shall be equal
to
the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option
immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio,
provided that any fractional shares of Holding Company Common Stock resulting
from such multiplication shall be rounded up or down, as the case may be,
to the
nearest whole share, and (iii) the per share exercise price under each such
Company Option shall be adjusted by dividing the per share exercise price
under
each such Company Option by the Exchange Ratio, provided that such exercise
price shall be rounded up to the nearest cent. Notwithstanding
clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence, each Company Option which
is
an “incentive stock option” shall be adjusted as required by Sections 409A and
424 of the Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, so as not to
constitute a modification, extension or renewal of the option within the
meaning
of Sections 409A and 424(h) of the Code. The Holding Company and the
Company shall take all necessary steps to effect the foregoing provisions
of
this Section 2.7(a) including in the case of the Holding Company taking all
corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of
shares
of Holding Company Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of the options
to
issue shares of Holding Company Common Stock issued in accordance
herewith.
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(b) As
soon as practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than
10
Business Days, the Holding Company shall deliver to each participant in each
Company Option Plan an appropriate notice setting forth such participant’s
rights pursuant thereto and the grants subject to such Company Option Plan
shall
continue in effect on the same terms and conditions, including without
limitation the duration thereof, subject to the adjustments required by Section
2.7(a) hereof after giving effect to the Merger. Within five Business
Days after the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall file a registration
statement on Form S-8 (or any successor or other appropriate forms), with
respect to the shares of Holding Company Common Stock subject to such Company
Options and shall use its reasonable efforts to maintain the current status
of
the prospectus or prospectuses contained therein for so long as such options
remain outstanding.
(c) With
respect to those individuals who, subsequent to the Merger, will be subject
to
the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, where
applicable, the Holding Company shall administer the Company Stock Option
Plans
in a manner consistent with the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act.
2.8 Additional
Actions
If,
at any time after the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider that any further assignments
or
assurances in law or any other acts are necessary or desirable to (i) vest,
perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation
its
right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or
assets
of the Company acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as
a
result of, or in connection with, the Merger, or (ii) otherwise carry out
the
purposes of this Agreement, the Company and its proper officers and directors
shall be deemed to have granted to the Surviving Corporation an irrevocable
power of attorney to execute and deliver all such proper deeds, assignments
and
assurances in law and to do all acts necessary or proper to vest, perfect
or
confirm title to and possession of such rights, properties or assets in the
Surviving Corporation and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement;
and the proper officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully
authorized in the name of the Company or otherwise to take any and all such
action.
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants to
Home Bancorp and the MHC as follows, except as Previously
Disclosed:
3.1 Capital
Structure
The
authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 10,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 1,000,000
shares of Company Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof, 788,524
shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding, no shares of Company
Common Stock are held in treasury, and no shares of Company Preferred Stock
are
issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and none of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
has
been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any person, firm or
entity. Except for Company Options to acquire not more than 87,979
shares of Company Common Stock as of the date hereof, a schedule of which
has
been Previously Disclosed, there are no Rights authorized, issued or outstanding
with respect to the capital stock of the Company.
3.2 Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Company
The
Company is a corporation duly
organized and, validly existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana
with
full corporate power and authority to own or lease all of its properties
and
assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and the Company is duly
licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of its
business requires such licensing or qualification, except where the failure
to
be so licensed, qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. The Company is duly registered as a financial
holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and
the
regulations of the FRB thereunder. The Company has heretofore
delivered to Home Bancorp true and complete copies of the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company as in effect as of the date
hereof.
3.3 Ownership
of the Company Subsidiaries
The
Company has Previously Disclosed
the name, jurisdiction of incorporation and percentage ownership of each
direct
or indirect Company Subsidiary and identified the Bank as its only Significant
Subsidiary. Except for (x) capital stock of the Company Subsidiaries,
(y) securities and other interests held in a fiduciary capacity and beneficially
owned by third parties or taken in consideration of debts previously contracted
and (z) securities and other interests which are Previously Disclosed, the
Company does not own or have the right to acquire, directly or
indirectly, any outstanding capital stock or other voting securities or
ownership interests of any corporation, bank, savings association, savings
bank,
partnership, joint venture or other organization, other than investment
securities representing not more than 5% of any entity. The
outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each
Company
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable (except to the extent such shares may be deemed assessable
under
262 of the Banking Law), and are directly or indirectly owned by the Company
free and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances, charges, pledges,
restrictions or rights of third parties of any kind whatsoever. No
rights are authorized, issued or outstanding with respect to the capital
stock
or other ownership interests of the Company Subsidiaries and there are no
agreements, understandings or commitments relating to the right of the Company
to vote or to dispose of such capital stock or other ownership
interests.
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3.4 Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Company Subsidiaries
Each
of the Company Subsidiaries is a
corporation or partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized. Each of
the Company Subsidiaries (i) has full power and authority to own or lease
all of
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted,
and
(ii) is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing
in
each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so
licensed, qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect
on the Company. The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the
DIF to the maximum extent permitted by the FDIA and the Bank has paid all
deposit insurance premiums and assessments required by the FDIA and the
regulations thereunder. The Company has heretofore delivered or made
available to Home Bancorp true and complete copies of the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Bank as in effect as of the date
hereof.
3.5 Authorized
and Effective Agreement
(a) The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and (subject to receipt of the approval of the Company’s shareholders
of this Agreement) to perform all of its obligations under this
Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part
of
the Company, except for the approval by the requisite vote of this Agreement
by
the Company’s shareholders. This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by Home Bancorp, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company which is enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its
terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency and other
laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles.
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger and the Bank Merger),
nor
compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof (i) does or will
conflict with or result in a breach of any provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or the equivalent documents of any
Company Subsidiary, (ii) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of any
term, condition or provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under,
or
give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration with
respect
to, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or asset of the Company or a Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any
material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease,
agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or a Company
Subsidiary is a party, or by which any of their respective properties or
assets
may be bound or affected, or (iii) subject to receipt of all required
governmental and shareholder approvals, violate any order, writ, injunction,
decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or a Company
Subsidiary.
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(c) To
the best knowledge of the Company, except for (i) the filing of applications
with and the approvals, as applicable, of the OTS, the FDIC and the OFI,
(ii)
the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-1 and the Proxy Statement relating
to
the meetings of shareholders of Home Bancorp and the Company to be held pursuant
to Section 5.2 hereof with the Commission, (iii) compliance, to the extent
applicable, with applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection
with the issuance of Holding Company Common Stock in connection with the
Merger
and the Conversion, (iv) the approval of this Agreement by the requisite
vote of
the shareholders of the Company and the shareholders of Home Bancorp, (v)
the
approval of the Plan of Conversion by the requisite vote of the members of
the
MHC and the shareholders of Home Bancorp, (vi) the filing of the Certificate
of
Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana pursuant to
the BCL
in connection with the Merger, (vii) the filing of Articles of Combination
with
the OTS and, if necessary, a notice with the OFI in connection with the Bank
Merger, (viii) review of the Merger by the DOJ under federal antitrust laws
and
(ix) the consents and approvals of third parties which are not Governmental
Entities, the failure of which to be obtained will not have and would not
be
reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, no consents or approvals of or filings or
registrations with any Governmental Entity or with any third party are necessary
on the part of the Company or the Bank in connection with (x) the execution
and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company
of
the transactions contemplated hereby and (y) the execution and delivery by
the
Bank of the Bank Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby.
(d) As
of the date hereof, the Company is not aware of any reasons relating to the
Company or the Bank (including without limitation Community Reinvestment
Act
compliance) why all consents and approvals shall not be procured from all
regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement and the Bank Merger Agreement as shall be necessary for (i)
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Bank
Merger Agreement and (ii) the continuation by the Holding Company and Home
Federal after the Effective Time of the business of the Company and the Bank,
respectively, as such business is carried on immediately prior to the Effective
Time, free of any conditions or requirements which in the reasonable opinion
of
the Company could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Bank
or
materially impair the value of the Company and the Bank to the Holding Company
and Home Federal, respectively.
3.6 Regulatory
Reports
Since
January 1, 2004, each of the
Company and the Bank has duly filed with the FRB, the FDIC and the OFI and
any
other applicable federal or state banking authority, as the case may be,
the
reports required to be filed under applicable laws and regulations and such
reports were in all material respects complete and accurate and in compliance
with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations. In
connection with the most recent examinations of the Company and the Bank
by the
FRB, the FDIC and the OFI, neither the Company nor the Bank was required
to
correct or change any action, procedure or proceeding which the Company or
the
Bank believes has not been corrected or changed as required as of the date
hereof and which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
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3.7 Financial
Statements
(a) The
Company has previously delivered or made available to Home Bancorp accurate
and
complete copies of the Company Financial Statements which, in the case of
the
consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2005
and
the consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash
flows for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004,
are
accompanied by the audit reports of Heard XxXxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, independent
certified public accountants with respect to the Company. The Company
Financial Statements referred to herein, as well as the Company Financial
Statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.8 hereof, fairly present
or
will fairly present, as the case may be, the consolidated balance sheets
of the
Company as of the respective dates set forth therein, and the consolidated
income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for the
respective periods or as of the respective dates set forth therein.
(b) Each
of the Company Financial Statements referred to in Section 3.7(a) has been
or
will be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied during the periods involved, except
as stated therein. The audits of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards. The books and records of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries are being maintained in material compliance
with applicable legal and accounting requirements, and such books and records
accurately reflect in all material respects all dealings and transactions
in
respect of the business, assets, liabilities and affairs of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries.
(c) Except
as Previously Disclosed or to the extent (i) reflected, disclosed or provided
for in the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31,
2006
(including related notes), (ii) of liabilities incurred since December 31,
2006
in the ordinary course of business and (iii) of liabilities incurred in
connection with consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any liabilities, whether
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, material to the financial condition,
results of operations or business of the Company on a consolidated
basis.
3.8 Material
Adverse Change
Since
September 30, 2007, (i) the
Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in
the
ordinary and usual course (excluding the incurrence of expenses in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby) and (ii) no
event
has occurred or circumstance arisen that, individually or in the aggregate,
has
had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
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3.9 Environmental
Matters
(a) To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for any violations of any
Environmental Law which would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor a Company
Subsidiary has received any communication alleging that the Company or a
Company
Subsidiary is not in such compliance and, to the best knowledge of the Company,
there are no present circumstances that would prevent or interfere with the
continuation of such compliance.
(b) To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, none of the properties owned, leased or
operated by the Company or a Company Subsidiary has been or is in violation
of
or liable under any Environmental Law, except any such violations or liabilities
which would not singly or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect
on the
Company.
(c) To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, there are no past or present actions,
activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that could reasonably
form the basis of any Environmental Claim or other claim or action or
governmental investigation that could result in the imposition of any liability
arising under any Environmental Law against the Company or a Company Subsidiary
or against any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim
the
Company or a Company Subsidiary has or may have retained or assumed either
contractually or by operation of law, except such which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(d) The
Company has not conducted any environmental studies during the past five
years
with respect to any properties owned by it or a Company Subsidiary as of
the
date hereof.
3.10 Tax
Matters
(a) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state and local
(and, if applicable, foreign) income, franchise, bank, excise, real property,
personal property and other tax returns required by applicable law to be
filed
by them (including, without limitation, estimated tax returns, income tax
returns, information returns and withholding and employment tax returns)
and
have paid, or where payment is not required to have been made, have set up
an
adequate reserve or accrual for the payment of, all taxes required to be
paid in
respect of the periods covered by such returns and, as of the Effective Time,
will have paid, or where payment is not required to have been made, will
have
set up an adequate reserve or accrual for the payment of, all material taxes
for
any subsequent periods ending on or prior to the Effective
Time. Neither the Company nor a Company Subsidiary will have any
material liability for any such taxes in excess of the amounts so paid or
reserves or accruals so established.
(b) All
federal, state and local (and, if applicable, foreign) income, franchise,
bank,
excise, real property, personal property and other tax returns filed by the
Company and its Subsidiaries are complete and accurate in all material
respects. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is
delinquent in the payment of any tax, assessment or governmental charge or
has
requested any extension of time within which to file any tax returns in respect
of any fiscal year or portion thereof which have not since been
filed. The federal, state and local income tax returns of the Company
and its Subsidiaries have been examined by the applicable tax authorities
(or
are closed to examination due to the expiration of the applicable statute
of
limitations) and no deficiencies for any tax, assessment or governmental
charge
have been proposed, asserted or assessed (tentatively or otherwise) against
the
Company or a Company Subsidiary as a result of such examinations or otherwise
which have not been settled and paid. There are currently no
agreements in effect with respect to the Company or a Company Subsidiary
to
extend the period of limitations for the assessment or collection of any
tax. As of the date hereof, no audit, examination or deficiency or
refund litigation with respect to such return is pending or, to the best
of the
Company’s knowledge, threatened.
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(c) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (i) is a party to any agreement providing
for the allocation or sharing of taxes, (ii) is required to include in income
any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a voluntary
change in accounting method initiated by the Company or a Company Subsidiary
(nor does the Company have any knowledge that the Internal Revenue Service
(the
“IRS”) has proposed any such adjustment or change of accounting method) or (iii)
has filed a consent pursuant to Section 341(f) of the Code or agreed to have
Section 341(f)(2) of the Code apply.
3.11 Legal
Proceedings
There
are no actions, suits, claims,
governmental investigations or proceedings instituted, pending or, to the
best
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or a Company Subsidiary
or against any asset, interest or right of the Company or a Company Subsidiary,
or against any officer, director or employee of any of them that in any such
case, if decided adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any order, judgment
or decree which has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company.
