3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of March 14, 2005 Among GREATER BAY BANCORP as Borrower and THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN as Initial Lenders and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Book Runner

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

3-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 14, 2005

Among

GREATER BAY BANCORP

as Borrower

and

THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN

as Initial Lenders

and

XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and

Book Runner

Table of Contents


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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms		1
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods		13
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms		13

ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES

SECTION 2.01. The Advances		13
SECTION 2.02. Making the Advances		14
SECTION 2.03. Fees		15
SECTION 2.04. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments		15
SECTION 2.05. Repayment		16
SECTION 2.06. Interest		17
SECTION 2.07. Interest Rate Determination		17
SECTION 2.08. Optional Conversion of Advances		18
SECTION 2.09. Optional Prepayments		18
SECTION 2.10. Increased Costs		18
SECTION 2.11. Illegality		19
SECTION 2.12. Payments and Computations		19
SECTION 2.13. Taxes		20
SECTION 2.14. Sharing of Payments, Etc.		22
SECTION 2.15. Use of Proceeds		23

ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING

SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01		23
SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing		24

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower		24

ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER

SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants		27
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants		28
SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenants		30
SECTION 5.04. Reporting Requirements		31

ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default		33



ARTICLE VII THE AGENT

SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action		35
SECTION 7.02. Agent’s Reliance, Etc.		35
SECTION 7.03. Xxxxx Fargo and Affiliates		36
SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision		36
SECTION 7.05. Indemnification		36
SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent		37

ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc.		37
SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc.		37
SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies		39
SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses		39
SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off		40
SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect		40
SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations		40
SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality		43
SECTION 8.09. Governing Law		43
SECTION 8.10. Execution in Counterparts		43
SECTION 8.11. Jurisdiction, Etc.		43
SECTION 8.12. Waiver of Jury Trial		44

Schedules

Schedule 1 - List of Applicable Lending Offices

Schedule 2 – Bank Subsidiaries

Schedule 3 - Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.02(e) – Existing Debt

Exhibits

Exhibit A - Form of Promissory Note

Exhibit B - Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit C - Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit D - Form of Opinion of General Counsel for the Borrower

CREDIT AGREEMENT

CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 14, 2005 (this “Agreement”), among GREATER BAY BANCORP, a California corporation (the “Borrower”), the banks and financial institutions (the “Initial Lenders”) listed on the signature pages hereof, and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Xxxxx Fargo”), as agent, sole lead arranger and book runner (the “Agent”) for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

(1) The Borrower, certain lenders including the Lenders hereunder and the Agent entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2002, as amended by an Amendment No. 1 dated as of March 3, 2003, an Amendment No. 2 dated as of December 15, 2003 and an Amendment No. 3 dated as of March 10, 2004 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

(2) The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a new senior revolving credit facility of $60,000,000 to replace the Existing Credit Agreement, and to provide for the general corporate purpose needs of the Borrower, including acquisitions.

(3) The Lenders have indicated their willingness to agree to lend such amounts on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises and for the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

“Advance” means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Article II, and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of which shall be a “Type” of Advance).

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 5% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.

“Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses” means, at any time, the amount set forth in the most recent Form 10Q or 10K filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor report).

“Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” means, as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable Performance Level as set forth below:


Performance Level	Commitment Fee
Level I	0.125	%
Level II	0.150	%
Level III	0.175	%
Level IV	0.250	%
Level V	0.300	%

“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender’s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance.

“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable Performance Level as set forth below:


Performance Level	Applicable Margin for Base Rate Advances		Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances with Utilization < 50%		Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances with Utilization ³ 50%
Level I	0.00	%	0.500	%	0.625	%
Level II	0.00	%	0.625	%	0.750	%
Level III	0.00	%	0.750	%	0.875	%
Level IV	0.00	%	1.125	%	1.250	%
Level V	0.25	%	1.250	%	1.500	%

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.

“Bank Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower, which is a bank or thrift institution, including, without limitation, Greater Bay Bank, N.A. and any bank or thrift institution subsequently becoming a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Base Rate” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of:

(a) the rate of interest announced by Xxxxx Fargo, from time to time, as Xxxxx Fargo’s prime rate, which the parties acknowledge is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by Xxxxx Fargo to its customers;

(b) 1/2 of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.

“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a)(i).

“Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders.

“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in San Francisco, California, Chicago, Illinois, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.

“Call Report” shall mean the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (FFIEC Form 031 or 041 or any successor form of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council).

“Cash Investments” means, as of any date of determination and to the extent owned by the Borrower free and clear of all Liens, (i) cash in any account with a bank, (ii) certificates of deposit maturing less than 90 days after the date of acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank that is a Lender or has ratings of at least Baa2 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BBB by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) and is organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, and (iii) interests in any investment company or money market fund substantially all of the assets of which are (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof); (b) marketable general obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of such state is pledged in support thereof) and, at the time of acquisition thereof, having credit ratings of at least BBB by S&P and at least Baa2 by Moody’s; (c) securities of the type described in clause (ii) above; and/or (d) commercial paper having a rating at the time of acquisition thereof of at least A1 from S&P or at least P1 from Moody’s, and in any case maturing less than 90 days after the date of acquisition thereof.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of voting interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such voting interests) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of all voting interests of the Borrower; or (b) during

any period of up to 24 consecutive months, commencing on or after the date of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such 24-month period were directors of the Borrower (or who were either appointed by a majority of such directors or elected by the Borrower’s shareholders upon the recommendation of a majority of such directors) shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower; or (c) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Borrower.

“Clean-up Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

“Clean-up Period” means a thirty-day period commencing on a Clean-up Payment Date and ending 30 consecutive days thereafter.

“CODES” means (a) the zero coupon senior convertible contingent debt securities issued by the Borrower in the principal amount at maturity of $312,877,000 due 2022 and (b) the zero coupon senior convertible debt securities issued by the Borrower in the principal amount at maturity of $265,212,000 due 2024.

“Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

“Confidential Information” means information designated as confidential that the Borrower furnishes to the Agent or any Lender in a writing but does not include any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public or that is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender from a source other than the Borrower.

“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.

“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.08.

“Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by more than 60 days incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or similar extensions of credit, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, (h) all Debt of others referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above or clause (i) below and other payment obligations (collectively, “Guaranteed Debt”) guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person and (i) all Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above (including Guaranteed Debt)

secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt.

“Default” means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.

“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.

“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

“Eligible Assignee” means (i) (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (b) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided that (1) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (2) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country; and (d) any other Person which is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act, 1933) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, including insurance companies, investment funds, mutual funds and lease financing companies; and (ii) any Lender, and any Affiliate of any Lender or, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in loans, any other fund that invests in loans and is advised or managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender.

“Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein, whether voting or non-voting).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the Borrower’s controlled group, or under common control with the Borrower, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such Section) are met with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan.

“Eurocurrency Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

“Eurodollar Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Eurodollar Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.

“Eurodollar Rate” means the annual rate equal to the sum of (i) the rate obtained by dividing (a) the rate (rounded up to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) determined by the Agent as of 11:00 a.m. London, England time on the second Eurodollar Business Day prior to the date such rate is to become effective to be the average rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered or available to banks in the London interbank market for funds to be made available on the first day of any Interest Period in an amount approximately equal to the amount for which a Eurodollar Rate quotation has been requested and maturing at the end of such Interest Period, by (b) a percentage equal to 100% minus the Federal Reserve System reserve requirement (expressed as a percentage) applicable to such deposits, and (ii) the Applicable Margin. In making such determination, the Agent shall utilize Telerate page 3750 under the heading “British Bankers Association LIBOR rates”

in the column designated “USD,” as published by Bridge Information Systems, Inc., or such other comparable source as may be available to the Agent in the event such Telerate page is no longer published or readily available.

“Eurodollar Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.06(a)(ii).

“Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage” for any Interest Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in San Francisco with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Advances is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period.

“Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the first preliminary statement to this Agreement.

“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

“FFIEC” means the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“FR Report Y-9C” shall mean the “Consolidated Financial Statements for Bank Holding Companies- FR Y-9C” submitted by the Borrower as required by Section 5(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1844) and section 225.5(b) of Regulation Y (12CFR225.(b)), or any successor or similar replacement report.

“FR Report Y-9LP” shall mean the “Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Large Bank Holding Companies- FR Y-LP” submitted by Borrower as required by section 5(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1844) and section 225.5(b) of Regulation Y (12CFR225.(b)), or any successor or similar replacement report.

“GAAP” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.

“Hedge Agreements” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements.

“Interest Period” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months, as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (San Francisco time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select; provided, however, that:

(i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the Termination Date;

(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;

(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that, if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and

(iv) whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“Investment” in any Person means any loan or advance to such Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interests or Debt or the assets comprising a division or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other direct or indirect investment in such Person, including, without limitation, any acquisition by way of a merger or consolidation (or similar transaction) and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs Debt of the types referred to in clause (h) or (i) of the definition of “Debt” in respect of such Person.

“Lenders” means the Initial Lenders and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 8.07.

“Lien” means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement and the Notes.

“Marketable Securities” means, to the extent owned by the Borrower free and clear of all Liens, (i) negotiable debt obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Government National Mortgage Association (“Xxxxxx Xxx”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Xxxxxxx Mac”), or (ii) collateralized mortgage obligations acceptable to the Agent or mortgage backed securities issued by Xxxxxx Xxx, FNMA or Xxxxxxx Mac; provided, that, (i) or (ii) above shall exclude interest-only and principal-only stripped securities, securities representing residual interests in mortgage pools, and securities that are not listed on a national securities exchange or regularly quoted in a national quotation service) and, provided, further, that securities under (i) or (ii) above shall have a weighted average modified duration, as shown by Bloomberg, of less than four years. In the event that the weighted average modified duration equals or exceeds four years, the minimum value of securities necessary to reduce the weighted average duration below four years shall be disqualified from this definition.

“Material Adverse Change” means any material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any Note or (c) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any Note.

“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

“Net Income” has the meaning assigned to such term by GAAP, without reference to extraordinary items or adjustments caused solely by changes in applicable accounting principles.

“Non-Performing Assets” means the sum of (i) all loans classified as past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest; (ii) all loans classified as “non-accrual” and no longer accruing interest; (iii) all loans classified as “restructured loans and leases”; (iv) without duplication, property acquired by repossession or foreclosure and property acquired pursuant to in-substance foreclosure, and (v) all other “Non-Performing Assets,” as reported in the then most recent call report of the relevant entity.

“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Advances made by such Lender.

“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).

“Performance Level” means Performance Level I, Performance Level II, Performance Level III, Performance Level IV and Performance Level V as identified by reference to the Public Debt Rating as set forth below:


Performance Level		Public Debt Rating
Level I		Long-Term Senior Unsecured Debt of the Borrower Rated at least BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s or Baa1 by Moody’s

Level II		Long-Term Senior Unsecured Debt of the Borrower Rated less than Level I but at least BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Baa2 by Moody’s

Level III		Long-Term Senior Unsecured Debt of the Borrower Rated less than Level II but at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Baa3 by Moody’s

Level IV		Long-Term Senior Unsecured Debt of the Borrower Rated less than Level III but at least BB+ by Standard & Poor’s and Ba1 by Moody’s

Level V		Long-Term Senior Unsecured Debt of the Borrower Rated equal to or less than BB by Standard & Poor’s or Ba2 by Moody’s

For the purposes of this definition, the public debt ratings above shall be determined by the lowest rating that has been most recently announced by either S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Borrower. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage will be set in accordance with Level V under the definition of “Applicable Margin” or “Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage”, as the case may be; (c) if the ratings established by S&P and Xxxxx’x shall fall within different levels, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be based upon the higher rating, except that, if the rating established by S&P differs by two or more levels from the rating established by Xxxxx’x, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be based upon the rating which is one level below the higher of those two levels; (d) if any rating established by S&P or Xxxxx’x shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the fifth day after such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; and (e) if S&P or Xxxxx’x shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating announced by S&P or Xxxxx’x, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Xxxxx’x, as the case may be.

