Execution Copy


 


SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT


 


AND


 


AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO INVESTMENT AGREEMENT


 


This Securities Purchase
Agreement and Amendment Number 1 to the Investment Agreement by and between the Company and the Purchaser, dated June 14, 2010
(the “Investment Agreement”) (this “Agreement”) is dated as of May 31, 2012, between BNC
Bancorp., a corporation organized under the laws of North Carolina (the “Company”), and Aquiline BNC Holdings
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (including its successors and assigns, the “Purchaser”).


 


RECITALS


 


A.          The Company and
the Purchaser are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation
D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
under the Securities Act.


 


B.           The Purchaser
wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate
number of shares of the Company’s mandatorily convertible cumulative non-voting perpetual preferred stock, Series C, $1,000.00
liquidation preference per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and (ii) that aggregate number of shares of
the Company’s mandatorily convertible cumulative non-voting perpetual preferred stock, Series B-1, $1,000.00 liquidation
preference per share (the “Series B-1 Preferred Stock”, and together with the Series C Preferred Stock, the
“Preferred Stock”), set forth below the Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement (which
aggregate amount shall be 4,300 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and 21,115 shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, and such shares
of Series C Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Preferred Stock shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Preferred
Shares”). When purchased, the Preferred Stock will have the terms set forth in (i) the articles of amendment for the
Series C Preferred Stock to be issued to the Purchaser in the form attached as Exhibit A-1 hereto (the “Series
C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment”) and, (ii) the articles of amendment for the Series B-1 Preferred Stock to be
issued to the Purchaser in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (the “Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of
Amendment”, and together with the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, the “Articles of Amendment”)
each made a part of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”),
by the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of the State (the “Secretary
of State”). The Series C Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of voting common stock, no par value (the “Voting
Common Stock”), of the Company, and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of non-voting common
stock, no par value (the “Non-Voting Common Stock” and together with the Voting Common Stock, the “Common
Stock”) of the Company, in each case, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Articles
of Amendment. The Non-Voting Common Stock will be convertible into Voting Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles
of Incorporation. The Shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Stock is convertible and the shares of Voting Common Stock
into which the Non-Voting Common Stock is convertible are referred to herein as the “Underlying Shares” and
the Underlying Shares and the Preferred Shares are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Securities.”


 


C.          To reflect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and the Purchaser wish to amend certain provisions of the Investment Agreement.


 



    	 



    	 



    

  


D.          The Company has
engaged Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. as its lead placement agent (the “Lead Placement Agent”) and Sandler
O’Neill & Partners, L.P. as a co-placement agent (the “Co-Placement Agent”, and together with the
Lead Placement Agent, the “Placement Agents”) for the offering of the Securities.


 


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 Purchaser hereby agree as follows:


 


Article
1:



 


DEFINITIONS


 


1.1        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 Section 1.1:


 


“Action”
means any action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, 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.


 


“Agreement”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.


 


“Articles
of Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Articles
of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Bank”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).


 


“BHCA”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).


 


“Business
Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction
of business.


 


“Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)


 


“Closing Date”
means June 8, 2012, or such other date as the parties may agree.


 


“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder.


 


“Commission”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“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 Deliverables”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).


 



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“Company Counsel”
means Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP.


 


“Company Reports”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(kk).


 


“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 of the executive officers of the Company having responsibility for the matter or matters that are the subject
of the statement after reasonable investigation.


 


“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.


 


“Co-Placement
Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“DTC”
means The Depository Trust Company.


 


“Effectiveness
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.16.


 


“Environmental
Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(1).


 


“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder.


 


“ERISA Affiliate”,
as applied to the Company, means any Person under common control with the Company, who together with the Company, is treated
as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (0) of the Code.


 


“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.


 


“FRB”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


 


“Filing Deadline”
means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the 60th calendar
day following the Closing Date, provided, 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.


 


“GAAP”
means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as applied by the Company.


 


“Indemnified
Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a).


 


“Intellectual
Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r).


 


“Investment
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Lead Placement
Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Lien”
means any lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restrictions
of any kind.


 



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“Material
Adverse Effect” means any of (i) a material and adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Investment Agreement, or the Articles of Amendment (ii) a material and adverse effect on the results of operations, assets,
properties, business, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) any adverse
impairment to the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement,
Investment Agreement, or the Articles of Amendment; provided, that 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
U.S. GAAP or regulatory accounting principles generally applicable to banks, savings associations or their holding companies, (B)
changes, after the date hereof, in applicable laws, rules and regulations or interpretations thereof by any court, administrative
agency or other governmental authority, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any applicable industry self-regulatory organization,
(C) actions or omissions of the Company expressly required by the terms of this Agreement or taken with the prior written consent
of an affected Purchaser, (D) changes, after the date hereof, in general economic, monetary or financial conditions, (E) changes
in the market price or trading volumes of the Common Stock (but not the underlying causes of such changes), (F) changes in global
or national political conditions, including the outbreak or escalation of war or acts of terrorism and (G) the public disclosure
of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; except, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (D) and (F), to the extent
that the effects of such changes have a disproportionate effect on the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative
to other similarly situated banks, savings associations or their holding companies generally.


 


“Material
Contract” means any contract of the Company that was filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation
S-K.


 


“Material
Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 (p).


 


“Multiemployer
Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, contributions or has made, or been obligated to make, contributions
within the preceding six (6) years.


 


“NASDAQ”
means the NASDAQ Capital Market.


 


“NCCOB”
North Carolina Commissioner of Banks.


 


“New York
Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8.


 


“NYSE”
means the New York Stock Exchange.


 


“Outside Date”
means Friday, June 29, 2012.


 


“Pension Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and which (i) is maintained for
employees of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates or (ii) has at any time during the last six (6) years been maintained for
the employees of the Company or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.


 


“Person”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, business trust, association, joint stock company,
joint venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization or governmental authority.


 


“Placement
Agents” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 



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“Preferred
Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Preferred
Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals


 


“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 NASDAQ.


 


“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.


 


“Purchase
Price” means $1,000.00 per Preferred Share.


 


“Purchaser
Deliverables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).


 


“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the this Agreement and in the Investment
Agreement and covering the resale by the Purchaser of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Investment Agreement, as amended
by this Agreement).


 


“Regulation
D” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Regulatory
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(mm).


 


“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.


 


“SEC Reports”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).


 


“Secretary
of State” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Secretary’s
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(v).


 


“Securities”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Securities
Act” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Series B-1
Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Series C
Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Series B-1
Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Series C
Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


“Shareholder
Approvals” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.


 


“Shareholder
Proposals” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11.


 



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“Subscription
Amount” means the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Shares purchased hereunder as indicated on the signature
page to this Agreement next to the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)”.


 


“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.


 


“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 OTC Markets Group Inc. (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 NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NYSE, the NYSE MKT,
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, the Articles of Amendment, 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.


 


“Treasury
Warrant” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g).


 


“Underlying
Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.


 


Article
2:


 


PURCHASE AND SALE


 


2.1        Closing.


 


(a)        Purchase
of Preferred Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing
the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, the number of Preferred Shares
set forth below the Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement at a per Preferred Share price equal to the
Purchase Price. Notwithstanding the above, the Purchaser shall not be obligated to purchase any Preferred Shares to the extent
such purchase would result in Purchaser’s aggregate ownership of equity for purposes of the BHCA and the Change in Bank Control
Act exceeding (i) 9.9% of the number of shares of Voting Common Stock issued and outstanding or (ii) 33.3% of the total
shareholders’ equity of the Company.


