AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and between TIDELANDS BANCSHARES, INC. and UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC. April 4, 2016Merger Agreement • April 4th, 2016 • Tidelands Bancshares Inc • National commercial banks • Georgia
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 4th day of April, 2016, by and between TIDELANDS BANCSHARES, INC., a South Carolina corporation (“Tidelands” and, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Tidelands” shall include Tidelands and its wholly-owned subsidiary bank, TIDELANDS BANK, a South Carolina bank with its main office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (“Tidelands Bank”)), and UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., a Georgia corporation (“United”).
