Letterhead of Castle Creek Financial LLC]Financial Advisory Agreement • March 13th, 2006 • First Community Bancorp /Ca/ • National commercial banks
This letter agreement (the “Agreement”) will confirm that First Community Bancorp (the “Company”) has engaged Castle Creek Financial LLC (“Castle Creek”) as the exclusive financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Company’s efforts to (a) acquire or invest in other financial institutions, excepting therefrom the opening of individual bank branches in the ordinary course of business; (b) effect a sale of the Company or a material amount of its assets; or (c) pursue a financing or recapitalization transaction (collectively, the “Transaction”). As the exclusive financial advisor to the Company, Castle Creek will, in addition to providing services in connection with a proposed Transaction provide other services pursuant to paragraph 9.