 


(b)        Payment
by Purchaser; Issuance of Shares. On or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Closing Date, and subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of all closing conditions set forth in Section 5, (i) the Purchaser will pay to the Company in accordance with its written
instructions by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the full Subscription Amount payable under this Agreement and (ii)
the Company will, against payment by the Purchaser of the Subscription Amount, issue instructions to the Transfer Agent authorizing
the issuance in certificated form of the number of Preferred Shares specified on the Purchaser’s signature page hereto (the
“Stock Certificates”), or as otherwise set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire included as Exhibit
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(c)        Closing
Date. The Closing of the purchase and sale of the Preferred Shares shall take place at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, at the
offices of Company Counsel, on the Closing Date or remotely by facsimile transmission or other electronic means or at such other
time or location as the parties may mutually agree, but not later than the Outside Date. The “Closing” means the release
of funds and issuance by the Company of Preferred Shares as contemplated hereby, all of which shall be deemed to have happened
concurrently.


 


2.2        Closing
Deliveries.


 


(a)         On
or prior to the Closing, the Company shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser
the following (the “Company Deliverables”):


 


(i)        this
Agreement, duly executed by the Company;


 


(ii)       the
Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to issue, in book-entry form
the number of Preferred Shares specified on the Purchaser’s signature page hereto (or, if the Company and the Purchaser shall
have agreed, as indicated on the Purchaser’s signature pages hereto, that the Purchaser will receive Stock Certificates for
their Preferred Shares, then the Company shall instead instruct the Transfer Agent to issue such specified Stock Certificates registered
in the name of the Purchaser or as otherwise set forth on the Stock Certificate Questionnaire);


 


(iii)      a
legal opinion of Company’s Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date and in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D, executed by such counsel and addressed to the Purchaser;


 


(iv)      Intentionally
Omitted;


 


(v)      Intentionally
Omitted;


 


(vi)     a
certificate of the Secretary of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (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 version of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
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; and


 


(vii)    the
Compliance Certificate referred to in Section 5.l(f).


 


(b)        The
Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company, as applicable, on or prior to the Closing Date, the following
(the “Purchaser Deliverables”):


 


(i)        this
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;


 


(ii)       Intentionally
Omitted;


 



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(iii)      upon
request of the Company, a fully completed and duly executed Accredited Investor Questionnaire, reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, and the Stock Certificate Questionnaire in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits C-1 and C-2
, respectively; and


 


(iv)      its
Subscription Amount, in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, in the amount indicated below the Purchaser’s
name on the applicable signature page hereto under the heading “Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount)” by
wire transfer to the Company in accordance with the Company’s written instructions.


 


(c)        Intentionally
Omitted.


 


Article
3:


 


REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


3.1        Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of 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 the Purchaser
that:


 


(a)         Subsidiaries.
The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than as set forth in Exhibit G. 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. No equity security of any Subsidiary
is or may be required to be issued by reason of any option, warrant, scrip, preemptive right, right to subscribe to, gross-up right,
call or commitment of any character whatsoever relating to, or security or right convertible into, shares of any capital stock
of such Subsidiary, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Subsidiary is bound to
issue additional shares of its capital stock, or any option, warrant or right to purchase or acquire any additional shares of its
capital stock. Except in respect of the Subsidiaries, the Company does not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than
5% of any class of equity securities or similar interests of any corporation, bank, business trust, association or similar organization,
and is not, directly or indirectly, a partner in any partnership or party to any joint venture. The Company beneficially owns all
of the outstanding capital securities and has sole Control of the Bank of North Carolina (the “Bank”).


 


(b)         Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of its “Significant Subsidiaries” (as defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (“Significant 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 Significant Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective articles
or certificate 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 in the reasonable judgment of the Company be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956, as amended (the “BHCA”). The Bank’s deposit accounts are insured up to applicable limits by the
FDIC, and all premiums and assessments required to be paid in connection therewith have been paid (after giving effect to any applicable
extensions). The Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses 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.


 



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(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 Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and, subject to the
Shareholder Approvals, to issue the Underlying Shares in accordance with the Articles of Amendment. 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 and delivery of the Preferred Shares and the Underlying Shares) 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 shareholders 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 shareholder 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 shareholders.


 


(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 Preferred Shares and the Underlying Shares) do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provisions of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s articles or certificate 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 any Significant Subsidiary 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
Purchaser 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. Neither
the investment by Purchaser in the Preferred Shares nor the issuance of Voting Common Stock upon the conversion of Series C Preferred
Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock, or the issuance of the Non-Voting Common Stock triggers any change of control provisions
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(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 Preferred Shares and the Underlying Shares), other than (i) obtaining the Shareholder
Approvals to issue the Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms of the applicable Articles of Amendment, (ii) the filing
of each of the Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State, (iii) the filing with the Commission of one or more Registration
Statements in accordance with the requirements of the this Agreement or the Investment Agreement, (iv) filings required by applicable
state securities laws, (v) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the Commission under Regulation
D of the Securities Act, (vi) the filing of any requisite notices and/or application(s) to the Principal Trading Market for the
issuance and sale of the Underlying Shares and the listing of the Underlying Shares for trading or quotation, as the case may be,
thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (vii) the filings required in accordance with Section 4.6 of this Agreement and
(viii) those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).


 


(f)        Issuance
of the Preferred Shares. The issuance of the Preferred Shares has been duly authorized and
the Preferred Shares, 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, shall not subject the holders thereof to personal liability
and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights. The issuance of the Underlying Shares has been duly authorized and the
Underlying Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Articles of Amendment, 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. Assuming the accuracy
of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser in this Agreement, the Securities will be issued in compliance with all
applicable federal and state securities laws.


 


(g)        Capitalization.
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 80,000,000 shares of common stock and (ii) 20,000,000 shares of preferred
stock of which 31,260 shares were designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 1,804,566 shares were designated as Series B Preferred
Stock. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the
Company (whether or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company) has
been set forth in the SEC Reports and has changed since the date of such SEC Reports only due to stock grants or other equity awards
or stock option and warrant exercises that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the issued and outstanding
capital stock, options and other securities. 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. Except as specified in the outstanding warrant issued to the United
States Department of the Treasury to purchase 543,337 shares of common stock (the “Treasury Warrant”), the Investment
Agreement, and the SEC Reports: (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 a Significant Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which
the Company or a Significant Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or a
Significant 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 of the Company or
a Significant Subsidiary, other than those issued or granted pursuant to Material Contracts or equity or incentive plans or arrangements
described in the SEC Reports; (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 a Significant Subsidiary or by which the
Company or a Significant Subsidiary is bound; (iv) except for the agreements set forth on Exhibit H hereto, there are no
agreements or arrangements under which the Company or a Significant Subsidiary 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 or a Significant
Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary; (vi) neither the Company nor
any Significant Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar
plan or agreement; and (vii) neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed
in the SEC Reports but not so disclosed in the SEC Reports, 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 of the Company containing anti-dilution or
similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities. On or about the date of this Agreement, the Company
is executing one or more securities purchase agreements for the issue and sale, in the aggregate to investors other than the Purchaser
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(h)        SEC
Reports. 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 l3(a) or 15(d) thereof, since January 1, 2010 (the foregoing materials, including
the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”),
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. On April 26, 2012, the Company filed an S-4 Registration Statement in connection with the proposed merger of KeySource
Financial Inc. with and into the Company according to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 21, 2011; such
registration statement contains important information about the Company’s Common Stock and certain other material information
about the Company. The Company advises the Purchaser to read such registration statement, in particular the sections entitled “Risk
Factors,” “Description of BNC Capital Stock” and “Information about BNC.” On April 16, 2012,
the Company filed a Definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the proposed (i) amendment to the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation to create a class of non-voting common stock; (ii) amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to
amend the terms of the Company’s Mandatorily Convertible Non-voting Preferred Stock, Series B, and (iii) issuance of non-voting
common stock to the Purchaser; such Proxy Statement contains important information about the Company. The SEC Reports, including
the documents incorporated by reference in each of them, each contained substantially all of the information required to be included
in it. No executive officer of the Company has failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section
302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


 


(i)        Financial
Statements. The financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries 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,
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(j)        Tax
Matters. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has (i) filed all material foreign, U.S. federal, state and local tax returns,
information returns and similar reports that are required to be filed, and all such tax returns are true, correct and complete
in all material respects, and (ii) paid all material taxes required to be paid by it and any other material assessment, fine or
penalty levied against it other than taxes (x) currently payable without penalty or interest, or (y) being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings.


