UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2014
Cordia Bancorp Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 26-4700031 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
11730 Hull Street Road, Midlothian, Virginia 23112
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 744-7576
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 10, 2014, Cordia Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) issued 362.9871 shares of the Company’s Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) at a purchase price of $42,500 per share in a private placement offering (the “Private Placement”) pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2014, by and between the Company and the investors (the “Investors”) identified therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). The aggregate gross proceeds raised by the Company in the Private Placement totaled $15.4 million.
Description of Series A Preferred Stock
Authorized Shares, Stated Value and Liquidation Preference. The Company has designated 363 shares as “Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A,” which have a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $42,500 per share.
Mandatory Conversion and Conversion Limits. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will convert into shares of Company common stock (the “Common Stock”) and, as applicable, into shares of Company non-voting common stock (the “Nonvoting Common Stock”) as of the close of business on the date the Company’s shareholders approve the issuance of the Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with NASDAQ Stock Market Rule 5635 (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”). On the Mandatory Conversion Date, all shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will convert into Common Stock, except to the extent such conversion would trigger an “applicable conversion limit” (as described below), in which case a holder of Series A Preferred Stock will receive the minimum number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, in lieu of an equal number of shares of Common Stock, so that the holder will not exceed the applicable conversion limit. Pursuant to the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation that sets forth the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock Designation”), “applicable conversion limits” include (i) with respect to two Investors, such Investors, together with its affiliates, owning or controlling 5.0% or more of the Company’s voting securities and (ii) with respect to all other Investors, such Investors, together with their affiliates, owning or controlling 10% or more of the Company’s voting securities. The conversion limits were put in place to observe applicable regulatory or investment policy limitations applicable to certain Investors.
The number of shares of Common Stock and/or Nonvoting Common Stock into which each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible is determined by dividing (i) the $42,500 per share liquidation amount by (ii) the applicable conversion price, which initially is $4.25 per share, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, including in connection with stock dividends or distributions in shares of the Common Stock or subdivisions, splits and combinations of the Common Stock.
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Dividends. Commencing on the date on which shares of Series A Preferred Stock were first issued, holders of shares of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out of funds of the Company legally available therefor, noncumulative dividends in arrears at the rate per annum of: (i) 5.0% per share on the liquidation amount beginning on the issuance date of the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) 7.0% per share for the dividend period beginning on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below); and (iii) 9.0% per share for all dividends accruing during all dividend periods beginning on or after the third Dividend Payment Date. Dividends will be payable semi-annually on each June 15th and December 15th, beginning on June 15, 2014 (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”) until the Mandatory Conversion Date.
Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative. To the extent that the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare and pay dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for any dividend period, in full or otherwise, such unpaid dividend shall not accrue and shall cease to be payable. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no right to receive any dividends if the Company’s shareholders approve the issuance of the Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock on or prior to August 7, 2014.
So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividend may be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of Common Stock, or any other security the Company may issue that ranks junior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock. Subject to limited exceptions, if dividends payable on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock for any period have not been declared and paid, the Company will not be permitted to declare or pay dividends with respect to, or redeem, purchase, or acquire any shares of its Common Stock.
Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to dividends and distributions on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, senior to the Company’s Common Stock and any other class or series of Company stock now existing or hereafter established, the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Company.
Voting Rights. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights other than as required by law, except that the approval of the holders of at least 662/3% of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, will be required with respect to certain matters, including (i) the authorization, creation or increase of authorized amount of any class or series of senior equity securities or (ii) amendments to the Articles of Incorporation that adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock.
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Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Company or proceeds thereof available for distribution to Company shareholders (subject to the rights of any creditors), payment in an amount equal to the sum of $42,500 per share (or the then-current liquidation amount), plus any declared but unpaid dividends on such share of Series A Preferred Stock. This payment will be made before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other junior securities of the Company. If the Company’s assets or the proceeds thereof available for distribution among the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of all of the Company’s other capital stock ranking pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock are insufficient to pay in full the liquidation preference and liquidation payments on all such other parity securities, then all of the assets available, or the proceeds thereof, after payment of any senior securities, will be distributed among the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of the parity securities ratably. A merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business is not a liquidation, including upon dissolution, under the Preferred Stock Designation.
Redemption. The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable by the Company.
Anti-Dilution Provisions. The conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock is subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, including in connection with stock dividends or distributions in shares of the Common Stock or subdivisions, splits and combinations of the Common Stock.
Securities Purchase Agreement
Purchase and Sale of Stock. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell 362.9871 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Investors at a purchase price of $42,500 per share.
Representations and Warranties. Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company made customary representations and warranties to the Investors relating to the Company, its business and its capital stock, including with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Investors pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties in the Securities Purchase Agreement were negotiated and made solely for purposes of the Securities Purchase Agreement and are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed to by the respective parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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Board Representation and Governance Matters. Under the Securities Purchase Agreement, in connection with the Private Placement, the Company and the Bank of Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Bank”), appointed Michael F. Rosinus, a representative selected by TNH Financial Funds, L.P., the lead investor in the Private Placement, to serve on their respective Boards of Directors. TNH Financial Funds, L.P. will have the right to be represented on the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank by one director of its choice for as long as it beneficially owns at least 5.0% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (whether acquired upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or otherwise). Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, not later than May 31, 2014, the Company also agreed to appoint David Zlatin to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank and/or nominate him for election as a director at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, subject to satisfaction of the legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company and to the reasonable approval of the Board of Directors.
Preemptive Rights. Subject to certain limited exceptions, Investors purchasing at least 4.9% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock under the Securities Purchase Agreement have preemptive rights with respect to public or private offerings of Company equity securities (or rights to purchase, or securities convertible into or exercisable for, Company equity securities) during a one-year period after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement to enable the Investors to maintain their percentage interests of Common Stock beneficially owned.
Agreement to Seek Shareholder Approval. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to call and hold a meeting of the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable, but no later than 120 days following the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, and to cause the Company’s Board, subject to its fiduciary duties under Virginia law, to recommend and seek shareholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Voting Agreements. In connection with the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement, each director and executive officer of the Company delivered a voting agreement to the Company agreeing to vote all of his shares of Common Stock in favor of this proposal.
Transfer Restrictions. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Series A Preferred Stock may be disposed of only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state, federal or foreign securities laws and other regulatory requirements.
Indemnity. The Company agreed to customary indemnification provisions for the benefit of each Investor relating to breaches of representations, warranties and covenants in the Securities Purchase Agreement and in connection with the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock.
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Expenses. Each party to the Securities Purchase Agreement will bear and pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, except that the Company agreed to reimburse TNH Financial Funds, L.P. for all legal expenses incurred by it in connection with the Private Placement up to an aggregate of $75,000.
Other Covenants. The Company agreed to a number of customary covenants, including covenants with respect to the listing on NASDAQ of the new shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Registration Rights Agreement
On April 10, 2014, and in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investors pursuant to which the Company is obligated to use commercially reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement covering the resale of the Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Investors in the Private Placement within 20 days following the approval by the Company’s shareholders of the issuance of the Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock in connection with the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides Investors with demand registration rights under certain circumstances.
Important Information
The foregoing summary of the Preferred Stock Designation, Securities Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Preferred Stock Designation, Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement which are filed as Exhibits 3.1, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The Company plans to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and mail to its shareholders a proxy statement in connection with the approval of the issuance of the Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock in connection with the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Company and its respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of shareholder proxies. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2014. The Company’s proxy statement will contain important information about the Company and related matters, including the current security holdings of the Company’s respective officers and directors. Shareholders are urged to read the proxy statement carefully when it becomes available.
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The written materials described above and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC will be available free of charge from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
On April 10, 2014, the Company issued 362.9871 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the Private Placement in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and as described under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. To the extent required by Item 3.02 of Form 8-K, the information contained or incorporated in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.02.
The issuance and sale of the Series A Preferred Stock to Investors in the Private Placement is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act. The Company has not engaged in a general solicitation or advertising with regard to the issuance and sale of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and is not offering securities to the public in connection with the Private Placement.
Item 5.01 | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On April 8, 2014, the Company filed Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Amendment”), which included the Preferred Stock Designation and the terms of the Nonvoting Common Stock, with the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The Articles of Amendment are attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, effective April 10, 2014, Michael F. Rosinus was appointed as a member of the Company’s and the Bank’s Board of Directors. Mr. Rosinus, age 55, has served as a Managing Director of TRF Partners LLC (“TRF”) since 1998. Through TRF, he serves as Senior Advisor to Tricadia Capital Management, LLC. Since 2010, TRF has been the co-general partner of PTMR Capital Partners LP, a fund affiliated with Performance Trust Investment Advisors, which made equity investments in distressed community banks. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Rosinus served as co-head of the community bank investment team at Lightyear Capital. In connection with his appointment as director, Mr. Rosinus has not been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board of Directors at this time.
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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 10, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock and the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Number | Description | |
3.1 | Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Cordia Bancorp Inc. | |
10.1 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2014, by and between Cordia Bancorp Inc. and the Investors identified therein | |
10.2 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2014, by and between Cordia Bancorp Inc. and the Investors identified therein | |
99.1 | Press Release dated April 10, 2014 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CORDIA BANCORP INC. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date: April 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Jack Zoeller |
Jack Zoeller | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CORDIA BANCORP INC.
1. Name of Corporation. The name of the Corporation is Cordia Bancorp Inc.
2. Text of Amendments.
A. The third paragraph of Article III, Section B, subsection 1 of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) shall be amended to read as follows in order to reclassify undesignated shares of common stock into a new class of nonvoting common stock:
The shares of common stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall consist of:
a. One hundred twenty million (120,000,000) shares of common stock (“Common Stock”);
b. Five million (5,000,000) shares of Series C common stock (“Series C Common Stock”);
c. Five million (5,000,000) shares of nonvoting common stock (“Nonvoting Common Stock”); and
d. Seventy million (70,000,000) shares of common stock not designated as part of a class or series pursuant to this Article III or any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation (“Undesignated Common Stock”).
B. Article III, Section B of the Articles of Incorporation shall be amended to add a new subsection 5 to fix the terms, including the preferences, rights and limitations, of the Corporation’s Nonvoting Common Stock, all as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
C. Article III of the Articles of Incorporation shall be amended to add a new Section E to fix the terms, including the preferences, rights and limitations, of the Corporation’s Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), all as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.
3. Adoption and Date of Adoption. Pursuant to Section 13.1-639.A of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “Act”), Article III, Section A, and Article III, Section B, subsection 3 of the Articles of Incorporation permit the Corporation’s Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation in order to classify any unissued shares into one or more classes and to establish the terms, including preferences, limitations and relative rights, of any such class; and Article III, Section C of the Articles of Incorporation permits the Corporation’s Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation in order to establish the terms, including preferences, limitations and relative rights, of one or more series of the Corporation’s authorized class of serial preferred stock without the approval of the Corporation’s shareholders.
The Corporation certifies that the foregoing amendments were adopted on January 29, 2014 by the Corporation’s Board of Directors without shareholder approval pursuant to the above referenced sections of the Act and Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation has not issued any shares of Nonvoting Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock as of the date hereof.
4. Effective Date and Time. The foregoing amendments to the Articles of Incorporation shall become effective when the Virginia State Corporation Commission issues the certificate of amendment for such amendments.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
[Signature Page to Articles of Amendment]
Dated: April 8, 2014 | CORDIA BANCORP INC. | |
By: | /s/ Jack Zoeller | |
Name: Jack Zoeller | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit A
Article III
Section B, subsection 5 Nonvoting Common Stock
Except as set forth in this subsection 5, the Common Stock and the Nonvoting Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges, share ratably in all assets of the Corporation upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, be entitled to receive dividends in the same amount per share and at the same time when, as and if declared by the Corporation’s board of directors, and be identical in all other respects as to all other matters, except voting.
(a) The holders of Nonvoting Common Stock shall have no voting rights except as required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in addition to any other vote required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be required to amend the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to adversely affect the designation, preferences, limitations or relative rights of all or part of the shares of Nonvoting Common Stock. Where shares of Nonvoting Common Stock are entitled to vote, each holder of Nonvoting Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Nonvoting Common Stock held of record solely on the matters as to which such shares are entitled to vote and subject to the rights and limitations specified by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
(b) In the event of any stock split, combination or other reclassification of shares of either the Common Stock or the Nonvoting Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other class shall be proportionately split, combined or reclassified in a similar manner; provided, however, that in any such transaction, holders of Common Stock shall receive only shares of Common Stock in respect of their shares of Common Stock and holders of Nonvoting Common Stock shall receive only shares of Nonvoting Common Stock in respect of their shares of Nonvoting Common Stock.
(c) No transfer of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock by the initial holder thereof shall be permitted, except (i) in a Permitted Transfer, (ii) to an Affiliate of the initial holder of the Nonvoting Common Stock to be transferred or (iii) to the Corporation. A “Permitted Transfer” means a transfer by a holder of Nonvoting Common Stock (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent (2%) or more of any class of voting securities of the Corporation; or (iii) to a transferee that would control more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Corporation without any transfer from such holder of Nonvoting Common Stock. “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. Each share of Nonvoting Common Stock shall be converted automatically into one share of Common Stock incident to a transfer of such share of Nonvoting Common Stock to a transferee in a Permitted Transfer. The issuance of certificates, if any, for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Nonvoting Common Stock shall be made without charge to the holders of such shares for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and the related issuance. The Corporation shall cooperate with the timely conversion of Nonvoting Common Stock subject to compliance with applicable law and regulations.
(d) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or shares held in treasury for the Corporation, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Nonvoting Common Stock.
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(e) In the event of any merger, consolidation, reclassification or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, each share of Nonvoting Common Stock will at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per whole share equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, that each share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive as a result of such transaction, provided that at the election of the holder of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, any securities issued with respect to the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be nonvoting under the resulting institution’s organizational documents to the same extent as the Nonvoting Common Stock is nonvoting and the Corporation shall make appropriate provisions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Nonvoting Common Stock then outstanding) and take such other actions necessary to ensure that the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock shall retain securities with substantially the same rights and benefits, including the right to convert nonvoting common stock into common stock, as the Nonvoting Common Stock. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, in the event the holders of Common Stock are provided the right to convert or exchange Common Stock for stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be provided the same right based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares of Nonvoting Common Stock were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such offering. In the event that the Corporation offers to repurchase shares of Common Stock from its shareholders generally, the Corporation shall offer to repurchase Nonvoting Common Stock pro rata based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such repurchase. In the event of any pro rata subscription offer, rights offer or similar offer to holders of Common Stock, the Corporation shall provide the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock the right to participate based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such offering; provided that at the election of such holder, any shares issued with respect to the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be issued in the form of Nonvoting Common Stock rather than Common Stock.
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Exhibit B
Article III
Section E. Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A
1. Designation. There is created hereby from the Corporation’s authorized, undesignated and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, a series of Preferred Stock designated as the “Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A”, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”).
2. Number of Shares. The total number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 363 shares, which may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number then outstanding) by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
3. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular person or entity. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Applicable Conversion Limits” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(B).
“Articles” means the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
“Average VWAP” means the average of the VWAP for each Trading Day in the relevant period.
“BHC Act” means the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the Federal Reserve regulations thereunder.
“BHC Affiliates” means, with respect to any Person, its Affiliates, all of its “affiliates” as defined in the BHC Act or Regulation Y of the Federal Reserve, and any other Persons designated by such Person as BHC Affiliates of such Person solely for purposes of this Article III Section E.
“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Corporation’s board of directors or, with respect to any action to be taken by such board of directors, any committee of the board of directors duly authorized to take such action.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Richmond, Virginia are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“CIBC Act” means the federal Change in Bank Control Act, as amended, and the Federal Reserve regulations thereunder.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
“Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(1).
“Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(1).
“Conversion Price” means the Liquidation Amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock divided by the Conversion Rate then in effect. The initial Conversion Price is $4.25.
“Conversion Rate” means, initially, 10,000 shares of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock issuable upon a Conversion, based on an initial Conversion Price of $4.25 per share of Common Stock, and is subject to adjustment as provided herein. To the extent any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock receives any shares of Nonvoting Common Stock upon a Conversion, such Holder shall receive, initially 10,000 shares of Nonvoting Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock, based on an initial Conversion Price of $4.25 per share of Nonvoting Common Stock, and is subject to adjustment as provided herein.
“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Current Market Price” of the Common Stock on any day, means the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the earlier of the day in question and the day before the ex-date or other specified date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of any event described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 6(d). For purposes of this definition, “ex-date” means the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive an issuance or distribution.
“Depositary” means DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., or any successor appointed by the Corporation.
“Dividend Payment Date” means June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2014.
“Dividend Payment Commencement Date” means August 7, 2014.
“Dividend Period” means the period commencing on and including a Dividend Payment Date (or, with respect to the first Dividend Period, commencing on and including the Issue Date) and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Electing Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Exchange Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(vi).
“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Corporation and the Transfer Agent as the absolute owner of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.
“Issue Date” means the first date of issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Junior Stock” means the Common Stock, the Nonvoting Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (including Preferred Stock of any other series) issued in the future, unless the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior to, or on a parity with, Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
“Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Liquidation Amount” means, initially, $42,500 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (as subsequently adjusted for any split, subdivision, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock).
“Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
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“Market Disruption Event” means any of the following events has occurred: (i) any suspension of, or limitation imposed on, trading by the SEC or the relevant exchange or quotation system during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer and whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the SEC or relevant exchange or quotation system or otherwise relating to the Common Stock or in futures or option contracts relating to the Common Stock on the relevant exchange or quotation system, (ii) any event (other than a failure to open or a closure as described below) that disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the Common Stock on the relevant exchange or quotation system or futures or options contracts relating to the Common Stock on any relevant exchange or quotation system, or (iii) the failure to open of the exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock or futures or options contracts relating to the Common Stock are traded or the closure of such exchange or quotation system prior to its respective scheduled closing time for the regular trading session on such day (without regard to after hours or other trading outside the regular trading session hours), unless such earlier closing time is announced by such exchange or quotation system at least one hour prior to the earlier of the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such day and the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such exchange or quotation system for execution at the actual closing time on such day.
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Nasdaq market in which the Corporation’s Common Stock is then traded.
“Nonvoting Common Stock” means, as and when authorized by the Corporation, the nonvoting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, which security is identical to the Common Stock in all respects, except that it has no voting rights other than as may be required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
“Notice of Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Parity Stock” means any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) authorized in the future, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or noncumulatively).
“Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of Series A Preferred Stock by any Holder: (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent (2%) or more of any class of Voting Securities of the Corporation; or (iii) to a transferee that would control more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Securities of the Corporation without any transfer from the Holder.
“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.
“Preferred Stock” means any and all series of the Corporation’s preferred stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock.
“Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(vi).
“Record Date” means, (i) with respect to payment of dividends on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4(a), the 1st calendar day of the month in which the relevant Dividend Payment Date occurs or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date, (ii) for purpose of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 6, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise), and (iii) any other record date established by the Board of Directors for dividends on Common Stock.
“Record Holder” means, as to any day, the Holder of record of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation or its Transfer Agent at the close of business on such day.
“Reorganization Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Scheduled Holder” means TNH Financial Fund, L.P. and Ramat Securities, Ltd.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Series A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
“Series A Preferred Stock Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 20.
“Shareholder Approval” means approval by the Corporation’s shareholders necessary to approve the issuance of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock for purposes of Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
“Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(iv)(B).
