Warrant Exercisable for up to 

128,663.33 Shares of Common Stock

at $41.97 per share

Warrant Exercisable for up to 

91,178 Shares of Common Stock 

at $21.90 per share

YADKIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

PLACEMENT AGREEMENT

June 3, 2013

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 

60 Wall Street, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The United States Department of the Treasury (the “Selling Security Holder”) will offer

to Bidders (as defined below) and will sell directly to the respective Winning Bidders (as defined 

in Section 2 hereof), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the “Placement Agent”) will act as the 

Selling Security Holder’s exclusive placement agent for the sale of, two warrants (the 

“Warrants”) of Yadkin Financial Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), 

representing the right to purchase an aggregate of up to 219,841.33 shares (the “Warrant 

Shares”) of the Company’s voting common stock, $1.00 par value (the “Common Stock”), in a 

placement (the “Placement”) to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A (each, a 

“QIB”) under the Act (as hereinafter defined); to certain “accredited investors,” as defined in 

Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D (each an “Institutional Accredited Investor”)

under the Act, who have represented to us that they have total assets in excess of $25,000,000;

and to directors and officers of the Company who are “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 

501(a)(4) of Regulation D under the Act (together with the Institutional Accredited Investors, 

each an “Accredited Investor”). Such potential bidders are herein referred to collectively as the

“Bidders”. 

The sale of the Warrants to the respective Winning Bidders will be made without 

registration of the Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and 

regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), in reliance upon the exemption from the 

registration requirements of the Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder. 

The Warrants will be sold by the Selling Security Holder in accordance with this 

Agreement on the terms set forth herein and in the Time of Sale Information. As used herein, 

“Time of Sale Information” shall mean (i) (a) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 

the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year (the “Form 10-K”), (b) the Company’s 
Quarterly Report(s) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter(s) ended after the Company’s most 

recently completed fiscal year (the “Form 10-Qs”), and (c) the Company’s Current Report(s) on

Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) after the end 

of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year (the “Form 8-Ks”, and collectively 

together with the Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs, and including all documents incorporated by 

reference in each of them, the “Company Exchange Act Filings”); (ii) the warrant certificates

representing the Warrants, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant 

Certificate”); and (iii) the information about the auction for the Warrants (the “Auction”) and 

other matters set forth in the investor letter (and in annexes thereto) provided by each potential 

Bidder in the Auction, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Bidder Letter”). 

Any reference herein to the Time of Sale Information or to any amendment or supplement 

thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein, 

and shall also be deemed to include any documents, and any supplements or amendments thereto, 

filed with the Commission after the execution of this Agreement and prior to any Applicable 

Time (as defined below).

In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as 

follows:

1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE 

SELLING SECURITY HOLDER.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agent as follows:

(i) As of each Applicable Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date 

(as defined below), the Time of Sale Information did not and will not include any untrue 

statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the 

statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not 

misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties 

as to (A) any statement in or omission from the information set forth in any Bidder Letter 

or (B) any statement in or omission from the Time of Sale Information made in reliance 

upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the 

Placement Agent specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only 

such information supplied by the Placement Agent is that described in Section 12 hereof. 

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement, “Applicable Time” means 

the time at which bids submitted by a Bidder to the auction agent (the “Auction Agent”) 

in connection with the Auction become irrevocable and may no longer be withdrawn, as 

described in the Time of Sale Information.

(ii) The Company (A) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a 

corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (B) is 

duly registered as a bank holding company and is qualified as a financial holding 

company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and (C) has 

corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as 

described in the Company Exchange Act Filings. The Company is duly qualified to 

transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or 

lease of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where 
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the 

aggregate, reasonably be expected to either (i) have a material adverse effect on the 

business, management, results of operations, or financial condition of the Company and 

of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) prevent the consummation of the transactions 

contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention described 

in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(iii) Each of the significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation 

S-X of the Commission) of the Company (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the 

“Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, banking 

corporation or association, or other type of entity, as applicable, in good standing under 

the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, establishment or formation, as applicable, 

with corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to 

own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Company 

Exchange Act Filings. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in 

good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of properties or the 

conduct of its business requires such qualification, other than where the failure to be so 

qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The 

outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary have 

been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, other than 

as described in the Company Exchange Act Filings, are owned directly or indirectly by 

the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and claims. Other than as 

described in the Company Exchange Act Filings, no options, warrants or other rights to 

purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any 

obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are 

outstanding.

(iv) The Warrants have been duly authorized and validly issued and constitute 

a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, 

and no preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any Warrant Shares 

issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants conform in all material respects to 

the form of Warrant Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the form of Warrant 

Certificate complies with the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company’s 

incorporation and with any requirements of the Company’s organizational documents. 

The offering or sale of the Warrants as contemplated by this Agreement does not give 

rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to 

the registration of the Warrants or any Warrant Shares.

(v) The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized, and, when issued and 

delivered upon exercise of the Warrants against payment of the exercise price with 

respect to the Warrants, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to 

any preemptive or similar rights. The Warrant Shares will conform in all material 

respects to the description thereof incorporated in the Time of Sale Information. The 

form of certificates for the Warrant Shares complies with the corporate law of the 

jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation and with any requirements of the Company’s 

organizational documents. The Company has reserved the Warrant Shares for issuance 

upon exercise of the Warrant.
(vi) The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly 

authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

(vii) Except as described in or contemplated by the Company Exchange Act 

Filings, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), 

warrants or options to acquire from the Company, or instruments convertible or 

exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or 

any of the Subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or 

arrangement of any kind to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party 

relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such Subsidiary, any 

such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options, 

except as may have been granted by the Company pursuant to employee awards and 

employee benefit plans in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past 

practice.