 


(k)        Material
Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC
Reports, except as disclosed in subsequent SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there have been no events, occurrences
or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued
expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not
required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made
with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered materially its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its
accounting books and records, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property
to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (v) the
Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, and (vi) there has not been any material change
or amendment to, or any waiver of any material right by the Company under, any Material Contract under which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound or subject. Except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability or development
has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or
financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation
is made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.


 


(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) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to
any Environmental Laws, or (iii) 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 there is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, 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 issuance of the Preferred Shares or (ii) is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually
or in the aggregate, if there were an unfavorable decision. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer
thereof, is or has been 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. There has not been, and to the Company’s Knowledge there is not pending or contemplated,
any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission
has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under
the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. There are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees of any court,
arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any executive officers or directors of the Company in their
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(n)        Employment
Matters. No labor dispute exists or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is imminent with respect
to any of the employees of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary which would have or reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 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 each of its Significant 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.


 


(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 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 which the Company has been made aware in writing 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 or regulation of any governmental authority applicable to the Company, 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 certificates,
authorizations, consents and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary
to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted and as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to
possess such permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (“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 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
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(r)        Patents
and Trademarks. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license, or can acquire on
reasonable terms, 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, except where the failure to own, possess, license or have such rights would not have or
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and 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, to the Company’s Knowledge, 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, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging
the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; and (e) there is no Proceeding 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.


 


(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 and where 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.


 


(t)        Transactions
With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and other than the
grant of stock options or other equity awards that are not individually or in the aggregate material in amount, none of the officers
or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a party to
any transaction with the Company or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


(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 GAAP and such internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of the date of the most recent SEC Report.


 


(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 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 Agents with
respect to the offer and sale of the Preferred Shares (which Placement Agents’ fees are being paid by the Company). The Company
shall indemnify, pay, and hold the Purchaser harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’
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(x)        Private
Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties
set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement and the accuracy of the information disclosed in the Accredited Investor Questionnaires,
no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchaser under
the Transaction Documents. The issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations
of the Principal Trading Market and, upon the receipt of the Shareholder Approvals, the issuance of the Underlying Shares in accordance
with the applicable Articles of Amendment will not contravene the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market.


 


(y)        Registration
Rights. Other than the Purchaser and as set forth on Exhibit H hereto, 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)        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.


 


(aa)      Investment
Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as,
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, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary sponsors any person
that is such an investment company.


 


(bb)     Unlawful
Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s Knowledge,
any directors, officers, 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 or any of its Significant Subsidiaries: (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 or employees 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 or employee.


 


(cc)      Application
of Takeover Protections: Rights Agreements. The Company has not adopted any shareholder rights
plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company.
The Company and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable Article
9 and Article 9A of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act or any other control share acquisition,
business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision
under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, including Article VII thereof, or other organizational documents or the laws
of North Carolina or otherwise which is or could become applicable to the Purchaser solely as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchaser’s ownership
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(dd)       Disclosure.
The Company confirms that neither it nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of its officers
or directors nor any other Person acting on its or their behalf has provided, including the Placement Agents, the Purchaser or
its respective agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute
material, non-public information except insofar as the existence, provisions and terms of the Transaction Documents and the proposed
transactions hereunder may constitute such information and insofar as the existence of ongoing negotiations regarding a potential
acquisition by the Company may constitute such information, all of which will be disclosed by the Company in the Press Release
as contemplated by Section 4.6 hereof. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser will rely on the representations
in this Section 3.1(dd) in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. No event or circumstance has occurred or information
exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, operations or financial conditions,
which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been
so publicly announced or disclosed, except for the announcement of this Agreement and related transactions and/or as may otherwise
be disclosed on the Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 4.6.


 


(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 Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed and would have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.


 


(ff)        Acknowledgment
Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Preferred Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that the Purchaser 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 the Purchaser is not 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 by the 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 Purchaser’s purchase of the
Preferred 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 Securities.


 


(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 use the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Shares, towards any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, 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 in compliance in all material respects 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
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(jj)         Reports,
Registrations and Statements. Since December 31, 2009, 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 FRB, the NCCOB and the FDIC and any other applicable federal or state securities or banking authorities, except where
the failure to file any such report, registration or statement would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. 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 in all material respects with
all the rules and regulations promulgated by the FRB, the NCCOB and the FDIC and any other applicable foreign, federal or state
securities or banking authorities, as the case may be.


 


(kk)       Adequate
Capitalization. As of March 31, 2012, the Bank meets or exceeds the standards necessary to be considered “well capitalized”
under the FDIC’s regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.


 


(ll)         Agreements
with Regulatory Agencies: Compliance with Certain Banking Regulations. 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 December 31, 2008, 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 December 31, 2010 by any governmental entity that it intends to issue,
initiate, order, or request any such Regulatory Agreement.


 


The Company has
no knowledge of any facts and circumstances, and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances exist,
that would cause its Subsidiary banking institutions: (i) to be deemed not to be in satisfactory compliance with the Community
Reinvestment Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder or to be assigned a CRA rating by federal or state banking regulators
of lower than “satisfactory”; (ii) 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 OFAC, or any other anti-money laundering statute,
rule or regulation; or (iii) not to be in satisfactory compliance, in any material respect, with all applicable privacy of customer
information requirements contained in any applicable federal and state privacy laws and regulations as well as the provisions of
all information security programs adopted by the Subsidiary.


 


(mm)     No
General Solicitation or General Advertising. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, 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 Preferred Shares.


 


(nn)       Risk
Management Instruments. Except as has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, 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 Company 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 nor the Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto, is in
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(oo)       ERISA.
The Company and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of ERISA;
no “reportable event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement
has been waived by applicable regulation) has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan for which the Company would have any liability
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur
liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any Pension Plan; or (ii) Sections 412
or 4971 of the Code that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each Pension Plan for which the Company
would have liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects
and nothing has occurred, to the Company’s Knowledge, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss
of such qualification.


 


(pp)       Reservation
of Underlying Shares. The Company will reserve, free of any preemptive or similar rights of shareholders of the Company, a
number of unissued shares of Common Stock (voting and non-voting), sufficient to issue and deliver the Underlying Shares into which
the Preferred Shares are convertible upon the Shareholder Approvals.


 


(qq)       Shell
Company Status. The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1).


 


(rr)         Registration
Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the resale of the Securities by the Purchaser
using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.


 


(ss)       No
Additional Agreements. The Company has no other agreements or understandings (including, without limitation, side letters)
with any Person to purchase Preferred Shares on terms that are different from those set forth herein.


 


(tt)         Receipt
of FDIC Consent. The Company has received consent from the FDIC as required by Section 6.2 of the Shared Loss Agreement entered
into between the Bank of North Carolina and the FDIC, as receiver for Beach First National Bank, for the private placement of up
to $72.5 million in new capital. A copy of this consent has been provided to the Purchaser and its legal advisors.


 


3.2        Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as of the Closing
Date to the Company as follows:


 


(a)         Organization:
Authority. The Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization with the requisite limited liability company power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the applicable Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
limited liability company or other applicable like action, on the part of the Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed
by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally
binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting
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(b)        No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by the Purchaser
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of
the Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become
a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture
or instrument to which the Purchaser is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to the Purchaser, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.