“Trading Day” means any day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) the Nasdaq is open for trading, or, if the Common Stock (or any other securities, cash or other property into which shares of the Series A Preferred Stock becomes convertible in connection with any Reorganization Event) is not listed on the Nasdaq, any day on which the principal national securities exchange or trading system on which the Common Stock (or such other property) is listed or traded is open for trading, or, if the Common Stock (or such other property) is not listed on a national securities exchange or traded on a trading system, any Business Day. A “Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.
“Transfer Agent” means, initially, Registrar and Transfer Company, and any successor transfer agent as provided in Section 19. The Transfer Agent shall also be the registrar for the Series A Preferred Stock.
“U.S. Alien Holder” means a Holder that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Voting Ownership Interest” means, with respect to any particular date and with respect to any Holder, the percentage of any class of Voting Securities of the Corporation deemed to be owned or controlled by the Holder (when aggregated with its BHC Affiliates) for purposes of, and in accordance with, the BHC Act and its implementing regulations and guidance.
“Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in the BHC Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“VWAP” means, on any Trading Day the volume weighted average price per share of the Common Stock as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor service) in respect of the period from 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the volume weighted average price means the market value per share of the Common Stock on such trading day as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.
4. Dividends.
(a) Holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of Corporation funds legally available therefor, noncumulative dividends in arrears, payable semi-annually on each Dividend Payment Date beginning on the Dividend Payment Commencement Date until the Conversion Date, at the following respective rates during each of the following respective periods (each rate expressed as an annual rate on the applicable per share Liquidation Amount):
(i) 5.0% per annum for the Dividend Period beginning on the Issue Date;
(ii) 7.0% per annum for the Dividend Period beginning on the first Dividend Payment Date; and
(iii) 9.0% per annum for the dividends accruing during all Dividend Periods beginning on or after the third Dividend Payment Date.
Following the Conversion Date, no dividends shall be payable or shall accrue on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. If any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, the dividend payable on such date shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day without adjustment and without interest. Accumulations of dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not bear interest. Dividends payable for any period other than a full Dividend Period (based on the number of actual days elapsed during the period) shall be computed on the basis of days elapsed over a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
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(b) Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative. To the extent that the Corporation’s Board of Directors does not declare and pay dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for a Dividend Period prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, in full or otherwise, such unpaid dividend shall not accrue and shall not be payable. The Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or to pay interest (or any other sum of money in lieu of interest) with respect to such scheduled, but missed dividends, whether or not the Corporation declares dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for any subsequent Dividend Period.
(c) So long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all dividends on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock for any Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; and (ii) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians.
(d) When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as full dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for such Dividend Period and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to the dividends being declared by the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
(e) If the Conversion Date is on or prior to the Dividend Payment Commencement Date, no Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will have any right to receive any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to such Dividend Period, whether upon the Conversion or otherwise.
(f) All dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid solely in cash.
(g) Prior to the Conversion Date, shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, issuable upon such Conversion shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no rights as holders or otherwise with respect to the Common Stock or, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock other than as expressly set forth in Section 4(a)) by virtue of holding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
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5. Mandatory Conversion; Conversion Procedures; Permitted Transfers.
(a) Mandatory Conversion; Limitations on Beneficial Ownership.
(i) Effective as of the close of business on the Business Day on which the Shareholder Approval is received (the “Conversion Date”), all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall, without any action by the Holders, automatically convert into the number of shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, as set forth below (the “Conversion”). The number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be determined by dividing the Liquidation Amount by the Conversion Price (subject to the conversion procedures of Section 6 hereof) plus cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 9 hereof; provided, however, that if such conversion would result in:
(A) except as provided by Section 5(a)(iii), a Holder, together with all BHC Affiliates of the Holder, owning or controlling in the aggregate a Voting Ownership Interest of 10.0% or more, excluding for the purpose of this calculation any reduction in ownership resulting from transfers by such Holder and its BHC Affiliates of Voting Securities of the Corporation (the “Conversion Limit”); or
(B) a Scheduled Holders, together with all BHC Affiliates of the Scheduled Holder, owning or controlling in the aggregate a Voting Ownership Interest of 5.0% or more, excluding for the purpose of this calculation any reduction in ownership resulting from transfers by the Scheduled Holder and its BHC Affiliates of Voting Securities of the Corporation (such limit, with the Conversion Limit, the “Applicable Conversion Limits”),
then such Holder shall receive the minimum number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, in lieu of an equal number of shares of Common Stock, such that the Holder will not exceed any Applicable Conversion Limits.
(ii) Upon the Conversion Date, each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall represent solely the right to receive (A) a certificate representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion Date for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock formerly represented by each such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, and (B) if applicable, a certificate representing the number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion Date for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock formerly represented by each such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, in each case upon proper surrender of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate to the Corporation or cancellation of such book entries on the Corporation’s or its Transfer Agent’s records, as applicable.
(b) Upon the Conversion, the Corporation shall provide promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days thereafter, notice to each Holder (such notice a “Notice of Conversion”). In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Conversion with respect to such Holder shall state, as appropriate:
(i) the Conversion Date;
(ii) a form of letter of transmittal to be completed and returned to the Transfer Agent;
(iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock (plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any pursuant to Section 9) receivable upon such Conversion for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held of record by such Holder upon such Conversion; and
(iv) the place or places where Series A Preferred Stock Certificates (if held in certificated form) held of record by such Holder are to be surrendered for issuance of certificates representing shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock.
(c) Upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of a completed and duly executed letter of transmittal as contemplated by Section 5(b), and proper surrender of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate (if held in certificated form), the Corporation shall, within two (2) Business Days following notification from the Transfer Agent of the proper surrender of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, instruct the Transfer Agent to (i) issue a certificate for that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificate, and (ii) if applicable, a certificate representing the number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon Conversion.
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(d) No transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock by a Holder to a transferee shall be permitted, except (i) in a Permitted Transfer, or (ii) to a BHC Affiliate of such Holder.
6. Certain Conversion Procedures and Adjustments.
(a) On the Conversion Date, the Series A Preferred Stock converted shall no longer be outstanding, and dividends shall no longer accrue, be declared or paid on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted for the current Dividend Period and any prior Dividend Periods and, in each case, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive solely (i) the number of shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible, and (ii) payments, if any, to which such Holders are entitled pursuant to Sections 5 and 9, as applicable.
(b) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance herewith, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, shall resume the status of authorized and unissued Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance, provided that any such cancelled shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) The Record Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted shall be solely entitled to receive the Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, and/or cash, securities or other property, if any, issuable upon the Conversion, and, prior to the Conversion, shall not be treated for any purpose as the Record Holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock, Nonvoting Common Stock, and/or other securities. No shares of Common Stock or, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, issuable upon the Conversion shall be issued to a Person other than the respective Record Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time as follows, and, if required hereby, any references to Common Stock shall also apply to shares of Nonvoting Common Stock in the same manner, and all references to Common Stock in this Section 6 shall mean and include shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock at the respective times set forth below.
(i) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the Corporation issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to all holders of the Common Stock (other than in connection with a Reorganization Event), or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [OS1 /OS0] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date prior to giving effect to such event | ||
OS1 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such event. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) shall become effective on the date that is immediately after (x) the Record Date or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(ii) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the Corporation issues to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants, options or other securities (other than rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or rights or warrants issued in connection with a Reorganization Event) entitling them for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, or if the Corporation issues to all holders of Common Stock securities convertible into Common Stock for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance thereof, in either case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock or a conversion price per share of Common Stock less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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CR1 | = | CR0 × [(OS0 + X) / (OS0 + Y)] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
X | = | the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities (or upon conversion of such securities) | ||
Y | = | the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants, options, other securities (or the conversion price for such securities paid upon conversion) and (B) the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately preceding the date of announcement for the issuance of such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities. |
For purposes of this clause (ii), in determining whether any rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase, or exercise a conversion right for, Common Stock at less than the applicable Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the applicable date, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Corporation receives for such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. If any right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security described in this clause (ii) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security had not been so issued.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall become effective on the date that is immediately after the Record Date.
(iii) Debt or Asset Distributions.
(A) If the Corporation distributes capital stock (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation to all holders of the Common Stock, excluding: (x) dividends, distributions, rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, (y) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash, and (z) Spin-Offs (as described below), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [SP0 /(SP0 - FMV)] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
SP0 | = | the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date | ||
FMV | = | the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record Date. |
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Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if “FMV” with respect to any distribution of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation is equal to or greater than “SP0” with respect to such distribution, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive on the date such shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation are distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the amount of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation such holder of Series A Preferred Stock would have received had such holder of Series A Preferred Stock owned a number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible at the conversion rate in effect on the Record Date for such distribution.
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective on the Record Date.
(B) If the Corporation distributes to all holders of the Common Stock, capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [(FMV0 + MP0) /MP0] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
FMV0 | = | the average volume weighted average price of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including, the third Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock on the Nasdaq or such other national or regional exchange or association or over-the-counter market or if not so traded or quoted, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the capital stock or similar equity interests distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock | ||
MP0 | = | the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including, the third Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock on the Nasdaq or such other U.S. national or regional exchange or market that is at that time the principal exchange or market for the Common Stock. |
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iii)(B) will occur on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective date of the Spin-Off; provided that if a Conversion occurs within the 10 Trading Days immediately following and including the date of the Spin-Off, references with respect to the Spin-Off to “the 10 consecutive Trading Days” shall be deemed replaced with a period of consecutive Trading Days containing such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date and the adjustment in respect of such conversion shall occur immediately prior to the conversion.
If any such dividend or distribution described in this clause (iii) is declared but not paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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(iv) Cash Distributions. If the Corporation pays or makes any dividend or distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Stock, excluding (a) any cash dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to the extent a corresponding cash dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 4 is paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and (b) any dividend or distribution in connection with the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [SP0 /(SP0 - C)] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
SP0 | = | the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the Record Date | ||
C | = | the amount in cash per share that the Corporation distributes to holders of the Common Stock. |
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (iv) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(v) Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [(FMV + (SP1 × OS1)) / (SP1 × OS0)] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Expiration Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Date | ||
FMV | = | The fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) on the Expiration Date, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for the Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “Purchased Shares”) | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Expiration Date, including any Purchased Shares | ||
OS1 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Expiration Date, excluding any Purchased Shares | ||
SP1 | = | the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. |
If the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to such Conversion Rate will be made. Any adjustment to a Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (v) shall become effective on the date immediately following the last Trading Day included in the determination of the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for purposes of SP1 above; provided that if the Conversion occurs within the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references to the “10 consecutive Trading Days” with respect to this clause (v) shall be deemed replaced with a period of consecutive Trading Days containing such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date and the Conversion Date, and the adjustment in respect of such conversion shall occur immediately prior to the conversion. If the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
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(vi) Rights Plans. If the Corporation has in effect a shareholder rights plan while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive, upon any Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, in addition to Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, rights under the Corporation’s shareholder rights agreement unless, prior to such conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock. If the rights provided for in the shareholder rights plan have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights agreement so that Holders of Series A Preferred Stock would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of the Common Stock, if any, that the Corporation is required to deliver upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant to clause (iii) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights. A distribution of rights pursuant to a shareholder rights plan will not trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Rates pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above.
(e) With the approval of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the Corporation may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Section 6, if the Board of Directors deems it advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of the Corporation’s shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons. If any adjustment to the Conversion Rate is treated as a distribution to any U.S. Alien Holder which is subject to withholding tax, the Corporation (or the Transfer Agent or any paying agent on behalf of the Corporation) may set off any withholding tax that is required to be collected with respect to such deemed distribution against cash payments and other distributions otherwise deliverable to such Holder.
(f) No adjustment in any Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Conversion Rate. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Conversion Rate by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account and included in any future adjustment. All required calculations will be made to the nearest cent or 1/10,000th of a share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all adjustments not previously made shall have effect with respect to any Conversion. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made if Holders may participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to such adjustment, so long as the distributed assets or securities the Holders would receive upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock—if such assets or securities are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable—are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, as applicable, without any loss of rights or privileges for a period of at least 45 days following conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(g) The applicable Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Corporation’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in the Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date; or
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock.
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(h) The Corporation shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity and its action in so doing, as evidenced by a resolution of the Board, shall be final and conclusive unless clearly inconsistent with the intent hereof.
(i) Whenever the Conversion Rate is to be adjusted, the Corporation shall: (i) compute such adjusted Conversion Rate and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officers’ Certificate setting forth such adjusted Conversion Rate, the method of calculating the adjusted Conversion Rate in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment; and (ii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Conversion Rate, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the occurrence of such event, a statement setting forth such revised Conversion Rate, the method of calculating the adjusted Conversion Rate in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(j) Nothing in this Section 6 shall amend any other section of this Article III Section E or permit any transaction, action or event prohibited or restricted by any other provision in this Article III Section E.
7. Reorganization Events.
(a) In the event that any of the following events occurs prior to any Conversion Date: (i) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the continuing corporation and in which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person),
(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, or
(iii) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities including securities other than the Common Stock (any such event specified in clause (i) through (iii), a “Reorganization Event”), then each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders thereof, remain outstanding but shall at each Holder’s option, upon the effective date and time (“Reorganization Effective Time”) of such Reorganization Event, be convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property receivable in such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a record date that is prior to the Reorganization Event) per share of Common Stock (the “Exchange Property”) as if the Holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock had converted such share into common equity (voting and nonvoting) immediately prior to such Reorganization Event and exercised his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event and in respect of which such rights of election shall have been exercised (“Electing Share”), then, for the purpose of this Section 7(a) the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event by the holder of each Electing Share shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kinds and amounts so receivable per share by the holders of the Electing Shares; provided further that to the extent elected by the Holder, any securities issued with respect to the underlying Nonvoting Common Stock shall be nonvoting under the resulting institution’s organizational documents to the same extent as the Nonvoting Common Stock is nonvoting and the Corporation shall make appropriate provisions and take such other actions necessary to ensure that such nonvoting securities will have substantially the same rights and benefits as the Nonvoting Common Stock, including the right to convert nonvoting common stock into common stock). The amount of Exchange Property receivable upon any Reorganization Event shall be determined based upon the Conversion Rate in effect on such Reorganization Effective Time.
(b) The above provisions of Section 7(a) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 8 shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (or any successor) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.
(c) The Corporation (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the Reorganization Effective Time of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation or effect of Section 7(a).
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(d) The Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless such agreement provides for or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable) conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to Section 7(a).
8. Reservation of Common Stock.
(a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock or shares of either held in the treasury of the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. For purposes of this Section 8(a), the number of shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 8(a), the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock and/or Nonvoting Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances, if any, created by the Holders) (“Liens”).
(c) All shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens.
(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental or regulatory authority.
(e) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.
9. Fractional Shares.
(a) No fractional shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock shall be issued as a result of the Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of any Conversion, the Corporation shall at its option either (i) issue to such Holder an amount of shares rounded up to the next whole share of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock or (ii) pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the end of the Trading Day preceding the Conversion Date.
(c) If more than one share of the Series A Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.
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10. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, prior to the Conversion Date, each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital, surplus or other) available for distribution to shareholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other Junior Stock of the Corporation, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) Liquidation Amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) any declared and unpaid dividends on such share to the extent provided in Section 4 (all such amounts collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b) Partial Payment. If any distribution described in Section 10(a) of the Corporation’s assets or the proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other Corporation capital stock ranking equally with Series A Preferred Stock as to such distribution, Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions (including, if applicable, dividends on such amount) to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other Corporation capital stock ranking equally with Series A Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation (or the proceeds thereof).
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not a Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 10, a Reorganization Event, including, without limitation, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease, or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) or pledge of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
11. No Sinking Fund, etc. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right to require the Corporation to redeem or repurchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
12. Status of Repurchased Shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are converted into Common Stock or repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series (provided that any such cancelled shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series A Preferred Stock).
13. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
(b) Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Articles or any articles of amendment thereto to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
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(ii) Amendment of Series A Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles or these Articles of Amendment thereto (including, unless no vote on such merger, consolidation or other transaction is required by clause (iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of shares of Series A Preferred Stock;
provided further, however, that for all purposes of this Section 13(b), the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or noncumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the Holders of outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Corporation’s Articles, the Corporation’s Bylaws and applicable law and the rules of Nasdaq or any national securities exchange or other trading facility, if any, on which Series A Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
14. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Record Holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
15. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Series A Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person, by overnight courier, or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in these Articles of Amendment, in the Articles or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by or customarily used by such facility and its participants.
16. No Preemptive Rights; No Redemption Rights. No share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have any preemptive rights whatsoever under the Articles and these Articles of Amendment as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted. No holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have at any time the right to put such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation or to have the Corporation redeem any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
17. Redemption by the Corporation. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation. In all events, any repurchase or redemption of Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to the prior approval of the Corporation’s primary federal banking regulator, if required by applicable law or regulation or if such approval is a requirement to the Series A Preferred Stock being classified as Tier 1 capital (or the equivalent) for bank regulatory purposes, together with any other required regulatory approvals.
18. Replacement Stock Certificates. If any of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.
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19. Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion and Dividend Paying Agent. The duly appointed transfer agent, registrar, conversion and dividend paying agent for shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be the Transfer Agent. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
20. Form. The Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued in the form of one or more definitive shares in fully registered form (each, a “Series A Preferred Stock Certificate”). Each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall reflect the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby, and may have notations, legends or endorsements required by applicable law, applicable Nasdaq or other securities exchange or DTC rules and arrangements, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). Each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by the Corporation in a written instrument to the Transfer Agent.
21. Stock Transfer and Stamp Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any initial issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person other than a payment to the Holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
22. Other Rights. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein, or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.
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Exhibit 10.1
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 10, 2014, by and among Cordia Bancorp Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
RECITALS
A. The Company and each Purchaser is executing and delivering this Agreement in the same form as each other Purchaser, and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act.
B. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, that aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Preferred Stock”) set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement.
The Preferred Stock will have the terms set forth in the articles of amendment to the Company’s articles of incorporation, as amended (“Articles of Incorporation”) designating the Preferred Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Preferred Stock Designation”). The Preferred Stock will be, subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders as provided herein, mandatorily convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) and non-voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Non-Voting Common Stock”), subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Preferred Stock Designation. The Non-Voting Common Stock will have the terms set forth in the articles of amendment to the Articles of Incorporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Non-Voting Articles of Amendment”). The Company will file the Preferred Stock Designation and the Non-Voting Articles of Amendment with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “SCC”) prior to and as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The shares of Preferred Stock to be sold pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are sometimes referred to herein as the “Purchased Shares.” The shares of Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock into which the Purchased Shares are to be convertible, as well as the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock are convertible, are referred as the “Underlying Shares” and the Underlying Shares and the Purchased Shares are referred to, collectively, as the “Securities.”
C. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will agree to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Underlying Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws.
D. As a condition to the willingness of the Purchasers to enter into this Agreement, each of the directors and executive officers of the Company (representing holders of at least 30% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock) have entered into a Voting Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, dated as of the date hereof, with the Company.
E. The Company has engaged Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. as its exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) for the offering of the Purchased Shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Article I:
“Action” means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, arbitration, complaint, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or any officer, director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director or employee before or by any federal, state, county, local or foreign court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act. With respect to a Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as such Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Purchaser.
“Agency” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(nn).
“Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Articles of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Bank” means the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of Virginia, a Virginia chartered banking corporation.