(viii) No order or decree preventing the use of the Time of Sale Information has 

been issued, nor has any order asserting that the Placement or the Auction is subject to 

the registration requirements of the Act or regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (“OCC Regulations”) been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has 

commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated. 

(ix) Assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and covenants of 

the Placement Agent and the Selling Security Holder contained in this Agreement, it is 

not necessary in connection with the offer of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares to the 

Bidders or the sale and delivery of the Warrants to the respective Winning Bidders in the 

manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Time of Sale Information to register the 

Warrants or the Warrant Shares under the Act.

(x) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf, directly or 

indirectly, has solicited or will solicit any offer to buy or sell, or has offered or will make 

any offer to buy or sell, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares, or has distributed or will 

distribute any communication that constitutes an offer to buy or sell or solicitation of an 

offer to buy or sell the Warrants or the Warrant Shares excluding, for the avoidance of 

doubt, any bid for or purchase of the Warrants made by the Company pursuant to the 

Auction.

(xi) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, 

together with related notes and schedules as set forth or incorporated by reference in the 

Company Exchange Act Filings, comply as to form in all material respects with the 

requirements of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 

rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), and present fairly the 

financial position and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its 

subsidiaries, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial 

statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally 

accepted principles of accounting (“GAAP”), consistently applied throughout the periods 

involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation 

of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected consolidated 
financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Company 

Exchange Act Filings present fairly the information shown therein and such data have 

been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and 

the books and records of the Company. Any disclosures contained in the Company 

Exchange Act Filings regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined 

under the Act) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of 

Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable.

(xii) Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP (the “Accountants”), who have certified 

certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated 

by reference in, the Time of Sale Information, is an independent registered public 

accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of 

the Act and the rules and regulations of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 

(United States) (the “PCAOB”). 

(xiii) Except as disclosed in the Company Exchange Act Filings, the Company 

is not aware of (i) any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting as 

of or since the date of the most recent audited financial statements set forth therein or (ii) 

change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is 

reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial 

reporting as of or since the date of the most recent unaudited interim financial statements 

set forth therein.

(xiv) Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and 

the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the Exchange (as defined 

below) thereunder (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) are applicable to the Company, there is 

and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all material respects 

with any provision thereof.

(xv) There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before 

any court or governmental agency or otherwise pending or, to the knowledge of the 

Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that is reasonably 

likely to be determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and to result 

in a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Company Exchange Act Filings.

(xvi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the 

Company Exchange Act Filings, as may be supplemented or amended, there has not been 

any material adverse change in or affecting the business, management, results of 

operations or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(xvii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, or with the giving of notice or 

lapse of time or both would be, (i) in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, 

by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, partnership agreement or 

other organizational documents or (ii) in violation of or in default under any agreement, 

lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation material to the conduct of the 

business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which it is a party or 

by which it, or any of its respective properties, is bound and, solely with respect to this 
clause (ii), which violation or default would reasonably be expected to have a Material 

Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of 

the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not 

conflict with or result in a breach of (i) any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a 

default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to 

which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any 

Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound, except where such breach or 

default would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the 

certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (iii) any law, order, 

rule or regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to the Company or any 

Subsidiary of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency 

or other governmental body having jurisdiction.

(xviii) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its 

obligations under, this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary 

corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed 

and delivered by the Company.

(xix) Assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and covenants of 

the Placement Agent and the Selling Security Holder contained in this Agreement, no

material approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or 

with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body is required in connection 

with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the 

consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated.

(xx) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all licenses, certificates, 

consents, orders, approvals, permits and other authorizations from governmental 

authorities to lease or own, as the case may be, and to operate their respective properties 

and to carry on their respective businesses, except where the failure to own, possess or 

maintain such governmental licenses, certificates, consents, orders, approvals, permits 

and other authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be 

expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxi) Neither the Company, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, 

has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has 

constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or 

manipulation of the price of the Warrant or the Warrant Shares to facilitate the sale or resale 

of the Warrant excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any bid for or purchase of the Warrant 

by the Company or such affiliates properly made pursuant to the Auction.

(xxii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is required to register as 

an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment 

Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the 

Commission thereunder.

(xxiii) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal 

accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are 
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) 

transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in 

conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is 

permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and 

(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable 

intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(xxiv) To the best knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company 

and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with 

applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and 

Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering 

statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money 

Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or 

governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any 

of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the 

Company’s knowledge, threatened, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material 

Adverse Effect.

(xxv) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, 

officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. 

sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury 

Department (“OFAC”).

(xxvi) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of 

the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of 

the Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would 

result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as 

amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without 

limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate 

commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization 

of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of 

the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the 

FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign 

political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to 

the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in 

compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures 

designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued 

compliance therewith.