 


(c)        Investment
Intent. The Purchaser understands that the Preferred Shares are “restricted securities” and have not been registered
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Preferred Shares as principal for its own
account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Preferred Shares or any part thereof in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, provided, that by making the representations herein, other than as set
forth herein, the Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Preferred Shares 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 Preferred 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. The Purchaser is acquiring the Preferred Shares hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. The 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.


 


(d)        Purchaser
Status. At the time the Purchaser was offered the Preferred Shares, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser has provided the information in the Accredited
Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit C-1.


 


(e)        Reliance.
The Company and the Placement Agents (on behalf of its client) will be entitled to rely upon this Agreement and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this Agreement or a copy hereof to (A) any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company and
its affiliates and (B) any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters
covered hereby, in each case, to the extent required by any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject, provided
that the Company provides the Purchaser with prior written notice of such disclosure.


 


(f)         General
Solicitation. The Purchaser: (i) became aware of the offering of the Preferred Shares, and the Preferred Shares were offered
to the Purchaser, solely by direct contact between the Purchaser and the Company or either of the Placement Agents, and not by
any other means, including any form of “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (as such terms are
used in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and interpreted by the Commission); (ii) reached its decision to invest
in the Company independently from any other Person; (iii) has entered into no agreements with shareholders of the Company or other
subscribers for the purpose of controlling the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (iv) has entered into no agreements with
shareholders of the Company or other subscribers regarding voting or transferring Purchaser’s interest in the Company.


 


(g)        Direct
Purchase. The Purchaser is purchasing Preferred Shares directly from the Company and not from the Placement Agents. Neither
of the Placement Agents made any representations, declarations or warranties to the Purchaser, express or implied, regarding the
Preferred Shares, the Company or the Company’s offering of the Preferred Shares, and neither of the Placement Agents offered
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(h)        Experience
of The Purchaser. The 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 Preferred Shares, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic
risk of an investment in the Preferred Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.


 


(i)         Access
to Information. The Purchaser acknowledges that it 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 Preferred Shares and the merits and risks of investing in the Preferred 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; (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 the investment; and (iv) the opportunity to ask questions of management. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation
conducted by or on behalf of the Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect the Purchaser’s
right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Company’s representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents. The Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision
with respect to its acquisition of the Preferred Shares. The Purchaser acknowledges that none of the Company nor either of the
Placement Agents has made any representation, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any
available information except, with respect to the Company, as expressly set forth in the SEC Reports or to the extent such information
is covered by the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.1.


 


(j)         Brokers
and Finders. Other than the Placement Agents with respect to the Company (which fees are to be paid by the Company), to its
knowledge no Person will have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any valid right, interest
or claim against or upon the Company or the Purchaser for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser.


 


(k)        Independent
Investment Decision. The Purchaser has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to purchase Preferred Shares pursuant
to the Transaction Documents, and the Purchaser confirms that it has not relied on the advice of any other Person’s business
and/or legal counsel in making such decision. The Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented
by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Preferred Shares constitutes legal, regulatory,
tax or investment advice. The 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 Preferred Shares. The Purchaser understands that the Placement
Agents have acted solely as the agent of the Company in this placement of the Securities and the Purchaser has not relied on any
statement, representation or warranty including any business or legal advice of the Placement Agents or any of either of its agents,
counselor Affiliates in making its investment decision hereunder, and confirms that none of such Persons has made any representations
or warranties to the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.


 


(l)         ERISA.


 


(i)        If
Purchaser is, or is acting on behalf of, an ERISA Entity (as defined below), Purchaser represents and warrants that on the date
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(A)        The
decision to invest assets of the ERISA Entity in the Preferred Shares was made by fiduciaries independent of the Company or its
affiliates, which fiduciaries are duly authorized to make such investment decisions and who have not relied on any advice or recommendations
of the Company or its affiliates;


 


(B)        Neither
the Company nor any of its agents, representatives or affiliates have exercised any discretionary authority or control with respect
to the ERISA Entity’s investment in the Preferred Shares;


 


(C)        The
purchase and holding of the Preferred Shares will not constitute a nonexempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code or a similar violation under any applicable similar laws; and


 


(D)        The
terms of the Documents comply with the instruments and applicable laws governing such ERISA Entity.


 


(ii)        For
the purpose of this paragraph, the term “ERISA Entity” will mean (A) an “employee benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA subject to Title I of ERISA, (B) a “plan” within the meaning of Section
4975(e)(1) of the Code and (C) any person whose assets are deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA Section
3(42) and 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise under ERISA.


 


(m)        Reliance
on Exemptions. The Purchaser understands that the Securities 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 the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings
of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser
to acquire the Preferred Shares.


 


(n)        No
Governmental Review. The 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 Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment
in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities. The Purchaser
understands that the Securities are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of any bank and are not insured by the
FDIC, including the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund, or any other governmental agency.


 


(o)        Antitrust.
No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any governmental entity or authority
or any other person or entity in respect of any law or regulation, including the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, is necessary or required, and no lapse of a waiting period under law
applicable to the Purchaser is necessary or required, in each case in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
the Purchaser of this Agreement or the purchase of the Preferred Shares contemplated hereby.


 


(p)        Residency.
The Purchaser’s office in which its investment decision with respect to the Preferred Shares was made is located at the address
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(q)        Regulatory
Matters. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that: (i) the Company is a registered bank holding company under the BHCA,
and is subject to regulation by the FRB; (ii) acquisitions of interests in bank holding companies are subject to the BHCA and the
Change in Bank Control Act (the “CIBCA”) and may be reviewed by the FRB to determine the circumstances under which
such acquisitions of interests will result in the Purchaser becoming subject to the BHCA or subject to the prior notice requirements
of the CIBCA. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, the Purchaser represents
that neither it nor its Affiliates will, as a result of the transactions contemplated herein, be deemed to (i) own or control 10%
or more of any class of voting securities of the Company or (ii) otherwise control the Company for purposes of the BHCA or CIBCA.
The Purchaser is not participating and has not participated with any other investor in the offering of the Preferred Shares in
any joint activity or parallel action towards a common goal between or among such investors of acquiring control of the Company.


 


(r)        Trading.
The Purchaser acknowledges that there is no trading market for the Preferred Stock, and no such market is expected to develop.


 


(s)        OFAC
and Anti-Money Laundering. The Purchaser understands, acknowledges, represents and agrees that (i) the Purchaser is not the
target of any sanction, regulation, or law promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network or any other U.S. governmental entity (“U.S. Sanctions Laws”); (ii) the Purchaser is not owned by, controlled
by, under common control with, or acting on behalf of any person that is the target of U.S. Sanctions
Laws; (iii) the Purchaser is not a “foreign shell bank” and is not acting on behalf of a “foreign shell bank”
under applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations; (iv) the Purchaser’s entry into this Agreement or consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby will not contravene U.S. Sanctions Laws or applicable anti-money laundering laws or regulations;
(v) the Purchaser will promptly provide to the Company or any regulatory or law enforcement authority such information or documentation
as may be required to comply with U.S. Sanctions Laws or applicable anti-money laundering laws or regulations; and (vi) the Company
may provide to any regulatory or law enforcement authority information or documentation regarding, or provided by, the Purchaser
for the purposes of complying with U.S. Sanctions Laws or applicable anti-money laundering laws or regulations.


 


(t)        No
Outside Discussion of Offering. The Purchaser has not discussed the Offering with any other party or potential investors (other
than the Company, Placement Agents, and the Purchaser’s authorized representatives), except as expressly permitted under
the terms of this Agreement.