“Bank Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Bank Board Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Bank Board Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Benefit Plan” means all plans, programs, agreements, contracts, policies, practices, or other arrangements providing compensation or benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary or any beneficiary or dependent thereof that is sponsored or maintained by the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, or to which the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or is obligated to contribute, has any actual or potential liability or is party, whether or not written, including without limitation any “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, any “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (whether or not such plan is subject to ERISA) and any bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, vacation, stock purchase, stock appreciation right, stock option or equity award, equity based severance, employment, independent contractor, change of control, consulting or fringe benefit plan, program, agreement or policy.
“BFI” means the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
“BHC Act” means the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Board Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in Virginia are open for the general transaction of business.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 5.1 and 5.2 hereof are satisfied, or such other date as the parties may mutually agree.
“Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(pp).
“Commission” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals, and also includes any securities into which the Common Stock may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Company Counsel” means Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
“Company Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
“Company Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(kk).
“Company Stock Option” means any outstanding stock option issued under any Company Stock Option Plan.
“Company Stock Option Plan” means the Bank of Virginia 2005 Stock Option Plan and the Bank of Virginia 2011 Stock Incentive Plan.
“Company’s Knowledge” means with respect to any statement made to the knowledge of the Company, that the statement is based upon the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the executive officers of the Company.
“Control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” or “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(jj).
“CRA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ll).
“Disclosure Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Disqualification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(jj).
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the initial Registration Statement required by the terms hereof is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(l).
“ERISA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(pp).
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity that is treated under Section 414 of the Code as single employer with the Company or any Subsidiary.
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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Federal Reserve” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(kk).
“Fund Entities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(b).
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Insurer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(oo).
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r).
“IT Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r).
“Jointly Indemnifiable Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Lead Investor” means TNH Financials Fund, L.P.
“Lien” means any lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions of any kind.
“Loan Investor” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(nn).
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company, any change, circumstance or effect, individually or in the aggregate, that (i) is, or is reasonably expected to be, materially adverse to the business, earnings, properties, results of operations, financial condition, assets or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) could materially impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the Closing or (iii) could result in a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; provided, however, in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, there shall be excluded any effect to the extent resulting from the following: (A) changes, after the date hereof, in GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements applicable to financial institutions generally, except to the extent such change disproportionately adversely affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) changes, after the date hereof, in laws of general applicability, rules and regulations or interpretations thereof by any governmental or regulatory authorities, agencies, courts, commissions or other entities, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or applicable self-regulatory organizations, (C) changes, after the date hereof, in global or national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in general or regional economic or market conditions affecting financial institutions or their holding companies generally except to the extent that any such changes in general or regional economic or market conditions have a disproportionate adverse effect on such party or (D) the public disclosure of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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“Material Contract” means any contract of the Company or any Subsidiary which:
(1) grants any Person a right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material properties, assets or businesses of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(2) contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person or which involve any restriction of the geographical area in which, or method by which or with whom, the Company or any Subsidiary may carry on its business (other than as may be required by law or applicable regulatory authorities); and any contract that could require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(3) involves any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance, or other similar arrangement (including any franchising agreement, but in any event, excluding introducing broker agreements); or relates to the acquisition or disposition of any material business or material assets (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets, or otherwise), which acquisition or disposition is not yet complete or where such contract contains continuing material obligations or contains continuing indemnity obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(4) involves the lease of real property or any other lease with annual rental payments aggregating $100,000 or more;
(5) other than with respect to loans, provides for, or is reasonably likely to result in, the receipt or expenditure of more than $100,000 on an annual basis or $200,000 in the aggregate, including the payment or receipt of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon revenues or income;
(6) permits the Company or any Subsidiary to use any Intellectual Property that is material to its business (except for any “shrinkwrap” or “click through” license agreements or other agreements for software that is generally available to the public and has not been customized for the Company or any Subsidiary);
(7) by its terms limits the payment of dividends or other distributions by the Company or any Subsidiary;
(8) contains or involves any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire assets or securities or another person;
(9) would prevent, delay or impede the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
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(10) provides for indemnification by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Person, except for immaterial contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(11) other than contracts relating to the ordinary course management of credit extensions, contains a put, call, or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary could be required to purchase or sell, as applicable, any equity interests or assets that have a fair market value or purchase price of more than $50,000;
(12) constitutes an employment or independent contractor contract or understanding (including any understandings or obligations with respect to severance or termination pay, liabilities or fringe benefits) with any present or former director, officer, employee or consultant;
(13) constitutes a plan, contract or understanding providing for any bonus, pension, option, deferred compensation, retirement payment, profit sharing or similar arrangement with respect to any present or former director, officer, employee or consultant;
(14) is with any governmental entity and imposes any material obligation or restriction on the Company or any Subsidiary;
(15) relates to indebtedness for borrowed money, letters of credit, capital lease obligations, obligations secured by a Lien or interest rate or currency hedging agreements (including guarantees in respect of any of the foregoing, but in any event excluding trade payables, securities transactions and brokerage agreements arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, intercompany indebtedness and immaterial leases for office equipment) in excess of $100,000, except for those issued in the ordinary course of business; or
(16) that was filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports on file as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(p).
“Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ii).
“New Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(a).
“Non-Performing Assets” means loans on non-accrual status plus other real estate owned.
“Non-Voting Articles of Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Non-Voting Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
“Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.18(b).
“Passivity Commitments” means the passivity commitments required by the Federal Reserve to be entered into by a Purchaser in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein.
“Placement Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Preferred Stock Designation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
“Principal Trading Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, shall be the NASDAQ Capital Market.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or legal proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Purchase Price” means $42,500 per share for each Purchased Share.
“Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Purchaser Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
“Purchaser Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).
“Purchaser Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.19.
“Qualifying Ownership Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(a).
“Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale by Purchasers of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
“Regulation D” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Regulation O” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(t).
“Regulatory Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ll).
“Required Approvals” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“SCC” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“Secretary’s Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(iv).
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Significant Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
“Stockholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Stockholder Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.
“Subscription Amount” means with respect to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Purchased Shares purchased hereunder as indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns sufficient capital stock or holds a sufficient equity or similar interest such that it is consolidated with the Company in the financial statements of the Company.
“Tax” means all United States federal, state, local or foreign income, profits, estimated, gross receipts, windfall profits, severance, property, intangible property, occupation, production, sales, use, license, excise, emergency excise, franchise, capital gains, capital stock, employment, withholding, transfer, stamp, payroll, goods and services, value added, alternative or add-on minimum tax, or any other tax, custom, duty or governmental fee, or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, penalties, fines, related liabilities or additions to tax that may become payable in respect thereof imposed by any governmental entity, whether or not disputed.
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“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect any Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim or refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Transfer Agent” means Registrar and Transfer Company, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
“Underlying Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing.
(a) Purchase of Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, the number of shares of Preferred Stock as indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page to this Agreement at a per share price equal to the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding the above, the Lead Investor shall not be obligated to purchase any Purchased Shares to the extent such purchase would cause the Lead Investor, together with its Affiliates and any other Persons with which it is acting in concert or whose holdings would otherwise be required to be aggregated with the Investor’s holdings for purposes of the BHC Act or the Change in Bank Control Act, to, directly or indirectly, collectively own, control or have the power to vote (including after the conversion of the Purchased Shares into the Underlying Shares) in excess of (i) 4.9% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding or (ii) 24.9% of the Company’s total equity outstanding.
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(b) Closing. The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place at the offices of the Company Counsel, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 607 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC on the Closing Date or at such other locations or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means as the parties may mutually agree and shall occur no later than the fifth Business Day following the date on which the conditions to closing set forth in Article V are satisfied (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at Closing but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions).
(c) Delivery and Payment. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each of the respective Purchasers a certificate or certificates, in such reasonable denominations as the Purchaser may have designated in writing not less than three days before the Closing, and registered in the name of the Purchaser (or its designee or nominee), representing the number of shares of Preferred Stock subscribed for by such Purchaser. At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver its respective Subscription Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account designated by the Company.
2.2 Closing Deliveries.
(a) On or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following (the “Company Deliverables”):
(i) this Agreement, including the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Company;
(ii) one or more stock certificates (if physical certificates are required by Purchaser to be held immediately prior to Closing; if not, then facsimile or “.pdf” copies of such certificates shall suffice for purposes of Closing with the original stock certificates to be delivered within three Business Days of the Closing Date), evidencing the shares of Preferred Stock subscribed for by Purchaser hereunder, registered in the name of Purchaser;
(iii) a legal opinion of Company Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchasers;
(iv) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Secretary’s Certificate”), dated as of the Closing Date, (a) certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, (b) certifying the current versions of the articles of incorporation, as amended and restated, and by-laws, as amended, of the Company and (c) certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing the Transaction Documents and related documents on behalf of the Company;
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(v) the certificate referred to in Section 5.1(g);
(vi) a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of each of the Company and the Bank in Virginia issued by the SCC, as of a date within five (5) Business Days of the Closing Date;
(vii) a certificate evidencing the filing of the Preferred Stock Designation and the Non-Voting Articles of Amendment with the SCC on a date that is on or before the Closing Date; and
(viii) Voting Agreements, duly executed by each of the directors and executive officers of the Company, which shall collectively represent at least 30% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company.
(b) On or prior to the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following (the “Purchaser Deliverables”):
(i) this Agreement, including the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by such Purchaser; and
(ii) its Subscription Amount, in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds, in the amount indicated below such Purchaser’s name on the applicable signature page hereto by wire transfer in accordance with the Company’s written instructions.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
On or prior to the date hereof, the Company delivered to Purchaser and Purchaser delivered to the Company a letter setting forth items the disclosure of which is necessary in response to an express disclosure requirement contained in a provision hereof.
3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (except for the representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be made as of such date), to each of the Purchasers that:
(a) Subsidiaries. The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than the Bank. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. There are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest of any Subsidiary or any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which the shareholders of any Subsidiary may vote, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock or other equity interest of such Subsidiary or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest of any Subsidiary.
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(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own or lease and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the BHC Act. The Bank’s deposit accounts are insured to the fullest extent permitted by the FDIC, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid when due. The Company has conducted its business in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, orders, judgments, decrees, rules, regulations and applicable stock exchange requirements, including all laws and regulations restricting activities of bank holding companies and banking organizations, except for any noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder, including, without limitation, to issue the Preferred Stock and, subject to the receipt of the Stockholder Approval, to issue the Common Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Preferred Stock Designation. The Company’s execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, but not limited to, the sale of the Purchased Shares and the delivery of the Securities) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further corporate action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. Except for Material Contracts, there are no stockholder agreements, voting agreements, or other similar arrangements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the Company’s Knowledge, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.
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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provisions of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or otherwise result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would result in a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any Material Contract, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations, assuming the correctness of the representations and warranties made by the Purchasers herein, of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, including all applicable Trading Markets), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) such as would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect..
(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities), other than (i) obtaining the Stockholder Approval, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iv) the filing of any requisite notices to the Principal Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares or the issuance of the Underlying Shares in the time and manner required thereby and (v) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
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(f) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance of the Preferred Stock has been duly authorized and the Preferred Stock, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights, other than preemptive or similar rights provided for in the Transaction Documents. Subject to the receipt of the Stockholder Approval, the issuance of the Underlying Shares has been duly authorized and the Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock Designation and the Non-Voting Articles of Amendment, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of all Liens, other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents or imposed by applicable securities laws, and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights, other than preemptive or similar rights. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers in this Agreement, the Preferred Stock will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. There are sufficient authorized Underlying Shares for the issuance of the Underlying Shares into which the Preferred Shares shall be convertible. The Company has reserved, and will continue to reserve, free of any preemptive or similar rights of shareholders of the Company, a number of unissued Underlying Shares sufficient to issue and deliver the Underlying Shares into which the Preferred Shares shall be convertible.
(g) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 120,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 80,000,000 shares of common stock not designated as part of a class or series, and 2,000 shares of serial preferred stock. As of March 31, 2014, there were 2,788,302 shares of Common Stock outstanding (not including 578,125 unvested restricted shares), 124,692 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding stock options, and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company. The Company represents that: (i) no shares of the Company’s outstanding capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company, except as set forth in this Section 3.1(g); (iii) there are no material outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing indebtedness of the Company or by which the Company is bound; (iv) except for registration obligations set forth in the Transaction Documents, there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the Securities Act; (v) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company; (vi) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (vii) the Company has no liabilities or obligations of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise (other than liabilities or obligations disclosed in the SEC Reports or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since December 31, 2012), which, individually or in the aggregate, will have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities. Each Company Stock Option (i) was granted in compliance with all applicable laws and all of the terms and conditions of the Company Stock Option Plans pursuant to which it was issued, (ii) has an exercise price per share of Common Stock equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of such grant and is otherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code and (iii) has a grant date identical to the date on which the Board of Directors or compensation committee of the Board of Directors actually awarded such Company Stock Option. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) and other than the Company Stock Options, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding equity-based compensation awards or commitments.
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(h) SEC Reports; Disclosure Materials. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and together with this Agreement and the schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure Materials”), on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments, which would not be material, either individually or in the aggregate.
(j) Tax Matters. The Company (i) has prepared and filed all Tax Returns required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all Taxes that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such Tax Returns, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all Taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such Tax Returns apply.
(k) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, except as disclosed in subsequent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the businesses of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have been conducted only in the ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as theretofore conducted, and there has not occurred since December 31, 2012, any event that has had a Material Adverse Effect.
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(l) Environmental Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; in each case, which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there is no pending or threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.
(m) Litigation. There is no Action which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or, individually or in the aggregate, has prevented or materially impaired, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair, the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or (ii) involves a claim that is or that could be, if adversely determined, for damages in excess of $200,000 or that seeks injunctive relief that could be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any Subsidiary, or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(n) Employment Matters. No material labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary. None of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and each Subsidiary believes that its relationship with its employees is good. To the Company’s Knowledge, no executive officer is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of a third party, and to the Company’s Knowledge, the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default or violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under), nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any Material Contract (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or its properties or assets, or (iii) is in violation of, or in receipt of written notice that it is in violation of, any statute, rule, regulation, policy or guidelines or order of any governmental authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or which would have the effect of revoking or limiting FDIC deposit insurance, except in each case as would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Regulatory Permits. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess or have applied for all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as conducted and as described in the SEC Reports on file as of the date of this Agreement (“Material Permits”), and (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice in writing of proceedings relating to the revocation or material adverse modification of any such Material Permits and (ii) the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances that would give rise to the revocation or material adverse modification of any Material Permits.
(q) Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property and tangible personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all Liens except such as do not materially affect the value of such property or as do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(r) Patents and Trademarks.
(i) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted as disclosed in the SEC Reports on file as of the date of this Agreement. Except where such violations or infringements would not have or reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (b) there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (d) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; and (e) there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company and/or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others.
(ii) The computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, and all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation used in the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the “IT Assets”) operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the conduct of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries. To the Company’s Knowledge, no person has gained unauthorized access to the IT Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have implemented reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology for the IT Assets consistent with industry practices. The Company and the Subsidiaries take reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality, privacy and security of customer, employee and other personally identifiable information, and are in compliance with all laws and their own policies and procedures in connection therewith, and to the Company’s Knowledge there has been no unauthorized access to or use of such information. The Company and the Subsidiaries have complied with all internet domain name registration and other requirements of internet domain registrars concerning internet domain names that are used in the business.
(s) Insurance. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses and locations in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation of any such insurance, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, will it or any Subsidiary be unable to renew their respective existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company (i) maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, (ii) has timely paid all premiums on such policies and (iii) there has been no lapse in coverage during the term of such policies.
(t) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth under the caption “Item 13. Certain Relationships, and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2013, and other than the grant of stock options or other equity awards, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or to a presently contemplated transaction that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company and the Subsidiaries have disclosed any transactions with directors of the Company or of any Subsidiary as required by the Federal Reserve’s Regulation O (“Regulation O”), and the Company and the Subsidiaries are otherwise in full compliance with the requirements of Regulation O.
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(u) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such internal control over financial reporting is effective. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative of the Company or any Subsidiary has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices. No attorney representing the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not employed by the Company or any Subsidiary, has reported evidence of a violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(v) Sarbanes-Oxley; Disclosure Controls. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(w) Certain Fees. No person or entity will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or a Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Company, other than the Placement Agent with respect to the offer and sale of Purchased Shares (which placement agent fees are being paid by the Company). The Company shall indemnify, pay, and hold each Purchaser and its Affiliates harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such right, interest or claim.
(x) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Preferred Stock by the Company to the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Preferred Stock hereunder will not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market and, upon the receipt of the Stockholder Approval, the issuance of the Underlying Shares in accordance with the Preferred Stock Designation and the Non-Voting Articles of Amendment will not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market.
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(y) Registration Rights. Other than each of the Purchasers, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company other than those securities which are currently registered on an effective registration statement on file with the Commission.
(z) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of its Affiliates or any Person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offers or sales of any Company security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Purchased Shares as contemplated hereby.
(aa) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received written notice from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance in all material respects with the listing and maintenance requirements for continued trading of the Common Stock on the Principal Trading Market.
(bb) Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately following the Closing will not be required to register as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(cc) Questionable Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any directors, officers, nor to the Company’s Knowledge, employees, agents or other Persons acting at the direction of or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company: (a) directly or indirectly, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to foreign or domestic political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic governmental officials, employees or agents of any foreign or domestic government or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (c) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or (d) made any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other material unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official, employee or agent of any foreign or domestic government.
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(dd) Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreements. The Company has not adopted any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
(ee) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company (or any Subsidiary) and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its SEC Reports and is not so disclosed.
(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given to the Company by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Purchased Shares.
(gg) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not, and to the Company’s Knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Purchased Shares.
(hh) OFAC. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not knowingly directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Purchased Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ii) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Company and any Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering statutes of applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and to the Company’s Knowledge, no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company and/or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or threatened.
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(jj) No Disqualification Events. With respect to Purchased Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act:
(i) none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale, nor any nor any of the directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers of the Placement Agent participating in the offering of the Purchased Shares (each, an “Covered Person” and, together, “Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to Purchasers a copy of any disclosures required thereunder.
(ii) The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Covered Person (as defined in Section 3(jj)(i)) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Purchasers in connection with the sale of the Purchased Shares.
(iii) The Company will notify Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date, of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Covered Person.
(kk) Reports, Registrations and Statements. Since January 1, 2011, the Company and each Subsidiary have filed all material reports, registrations and statements, together with any required amendments thereto, that it was required to file with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the FDIC, the BFI, and any other applicable federal or state securities or banking authorities. All such reports and statements filed with any such regulatory body or authority are collectively referred to herein as the “Company Reports.” As of their respective dates, the Company Reports complied as to form in all material respects with all the rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the BFI and any other applicable foreign, federal or state securities or banking authorities, as the case may be.
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(ll) Agreements with Regulatory Agencies; Compliance with Certain Banking Regulations. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(ll), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any cease-and-desist or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by, or since January 1, 2011, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any governmental entity that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its operations or business (each item in this sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary been advised since January 1, 2011 by any governmental entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance with each Regulatory Agreement to which it is a party or subject. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice from any governmental entity indicating that either the Company or any Subsidiary is not in compliance with any such Regulatory Agreement. With respect to any matters requiring action by the Board of Directors prior to the date of this Agreement or Closing, as applicable, that were set forth in writing by any of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC or the BFI, the Company and its Subsidiaries have addressed such matters in all material respects.
The Company has no knowledge of any facts and circumstances, and has no reason to believe that any facts or circumstances exist, that would cause the Bank: (i) to be deemed not to be in satisfactory compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“CRA”) or to be assigned a CRA rating by federal or state banking regulators of lower than “satisfactory”; (ii) to be deemed to be operating in violation, in any material respect, of the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, any order issued with respect to anti-money laundering by the OFAC, or any other anti-money laundering statute, rule or regulation; or (iii) to be deemed not to be in satisfactory compliance, in any material respect, with all applicable privacy of customer information requirements contained in any federal and state privacy laws and regulations as well as the provisions of all information security programs adopted by the Subsidiaries.