(xxvii) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 

Exchange Act and is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Exchange”), and 

the Company has not received any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is 

contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(xxviii)The Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar 

payments in connection with the Auction or the Placement.
(b) The Selling Security Holder represents and warrants as follows:

(i) The Selling Security Holder now has and at the Closing Date will have 

good and marketable title to the Warrant to be sold by it, free and clear of any liens, 

encumbrances, equities and claims, and full right, power and authority to effect the sale 

and delivery of the Warrant; and upon the delivery of, against payment for, the Warrant

pursuant to this Agreement, and assuming the Winning Bidder does not have notice of 

any adverse claim (within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in 

the State of New York), such Winning Bidder will acquire good and marketable title 

thereto, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims.

(ii) The Selling Security Holder has full right, power and authority to execute 

and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and this Agreement 

has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Security 

Holder.

(iii) No consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument or 

agreement to which the Selling Security Holder is a party or by which the Selling 

Security Holder is bound in connection with the Auction, the offering, sale or purchase 

by any Bidder of the Warrant or the consummation by the Selling Security Holder of the 

Placement.

2. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE WARRANT.

(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and 

in each Bidder Letter, and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Auction 

procedures described in each Bidder Letter, the Selling Security Holder agrees to sell, and the 

Placement Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to place, the Warrants at a price 

(the “Clearing Price”) equal to the highest bid received for each Warrant in the related Auction 

(such Clearing Price to be determined in writing by the Selling Security Holder and the 

Placement Agent following the bid submission deadline for the Auction) directly to the 

respective Bidder that the Placement Agent and the Selling Security Holder determine pursuant 

to the Auction procedures has won the Auction (such Bidder, the “Winning Bidder”); provided

that the Selling Security Holder may, in its discretion, determine not to sell either of the Warrants

upon completion of the Auction. The Selling Security Holder shall notify the Placement Agent 

whether it has decided to sell the Warrants in the Auction as promptly as practicable after 

completion of the Auction and determination of the Clearing Price.

(b) As compensation for the services to be provided by the Placement Agent in 

connection with the Auction, the Placement Agent shall be entitled to receive the placement fees 

(the “Placement Fees”) with respect to such Auction determined pursuant to the Services 

Agreement No. 2 dated as November 4, 2011 between the Placement Agent and an agent of the 

Selling Security Holder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Services 

Agreement”), which shall be paid in the manner set forth in the Services Agreement.

(c) The closing of the issuance and sale of the Warrant shall be held at the office of 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (unless another place shall be agreed upon by the 
parties hereto) at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on June 12, 2013 or at such other time and date not 

later than five business days thereafter as the Winning Bidder and the parties hereto shall agree 

upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” (As used herein, 

“business day” means a day on which the Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in 

New York are open for business and not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.) Prior 

to the Closing Date, the Selling Security Holder, or the Placement Agent if so directed by the 

Selling Security Holder, will provide payment and wire transfer instructions to the Winning 

Bidder, which will instruct such Winning Bidder to pay to the Selling Security Holder on the 

Closing Date, in accordance with such instructions, the aggregate purchase price for the Warrant

by wire transfer of Federal or other funds immediately available in New York. Delivery of the 

Warrant shall be in the form of a physical certificate registered in the name of (or in the name 

provided by) the Winning Bidder, and the Company shall deliver such physical certificate to the 

Winning Bidder at the Closing Date.

3. OFFERING OF THE WARRANT.

(a) The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with the Placement Agent 

and the Selling Security Holder that neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has 

solicited or will solicit any offer to buy, or has offered or will make any offer to sell, the Warrant

or the Warrant Shares excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any bid for or purchase of the 

Warrant made by the Company pursuant to the Auction.

(b) The Company represents and warrants to the Placement Agent and the Selling 

Security Holder that (i) the list of persons attached hereto as Exhibit C includes all directors and 

officers that the Company has requested be included as Bidders in the Auction; and (ii) each of 

such persons is currently a director or officer, as the case may be, of the Company.

(c) The Selling Security Holder represents and warrants to and agrees with the 

Placement Agent and the Company that, other than pursuant to the Auction, neither the Selling 

Security Holder nor any person acting on its behalf (other than the Placement Agent, as to which 

no representation is made) has solicited or will solicit any offer to buy, or has offered or will 

make any offer to sell, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares.

(d) The Placement Agent represents and warrants to and agrees with the Selling 

Security Holder and the Company that (i) each of the Placement Agent and any person acting on 

its behalf (other than the Selling Security Holder, as to which no representation is made) has 

solicited and will solicit offers to buy the Warrants only from, and has offered and will offer, sell 

or deliver the Warrants only to, Bidders that have, in their respective Bidder Letters, represented 

themselves to be either a QIB or an Accredited Investor; and (ii) each of the Placement Agent 

and any person acting on its behalf (other than the Selling Security Holder and the Company, as 

to which no representation is made) has solicited or will solicit any offer to buy, and has offered 

or will make any offer to sell, the Warrants only to persons that have executed a Bidder Letter in 

substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

(e) The Company recognizes and confirms that, other than with respect to the 

information contemplated by Section 12 hereof, the Placement Agent, in providing the services 

contemplated by this Agreement, (A) will be relying solely on the Company Exchange Act
Filings and any information available from generally recognized public sources and (B) will not 

assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness thereof.

(f) Each of the Company and the Placement Agent represents and warrants to and 

agrees with each of the other parties hereto that no action has been or is being taken by it or is 

contemplated by it that would permit an offering or sale of the Warrants or possession or 

distribution of the Time of Sale Information or any other offering material relating to the 

Warrants in any jurisdiction where, or in any other circumstances in which, action for those 

purposes is required.

4. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING SECURITY 

HOLDER.

(a) The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Placement Agent that:

(i) The Company will furnish such information as the Placement Agent may 

reasonably request or as required for the Placement.

(ii) The Company will advise the Placement Agent and the Selling Security 

Holder promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, of (i) the issuance by any 

governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the 

Placement or the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, or the initiation or 

threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) the occurrence of any event at any 

time prior to the completion of the offering of the Warrants as a result of which any of the 

Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue 

statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the 

statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading; and (iii) 

the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the 

qualification of either of the Warrant for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation 

or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its 

reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending 

the Placement or the use of any of the Time of Sale Information or suspending any such 

qualification of either of the Warrants and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon 

as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(iii) The Company will not amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information 

unless the Placement Agent shall previously have been advised thereof and shall have 

consented thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or not 

have reasonably objected thereto in writing within a reasonable time after being furnished 

a copy thereof.

(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will sell, offer for sale, solicit 

offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Act) 

which could be integrated with the sale of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares in a 

manner that would require registration of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares under the 

Act.
(v) The Company will not resell any Warrant that it may acquire, and will not 

permit any of its affiliates to sell any Warrant or Warrant Shares that any of them may 

acquire other than (a) to the Company, (b) in transactions complying with Rule 144 (or 

other transaction exempt from registration under the Act), or (c) in sales to other affiliates 

subject to the same restrictions.

(vi) The Company will prepare a physical certificate representing each of the 

Warrants in a form substantially similar to the form of Warrant Certificate attached 

hereto as Exhibit A.

(vii) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any warrants or shares of 

Common Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or 

exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or agreement for 

such) will be made for a period of 45 days after the date of this Agreement (such period, the 

“Lockup Period”), directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with 

the prior written consent of the Placement Agent. Such restrictions shall not apply to (i) the 

issuance by the Company of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable 

for Common Stock in connection with the exercise of any option or warrant or the 

conversion of a security outstanding on the date of this Agreement, (ii) the sale or 

distribution by the Company of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect 

thereof solely registered on Form S-4 or S-8 (or any successor form), (iii) grants and 

issuances by the Company of shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in 

respect thereof pursuant to stock-based compensation or incentive plans of the Company, (iv) 

the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with dividend reinvestment plans or 

employee stock purchase plans, and (v) issuances of shares of Common Stock in connection 

with any court order or decree.

(viii) The Company will use reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain, 

subject to notice of issuance, the listing of the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise 

of the Warrants on the Exchange.

(ix) The Company will keep available at all times, free of preemptive or other 

similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of 

enabling the Company to satisfy any obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of 

the Warrants.

(x) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify the Warrants

and the Warrant Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such 

jurisdictions as the Placement Agent shall reasonably request and to continue such 

qualifications in effect so long as required for the Placement; provided, however, that the 

Company shall not be required to file a general consent to service of process in any 

jurisdiction or qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any 

jurisdiction in which is it not so qualified or subject itself to taxation in respect of doing 

business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(xi) The Company will maintain a transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(xii) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to 

cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, 

the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Warrants or the Common Stock 

excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any bid for or purchase of the Warrants made 

pursuant to the Auction.

(b) The Selling Security Holder covenants and agrees with the Placement Agent that 

it will not distribute any written materials in connection with the Auction or the offer or sale of 

the Warrants without the prior approval of the Placement Agent.

5. COSTS AND EXPENSES.

The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of its 

obligations under this Agreement and certain costs, expenses and fees of the Selling Security 

Holder, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (i) accounting 

fees of the Company; (ii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (iii) the cost of 

printing and delivering to, or as requested by, the Placement Agent copies of the Time of Sale 

Information, this Agreement and any supplements or amendments thereto; (iv) any listing fee of 

the Exchange with respect to the Warrant Shares; and (v) the expenses, including the reasonable 

fees and disbursements of counsel to the Placement Agent, incurred in connection with the 

qualification of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares under state securities or Blue Sky laws 

relating specifically to the Placement. Neither the Company nor the Selling Security Holder 

shall be required to pay for any expenses of the Placement Agent (other than those related to 

state securities or Blue Sky laws) except that if this Agreement shall not be consummated (a) 

because the conditions in Section 6 hereof (other than Section 6(b)) are not satisfied, (b) because 

this Agreement is terminated by the Placement Agent pursuant to Section 10(a)(i), (v) or (vi) or 

Section 10(b) hereof, or (c) by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the 

Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply 

with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is 

(1) due primarily to the default or omission of the Placement Agent or (2) because the Selling 

Security Holder is not selling the Warrants pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement, then in 

the case of any of (a), (b) or (c) the Company shall reimburse the Placement Agent for 

reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably 

incurred in connection with conducting the Auction, investigating, marketing and proposing to 

market the Warrant or in contemplation of performing its obligations hereunder; provided that 

the Company and the Selling Security Holder shall not in any event be liable to the Placement 

Agent for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by it of the Warrants.

The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that 

the Company and the Selling Security Holder may otherwise have for the allocation of such 

expenses between them.