 


(u)        Capital
Call Initiated; Adequate Funding. The Purchaser has communicated and provided all required notice to its investors, a request
for additional capital contributions in accordance with the terms of its organizational documents. The Purchaser will, within ten
(10) Business Days, have sufficient, available funds and will be authorized to use such funds under its organizational documents
and under applicable law to pay the full Subscription Amount for the number of Preferred Shares that it has become committed to
purchase under the Agreement and the Purchaser agrees to pay promptly to the Company such full Subscription Amount.


 


The Company and the
Purchaser 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 3 and the Transaction Documents.


  



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Article
4:


 


OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES


 


4.1        Transfer
Restrictions.


  


(a)        Compliance
with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 4, the Purchaser covenants that the
Securities may be disposed of only 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 Securities 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 a seller representation
letter and, if applicable, a broker representation letter) 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, 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby
consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company and with its Transfer Agent, without any such legal opinion, except
to the extent that the Transfer Agent requests such legal opinion, any transfer of the Securities by the Purchaser to an Affiliate
of such Purchaser, provided that the transferee certifies to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, and provided that such Affiliate does not request any removal of any existing legends
on any certificate evidencing the Securities. 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 the Purchaser under this Agreement and the Investment Agreement with respect to such transferred Securities.


 


(b)        Legends.
Certificates evidencing the Securities 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 A SELLER REPRESENTATION
LETTER AND, IF APPLICABLE, A BROKER REPRESENTATION LETTER) 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. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING AGRRANGEMENT SECURIED BY THE SECURITIES IF THE PLEDGEE AGREES IN WRITING TO BE BOUND BY THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
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(c)        Removal
of Legends. The restrictive legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate
without such restrictive legend or any other restrictive legend to the holder of the applicable Securities upon which it is stamped
or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, if (i) such Securities are sold or transferred
pursuant to (A) Rule 144 (if the transferor is not an Affiliate of the Company) or (B) pursuant to an effective registration statement
filed under the Securities Act, or (ii) such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144, 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) as to
such securities and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions. Following the earlier of (i) the effective date of any registration
statement filed after the date hereof pursuant to this Agreement or the Investment Agreement with respect to the Securities or
(ii) Rule 144 becoming available for the resale of Securities, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with
the current public information required under 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) as to the Securities and without volume
or manner-of-sale restrictions, the Company shall instruct the Transfer Agent to remove the legend from the Securities and shall
cause its counsel to issue any legend removal opinion required by the Transfer Agent. Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent,
Company counsel or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinion or the removal of such legend shall be borne by the
Company. If a legend is no longer required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company will no later than three (3) Trading Days following
the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Transfer Agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate or instrument
representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to
affect the reissuance and/or transfer) and a representation letter to the extent required by Section 4.1(a), (such third Trading
Day, the “Legend Removal Date”) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser a certificate or instrument
(as the case may be) representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive legends. The Company may not make any notation
on its records or give instructions to the Transfer Agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4.1(c).
Certificates for Securities free from all restrictive legends may be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Purchaser by crediting
the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with DTC as directed by the Purchaser.


 


(d)        Acknowledgement.
The Purchaser hereunder acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and accordingly will not sell or otherwise
transfer the Securities or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Except as otherwise provided below, while the above-referenced registration statement remains
effective, the Purchaser hereunder may sell the Securities 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. The Purchaser agrees that if it is notified by the
Company in writing at any time that the registration statement registering the resale of the Securities 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 the 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        Acknowledgment
of Dilution. The Company acknowledges that the issuance of the Securities may result in dilution
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Company further acknowledges that its obligations under the Transaction Documents,
including without limitation its obligation to issue the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents, are unconditional and
absolute and not subject to any right of set off, counterclaim, delay or reduction, regardless of the effect of any such dilution
or any claim the Company may have against the Purchaser and regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the
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4.3        Furnishing
of Information. In order to enable the Purchaser to sell the Securities under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, until the date
that the Purchaser may sell all of its Securities without restriction or limitation under Rule 144 (including without limitation
the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1)), but not for a period exceeding 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 to timely file (or obtain
extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after
the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. During such one year period, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant
to such laws, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchaser 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.


 


4.4        Form
D and Blue Sky. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Preferred 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 Preferred Shares for sale to the Purchaser 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 Preferred Shares required
under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.


 


4.5        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 Securities in a manner that would require the registration
under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser.


 


4.6        Securities
Laws Disclosure: Publicity. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following the date of this Agreement,
the Company shall issue one or more press releases (collectively, the “Press Release”) reasonably acceptable
to the Purchaser disclosing among other things (i) the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Shares and (ii) if an agreement has been finalized, the existence of a definitive agreement
regarding a potential acquisition by the Company . On or before 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth Trading Day following
the date of this Agreement, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission describing the terms of the
Transaction Documents (and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K, the Press Release, the material Transaction
Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Articles of Amendment), the use of proceeds and the execution
of a securities purchase agreement from certain other investors and such other disclosures and filings as may be required by the
federal securities laws. On or before 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth Trading Day immediately following the Closing
Date, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission disclosing the funding and closing of the offering
and, to the extent necessary, updating the previously filed Current Report on Form 8-K (and to the extent not previously filed,
including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this
Agreement and the Articles of Amendment) and such other disclosures and filings as may be required by the federal securities laws.
To the extent that the potential transactions contemplated hereby are publicly disclosed prior to Closing and this Agreement terminates
prior to Closing, the Company shall publicly disclose, on or before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately
following such termination, the termination of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Purchaser covenants that until such time
as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 4.6, the
Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence
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4.7        Intentionally
Omitted.


 


4.8        Indemnification.


 


(a)        Indemnification
of the Purchaser. In addition to the indemnity provided in the Investment Agreement, the Company will indemnify and
hold the Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, 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 the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the
directors, officers, shareholders, 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,
an “Indemnified Person”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies,
damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs of investigation that any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur as a result of (i) any breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents
or (ii) any action instituted against a Indemnified Person in any capacity, or any of them or their respective affiliates, by any
shareholder of the Company who is not an affiliate of such Indemnified Person, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The Company will not be liable to any Indemnified Person under this Agreement to the extent, but only to the
extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Indemnified Person’s breach of any of the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Indemnified Person in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or
attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Person.


 


(b)        Conduct
of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any 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 4.8(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, 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; provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall
not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. 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
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4.9          Listing
of Common Stock. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list the Underlying Shares for quotation on the NASDAQ
Capital Market and maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ.


 


4.10        Use
of Proceeds. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Shares hereunder for general corporate
purposes, including the contribution of at least $50 million of the net proceeds to its subsidiary, Bank of North Carolina.


 


4.11        Shareholders’
Meeting. The Company shall call a special meeting of its shareholders, to be held as promptly as practicable following the
Closing, but in no event later than 75 days after the Closing, to vote on proposals (the “Shareholder Proposals”)
to (i) approve the issuance of the Underlying Shares upon conversion of the Preferred Shares into Common Stock (voting and
non-voting) for purposes of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635, and (ii) if necessary, amend the Articles of Incorporation to increase the
number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such number as shall be sufficient to permit the full conversion of the
Preferred Shares (such approval of the Shareholder Proposals, “Shareholder Approvals”). The Board of Directors
of the Company shall recommend to the Company’s shareholders that such shareholders vote in favor of the Shareholder Proposals.
In connection with such meeting, the Company shall promptly prepare and file (but in no event more than 15 Business 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 and to cause a definitive proxy statement related to such shareholders’ meeting to be mailed
to the Company’s shareholders not more than 10 Business Days after clearance thereof by the Commission, and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies for such Shareholder Approvals. If at any time prior to such shareholders’ 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 shareholders such an amendment or supplement. In the event that Shareholder
Approvals are not obtained at such special shareholders’ 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 shareholders to be held no less than once in
each subsequent six-month period beginning on the date of such special shareholders’ meeting until such approval is obtained.