“Permitted Liens” means such of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the extent not required to be paid under Section 5.01(b) hereof; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days; (c) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; and (d) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real property that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use of such property for its present purposes.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

“Plan” means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.

“Primary Capital” shall mean shareholder equity in accordance with GAAP plus Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).

“Required Lenders” means (a) at any time that three or less Lenders have Commitments hereunder, all Lenders, and (b) at any time that four or more Lenders have Commitments hereunder, Lenders owed at least 67% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances owing to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding, Lenders having at least 67% of the total Commitments.

“Return on Assets” of a Person means the percentage determined by dividing the Net Income of such Person for the four calendar quarters immediately preceding the date of determination by its total average assets for such period. The total average assets of a Person shall be as reported in its most recent quarterly financial statements or, in the case of a Bank Subsidiary, in its most recent quarterly call report.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.

“Single Employer Plan” means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such limited liability company, partnership or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.

“Subsidiary Bank” shall mean any Person which is an “insured depository institution” within the meaning of 12U.S.C. §1813(c) as amended, and which is “controlled” by the Borrower within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. §1841 (a), as amended.

“Termination Date” means the earlier of March 13, 2008 and the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.04 or 6.01.

“Tier 1 Leverage Ratio” shall be defined and calculated in accordance with Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y in the case of the Borrower and in accordance with Section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act in the case of any Bank Subsidiary.

“Tier 1 Risk Based Capital Ratio” shall be defined and calculated in accordance with Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y in the case of the Borrower and in accordance with Section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act in the case of any Bank Subsidiary.

“Total Risk Based Capital Ratio” shall be defined and calculated in accordance with Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y in the case of the Borrower and in accordance with Section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act in the case of any Bank Subsidiary.

“Trust Preferred Securities” means the junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of the Borrower delivered in connection with trust preferred securities issued by each of GBB Capital II, GBB Capital III, GBB Capital IV, GBB Capital V and GBB Capital VI and GBB Capital VII.

“Utilization” means the percentage of outstanding Advances to total Commitments on any given day.

“Voting Stock” means capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

“Xxxxx Fargo” has the meaning given such term in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.

SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) (“GAAP”).

ARTICLE II

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES

SECTION 2.01. The Advances. (a) Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 hereto (as amended from time to time) or, if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.07(c), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.04 (such Lender’s “Commitment”). Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay pursuant to Section 2.09 and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrowings may be made hereunder during any Clean-up Period.

SECTION 2.02. Making the Advances. (a) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (San Francisco time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, or the first Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each such notice of a Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing or by telecopier, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each Lender shall, before 11:00 A.M. (San Francisco time) on the date of such Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the Agent’s address referred to in Section 8.02.

(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Borrowing is less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or if the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.11 and (ii) the Eurodollar Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than ten separate Borrowings.

(c) Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Borrowing that the related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.

(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest

rate applicable at the time to Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.

(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.

SECTION 2.03. Fees. (a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee on the aggregate amount of such Lender’s average daily unused Commitment from the Effective Date in the case of each Initial Lender and from the later of the Effective Date and the effective date specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender until the Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment Percentage Fee in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the first day of each March, June, September and December, commencing June 1, 2005, and on the Termination Date.

(b) Agent’s Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.

SECTION 2.04. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least one Business Day’s notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or permanently reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the respective Commitments of the Lenders, provided that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.

(b) Prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower shall have the right, from time to time, to increase the aggregate Commitments hereunder in an amount not less than $10,000,000 by an increase in one or more Lender’s Commitments or by the addition of one or more banks or other lending institutions as Lenders (the “Commitment Increase”); provided, that, at no time shall the aggregate amount of Commitments exceed $100,000,000;

(c) The proposed Commitment Increase shall not occur unless each of the following requirements in respect thereof shall have been satisfied:

(d) The Agent shall have received from the Borrower written notice (the “Commitment Increase Notice”) not less than 30 days (or as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Agent) before the proposed Commitment Increase Effective Date (as defined below) that specifies (x) the aggregate amount of the proposed Commitment Increase, (y) the Lenders whose Commitments are to be increased and/or the banks or other lending institutions which are to become Lenders (“New Lenders”) and the amount by which such Lender’s Commitment is to be so increased and/or the amount of each New Lenders’ Commitment and (z) the date (the “Commitment Increase Effective Date”) on which the proposed Commitment Increase shall become effective;

(e) The Agent shall have notified the Borrower of its consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to the Commitment Increase occurring as set out in the Commitment Increase Notice.

(f) On and as of the Commitment Increase Effective Date of the proposed Commitment Increase the following statements shall be true:

(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4 hereof are correct and as of such Commitment Increase Effective Date before and after giving the proposed Commitment Increase, as though made on and as of such date, and

(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such a Commitment Increase, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default.

(g) The Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions and documents as it may reasonably request.

(h) Promptly following its receipt of the Commitment Increase Notice and the consent thereto as set out in Section 2.04 (d) and (e) above, the Agent shall deliver copies of the same to each Lender. If, and only if, all of the terms, conditions and requirements specified in paragraphs (b) through (g) are satisfied in respect to the proposed Commitment Increase on and as of the proposed Commitment Increase Effective Date thereof and in the case of any New Lender, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, duly executed by such New Lender, the Agent and the Borrower pursuant to which such New Lender agrees to be bound by all the obligations of a Lender hereunder, has been received by the Agent, then, as of such Commitment Increase Effective Date and from and after such date, (1) references herein to the amounts of the Lenders’ respective Commitments shall refer to respective amounts giving effect to such Commitment Increase, and (2) each such New Lender shall be a Lender for all purposes hereof, and the Agent shall record all relevant information with respect to such New Lender and its Commitment in the Register (as defined in Section 8.07(c) hereto);

(i) Upon any increase of the Commitment of any Lender or any New Lender becoming a party hereto pursuant to this Section 2.04, the Agent shall prepare a replacement Schedule 1 reflecting all Lenders and all Commitments giving effect to the such changes and shall distribute a copy of such Schedule 1 to the Borrower and each of the Lenders and, absent manifest error, such replacement Schedule 1 shall become Schedule 1 for all purposes of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.05. Repayment. The Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the Advances then outstanding; provided, that, if at any time during the term of this Agreement any Advance shall remain outstanding for a period ending on the 364^th consecutive day following the date such Advance was made, then on such 364^th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such date) (a “Clean-up Payment Date”), the Borrower shall prepay in full all Advances then outstanding.