3.12 Compliance
with Laws
(a) Each
of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has all permits, licenses,
certificates of authority, orders and approvals of, and has made all filings,
applications and registrations with, federal, state, local and foreign
governmental or regulatory bodies that are required in order to permit it
to
carry on its business as it is presently being conducted and the absence
of
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company; all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and
approvals are in full force and effect; and to the best knowledge of the
Company, no suspension or cancellation of any of the same is
threatened.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in violation of its respective
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or of any applicable federal, state
or
local law or ordinance or any order, rule or regulation of any federal, state,
local or other governmental agency or body (including, without limitation,
all
banking (including all regulatory capital requirements), securities, municipal
securities, safety, health, environmental, zoning, anti-discrimination,
antitrust, and wage and hour laws, ordinances, orders, rules and regulations),
or in default with respect to any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court, or in default under any order, license, regulation or demand of any
governmental agency, any of which violations or defaults could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and neither the
Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice or communication
from
any federal, state or local governmental authority asserting that the Company
or
any Company Subsidiary is in violation of any of the foregoing which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Neither the Company nor a Company Subsidiary is subject to
any regulatory or supervisory cease and desist order, agreement, written
directive, memorandum of understanding or written commitment (other than
those
of general applicability to state banks or holding companies thereof issued
by
governmental authorities), and neither of them has received any written
communication requesting that it enter into any of the
foregoing.
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3.13 Certain
Information
None
of the information relating to the
Company and its Subsidiaries supplied or to be supplied by them for inclusion
in
(i) the Form S-1, including the Prospectus, at the time the Form S-1 and
any
amendment thereto becomes effective under the Securities Act, will contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, not misleading, (ii) any filing pursuant to Rule 165 or Rule 425
under the Securities Act or Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act will, at the
time
filed with the Commission, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii) the
Application for Conversion, at the time the Application for Conversion and
any
amendment thereto is conditionally approved by the OTS under the regulations
thereof, will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iv) the Proxy
Statements, as of the date or dates such Proxy Statements are mailed to
shareholders of the Company, shareholders of Home Bancorp and members of
the MHC
and up to and including the date or dates of the meetings of shareholders
and
members to which such Proxy Statements relate, will contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, provided that information as of a later date shall be deemed
to
modify information as of an earlier date.
3.14 Employee
Benefit Plans
(a) The
Company has Previously Disclosed all stock option, restricted stock, employee
stock purchase and stock bonus plans, qualified pension or profit-sharing
plans,
any deferred compensation, consultant, bonus or group insurance contract
or any
other incentive, health and welfare or employee benefit plan or agreement
maintained for the benefit of directors, employees or former employees of
the
Company or any Company Subsidiary (the “Company Employee Plans”), whether
written or oral, and the Company has previously furnished or made available
to
Home Bancorp accurate and complete copies of the same together with, in the
case
of qualified plans, (i) the most recent actuarial and financial reports prepared
with respect thereto, (ii) the most recent annual reports filed with any
governmental agency with respect thereto, and (iii) all rulings and
determination letters and any open requests for rulings or letters that pertain
thereto.
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(b) None
of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any Company Employee Plan constituting
an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA
(“Company Pension Plan”) or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any
fiduciary of such Company Pension Plan, has incurred any material liability
to
the PBGC or the IRS with respect to any such Company Pension Plan. To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, no reportable event under Section 4043(b)
of ERISA has occurred with respect to any Company Pension Plan.
(c) Except
as Previously Disclosed, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary
participates in or has incurred any liability under Section 4201 of ERISA
for a
complete or partial withdrawal from a multiemployer plan (as such term is
defined in ERISA).
(d) Except
as Previously Disclosed, A favorable determination letter has been issued
by the
IRS with respect to each Company Pension Plan which is intended to qualify
under
Section 401 of the Code to the effect that such Company Pension Plan is
qualified under Section 401 of the Code, and the trust associated with such
Company Pension Plan is tax exempt under Section 501 of the Code. No
such letter has been revoked or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is
threatened to be revoked, and the Company does not know of any ground on
which
such revocation may be based. Neither the Company nor any Company
Subsidiary has any liability under any such Company Pension Plan that is
not
reflected on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company at December 31,
2006
or the notes thereto included in the Company Financial Statements, other
than
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection therewith
subsequent to the date thereof.
(e) To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, no prohibited transaction (which shall mean
any transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section
408 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any
Company Employee Plan which would result in the imposition, directly or
indirectly, of a material excise tax under Section 4975 of the Code or otherwise
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(f) Full
payment has been made (or proper accruals have been established) of all
contributions which are required for periods prior to the date hereof, and
full
payment will be so made (or proper accruals will be so established) of all
contributions which are required for periods after the date hereof and prior
to
the Effective Time, under the terms of each Company Employee Plan or ERISA;
no
accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Company
Pension Plan, and there is no “unfunded current liability” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code) with respect to any Company Pension Plan.
(g) To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company Employee Plans have been
operated in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions
of ERISA, the Code, all regulations, rulings and announcements promulgated
or
issued thereunder and all other applicable governmental laws and
regulations.
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(h) There
are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened claims
(other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any
of the
Company Employee Plans or any trust related thereto or any fiduciary
thereof.
(i)
Except as Previously Disclosed none of the execution of
this Agreement, shareholder approval of this Agreement or consummation of
the
transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with
any
other event) (A) result in any payment (including, without limitation,
severance, unemployment compensation, “excess parachute payment” (within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code), forgiveness of indebtedness or otherwise)
becoming due to any director or any employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under any Company Employee Plan, (B) accelerate the time of
payment
or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or
otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable
or
trigger any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Company Employee
Plans, (C) result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any
Company
Employee Plan, (D) limit or restrict the ability to merge, amend or terminate
any Company Employee Plan or (E) result in any payment which may be
nondeductible for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 280G of
the
Code and the regulations issued thereunder.
3.15 Certain
Contracts
(a) Neither
the Company nor a Company Subsidiary is a party to, is bound or affected
by,
receives, or is obligated to pay, benefits under (i) any agreement, arrangement
or commitment, including without limitation any agreement, indenture or other
instrument, relating to the borrowing of money by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary (other than in the case of the Bank deposits, FHLB advances, federal
funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in the
ordinary course of business) or the guarantee by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary of any obligation, other than by the Bank in the ordinary course
of
its banking business, (ii) any agreement, arrangement or commitment relating
to
the employment of a consultant or the employment, election or retention in
office of any present or former director, officer or employee of the Company
or
a Company Subsidiary, (iii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding pursuant
to which any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) became or may
become due to any director, officer or employee of the Company or a Company
Subsidiary upon execution of this Agreement or upon or following consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in connection
with the occurrence of any additional acts or events); (iv) any agreement,
arrangement or understanding pursuant to which the Company or a Company
Subsidiary is obligated to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent
of
the Company or a Company Subsidiary; (v) any agreement, arrangement or
understanding to which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is a party or
by
which any of the same is bound which limits the freedom of the Company or
a
Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person,
(vi)
any assistance agreement, supervisory agreement, memorandum of understanding,
consent order, cease and desist order or condition of any regulatory order
or
decree with or by the OFI, the FDIC, the FRB or any other regulatory agency,
or
(vii) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding which would be required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, the Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-QSB or a Form 8-K under the Exchange Act (assuming, in
each
case, the Company was required to file such reports under the Exchange
Act).
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(b) Neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in default or in non-compliance,
which
default or non-compliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, under any contract, agreement, commitment,
arrangement, lease, insurance policy or other instrument to which it is a
party
or by which its assets, business or operations may be bound or affected,
whether
entered into in the ordinary course of business or otherwise and whether
written
or oral, and there has not occurred any event that with the lapse of time
or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default or
non-compliance.
3.16 Brokers
and Finders
Except
for National Capital, L.L.C.,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any of their respective
directors, officers or employees, has employed any broker or finder or incurred
any liability for any broker or finder fees or commissions in connection
with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.17 Insurance
Each
of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is insured for reasonable amounts with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies against such risks as companies engaged in
a
similar business would, in accordance with good business practice, customarily
be insured and has maintained all insurance required by applicable laws and
regulations.
3.18 Properties
All
real and personal property owned by
the Company or its Subsidiaries or presently used by any of them in its
respective business is in an adequate condition (ordinary wear and tear
excepted) and is sufficient to carry on the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with their past
practices. The Company has good and marketable title free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, charges, defaults or equities (other than equities
of redemption under applicable foreclosure laws) to all of its material
properties and assets, real and personal, except (i) liens for current taxes
not
yet due or payable (ii) pledges to secure deposits and other liens incurred
in
the ordinary course of its banking business, (iii) such imperfections of
title,
easements and encumbrances, if any, as are not material in character, amount
or
extent and (iv) as reflected on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company
as of December 31, 2006 included in the Company Financial
Statements. All real and personal property which is material to the
Company’s business on a consolidated basis and leased or licensed by the Company
or a Company Subsidiary is held pursuant to leases or licenses which are
valid
and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and such leases
will
not terminate or lapse prior to the Effective Time.
3.19 Labor
No
work stoppage involving the Company
or a Company Subsidiary is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened. Neither the Company nor a Company Subsidiary is involved
in or affected by, or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened with
any
labor dispute, arbitration, lawsuit or administrative proceeding involving
the
employees of the Company or a Company Subsidiary which could have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Employees of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries are not represented by any labor union nor are any
collective bargaining agreements otherwise in effect with respect to such
employees, and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, there have been no
efforts to unionize or organize any employees of the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries during the past five years.
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3.20 Affiliates
The
Company has Previously Disclosed to
Home Bancorp a schedule of each person that, to the best of its knowledge,
is
deemed to be a Company Affiliate.
3.21 Allowance
for Loan Losses
The
allowance for possible loan losses
reflected on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets included in the
September 30, 2007 Company Financial Statements is, or will be in the case
of
subsequently delivered Company Financial Statements, as the case may be,
in the
opinion of the Company’s management, adequate in all material respects as of
their respective dates under the requirements of generally accepted accounting
principles to provide for reasonably anticipated losses on outstanding loans
net
of recoveries. The other real estate owned reflected on the Company’s
unaudited consolidated balance sheets included in the September 30, 2007
Company
Financial Statements is, or will be in the case of subsequently delivered
Company Financial Statements, as the case may be, carried at the lower of
cost
or fair value, less estimated costs to sell, as required by generally accepted
accounting principles.
3.22 Fairness
Opinion
The
Company has received the opinion
from National Capital, L.L.C. to the effect that, as of the date hereof,
the
consideration to be received by shareholders of the Company pursuant to this
Agreement is fair, from a financial point of view, to such
shareholders.
3.23 Disclosures
None
of the representations and
warranties of the Company or any of the written information or documents
furnished or to be furnished by the Company to Home Bancorp in connection
with
or pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, when considered as a whole, contains or will contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material
fact required to be stated or necessary to make any such information or
document, in light of the circumstances, not misleading.
3.24 State
Takeover Statutes
No
“business combination,” “fair price,” “control transaction,” “control share
acquisition,” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation under state
or federal law or provision contained in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation
or Bylaws is applicable to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF HOME BANCORP AND THE MHC
Home
Bancorp and the MHC represent and
warrant to the Company as follows, except as Previously Disclosed:
4.1 Capital
Structure
The
authorized capital stock of Home
Bancorp consists of 8,000,000 shares of Home Bancorp Common Stock and 2,000,000
shares of Home Bancorp Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof,
3,383,287 shares of Home Bancorp Common Stock are issued
and outstanding, 175,671 shares of Home Bancorp Common
Stock are held in treasury, and no shares of Home Bancorp Preferred Stock
are
issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Home Bancorp Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and none of the outstanding shares of Home Bancorp Common
Stock
has been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any person, firm
or
entity. Except for Home Bancorp Options to acquire not more than
170,857 shares of Home Bancorp Common Stock as of the date hereof and grants
of
restricted shares of Home Bancorp Common Stock covering 40,588 shares, a
schedule of each of which has been Previously Disclosed, there are no Rights
authorized, issued or outstanding with respect to the capital stock of the
Company.
4.2
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Organization,
Standing and Authority of Home Bancorp, the MHC and the Holding
Company
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(a) Home
Bancorp is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the United States, with full corporate power and authority
to
own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business
as
now conducted, and Home Bancorp is duly licensed or qualified to do business
and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing
of
property or the conduct of its business requires such licensing or
qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in
good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp. Home Bancorp is duly registered as a savings and loan
holding company under the HOLA and the regulations of the OTS
thereunder. Home Bancorp has heretofore delivered to the Company true
and complete copies of the Charter and Bylaws of Home Bancorp as in effect
as of
the date hereof.
(b) The
MHC is a mutual holding company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the United States, with full corporate power and
authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on
its
business as now conducted, and the MHC is duly licensed or qualified to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership
or
leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such licensing
or
qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in
good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp. The MHC is duly registered as a savings and loan holding
company under the HOLA and the regulations of the OTS thereunder. The
MHC has heretofore delivered to the Company true and complete copies of the
Charter and Bylaws of Home Bancorp as in effect as of the date
hereof.
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(c) At
the Effective Time, the Holding Company will be duly organized and validly
existing under the BCL with full corporate power and authority to own or
lease
all of its properties and assets.