(mm) No General Solicitation or General Advertising. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Purchased Shares.
(nn) Mortgage Banking Business. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with, and all documentation in connection with the origination, processing, underwriting, credit approval and, if applicable, foreclosure of any mortgage loan originated, purchased or serviced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries satisfied, (A) all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations with respect to the origination, insuring, purchase, sale, pooling, servicing, subservicing, foreclosure or filing of claims in connection with mortgage loans, including all laws relating to real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, truth in lending laws, usury limitations, fair housing, transfers of servicing, collection practices, equal credit opportunity and adjustable rate mortgages, (B) the responsibilities and obligations relating to mortgage loans set forth in any agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer, (C) the applicable rules, regulations, guidelines, handbooks and other requirements of any Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer and (D) the terms and provisions of any mortgage or other collateral documents and other loan documents with respect to each mortgage loan; and
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(ii) Since January 1, 2011, no Agency, Loan Investor or Insurer has (A) claimed in writing that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has violated or has not complied with the applicable underwriting standards with respect to mortgage loans sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a Loan Investor or Agency, or with respect to any sale of mortgage servicing rights to a Loan Investor, (B) imposed in writing restrictions on the activities (including commitment authority) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) indicated in writing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that it has terminated or intends to terminate its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for poor performance, poor loan quality or concern with respect to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ compliance with laws,
For purposes of this Section 3.1(nn): (A) “Agency” means the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Farmers Home Administration (now known as Rural Housing and Community Development Services), the Federal National Mortgage Association, the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other federal or state agency with authority to (i) determine any investment, origination, lending or servicing requirements with regard to mortgage loans originated, purchased or serviced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) originate, purchase, or service mortgage loans, or otherwise promote mortgage lending, including state and local housing finance authorities; (B) “Loan Investor” means any person (including an Agency) having a beneficial interest in any mortgage loan originated, purchased or serviced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a security backed by or representing an interest in any such mortgage loan; and (C) “Insurer” means a person who insures or guarantees for the benefit of the mortgagee all or any portion of the risk of loss upon borrower default on any of the mortgage loans originated, purchased or serviced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and any private mortgage insurer, and providers of hazard, title or other insurance with respect to such mortgage loans or the related collateral.
(oo) Risk Management Instruments. Since January 1, 2011, all material derivative instruments, including, swaps, caps, floors and option agreements, whether entered into for the Company’s own account, or for the account of one or more of the Subsidiaries, were entered into (1) only in the ordinary course of business, (2) in accordance with prudent practices and in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory policies and (3) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the time; and each of them constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or one of the Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Neither the Company or the Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto, is in breach of any of its material obligations under any such agreement or arrangement.
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(pp) ERISA. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable legal requirements governing its employee benefit plans, programs, policies and arrangements, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (herein called “ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) applicable to employee benefit plans (as defined in ERISA). No “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur, directly or indirectly, liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code; and each “pension plan” for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, has received a favorable determination or opinion letter on which it is entitled to rely, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(pp), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide health or welfare benefits to any individual following the termination of such individual’s employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary (other than as required under any the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended, or any similar state law). All health, life, and long-term disability plans sponsored by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under which they have liability, are fully insured. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Benefit Plans, programs, policies, or arrangements is subject to any laws other than those of the United States or any state, city, county, or other municipality in the United States.
(qq) Shell Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1) under the Securities Act.
(rr) Reservation of Underlying Shares. The Company has reserved, and will continue to reserve, free of any preemptive or similar rights of stockholders of the Company, a number of unissued shares of Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock sufficient to issue and deliver the Underlying Shares into which the Preferred Stock is automatically convertible, assuming Stockholder Approval has been obtained.
(ss) Loan and Credit Loss Reserves. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Company’s management has reasonably and in good faith concluded that the loan and credit loss reserves of the Bank are adequate, and neither the Company nor the Bank has been advised by any of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC or the BFI, as applicable, that the Bank’s loan and credit loss reserves or methodology for determining such reserves are inadequate.
(tt) Change in Control. The issuance of the Securities to the Purchasers as contemplated by this Agreement will not trigger any rights under any “change of control” provision in any of the agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, including any employment, “change in control,” severance or other compensatory agreements and any benefit plan, which results in payments to the counterparty or the acceleration of vesting of benefits.
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(uu) No Material Misstatement or Omission. None of the representations or warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, or in any certificate furnished by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, when all such documents are read together in their entirety, contains or will contain at the Closing Date any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit at the Closing Date any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.
(vv) Asset Quality. The total amount of Non-Performing Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, did not exceed $5,900,000 as of December 31, 2013.
(ww) Liquidity. Since December 31, 2013, there has not been a material change in the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ need for, sources of or access to liquidity.
(xx) Classified Assets. The aggregate amount of loans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, that are rated “substandard”, “doubtful” or “loss” did not exceed $5,300,000 as of December 31, 2013.
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby, for itself and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:
(a) Organization and Qualification. Purchaser (if an entity) is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own or lease and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Purchaser (if an entity) is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Purchaser (if an entity) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not materially and adversely affect Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on a timely basis.
(b) Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. Purchaser (if an entity) has the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by Purchaser (if an entity) to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of Purchaser, and no further corporate or partnership action is required by Purchaser or its governing body in connection therewith. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by Purchaser and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Purchaser enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
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(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the other Purchasers hereunder) (i) conflict with or violate any provisions of the organizational documents of Purchaser (if an entity), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Purchaser or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which Purchaser is a party, or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction or decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which Purchaser is subject (including federal and state securities laws), or by which any property or asset of Purchaser is bound or affected, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, such as would not or reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on a timely basis.
(d) Investment Intent. Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Purchased Shares and, upon Stockholder Approval, the Underlying Shares, as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Purchased Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, provided, however, that by making the representations herein, Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Purchased Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, and, if applicable, any regulations or policies of the Federal Reserve. Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity.
(e) Purchaser Status. At the time Purchaser was offered the Purchased Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
(f) General Solicitation. Purchaser is not purchasing the Purchased Shares as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares to be purchased under this Agreement.
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(g) Experience of Such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Purchased Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Purchased Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(h) Access to Information. Purchaser acknowledges that it has received and reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Purchased Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Purchased Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to Purchaser’s investment in the Purchased Shares. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents. Purchaser has not relied on any representation or warranty in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than those contained in the Transaction Documents.
(i) Brokers and Finders. Other than the Placement Agent with respect to the Company, no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company or any other Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that it is purchasing the Purchased Shares directly from the Company and not from the Placement Agent.
(j) Independent Investment Decision. Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Purchaser’s business and/or legal counsel in making such decision. Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Purchased Shares. Purchaser understands that the Placement Agent has acted solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Purchased Shares and Purchaser has not relied on the business or legal advice of the Placement Agent or any of its agents, counsel or Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such Persons has made any representations or warranties to Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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(k) Reliance on Exemptions. Purchaser understands that the Purchased Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Purchaser to acquire the Purchased Shares.
(l) No Governmental Review. Purchaser understands that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Purchased Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Purchased Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Purchased Shares.
(m) Residency. Such Purchaser’s residence (if an individual) or office in which its investment decision with respect to the Purchased Shares was made (if an entity) are located at the address immediately below such Purchaser’s name on its signature page hereto.
(n) Knowledge as to Conditions. As of the date of this Agreement, such Purchaser has no reasonable basis to believe that any regulatory approvals, consents or statements of non-objection required or otherwise a condition to the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not be obtained.
(o) Regulatory Approvals. Other than the Passivity Commitments a Purchaser may be required to deliver to the Federal Reserve, no notice to, registration, declaration or filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, order, consent or approval of, any governmental entity, nor expiration or termination of any statutory waiting period, is necessary for the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(p) Financial Capability. Such Purchaser has access to funds necessary to consummate the Closing as of the date of the Closing, on the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement.
The Company and each of the Purchasers acknowledge and agree that no party to this Agreement has made or makes any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in this Article III and the Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE
IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
4.1 Transfer Restrictions.
(a) Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IV, each Purchaser covenants that it will not dispose of the Purchased Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state, federal or foreign securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the Purchased Shares other than (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (ii) to the Company or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 (provided that the transferor provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that such securities may be sold pursuant to such rule), the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company and the Transfer Agent, at the transferor’s expense, an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent (it being agreed that in-house counsel for a Purchaser shall be reasonably acceptable to Company), the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer (other than pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence), any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Securities.
(b) Legends. Certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and, with respect to Securities held in book-entry form, the Transfer Agent will record such a legend on the share register), until such time as they are not required under Section 4.1(c) or applicable law:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT (PROVIDED THAT THE TRANSFEROR PROVIDES THE COMPANY WITH REASONABLE ASSURANCES (IN THE FORM OF SELLER AND BROKER REPRESENTATION LETTERS) THAT THE SECURITIES MAY BE SOLD PURSUANT TO SUCH RULE). NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE BY THE ISSUER AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOR RESALES OF THESE SECURITIES.
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(c) Removal of Legends. Upon request of Purchaser, upon receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such legend is no longer required under the Securities Act and applicable state laws, the Company shall promptly cause the legend set forth above to be removed from any certificate or share register for any securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Acknowledgement. Each Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise transfer the Purchased Shares or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act. Except as otherwise provided below, while the Registration Statement remains effective, each Purchaser hereunder may sell the Underlying Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the Registration Statement and if it does so it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available or unless the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees that if it is notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement registering the resale of the Underlying Shares is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, the Purchaser will refrain from selling such Securities until such time as the Purchaser is notified by the Company that such Registration Statement is effective or such prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Exchange Act, unless Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Securities pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
4.2 Furnishing of Information. In order to enable Purchasers to sell the Securities under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, for a period of one year from the Closing, the Company shall maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and at all times it is subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act it shall timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all SEC Reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act and submit electronically any interactive data files specified in Rule 144(c)(1)(ii) of the Securities Act. If the Company is not required to file SEC Reports pursuant to such laws, it will, for so long as the Purchasers hold Purchased Shares or Underlying Shares, prepare and furnish to Purchasers and make publicly available the information described in Rule 144(c)(2), if the provision of such information will allow resales of the Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
4.3 Form D and Blue Sky Laws. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Purchased Shares as required under Regulation D. The Company, on or before the Closing Date, shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Purchased Shares for sale to Purchasers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification). The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares required under applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.
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4.4 No Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate of the Company shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that will be integrated with the offer or sale of the Purchased Shares in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Purchased Shares to Purchasers.
4.5 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. By 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue one or more press releases (collectively, the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable to Purchasers disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. On or before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourth Trading Day immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K reasonably acceptable to Purchasers with the Commission describing the terms of the Transaction Documents (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser or any Affiliate or investment adviser of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser or any Affiliate or investment adviser of any Purchaser in any press release or filing with the Commission (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the Commission or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide Purchasers with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (ii). Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
4.6 Non-Public Information. Except with the express written consent of a Purchaser and unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information, the Company shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, and each Purchaser shall not directly solicit the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to provide any Purchaser with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the Press Release.
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4.7 Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Purchasers. In addition to the indemnity provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, fines imposed by a governmental entity, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of (i) any inaccuracy or breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents (including any certificates delivered pursuant thereto) or (ii) any action, suit, proceeding or investigation instituted against a Purchaser Party in any capacity, or any of them or their respective affiliates, by any Person who is not an affiliate of such Purchaser Party (other than the Company or its controlled affiliates), with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement to the extent, but only to the extent, that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to such Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents.
(b) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any Purchaser Party (the “Indemnified Person”) of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.7(a), such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Person so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Company is actually and materially and adversely prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless: (i) the Company and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in such proceeding; or (iii) in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnified Person, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, the Company shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such proceeding.
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4.8 Listing of Common Stock. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list the Common Stock for quotation on the NASDAQ Capital Market and maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
4.9 Limitation on Beneficial Ownership. Except as provided herein, no Purchaser (and its Affiliates or any other Persons with which it is acting in concert or whose holdings would otherwise be required to be aggregated for purposes of the BHC Act or the Change in Bank Control Act) will be entitled to purchase a number of Securities that would result in such Purchaser becoming, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner (as determined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 9.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding (based on the number of outstanding shares as of the Closing Date).
4.10 No Change of Control. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary irrevocable waivers, adopt any required amendments and make all appropriate determinations so that the issuance of the Securities to Purchasers will not trigger a “change of control” or other similar provision in any of the agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, including without limitation any employment, “change in control,” severance or other agreements and any benefit plan, which results in payments to the counterparty or the acceleration of vesting of benefits.
4.11 Stockholders Meeting. The Company shall call a meeting of its stockholders to be held as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, but in no event later than one hundred and twenty (120) days following the Closing Date, to vote on a proposal (the “Stockholder Proposals”) to approve the issuance of Common Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock for purposes of Rule 5635 of the NASDAQ Stock Market Rules (such approval of the Stockholder Proposal, “Stockholder Approval”). Subject to the exercise of its fiduciary duties under Virginia law, the Board of Directors of the Company shall recommend to the Company’s stockholders that such stockholders vote in favor of the Stockholder Proposal. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall promptly prepare and file (but in no event more than twenty (20) days after the Closing Date) with the Commission a preliminary proxy statement, shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of the Commission or its staff with respect to the preliminary proxy statement and to cause a definitive proxy statement related to such stockholders’ meeting to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders no later than July 1, 2014, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies for such Stockholder Approval. The Company shall notify Purchaser promptly of the receipt of any comments from the Commission or its staff with respect to the proxy statement and of any request by the Commission or its staff for amendments or supplements to such proxy statement or for additional information (but the Company shall not provide any Purchaser with any material, non-public information, unless requested by such Purchaser and pursuant to a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information). If at any time prior to such stockholders’ meeting there shall occur any event that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the proxy statement, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or supplement. In the event that Stockholder Approval is not obtained at such stockholder meeting, the Company shall include a proposal to approve (and the Board of Directors shall recommend approval of) such proposal at a meeting of its stockholders to be held no less than once in each subsequent six-month period beginning on the date of such stockholder meeting until such approval is obtained.
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4.12 Confidentiality. Each party hereto will hold, and will cause its respective Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, unless disclosure to a regulatory authority is necessary in connection with any necessary regulatory approval, examination or inspection or unless disclosure is required by judicial or administrative process or, in the written opinion of its counsel, by other requirement of law or the applicable requirements of any regulatory agency or relevant stock exchange, all non-public records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, “Information”) concerning the other party hereto furnished to it by or on behalf of such other party or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (1) previously known by such party on a non-confidential basis, (2) publicly available through no fault of such party or (3) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such party), and neither party hereto shall release or disclose such Information to any other person, except its auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, other consultants and advisors.
4.13 Governance Matters.
(a) Board Representative. At Closing, the Company and the Bank will appoint the person nominated by the Lead Investor (the “Board Representative”) as provided in this Section 4.13(a) to the Board of Directors, subject to satisfaction of the legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company and to the reasonable approval of the Board of Directors (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). To the extent consistent with the requirement to stagger the terms of the directors of the Company, the Company and Bank will nominate the Board Representative for election at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Closing to a three year term. After such appointment or election of a Board Representative, so long as the Lead Investor beneficially owns (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) at least 5.0% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, whether acquired upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or otherwise and treating each Preferred Share that is not a share of Common Stock as if it had converted into Common Stock, and each share of Non-Voting Common Stock as a Share of Common Stock (a “Qualifying Ownership Interest”), the Company will be required to recommend to its stockholders the election of such respective Lead Investor’s Board Representative at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, as applicable, subject to satisfaction of the legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company and to the reasonable approval of the Board of Directors (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If at any time a Lead Investor no longer beneficially owns Qualifying Ownership Interest, such Lead Investor will have no further rights under this Section 4.13(a), and, at the written request of the Board of Directors, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Board Representative to resign from the Board of Directors within 15 calendar days thereafter. The Lead Investor shall inform the Company if and when it ceases to hold a Qualifying Ownership Interest.
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Any Board Representative (including any successor nominee) duly selected in accordance with this Section 4.13(a) shall, subject to applicable law, be the Company’s and the Board of Directors’ nominee to serve on the Board of Directors. The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts to have the Board Representative elected as a director of the Company and the Company shall solicit proxies for each such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors. The Board Representative shall have the right to attend any meetings of the committees of the Board of Directors and the Bank Board as a non-voting observer, other than those committees that are required by the Listing Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market to be comprised only of independent directors.
For only so long as the Lead Investor has the right to nominate a Board Representative pursuant to this Section 4.13(a), such Lead Investor shall have the power to designate the Board Representative’s replacement upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director. The Board of Directors will use its reasonable best efforts to take all action required to fill the vacancy resulting therefrom with such person (including such person, subject to applicable law, being the Company’s and the Board of Directors’ nominee to serve on the Board of Directors, using all reasonable best efforts to have such person elected as director of the Company and the Company soliciting proxies for such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board of Directors).
Any Board Representative shall be entitled to the same cash compensation and participation in Company equity plans and same indemnification in connection with his or her role as a director as the other members of the Board of Directors, and each Board Representative shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors or any committees thereof, to the same extent as the other members of the Board of Directors. The Company shall notify each Board Representative of all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall notify each Board Representative of all regular and special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors of which the Board Representative is a member in accordance with the Company’s bylaws as then in effect. The Company shall provide each Board Representative with copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other materials provided to all other members of the Board of Directors concurrently as such materials are provided to the other members.
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Given that certain Jointly Indemnifiable Claims may arise due to the relationship between the Fund Entities and the Company and Bank and the service of the Board Representative as a Director of the Company and the Bank at the request of the Fund Entities, the Company acknowledges and agrees, and shall cause the Bank to acknowledge and agree, that the Company and the Bank shall be fully and primarily responsible for the indemnification and advancement of expenses of the Board Representative in connection with any such Jointly Indemnifiable Claim irrespective of any right of recovery the Board Representative may have from the Fund Entities or any of their respective Affiliates. Under no circumstances shall the Company or the Bank be entitled to any right of contribution by the Fund Entities or any of their Affiliates and no right of recovery the Board Representative may have from the Fund Entities or any of their respective Affiliates shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Board Representative or the obligations of the Company and the Bank to indemnify the Board Representative. For purposes of this Section 4.13(a), (i) the term “Fund Entities” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity or enterprise (other than the Company, the Bank or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity or enterprise the Board Representative has agreed, on behalf of the Company or the Bank or at the Company’s or at the Bank’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity from whom the Board Representative may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company and/or the Bank may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation, and (ii) the term “Jointly Indemnifiable Claim” shall mean any claim for which the Board Representative shall be entitled to indemnification from both any Fund Entity and the Company and/or the Bank pursuant to applicable law, any indemnification agreement or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Company, the Bank and the Fund Entities. If the Company has entered into, or shall in the future enter into, any indemnification agreement with any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company shall give the Board Representative the opportunity to enter into an indemnification agreement with the Company and such Subsidiary, as applicable, with the same terms and conditions.