6. CONDITIONS OF THE PLACEMENT AGENT’S OBLIGATIONS.

The obligations of the Placement Agent hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of each

Applicable Time and the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company 

and the Selling Security Holder contained herein, and to performance by the Company and the 
Selling Security Holder of their respective covenants and obligations hereunder and to the 

following additional conditions:

(a) No suspension of the qualification of either of the Warrants for offering or sale in 

any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, 

shall have occurred. The Time of Sale Information and all amendments or supplements thereto, 

or modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to 

state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances 

under which they are made, not misleading. Since the respective dates as of which information 

is given in the Time of Sale Information, and except as otherwise publicly disclosed, there has 

not been any material adverse change in or affecting the business, management, results of 

operations, or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No 

injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent 

jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date that would prevent the offer or sale of 

the Warrant.

(b) The Selling Security Holder and the Placement Agent shall have determined the 

Clearing Price for each Warrant in writing.

(c) At the Closing, the Warrant shall be reissued in the name of the Winning Bidder 

(or in such other name as may be directed by the Winning Bidder).

(d) The Warrant Shares have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, 

on the Exchange.

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6 shall not have been 

fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Placement 

Agent hereunder may be terminated by the Placement Agent by notifying the Company and the 

Selling Security Holder of such termination in writing at or prior to the Closing Date. In such 

event, the Selling Security Holder, the Company and the Placement Agent shall not be under any 

obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).

7. CONDITIONS OF THE SELLING SECURITY HOLDER’S OBLIGATIONS. 

The obligations of the Selling Security Holder to sell and deliver the Warrants required to 

be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the accuracy, as of each 

Applicable Time and the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company 

contained herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations 

hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) No suspension of the qualification of either of the Warrants for offering or sale in 

any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, 

shall have occurred. The Time of Sale Information and all amendments or supplements thereto, 

or modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to 

state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances 

under which they are made, not misleading. Since the respective dates as of which information 

is given in the Time of Sale Information, and except as otherwise publicly disclosed, there has 

not been any material adverse change in or affecting the business, management, results of 
operations, or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No 

injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent 

jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date that would prevent the offer or sale of 

the Warrant.

(b) The Selling Security Holder and the Placement Agent shall have determined the

Clearing Price for each Warrant in writing.

(c) At the Closing, each Warrant shall be reissued in the name of the Winning Bidder 

(or in such other name as may be directed by the Winning Bidder).

(d) The Warrant Shares have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, 

on the Exchange.

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 7 shall not have been 

fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Selling 

Security Holder hereunder may be terminated by the Selling Security Holder by notifying the 

Company and the Placement Agent of such termination in writing at or prior to the Closing Date. 

In such event, the Selling Security Holder, the Company and the Placement Agent shall not be 

under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).

8. INDEMNIFICATION.

(a) The Company agrees:

(i) to indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent, the directors, 

officers, agents and employees of the Placement Agent and each person, if any, who 

controls the Placement Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or 

Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to 

which the Placement Agent or any such other indemnified person may become subject 

under the Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages 

or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon 

(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the 

Time of Sale Information or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any information 

provided by the Company to any holder or prospective purchasers of the Warrants or in 

any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or 

alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary

to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were 

made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any 

such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is 

based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged 

omission made in the Time of Sale Information or such other information, or such 

amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information 

furnished to the Company by or through the Placement Agent specifically for use therein, 

it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the 

Placement Agent consists of the information described as such in Section 12 herein; and
(ii) to reimburse the Placement Agent, the Placement Agent’s directors, 

officers, agents and employees, and each such indemnified person upon demand for any 

legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Placement Agent or any 

of them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or 

liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry 

related to the offering of the Warrant, whether or not the Placement Agent or any of them 

is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially determined 

that the Placement Agent was not entitled to receive payments for legal and other 

expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, the Placement Agent will promptly return all 

sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.

This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise 

have.

(b) The Placement Agent will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its 

directors, each of its officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling 

Security Holder within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, 

damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, Selling Security 

Holder or controlling person may become subject under the Act or the Exchange Act or 

otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in 

respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue 

statement of any material fact contained in the Time of Sale Information or any amendment or 

supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact 

required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the 

circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse any legal or 

other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, Selling 

Security Holder or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such 

loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Placement Agent 

will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or 

alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Time of Sale 

Information or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written 

information furnished to the Company by or through the Placement Agent specifically for use 

therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf 

of the Placement Agent consists of the information described as such in Section 12 herein. This 

indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability the Placement Agent may otherwise 

have.

(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be 

instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this 

Section 8, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom 

such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing. No indemnification 

provided for in Section 8(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as 

provided in this Section 8(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the 

proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure 

to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or 

parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or 

otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 8(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding 
shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the 

commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall assume the defense thereof, including the 

employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees 

and expenses. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such 

action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at 

the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been 

specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall 

have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) 

the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the 

indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have been advised 

by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different 

from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying 

party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified 

party); provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such 

action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out 

of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses 

of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for the indemnified 

party, which firm shall be designated in writing by the indemnified party with respect to such 

action or actions. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any 

proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a 

final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party 

from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the 

indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or 

compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action 

or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any 

indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such 

settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party 

from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding. 