SECTION 2.06. Interest. (a) Scheduled Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:

(i) Base Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the first day of each March, June, September and December and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.

(ii) Eurodollar Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of such Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.

(b) Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require the Borrower to pay interest (“Default Interest”) on (i) the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 4% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Advance pursuant to clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any interest, fee or other amount payable hereunder that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 4% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause (a)(i) above; provided, however, that following acceleration of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01, Default Interest shall accrue and be payable hereunder whether or not previously required by the Agent.

SECTION 2.07. Interest Rate Determination. (a) The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section 2.06(a)(i) or (ii).

(b) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Required Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.

(c) If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of “Interest Period” in Section 1.01, the Agent will forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders and such Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances.

(d) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than $5,000,000, such Advances shall automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances.

(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended.

SECTION 2.08. Optional Conversion of Advances. The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (San Francisco time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.07 and 2.11, Convert all Advances of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided, however, that any Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances, any Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in Section 2.02(b) and no Conversion of any Advances shall result in more separate Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(b). Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.

SECTION 2.09. Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon at least one Business Day’s (or, in the case of Advances consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, three Business Days’) notice to the Agent, stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(c).

SECTION 2.10. Increased Costs. (a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances (excluding for purposes of

this Section 2.10 any such increased costs resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.13 shall govern) and (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Borrower shall from time to time, within 15 days of receipt of written demand from such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be responsible for costs under this Section 2.10(a) arising more than 180 days prior to receipt by the Borrower of the demand from the affected Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10(a). A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(b) If any Lender determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender’s commitment to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender’s commitment to lend hereunder. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.11. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, (a) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (b) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.

SECTION 2.12. Payments and Computations. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes, irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off, not later than 11:00 A.M. (San Francisco time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Agent in same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.13 or 8.04(c)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment

and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.

(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder or under the Note held by such Lender, to charge from time to time against any or all of the Borrower’s accounts with such Lender any amount so due.

(c) All computations of interest and fees shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 days, for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(d) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.

(e) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.

SECTION 2.13. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the Agent hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be delivered hereunder shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.12 or the applicable provisions of such other documents, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or under the

Notes being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note or any other documents to be delivered hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.13) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be delivered hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the Notes or any other documents to be delivered hereunder (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

(c) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent for and hold it harmless against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, taxes of any kind imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.13) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. In the case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of the Borrower through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on behalf of the Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person, if the Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, the Borrower shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this subsection (d) and subsection (e), the terms “United States” and “United States person” shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender and on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time thereafter as reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower (but only so long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide each of the Agent and the Borrower with two original Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes. If the

form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender assignee becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under subsection (a) in respect of United States withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to in this subsection (e) requires the disclosure of information, other than information necessary to compute the tax payable and information required on the date hereof by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, that the Lender reasonably considers to be confidential, the Lender shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and shall not be obligated to include in such form or document such confidential information.

(f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form, certificate or other document described in Section 2.13(e) (other than if such failure is due to a change in law, or in the interpretation or application thereof, occurring subsequent to the date on which a form, certificate or other document originally was required to be provided, or if such form, certificate or other document otherwise is not required under subsection (e) above), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.13(a) or (c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form, certificate or other document required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to recover such Taxes.

SECTION 2.14. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Advances owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.13 or 8.04(c)) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Advances obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Advances owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

SECTION 2.15. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances shall be available (and the Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) to replace the Existing Credit Agreement and to provide for the general corporate purpose needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including acquisitions.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING

SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01. Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

(a) The Agent shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:

(i) The Notes to the order of the Lenders (to the extent that such has been requested by any Lender).

(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of California, dated reasonably near the date of this Agreement, certifying that the Borrower is duly incorporated and in good standing under the law of the State of California.

(iii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving this Agreement and the Notes, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the Notes.

(iv) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

(v) A favorable opinion of the Borrower’s general counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and as to such other matters as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.

(b) The Agent shall have received, on or before the Effective Date, such financial, business and other information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the Lender Parties shall have requested, including, without limitation, audited financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for the period ended December 31, 2003 and the company-prepared financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2004, and interim financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

(d) The Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders.

(e) The Lenders shall be satisfied that all indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the making of the initial Advances hereunder will be, prepaid, redeemed or defeased in full or otherwise satisfied and extinguished and all commitments thereunder have been, or concurrently with the making of the initial Advances hereunder will be, terminated or released.

(f) The Lenders and Xxxxx Fargo shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope, and with results, satisfactory to the Lenders and the Agent; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders and the Agent shall have been given such access to the management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as they shall have requested.

SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have occurred and on the date of such Borrowing (a) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):

(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and

(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default;

and (b) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

(a) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where the

character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary and where failure to be so licensed or qualified would have a materially adverse impact on its business or properties; (ii) is in compliance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, except for such noncompliance as would not materially and adversely affect its business or financial condition; and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business, to own its properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all of its obligations under, the Loan Documents.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the Borrowings from time to time hereunder are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of the stockholders of the Borrower, or any authorization, consent or approval by any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, except such as have already been obtained, (ii) violate of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower or any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect having applicability to the Borrower, (iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected, or (iv) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien or other charge or encumbrance of any nature upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, other than liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents. The Borrower is not in violation of any such indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or instrument the violation or breach of which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity.