 


4.12        Intentionally
Omitted.


 


4.13        Intentionally
Omitted.


 


4.14        Most
Favored Nation. Except as disclosed, during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries shall enter into any additional, or modify any existing, agreements with any existing or future investors
in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, that have the effect of establishing rights or otherwise benefiting such investor in
a manner more favorable in any material respect to such investor than the rights and benefits established in favor of the Purchaser
by this Agreement, unless, in any such case, the Purchaser has been provided with such rights and benefits.


 


Article
5:


 


CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING


 


5.1         Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchaser to Purchase Preferred Shares. The obligation of the Purchaser to acquire Preferred
Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, any
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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 (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and correct in
all respects) as of the date hereof 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.


 


(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.
Other than the Required Approvals contemplated in Section 3.1 (e)(i), (iii), (v) and (vi) above, 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 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.


 


(e)        Company
Deliverables. The Company shall have delivered the Company Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(a).


 


(f)         Compliance
Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by its
Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 5.1
(a) and (b) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.


 


(g)        Articles
of Amendment. The Company shall have filed the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment and the Series B-1 Preferred
Stock Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State.


 


(h)        Termination.
This Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with Sections 6.16 herein.


 


(i)        NASDAQ
Approval. NASDAQ has reviewed the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to the terms of the Preferred
Shares set forth in the Articles of Amendment; NASDAQ has completed its review and has raised no objections; and NASDAQ has raised
no objections to the listing of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the (a) Series C Preferred Stock and (b) non-voting
Common Stock underlying the Series B-1 Preferred Stock.


 


5.2        Conditions
Precedent to the Obligations of the Company to sell Preferred Shares. The Company’s obligation
to sell and issue the Preferred Shares at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, 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 the Purchaser in Section 3.2 hereof shall be true and correct in
all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality, which shall be true and
correct in all respects) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, except for representations
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(b)        Performance.
The 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 the 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.
Other than the Required Approvals contemplated in Section 3.1 (e)(i), (iii), (v) and (vi) above, 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 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be and remain so long as necessary in full force and effect.


 


(e)        Purchaser
Deliverables. The Purchaser shall have delivered its Purchaser Deliverables in accordance with Section 2.2(b).


 


(f)         Termination.
This Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with Sections 6.16 herein.


 


(g)        NASDAQ
Approval. NASDAQ has reviewed the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to the terms of the Preferred
Shares set forth in the Articles of Amendment; NASDAQ has completed its review and has raised no objections; and NASDAQ has raised
no objections to the listing of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the (a) Series C Preferred Stock and (b) non-voting
Common Stock underlying the Series B-1 Preferred Stock.


 


Article
6:


 


MISCELLANEOUS


 


6.1        Fees
and Expenses. The Company shall compensate the Purchaser for all reasonable and documented expenses in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, and the Series C Preferred Stock
Articles of Amendment, including, without limitation, expenses for its counsel, due diligence efforts, the negotiation and preparation
of this Agreement and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment and the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment
and undertaking of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment and
Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment (including out-of-pocket due diligence expenses and professional fees incurred by
or on behalf of the Purchaser or its Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, but excluding the purchase
price for any of the Securities) up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $175,000. Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence,
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 Agents 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 Securities
to the Purchaser.


 


6.2        Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto and the Investment Agreement, 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 Purchaser
will execute and deliver to the other such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to
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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 or e-mail (provided the sender receives a machine-generated confirmation of successful facsimile transmission or
confirmation of receipt of an e-mail transmission) at the facsimile number specified in this Section 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 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:


 


	If to the Company:	BNC Bancorp
	 	1226 Eastchester Drive
	 	High Point, NC 27265
	 	Attention: W. Swope Montgomery, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	Fax: (336) 889-8996
	 	E-Mail: smontgomer@bankofnc.com
	 	 
	With a copy to:	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP 
	 	271 17th Street, N.W. 
	 	Suite 2400
	 	Atlanta, Georgia 30363
	 	Attention: Steven S. Dunlevie
	 	Fax: (404) 870-4828
	 	E-Mail: Sdunlevie@wcsr.com
	 	 
	If to a Purchaser:	To the address set forth under the Purchaser’s name on the signature page hereof;


  


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 amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective with respect
to any party unless made in writing and signed by an officer or a duly authorized representative of such party.


 


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
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6.6        Successors
and Assigns. 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 Purchaser. The Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder in whole or in part to any Person to whom the 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 “Purchaser”.


 


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,
solely with respect to the provisions of Section 4.8, the Indemnified Persons.


 


6.8        Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and to be performed entirely within such State. Each party agrees that all Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents, or any other matter related
thereto (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or agents) whether in tort or contract
or at law or in equity, shall be commenced and maintained exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York or the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York (the “New York Courts”).
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such New York Courts 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 any such New York Courts, 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 Preferred Shares; provided, that the representations and warranties of the Company
and Purchaser shall survive the Closing and the delivery of Preferred Shares for a period of one year.


 


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 the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission,
or bye-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.


 


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
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6.12       Replacement
of Preferred Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Preferred Shares is 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 Preferred Shares. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Preferred Shares 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, the Purchaser
and the Company may 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 the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document
or the 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.


 


6.15       Intentionally
Omitted.


 


6.16       Termination;
Rescission.


 


(a)        This
Agreement may be terminated and the sale and purchase of the Preferred Shares abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by either
the Company or the Purchaser upon written notice to the other, if the Closing has not been consummated on or prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Outside Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 6.16
shall not be available to any Person 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. 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. In the absence of a breach of this Agreement, upon a termination in accordance with this Section,
the Company and the Purchaser shall not have any further obligation or liability (including arising from such termination) to the
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(b)        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.


 


Article
7:


 


AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
TO INVESTMENT AGREEMENT; WAIVER


 


7.1        Amendments
to the Investment Agreement.


 


(a)        Sections
3.3(a) and 4.9(e) and of the Investment Agreement are hereby amended by deleting the phrase “the Series B Preferred Stock”
as it appears in such sections and replacing it, in each instance, with the phrase “the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series
B-1 Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock and the Non-Voting Common Stock”.


 


(b)        Section
4.1 is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “Series B Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment” and replacing it with
the phrase “Securities Purchase Agreement, Series B Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles
of Amendment or the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment”.


 


(c)        The
first sentence of Section 4.2(a) of the Investment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “Common Stock”
as it appears and replacing it, in each instance, with the phrase “Common Stock and Non-voting Common Stock”. The final
sentence of Section 4.2(a) of the Investment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “Series B Preferred Stock”
in its entirety and replacing it, in each instance, with the phrase “the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B-1 Preferred
Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock and the Non-voting Common Stock”.


 


(d)        Section
4.7 is hereby amended is hereby amended and restated as follows:


 


Extension Periods. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock Articles
of Amendment, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment or the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, if there
exists a period (the “Section 16(b) Period”) during which the Investor’s purchase, sale or conversion,
pursuant to such agreements or articles of amendment, of any Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series B-1 Preferred Stock,
Series C Preferred Stock, or Common Stock or Non-voting Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Stock would result
in liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the period
during which such security may be purchased, sold or converted, as the case may be, if prescribed by this Agreement, the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment or
the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, shall be extended for the equivalent number of days of such Section 16(b) Period
(the “Extension Period”), with such Extension Period beginning on the later of (a) the expiration date of such
Security, if any, or (b) the date of the end of such Section 16(b) Period.