(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to 

or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) above in respect 

of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred 

to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such 

indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or 

proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits 

received by the Company and the Selling Security Holder on the one hand and the Placement 

Agent on the other from the offering of the Warrant. If, however, the allocation provided by the 

immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party 

shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as 

is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company 

and the Selling Security Holder on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other in 

connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or 

liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable 

considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Security Holder 

on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the other shall be deemed to be in the same 

proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by 

the Selling Security Holder bear to the total fees received by the Placement Agent. The relative 
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged 

untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact 

relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Security Holder on the one hand 

or the Placement Agent on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to 

information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Placement Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if 

contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other 

method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above 

in this Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the 

losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to 

above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably 

incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action 

or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), (i) the Placement Agent shall not 

be required to contribute any amount in excess of the fees paid to it in respect of the Warrant

sold and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 

11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such 

fraudulent misrepresentation. 

(e) Any expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or 

contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party 

as such expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this 

Section 8 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement 

shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or 

on behalf of the Placement Agent , its directors or officers or any person controlling the 

Placement Agent, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, 

(ii) acceptance of the Warrant and payment therefor hereunder, or (iii) any termination of this 

Agreement.

(f) The provisions of this Section 8 shall not be deemed to supersede or otherwise 

affect the Letter Agreement dated January 16, 2009 and the Letter Agreement dated July 24, 

2009 between the Company and the Selling Security Holder (and the Securities Purchase 

Agreement Standard Terms incorporated therein), pursuant to which the Selling Security Holder 

purchased the Warrants from the Company, with respect to the rights (including the rights of 

their respective agents) and obligations of each of them to the other pursuant thereto.

9. NOTICES.

All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided 

herein, will be mailed, delivered, faxed, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if 

to the Placement Agent, to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, 4th Floor, New York, 

New York 10005; Attention: Equity Capital Markets Syndicate Desk, with a copy to Deutsche 

Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: General Counsel; 

if to the Selling Security Holder, to United States Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20220, with a copy to Chief Counsel, Office of 

Financial Stability, OFSChiefCounselNotice@do.treas.gov, facsimile: 202-927-9219; and if to 

the Company, to 209 North Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina 28621, attention of Joseph H. 
Towell, with a copy to Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, 104 South Main Street, 

Greenville, South Carolina 29601, attention of Neil E. Grayson.

10. TERMINATION.

This Agreement may be terminated by the Placement Agent by notice to the Company and the 

Selling Security Holder (a) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has 

occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale 

Information, any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material 

adverse change in or affecting the business, management, operations or financial condition of the 

Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of 

business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency 

or other national or international calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of 

terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, 

declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States 

would, in the judgment of the Placement Agent, be so material and adverse as to make it 

impractical or inadvisable to market the Warrant or enforce a contract for the sale of the Warrant, 

(iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the Exchange or limitation on prices (other 

than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on the Exchange, (iv) the 

declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, (v) any 

downgrading in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized 

statistical rating organization” (as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of 

Section 3(a)(62) under the Act), or (vi) the suspension of trading of the Common Stock by the 

Exchange, the Commission, or any other governmental authority; or (b) as provided in Section 6 

of this Agreement.

11. SUCCESSORS.

This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Placement Agent, the 

Company and the Selling Security Holder and their respective successors, administrators and 

assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no 

other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of the Warrant shall be 

deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.

12. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PLACEMENT AGENT.

The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be 

furnished by the Placement Agent to the Company for inclusion in the Time of Sale Information 

consists of the information contained in Schedule B to the Bidder Letter entitled “Auction 

Process.”

13. MISCELLANEOUS.

The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this 

Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in 

full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation 

made by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of 

the Company or its directors or officers or the Selling Security Holder or controlling person 
thereof, as the case may be, and (c) delivery of and payment for the Warrants under this 

Agreement.

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be 

deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the 

State of New York; provided that all rights and obligations of the Selling Security Holder under 

this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the federal law of the 

United States of America. To the extent that a court looks to the laws of any State to determine 

or define the United States federal law, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such court 

shall look only to the laws of the State of New York without regard to its rules of conflicts of 

laws.

The provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed to supersede or otherwise affect 

the Letter Agreement or any services agreement between the Placement Agent and any agent of 

the Selling Security Holder with respect to the rights of the Placement Agent and the Selling 

Security Holder (including the rights of their respective agents) and obligations of each of them 

to the other pursuant thereto.

The Placement Agent, on the one hand, and the Company (on its own behalf and, to the 

extent permitted by law, on behalf of its stockholders), on the other hand, waive any right to trial 

by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with respect to the engagement of the Placement 

Agent or its role in connection herewith.



Exhibit A - 1

EXHIBIT A

[Form of Warrant Certificate]

FORM OF WARRANT

WARRANT

to purchase

[128,663.33] [91,178]

1

Shares of Common Stock

of YADKIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the 

following terms shall have the meanings indicated.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly 

controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other Person. For purposes of this 

definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under 

common control with”) when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or 

indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of such Person, 

whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, including any duly 

authorized committee thereof.

“Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or 

similar transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders.

“business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking 

institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other 

governmental actions to close.

“Capital Stock” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, 

any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital 

or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation or 

company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

“Charter” means, with respect to any Person, its certificate or articles of incorporation, 

articles of association, or similar organizational document.

 1 Include appropriate amount for relevant Warrant.
Exhibit A - 2

“Common Stock” means the voting common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the 

Company.

“Company” means the Person whose name, corporate or other organizational form and 

jurisdiction of organization is set forth in Item 1 of Schedule A hereto.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any 

successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Exercise Price” means the amount set forth in Item 2 of Schedule A hereto.