Until such time as the Board Representative is duly appointed and elected, at all times when the Lead Investor has the right to a Board Representative as provided in this Section 4.13(a) and otherwise upon the written request of such Lead Investor and in lieu of such Lead Investor’s nomination of a Board Representative, such Lead Investor may appoint one individual to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committees thereof that a Board Representative would be eligible to attend (the “Observer”) and pursuant to this Section 4.13(a) hereof the board of directors of the Bank and any committees thereof, which individual shall be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the appointment by a Lead Investor of an Observer shall not prevent such Lead Investor from nominating a Board Representative in lieu of an Observer at a future time. The Observer shall not have any right to vote on any matter presented to the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. Subject to compliance with regulatory requirements, the Company shall give the Observer written notice of each meeting thereof at the same time and in the same manner as the members of the Board of Directors, shall provide the Observer with all written materials and other information given to members of the Board of Directors at the same time such materials and information are given to the members of the Board of Directors and shall permit the Observer to attend as an observer at all meetings thereof, and in the event the Company proposes to take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting, the Company shall give written notice thereof to each Observer prior to the effective date of such consent describing the nature and substance of such action and including the proposed text of such written consents; provided, however, that (A) the Company or the Board of Directors shall have the right to withhold any information and to exclude the Observer from any meeting or portion thereof (1) if doing so is, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Company, after consultation with counsel, advisable or necessary to protect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and counsel or (2) if the Board of Directors reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation with counsel, that attendance by the Observer would conflict with fiduciary or regulatory requirements under applicable law and (B) the Lead Investor shall cause its Observer to agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information provided to such Observer. The Lead Investor covenants and agrees to hold all such information obtained from its Observer as provided in the prior sentence in confidence pursuant to the non-disclosure agreement entered into between the Company and the Lead Investor.
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So long as the Lead Investor has the right to appoint a Board Representative pursuant to this Section 4.13(a), such Lead Investor shall have the right to either nominate one person (the “Bank Board Representative”) to be elected or appointed as director to the board of directors of the Bank (the “Bank Board”) or until such time as the Bank Board Representative is duly elected and appointed, to appoint one person to attend all meetings of the Bank Board and any committees thereof as an observer (the “Bank Board Observer”); provided that if the Lead Investor chooses to have a director of both the Company and the Bank it at all such times shall be the same individual; provided further the appointment by the Lead Investor of a Bank Board Observer shall not prevent the Lead Investor from nominating a Bank Board Representative in lieu of a Bank Board Observer at a future time. The obligations of the Company otherwise with respect to, and the conditions on the appointment and, if applicable, directorship of, each Bank Board Representative and each Bank Board Observer shall be substantially the same as those with respect to or applicable to the Board Representative and Observer, respectively.
The rights of the Lead Investor described in this Section 4.13(a) shall be personal to such Lead Investor and the transfer, assignment and/or conveyance of said rights from the Lead Investor to any other person and/or entity (other than in connection with a transfer of Securities to an Affiliate) is prohibited and shall be void and of no force or effect.
(b) Appointment of Additional Director. Not later than May 31, 2014, the Company and the Bank will appoint David Zlatin to the Board of Directors and the Bank Board and/or nominate him for election as a director at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, subject to satisfaction of the legal and governance requirements regarding service as a director of the Company and to the reasonable approval of the Board of Directors (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
4.14 No Rights Agreement. The Company shall not enter into any poison pill agreement, stockholders’ rights plan or similar agreement that shall limit the rights of a Purchaser to acquire Common Stock up to the limits set forth in Section 4.9 unless such poison pill agreement, stockholders’ rights plan or similar agreement grants an exemption or waiver to the Purchaser immediately effective upon execution of such plan or agreement that would allow the Purchaser to acquire such Common Stock up to the limits set forth in Section 4.9.
4.15 Certain Transactions. The Company will not merge or consolidate into, or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property or assets to, any other party unless the successor, transferee or lessee party, as the case may be (if not the Company), expressly assumes the due and punctual performance and observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company.
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4.16 Corporate Opportunities. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that the Lead Investor and its Affiliates and related investment funds may review the business plans and related proprietary information of any enterprise, including enterprises which may have products or services which compete directly or indirectly with those of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and may trade in the securities of such enterprise. Neither the Lead Investor nor any of its Affiliates or related investment funds shall be precluded or in any way restricted from investing or participating in any particular enterprise, or trading in the securities thereof whether or not such enterprise has products or services that compete with those of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Lead Investor, the Board Representative, the Board Observer and the Affiliates of the Lead Investor have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly, engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (b) in the event that any Lead Investor, Board Representative, Board Observer or any of their Affiliates acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Lead Investor, Board Representative, Board Observer or Affiliate shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be liable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Purchasers or stockholders of the Company for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that the Lead Investor, any Affiliate thereof or related investment fund thereof, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or does not present such opportunity to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
4.17 Ordinary Course of Business. Prior to the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.16, the Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, use reasonable best efforts to carry on its business in the ordinary course of business and to maintain and preserve its and such Subsidiary’s business (including its organization, assets, properties, goodwill and insurance coverage) and preserve business relationships with customers, strategic partners, suppliers, distributors and others having business dealings with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent reasonably practicable, the Company shall consult with Purchasers prior to taking any material actions outside of the ordinary course of business.
4.18 Gross-Up Rights.
(a) Sale of New Securities. If, at any time prior to the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company makes any public or nonpublic offering or sale of any equity or equity-linked security (any such security, a “New Security”) (other than any securities issuable (i) as consideration in a bona fide arms-length acquisition by the Company, (ii) in accordance with the terms of any employee benefit plan approved by the Board of Directors, (iii) as part of a bona fide public offering or (iv) at the written direction of any governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority), then the Lead Investor and any other Purchaser purchasing at least 4.9% of the Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the Company for the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions) and on the same terms as such securities are proposed to be offered to others, up to the amount of New Securities in the aggregate required to enable it to maintain its proportionate Common Stock interest in the Company (including any shares of Non-Voting Common Stock) immediately prior to any such issuance of New Securities. The amount of New Securities that each Purchaser shall be entitled to purchase in the aggregate shall be determined by multiplying (x) the total number or principal amount of such offered New Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Purchaser, if any, and (ii) without duplication, the number of shares of Common Stock represented by the Preferred Stock (including any shares of Non-Voting Common Stock) held by such Purchaser on an as-converted and as-exercised basis as of such date, if any, and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and (ii) without duplication, the number of shares of Common Stock represented by the Preferred Stock (including any shares of Non-Voting Common Stock) on an as-converted and as-exercised basis as of such date.
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(b) Notice. In the event the Company proposes to offer or sell New Securities (the “Offering”), it shall give each Purchaser written notice of its intention, describing the price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing, and other terms upon which the Company proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of a registered public offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed with respect to such offering), no later than ten Business Days, as the case may be, after the initial filing of a registration statement with the Commission with respect to an underwritten public offering, after the commencement of marketing with respect to a Rule 144A offering or after the Company proposes to pursue any other offering. If the information contained in the notice constitutes material non-public information (as defined under the applicable securities laws), the Company shall deliver such notice only to the individuals identified on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto, and shall not communicate the information to anyone else acting on behalf of such Purchaser without the consent of one of the designated individuals. Such Purchaser shall have ten Business Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise its rights provided in this Section 4.18 and as to the amount of New Securities such Purchaser desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 4.18(a). Such notice shall constitute a nonbinding indication of interest of such Purchaser to purchase the amount of New Securities so specified at the price and other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it. The failure of such Purchaser to respond within such ten Business Day period shall be deemed to be a waiver of such Purchaser’s rights under this Section 4.18 only with respect to the Offering described in the applicable notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that a Purchaser exercises its right to purchase the full amount of New Securities it is entitled to purchase pursuant to this Section 4.18, the Purchaser shall have an additional option to over-subscribe and purchase all or any part of the balance of any such remaining unsubscribed New Securities; provided that, upon completion of such purchase, Purchaser shall not own in excess of (i) 9.9% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding or (ii) 24.9% of the Company’s total equity outstanding. The Company shall notify the Purchaser of its over-subscription rights hereunder, and the Purchaser shall thereafter have five Business Days following delivery of such notice to subscribe for any additional shares of New Securities on a pro-rata basis amongst any other Purchasers that also exercised a right to purchase the full amount of New Securities such other Purchasers were entitled to purchase, and on such additional terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion.
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(c) Purchase Mechanism. If such Purchaser exercises its rights provided in this Section 4.18, the closing of the purchase of the New Securities in connection with the closing of the Offering with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place within 30 calendar days after the giving of notice of such exercise, which period of time shall be extended for a maximum of 180 days in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations (including receipt of any applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the closing of the purchase of the New Securities by such Purchaser will occur no earlier than the closing of the Offering triggering the right being exercised by such Purchaser. Each of the Company and such Purchaser agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to secure any regulatory or stockholder approvals or other consents, and to comply with any law or regulation necessary in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of, such New Securities.
(d) Failure of Purchase. In the event a Purchaser fails to exercise its rights provided in this Section 4.18 within said ten Business Day period or, if so exercised, such Purchaser is unable to consummate such purchase within the time period specified in Section 4.18(c) above because of its failure to obtain any required regulatory consent or approval, the Company shall thereafter be entitled (during the period of 60 days following the conclusion of the applicable period) to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of the New Securities covered thereby shall be consummated, if at all, within 90 days from the date of said agreement) to sell the New Securities not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 4.18 by such Purchaser or which such Purchaser is unable to purchase because of such failure to obtain any such consent or approval, at a price and upon terms no more favorable in the aggregate to the purchasers of such securities than were specified in the Company’s notice to such Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such sale is subject to the receipt of any regulatory or stockholder approval or consent or the expiration of any waiting period, the time period during which such sale may be consummated shall be extended until the expiration of five Business Days after all such approvals or consents have been obtained or waiting periods expired, but in no event shall such time period exceed 180 days from the date of the applicable agreement with respect to such sale. In the event the Company has not sold the New Securities or entered into an agreement to sell the New Securities within said 60-day period (or sold and issued New Securities in accordance with the foregoing within 90 days from the date of said agreement (as such period may be extended in the manner described above for a period not to exceed 180 days from the date of said agreement)), the Company shall not thereafter offer, issue or sell such New Securities without first offering such securities to such Purchaser in the manner provided above.
(e) Non-Cash Consideration. In the case of the offering of securities for a consideration in whole or in part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such fair value as determined by the Board of Directors shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the securities being offered as of the date the Board of Directors authorizes the offering of such securities.
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(f) Cooperation. The Company and each Purchaser shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of such Purchaser’s rights under this Section 4.18, including to secure any required approvals or consents.
(g) No Assignment of Rights. The rights of each Purchaser described herein shall be personal to such Purchaser and the transfer, assignment and/or conveyance of said rights from such Purchaser to any other person and/or entity (other than an Affiliate of the Purchaser) is prohibited and shall be void and of no force or effect.
4.19 Avoidance of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof shall take any action (including any redemption, repurchase, or recapitalization of Common Stock, or securities or rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock), that would (i) cause the Lead Investor’s ownership of voting securities of the Company (together with the ownership by the Lead Investor’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of voting securities of the Company) to increase above 4.9%, without the prior written consent of the Lead Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause the Lead Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act or (ii) cause any other Person’s ownership of voting securities of the Company (together with the ownership by the other Person’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of voting securities of the Company) to increase above 9.9%, without the prior written consent of the Lead Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause the Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act.
4.20 Most Favored Nation. During the period from the date hereof through the Closing, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries shall enter into any additional, or modify any existing, agreements with any existing or future investors in the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that have the effect of establishing rights or otherwise benefitting such investor in a manner more favorable in any respect to such investor than the rights and benefits established in favor of the Lead Investor by this Agreement, unless, in any such case, the Lead Investor has been offered such rights and benefits. The Company represents and warrants to the Lead Investor that as of the date hereof, no agreements exist with other Purchasers that have the effect of establishing rights or otherwise benefitting such Purchasers in a manner more favorable in any respect to such Purchaser than the rights and benefits established in favor of the Lead Investor by this Agreement.
ARTICLE
V.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Purchasers to Purchase the Purchased Shares. The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire the Purchased Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by such Purchaser (as to itself only):
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(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date; provided, however, any representations or warranties qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects.
(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(d) Consents. Except for the Stockholder Approval, the Company shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares (including all Required Approvals), all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.
(e) No Suspensions of Trading in Common Stock; Listing. The Common Stock (i) shall be approved for quotation or listing on the Principal Trading Market and (ii) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market from trading on the Principal Trading Market nor shall suspension by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the Commission or the Principal Trading Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Trading Market. The Company shall have obtained the approval of the Principal Trading Market to list the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock, as applicable, provided that such approval may be subject to the Stockholder Approval.
(f) Company Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).
(g) Compliance Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
(h) Minimum Gross Proceeds. The Company shall simultaneously issue and deliver at such Closing to Purchasers hereunder in the aggregate at least sufficient Securities against payment of an aggregate Purchase Price of at least $15.0 million.
(i) Termination. This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.16 herein.
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(j) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Non-Performing Assets. The total amount of Non-Performing Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall not exceed $5,900,000.
(l) Liquidity. Since December 31, 2013, there shall not have been a material change in the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ need for, sources of or access to liquidity.
(m) Classified Assets. The aggregate amount of loans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, that are rated “substandard”, “doubtful” or “loss” shall not exceed $5,300,000.
5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to Sell the Purchased Shares. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Purchased Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Company on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by Purchaser in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (without giving effect to any materiality qualifications therein) as of the date when made, and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date.
(b) Performance. Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(d) Consents. Purchaser shall have obtained in a timely fashion any and all consents, permits, approvals, registrations and waivers necessary for consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.
(e) Purchasers Deliverables. Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).
(f) Termination. This Agreement shall not have been terminated as to such Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.16 herein.
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ARTICLE
VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section 6.1, the parties hereto shall be responsible for the payment of all expenses incurred by them in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay all amounts owed to the Placement Agent relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares to the Purchasers.
(b) The Company acknowledges that the Lead Investor has expended and is expending significant time and money in connection with this Agreement. In order to induce the Lead Investor to execute this Agreement and to expend the time and resources necessary to effect its investment in the Securities, the Company agrees that in the event (i) Closing is completed under the terms set forth in this Agreement, or (ii) the Closing is not consummated other than due to a breach by the Lead Investor of the terms of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Lead Investor for the reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Lead Investor incurred in connection with its due diligence and the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the Lead Investor and its affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such Lead Investor expense reimbursement will not exceed $75,000 in the aggregate.
6.2 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Purchasers will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.
6.3 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful transmission) at the facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section 6.3 on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:
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If to the Company: | Cordia Bancorp Inc. | |
11730 Hull Street Road | ||
Midlothian, Virginia 23112 | ||
Attention: Jack Zoeller, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Fax: 804.744.2306 | ||
With a copy to: | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | |
607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900 | ||
Washington, DC 20005 | ||
Attention: Aaron M. Kaslow, Esq. | ||
Fax: 202.204.5600 | ||
If to a Purchaser: | At the address set forth on the signature page hereto. |
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person.
6.4 Amendments; Waivers; No Additional Consideration. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each of the Purchasers affected by such amendment or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Purchaser to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document unless the same consideration is also offered to all Purchasers who then hold the Purchased Shares or Underlying Shares.
6.5 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. This Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.
6.6 Successors, Assigns and Guarantors. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement, or any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Except as otherwise provided herein, any Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, provided such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the terms and conditions of this Agreement that apply to the “Purchasers.”
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6.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than Indemnified Persons.
6.8 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) may be commenced on a non-exclusive basis in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the borough of Manhattan, New York. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or that such Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
6.9 Survival. Subject to applicable statute of limitations, the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Purchased Shares.
6.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
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6.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.
6.12 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities are mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith or, if required by the Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is required by the Transfer Agent. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.
6.13 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation (other than in connection with any action for a temporary restraining order) the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
6.14 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
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6.15 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser and any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other Person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statement or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
6.16 Termination.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated and the sale and purchase of the Purchased Shares may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by either the Company or any Purchaser (with respect to itself only) as follows:
(i) by mutual written agreement of the Company and Purchaser;
(ii) by the Company or Purchaser, upon written notice to the other party, in the event that any governmental entity shall have issued any order, decree or injunction or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or prohibiting any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such order, decree, injunction or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;
(iii) by Purchaser, upon written notice to the Company, if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, in each case such that a closing condition in Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) would not be satisfied;
(iv) by the Company, upon written notice to Purchaser, if there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Purchaser in this Agreement, or any such representation or warranty shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, in each case such that a closing condition in Section 5.2(a) or 5.2(b) would not be satisfied; or
(v) by the Company or Purchaser, upon written notice to the other party, if the Closing has not been consummated on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.16(a)(vi) shall not be available to any party whose failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such time.
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(b) The Company shall give prompt notice of any such termination to each other Purchaser, and, if necessary, work in good faith to restructure the transaction to allow each Purchaser that does not exercise a termination right to purchase the full number of securities set forth below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement while remaining in compliance with Section 4.19.
(c) Nothing in this Section 6.16 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
(d) In the event of any termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 6.16, this Agreement (other than Section 4.11 and Article VI, which shall remain in full force and effect) shall forthwith become wholly void and of no further force and effect; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for intentional breach of this Agreement. Upon a termination in accordance with this Section 6.16, no Purchaser will have any liability to any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents as a result therefrom.
6.17 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
6.18 Adjustments in Stock Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof and prior to Closing, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.
6.19 No Recourse. Each party hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no person other than Purchaser has obligations hereunder and that no person shall have any remedy, recourse or right of recovery against, or contribution from, any of Purchaser Related Party, whether through Purchaser or otherwise, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable law, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Purchaser against any Purchaser Related Party, or otherwise. The term “Purchaser Related Party” means (1) any Affiliate of Purchaser, (2) any former, current or future general or limited partners, members, managers, stockholders, holders of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, officers, directors, employees, agents, controlling persons, investment advisors, or assignees of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or (3) any former, current or future general or limited partners, members, managers, stockholders, holders of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, officers, directors, employees, agents, controlling persons, assignees, investment advisors or Affiliates of any of the foregoing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
CORDIA BANCORP INC. | |
/s/ Jack Zoeller | |
By: Jack Zoeller | |
Its: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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[SIGNATURE PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW]
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Delivery Instructions, if different from above: | c/o ________________________________ |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit A | - | Preferred Stock Designation |
Exhibit B | - | Non-Voting Articles of Amendment |
Exhibit C | - | Registration Rights Agreement |
Exhibit D | - | Voting Agreement |
Exhibit E | - | Legal Opinion |
Exhibit F | - | Secretary’s Certificate |
Exhibit G | - | Closing Officers Certificate |
EXHIBIT A
Preferred Stock Designation
Article III
Section E. Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A
1. Designation. There is created hereby from the Corporation’s authorized, undesignated and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, a series of Preferred Stock designated as the “Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A”, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”).
2. Number of Shares. The total number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 363 shares, which may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number then outstanding) by the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
3. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular person or entity. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Applicable Conversion Limits” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(B).
“Articles” means the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
“Average VWAP” means the average of the VWAP for each Trading Day in the relevant period.
“BHC Act” means the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the Federal Reserve regulations thereunder.
“BHC Affiliates” means, with respect to any Person, its Affiliates, all of its “affiliates” as defined in the BHC Act or Regulation Y of the Federal Reserve, and any other Persons designated by such Person as BHC Affiliates of such Person solely for purposes of this Article III Section E.
“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Corporation’s board of directors or, with respect to any action to be taken by such board of directors, any committee of the board of directors duly authorized to take such action.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Richmond, Virginia are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“CIBC Act” means the federal Change in Bank Control Act, as amended, and the Federal Reserve regulations thereunder.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
“Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(1).
“Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(1).
“Conversion Price” means the Liquidation Amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock divided by the Conversion Rate then in effect. The initial Conversion Price is $4.25.