(d) Schedule 3, lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each direct and indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower. The percentage of the capital stock of each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or by one or more other Subsidiaries is as set forth in Schedule 3.

(e) The Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2003, and the related Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, accompanied by an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent public accountants, and the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2004, and the related Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the nine months then ended, as included in the Borrower’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and duly certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender,

fairly present the Consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the Consolidated results of the operations and cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no Material Adverse Change.

(f) There is no pending or threatened action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding, affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(g) The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

(h) The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be paid to the proper authorities when due all federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld by it, other than as disclosed to the Agent on or before the Effective Date. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and local tax returns which to the knowledge of the officers of the Borrower are required to be filed, and the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing authorities all taxes as shown on said returns or on any assessment received by it to the extent such taxes have become due (except as disclosed in the Borrower’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission), other than taxes whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, has provided adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP.

(i) As of the date of this Agreement, no Plan established or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate that is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA had an accumulated funding deficiency (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA) in excess of $1,000,000 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year of such Plan ended prior to the date hereof, and no liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the Internal Revenue Service in excess of such amount has been, or is expected by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to be, incurred with respect to any Plan of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability with respect to any post-retirement benefit under a Welfare Plan as described in Section 3(1) of ERISA, other than liability for continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER

SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will:

(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA and environmental laws.

(b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained, unless and until any Lien resulting therefrom attaches to its property and becomes enforceable against its other creditors.

(c) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary operates.

(d) Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b) and provided further that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Borrower, such Subsidiary or the Lenders.

(e) Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time, permit the Agent or any of the Lenders or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries with any of their officers or directors and with their independent certified public accountants.

(f) Keeping of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Borrower and each such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time.

(g) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will not:

(a) Liens, Etc. Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any right to receive income, other than:

(i) Permitted Liens;

(ii) the Liens existing on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 5.02(a) hereto;

(iii) Liens over the assets of any Subsidiary pledged in the ordinary course of banking business including, without limitation, liens granted for the purpose of receiving advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Discount Window;

(iv) Liens created or existing in order to comply with the requirements of Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act; and

(v) the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clause (ii) above upon or in the same property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount, acceleration of any principal payment, modification in the subordination provisions, if any, or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of the Debt secured thereby.

(b) Mergers, Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except that (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any other entity if such transaction involves an Investment permitted under Section 5.02(d) and would not result in a Change of Control, and (iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into the Borrower, provided, in each case, that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom.

(c) Accounting Changes. Make or permit, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or permit, any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, except as permitted or required by GAAP.

(d) Investments in Other Persons. Make or hold, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold, any Investment in any Person, except:

(i) Any acquisition (directly or indirectly) of a bank, saving and loan association or any other depositary institution (a “Financial Entity”) if the value of the total Consolidated assets of such Financial Entity does not exceed 35% of the value of the total Consolidated assets of the Borrower prior to giving effect to such acquisition; and

(ii) Any acquisition (directly or indirectly) of an entity other than a Financial Entity if the value of the total Consolidated assets of such entity does not exceed 10% of the value of the total Consolidated assets of the Borrower prior to giving effect to such acquisition.

(iii) Any Investment in a Subsidiary which is established to effect an acquisition permitted by subparagraphs (i) or (ii) above;

(iv) Any Investment in any currently existing Subsidiary;

(v) Any Investment by any Subsidiary in the Borrower;

(vi) Any Investment in a Subsidiary which is created solely to effect a financing transaction; and

(vii) Any Investment (other than an Investment permitted under paragraphs (i) to (vi) above) to the extent the funds used for any such Investment constitute proceeds of issuances of equity of the Borrower,

provided, that, at the time of, and after giving effect to, such Investment, no Default or Event of Default exists.

(e) Debt. Create, assume or permit to exist, or allow any of its Subsidiaries to create, assume or permit to exist, any Debt, other than:

(i) Debt of the Borrower hereunder;

(ii) Debt of the Borrower set forth on Schedule 5.02(e) hereto;

(iii) Debt of any Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of banking business including, without limitation, Debt incurred for the purpose of obtaining advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Discount Window;

(iv) Debt of the Borrower to any Subsidiary;

(v) Debt of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to any of its other Subsidiaries;

(vi) The modification, replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount, acceleration of any principal payment, modification in the subordination provisions, if any, or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of any Debt permitted by clause (ii) above;

(vii) Guaranties by the Borrower issued in the normal course of business in respect of Debt of a Subsidiary permitted hereunder;

(viii) Guaranties of Debt in a maximum outstanding principal amount of $5,000,000; and

(ix) Debt evidenced by senior unsecured notes in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of up to and including $150,000,000, which notes (a) are issued in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (b) do not provide for any principal payments (other than as permitted by Section 5.02(h)) earlier than 10 days after the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

(f) Change in Nature of Business. Make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof.

(g) Amendments of Constitutive Documents. Amend, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend, its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents other than amendments that could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Prepayments, Etc., of Debt. Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Debt, except the prepayment of the Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction prior to scheduled maturity of (i) junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures issued in relation to any Trust Preferred Securities; (ii) the CODES; (iii) up to $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of any other Debt; and (iv) any other Debt to the extent the funds used for the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of such Debt constitute proceeds of issuances of equity of the Borrower.

(i) Negative Pledge. Enter into or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into or suffer to exist, any agreement prohibiting or conditioning the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its property or assets other than (i) the arrangement listed on Schedule 5.02(e) hereto, (ii) this Agreement, and (iii) any Lien or Debt arrangement permitted under Section 5.02(e) hereto.

SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder: (a) the Borrower on a Consolidated basis, and each Bank Subsidiary individually, will:

(i) Tier 1 Leverage Ratio. Maintain a minimum Tier 1 Leverage Ratio at the end of each quarter of not less than 5.0 percent.