4.3 Ownership
of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
Home
Bancorp has Previously Disclosed
the name, jurisdiction of incorporation and percentage ownership of each
direct
or indirect Home Bancorp Subsidiary and identified Home Federal as its only
Significant Subsidiary. Except for (x) capital stock of the Home
Bancorp Subsidiaries, (y) securities and other interests held in a fiduciary
capacity and beneficially owned by third parties or taken in consideration
of
debts previously contracted and (z) securities and other interests which
are
Previously Disclosed, Home Bancorp does not own or have the right to acquire,
directly or indirectly, any outstanding capital stock or other voting securities
or ownership interests of any corporation, bank, savings association, savings
bank, partnership, joint venture or other organization, other than investment
securities representing not more than 5% of any entity. The
outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each
Home
Bancorp Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully
paid
and nonassessable, and are directly owned by Home Bancorp free and clear
of all
liens, claims, encumbrances, charges, pledges, restrictions or rights of
third
parties of any kind whatsoever. No rights are authorized, issued or
outstanding with respect to the capital stock or other ownership interests
of
the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries and there are no agreements, understandings
or
commitments relating to the right of Home Bancorp to vote or to dispose of
such
capital stock or other ownership interests.
4.4 Organization,
Standing and Authority of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
Each
of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
is a corporation or partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized. Each of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries (i) has full power
and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry
on
its business as now conducted, and (ii) is duly licensed or qualified to
do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership
or
leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing
would
not have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp. The deposit
amounts of Home Federal are insured by the DIF to the maximum extent permitted
by the FDIA and Home Federal has paid all deposit insurance premiums and
assessments required by the FDIA and the regulations thereunder. Home
Bancorp has heretofore delivered or made available to the Company true and
complete copies of the Charter and Bylaws of Home Federal as in effect as
of the
date hereof.
4.5 Authorized
and Effective Agreement
(a) Home
Bancorp and the MHC have, and following its organization the Holding Company
will have, all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and (subject to the approval by the requisite vote of Home Bancorp’s
shareholders of this Agreement and the Plan of Conversion and the approval
of
the Plan of Conversion by the members of the MHC) to perform all of its
respective obligations under this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
in respect thereof on the part of Home Bancorp and the MHC, except for the
approval of this Agreement and the Plan of Conversion by Home Bancorp’s
shareholders and the approval of the Plan of Conversion by the members of
the
MHC, and promptly following organization of the Holding Company and its
execution and delivery of an instrument of accession pursuant to Section
5.13 of
this Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Holding
Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect
thereof on the part of the Holding Company. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Home Bancorp and the MHC and upon
its
execution and delivery of an instrument of accession pursuant to Section
5.13 of
this Agreement, this Agreement will have been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Holding Company and, assuming due authorization, execution
and
delivery by the Company, this Agreement constitutes or will constitute, as
applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Home Bancorp, the MHC
and
the Holding Company which is enforceable against Home Bancorp, the MHC and
the
Holding Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability,
to
bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to
or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
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(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger and the Bank Merger)
nor
compliance by Home Bancorp and the MHC or, upon its organization the Holding
Company, with any of the provisions hereof (i) does or will conflict with
or
result in a breach of any provisions of the Charter, Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws or similar organizational documents of Home Bancorp, the MHC, any
Home
Bancorp Subsidiary or, upon its organization the Holding Company, except
that
the Holding Company will not be authorized to issue capital stock until
consummation of the Conversion, (ii) violate, conflict with or result in
a
breach of any term, condition or provision of, or constitute a default (or
an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration
with respect to, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or asset of Home Bancorp, the MHC, any Home Bancorp Subsidiary
or, upon its organization the Holding Company, pursuant to, any material
note,
bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other
instrument or obligation to which Home Bancorp, the MHC, any Home Bancorp
Subsidiary or, upon its organization the Holding Company, is a party, or
by
which any of their respective properties or assets may be bound or affected,
or
(iii) subject to receipt of all required governmental and depositor approvals,
violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to Home Bancorp, the MHC, any Home Bancorp Subsidiary or upon
its
organization the Holding Company.
(c) To
the best knowledge of Home Bancorp and the MHC, except for (i) the filing
of
applications and notices with and the approvals, as applicable, of the OTS,
the
FDIC and the FRB, (ii) the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-1 and the
Proxy Statement relating to the meetings of the shareholders of Home Bancorp
and
the Company, (iii) compliance, to the extent applicable, with applicable
state
securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the issuance of Holding Company
Common Stock in connection with the Merger and the Conversion, (iv) the approval
of this Agreement by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company
and
the shareholders of Home Bancorp, (v) the approval of the Plan of Conversion
by
the requisite vote of the members of the MHC and the shareholders of Home
Bancorp, (vi) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary
of
State of the State of Louisiana pursuant to the BCL in connection with the
Merger, (vii) review of the Merger by the DOJ under federal antitrust laws,
(viii) the filing of Articles of Combination with the OTS and, if necessary,
a
notice with the OFI in connection with the Bank Merger, and (ix) the consents
and approvals of third parties which are not Governmental Entities, the failure
of which to be obtained will not have and would not be reasonably expected
to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp no consents or approvals of or filings or registrations with any
Governmental Entity or with any third party are necessary on the part of
Home
Bancorp or the Holding Company in connection with the (x) execution and delivery
by Home Bancorp and the MHC of this Agreement, the execution and delivery
by the
Holding Company of an instrument of accession to this Agreement pursuant
to
Section 5.13 hereof and the consummation by Home Bancorp, the MHC and the
Holding Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and (y) the execution
and delivery by Home Federal of the Bank Merger Agreement and the consummation
by Home Federal of the transactions contemplated thereby.
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(d) As
of the date hereof, neither Home Bancorp nor the MHC is aware of any reasons
relating to the MHC, Home Bancorp or Home Federal (including without limitation
Community Reinvestment Act compliance) why all consents and approvals shall
not
be procured from all regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Bank Merger Agreement
as
shall be necessary for (i) consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this
Agreement and the Bank Merger Agreement and (ii) the continuation by the
Holding
Company and Home Federal after the Effective Time of the business of each
of the
Company and the Bank as such business is carried on immediately prior to
the
Effective Time, free of any conditions or requirements which in the reasonable
opinion of Home Bancorp and the MHC could have a Material Adverse Effect
on the
Holding Company or Home Federal or materially impair the value of the Company
and the Bank to the Holding Company and Home Federal, respectively.
4.6 Securities
Documents and Regulatory Reports
(a) Since
January 18, 2005, the date Home Bancorp was organized under the laws of the
United States, Home Bancorp has timely filed with the Commission all Securities
Documents required by the Securities Laws and such Securities Documents complied
in all material respects with the Securities Laws and did 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 were made, not misleading.
(b) Home
Bancorp since January 18, 2005, MHC since January 18, 2005 and Home Federal
since July 1, 2004, have duly filed with the OTS the reports required to
be
filed under applicable laws and regulations and such reports were in all
material respects complete and accurate and in compliance with the requirements
of applicable laws and regulations. In connection with the most
recent examinations of Home Bancorp, MHC and Home Federal by the OTS, none
of
Home Bancorp, MHC or Home Federal was required to correct or change any action,
procedure or proceeding which Home Bancorp, MHC or Home Federal believes
has not
been corrected or changed as required as of the date hereof and which could
have
a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp.
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4.7 Financial
Statements
(a) Home
Bancorp has previously delivered or made available to the Company accurate
and
complete copies of the Home Bancorp Financial Statements, which are accompanied
by the audit reports of LaPorte, Sehrt, Xxxxx & Hand, independent certified
public accountants with respect to Home Bancorp. The Home Bancorp
Financial Statements, as well as the Home Bancorp Financial Statements to
be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.8 hereof, fairly present or will fairly present,
as the case may be, the consolidated balance sheets of Home Bancorp as of
the
respective dates set forth therein, and the consolidated income, changes
in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Home Bancorp for the respective periods
or as of the respective dates set forth therein.
(b) Each
of the Home Bancorp Financial Statements and the Home Bancorp Financial
Statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.8 hereof has been or will
be,
as the case may be, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied during the periods involved, except as stated
therein. The audits of Home Bancorp and the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards. The books and records of Home Bancorp
and the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries are being maintained in material compliance
with applicable legal and accounting requirements, and all such books and
records accurately reflect in all material respects all dealings and
transactions in respect of the business, assets, liabilities and affairs
of Home
Bancorp and the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries.
(c) Except
as Previously Disclosed or to the extent (i) reflected, disclosed or provided
for in the consolidated balance sheets of Home Bancorp as of June 30, 2007
(including related notes), (ii) of liabilities incurred since June 30, 2007
in
the ordinary course of business and (iii) of liabilities in connection with
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither
Home
Bancorp nor any Home Bancorp Subsidiary has any liabilities, whether absolute,
accrued, contingent or otherwise, material to the financial condition, results
of operations or business of Home Bancorp on a consolidated basis.
4.8 Material
Adverse Change
Since
September 30, 2007, (i) the MHC
and Home Bancorp and Home Bancorp’s Subsidiaries have conducted their respective
businesses in the ordinary and usual course (excluding the incurrence of
expenses in connection with the Conversion and with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby) and (ii) no event has occurred or circumstance
arisen that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or is reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp.
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4.9 Environmental
Matters
(a) To
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, Home Bancorp and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for any
violations of any Environmental Law which would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp. Neither Home Bancorp
nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any communication alleging that
Home
Bancorp or any of is Subsidiaries is not in such compliance and, to the best
knowledge of Home Bancorp, there are no present circumstances that would
prevent
or interfere with the continuation of such compliance.
(b) To
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, none of the properties
owned, leased or operated by Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries has
been or
is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law, except any such
violations or liabilities which would not singly or in the aggregate have
a
Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp.
(c) To
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, there are no past or present
actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that
could
reasonably form the basis of any Environmental Claim or other claim or action
or
governmental investigation that could result in the imposition of any liability
arising under any Environmental Law against Home Bancorp or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any person or entity whose liability for any
Environmental Claim Home Bancorp and its Home Bancorp Subsidiaries has or
may
have retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, except
such which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp.
(d) Home
Bancorp has not conducted any environmental studies during the past five
years
with respect to any properties owned by it or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary as
of
the date hereof.
4.10 Tax
Matters
(a) Home
Bancorp and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state and local
(and, if applicable, foreign) income, franchise, bank, excise, real property,
personal property and other tax returns required by applicable law to be
filed
by them (including, without limitation, estimated tax returns, income tax
returns, information returns and withholding and employment tax returns)
and
have paid, or where payment is not required to have been made, have set up
an
adequate reserve or accrual for the payment of, all taxes required to be
paid in
respect of the periods covered by such returns and, as of the Effective Time,
will have paid, or where payment is not required to have been made, will
have
set up an adequate reserve or accrual for the payment of, all material taxes
for
any subsequent periods ending on or prior to the Effective
Time. Neither Home Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any
material liability for any such taxes in excess of the amounts so paid or
reserves or accruals so established.
(b) All
federal, state and local (and, if applicable, foreign) income, franchise,
bank,
excise, real property, personal property and other tax returns filed by Home
Bancorp and its Subsidiaries are complete and accurate in all material
respects. Neither Home Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries is
delinquent in the payment of any tax, assessment or governmental charge or
has
requested any extension of time within which to file any tax returns in respect
of any fiscal year or portion thereof which have not since been
filed. The federal, state and local income tax returns of Home
Bancorp and its Subsidiaries have been examined by the applicable tax
authorities (or are closed to examination due to the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations) and no deficiencies for any tax, assessment
or governmental charge have been proposed, asserted or assessed (tentatively
or
otherwise) against Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of
such
examinations or otherwise which have not been settled and paid. There
are currently no agreements in effect with respect to Home Bancorp or any
of its
Subsidiaries to extend the period of limitations for the assessment or
collection of any tax. As of the date hereof, no audit, examination
or deficiency or refund litigation with respect to such return is pending
or, to
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, threatened.
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(c) Neither
Home Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a party to any agreement
providing for the allocation or sharing of taxes other than an Inter-Company
Tax
Allocation Agreement between Home Bancorp and Home Federal dated as of October
12, 2005, (ii) is required to include in income any adjustment pursuant to
Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a voluntary change in accounting
method
initiated by Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries (nor does Home Bancorp
have
any knowledge that the IRS has proposed any such adjustment or change of
accounting method) or (iii) has filed a consent pursuant to Section 341(f)
of
the Code or agreed to have Section 341(f)(2) of the Code apply.
4.11 Legal
Proceedings
There
are no actions, suits, claims,
governmental investigations or proceedings instituted, pending or to the
best
knowledge of Home Bancorp and the MHC threatened against Home Bancorp, MHC
or
any of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries or against any asset, interest or right
of
Home Bancorp, MHC or any of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries, or against any
officer, director or employee of them that in any such case, if decided
adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp. Neither Home Bancorp or the MHC nor any Home Bancorp
Subsidiary is a party to any order, judgment or decree which has or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp.
4.12 Compliance
with Laws
(a) The
MHC and Home Bancorp and each of its Subsidiaries have all permits, licenses,
certificates of authority, orders and approvals of, and has made all filings,
applications and registrations with, federal, state, local and foreign
governmental or regulatory bodies that are required in order to permit them
to
carry on their business as it is presently being conducted and the absence
of
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp; all such permits, licenses, certificates of authority, orders and
approvals are in full force and effect; and to the best knowledge of Home
Bancorp and the MHC, no suspension or cancellation of any of the same is
threatened.