“Conversion Rate” means, initially, 10,000 shares of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock issuable upon a Conversion, based on an initial Conversion Price of $4.25 per share of Common Stock, and is subject to adjustment as provided herein. To the extent any Holder of Series A Preferred Stock receives any shares of Nonvoting Common Stock upon a Conversion, such Holder shall receive, initially 10,000 shares of Nonvoting Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock, based on an initial Conversion Price of $4.25 per share of Nonvoting Common Stock, and is subject to adjustment as provided herein.
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“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Current Market Price” of the Common Stock on any day, means the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the earlier of the day in question and the day before the ex-date or other specified date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of any event described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 6(d). For purposes of this definition, “ex-date” means the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive an issuance or distribution.
“Depositary” means DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., or any successor appointed by the Corporation.
“Dividend Payment Date” means June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2014.
“Dividend Payment Commencement Date” means August 7, 2014.
“Dividend Period” means the period commencing on and including a Dividend Payment Date (or, with respect to the first Dividend Period, commencing on and including the Issue Date) and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Electing Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Exchange Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(vi).
“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Corporation and the Transfer Agent as the absolute owner of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.
“Issue Date” means the first date of issuance of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Junior Stock” means the Common Stock, the Nonvoting Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (including Preferred Stock of any other series) issued in the future, unless the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks senior to, or on a parity with, Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
“Liens” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Liquidation Amount” means, initially, $42,500 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (as subsequently adjusted for any split, subdivision, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock).
“Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
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“Market Disruption Event” means any of the following events has occurred: (i) any suspension of, or limitation imposed on, trading by the SEC or the relevant exchange or quotation system during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer and whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the SEC or relevant exchange or quotation system or otherwise relating to the Common Stock or in futures or option contracts relating to the Common Stock on the relevant exchange or quotation system, (ii) any event (other than a failure to open or a closure as described below) that disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, the Common Stock on the relevant exchange or quotation system or futures or options contracts relating to the Common Stock on any relevant exchange or quotation system, or (iii) the failure to open of the exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock or futures or options contracts relating to the Common Stock are traded or the closure of such exchange or quotation system prior to its respective scheduled closing time for the regular trading session on such day (without regard to after hours or other trading outside the regular trading session hours), unless such earlier closing time is announced by such exchange or quotation system at least one hour prior to the earlier of the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such day and the submission deadline for orders to be entered into such exchange or quotation system for execution at the actual closing time on such day.
“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Nasdaq market in which the Corporation’s Common Stock is then traded.
“Nonvoting Common Stock” means, as and when authorized by the Corporation, the nonvoting common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, which security is identical to the Common Stock in all respects, except that it has no voting rights other than as may be required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
“Notice of Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Parity Stock” means any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Series A Preferred Stock) authorized in the future, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or noncumulatively).
“Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of Series A Preferred Stock by any Holder: (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent (2%) or more of any class of Voting Securities of the Corporation; or (iii) to a transferee that would control more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Securities of the Corporation without any transfer from the Holder.
“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.
“Preferred Stock” means any and all series of the Corporation’s preferred stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock.
“Purchased Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(vi).
“Record Date” means, (i) with respect to payment of dividends on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the first sentence of Section 4(a), the 1st calendar day of the month in which the relevant Dividend Payment Date occurs or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date, (ii) for purpose of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 6, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise), and (iii) any other record date established by the Board of Directors for dividends on Common Stock.
“Record Holder” means, as to any day, the Holder of record of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation or its Transfer Agent at the close of business on such day.
“Reorganization Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Scheduled Holder” means TNH Financial Fund, L.P. and Ramat Securities, Ltd.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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“Series A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
“Series A Preferred Stock Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 20.
“Shareholder Approval” means approval by the Corporation’s shareholders necessary to approve the issuance of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock for purposes of Rule 5635 of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
“Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d)(iv)(B).
“Trading Day” means any day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) the Nasdaq is open for trading, or, if the Common Stock (or any other securities, cash or other property into which shares of the Series A Preferred Stock becomes convertible in connection with any Reorganization Event) is not listed on the Nasdaq, any day on which the principal national securities exchange or trading system on which the Common Stock (or such other property) is listed or traded is open for trading, or, if the Common Stock (or such other property) is not listed on a national securities exchange or traded on a trading system, any Business Day. A “Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.
“Transfer Agent” means, initially, Registrar and Transfer Company, and any successor transfer agent as provided in Section 19. The Transfer Agent shall also be the registrar for the Series A Preferred Stock.
“U.S. Alien Holder” means a Holder that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Voting Ownership Interest” means, with respect to any particular date and with respect to any Holder, the percentage of any class of Voting Securities of the Corporation deemed to be owned or controlled by the Holder (when aggregated with its BHC Affiliates) for purposes of, and in accordance with, the BHC Act and its implementing regulations and guidance.
“Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in the BHC Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“VWAP” means, on any Trading Day the volume weighted average price per share of the Common Stock as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor service) in respect of the period from 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the volume weighted average price means the market value per share of the Common Stock on such trading day as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.
4. Dividends.
(a) Holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of Corporation funds legally available therefor, noncumulative dividends in arrears, payable semi-annually on each Dividend Payment Date beginning on the Dividend Payment Commencement Date until the Conversion Date, at the following respective rates during each of the following respective periods (each rate expressed as an annual rate on the applicable per share Liquidation Amount):
(i) 5.0% per annum for the Dividend Period beginning on the Issue Date;
(ii) 7.0% per annum for the Dividend Period beginning on the first Dividend Payment Date; and
(iii) 9.0% per annum for the dividends accruing during all Dividend Periods beginning on or after the third Dividend Payment Date.
Following the Conversion Date, no dividends shall be payable or shall accrue on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. If any Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, the dividend payable on such date shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day without adjustment and without interest. Accumulations of dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not bear interest. Dividends payable for any period other than a full Dividend Period (based on the number of actual days elapsed during the period) shall be computed on the basis of days elapsed over a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
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(b) Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are not cumulative. To the extent that the Corporation’s Board of Directors does not declare and pay dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for a Dividend Period prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, in full or otherwise, such unpaid dividend shall not accrue and shall not be payable. The Corporation shall have no obligation to pay dividends for such Dividend Period after the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period or to pay interest (or any other sum of money in lieu of interest) with respect to such scheduled, but missed dividends, whether or not the Corporation declares dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for any subsequent Dividend Period.
(c) So long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all dividends on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock for any Dividend Period have been declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; and (ii) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians.
(d) When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as full dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for such Dividend Period and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to the dividends being declared by the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.
(e) If the Conversion Date is on or prior to the Dividend Payment Commencement Date, no Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will have any right to receive any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to such Dividend Period, whether upon the Conversion or otherwise.
(f) All dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be paid solely in cash.
(g) Prior to the Conversion Date, shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, issuable upon such Conversion shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no rights as holders or otherwise with respect to the Common Stock or, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock other than as expressly set forth in Section 4(a)) by virtue of holding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
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5. Mandatory Conversion; Conversion Procedures; Permitted Transfers.
(a) Mandatory Conversion; Limitations on Beneficial Ownership.
(i) Effective as of the close of business on the Business Day on which the Shareholder Approval is received (the “Conversion Date”), all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall, without any action by the Holders, automatically convert into the number of shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, as set forth below (the “Conversion”). The number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be determined by dividing the Liquidation Amount by the Conversion Price (subject to the conversion procedures of Section 6 hereof) plus cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 9 hereof; provided, however, that if such conversion would result in:
(A) except as provided by Section 5(a)(iii), a Holder, together with all BHC Affiliates of the Holder, owning or controlling in the aggregate a Voting Ownership Interest of 10.0% or more, excluding for the purpose of this calculation any reduction in ownership resulting from transfers by such Holder and its BHC Affiliates of Voting Securities of the Corporation (the “Conversion Limit”); or
(B) a Scheduled Holders, together with all BHC Affiliates of the Scheduled Holder, owning or controlling in the aggregate a Voting Ownership Interest of 5.0% or more, excluding for the purpose of this calculation any reduction in ownership resulting from transfers by the Scheduled Holder and its BHC Affiliates of Voting Securities of the Corporation (such limit, with the Conversion Limit, the “Applicable Conversion Limits”),
then such Holder shall receive the minimum number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, in lieu of an equal number of shares of Common Stock, such that the Holder will not exceed any Applicable Conversion Limits.
(ii) Upon the Conversion Date, each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall represent solely the right to receive (A) a certificate representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion Date for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock formerly represented by each such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, and (B) if applicable, a certificate representing the number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion Date for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock formerly represented by each such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, in each case upon proper surrender of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate to the Corporation or cancellation of such book entries on the Corporation’s or its Transfer Agent’s records, as applicable.
(b) Upon the Conversion, the Corporation shall provide promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days thereafter, notice to each Holder (such notice a “Notice of Conversion”). In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Conversion with respect to such Holder shall state, as appropriate:
(i) the Conversion Date;
(ii) a form of letter of transmittal to be completed and returned to the Transfer Agent;
(iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and, as applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock (plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any pursuant to Section 9) receivable upon such Conversion for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held of record by such Holder upon such Conversion; and
(iv) the place or places where Series A Preferred Stock Certificates (if held in certificated form) held of record by such Holder are to be surrendered for issuance of certificates representing shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock.
(c) Upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of a completed and duly executed letter of transmittal as contemplated by Section 5(b), and proper surrender of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate (if held in certificated form), the Corporation shall, within two (2) Business Days following notification from the Transfer Agent of the proper surrender of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, instruct the Transfer Agent to (i) issue a certificate for that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such certificate, and (ii) if applicable, a certificate representing the number of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon Conversion.
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(d) No transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock by a Holder to a transferee shall be permitted, except (i) in a Permitted Transfer, or (ii) to a BHC Affiliate of such Holder.
6. Certain Conversion Procedures and Adjustments.
(a) On the Conversion Date, the Series A Preferred Stock converted shall no longer be outstanding, and dividends shall no longer accrue, be declared or paid on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted for the current Dividend Period and any prior Dividend Periods and, in each case, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive solely (i) the number of shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible, and (ii) payments, if any, to which such Holders are entitled pursuant to Sections 5 and 9, as applicable.
(b) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance herewith, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, shall resume the status of authorized and unissued Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance, provided that any such cancelled shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) The Record Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted shall be solely entitled to receive the Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, and/or cash, securities or other property, if any, issuable upon the Conversion, and, prior to the Conversion, shall not be treated for any purpose as the Record Holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock, Nonvoting Common Stock, and/or other securities. No shares of Common Stock or, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, issuable upon the Conversion shall be issued to a Person other than the respective Record Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time as follows, and, if required hereby, any references to Common Stock shall also apply to shares of Nonvoting Common Stock in the same manner, and all references to Common Stock in this Section 6 shall mean and include shares of Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock at the respective times set forth below.
(i) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the Corporation issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to all holders of the Common Stock (other than in connection with a Reorganization Event), or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [OS1 /OS0] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date prior to giving effect to such event | ||
OS1 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such event. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) shall become effective on the date that is immediately after (x) the Record Date or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(ii) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the Corporation issues to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants, options or other securities (other than rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or rights or warrants issued in connection with a Reorganization Event) entitling them for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, or if the Corporation issues to all holders of Common Stock securities convertible into Common Stock for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance thereof, in either case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock or a conversion price per share of Common Stock less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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CR1 | = | CR0 × [(OS0 + X) / (OS0 + Y)] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
X | = | the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities (or upon conversion of such securities) | ||
Y | = | the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants, options, other securities (or the conversion price for such securities paid upon conversion) and (B) the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock immediately preceding the date of announcement for the issuance of such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities. |
For purposes of this clause (ii), in determining whether any rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase, or exercise a conversion right for, Common Stock at less than the applicable Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the applicable date, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Corporation receives for such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. If any right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security described in this clause (ii) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security had not been so issued.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall become effective on the date that is immediately after the Record Date.
(iii) Debt or Asset Distributions.
(A) If the Corporation distributes capital stock (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation to all holders of the Common Stock, excluding: (x) dividends, distributions, rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, (y) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash, and (z) Spin-Offs (as described below), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [SP0 /(SP0 - FMV)] | ||
where | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
SP0 | = | the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date | ||
FMV | = | the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record Date. |
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Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if “FMV” with respect to any distribution of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation is equal to or greater than “SP0” with respect to such distribution, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive on the date such shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation are distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the amount of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation such holder of Series A Preferred Stock would have received had such holder of Series A Preferred Stock owned a number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible at the conversion rate in effect on the Record Date for such distribution.
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iii)(A) shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective on the Record Date.
(B) If the Corporation distributes to all holders of the Common Stock, capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [(FMV0 + MP0) /MP0] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
FMV0 | = | the average volume weighted average price of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including, the third Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock on the Nasdaq or such other national or regional exchange or association or over-the-counter market or if not so traded or quoted, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the capital stock or similar equity interests distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock | ||
MP0 | = | the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including, the third Trading Day after the date on which “ex-distribution trading” commences for such dividend or distribution with respect to the Common Stock on the Nasdaq or such other U.S. national or regional exchange or market that is at that time the principal exchange or market for the Common Stock. |
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iii)(B) will occur on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective date of the Spin-Off; provided that if a Conversion occurs within the 10 Trading Days immediately following and including the date of the Spin-Off, references with respect to the Spin-Off to “the 10 consecutive Trading Days” shall be deemed replaced with a period of consecutive Trading Days containing such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date and the adjustment in respect of such conversion shall occur immediately prior to the conversion.
If any such dividend or distribution described in this clause (iii) is declared but not paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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(iv) Cash Distributions. If the Corporation pays or makes any dividend or distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Common Stock, excluding (a) any cash dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to the extent a corresponding cash dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 4 is paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and (b) any dividend or distribution in connection with the Corporation’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [SP0 /(SP0 - C)] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Record Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date | ||
SP0 | = | the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the Record Date | ||
C | = | the amount in cash per share that the Corporation distributes to holders of the Common Stock. |
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (iv) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(v) Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 | = | CR0 × [(FMV + (SP1 × OS1)) / (SP1 × OS0)] | ||
where: | ||||
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Expiration Date | ||
CR1 | = | the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Date | ||
FMV | = | The fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) on the Expiration Date, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for the Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “Purchased Shares”) | ||
OS0 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Expiration Date, including any Purchased Shares | ||
OS1 | = | the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Expiration Date, excluding any Purchased Shares | ||
SP1 | = | the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. |
If the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to such Conversion Rate will be made. Any adjustment to a Conversion Rate made pursuant to this clause (v) shall become effective on the date immediately following the last Trading Day included in the determination of the Average VWAP of the Common Stock for purposes of SP1 above; provided that if the Conversion occurs within the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references to the “10 consecutive Trading Days” with respect to this clause (v) shall be deemed replaced with a period of consecutive Trading Days containing such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date and the Conversion Date, and the adjustment in respect of such conversion shall occur immediately prior to the conversion. If the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
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(vi) Rights Plans. If the Corporation has in effect a shareholder rights plan while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive, upon any Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, in addition to Common Stock and, if applicable, Nonvoting Common Stock, rights under the Corporation’s shareholder rights agreement unless, prior to such conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock. If the rights provided for in the shareholder rights plan have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights agreement so that Holders of Series A Preferred Stock would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of the Common Stock, if any, that the Corporation is required to deliver upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant to clause (iii) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights. A distribution of rights pursuant to a shareholder rights plan will not trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Rates pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above.
(e) With the approval of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the Corporation may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Section 6, if the Board of Directors deems it advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of the Corporation’s shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons. If any adjustment to the Conversion Rate is treated as a distribution to any U.S. Alien Holder which is subject to withholding tax, the Corporation (or the Transfer Agent or any paying agent on behalf of the Corporation) may set off any withholding tax that is required to be collected with respect to such deemed distribution against cash payments and other distributions otherwise deliverable to such Holder.
(f) No adjustment in any Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Conversion Rate. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Conversion Rate by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account and included in any future adjustment. All required calculations will be made to the nearest cent or 1/10,000th of a share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all adjustments not previously made shall have effect with respect to any Conversion. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made if Holders may participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to such adjustment, so long as the distributed assets or securities the Holders would receive upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock—if such assets or securities are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable—are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, as applicable, without any loss of rights or privileges for a period of at least 45 days following conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(g) The applicable Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Corporation’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in the Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date; or
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock.
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(h) The Corporation shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity and its action in so doing, as evidenced by a resolution of the Board, shall be final and conclusive unless clearly inconsistent with the intent hereof.
(i) Whenever the Conversion Rate is to be adjusted, the Corporation shall: (i) compute such adjusted Conversion Rate and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officers’ Certificate setting forth such adjusted Conversion Rate, the method of calculating the adjusted Conversion Rate in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment; and (ii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Conversion Rate, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the occurrence of such event, a statement setting forth such revised Conversion Rate, the method of calculating the adjusted Conversion Rate in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(j) Nothing in this Section 6 shall amend any other section of this Article III Section E or permit any transaction, action or event prohibited or restricted by any other provision in this Article III Section E.
7. Reorganization Events.
(a) In the event that any of the following events occurs prior to any Conversion Date: (i) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the continuing corporation and in which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person), (ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, or (iii) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities including securities other than the Common Stock (any such event specified in clause (i) through (iii), a “Reorganization Event”), then each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders thereof, remain outstanding but shall at each Holder’s option, upon the effective date and time (“Reorganization Effective Time”) of such Reorganization Event, be convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property receivable in such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a record date that is prior to the Reorganization Event) per share of Common Stock (the “Exchange Property”) as if the Holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock had converted such share into common equity (voting and nonvoting) immediately prior to such Reorganization Event and exercised his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event and in respect of which such rights of election shall have been exercised (“Electing Share”), then, for the purpose of this Section 7(a) the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event by the holder of each Electing Share shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kinds and amounts so receivable per share by the holders of the Electing Shares; provided further that to the extent elected by the Holder, any securities issued with respect to the underlying Nonvoting Common Stock shall be nonvoting under the resulting institution’s organizational documents to the same extent as the Nonvoting Common Stock is nonvoting and the Corporation shall make appropriate provisions and take such other actions necessary to ensure that such nonvoting securities will have substantially the same rights and benefits as the Nonvoting Common Stock, including the right to convert nonvoting common stock into common stock). The amount of Exchange Property receivable upon any Reorganization Event shall be determined based upon the Conversion Rate in effect on such Reorganization Effective Time.
(b) The above provisions of Section 7(a) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 8 shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (or any successor) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.
(c) The Corporation (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the Reorganization Effective Time of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation or effect of Section 7(a).
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(d) The Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless such agreement provides for or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable) conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to Section 7(a).
8. Reservation of Common Stock.
(a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock or shares of either held in the treasury of the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. For purposes of this Section 8(a), the number of shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 8(a), the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock and/or Nonvoting Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances, if any, created by the Holders) (“Liens”).
(c) All shares of Common Stock and Nonvoting Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens.
(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental or regulatory authority.
(e) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.
9. Fractional Shares.
(a) No fractional shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock shall be issued as a result of the Conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of any Conversion, the Corporation shall at its option either (i) issue to such Holder an amount of shares rounded up to the next whole share of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock or (ii) pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of the Common Stock as of the end of the Trading Day preceding the Conversion Date.
(c) If more than one share of the Series A Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock or Nonvoting Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.