(ii) Tier 1 Risk Based Capital Ratio. Maintain a minimum Tier 1 Risk Based Capital Ratio at the end of each quarter of not less than 6.0 percent.

(iii) Total Risk Based Capital Ratio. Maintain a minimum Total Risk Based Capital Ratio at the end of each quarter of not less than 10.0 percent.

(b) The Borrower on a Consolidated basis will:

(i) Loan Loss Reserves. Maintain at all times an Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses in an amount not less than an amount equal to 100% of combined Non-Performing Assets.

(ii) Non-Performing Assets. Maintain at all times an aggregate amount of Non-Performing Assets not in excess of an amount equal to 15.0 percent of Consolidated Primary Capital.

(iii) Minimum Return on Assets. Maintain a Return on Assets, determined as of each calendar quarter end, at not less than 0.85 percent.

(c) The Borrower will maintain a minimum ratio, calculated at each quarter-end, of the sum of (i) the fair market value of unencumbered Marketable Securities then held by the Borrower and (ii) the fair market value of unencumbered Cash Investments then held by the Borrower to the then liability of all outstanding CODES of not less than 30 percent.

SECTION 5.04. Reporting Requirements. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower will furnish to the Agents:

(a) Default Notice. As soon as possible and in any event within two Business Days after the occurrence of each Default or any event, development or occurrence reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such Default and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

(b) Annual Financials. As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including therein Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and Consolidated statements of income and Consolidated statements of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by an unqualified opinion reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders of PricewaterhouseCoopers or other independent public accountants of recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Agent, together with (i) a certificate of such accounting firm to the Agent stating that in the course of the regular audit of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which audit was conducted by such accounting firm in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge that a Default has occurred and is continuing, or if, in the opinion of such accounting firm, a Default

has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof, (ii) a schedule in form satisfactory to the Agent of the computations used by the Borrower in determining compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03 and (iii) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

(c) Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and Consolidated statements of income and Consolidated statements of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal quarter and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter and Consolidated statements of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding date or period of the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by the chief financial officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (i) a certificate of said officer stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) a schedule in form satisfactory to the Agent of the computations used by the Borrower in determining compliance with the covenants contained in Section 5.03.

(d) Securities Reports. Promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all proxy statements, financial statements and reports that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sends to its stockholders, and copies of all regular, periodic and special reports, and all registration statements, that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and copies of all regular, periodic and special reports that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files with the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank, the OCC or any governmental authority that may be substituted therefor, or with any national securities exchange or with any other regulatory agency (other than (i) any reports filed with the California Department of Insurance (or the insurance department or insurance commissioner of any other state of the United States) by any Subsidiary of the Borrower regulated thereby and (ii) any reports filed with the National Association of Securities Dealers by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a broker/dealer).

(e) Call Reports. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clauses (a) to (d) above, duly executed copies of the Borrower’s then current FR Report Y-9C and FR Report Y-9LP and a duly executed copy of the then-current Call Report for each Subsidiary Bank.

(f) Other Information. Such other information respecting the business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as the Agent, or any Lender through the Agent, may from time to time reasonably request, including without limitation, any reports to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any regulatory authority subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by applicable law or regulation.

ARTICLE VI

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when the same becomes due and payable; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance or make any other payment of fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement or any Note within three Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; or

(c) (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(d), (e) or (h), 5.02 or 5.03, or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 Business Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Agent or any Lender; or

(d) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Debt that is outstanding in a principal or notional amount of at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

(e) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver,

trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or

(f) The issuance against the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including without limitation, any Bank Subsidiary) of any informal or formal administrative agreement or court order, temporary or permanent, by any federal or state regulatory agency or court having jurisdiction or control over the Borrower or such Subsidiary involving activities deemed to be unsafe or unsound or a breach of fiduciary duty under applicable law or regulation, such action taking the form of, but not limited to: (i) a memorandum of understanding; (ii) a cease and desist order; (iii) the termination of insurance coverage of customer deposits by FDIC; (iv) the suspension or removal of any executive officer or director, or the prohibition of participation by any others in the business affairs of the Borrower or such Subsidiary; or (v) a capital maintenance agreement; or

(g) Judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that any such judgment or order shall not be an Event of Default under this Section 6.01(g) if and for so long as (i) the amount of such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance between the defendant and the insurer covering payment thereof and (ii) such insurer, which shall be rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of, and has not disputed the claim made for payment of, the amount of such judgment or order; or

(h) Any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be any period of 10 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

(i) The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, shall be reasonably likely to incur liability in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate as a result of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the reorganization or termination of a Multiemployer Plan; or

(j) Any provision of any Loan Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 3.01 shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to it, or any the Borrower shall so state in writing; or

(k) A Change of Control shall occur;

then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation of each Lender to make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

ARTICLE VII

THE AGENT

SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender that is the payee of such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the

performance, observance or satisfaction of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower or the existence at any time of any Default or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.

SECTION 7.03. Xxxxx Fargo and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to it, Xxxxx Fargo shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Xxxxx Fargo in its individual capacity. Xxxxx Fargo and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, all as if Xxxxx Fargo were not the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Agent shall have no duty to disclose any information obtained or received by it or any of its Affiliates relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such information was obtained or received in any capacity other than as Agent.

SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement.

SECTION 7.05. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the respective principal amounts of the Notes then held by each of them (or if no Notes are at the time outstanding or if any Notes are held by Persons that are not Lenders, ratably according to the respective amounts of their Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”), provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this

Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 7.05 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Agent, any Lender or a third party.

SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders’ removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, (b) increase the Commitments of the Lenders, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes, or the number of Lenders, that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder, (f) release any material portion of any collateral held to secure the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, (g) amend or waive any of the provisions specified in Sections 5.03(b)(i) or (ii) or Sections 5.03(d)(ii) or (iii), or (h) amend this Section 8.01; and provided further that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier communication) and mailed,

telecopied or delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer; if to any Initial Lender at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the Agent, at its address at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxxxx, or, as to the Borrower or the Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed or telecopied, be effective when deposited in the mails or telecopied, respectively, except that notices and communications to the Agent pursuant to Article II, III or VII shall not be effective until received by the Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or any other Loan Document or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

(b) The Borrower agrees that the Agent may make any material delivered by the Borrower to the Agent, as well as any amendments, waivers, consents, and other written information, documents, instruments and other materials relating to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other materials or matters relating to this Agreement, the Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Communications”) available to the Lenders by posting such notices on any electronic delivery system (which may be provided by the Agent, any Affiliate of the Agent, or any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Agent), such as IntraLinks, or a substantially similar electronic system (the “Platform”). The Borrower acknowledges that (i) the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and (iii) neither the Agent nor any of its Affiliates warrants the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, sufficiency, or sequencing of the Communications posted on the Platform. The Agent and its Affiliates expressly disclaim with respect to the Platform any liability for errors in transmission, incorrect or incomplete downloading, delays in posting or delivery, or problems accessing the Communications posted on the Platform and any liability for any losses, costs, expenses or liabilities that may be suffered or incurred in connection with the Platform other than losses, costs, expenses or liabilities arising directly from the Agent’s or any such Affiliates’ gross negligence or willful misconduct. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Platform.

(c) Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a “Notice”) specifying that any Communication has been posted to the Platform shall for purposes of this Agreement constitute effective delivery to such Lender of such information, documents or other materials comprising such Communication. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify, on or before the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Agent in writing of such Lender’s e-mail address to which a Notice may be sent (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Agent has on record an effective e-mail address for such Lender) and (ii) that any such Notice may be sent to such e-mail address.

SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note or any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, (A) all due diligence, syndication (including printing, distribution and bank meetings), transportation, computer, duplication, appraisal, consultant, and audit expenses and (B) the reasonable fees and expenses of external counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Borrower further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses), in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 8.04(a).

(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of external counsel incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation of a defense in connection therewith) the Notes, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 8.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its directors, equityholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. The Borrower also agrees not to assert any claim for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages against the Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability arising out of or otherwise relating to the Notes, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances.

(c) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Eurodollar Rate Advance is made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of

the Interest Period for such Advance, as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.07(d) or (e), 2.09 or 2.11, acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason, the Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance.

(d) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in Sections 2.10, 2.13 and 8.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.

SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and the Note held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may have.

SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective (other than Section 2.01, which shall only become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01) when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender that such Initial Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.

SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,

the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iv) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.00. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than its rights under Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04 to the extent any claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).

(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(c) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The entries

in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower. Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered Note a new Note to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Note or Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.

(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v) no participant under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation.

(f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 8.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the Borrower received by it from such Lender.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Advances owing to it and the Note held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person without the consent of the Borrower, other than (a) to the Agent’s or such Lender’s Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and, as contemplated by Section 8.07(f), to actual or prospective assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis, (b) as required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process and (c) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking.

SECTION 8.09. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.

SECTION 8.10. Patriot Act. Each Lender and the Agent hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes names and addresses and other information that will allow it to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 8.11. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.12. Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any California State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in San Francisco, California, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such California State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this

Agreement or the Notes in any California State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

SECTION 8.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes or the actions of the Agent or any Lender in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.


GREATER BAY BANCORP

By		/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

By		/s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Title:		Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager

Initial Lenders


XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By		/s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Title:		Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager

U.S. BANK, N.A

By		/s/ Xxx Xxxxx
Title:		Vice President

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By		/s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title:		Senior Vice President

SCHEDULE I

GREATER BAY BANCORP

REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

COMMITMENTS AND APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES


Name of Initial Lender	Commitment	Domestic Lending Office	Eurodollar Lending Office
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association	$30,000,000	Xxxxx Fargo Bank National Association 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 0^xx Xxxxx XXX # X0000-000 Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000	Xxxxx Fargo Bank National Association 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx 8^th Floor MAC # A0187-081 San Francisco, CA 94103
U.S. Bank, N.A.	$15,000,000	U.S. Bank Domestic Lending Xxxxxx 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000	U.S. Bank 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Bank of America, N.A..	$15,000,000	Bank of America, N.A. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000	Bank of America, N.A. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Total:	$60,000,000

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE


U.S.$		Dated: March 14, 2005

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, GREATER BAY BANCORP, a California corporation (the “Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of (the “Lender”) for the account of its Applicable Lending Office on the Termination Date (each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the Lender’s Commitment in figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2005 among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lender parties thereto, and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Xxxxx Fargo”), as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) outstanding on the Termination Date.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.

Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America to Xxxxx Fargo, as Agent, at , , , in same day funds. Each Advance owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this Promissory Note.

This Promissory Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Advances by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Advance being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement are secured by collateral as provided therein.


GREATER BAY BANCORP

By
Title:

ADVANCES AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

Date

Amount of

Advance

Amount of

Principal Paid or

Prepaid

Unpaid Principal

Balance

Notation Made

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING


Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent
for the Lender Parties to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
______________________________________		[Date]
Attention:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Greater Bay Bancorp, refers to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement that the undersigned hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Borrowing (the “Proposed Borrowing”) as required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement:

(i) The Business Day of the Proposed Borrowing is , 20 .

(ii) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Borrowing is [Base Rate Advances] [Eurodollar Rate Advances].

(iii) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Borrowing is $ .

(iv) [The initial Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made as part of the Proposed Borrowing is month[s].]

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Borrowing:

(A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement are correct, before and after giving effect to the Proposed Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date; and

(B) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Proposed Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default.


Very truly yours,

GREATER BAY BANCORP

By
Title:

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2005 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Greater Bay Bancorp, a California corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.

The “Assignor” and the “Assignee” referred to on Schedule 1 hereto agree as follows:

1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of all outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement. After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee’s Commitment and the amount of the Advances owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.