(b) Neither
Home Bancorp or MHC nor any of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries is in violation
of
its Charter, Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or of any applicable federal,
state or local law or ordinance or any order, rule or regulation of any federal,
state, local or other governmental agency or body (including, without
limitation, all banking (including all regulatory capital requirements),
securities, municipal securities, safety, health, environmental, zoning,
anti-discrimination, antitrust, and wage and hour laws, ordinances, orders,
rules and regulations), or in default with respect to any order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court, or in default under any order, license,
regulation or demand of any governmental agency, any of which violations
or
defaults could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Home
Bancorp; and none of Home Bancorp, MHC or any of the Home Bancorp Subsidiaries
has received any notice or communication from any federal, state or local
governmental authority asserting that Home Bancorp, MHC or any of the Home
Bancorp Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the foregoing which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp. None of Home Bancorp, MHC or any of the Home Bancorp
Subsidiaries is subject to any regulatory or supervisory cease and desist
order,
agreement, written directive, memorandum of understanding or written commitment
(other than those of general applicability to all savings banks, savings
associations or holding companies thereof, as applicable, issued by governmental
authorities), and none of Home Bancorp, MHC or any of the Home Bancorp
Subsidiaries have received any written communication requesting that it enter
into any of the foregoing.
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4.13 Certain
Information
None
of the information relating to
Home Federal, the MHC or the Holding Company supplied by them and to be included
in (i) the Form S-1, including the Prospectus, will, at the time the Form
S-1
and any amendment thereto becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any filing pursuant to Rule 165
or
Rule 425 under the Securities Act or Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act,
will,
at the time filed with the Commission, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (iii) the Application for Conversion, at the time the Application
for
Conversion and any amendment thereto is conditionally approved by the OTS
under
the regulations thereof, will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iv)
the
Proxy Statements, as of the date or dates such Proxy Statements are mailed
to
shareholders of the Company, shareholders of Home Bancorp and Members of
the MHC
and up to and including the date or dates of the respective meetings of
shareholders and members to which such Proxy Statements relate, will contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, not misleading, provided that information as of a later date shall
be
deemed to modify information as of an earlier date. The Prospectus
and the Proxy Statements (except for such portions thereof as relate only
to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will comply as to form in all material
respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
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4.14 Employee
Benefit Plans
(a) Home
Bancorp and the MHC have Previously Disclosed all stock option, restricted
stock, employee stock purchases and stock bonus plans, qualified pension
or
profit-sharing plans, any deferred compensation, consultant, bonus or group
insurance contract or any other incentive, health and welfare or employee
benefit plan or agreement maintained for the benefit of directors, employees
or
former employees of Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Home Bancorp
Employee Plans”), whether written or oral and Home Bancorp has previously
furnished or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of
the
same together with, in the case of qualified plans, (i) the most recent
actuarial and financial reports prepared with respect thereto, (ii) the most
recent annual reports filed with any governmental agency with respect thereto,
and (iii) all rulings and determination letters and any open requests for
rulings or letters that pertain thereto.
(b) None
of the MHC, Home Bancorp, any of Home Bancorp’s Subsidiaries, any Home Bancorp
Employee Plan constituting an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning
of Section 3(2) of ERISA (“Home Bancorp Pension Plan”) or to the best of Home
Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, any fiduciary of a Home Bancorp Pension Plan
has incurred any material liability to the PBGC or the IRS with respect to
any
such Home Bancorp Pension Plan. To the best of Home Bancorp’s and the
MHC’s knowledge, no reportable event under Section 4043(b) of ERISA has occurred
with respect to any Home Bancorp Pension Plan.
(c) Except
as Previously Disclosed, neither Home Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries
participate in and have not incurred any liability under Section 4201 of
ERISA
for a complete or partial withdrawal from a multi-employer plan (as such
term is
defined in ERISA).
(d) A
favorable determination letter has been issued by the IRS with respect to
each
Home Bancorp Pension Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401
of the
Code to the effect that the Home Bancorp Pension Plan is qualified under
Section
401 of the Code and the trust associated with such Home Bancorp Pension Plan
is
tax exempt under Section 501 of the Code. No such letter has been
revoked or, to the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, is threatened
to be revoked and Home Bancorp and the MHC do not know of any ground on which
such revocation may be based. Neither Home Bancorp nor any of its
Subsidiaries have any liability under any such Home Bancorp Pension Plan
that is
not reflected on the consolidated balance sheets of Home Bancorp at September
30, 2007 or the notes thereto included in the Home Bancorp Financial Statements,
other than liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection
therewith subsequent to the date thereof.
(e) To
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, no prohibited transaction
(which shall mean any transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA and
not
exempt under Section 408 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred
with
respect to any Employee Plan which would result in the imposition, directly
or
indirectly, of a material excise tax under Section 4975 of the Code or otherwise
have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp.
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(f)
Full payment has been made (or proper accruals have been
established) of all contributions which are required for periods prior to
the
date hereof, and full payment will be so made (or proper accruals will be
so
established) of all contributions which are required for periods after the
date
hereof and prior to the Effective Time, under the terms of each Home Bancorp
Employee Plan or ERISA; no accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in
Section
302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with
respect to any Home Bancorp Pension Plan, and there is no “unfunded current
liability” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code) with respect to any Home
Bancorp Pension Plan. Home Bancorp has not incurred and does not
expect to incur any withdrawal liability with respect to a multiemployer
plan
under Subtitle of Title IV of ERISA.
(g) To
the best of Home Bancorp’s and the MHC’s knowledge, the Home Bancorp Employee
Plans have been operated in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, all regulations, rulings and
announcements promulgated or issued thereunder and all other applicable
governmental laws and regulations.
(h) There
are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Home Bancorp and the MHC, threatened
claims (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against
any
of the Home Bancorp Employee Plans or any trust related thereto or any fiduciary
thereof.
(i)
None of the execution of this Agreement, shareholder approval
of this Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
will
(either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (A) result in any payment
(including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “excess
parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), forgiveness
of indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee
of
Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries under any Home Bancorp Employee Plan,
(B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding
(through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under,
increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation pursuant
to, any of the Home Bancorp Employee Plans, (C) result in any breach or
violation of, or a default under, any Home Bancorp Employee Plan, (D) limit
or
restrict the ability to merge, amend or terminate any Home Bancorp Employee
Plan
or (E) result in any payment which may be nondeductible for federal income
tax
purposes pursuant to Sections 162(m) or 280G of the Code and the regulations
issued thereunder.
4.15 Certain
Contracts
(a) Neither
Home Bancorp or the MHC nor a Home Bancorp Subsidiary is a party to, is bound
or
affected by, receives, or is obligated to pay, benefits under (i) any agreement,
arrangement or commitment, including without limitation any agreement, indenture
or other instrument, relating to the borrowing of money by the MHC, Home
Bancorp
or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary (other than in the case of Home Federal deposits,
FHLB advances, federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements
to
repurchase in the ordinary course of business) or the guarantee by the MHC,
Home
Bancorp or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary of any obligation, other than by Home
Federal in the ordinary course of its banking business, (ii) any agreement,
arrangement or commitment relating to the employment of a consultant or the
employment, election or retention in office of any present or former director,
officer or employee of the MHC, Home Bancorp or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary,
(iii)
any agreement, arrangement or understanding pursuant to which any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise) became or may become due to any
director, officer or employee of the MHC, Home Bancorp or a Home Bancorp
Subsidiary upon execution of this Agreement or upon or following consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in connection
with the occurrence of any additional acts or events); (iv) any agreement,
arrangement or understanding pursuant to which the MHC, Home Bancorp or a
Home
Bancorp Subsidiary is obligated to indemnify any director, officer, employee
or
agent of the MHC, Home Bancorp or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary; (v) any agreement,
arrangement or understanding to which the MHC, Home Bancorp or a Home Bancorp
Subsidiary is a party or by which any of the same is bound which limits the
freedom of the MHC, Home Bancorp or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary to compete
in any
line of business or with any person, (vi) any assistance agreement, supervisory
agreement, memorandum of understanding, consent order, cease and desist order
or
condition of any regulatory order or decree with or by the OTS or any other
regulatory agency, or (vii) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding
which would be required to be filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on
Form
10-KSB, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB or a Form 8-K under the Exchange
Act and which has not been so filed.
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(b) Neither
the MHC or Home Bancorp nor any of Home Bancorp’s Subsidiaries is in default or
in non-compliance, which default or non-compliance could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp, under any contract,
agreement, commitment, arrangement, lease, insurance policy or other instrument
to which it is a party or by which its assets, business or operations may
be
bound or affected, whether entered into in the ordinary course of business
or
otherwise and whether written or oral, and there has not occurred any event
that
with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute
such a
default or non-compliance.
4.16 Brokers
and Finders
Except
for Sandler X’Xxxxx &
Partners, L.P., none of MHC, Home Bancorp, any of Home Bancorp’s Subsidiaries,
or the Holding Company, nor any of their respective directors, officers or
employees, has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for
any
broker or finder fees or commissions in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
4.17 Insurance
The
MHC, Home Bancorp and each of Home
Bancorp’s Subsidiaries is insured for reasonable amounts with financially sound
and reputable insurance companies against such risks as companies engaged
in a
similar business would, in accordance with good business practice, customarily
be insured and has maintained all insurance required by applicable laws and
regulations.
4.18
Properties
All
real and personal property owned by
the MHC, Home Bancorp or any of Home Bancorp’s Subsidiaries or presently used by
them in their business is in an adequate condition (ordinary wear and tear
excepted) and is sufficient to carry on their respective business in the
ordinary course of business consistent with its past practices. The
MHC and Home Bancorp have good and marketable title free and clear of all
liens,
encumbrances, charges, defaults or equities (other than equities of redemption
under applicable foreclosure laws) to all of its material properties and
assets,
real and personal, except (i) liens for current taxes not yet due or payable
(ii) pledges to secure deposits and other liens incurred in the ordinary
course
of its banking business, (iii) such imperfections of title, easements and
encumbrances, if any, as are not material in character, amount or extent
and
(iv) as reflected on the consolidated balance sheets of Home Bancorp as of
September 30, 2007 included in the Home Bancorp Financial
Statements. All real and personal property which is material to Home
Bancorp’s business on a consolidated basis and leased or licensed by Home
Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries is held pursuant to leases or licenses
which
are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and such
leases will not terminate or lapse prior to the Effective Time.
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4.19 Labor
No
work stoppage involving Home Bancorp
or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the best knowledge of Home Bancorp,
threatened. Neither Home Bancorp nor any of its Subsidiaries is
involved in or to the best knowledge of Home Bancorp threatened with or affected
by, any labor dispute, arbitration, lawsuit or administrative proceeding
involving the employees of Home Bancorp or any of its Subsidiaries which
could
have a Material Adverse Effect on Home Bancorp. Employees of Home
Bancorp and its Subsidiaries are not represented by any labor union nor are
any
collective bargaining agreements otherwise in effect with respect to such
employees, and to the best of Home Bancorp’s knowledge, there have been no
efforts to unionize or organize any employees of Home Bancorp or any of its
Subsidiaries during the past five years.
4.20 Affiliates
Home
Bancorp has Previously Disclosed
to the Company a schedule of each person that, to the best of its knowledge,
is
deemed to be a Home Bancorp Affiliate.
4.21 Allowance
for Losses on Loans
The
allowance for losses on loans
reflected on Home Bancorp’s consolidated balance sheets included in the
September 30, 2007 Home Bancorp Financial Statements is, or will be in the
case
of subsequently delivered Home Bancorp Financial Statements, as the case
may be,
in the opinion of Home Bancorp’s management adequate in all material respects as
of their respective dates under the requirements of generally accepted
accounting principles to provide for reasonably anticipated losses on
outstanding loans, net of recoveries. The other real estate owned
reflected on the consolidated balance sheets included in the September 30,
2007
Home Bancorp Financial Statements is, or will be in the case of subsequently
delivered Home Bancorp Financial Statements, as the case may be, carried
at the
lower of cost or fair value, less estimated costs to sell, as required by
generally accepted accounting principles.
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4.22 Disclosures
None
of the representations and
warranties of Home Bancorp or MHC or any of the written information or documents
furnished or to be furnished by Home Bancorp and/or MHC to the Company in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, when considered as a whole, contains or
will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to
state
any material fact required to be stated or necessary to make any such
information or document, in light of the circumstances, not
misleading.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
5.1 Reasonable
Best Efforts
Subject
to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, each of the Company, Home Bancorp and the MHC (i) shall use
its
reasonable best efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or advisable
under
applicable laws and regulations so as to permit and otherwise enable
consummation of the Conversion and the Merger as promptly as reasonably
practicable, it being the intention of the parties that the Conversion be
consummated immediately prior to the Effective Time and that the Bank Merger
be
consummated immediately following the Effective Time in accordance with Section
5.12 hereof, and (ii) shall cooperate fully with each other to that
end.
5.2 Shareholder
and Member Meetings
(a) The
Company and Home Bancorp agree to take, in accordance with applicable law
and
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and Home Bancorp’s Charter
and Bylaws, respectively, all action necessary to convene as soon as reasonably
practicable an annual or a special meeting of their respective shareholders
to
consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement and any other matters
required to be approved by the Company’s shareholders for consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including any adjournment or postponement,
the
“Company Meeting”) and any other matters required to be approved by Home
Bancorp’s shareholders for consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including adoption of the Plan of Conversion and any adjournment or
postponement, the “Home Bancorp Meeting”). Except with the prior
written approval of the Company or Home Bancorp, respectively, no other matters
shall be submitted for the approval of the Company or Home Bancorp shareholders
at the Company Meeting or the Home Bancorp Meeting, respectively, except,
if the
Company Meeting or Home Bancorp Meeting is an annual meeting, the election
of
directors and the ratification of the selection of independent
auditors. The Company Board and Home Bancorp Board shall at all times
prior to and during their respective meetings recommend such approval and
shall
take all reasonable lawful action to solicit such approval by their respective
shareholders; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Company
Board from withholding, withdrawing, amending or modifying its recommendation
if
the Company Board determines, after consultation with its outside counsel,
that
such action is legally required in order for the directors to comply with
their
fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders under applicable law; provided,
further, that Section 5.7 shall govern the withholding, withdrawing, amending
or
modifying of such recommendation by the Company Board in the circumstances
described therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
this Agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of Home Bancorp at
the
Home Bancorp Meeting for the purpose of adopting this Agreement and nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to relieve Home Bancorp of such
obligation.