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10. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, prior to the Conversion Date, each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital, surplus or other) available for distribution to shareholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other Junior Stock of the Corporation, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) Liquidation Amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) any declared and unpaid dividends on such share to the extent provided in Section 4 (all such amounts collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”).
(b) Partial Payment. If any distribution described in Section 10(a) of the Corporation’s assets or the proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other Corporation capital stock ranking equally with Series A Preferred Stock as to such distribution, Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions (including, if applicable, dividends on such amount) to which they are entitled.
(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other Corporation capital stock ranking equally with Series A Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation (or the proceeds thereof).
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not a Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 10, a Reorganization Event, including, without limitation, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease, or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) or pledge of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
11. No Sinking Fund, etc. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right to require the Corporation to redeem or repurchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
12. Status of Repurchased Shares. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are converted into Common Stock or repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series (provided that any such cancelled shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series A Preferred Stock).
13. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law. Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.
(b) Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Articles or any articles of amendment thereto to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; or
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(ii) Amendment of Series A Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles or these Articles of Amendment thereto (including, unless no vote on such merger, consolidation or other transaction is required by clause (iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of shares of Series A Preferred Stock;
provided further, however, that for all purposes of this Section 13(b), the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or noncumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the Holders of outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Corporation’s Articles, the Corporation’s Bylaws and applicable law and the rules of Nasdaq or any national securities exchange or other trading facility, if any, on which Series A Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.
14. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Record Holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
15. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Series A Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person, by overnight courier, or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in these Articles of Amendment, in the Articles or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by or customarily used by such facility and its participants.
16. No Preemptive Rights; No Redemption Rights. No share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have any preemptive rights whatsoever under the Articles and these Articles of Amendment as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted. No holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have at any time the right to put such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation or to have the Corporation redeem any shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
17. Redemption by the Corporation. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by the Corporation. In all events, any repurchase or redemption of Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to the prior approval of the Corporation’s primary federal banking regulator, if required by applicable law or regulation or if such approval is a requirement to the Series A Preferred Stock being classified as Tier 1 capital (or the equivalent) for bank regulatory purposes, together with any other required regulatory approvals.
18. Replacement Stock Certificates. If any of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series A Preferred Stock Certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series A Preferred Stock Certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.
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19. Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion and Dividend Paying Agent. The duly appointed transfer agent, registrar, conversion and dividend paying agent for shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be the Transfer Agent. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
20. Form. The Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued in the form of one or more definitive shares in fully registered form (each, a “Series A Preferred Stock Certificate”). Each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall reflect the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented thereby, and may have notations, legends or endorsements required by applicable law, applicable Nasdaq or other securities exchange or DTC rules and arrangements, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). Each Series A Preferred Stock Certificate shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by the Corporation in a written instrument to the Transfer Agent.
21. Stock Transfer and Stamp Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any initial issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person other than a payment to the Holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
22. Other Rights. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein, or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.
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EXHIBIT B
Non-Voting Articles of Amendment
Article III
Section B, subsection 5 Nonvoting Common Stock
Except as set forth in this subsection 5, the Common Stock and the Nonvoting Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges, share ratably in all assets of the Corporation upon its liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, be entitled to receive dividends in the same amount per share and at the same time when, as and if declared by the Corporation’s board of directors, and be identical in all other respects as to all other matters, except voting.
(a) The holders of Nonvoting Common Stock shall have no voting rights except as required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in addition to any other vote required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be required to amend the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to adversely affect the designation, preferences, limitations or relative rights of all or part of the shares of Nonvoting Common Stock. Where shares of Nonvoting Common Stock are entitled to vote, each holder of Nonvoting Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Nonvoting Common Stock held of record solely on the matters as to which such shares are entitled to vote and subject to the rights and limitations specified by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
(b) In the event of any stock split, combination or other reclassification of shares of either the Common Stock or the Nonvoting Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other class shall be proportionately split, combined or reclassified in a similar manner; provided, however, that in any such transaction, holders of Common Stock shall receive only shares of Common Stock in respect of their shares of Common Stock and holders of Nonvoting Common Stock shall receive only shares of Nonvoting Common Stock in respect of their shares of Nonvoting Common Stock.
(c) No transfer of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock by the initial holder thereof shall be permitted, except (i) in a Permitted Transfer, (ii) to an Affiliate of the initial holder of the Nonvoting Common Stock to be transferred or (iii) to the Corporation. A “Permitted Transfer” means a transfer by a holder of Nonvoting Common Stock (i) in a widespread public distribution; (ii) in which no transferee (or group of associated transferees) would receive two percent (2%) or more of any class of voting securities of the Corporation; or (iii) to a transferee that would control more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Corporation without any transfer from such holder of Nonvoting Common Stock. “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. Each share of Nonvoting Common Stock shall be converted automatically into one share of Common Stock incident to a transfer of such share of Nonvoting Common Stock to a transferee in a Permitted Transfer. The issuance of certificates, if any, for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Nonvoting Common Stock shall be made without charge to the holders of such shares for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and the related issuance. The Corporation shall cooperate with the timely conversion of Nonvoting Common Stock subject to compliance with applicable law and regulations.
(d) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or shares held in treasury for the Corporation, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Nonvoting Common Stock.
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(e) In the event of any merger, consolidation, reclassification or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, each share of Nonvoting Common Stock will at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per whole share equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, that each share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive as a result of such transaction, provided that at the election of the holder of shares of Nonvoting Common Stock, any securities issued with respect to the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be nonvoting under the resulting institution’s organizational documents to the same extent as the Nonvoting Common Stock is nonvoting and the Corporation shall make appropriate provisions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Nonvoting Common Stock then outstanding) and take such other actions necessary to ensure that the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock shall retain securities with substantially the same rights and benefits, including the right to convert nonvoting common stock into common stock, as the Nonvoting Common Stock. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, in the event the holders of Common Stock are provided the right to convert or exchange Common Stock for stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be provided the same right based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares of Nonvoting Common Stock were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such offering. In the event that the Corporation offers to repurchase shares of Common Stock from its shareholders generally, the Corporation shall offer to repurchase Nonvoting Common Stock pro rata based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such repurchase. In the event of any pro rata subscription offer, rights offer or similar offer to holders of Common Stock, the Corporation shall provide the holders of the Nonvoting Common Stock the right to participate based upon the number of shares of Common Stock such holders would be entitled to receive if such shares were converted into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such offering; provided that at the election of such holder, any shares issued with respect to the Nonvoting Common Stock shall be issued in the form of Nonvoting Common Stock rather than Common Stock.
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EXHIBIT C
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of ___________________, by and among Cordia Bancorp Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and the several purchasers signatory hereto (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Purchasers agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Allowable Grace Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 2(e).
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in Virginia are open for the general transaction of business.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Shares” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, and any securities into which such Common Shares may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Effective Date” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (or the 120th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in the event that such registration statement is subject to review by the Commission) and (ii) the 5th Trading Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 20th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, provided, however, that if the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is open for business.
“Grace Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 2(e).
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Principal Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the NASDAQ Capital Market.
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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Registrable Securities” means all of the “Underlying Shares” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the such securities, provided, that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and provided, further, that such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) becoming eligible for sale without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and without volume or manner of sale restrictions by Holders who are not Affiliates of the Company.
“Registration Statements” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statement), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
“Remainder Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
“Securities” means (i) the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, (ii) shares of the Company’s non-voting common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (iii) any securities into which such Common Shares or shares of non-voting common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Shares are not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Shares are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Shares are not quoted on any Trading Market or over-the-counter market, a day on which the Common Shares are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Shares are not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Transfer Agent” means Registrar and Transfer Company, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
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2. Initial Registration.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably determine (the “Initial Registration Statement”). The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to the Company to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(f) and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to the Company to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities or other Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), the number of Registrable Securities or other Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows: first, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Securities to be included by any person other than a Holder; second, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any Securities to be included by any Affiliate of the Company (other than any Affiliate that is a Purchaser); and third, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included by all other Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced before other Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders.
(b) In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to the Company to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “Remainder Registration Statement”). No Holder shall be named as an “underwriter” in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s prior written consent.
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(c) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable and, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period from the Effective Date until such time as there are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Initial Registration Statement (or a new Registration Statement or a Remainder Registration Statement) if the Initial Registration Statement expires) (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement within one (1) Business Day of the Effective Date. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b).
(d) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than ten (10) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least five (5) Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within two (2) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts at the expense of the Holder who failed to return the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or to respond for further information to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(d) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company if the disclosure of such information at the time is not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (such delay, a “Grace Period”); provided, however, the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Holders in writing of the existence of material non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that the Company shall not disclose the content of such material non-public information to the Holders) or the need to file a post-effective amendment, as applicable, and the date on which such Grace Period will begin, (ii) use commercially reasonable best efforts to terminate a Grace Period as promptly as practicable and (iii) notify the Holders in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; provided, further, that no single Grace Period shall exceed thirty (30) consecutive days, and during any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, the aggregate of all Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty (60) days (each Grace Period complying with this provision being an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period, the Grace Period shall be deemed to begin on and include the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (i) above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (iii) above and the date referred to in such notice; provided, however, that no Grace Period shall be longer than an Allowable Grace Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended Securities to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which a Holder has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Holder has not yet settled.
(f) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
3. Demand Registration.
(a) If at any time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement, the Company receives a request from Holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding (an “Initiating Holder”) that the Company file a Registration Statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Initiating Holder not already covered by an existing Registration Statement, then the Company shall, (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holder, and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to the Company to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 3(d) covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Initiating Holder and any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the notice pursuant to clause (i) above is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Sections 3(b) and (c). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof. Upon the request of any Holder that Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Section 3(a), all such Registrable Securities shall thereafter be Registrable Securities for all purposes under this Agreement.
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(b) If Tricadia Capital Management, LLC (“Tricadia”) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to Section 3(a) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 3 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by Tricadia and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its, his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the managing underwriter(s) advises Tricadia and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities of Holders other than the Initiating Holder that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all such Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each such Holder.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 3 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such Registration Statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request of the Initiating Holder is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided further that (x) the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period other than pursuant to a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (y) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (z) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
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(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 3(a) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective or (ii) prior to January 1, 2015 with respect to a distribution of Registrable Securities by means of an underwriting .
(e) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
4. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder:
(a) the Company shall not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports), the Company shall, furnish to the Holder copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such three (3) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents). The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the three (3) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.
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(b) (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (ii) the Company shall cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (iii) the Company shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however, that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Registrable Securities (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the plan of distribution described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 4(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
(c) the Company shall notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (v) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made, but which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than two Trading Days prior to such filing, in the case of (iii) and (iv) below, not more than one Trading Day after such issuance or receipt, and in the case of (v) below, not more than one Trading Day after the occurrence or existence of such development) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a “Selling Stockholder” or to the “Plan of Distribution” and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.
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(d) the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.
(e) the Company shall, if requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(f) the Company shall, prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(g) the Company shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request. Certificates for Registrable Securities free from all restrictive legends may be transmitted by the transfer agent to a Holder by crediting the account of such Holder’s prime broker with DTC as directed by such Holder.
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(h) the Company shall following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4(c)(iii)-(v), as promptly as reasonably practicable, prepare and file a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.
(i) the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of Securities beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the Registrable Securities and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission.
(j) the Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefor.
(k) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.
(l) if requested by a Holder, the Company shall (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such information necessary to facilitate the resale of Registrable Securities and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(m) the Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including Rule 172, notify the Holders promptly if the Company no longer satisfies the conditions of Rule 172 and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this Section 4(m), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter).
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5. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder (except as set forth below)) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with a filing by the issuer, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and a single counsel for the Holders, chosen by Holders holding a majority interest in the Registrable Securities being registered, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents or as provided above, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
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6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates, representatives and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, judgments, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any state securities laws applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any registration, (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or (iii) any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder (including such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities) furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 6(c)) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder (including such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities) furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
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An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 6(c)) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section 6(d) was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution, limitation or in lieu of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders may include securities of the Company in a Registration Statement hereunder and the Company shall not prior to the Effective Date enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. The Company shall not, from the date hereof until the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than (i) a registration statement on Form S-8, (ii) in connection with an acquisition, on Form S-4 or (iii) a registration statement to register for resale securities issued by the Company pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from preparing and filing with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of Securities by existing stockholders of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of registration rights held by such stockholder or from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 4(c)(iii)-(v), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this paragraph.
(e) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date hereof, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least two-thirds of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such amendment, modification or waiver would adversely affect in any material respect any Holder or group of Holders who have comparable rights under this Agreement disproportionately to the other Holders having such comparable rights, such amendment, modification, or waiver shall also require the written consent of the Holder(s) so adversely affected.
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(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement; provided that the Company may deliver to each Holder the documents required to be delivered to such Holder under Section 6(a) of this Agreement by e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided by such Holder to the Company solely for such specific purpose.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more 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 and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature were the original thereof.
(j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their good faith commercially reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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By: | Jack Zoeller | |
Its: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Annex A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the Securities issued to the selling shareholders to permit the resale of these Securities by the holders of the Securities from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the Securities. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Securities.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the Securities beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Securities may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions. The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling Securities:
· | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
· | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
· | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
· | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
· | privately negotiated transactions; |
· | settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part; |
· | broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per share; |
· | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; |
· | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
· | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling shareholders also may resell all or a portion of the Securities in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling Securities to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the Securities for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASD IM-2440-1 and IM-2440-2.
In connection with sales of the Securities or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell Securities short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the selling shareholders may deliver Securities covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling shareholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our Securities made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.
The selling shareholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the Securities in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the Securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Selling shareholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Each selling shareholder has informed us that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Securities. Upon being notified in writing by a selling shareholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of Securities through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (1) the name of each such selling shareholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (2) the number of shares involved, (3) the price at which such Securities were sold, (4) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (5) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (6) other facts material to the transaction. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent.
Under the securities laws of some states, the Securities may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Securities may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the Securities registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
Each selling shareholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Securities by the selling shareholder and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Securities pursuant to a registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that each selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related legal expenses incurred by it. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
Annex B
SELLING STOCKHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Shareholder”) of shares of capital stock (the “Securities”) of Cordia Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement for the registration and resale of Securities that qualify as Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) between the Company and the Purchasers named therein. The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. | Name. |
(a) | Full legal name of Selling Shareholder: _______________________________________________________ |
(b) | Full legal name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in item 3 below are held: |
(c) | Full legal name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): |
2. | Contact Information. |
(a) | Address for Notices to Selling Shareholder: |
(b) | Contact Person: ____________________________________________________________________________ |
(c) | Telephone: ________________________________________________________________________________ |
(d) | Fax: ____________________________________________________________________________________ |
3. | Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities. |
Type and number of shares of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and purchased pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement[1]:
4. | Broker-Dealer Status. |
(a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
Note: If yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
(b) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
(c) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
1 Securities “beneficially owned” would include securities held by you for your own benefit, whether in bearer form or registered in your own name or otherwise (regardless of whether or how they are registered), such as, for example, securities held for you by custodians, brokers, relatives, executors, administrators or trustees, and securities held for your account by pledgees, securities owned by a partnership in which you are a member, and securities owned by any corporation which is or should be regarded as a personal holding corporation of yours. You are also considered to be the beneficial owner of a security if you, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise have or share: (1) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security or (2) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security. You are also the beneficial owner of a security if you, directly or indirectly, create or use a trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement or any other contract, arrangement or device with the purpose or effect of divesting yourself of beneficial ownership of a security or preventing the vesting of such beneficial ownership. Finally, you are deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if you have the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security at any time within sixty days, including but not limited to any right to acquire (a) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, (b) through the conversion of a security, (c) pursuant to the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement or (d) pursuant to the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.
5. | Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Other than the Registrable Securities Owned by the Selling Shareholder. |
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholder:
6. | Relationships with the Company. |
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
7. | Registration Statement Information. |
Please fill in the table below as you would like it to appear in the Registration Statement. Include footnotes where appropriate.
Name of Selling Shareholder: | |
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering: | |
Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock (Assuming the Conversion of All Shares of Preferred Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock Purchased Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement) to be Sold Pursuant to the Registration Statement: | |
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After Offering: |
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Effective Date for the Registration Statement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 7 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Shareholder Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized representative.
Name of Beneficial Owner | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | |
Name of Authorized Representative | |
Title of Authorized Representative | |
Date |
PLEASE (1) FAX OR EMAIL A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED
QUESTIONNAIRE, AND (2) RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY
OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
Attn: _______________________ |
Facsimile: _______________________ |
Email: ________________________ |
EXHIBIT D
Voting Agreement
______________, 2014
Cordia Bancorp Inc.
11730 Hull Street Road
Midlothian, Virginia 23112
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned (the “Shareholder”) owns shares, either of record or beneficially, of the common stock of Cordia Bancorp Inc. (“Cordia”). The Shareholder understands that Cordia intends to enter into a Securities Purchase Agreement with various investors providing for the sale of Mandatorily Convertible, Noncumulative, Nonvoting, Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (“Series A Preferred Stock”). The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into common stock and nonvoting common stock of Cordia upon the approval of Cordia’s shareholders (the “Conversion”).
The Shareholder is entering into this Voting Agreement to induce potential investors to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and purchase the Series A Preferred Stock.
The Shareholder confirms his agreement with Cordia as follows:
1. The Shareholder agrees to vote (or cause to be voted) all of the shares of Cordia common stock owned by him in favor of the Conversion at any meeting of shareholders of Cordia called to consider and vote on the Conversion.
2. The Shareholder represents and warrants to Cordia that (a) the Shareholder has full legal capacity, power and authority to enter into and perform this Voting Agreement, and (b) this Voting Agreement is the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Shareholder enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
3. This Voting Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the first to occur of (a) termination of the Securities Purchase Agreement in accordance with its terms; (b) consummation of the Conversion; or (c) mutual agreement in writing of the parties hereto providing for the termination hereof.
4. This Voting Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented at any time by mutual agreement in writing of the parties hereto, subject to the approval of Purchasers holding (or having a right to purchase) a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock
5. This Voting Agreement evidences the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters provided for herein, and there are no agreements, representations or warranties with respect to the matters provided for herein other than those set forth herein.
6. The parties agree that, if any provision of this Voting Agreement shall under any circumstances be deemed invalid or inoperative, this Voting Agreement shall be construed with the invalid or inoperative provisions deleted, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly.
7. This Voting Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
8. The validity, construction, enforcement and effect of this Voting Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
9. This Voting Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and upon their respective executors, personal representatives, administrators, heirs, legatees, guardians, other legal representatives and successors. This Voting Agreement shall survive the death or incapacity of the Shareholder.
10. Nothing in this Voting Agreement shall be construed to give Cordia any rights to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power as owner of the Shares or to vest in Cordia any direct or indirect ownership or incidents of ownership of or with respect to any of the Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Shares shall remain vested in and belong to the Shareholder, notwithstanding the provisions of this Voting Agreement, and Cordia shall have no authority to exercise any power or authority to direct the Shareholder in voting any of the Shares, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
11. The Shareholder agrees that, in the event of his, her or its breach of any of the terms of this Voting Agreement, Cordia shall be entitled to such remedies and relief against the Shareholder as are available at law or in equity. The Shareholder acknowledges that there is not an adequate remedy at law to compensate Cordia for a violation of this Voting Agreement, and irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by law, any defense that he might have based on the adequacy of a remedy at law which might be asserted as a bar to specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable relief. The Shareholder agrees to the granting of injunctive relief, without the posting of any bond, and further agrees that if any bond shall be required, such bond shall be in a nominal amount.
12. This Agreement is intended to benefit each of the Purchasers, as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall be enforceable by the Purchasers, or any of them.