  



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(e)        Section
4.9(k)(4) is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 


(i)        “Registrable
Securities” means (i) all Common Stock, Non-voting Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series B-1 Preferred
Stock and Series C Preferred Stock held by the Investor from time to time and (ii)  any equity securities issued or issuable
directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clause by way of conversion, exercise or exchange
thereof or stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger,
amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization, including (i) the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, (ii) the Non-voting Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series
B Preferred Stock and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock, and (iii) the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Non-voting
Common Stock, provided that, once issued, such securities will not be Registrable Securities when (x) they are sold pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (y) they shall have ceased to be outstanding or (z) they
have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee
of the securities. No Registrable Securities may be registered under more than one registration statement at one time.


 


(f)        Sections
4.10(a) and 4.10(b)(1) and (2) of the Investment Agreement are hereby amended by deleting the phrase “Common Stock”
as it appears and replacing it, in each instance, with the phrase “Common Stock and Non-voting Common Stock”


 


(g)        Section
4.10(b) of the Investment Agreement is hereby amended to by deleting the word “Securities” and replacing it with the
phrase “shares of Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock and the Non-voting
Common Stock”


 


(h)        Section
4.10(c)(2) of the Investment Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:


 


Propose or agree to accept any
term or condition or otherwise modify the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Series B Preferred Stock
Articles of Amendment, the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment
if such term, condition, modification or confirmation would (A) materially adversely affect (with respect to the Investor or its
Affiliates) any material term of the transactions, or (B) adversely affect (with respect to the Investor or its Affiliates) any
material financial term of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Series B Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment,
the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.


 


(i)        Section
5.9 is hereby amended to add the following as the new third sentence of the section:


 


Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement and Amendment Number 1 to the Investment Agreement
by and between the Investor and the Company, dated as of May 31, 2012 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).


 


7.2        Shelf
Registration Statement. On or prior to the Filing Deadline, the Company shall file a new Shelf Registration Statement or amend
its effective Shelf Registration Statement to cover the resale of all of the Registrable Securities, as such term is amended pursuant
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7.3        Waiver
of Notice of Preemptive Rights. Solely with respect to the offering of Series B-1 Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock
pursuant to this agreement and similar stock purchase agreements executed on or about the date hereof, the Purchaser hereby waives
its notice rights under Section 4.2(b) of the Investment Agreement.


 


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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.


 


	 	BNC BANCORP 
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ W. Swope Montgomery, Jr.
	 	 	Name: W. Swope Montgomery, Jr.
	 	 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


  


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	 	AQUILINE BNC HOLDINGS LLC
	 	a Delaware limited liability company
	 	 
	 	By:	Aquiline Financial Services Fund L.P., member of Aquiline BNC Holdings LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	Aquiline Capital Partners GP LLC, general partner of Aquiline Financial Services Fund L.P.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Sandra Wijnberg
	 	Name: 	Sandra Wijnberg
	 	Title:	Authorized Signatory
	 	 	 
	 	Aggregate Purchase Price (Subscription Amount): $25,415,000
	 	 
	 	Number of Preferred Shares to be Acquired: 25,415
	 	 
	 	Shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be Acquired: 4,300
	 	 
	 	Shares of Series B-1 Preferred Stock to be Acquired: 21,115
	 	 
	 	Tax ID No.: 27-2762100
	 	 
	 	Address for Notice:
	 	 
	 	535 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
	 	New York, New York 10022
	 	 
	 	Telephone No.: 212-624-9500
	 	Facsimile No.: 212-624-9510
	 	E-mail Address: contact@aquiline-llc.com
	 	Attention: Ezra S. Berger


  


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EXHIBITS


 


	A-1:	Form of Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment
	A-2:	Form of Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment
	B:	Intentionally Omitted.
	C-1:	Accredited Investor Questionnaire
	C-2:	Stock Certificate Questionnaire
	D:	Form of Opinion of Company’s Counsel
	E:	Form of Secretary’s Certificate
	F:	Form of Officer’s Certificate
	G:	Subsidiaries of the Company
	H:	List of Agreements Re: Registration Rights


 



    	 



    	 



    

  


EXHIBIT A-1


 


Form of Series C Preferred Stock Articles
of Amendment


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT A-2


 


Form of Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles
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EXHIBIT B


 


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EXHIBIT C-1


 


ACCREDITED INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE


 


(ALL INFORMATION WILL BE TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY)


 


To:         BNC Bancorp. 


 


This Investor Questionnaire
(“Questionnaire”) must be completed by each potential investor in connection with the offer and sale of shares
of mandatorily convertible cumulative nonvoting perpetual Preferred Stock, $1,000.00/$1,000.00 liquidation preference per share
(the “Preferred Shares”), of BNC Bancorp., a North Carolina corporation (the “Corporation”).
The Preferred Shares are being offered and sold by the Corporation without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the securities laws of certain states, in reliance on the exemptions contained in
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and on Regulation D promulgated thereunder and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable
state laws. The Corporation must determine that a potential investor meets certain suitability requirements before offering or
selling Preferred Shares to such investor. The purpose of this Questionnaire is to assure the Corporation that each investor will
meet the applicable suitability requirements. The information supplied by you will be used in determining whether you meet such
criteria, and reliance upon the private offering exemptions from registration is based in part on the information herein supplied.


 


This Questionnaire does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Your answers will be kept strictly confidential.
However, by signing this Questionnaire, you will be authorizing the Corporation to provide a completed copy of this Questionnaire
to such parties as the Corporation deems appropriate in order to ensure that the offer and sale of the Preferred Shares will not
result in a violation of the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and that you otherwise satisfy the suitability
standards applicable to purchasers of the Preferred Shares. All potential investors must answer all applicable questions and complete,
date and sign this Questionnaire. Please print or type your responses and attach additional sheets of paper if necessary to complete
your answers to any item.


 


PART A.              
BACKGROUND INFORMATION 


  


Name of Beneficial Owner of the Preferred Shares:


 


Business Address:


 


	 	(Number and Street)
	 	 
	(City)	(State)
	 	 
	Telephone Number:	(Zip Code)


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


If a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust or other entity: 


 


	Type of entity: 	 


 


Were you formed for the purpose of investing in the
securities being offered?


 


Yes ___


 


No ___


 


If an individual: 


 


Residence Address:


 


Telephone Number:


 


	Age: 	 	 	Citizenship: 	 	 	Where registered to vote: 	 


  


Set forth in the space provided below the state(s),
if any, in the United States in which you maintained your residence during the past two years and the dates during which you resided
in each state:


 


Are you a director or executive officer of the Corporation?


  


Yes ___


 


No ___


 


	Social Security or Taxpayer Identification No. 	 


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


PART B.         ACCREDITED INVESTOR OUESTIONNAIRE 


 


In order for the Company to
offer and sell the Preferred Shares in conformance with state and federal securities laws, the following information must be obtained
regarding your investor status. Please initial each category applicable to you as a Purchaser of Preferred Shares.


 


___ (1)
A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined
in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity;


 


___ (2) A broker or dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;


 


___ (3) An insurance company as defined in Section
2(13) of the Securities Act;


 


___ (4) An investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that act;


 


___ (5) A Small Business Investment
Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958;


 


___ (6) A plan established
and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions,
for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;


 


___ (7) An employee benefit
plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary,
as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered
investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with
investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;


 


___ (8) A private business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;


 


___ (9) An organization described
in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Preferred Shares, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;


 


___ (10) A trust, with total
assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Preferred Shares, whose purchase is directed
by a sophisticated person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such person is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investing in the Company;


 


___(11) A natural person whose
individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000 (See
Note 11 below);


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


___(12) A natural person who
had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with that person’s spouse
in excess of $300,000, in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current
year;


 


___(13) An executive officer
or director of the Corporation;


 


___(14) An entity in which
all of the equity owners qualify under any of the above subparagraphs. If the undersigned belongs to this investor category only,
list the equity owners of the undersigned, and the investor category which each such equity owner satisfies.