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(b) The
MHC shall take all action necessary to properly call and convene a meeting
of
its members as soon as practicable to consider and vote upon the Conversion
and
the transactions contemplated thereby after receipt of all necessary approvals
or non-objections of Governmental Entities. The Board of Directors of
the MHC will recommend that the members of the MHC approve the Conversion
and
the transactions contemplated thereby.
5.3 Regulatory
Matters
(a) The
Parties hereto shall promptly cooperate with each other and use their reasonable
best efforts to promptly prepare and file by February 1, 2008 or as soon
as
reasonably possible thereafter the Form S-1, the Prospectus and the Proxy
Statements relating to the meetings of shareholders of the Company and Home
Bancorp and the members of the MHC to be held pursuant to Section 5.2 of
this
Agreement (the “Company Proxy Statement”, the “Home Bancorp Proxy Statement” and
the “MHC Proxy Statement,” respectively) under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable. Each of the Holding Company, Home
Bancorp and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the
Form
S-1 declared effective under the Securities Act, the Home Bancorp Proxy
Statement approved for mailing in definitive form under the Exchange Act
and the
MHC Proxy Statement approved or not objected to under the regulations of
the OTS
as promptly as practicable after such filings and the receipt of approval,
of
the Application for Conversion by the OTS and thereafter the Company and
Home
Bancorp shall promptly mail to their respective shareholders the Company
Proxy
Statement and Prospectus and Home Bancorp Proxy Statement and Prospectus,
respectively, and the MHC shall promptly mail, or in the case of the Prospectus
make available, to its members the MHC Proxy Statement and the
Prospectus. The Holding Company also shall use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” permits and
approvals required to carry out the issuance of Holding Company Common Stock
in
connection with the Merger and the Conversion. The Company shall
furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company
Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any of the
foregoing actions. In the event that the Company has issued any
securities, through its employee benefits plans or otherwise, in any offering
which should have been registered or qualified under Federal or state securities
laws which were not so registered or qualified, the Company shall promptly
take
such action as the parties hereto mutually agree in order to eliminate, reduce
or mitigate, to the extent possible, any contingent or other liability which
the
Company may have as a result of such offering.
(b) The
Parties hereto shall promptly cooperate with each other and use their reasonable
best efforts to promptly prepare and file by February 1, 2008 or as soon
as
reasonably possible thereafter all necessary documentation, to effect all
applications, notices, petitions and filings, and to obtain as promptly as
practicable all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all
Governmental Entities and third parties which are necessary or advisable
to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including without
limitation the Conversion, the Merger and the Bank Merger). Home Bancorp,
the
MHC and the Company shall have the right to review in advance, and to the
extent
practicable each will consult with the others on, in each case subject to
applicable laws relating to the exchange of information, all the information
which appears in any filing made with or written materials submitted to any
third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right,
each of the Parties hereto shall act reasonably and as promptly as
practicable. The Parties hereto agree that they will consult with
each other with respect to the obtaining of all permits, consents, approvals
and
authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Entities necessary or
advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
each
Party will keep the others apprised of the status of matters relating to
completion of the transactions contemplated herein.
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(c) Home
Bancorp, the MHC and the Company shall, upon request, furnish each other
with
all information concerning themselves, their respective Subsidiaries, directors
and officers and shareholders of the Company and Home Bancorp and such other
matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the
Form
S-1 or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf
of Home Bancorp, Home Federal, the MHC, the Holding Company, the Company
or the
Bank to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Conversion, the Merger,
the Bank Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) Home
Bancorp, the MHC and the Company shall promptly furnish each other with copies
of written communications received by Home Bancorp, the MHC or the Company,
as
the case may be, or any of their respective Subsidiaries from, or delivered
by
any of the foregoing to, any Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.4 Investigation
and Confidentiality
(a) Each
Party shall permit the other Party and its representatives reasonable access
to
its properties and personnel, and shall disclose and make available to such
other Party all books, papers and records relating to the assets, stock
ownership, properties, operations, obligations and liabilities of it and
its
Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, all books of account (including
the
general ledger), tax records, minute books of meetings of boards of directors
(and any committees thereof) and shareholders, organizational documents,
bylaws,
material contracts and agreements, filings with any regulatory authority,
accountants’ work papers, litigation files, loan files, plans affecting
employees, and any other business activities or prospects in which the other
party may have a reasonable interest, provided that such access shall be
reasonably related to the transactions contemplated hereby and, in the
reasonable opinion of the respective Parties providing such access, not unduly
interfere with normal operations. Each Party and its Subsidiaries
shall make their respective directors, officers, employees and agents and
authorized representatives (including counsel and independent public
accountants) available to confer with the other party and its representatives,
provided that such access shall be reasonably related to the transactions
contemplated hereby and shall not unduly interfere with normal
operations.
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(b) All
information furnished previously in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or pursuant hereto shall be treated as the
sole
property of the Party furnishing the information until consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and, if such transactions shall not occur,
the
Party receiving the information shall either destroy or return to the Party
which furnished such information all documents or other materials containing,
reflecting or referring to such information, and all copies thereof, shall
use
its best efforts to keep confidential all such information, and shall not
directly or indirectly use such information for any competitive or other
commercial purposes. The obligation to keep such information
confidential shall continue for five years from the date the proposed
transactions are abandoned but shall not apply to (i) any information which
(x)
the Party receiving the information can establish was already in its possession
prior to the disclosure thereof by the Party furnishing the information;
(y) was
then generally known to the public; or (z) became known to the public through
no
fault of the Party receiving the information; or (ii) disclosures pursuant
to a
legal requirement or in accordance with an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, provided that the Party which is the subject of any such legal
requirement or order shall use its best efforts to give the other Party at
least
ten business days prior notice thereof.
5.5 Press
Releases
Home
Bancorp and the Company shall
agree with each other as to the form and substance of any press release related
to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and consult with
each
other as to the form and substance of other public disclosures which may
relate
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall prohibit either party, following prior
notification to the other party, from making any disclosure which is required
by
law or regulation.
5.6 Business
of the Parties
(a) During
the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Effective
Time, except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or
with
the prior written consent of the other Party, each Party shall carry on their
respective businesses in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice. During such period, each Party also will use, and will
cause each of is subsidiaries to use, all reasonable efforts to (x) preserve
its
business organization intact, (y) keep available to itself and the other
Party
the present services of its respective employees and (z) preserve for itself
and
the other Party the goodwill of its respective customers and others with
whom
business relationships exist. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, except as Previously Disclosed or with the prior written consent
of
the other Party hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
between the date hereof and the Effective Time, the Parties shall not, and
shall
cause each of their respective Subsidiaries not to:
(i)
declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect
of
the Company Common Stock except Home Bancorp may pay regular quarterly cash
dividends on the Home Bancorp Common Stock at a rate per share of Home Bancorp
Common Stock not in excess of $0.06 per share; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to affect the ability of a Company Subsidiary
or a Home Bancorp Subsidiary to pay dividends on its capital stock to the
Company or Home Bancorp, respectively;
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(ii) issue
any shares of its capital stock, other than upon the exercise of the Company
Options referred to in Section 3.1 hereof, the exercise of any options
outstanding as of the date hereof under the Home Bancorp 2005 Stock Option
Plan
or the vesting of share awards outstanding as of the date hereof pursuant
to the
Home Bancorp 2005 Recognition and Retention Plan and Trust Agreement or issue,
grant, modify or authorize any Rights; purchase any shares of Company Common
Stock; or effect any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend,
stock
split or like change in capitalization;
(iii) amend
its Articles of Incorporation, Charter, Bylaws or similar organizational
documents other than as contemplated by the terms of this Agreement; impose,
or
suffer the imposition, on any share of stock or other ownership interest
held by
a Party in a Party Subsidiary of any lien, charge or encumbrance or permit
any
such lien, charge or encumbrance to exist; or waive or release any material
right or cancel or compromise any material debt or claim;
(iv) increase
the rate of compensation of any of its directors, officers or employees,
or pay
or agree to pay any bonus or severance to, or provide any other new employee
benefit or incentive to, any of its directors, officers or employees, except
(i)
as may be required pursuant to Previously Disclosed commitments existing
on the
date hereof, (ii) as may be required by law and (iii) merit increases in
accordance with past practices, normal cost-of-living increases and normal
increases related to promotions or increased job responsibilities;
(v) except
as Previously Disclosed, enter into or, except as may be required by law,
modify
any pension, retirement, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation
right,
savings, profit sharing, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement,
consulting, bonus, group insurance or other employee benefit, incentive or
welfare contract, plan or arrangement, or any trust agreement related thereto,
in respect of any of its directors, officers or employees; or make any
contributions to any of the Company’s or Home Bancorp’s Pension Plans or the
Company’s or Home Bancorp’s respective KSOP or ESOP (other than as required by
law or regulation or in a manner and amount consistent with past practices)
and
except as specifically provided herein;
(vi) enter
into (w) any transaction, agreement, arrangement or commitment not made in
the
ordinary course of business, (x) any agreement, indenture or other instrument
relating to the borrowing of money by the Party or a Party Subsidiary or
guarantee by a Party or any Party Subsidiary of any such obligation, except
in
the case of the Bank or Home Federal for deposits, FHLB advances, federal
funds
purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, (y) any agreement, arrangement
or commitment relating to the employment of an employee or consultant, or
amend
any such existing agreement, arrangement or commitment, provided that the
Company, the Bank, Home Bancorp and Home Federal may employ an employee or
consultant in the ordinary course of business if the employment of such employee
or consultant is terminable by the Company, the Bank, Home Bancorp or Home
Federal, as the case may be, at will without liability, other than as required
by law; or (z) any contract, agreement or understanding with a labor
union;
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(vii) change
its method of accounting in effect for the Company’s fiscal year ended December
31, 2006, or Home Bancorp’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, except as required
by changes in laws or regulations or generally accepted accounting principles,
or change any of its methods of reporting income and deductions for federal
income tax purposes from those employed in the preparation of its federal
income
tax return for such year, except as required by changes in laws or
regulations;
(viii)
except as Previously Disclosed, make any capital expenditures
in excess of $75,000 individually or $150,000 in the aggregate, other than
pursuant to binding commitments existing on the date hereof and other than
expenditures necessary to maintain existing assets in good repair; or enter
into
any new lease of real property or any new lease of personal property providing
for annual payments exceeding $50,000;
(ix) except
as Previously Disclosed, file any applications or make any contract with
respect
to branching or site location or relocation;
(x)
acquire in any manner whatsoever (other than to realize upon collateral
for a defaulted loan) control over or any equity interest in any business
or
entity, except for investments in marketable equity securities in the ordinary
course of business and not exceeding 5% of the outstanding shares of any
class;
(xi) enter
or agree to enter into any agreement or arrangement granting any preferential
right to purchase any of its assets or rights or requiring the consent of
any
party to the transfer and assignment of any such assets or rights;
(xii) change
or modify in any material respect any of its lending or investment policies,
except to the extent required by law or an applicable regulatory
authority;
(xiii) take
any action that would prevent or impede the Merger or the Conversion from
qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the
Code;
(xiv)
enter into any futures contract, option contract, interest rate caps, interest
rate floors, interest rate exchange agreement or other agreement for purposes
of
hedging the exposure of its interest-earning assets and interest-bearing
liabilities to changes in market rates of interest;
(xv)
take any action that would result in any of the representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement not to be true and correct in any material respect
at the Effective Time or that would cause any of the conditions set forth
in
Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 hereof not to be satisfied;
(xvi) materially
increase or decrease the rate of interest paid on time deposits or certificates
of deposit, except in a manner and pursuant to policies consistent with past
practices, or
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(xvii) agree
to do any of the foregoing.
(b) Each
of the Company and Home Bancorp shall promptly notify the other Party in
writing
of the occurrence of any matter or event known to and directly involving
it or
any of its Subsidiaries, other than any changes in conditions that affect
the
banking or savings institution industry generally, that would have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on it.
5.7 Certain
Actions
(a) The
Company agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and that
it
shall direct and use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and each such
Subsidiary’s directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives not to,
directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or otherwise
facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer with respect
to
an Acquisition Proposal. The Company further agrees that neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and that it shall direct and use
its
reasonable best efforts to cause its and each such Subsidiary’s directors,
officers, employees, agents and representatives not to, directly or indirectly,
engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information
or data to, or have any discussions with, any Person relating to an Acquisition
Proposal, or otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make
or
implement an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that nothing contained
in
this Agreement shall prevent the Company or the Board of Directors of the
Company, from complying with its disclosure obligations under federal or
state
law, and, if and only if the Company Meeting shall not have occurred, from
(A)
providing information in response to a request therefor by a Person who has
made
an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal if the Board of Directors
of the Company receives from the Person so requesting such information an
executed confidentiality agreement the terms of which are substantially
identical to those of the confidentiality agreement entered into by the Company
and Home Bancorp dated May 31, 2007; (B) engaging in any negotiations or
discussions with any Person who has made an unsolicited bona fide written
Acquisition Proposal or (C) recommending such an Acquisition Proposal to
the
shareholders of the Company, if and only to the extent that, in each such
case
referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) above, (i) the Company Board determines
in
good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that such action
would be required in order for its directors to comply with their fiduciary
duties under applicable law and (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company
determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor)
that
such Acquisition Proposal, if accepted, is reasonably likely to be consummated,
taking into account all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal
and the Person making the proposal and would, if consummated, result in a
transaction more favorable to the Company’s shareholders from a financial point
of view than the Merger. An Acquisition Proposal which is received
and considered by the Company in compliance with this Section 5.7 and which
meets the requirements set forth in clause (C) of the preceding sentence
is
herein referred to as a “Superior Proposal.” The Company agrees that
it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities,
discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect
to any Acquisition Proposals. The Company agrees that it will notify
Home Bancorp immediately if any such inquiries, proposals or offers are received
by, any such information is requested from, or any such discussions or
negotiations are sought to be initiated or continued with, the Company or
any of
its representatives.