2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or priority of any lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in connection with, the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iv) attaches the Note held by the Assignor and requests that the Agent exchange such Note for a new Note payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto or new Notes payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto and the Assignor in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by the Assignor under the Credit Agreement, respectively, as specified on Schedule 1 hereto.

3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee;

(iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (vi) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required under Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement.

4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance (the “Effective Date”) shall be the date of acceptance hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule 1 hereto.

5. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.

6. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and facility fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves.

7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.

8. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Acceptance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date specified thereon.

Schedule 1

Assignment and Acceptance


Percentage interest assigned:		%
Assignee’s Commitment:	$
Aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances assigned:	$
Principal amount of Note payable to Assignee:	$
Principal amount of Note payable to Assignor:	$
Effective Date¹: , 20


[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor

By
Title:

Dated: , 20

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee

By
Title:

Domestic Lending Office:
		[Address]

Eurodollar Lending Office:
		[Address]

¹	This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of this Assignment and Acceptance to the Agent.


Accepted [and Approved]¹ this
day of , 20

, as Agent

By
Title:

[Approved this day of , 20

[NAME OF BORROWER]

By	]	²
Title:

¹	Required if the Assignee is an Eligible Assignee solely by reason of clause (viii) of the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

²	Required if the Assignee is an Eligible Assignee solely by reason of clause (viii) of the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL

FOR THE BORROWER

[Date]

To each of the Lenders parties

to the Credit Agreement dated

as of March 14, 2005 among Greater Bay Bancorp,

said Lenders and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association,

as Agent for said Lenders

GREATER BAY BANCORP

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Greater Bay Bancorp (the “Borrower”), the Lenders parties thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent for said Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

I am internal General Counsel to the Borrower and in that capacity I have acted as counsel to the Borrower in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement.

In that connection, I have examined:

(1) The Credit Agreement.

(2) The Notes.

(3) The Articles of Incorporation of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the “Charter”).

(4) The by-laws of the Borrower and all amendments thereto (the “By-laws”).

(5) A certificate of the Secretary of State of California, dated March , 2005, attesting to the continued corporate existence and good standing of the Borrower in that State.

In so acting, I have investigated such questions of law, and I have also examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records, documents, certificates and other information, as in my judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable me to render the opinions expressed below. I have also examined the originals or copies of the documents listed in a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower, dated the date hereof (the “Certificate”), certifying that the documents listed therein are all of the indentures, loan or credit agreements, leases, guarantees, mortgages, security

agreements, bonds, notes and other agreements or instruments, and all of the orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, determinations and awards, that affect or purport to affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Credit Agreement or the Notes and the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement or the Notes. In addition, I have assumed (i) the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered on behalf of parties thereto, (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals or execution copies and (iii) the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified, conformed or photostatic copies.

My opinions expressed below are limited to the law of the State of California and the Federal law of the United States.

Based upon the foregoing and upon such investigation as I have deemed necessary, I am of the following opinion:

1. The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California.

2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, are within the Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) the Charter or the By-laws or (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction contained in any document listed in the Certificate or, to the best of my knowledge, contained in any other similar document. The Credit Agreement and the Notes have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower.

3. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, except as have been obtained or given.

4. The Credit Agreement is, and after giving effect to the initial Borrowing, the Notes will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.

5. To the best of my knowledge, there are no pending or overtly threatened actions or proceedings against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that purport to affect the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or that are likely to have a materially adverse effect upon the financial condition or operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

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The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications:

(a) My opinion in paragraph 4 above as to enforceability is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.

(b) My opinion in paragraph 4 above as to enforceability is subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c) My opinions expressed above are limited to the law of the State of California and the federal law of the United States, and I do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

(d) I express no opinion with respect to:

(i) Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement to the extent that such Section implies that set off may be made without notice;

(ii) the effect of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of California wherein any Lender may be located or wherein enforcement of the Credit Agreement or the Notes may be sought that limits the rates of interest legally chargeable or collectible;

(iii) any provision of any of the Loan Documents purporting to relieve the Agent or any Lender of liability for its own negligence or willful misconduct;

(iv) any provision of any of the Loan Documents purporting to define what is commercially reasonable behavior or any provision which is intended to establish any standard in any Loan Document as the measure of the performance by any party thereto, including without limitation, any party’s obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness or care or the fulfillment of the duties imposed upon the Agent as a secured party with respect to disposition or redemption of collateral, accounting for surplus proceeds of collateral or accepting collateral in discharge of liabilities;

(v) the validity, enforceability or legality of any power of attorney, proxies or agency relationship purported to be created by the Loan Documents;

(vi) the enforceability of provisions of the Loan Documents waiving vaguely or broadly stated rights or unknown future rights or of provisions stating that rights or remedies are not exclusive, that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to or with any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy or remedies does not preclude recourse to one or more others;

(vii) waiver by the Borrower or any guarantor or any pledgor of any statutes of limitation or right to trial by jury;

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(viii) the priority of any security interest created by any of the Loan Documents;

(ix) except as stated in paragraph 5 above, the title to or ownership of any collateral described in the Loan Documents; and

(x) provisions of any of the Loan Documents that purport to preserve absolute and unconditional rights of the Agent and the Lenders and obligations of any of the other parties thereto irrespective of the lack of validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or of unspecified circumstances that would otherwise be available as a defense to, or discharge the obligors from any such obligation;

A copy of this opinion letter may be delivered by any of you to any Person that becomes a Lender in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any such Lender may rely on the opinions expressed above as if this opinion letter were addressed and delivered to such Lender on the date hereof.

This opinion letter is rendered to you in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. This opinion letter may not be relied upon by you or any future Lender for any other purpose, or relied upon by or provided to any other Person, without my prior written consent.

This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. I expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of this opinion letter even though such development, circumstance or change may affect the legal analysis, a legal conclusion or any other matter set forth in or relating to this opinion letter. Accordingly, any of you who may rely on this opinion letter at any future time should seek advice of your counsel as to the proper application of this opinion letter at such time.

Very truly yours,

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