13. No provision of this Agreement shall preclude or in any way limit the Shareholder from exercising his fiduciary duties as a member of the Board of Directors of Cordia.
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14. The Shareholder hereby authorizes Cordia to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the Proxy Statement for the meeting of shareholders of Cordia called to consider and vote on the Conversion the Shareholder’s identity and ownership of the Shares and the nature of the Shareholder’s obligations under this Voting Agreement.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly states the understanding between the Shareholder and Cordia by signing and returning to the Shareholder a counterpart hereof.
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Signature of Shareholder:
Very truly yours, | |
(Signature) | |
(Print Name of Shareholder) |
Accepted and Agreed to as of this | ||
_____ day of ____________, 2014: | ||
CORDIA BANCORP INC. | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Officer |
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF
SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE
OF
CORDIA BANCORP INC.
The undersigned, John P. Wright hereby certifies that he is the duly elected and acting Secretary of Cordia Bancorp Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and that he makes this certificate on behalf of the Company (and not in his individual capacity) in connection with and pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(iv) of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of ________, 2014 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and each of the purchasers named therein. Capitalized terms, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that:
1. The following individuals have been and are now duly elected and qualified officers of the Company and on the date hereof hold and on the date they executed the Transaction Documents held the offices set forth opposite each name below, the signature appearing opposite each name is the true and authentic signature of such officer, and such officer was duly authorized to sign the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other agreements and documents contemplated thereunder and the taking of all actions contemplated thereunder on behalf of the Company:
Name | Office | Signature | ||
Jack C. Zoeller | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Mark A. Severson | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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John Wright | Secretary |
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, complete and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, with all amendments thereto, and the same has not been further amended, modified or terminated, and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, complete and correct copy of the Bylaws of the Company, with all amendments thereto, and the same has not been further amended, modified or terminated, and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C are true and correct copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Securities Purchase Agreement and other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and therein. Such resolutions were duly and validly adopted by the board of directors at a meeting held on January 29, 2014. The resolutions have not been modified or rescinded as of the date hereof, and are in full force and effect on the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _____ day of _____________________, 2014.
John P. Wright | |
Corporate Secretary |
I, Jack C. Zoeller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, do hereby certify that John P. Wright is the duly elected or appointed Secretary of the Company and the signature on the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _____ day of ____________________, 2014.
Jack C. Zoeller | |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT G
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
___________, 2014
In accordance with Section 5.1(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of _______________, 2014 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), by and among Cordia Bancorp Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and each of the purchasers named therein, the undersigned officer of the Company certifies on behalf of the Company (and not in his individual capacity) as follows:
1. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which are true and correct in all material respects as of such date; provided, however, that any representations or warranties of the Company qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the Securities Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all respects.
2. The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the date hereof.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Officer’s Certificate, solely in his representative capacity on behalf of the Company, as of the date first written above.
CORDIA BANCORP INC. | ||
By: | ||
Jack C. Zoeller | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
April 10, 2014, by and among Cordia Bancorp Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and the several purchasers
signatory hereto (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Purchasers agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Allowable Grace Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 2(e).
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in Virginia are open for the general transaction of business.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Shares” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, and any securities into which such Common Shares may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Effective Date” means the date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (or the 120th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in the event that such registration statement is subject to review by the Commission) and (ii) the 5th Trading Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, that if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 20th calendar day following the date that the Company’s stockholders approve the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, provided, however, that if the Filing Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is open for business.
“Grace Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 2(e).
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“New Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Principal Market” means the Trading Market on which the Common Shares are primarily listed on and quoted for trading, which, as of the Closing Date, shall be the NASDAQ Capital Market.
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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Registrable Securities” means all of the “Underlying Shares” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the such securities, provided, that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire; and provided, further, that such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (A) a sale pursuant to a Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act (in which case, only such security sold shall cease to be a Registrable Security); or (B) becoming eligible for sale without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and without volume or manner of sale restrictions by Holders who are not Affiliates of the Company.
“Registration Statements” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statement), amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
“Remainder Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
“Securities” means (i) the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, (ii) shares of the Company’s non-voting common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and (iii) any securities into which such Common Shares or shares of non-voting common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Annex B hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.
“Trading Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Shares are not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Shares are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Shares are not quoted on any Trading Market or over-the-counter market, a day on which the Common Shares are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Shares are not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTC Bulletin Board on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Transfer Agent” means Registrar and Transfer Company, or any successor transfer agent for the Company.
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2. Initial Registration.
(a) On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities not already covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Company may reasonably determine (the “Initial Registration Statement”). The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to the Company to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(f) and shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) the “Plan of Distribution” section substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2, in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to the Company to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities or other Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), the number of Registrable Securities or other Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows: first, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Securities to be included by any person other than a Holder; second, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any Securities to be included by any Affiliate of the Company (other than any Affiliate that is a Purchaser); and third, the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included by all other Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be reduced before other Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders.
(b) In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to the Company to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement (the “Remainder Registration Statement”). No Holder shall be named as an “underwriter” in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s prior written consent.
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(c) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable and, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period from the Effective Date until such time as there are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Initial Registration Statement (or a new Registration Statement or a Remainder Registration Statement) if the Initial Registration Statement expires) (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement within one (1) Business Day of the Effective Date. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the first Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission, as required by Rule 424(b).
(d) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than ten (10) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. At least five (5) Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within two (2) Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts at the expense of the Holder who failed to return the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or to respond for further information to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(d) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company if the disclosure of such information at the time is not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (such delay, a “Grace Period”); provided, however, the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Holders in writing of the existence of material non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that the Company shall not disclose the content of such material non-public information to the Holders) or the need to file a post-effective amendment, as applicable, and the date on which such Grace Period will begin, (ii) use commercially reasonable best efforts to terminate a Grace Period as promptly as practicable and (iii) notify the Holders in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; provided, further, that no single Grace Period shall exceed thirty (30) consecutive days, and during any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, the aggregate of all Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty (60) days (each Grace Period complying with this provision being an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period, the Grace Period shall be deemed to begin on and include the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (i) above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (iii) above and the date referred to in such notice; provided, however, that no Grace Period shall be longer than an Allowable Grace Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended Securities to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which a Holder has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Holder has not yet settled.
(f) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
3. Demand Registration.
(a) If at any time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement, the Company receives a request from Holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding (an “Initiating Holder”) that the Company file a Registration Statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Initiating Holder not already covered by an existing Registration Statement, then the Company shall, (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holder, and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act (except if the Company is then ineligible to register for resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to the Company to register for resale of the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 3(d) covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Initiating Holder and any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the notice pursuant to clause (i) above is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Sections 3(b) and (c). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof. Upon the request of any Holder that Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Section 3(a), all such Registrable Securities shall thereafter be Registrable Securities for all purposes under this Agreement.
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(b) If Tricadia Capital Management, LLC (“Tricadia”) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to Section 3(a) by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 3 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a). The underwriter will be selected by Tricadia and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any other Holder to include its, his or her Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3, if the managing underwriter(s) advises Tricadia and the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities of Holders other than the Initiating Holder that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all such Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each such Holder.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 3 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such Registration Statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request of the Initiating Holder is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided further that (x) the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period other than pursuant to a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (y) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (z) a registration in which the only Common Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
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(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 3(a) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective or (ii) prior to January 1, 2015 with respect to a distribution of Registrable Securities by means of an underwriting .
(e) In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 promptly after such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
4. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder:
(a) the Company shall not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any similar or successor reports), the Company shall, furnish to the Holder copies of such Registration Statement, Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, as proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such three (3) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents). The Company shall not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which a Holder reasonably objects in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing within the three (3) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period described above, as applicable.
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(b) (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its Effectiveness Period (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (ii) the Company shall cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (iii) the Company shall respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of (subject to the terms of this Agreement) in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided, however, that each Purchaser shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Purchaser sells any of the Registrable Securities (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Purchaser agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the plan of distribution described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 4(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.
(c) the Company shall notify the Holders (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (v) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made, but which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than two Trading Days prior to such filing, in the case of (iii) and (iv) below, not more than one Trading Day after such issuance or receipt, and in the case of (v) below, not more than one Trading Day after the occurrence or existence of such development) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments that pertain to the Holders as a “Selling Stockholder” or to the “Plan of Distribution” and all written responses thereto, but not information that the Company believes would constitute material and non-public information); and (C) with respect to each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” or the “Plan of Distribution”; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.
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(d) the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable.
(e) the Company shall, if requested by a Holder, furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(f) the Company shall, prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(g) the Company shall cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request. Certificates for Registrable Securities free from all restrictive legends may be transmitted by the transfer agent to a Holder by crediting the account of such Holder’s prime broker with DTC as directed by such Holder.
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(h) the Company shall following the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4(c)(iii)-(v), as promptly as reasonably practicable, prepare and file a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the affected Registration Statements or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.
(i) the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of Securities beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the Registrable Securities and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission.
(j) the Company shall cooperate with any registered broker through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 as requested by any such Holder and the Company shall pay the filing fee required for the first such filing within two (2) Business Days of the request therefor.
(k) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.
(l) if requested by a Holder, the Company shall (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement such information necessary to facilitate the resale of Registrable Securities and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(m) the Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including Rule 172, notify the Holders promptly if the Company no longer satisfies the conditions of Rule 172 and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder; and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve (12) months, beginning after the effective date of each Registration Statement, which earning statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder (for the purpose of this Section 4(m), “Availability Date” means the 45th day following the end of the fourth fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of such Registration Statement, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter).
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5. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and all legal fees and expenses of legal counsel for any Holder (except as set forth below)) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed for trading, (B) with respect to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with a filing by the issuer, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and a single counsel for the Holders, chosen by Holders holding a majority interest in the Registrable Securities being registered, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar fees or commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents or as provided above, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.
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6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, Affiliates, representatives and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, judgments, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of any rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any state securities laws applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any registration, (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or (iii) any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder (including such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities) furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (as defined in Section 6(c)) and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder (including such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities) furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
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An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 6(c)) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within twenty Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section 6(d) was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution, limitation or in lieu of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders may include securities of the Company in a Registration Statement hereunder and the Company shall not prior to the Effective Date enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. The Company shall not, from the date hereof until the date that is 60 days after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than (i) a registration statement on Form S-8, (ii) in connection with an acquisition, on Form S-4 or (iii) a registration statement to register for resale securities issued by the Company pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be prohibited from preparing and filing with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering of Securities by existing stockholders of the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms of registration rights held by such stockholder or from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(c) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall sell the Registrable Securities only in accordance with a method of distribution described in the Registration Statement.
(d) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 4(c)(iii)-(v), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this paragraph.
(e) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date hereof, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(f) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, or waived unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and Holders holding at least two-thirds of the then outstanding Registrable Securities, provided that any party may give a waiver as to itself. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such amendment, modification or waiver would adversely affect in any material respect any Holder or group of Holders who have comparable rights under this Agreement disproportionately to the other Holders having such comparable rights, such amendment, modification, or waiver shall also require the written consent of the Holder(s) so adversely affected.
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(g) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement; provided that the Company may deliver to each Holder the documents required to be delivered to such Holder under Section 6(a) of this Agreement by e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided by such Holder to the Company solely for such specific purpose.
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign its respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more 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 and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature were the original thereof.
(j) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their good faith commercially reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser hereunder. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made independently of any other Purchaser. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that each of the Purchasers has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Purchasers and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Purchaser.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
CORDIA BANCORP INC. | ||
/s/ Jack Zoeller | ||
By: | Jack Zoeller | |
Its: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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Annex A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the Securities issued to the selling shareholders to permit the resale of these Securities by the holders of the Securities from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the Securities. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Securities.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the Securities beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Securities may be sold on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the-counter market or in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market and in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions. The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling Securities:
· | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
· | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
· | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
· | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
· | privately negotiated transactions; |
· | settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part; |
· | broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per share; |
· | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; |
· | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
· | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling shareholders also may resell all or a portion of the Securities in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, or Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus, provided that they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of those provisions.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling Securities to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the Securities for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal. Such commissions will be in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction will not be in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASD IM-2440-1 and IM-2440-2.
In connection with sales of the Securities or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell Securities short and if such short sale shall take place after the date that the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the selling shareholders may deliver Securities covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selling shareholders have been advised that they may not use shares registered on this registration statement to cover short sales of our Securities made prior to the date the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, has been declared effective by the SEC.
The selling shareholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the Securities in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer or agents participating in the distribution of the Securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer or agent and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Selling shareholders who are “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and may be subject to certain statutory liabilities of, including but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Each selling shareholder has informed us that it is not a registered broker-dealer and does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Securities. Upon being notified in writing by a selling shareholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of Securities through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (1) the name of each such selling shareholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (2) the number of shares involved, (3) the price at which such Securities were sold, (4) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (5) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (6) other facts material to the transaction. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups, which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent.
Under the securities laws of some states, the Securities may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Securities may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the Securities registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.
Each selling shareholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Securities by the selling shareholder and any other participating person. To the extent applicable, Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Securities pursuant to a registration rights agreement, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that each selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any and any related legal expenses incurred by it. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against certain liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreements, or we may be entitled to contribution.
Annex B
SELLING STOCKHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Shareholder”) of shares of capital stock (the “Securities”) of Cordia Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement for the registration and resale of Securities that qualify as Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) between the Company and the Purchasers named therein. The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. | Name. | |
(a) | Full legal name of Selling Shareholder: | |
(b) | Full legal name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in item 3 below are held: | |
(c) | Full legal name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): | |
2. | Contact Information. | |||
(a) | Address for Notices to Selling Shareholder: | |||
(b) | Contact Person: | |||
(c) | Telephone: | |||
(d) | Fax: | |||
3. | Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities. |
Type and number of shares of Registrable Securities beneficially owned and purchased pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement1:
4. | Broker-Dealer Status. |
(a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
Note: If yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
(b) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
(c) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
Yes: ¨ No: ¨
Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
1 Securities “beneficially owned” would include securities held by you for your own benefit, whether in bearer form or registered in your own name or otherwise (regardless of whether or how they are registered), such as, for example, securities held for you by custodians, brokers, relatives, executors, administrators or trustees, and securities held for your account by pledgees, securities owned by a partnership in which you are a member, and securities owned by any corporation which is or should be regarded as a personal holding corporation of yours. You are also considered to be the beneficial owner of a security if you, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise have or share: (1) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security or (2) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such security. You are also the beneficial owner of a security if you, directly or indirectly, create or use a trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement or any other contract, arrangement or device with the purpose or effect of divesting yourself of beneficial ownership of a security or preventing the vesting of such beneficial ownership. Finally, you are deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if you have the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security at any time within sixty days, including but not limited to any right to acquire (a) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, (b) through the conversion of a security, (c) pursuant to the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement or (d) pursuant to the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.
5. | Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Other than the Registrable Securities Owned by the Selling Shareholder. |
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholder:
6. | Relationships with the Company. |
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here:
7. | Registration Statement Information. |
Please fill in the table below as you would like it to appear in the Registration Statement. Include footnotes where appropriate.
Name of Selling Shareholder: | |
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering: | |
Maximum Number of Shares of Common Stock (Assuming the Conversion of All Shares of Preferred Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock Purchased Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement) to be Sold Pursuant to the Registration Statement: | |
Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After Offering: |
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Effective Date for the Registration Statement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 7 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Shareholder Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized representative.
Name of Beneficial Owner | |
Signature of Authorized Representative | |
Name of Authorized Representative | |
Title of Authorized Representative | |
Date |
PLEASE (1) FAX OR EMAIL A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED
QUESTIONNAIRE, AND (2) RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY
OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FOR MORE INFORMATION |
Thursday, April 10, 2014 | CONTACT: Jack Zoeller, |
President & CEO, Cordia Bancorp | |
804-763-1333 |
NEWS RELEASE
Cordia Bancorp Completes $15 Million Capital Raise
to Support Bank of Virginia Growth
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., April 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cordia Bancorp Inc. ("Cordia") (Nasdaq: BVA), parent company of Bank of Virginia, today announced the closing of a $15.4 million capital raise through the sale of convertible preferred stock to institutional and individual investors. All of Cordia’s directors as well as its senior executive officers invested in the offering. The capital will be used primarily to support organic and strategic growth at Bank of Virginia.
“Today’s transaction will roughly double the equity capital of Cordia and position Bank of Virginia for a significant new phase of growth,” said Jack Zoeller, the President & Chief Executive Officer of Cordia. “We anticipate continuing the expansion of our commercial and consumer lending, which grew last year by 22%, and strengthening our footprint in Greater Richmond, including two new full-service branches in Chesterfield County and Colonial Heights in the near future.”
The preferred stock will convert mandatorily into voting and nonvoting common stock upon approval by Cordia’s shareholders, which will be sought at its upcoming annual meeting. Under the transaction agreements, Cordia has 120 days after the closing of the offering to obtain the required shareholder approvals, which will automatically trigger the conversion of the preferred stock into common stock. The conversion price will be $4.25 per BVA common share. The number of new BVA common shares to be issued upon conversion would be 3,629,871.
The 30-day trailing average closing price for BVA common stock on NASDAQ is $4.28 per share.
The transaction structure is expected to preserve a substantial majority of Cordia’s deferred tax asset, which at December 31, 2013 totaled $6.7 million, all of which was offset by a valuation allowance. Cordia anticipates being able to recapture the value of this deferred tax asset when the applicable accounting criteria are met.
The lead institutional investor in the transaction is a fund managed by Tricadia Capital Management, LLC (“Tricadia”), New York, NY, which invested $6.7 million. Cordia has appointed Michael Rosinus, Senior Advisor to Tricadia, to its board of directors. In connection with the offering, Cordia also agreed to nominate David Zlatin, Chief Operating Officer of Ramat Securities, Ltd., Cleveland, OH, to its board.
Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. acted as sole placement agent and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP served as legal counsel.
Certain elements of Cordia’s organic and strategic growth plans are subject to the approval of banking regulators.
About Cordia Bancorp and Bank of Virginia
Cordia Bancorp Inc. is a public bank holding company formed in 2009 to invest in community banks and pursue organic and strategic growth in the Mid-Atlantic banking market. Substantially all of the assets of Cordia consist of its investment in Bank of Virginia. Bank of Virginia provides retail banking services to individuals and commercial customers through four full-service and two ATM-only banking locations in the Greater Richmond market, including Chesterfield and Henrico Counties and Colonial Heights, Virginia.
For more information about Cordia Bancorp and Bank of Virginia, visit our websites: www.cordiabancorp.com and www.bankofva.com.
Important Information
Shareholders of Cordia are urged to read the proxy statement regarding the transaction when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because these will contain important information. Shareholders of Cordia will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement, other SEC filings that will be incorporated by reference into the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about Cordia at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Shareholders of Cordia will also be able to obtain these documents, free of charge, at www.bankofva.com.
Cordia and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies for its shareholders in connection with the approvals sought for the transaction described herein. Information about the directors and executive officers of Cordia and their ownership of Cordia common stock is set forth in Cordia’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-186087), as filed with the SEC.
Additional information regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the proxy solicitation may be obtained by reading the proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction when it becomes available.
CAUTIONARY NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information presented above may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, the expected use of proceeds, the expected conversion rate, the proposed shareholder meeting and other statements identified by words such as “will,” “expect,” “may,” “believe,” “propose,” “anticipated,” and similar words.
Forward-looking statements, which are statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Cordia to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Cordia does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.
All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Cordia are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described in Cordia’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and otherwise in its SEC reports and filings.