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(b) In
the event that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith,
after consultation with its financial advisor and upon advice from outside
counsel, that it has received a Superior Proposal, it shall notify Home Bancorp
in writing of its intent to terminate this Agreement and concurrently with
or
after such termination cause the Company to enter into an acquisition agreement
with respect to, or recommend acceptance of, the Superior Proposal. Such
notice
shall specify all of the terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal and
identify the Person making such Superior Proposal. Home Bancorp shall have
five
business days to evaluate and respond to the Company’s notice. If Home Bancorp
notifies the Company in writing prior to the expiration of the five business
day
period provided above that it shall increase the Merger Consideration to
an
amount at least equal to that of such Superior Proposal (the “Home Bancorp
Proposal”), then the Company shall not be permitted to enter into an acquisition
agreement with respect to, or permit its Board to recommend acceptance to
its
shareholders of, such Superior Proposal. Such notice by Home Bancorp shall
specify the new Merger Consideration. The Company shall have five
business days to evaluate the Home Bancorp Proposal.
(c) In
the event the Superior Proposal involves consideration to the Company’s
shareholders consisting of securities, in whole or in part, a Home Bancorp
Proposal shall be deemed to be at least equal to the Superior Proposal, if
the
Home Bancorp Proposal offers Merger Consideration that equals or exceeds
the
consideration being offered to the Company’s shareholders in the Superior
Proposal valuing any securities forming a part of the Superior Proposal at
its
cash equivalent based upon (a) the average trading price of such securities
for
the 20 trading days immediately preceding the date of the Home Bancorp Proposal
or (b) the written valuation of such securities by a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected if such securities are not traded on a
nationally recognized exchange or will be newly issued securities that are
not
of a class then trading on a nationally recognized exchange. Any written
valuation shall be attached as an exhibit to the Home Bancorp
Proposal.
(d) In
the event that the Board of the Company determines in good faith, upon the
advice of its financial advisor and outside counsel, that the Home Bancorp
Proposal is not at least equal to the Superior Proposal, the Company can
terminate this Agreement in order to execute an acquisition agreement with
respect to, or to allow its Board to adopt a resolution recommending acceptance
to the Company’s shareholders of, the Superior Proposal as provided in Section
7.1(h).
5.8 Current
Information
During
the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, each of Home Bancorp and the Company shall,
upon the request of the other party, cause one or more of its designated
representatives to confer on a monthly or more frequent basis with
representatives of the other party regarding its financial condition, operations
and business and matters relating to the completion of the transactions
contemplated hereby. As soon as reasonably available, but in no event
more than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter ending after the
date
of this Agreement, Home Bancorp will deliver to the Company its quarterly
report
on Form 10-QSB under the Exchange Act. As soon as reasonably
available, but in no event more than 45 days after December 31, 2007, the
Company will deliver to Home Bancorp audited statements of consolidated balance
sheets (including related notes and schedules, if any) of the Company as
of
December 31, 2007 and 2006 and statements of income, changes in stockholders’
equity and cash flows (including related notes and schedules, if any) of
the
Company for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2007. The Company also will deliver to Home Bancorp each Call Report
filed by the Bank with the FDIC and any financial information filed by the
Company with the FRB, including but not limited to FR Y-6 and FR Y-9SP,
subsequent to the date of this Agreement, concurrently with the filing of
such
Call Report or information with the FRB, as applicable. Within 25
days after the end of each month, Home Bancorp will deliver to the Company
an
unaudited consolidated balance sheet and an unaudited consolidated statement
of
income, without related notes, for such month prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. Within 25 days after the
end of each month, the Bank shall deliver to Home Bancorp an unaudited balance
sheet and an unaudited statement of income, without related notes, for such
month prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. Within 25 days after the end of each quarter, the Company
will deliver to Home Bancorp an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and
an
unaudited consolidated statement of income, without related notes, for such
quarter prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
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5.9 Indemnification;
Insurance
(a) From
and after the Effective Time, the Holding Company (the “Indemnifying Party”)
shall provide indemnification to any present or former director, officer
or
employee of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, in each case determined
as
of the Effective Time (the “Indemnified Parties”), with respect to any costs or
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses,
claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, whether, civil, criminal, administrative
or
investigative, arising out of matters existing or occurring at or prior to
the
Effective Time, if first asserted or claimed prior to the date hereof and
Previously Disclosed, if first asserted or claimed between the date hereof
and
the Effective Time and disclosed pursuant to Section 5.16 hereof or if first
asserted or claimed after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent, if any,
that such Indemnified Party would have been entitled to indemnification by
the
Company or any Company Subsidiary under the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as Previously Disclosed, provided,
however, that all rights to indemnification in respect of any claim asserted
or
made within such period shall continue until the final disposition of such
claim, and provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall extend
or be
deemed a waiver of any applicable statute of limitations in respect of any
claim
or claim for indemnification. Without limiting the foregoing, all
limitations of liability existing in favor of the Indemnified Parties in
the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any Company Subsidiary,
arising out of matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective
Time
shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and
effect.
(b) Any
Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 5.9(a),
upon
learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall
promptly notify the Indemnifying Party, but the failure to so notify shall
not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability it may have to such Indemnified
Party if such failure does not materially prejudice the Indemnifying
Party. In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), (i) the
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and
the
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Parties for any
legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by
such
Indemnified Parties in connection with the defense thereof, except that if
the
Indemnifying Party elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the
Indemnified Parties advises that there are issues which raise conflicts of
interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Parties, the
Indemnified Parties may retain counsel which is reasonably satisfactory to
the
Indemnifying Party, and the Indemnifying Party shall pay, promptly as statements
therefor are received, the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for
the
Indemnified Parties (which may not exceed one firm in any jurisdiction unless
the use of one counsel for such Indemnified Parties would present such counsel
with a conflict of interest) in accordance with the obligations set forth
in
Section 5.9(a) hereof, (ii) the Indemnified Parties will cooperate in the
defense of any such matter, (iii) the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable
for
any settlement effected without its prior written consent, which consent
shall
not be unreasonably withheld, and (iv) the Indemnifying Party shall have
no
obligation hereunder in the event a federal banking agency or a court of
competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination
shall
have become final and nonappealable, that indemnification of an Indemnified
Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable
law.
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(c) The
Holding Company shall maintain the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’
liability insurance policy (or purchase an insurance policy providing coverage
on substantially the same terms and conditions) for acts or omissions occurring
prior to the Effective Time by persons who are currently covered by such
insurance policy maintained by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for
a
period of six years following the Effective Time, provided, however, that
in no
event shall the Holding Company be required to expend on an annual basis
more
than 150% of the amount paid by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries
as of
the date hereof for such insurance coverage (the “Insurance Amount”) to maintain
or procure such insurance coverage, and further provided that if the Holding
Company is unable to maintain or obtain the insurance called for hereby,
the
Holding Company shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain as much comparable
insurance as is available for the Insurance Amount. At the request of
the Holding Company, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to procure
the
insurance coverage referred to in the preceding sentence prior to the Effective
Time.
(d) In
the event that the Holding Company or any of its respective 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 all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to any person, then, and in each such case the successors and assigns of
such
entity shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 5.9, which
obligations are expressly intended to be for the irrevocable benefit of,
and
shall be enforceable by, each director and officer covered hereby and the
heirs
and estates thereof.
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5.10 Directors
and Executive Officers
(a) On
or prior to the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall take all action
necessary to increase the size of its Board of Directors to sixteen (16)
members, effective as of the Effective Time, consisting of the current nine
(9)
members of the Board of Directors of Home Bancorp and the seven (7) members
of
the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Company Designees”). In
addition, Home Federal, on or prior to the effective time of the Bank Merger,
shall take all action necessary to increase the size of its Board of Directors
to fourteen (14) members, effective as of the effective time of the Bank
Merger,
consisting of the current nine (9) members of the Board of Directors of Home
Federal and the five (5) members of the Bank’s Board of Directors (the “Bank
Designees”). Each of the Holding Company and Home Federal shall take
all action to appoint or elect, effective as of the Effective Time or the
effective time of the Bank Merger, as applicable, such persons in the classes
as
set forth below.
Directors
of the Holding
Company
Class
I
|
Class
II
|
Class
III
|
||
(Term
expiring in 2008)
|
(Term
expiring in 2009)
|
(Term
expiring in 2010)
|
||
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx III
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx III
|
||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx Xx.
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Israel
|
||
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Directors
of the Home
Federal
Class
I
|
Class
II
|
Class
III
|
||
(Term
expiring in 2008)
|
(Term
expiring in 2009)
|
(Term
expiring in 2010)
|
||
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx III
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx III
|
||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Xx
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Israel
|
Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
|
(b) At
the end of the initial term for each of the directors of the Holding Company
and
Home Federal, each of the directors shall be re-nominated for an additional
three-year term, subject to the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors
of
the Holding Company. As of the Effective Time, the Executive
Committee of each of the Holding Company and Home Federal shall be comprised
of
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx. The Executive Committees of the Holding Company and Home
Federal may each make recommendations with respect to the composition of
the
other committees of the respective Boards of Directors of the Holding Company
and Home Federal, as applicable.
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(c) On
or prior to the Effective Time, each of Home Federal and the Holding Company
agrees to take all action necessary to elect Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Chairman
of
the Boards of Directors of Home Federal and the Holding Company and Chief
Executive Officer of the Holding Company, Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx as the President
and
Chief Operating Officer of the Holding Company, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Home Federal and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Home Federal
and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Home
Federal
and the Holding Company.
5.11 Employees
and Employee Benefit Plans
(a) All
employees of the Company, the Bank or any other Company Subsidiary as of
the
Effective Time (collectively, “Company Employees”) shall become employees of the
Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary as of the Effective Time,
provided that, other than as provided by Section 5.11(f) hereof, the Holding
Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary shall have no obligation to continue
the
employment of any such person and nothing contained in this Agreement shall
give
any employee of the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary a right
to
continuing employment with the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary
after the Effective Time. To the extent that the Holding Company or a
Holding Company Subsidiary terminates the employment of any Company, Bank,
Home
Bancorp or Home Federal Employee (other than those employees, if any, who
receive payments pursuant to Section 5.11(d) hereof), other than for cause,
within six months following the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall,
or
shall cause a Holding Company Subsidiary to, provide severance benefits in
a
cash amount as mutually agreed to by Home Bancorp and the Company, provided,
however that in no event shall the Holding Company or a Holding Company
Subsidiary have any obligation to provide severance benefits to any Company
Employee whose termination of employment occurs due to resignation or discharge
for cause or who is entitled to severance benefits or the equivalent thereof
under the terms of an individual contract with the Company or the
Bank.
(b) Each
Company Employee who remains employed by the Holding Company or a Holding
Company Subsidiary following the Effective Time (each, a “Continuing Employee”)
shall be entitled to participate in (i) such of the employee benefit plans,
deferred compensation arrangements, bonus or incentive plans and other
compensation and benefit plans that the Holding Company or a Holding Company
Subsidiary may continue for the benefit of Continuing Employees following
the
Effective Time and (ii) whatever employee benefit plans and other compensation
and benefit plans (other than any stock option or restricted stock grant
plan
implemented by the Holding Company or assumed thereby from Home Bancorp)
that
the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary may maintain for the
benefit
of its similarly situated employees on an equitably equivalent basis, if
such
Continuing Employee is not otherwise then participating in a similar plan
described in Section 5.11(c) hereof. The parties hereto acknowledge
that Continuing Employees shall be eligible to participate in the stock option
plan and the recognition and retention restricted stock plan anticipated
to be
implemented by the Holding Company within one year subsequent to the Effective
Time (subject to receipt of necessary corporate, regulatory and shareholder
approval) based upon the same criteria as other employees of Home Federal
or the
Holding Company and the level of grants shall give due regard to, among other
factors, relative levels of title, duties, salary and other compensation
and
benefits.
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(c) (i)
At the Effective Time, the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary
shall become the plan sponsor of each Company Employee Plan. The
Company agrees to take or cause to be taken such actions as the Holding Company
or a Holding Company Subsidiary may reasonably request to give effect to
such
assumption. The Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary shall
have the right and power at any time following the Effective Time to amend
or
terminate or cease benefit accruals under any Company Employee Plan or cause
it
to be merged with or its assets and liabilities to be transferred to a similar
plan maintained by it.