 


Note 11. For purposes of calculating
net worth under paragraph (11):


 


(A) The person’s
primary residence shall not be included as an asset;


 


(B) Indebtedness that is secured
by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale
of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of
sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary
residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and


 


(C) Indebtedness that is secured
by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the
sale of securities shall be included as a liability.


 


		A.	FOR EXECUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL:



 


	 	By:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Print Name: 	 


 


		B.	FOR EXECUTION BY AN ENTITY:



 


	 	Entity Name: 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Print Name:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


		C.	ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES (if required by partnership, corporation or trust document):



 


	 	Entity Name:	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Print Name:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Entity Name: 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Print Name:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT C-2


 


Stock Certificate Questionnaire


 


Pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement, please provide
us with the following information:


 


		1.	The exact name that the Preferred Shares are to be registered
in (this is the name that will appear on the stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee name if appropriate:



 


		2.	The relationship between the Purchaser of the Preferred
Shares and the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:



 


		3.	The mailing address, telephone and telecopy number of
the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:



 


		4.	The Tax Identification Number (or, if an individual,
the Social Security Number) of the Registered Holder listed in response to Item 1 above:



 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT D


 


Form of Opinion of Company Counsel*


 


		1.	The Company is a corporation in existence under the laws of the State of North Carolina.



 


		2.	The Company has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, including to issue the Preferred Shares and, upon obtaining Shareholder Approvals, the Underlying Shares.



 


		3.	The Company is a registered bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended (the “BHCA”).



 


		4.	The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under
the provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.



 


		5.	The Company has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents
by all necessary corporate action, including the issuance of the Preferred Shares and, upon obtaining Shareholder Approvals, the
Underlying Shares, and the execution and filing of Articles of Amendment to create a class of preferred stock entitled “Mandatorily
Convertible Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock, Series C” (the “Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment”)
and Articles of Amendment to create a class of preferred stock entitled “Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred
Stock, Series B-1” (the “Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment”).



 


		6.	The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchasers (to the extent they are a party), each of the Transaction Documents is
valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.



 


		7.	The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company, the consummation
by the Company of the transactions provided for in the Transaction Documents, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under the Transaction Documents, including the issuance of the Preferred Shares and, upon obtaining Shareholder Approvals, the
Underlying Shares, do not: (a) violate any provision of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date, or Bylaws;
(b) violate or constitute a breach of or default under any contract, agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, or Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 20121;
or (c) violate any applicable law or any order of any court or governmental authority that is binding on the Company or any of
its assets.



 





 






1
This opinion will be supplemented to include any material contract, agreement or instrument entered into by the Company subsequent
to the execution of the SPA and prior to the delivery of the opinion.


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


		8.	No consent, approval, authorization or other action by, or filing or registration with, any Federal
governmental authority or any governmental authority of the State of North Carolina is required to be obtained or made by the Company
for the execution and delivery by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, for consummation by the Company of the transactions
provided for therein, or for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, except for consents,
approvals, authorizations, actions, filings and registrations (a) in connection with the filing of each of the Series C Preferred
Stock Articles of Amendment and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of
North Carolina, which filing has been made; (b) as may be required by federal securities laws with respect to the Company’s
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement; (c) related to required blue sky filings; (d) in connection with the filing
of a Form D pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D; (e) required in accordance with Section 4.6 of the Agreement;
(f) in accordance with the issuance of the Preferred Shares and the Underlying Common Stock on NASDAQ; and (g) as required under
that certain Purchase and Assumption Agreement Whole Bank All Deposits among the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, receiver
of Beach First National Bank, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Bank of North Carolina, dated
as of April 9, 2010.



 


		9.	Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties and compliance with the covenants and
agreements of the Purchasers and the Company contained in the Agreement, it is not necessary, in connection with the offer, sale
and delivery of the Preferred Shares to the Purchasers to register the Preferred Shares under the Securities Act.



 


		10.	The Preferred Shares to be issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued, delivered and paid for as provided for in the Agreement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will not be issued in violation of any preemptive right. The Underlying
Shares to be issued pursuant to the Series C Articles of Amendment and the Series B-1 Articles of Amendment have been authorized
on the part of the Company, have been duly and validly reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and, when issued as provided for in each respective Articles of Amendment, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and will not be issued in violation of any preemptive right.



 


		11.	Each of the Series C Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment and the Series B-1 Preferred Stock Articles
of Amendment have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of North Carolina.



 


		12.	The Company is not and, after giving effect to the issuance of the Preferred Shares, will not be
on the date hereof an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.



 


* The opinion letter of Company Counsel
will be subject to customary limitations and carveouts. 


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT E 


 


Form of Secretary’s Certificate


 


The undersigned hereby certifies that he
is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of BNC Bancorp., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”),
and that as such he is authorized to execute and deliver this certificate in the name and on behalf of the Company and in connection
with the Securities Purchase Agreement and Amendment Number 1 to Investment Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2012, by and among the
Company and Aquiline BNC Holdings LLC (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), and further certifies in his official
capacity, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the items set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.


 


		1.	Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, correct
and complete copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held on [____________
__], 2012. Such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect
since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect.



 


		2.	The Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, are attached hereto as Exhibit B;
its Bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit C. Such Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws, constitute true, correct
and complete copies of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof.



 


		3.	Each person listed below has been duly elected or appointed to the position(s) indicated opposite
his name and is duly authorized to sign the Securities Purchase Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents on behalf of the
Company, and the signature appearing opposite such person’s name below is such person’s genuine signature.



 


	Name	 	Position	 	Signature


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
as of this ___ day of June, 2012.


 


	 	 	 
	 	Secretary


 


I, [ __________ ], [Chief Financial
Officer], hereby certify that [ __ ] is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature
set forth above is his true signature.


  


	 	 	 
	 	[Chief Financial Officer]


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


Exhibit A


 


Resolutions


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


Exhibit B


 


Articles of Incorporation


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


Exhibit C


 


Bylaws


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT F


 


Form of Officer’s Certificate


 


The undersigned, the [Chief Financial Officer]
[Chief Executive Officer] of BNC Bancorp, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to Section
5.1(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and Amendment Number 1 to Investment Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2012 by and among
the Company and Aquiline BNC Holdings LLC (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), hereby represents, warrants
and certifies as follows (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement):


 


		1.	The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Securities Purchase Agreement
are true and correct 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.



 


		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 Closing.



 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
certificate this ___ day of June, 2012.


 


	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	[Chief Executive Officer] or	 
	 	 	 
	 	[Chief Financial Officer]	 


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT G


 


Subsidiaries of the Company


 


Subsidiaries of the Company


 


Bank of North Carolina

BNC Bancorp Capital Trust I


BNC Bancorp Capital Trust II


BNC Capital Trust III


BNC Capital Trust IV


BFNM Building, LLC


 


Subsidiaries of Bank of North Carolina


 


BNC Credit Corp.


Sterling Real Estate Holdings, LLC


Sterling Real Estate Development of North
Carolina, LLC


 



    	 



    	 



    

 


Exhibit H


 


List of Agreements Containing Registration
Rights


 


		1.	Registration rights contained in that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 31, 2012 between the Company and
the several purchasers signatory thereto



 


		2.	Registration rights contained in that certain Investment Agreement dated as of June 14, 2010 between the Company and Aquiline
BNC Holdings LLC



 


		3.	Registration Rights Agreement contained in those certain Subscription and Registration Rights Agreements dated June 14, 2010,
by and between the Company and certain investors



 


		4.	Letter Agreement dated December 5, 2008 between the Company and the United States Department of the Treasury