(ii) For
purposes of its employee benefit plans, the Holding Company and each Holding
Company Subsidiary shall treat Continuing Employees as new employees, but
shall
amend its plans to provide credit for all purposes (other than benefit accrual)
for each Continuing Employee’s service with the Company, the Bank and any other
Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that such service was recognized
for
similar purposes under the Company Employee Plans immediately prior to the
Effective Time. Continuing Employees and their covered dependents
will not be deprived of any partial or complete coverage under any employee
benefit plan of the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary (which
provides the type of benefits similar to benefits under any Company Employee
Plan) because of any waiting period or pre-existing condition or previous
medical treatments, except to the extent that such pre-existing condition
or
previous medical treatments were excluded from coverage under a Company Employee
Plan, in which case this Section 5.11(c)(ii) shall not require coverage for
such
pre-existing condition or previous medical treatments to the same extent
such
coverage was excluded under a Company Employee Plan. To the extent
that the initial period of coverage for Continuing Employees under any employee
benefit plan of the Holding Company or a Holding Company Subsidiary that
is an
“employee welfare benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA overlaps
with the 12 months coverage period of an applicable Company Employee Plan,
Continuing Employees shall be given credit during the initial period of coverage
for any deductibles and coinsurance payments made by Continuing Employees
under
any Company Employee Plan during any partial period. The Holding
Company and each Holding Company Subsidiary shall use their best efforts
(including making any amendments) to require that any lifetime limitation
on
benefits under any welfare benefit plan of the Holding Company or a Holding
Company Subsidiary shall be applied without regard to benefits received under
the Company’s welfare benefit plans on account of claims arising prior to the
Effective Time.
(d) At
and following the Effective Time, Home Federal shall honor, and the Holding
Company shall continue to be obligated to perform, in accordance with their
terms, all benefit obligations to, and contractual rights of, current and
former
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective
Time,
as well as all employment, severance, deferred compensation or
“change-in-control” agreements, plans or policies of the Company which are
Previously Disclosed, other than any contractual rights which are superseded
by
the terms of the new employment agreements being entered into as of the
Effective Time pursuant to Section 5.11(f) hereof.
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(e) The
Company shall (1) take any actions necessary to cause the KSOP to be terminated
immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to the consummation of the
Merger, and for the balances in all Participants’ Aggregate Accounts (as defined
in the KSOP) to become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the date of
termination; (2) cause the account balances of all KSOP participants to be
distributed in a lump sum (or transferred in accordance with Section 401(a)(31)
of the Code) as soon as practicable following the later of (a) the Effective
Time or (b) the date of a receipt of a favorable determination letter from
the
IRS regarding the qualified status of the KSOP upon its termination; and
(3)
adopt amendment(s) to the KSOP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
Home Bancorp, as may be requested by the IRS in connection with the request
for
a determination letter. As soon as practicable after the date hereof,
the Company shall file a request for a determination letter from the IRS
regarding the continued qualified status of the KSOP upon its
termination. Prior to the Effective Time, Company and, following the
Effective Time, the Holding Company shall use their respective best efforts
to
obtain such favorable determination letter (including, but not limited to,
making such changes to the KSOP as may be requested by the IRS as a condition
to
its issuance of a favorable determination letter). In addition, not
later than the Effective Time, the Holding Company or Home Federal, as
applicable, shall make any amendments necessary to its 401(k) plan or ESOP,
as
applicable to allow a direct rollover to such plans of amounts distributed
under
the KSOP excluding a direct rollover of any participant’s account subject to one
or more loans that are outstanding under the KSOP unless such loans are
satisfied in full prior to such direct rollover.
(f) (i)
As of the Effective Time, Home Federal and the Holding Company shall enter
into
employment agreements with Messrs. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
in the
forms attached hereto as Appendix F, Appendix G, Appendix H
and Appendix I, respectively, or in such form as such employment
agreements are revised in connection with the review by Governmental Entities
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) immediately prior to
or as
of the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement
dated June 13, 2006 by and among the Company, the Bank and Xxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
will
be terminated in accordance with the terms of the First Amendment thereto
dated
December 11, 2007 and (iii) Amendment Number Two to the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan of the Bank will have been adopted and remain in
full
force and effect.
(g) With
respect to each Company Employee Benefit Plan subject to Section 409A of
the
Code, the Company agrees to amend each such plan or cause each such plan
to be
amended to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code (or
to
cause such plan, in whole or in part, to avoid the application of Section
409A
of the Code by preserving the terms of such plan, and the law in effect,
for
benefits vested as of December 31, 2004) prior to the Effective
Time. Such amendments shall be provided to Home Bancorp and its
counsel a reasonable time prior to their proposed adoption by the Company
or the
Bank and shall be subject to the prior consent of Home Bancorp, which shall
not
be unreasonably withheld.
5.12 Bank
Merger
Home
Bancorp, Home Federal, the Holding
Company and the Company shall take, and the Company shall cause the Bank to
take, all necessary and appropriate actions, including causing the Bank and
Home
Federal to enter into a merger agreement (the “Bank Merger Agreement”), to cause
the Bank to merge with and into Home Federal (the “Bank Merger”) immediately
after the Effective Time in accordance with the requirements of all applicable
laws of the OTS and regulations promulgated thereunder. Home Federal
shall be the surviving corporation in the Bank Merger (the “Surviving Bank”),
and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the OTS as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. The directors and
executive officers of the Surviving Bank upon consummation of the Bank Merger
shall be the directors and executive officers of Home Federal immediately
prior
to the consummation of the Bank Merger, except as provided in Section 5.10
of
this Agreement. Upon consummation of the Bank Merger, the separate
corporate existence of the Bank shall cease and the name of the Surviving
Bank
shall be “First Louisiana Bank.”
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5.13 Organization
of the Holding Company
Prior
to the Effective Time, Home
Bancorp shall cause the Holding Company to be organized under the
BCL. Following the organization of the Holding Company and prior to
the Effective Time, the Board of Directors shall approve this Agreement and
the
transactions contemplated hereby, and Home Bancorp shall cause the Holding
Company to execute and deliver an appropriate instrument of accession to
this
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix J (“Accession
Agreement”), whereupon the Holding Company shall become a party to, and be bound
by, this Agreement.
5.14 Shareholder
Agreements
Shareholder
Agreements, in the form
attached as Appendix A and Appendix B hereto, shall have been
executed and delivered by each director of the Company and Home Bancorp,
respectively, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
In addition, the Shareholder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix
C
shall have been executed by the MHC in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause each such person who is a Company Affiliate
to
execute and deliver to the Holding Company within 30 days of the date hereof
an
agreement in the form of Appendix K hereto.
5.15 Integration
of Policies; Certain Modifications
During
the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company and the Bank shall, and shall
cause
their directors, officers and employees to, cooperate and assist Home Bancorp
and Home Federal in the formulation of a plan of integration for the Holding
Company and Home Federal and the Company and the Bank with respect to their
combined operations subsequent to the Effective Time. At or before
the Effective Time, upon the request of Home Bancorp, the Company shall,
consistent with GAAP, modify and change its employee benefits, loan, litigation
and real estate valuation policies and practices so as to be applied
consistently on a mutually satisfactory basis with those of Home Bancorp;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take such action
(x) more than five Business Days prior to the Effective Time, and (y) unless
Home Bancorp agrees in writing that all conditions to Closing set forth in
Article VI have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions relating
to delivery of documents on the Closing Date); and provided further that
no
party’s representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be untrue or breached in any respect for any purpose as
a
consequence of any such actions which may be undertaken on account of this
Section 5.15.
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5.16 Disclosure
Supplements
From
time to time prior to the
Effective Time, each Party shall promptly supplement or amend any materials
Previously Disclosed and delivered to the other Party pursuant hereto with
respect to any matter hereafter arising which, if existing, occurring or
known
at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or
described in materials Previously Disclosed to the other Party or which is
necessary to correct any information in such materials which has been rendered
materially inaccurate thereby; no such supplement or amendment to such materials
shall be deemed to have modified the representations, warranties and covenants
of the Parties for the purpose of determining whether the conditions set
forth
in Article VI hereof have been satisfied.
5.17 Failure
to Fulfill Conditions
In
the event that either of the Parties
hereto determines that a condition to its respective obligations to consummate
the transactions contemplated may not be fulfilled on or prior to the
termination of this Agreement, it will promptly notify the other
Party. Each Party will promptly inform the other Party of any facts
applicable to it that would be likely to prevent or materially delay approval
of
the Merger, the Conversion or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby
by any Governmental Entity or third party or which would otherwise prevent
or
materially delay consummation of such transactions.
5.18 Statutory
Trust
Prior
to the Effective Time, the
Company, with the assistance of the Holding Company, shall use its best efforts
to obtain a supplemental indenture with the trustees of the outstanding floating
rate junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures to evidence the
succession of the Holding Company as of the Effective Time. The form of the
supplemental indenture shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holding Company,
and the Holding Company agrees to assume the covenants, agreements and
obligations of the Company under such indenture.
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
6.1 Conditions
Precedent – Home Bancorp, the MHC and the Company
The
respective obligations of Home
Bancorp, the MHC and the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to
satisfaction of the following conditions at or prior to the Effective
Time.
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(a) All
corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and consummation of the Conversion, the Merger, the Bank Merger
and
the other transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly and validly
taken by Home Bancorp, the MHC, the Holding Company, and the Company, including
without limitation approval of this Agreement by the requisite respective
votes
of the shareholders of the Company and Home Bancorp and the approval of the
Plan
of Conversion by the requisite votes of the shareholders of Home Bancorp
and the
members of the MHC.
(b) All
approvals and consents from any Governmental Entity the approval or consent
of
which is required for the consummation of the Merger, the Bank Merger and
the
other transactions contemplated hereby shall have been received and all
statutory waiting periods in respect thereof shall have expired; and Home
Bancorp, Home Federal, the MHC, the Holding Company, the Company and the
Bank
shall have procured all other approvals, consents and waivers of each person
(other than the Governmental Entities referred to above) whose approval,
consent
or waiver is necessary to the consummation of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and the failure of which to obtain would
have
the effects set forth in the following proviso clause; provided, however,
that
no approval or consent referred to in this Section 6.1(b) shall be deemed
to
have been received if it shall include any condition or requirement that,
individually or in the aggregate, would so materially reduce the economic
or
business benefits of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to Home
Bancorp that had such condition or requirement been known, Home Bancorp,
in its
reasonable judgment, would not have entered into this Agreement.
(c) None
of Home Bancorp, Home Federal, the MHC, the Holding Company, the Company
or the
Bank shall be subject to any statute, rule, regulation, injunction or other
order or decree which shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced
by any governmental or judicial authority which prohibits, restricts or makes
illegal consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
(d) The
Form S-1 shall have become effective under the Securities Act, and Home Bancorp
shall have received all state securities laws or “blue sky” permits and other
authorizations or there shall be exemptions from registration requirements
necessary to issue the Holding Company Common Stock in connection with the
Merger and the Conversion, and neither the Form S-1 nor any such permit,
authorization or exemption shall be subject to a stop order or threatened
stop
order by the Commission or any state securities authority.
(e) The
shares of Holding Company Common Stock to be issued in connection with the
Merger and the Conversion shall have been approved for listing on The Nasdaq
Stock Market.
(f) The
Conversion shall have been consummated.
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6.2 Conditions
Precedent – The Company
The
obligations of the Company to
effect the Merger shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions
at or prior to the Effective Time unless waived by the Company pursuant to
Section 7.4 hereof.
(a) The
representations and warranties of Home Bancorp and the MHC set forth in Article
IV hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date
of
this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date, or on the date when made in the case of a representation and
warranty which specifically relates to an earlier
date. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except for the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.13, any inaccuracies
in
the representations and warranties of Home Bancorp and the MHC shall not
prevent
the satisfaction of the condition contained in this Section 6.2(a) unless
the
cumulative effect of all such inaccuracies, taken in the aggregate, results
or
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Home
Bancorp. In applying the preceding sentence, the determination of
whether a representation and warranty of Home Bancorp and the MHC is inaccurate
shall be made without regard to any language in Article IV which would otherwise
qualify such representation and warranty individually by reference to
materiality or a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Home
Bancorp and the MHC shall have performed in all material respects all
obligations and complied with all covenants required to be performed and
complied with by it pursuant to this Agreement on or prior to the Effective
Time.
(c) Home
Bancorp and the MHC shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated
the
date of the Closing and signed by their respective President and Chief Executive
Officer and by their respective principal financial officer, to the effect
that
the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have been
satisfied.
(d) No
proceeding initiated by any Governmental Entity seeking an order, injunction
or
decree issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction or other legal
restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger or the
other
transactions contemplated hereby shall be pending.
(e) Home
Bancorp shall have furnished the Company with such certificates of its
respective officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment
of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 as such conditions relate
to
Home Bancorp as the Company may reasonably request.
(f) The
Company shall have received the written opinion of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
dated as of the Effective Time, substantially to the effect that, on the
basis
of the facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion which
are consistent with the state of facts existing at the Effective Time, the
Merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as constituting a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In
rendering such opinion, such counsel may require and rely upon representations
and covenants, including those contained in certificates of officers of Home
Bancorp, the Company and others, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to such counsel.
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6.3 Conditions
Precedent – Home Bancorp and the MHC
The
obligations of Home Bancorp and the
MHC to effect the Merger shall be subject to satisfaction of the following
conditions at or prior to the Effective Time unless waived by Home Bancorp
and
the MHC pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof.
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III hereof
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing
Date, or on the date when made in the case of a representation and warranty
which specifically relates to an earlier date. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, except for the representations and warranties contained
in
the second and fourth sentences of Section 3.1 and Section 3.13, any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the Company shall not
prevent the satisfaction of the condition contained in this Section 6.3(a)
unless the cumulative effect of all such inaccuracies, taken in the aggregate,
results or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company. In applying the preceding sentence, the determination
of whether a representation and warranty of the Company is inaccurate shall
be
made without regard to any language in Article III which would otherwise
qualify
such representation and warranty individually by reference to materiality
or a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations and
covenants required to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement on or
prior
to the Effective Time.
(c) The
Company shall have delivered to Home Bancorp and the MHC a certificate, dated
the date of the Closing and signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer
and by its principal financial officer, to the effect that the conditions
set
forth in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) have been satisfied.
(d) No
proceeding initiated by any Governmental Entity seeking an order, injunction
or
decree issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction or other legal
restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger or the
other
transactions contemplated hereby shall be pending.
(e) The
Company shall have furnished Home Bancorp and the MHC with such certificates
of
its officers or others and such other documents to evidence fulfillment of
the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.3 as such conditions relate to
the
Company as Home Bancorp may reasonably request.
(f) Home
Bancorp and the MHC shall have received the written opinion of Elias, Matz,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P., dated as of the Effective Time, substantially to
the effect that, on the basis of the facts, representations and assumptions
set
forth in such opinion which are consistent with the state of facts existing
at
the Effective Time, the Merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes
as constituting a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of
the
Code. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may require and rely
upon representations and covenants, including those contained in certificates
of
officers of Home Bancorp, the Company and others, reasonably satisfactory
in
form and substance to such counsel.
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ARTICLE
VII
TERMINATION,
WAIVER AND AMENDMENT
7.1 Termination
This
Agreement may be
terminated:
(a) at
any time on or prior to the Effective Time, by the mutual consent in writing
of
the parties hereto;
(b) at
any time on or prior to the Effective Time, by Home Bancorp in writing if
the
Company has, or by the Company in writing if Home Bancorp has, in any material
respect, breached (provided that the terminating Party is not then in material
breach of any representation or warranty or material covenant or agreement)
(i)
any material covenant or undertaking contained herein or (ii) any representation
or warranty contained herein, and in either case, such breach (x) is not
cured
within 30 days following written notice to the Party committing such breach,
or
which breach, by its nature, cannot be cured prior to the Closing and (y)
would
entitle the non-breaching Party not to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby under Article VI hereof.
(c) at
any time, by either Home Bancorp or the Company in writing, (i) if any
application for prior approval of a Governmental Entity which is necessary
to
consummate the Merger, the Conversion or the other transactions contemplated
hereby is denied or withdrawn at the request or recommendation of the
Governmental Entity which must grant such approval, unless within the 25-day
period following such denial or withdrawal a petition for rehearing or an
amended application has been filed with the applicable Governmental Entity,
provided, however, that no party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 7(c)(i) if such denial or request or
recommendation for withdrawal shall be due to the failure of the party seeking
to terminate this Agreement to perform or observe the covenants and agreements
of such party set forth herein, or (ii) if any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have issued a final nonappealable order enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, the Conversion or the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) at
any time, by either Home Bancorp or the Company in writing, if (i) the
shareholders of the Company do not approve this Agreement by the requisite
vote
at a meeting duly called for such purpose (or at any adjournment or postponement
thereof), (ii) the shareholders of Home Bancorp do not approve this Agreement
by
the requisite vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose (or at any
adjournment thereof) or (iii) (a) the members of the MHC do not approve the
Plan
of Conversion at a meeting duly called for such purpose (or at any adjournment
thereof or (b) the shareholders of Home Bancorp do not approve the Plan of
Conversion by the requisite vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose
(or
at any adjournment thereof), unless in either case the failure of such
occurrence shall be due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate
to
perform or observe in any material respect its agreements set forth herein
to be
performed or observed by such party at or before the Effective Time;
and
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(e) by
either Home Bancorp or the Company in writing if the Effective Time has not
occurred by the close of business on July 31, 2008, provided that this right
to
terminate shall not be available to any Party whose failure to perform an
obligation in breach of such Party’s obligations under this Agreement has been
the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Merger to be consummated
by
such date.
(f) At
any time prior to the Company Meeting, by Home Bancorp if (i) the Company
shall
have breached Section 5.7, (ii) the Company Board shall have failed to make
its
recommendation referred to in Section 5.2(a), withdrawn such recommendation
or
modified or changed such recommendation in a manner adverse in any respect
to
the interests of Home Bancorp or (iii) the Company shall have materially
breached its obligations under Section 5.2(a) by failing to call, give notice
of, convene and hold the Company Meeting in accordance with Section
5.2(a).
(g) By
Home Bancorp if a tender offer or exchange offer for 20% or more of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is commenced (other than by Home
Bancorp or a Subsidiary thereof), and the Company Board recommends that the
shareholders of the Company tender their shares in such tender or exchange
offer
or otherwise fails to recommend that such shareholders reject such tender
offer
or exchange offer within the ten-Business Day period specified in Rule 14e-2(a)
under the Exchange Act.
(h) At
any time prior to the Company Meeting, by the Company in order to concurrently
enter into an acquisition agreement or similar agreement (each, an “Acquisition
Agreement”) with respect to a Superior Proposal which has been received and
considered by the Company and the Company Board in compliance with Section
5.7
hereof, provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated by the Company
pursuant to this Section 7.1(h) only after the fifth Business Day following
Home
Bancorp’s receipt of written notice from the Company in accordance with Section
5.7(b) advising Home Bancorp that the Company is prepared to enter into an
Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, and only if, during
such five-Business Day period, Home Bancorp does not, in its sole discretion,
make an offer to the Company that the Company Board determines in good faith,
after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, is at least equal
to
the Superior Proposal.
(i) At
any time prior to the Home Bancorp Meeting, by the Company if (i) the Home
Bancorp Board shall have failed to make its recommendation referred to in
Section 5.2(a), withdrawn such recommendation or modified or changed such
recommendation in a manner adverse in any respect to the interests of the
Company or (ii) Home Bancorp shall have materially breached its obligations
under Section 5.2(a) by failing to call, give notice of, convene and hold
the
Home Bancorp Meeting in accordance with Section 5.2(a)
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For
purposes of this Section 7.1,
termination by Home Bancorp also shall be deemed to be a termination on behalf
of the Holding Company and the MHC.
7.2 Effect
of Termination
In
the event that this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, this Agreement shall become void
and
have no effect, except that (i) the provisions relating to confidentiality
set
forth in Section 5.4(b) and expenses and the termination fees set forth in
Section 8.1, and this Section 7.2, shall survive any such termination and
(ii) a
termination pursuant to Section 7.1(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i)
shall
not relieve the breaching Party from liability for willful breach of any
covenant, undertaking, representation or warranty giving rise to such
termination.
7.3 Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
All
representations, warranties and
covenants in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant hereto
or
thereto shall expire on, and be terminated and extinguished at, the Effective
Time other than covenants that by their terms are to be performed after the
Effective Time (including without limitation the covenants set forth in Sections
5.9, 5.10, 5.11 and 5.12 hereof), provided that no such representations,
warranties or covenants shall be deemed to be terminated or extinguished
so as
to deprive Home Bancorp, the MHC or the Company (or any director, officer
or
controlling person of either thereof) of any defense at law or in equity
which
otherwise would be available against the claims of any person, including,
without limitation, any shareholder or former shareholder of either Home
Bancorp
or the Company.
7.4 Waiver
Each
Party hereto by written instrument
signed by an executive officer of such party, may at any time extend the
time
for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other
Parties
hereto and may waive (i) any inaccuracies of the other Parties in the
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or any document
delivered pursuant hereto, (ii) compliance with any of the covenants,
undertakings or agreements of the other party, (iii) to the extent permitted
by
law, satisfaction of any of the conditions precedent to its obligations
contained herein or (iv) the performance by the other parties of any of their
obligations set forth herein, provided that any such waiver granted, or any
amendment or supplement pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof executed after
shareholders of the Company have approved this Agreement shall not modify
either
the amount or form of the consideration to be provided hereby to the holders
of
Company Common Stock upon consummation of the Merger or otherwise materially
adversely affect such shareholders without the approval of the shareholders
who
would be so affected.
7.5 Amendment
or Supplement
This
Agreement may be amended or
supplemented at any time by mutual agreement of the Parties hereto, subject
to
the proviso to Section 7.4 hereof. Any such amendment or supplement
must be in writing and authorized by or under the direction of their respective
Boards of Directors.
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ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Expenses;
Termination Fees
(a) Each
Party hereto shall bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
fees
and expenses of its own financial consultants, investment bankers, accountants
and counsel, provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in
this Agreement, neither Home Bancorp or the MHC nor the Company shall be
released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its willful breach
of
any provision of this Agreement.
(b) In
recognition of the efforts, expenses and other opportunities foregone by
Home
Bancorp and the MHC while structuring and pursuing the Merger, the Parties
hereto agree that the Company shall pay to Home Bancorp a termination fee
of
$700,000 (the “Termination Fee”) in the manner set forth below if:
(i)
this Agreement is terminated by Home Bancorp pursuant to Section 7.1(f) or
(g);
(ii)
this Agreement is terminated by (A) Home Bancorp pursuant to Section
7.1(b), (B) by either Home Bancorp or the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(e),
or
(C) by either Home Bancorp or the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(d)(i) (other
than by reason of any breach by Home Bancorp or the Company, respectively),
and
in the case of any termination pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) an Acquisition
Proposal shall have been publicly announced or otherwise communicated or
made
known to the senior management of the Company or the Board of Directors of
the
Company (or any Person shall have publicly announced, communicated or made
known
an intention, whether or not conditional, to make an Acquisition Proposal)
at
any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the taking of the
vote of
the shareholders of the Company contemplated by this Agreement at the Company
Meeting, in the case of clause (C), or the date of termination of this
Agreement, in the case of clause (A) or (B); or
(iii) this
Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(h).
In
the event the Termination Fee shall
become payable pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) or (ii), (x) the Company shall
pay
to Home Bancorp an amount equal to $250,000 on the first Business Day following
termination of this Agreement, and (y) if within 24 months after such
termination, the Company or a Company Subsidiary enters into any agreement
with
respect to, or consummates, any Acquisition Proposal, the Company shall pay
to
Home Bancorp the Termination Fee (net of any payment made pursuant to clause
(x)
above) on the date of execution of such agreement or consummation of the
Acquisition Proposal. In the event the Termination Fee shall become
payable pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii), the Company shall pay to Home Bancorp
the entire Termination Fee on the first Business Day following the date of
termination of this Agreement. Any amount that becomes payable
pursuant to this Section 8.1(b) shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Home Bancorp.
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(c) The
Company, Home Bancorp and the MHC agree that the agreement contained in
paragraph (b) of this Section 8.1 is an integral part of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, that without such agreement Home Bancorp
and the
MHC would not have entered into this Agreement and that such amounts do not
constitute a penalty or liquidated damages in the event of a breach of this
Agreement by either the Company or Home Bancorp. If the Company fails
to pay Home Bancorp hereto the amounts due thereto under paragraph (b) above
within the time periods specified therein, the Company shall pay the costs
and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by Home
Bancorp
in connection with any action in which Home Bancorp prevails, including the
filing of any lawsuit, taken to collect payment of such amounts, together
with
interest on the amount of any such unpaid amounts at the prime lending rate
prevailing during such period as published in The Wall Street Journal,
calculated on a daily basis from the date such amounts were required to be
paid
until the date of actual payment.
8.2 Entire
Agreement
This
Agreement contains the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby
and supersedes all prior arrangements or understandings with respect thereto,
written or oral, other than documents referred to herein and
therein. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and thereto and their
respective successors. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto,
and their respective successors, any rights, remedies, obligations or
liabilities other than as set forth in Sections 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11
hereof.
8.3 No
Assignment
None
of the parties hereto may assign
any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any other
person.
8.4 Notices
All
notices or other communications
which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient
if
delivered personally, telecopied (with confirmation) or sent by overnight
mail
service or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested),
postage
prepaid, addressed as follows:
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to Home Bancorp and the MHC:
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Xxxxxxxxx 00000
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a required copy to:
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Elias,
Matz, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
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00xx Xxxxxx, X.X.
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Xxxxxxxxxx,
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Attn:
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X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
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to the Company:
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First
Louisiana Bancshares, Inc.
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0000
Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attn:
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X. Xxxxxxxxx
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and Chief Executive Officer
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Fax:
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000-0000
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With
a required copy to:
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Attn:
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxx,
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8.5 Alternative
Structure
Notwithstanding
any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, Home Bancorp and the MHC may, with the written
consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, elect,
subject
to the filing of all necessary applications and the receipt of all required
regulatory approvals, to modify the structure of the acquisition of the Company
set forth herein, provided that (i) such modification will not adversely
affect
the tax treatment of the Company’s shareholders as a result of receiving shares
of Holding Company Common Stock, (ii) the consideration to be paid to the
holders of the Company Common Stock is not thereby changed in kind or reduced
in
amount as a result of such modification and (iii) such modification will
not
materially delay or jeopardize receipt of any required regulatory approvals
or
impair or prevent the satisfaction of any other condition to the obligations
of
Home Bancorp and the MHC set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.3
hereof.
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8.6 Interpretation
The
captions contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this
Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts
This
Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an
original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
but one
agreement.
8.8 Governing
Law
This
Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana applicable
to
agreements made and entirely to be performed within such
jurisdiction. Any dispute arising hereunder shall be brought before a
court located in the State of Louisiana. Each of the Parties hereto
waives all rights to a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counteraction
related to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be executed in counterparts by their duly
authorized officers and their corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested
by their officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first
above written.
Attest:
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X. Xxxxxxx
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XxXxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Corporate Secretary
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and Chief Executive Officer
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FEDERAL MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY OF LOUISIANA
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Name: XxXxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Corporate
Secretary
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Title:
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President
and Chief ExecutiveOfficer
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FIRST
LOUISIANA BANCSHARES, INC.
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Attest:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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By:
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Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Corporate Secretary
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Title:
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President
and Chief ExecutiveOfficer
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