“Expiration Date” means the date set forth in Item 3 of Schedule A hereto.

“Expiration Time” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date.

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair 

market value of such security or other property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting 

in good faith.

“Governmental Entities” means, collectively, all United States and other governmental, 

regulatory or judicial authorities.

“Market Price” means, with respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last 

reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the 

average of the last closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case on the principal national 

securities exchange on which the applicable securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not 

listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid 

and ask prices as furnished by two members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose. “Market Price” shall be determined 

without reference to after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not listed and 

traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the period required 

hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the fair market 

value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in reliance 

on an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking corporation retained by 

the Company for this purpose and certified in a resolution to the Warrantholder. For the purposes 

of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the “trading day” preceding, on or 

following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence 

immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the principal stock exchange 

on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded (or, if not so listed or traded, the New York 

Stock Exchange) or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading 

day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, 

such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be 

determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading 

on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the 

Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).

“Ordinary Cash Dividends” means a regular quarterly cash dividend on shares of 

Common Stock out of surplus or net profits legally available therefor (determined in accordance 
Exhibit A - 3

with U.S. GAAP in effect from time to time), provided that Ordinary Cash Dividends shall not 

include any cash dividends to the extent the aggregate per share dividends paid on the 

outstanding Common Stock in any quarter exceed the Quarterly Dividend Threshold, as adjusted 

for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

“Person” has the meaning given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used 

in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

“Per Share Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(C).

“Pro Rata Repurchases” means any purchase of shares of Common Stock by the 

Company or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to (A) any tender offer or exchange offer subject to 

Section 13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder or (B) 

any other offer available to substantially all holders of Common Stock, in the case of both (A) or 

(B), whether for cash, shares of Capital Stock of the Company, other securities of the Company, 

evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any other property (including, 

without limitation, shares of Capital Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a 

subsidiary), or any combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is outstanding. The 

“Effective Date” of a Pro Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of acceptance of shares for 

purchase or exchange by the Company under any tender or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata 

Repurchase or the date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a tender 

or exchange offer.

“Quarterly Dividend Threshold” means the amount set forth in Item 4 of Schedule A 

hereto.

“Regulatory Approvals” with respect to the Warrantholder, means, to the extent 

applicable and required to permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of 

Common Stock and to own such Common Stock without the Warrantholder being in violation of 

applicable law, rule or regulation, the receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, 

filings and registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable 

waiting period under, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, 

and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, 

and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

“trading day” means (A) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national 

or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day or (B) 

if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities exchange or 

association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant exchange or 

quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock 

(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association 

or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) 
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have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or overthe-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common Stock. 

The term “trading day” with respect to any security other than the Common Stock shall have a 

correlative meaning based on the primary exchange or quotation system on which such security 

is listed or traded.

“U.S. GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

“Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

“Warrant” means this Warrant.

“Warrant Shares” means the number of Shares set forth in Item 6 of Schedule A hereto, 

as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time.

2. Number of Shares; Exercise Price. This certifies that, for value received, the 

person in whose name this Warrant is registered as set forth in Item 9 of Schedule A or such 

person’s permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the 

conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, after the 

receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to an aggregate of the number of fully 

paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock set forth in Item 6 of Schedule A hereto, at a 

purchase price per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise Price. The number of shares of 

Common Stock (the “Shares”) and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided 

herein, and all references to “Common Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be 

deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments.

3. Exercise of Warrant; Term. Subject to Section 2, to the extent permitted by 

applicable laws and regulations, the right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is 

exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the 

execution and delivery of this Warrant by the Company on the date hereof, but in no event later 

than the Expiration Time, by (A) the surrender of this Warrant and Notice of Exercise annexed 

hereto, duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the principal executive 

office of the Company located at the address set forth in Item 7 of Schedule A hereto (or such 

other office or agency of the Company in the United States as it may designate by notice in 

writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the 

Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased by having 

the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be delivered to 

the Warrantholder upon such exercise, shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the 

Warrant equal in value to the aggregate Exercise Price as to which this Warrant is so exercised 

based on the Market Price of the Common Stock on the trading day on which this Warrant is 

exercised and the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 3.

If the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder will 

be entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and in any event not 

exceeding three business days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of 

that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject to this 

Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is so exercised. Notwithstanding 
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anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that 

its exercise of this Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have 

first received any applicable Regulatory Approvals.

4. Issuance of Shares; Authorization; Listing. Certificates for Shares issued upon 

exercise of this Warrant will be issued in such name or names as the Warrantholder may 

designate (or, if requested by the Warrantholder and agreed by the Company, Shares will be 

issued via book-entry transfer crediting the specified account of such named Person or Persons) 

and will be delivered to such named Person or Persons within a reasonable time, not to exceed 

three business days after the date on which this Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance 

with the terms of this Warrant. The Company hereby represents and warrants that any Shares 

issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 will be 

duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens 

and charges (other than liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise 

taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect of any transfer 

occurring contemporaneously therewith). The Company agrees that the Shares so issued will be 

deemed to have been issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which 

this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the Company in accordance with 

the terms of this Warrant, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company may 

then be closed or certificates representing such Shares may not be actually delivered on such 

date. The Company will at all times until the Expiration Time (or, if such date shall not be a 

business day, then on the next succeeding business day) reserve and keep available, out of its 

authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of 

this Warrant, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of 

this Warrant at any time. The Company will (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the 

Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time, subject to issuance or notice of 

issuance, on all principal stock exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded 

and (B) maintain such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. The Company will use 

reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without violation of any 

applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the 

Shares are listed or traded.

5. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional Shares or scrip representing 

fractional Shares shall be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional 

Share to which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the Warrantholder shall be 

entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last 

trading day preceding the date of exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price for such fractional 

share.

6. No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books. This Warrant does not entitle the 

Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the 

date of exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of 

this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

7. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Shares to the Warrantholder upon the 

exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or 

transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Shares (other than liens 
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or charges created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred in connection with 

the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously 

therewith), all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company.

8. Transfer/Assignment.

(A) Subject to compliance with clause (B) of this Section 8, this Warrant and all rights 

hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Company by the registered 

holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant shall be made and 

delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name 

of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency 

of the Company described in Section 3. All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes) and other 

charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new warrants 

pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid by the Company.

(B) Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Warrantholder may 

transfer, sell, assign or otherwise dispose (“Transfer”) all or a portion of the Warrant or the 

Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant at any time, and the Company shall take all steps as 

may be reasonably requested by the Warrantholder to facilitate such Transfer.

9. Exchange and Registry of Warrant. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the 

surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Company, for a new warrant or warrants of like 

tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares. The Company 

shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered 

holder of this Warrant. This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise in accordance 

with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to rely in all 

respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry. 

10. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company 

of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this

Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity 

or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon 

surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall make and deliver, in lieu of such 

lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the 

right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, 

destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

11. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of 

any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, 

then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is 

a business day.

12. [Reserved]

13. Adjustments and Other Rights. The Exercise Price and the number of Shares 

issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as 

follows; provided, that if more than one subsection of this Section 13 is applicable to a single 

event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event 
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shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 13 so as to result in 

duplication:

(A) Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations. If the Company 

shall (i) declare and pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of 

Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a 

greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock 

into a smaller number of shares, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at 

the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such 

subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the 

Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common 

Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the shares of 

Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised 

immediately prior to such date. In such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the 

record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, 

combination or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the 

product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such 

adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, 

as the case may be, for the dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification 

giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the 

Warrant determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

(B) [Reserved]

(C) Other Distributions. In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of 

a distribution to all holders of shares of its Common Stock of securities, evidences of 

indebtedness, assets, cash, rights or warrants (excluding Ordinary Cash Dividends, dividends of 

its Common Stock and other dividends or distributions referred to in Section 13(A)), in each 

such case, the Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced immediately 

thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to 

the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading 

day preceding the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the principal 

national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without 

the right to receive such distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of 

the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants to be so distributed in respect 

of one share of Common Stock (such amount and/or Fair Market Value, the “Per Share Fair 

Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date specified in clause (x); such 

adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. In such event, the 

number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number 

obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of 

this Warrant before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the 

distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in 

accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. In the case of adjustment for a cash 

dividend that is, or is coincident with, a regular quarterly cash dividend, the Per Share Fair 

Market Value would be reduced by the per share amount of the portion of the cash dividend that 

would constitute an Ordinary Cash Dividend. In the event that such distribution is not so made, 

the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect 
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shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to 

distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash or warrants, as the case may 

be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Shares that would then 

be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed.

(D) Certain Repurchases of Common Stock. In case the Company effects a Pro Rata 

Repurchase of Common Stock, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price determined 

by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of such Pro 

Rata Repurchase by a fraction of which the numerator shall be (i) the product of (x) the number 

of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such Pro Rata Repurchase and (y) 

the Market Price of a share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the first 

public announcement by the Company or any of its Affiliates of the intent to effect such Pro Rata 

Repurchase, minus (ii) the aggregate purchase price of the Pro Rata Repurchase, and of which 

the denominator shall be the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding 

immediately prior to such Pro Rata Repurchase minus the number of shares of Common Stock so 

repurchased and (ii) the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the trading day 

immediately preceding the first public announcement by the Company or any of its Affiliates of 

the intent to effect such Pro Rata Repurchase. In such event, the number of shares of Common 

Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to the number obtained by 

dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant 

before such adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Pro Rata 

Repurchase giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price determined in 

accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to 

the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant 

shall be made pursuant to this Section 13(D).

(E) Business Combinations. In case of any Business Combination or reclassification 

of Common Stock (other than a reclassification of Common Stock referred to in Section 13(A)), 

the Warrantholder’s right to receive Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall be converted into 

the right to exercise this Warrant to acquire the number of shares of stock or other securities or 

property (including cash) which the Common Stock issuable (at the time of such Business 

Combination or reclassification) upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such 

Business Combination or reclassification would have been entitled to receive upon 

consummation of such Business Combination or reclassification; and in any such case, if 

necessary, the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the 

Warrantholder shall be appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably 

be, to the Warrantholder’s right to exercise this Warrant in exchange for any shares of stock or 

other securities or property pursuant to this paragraph. In determining the kind and amount of 

stock, securities or the property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant following the 

consummation of such Business Combination, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to 

elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such Business 

Combination, then the consideration that the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive upon 

exercise shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received by the majority 

of all holders of the shares of common stock that affirmatively make an election (or of all such 

holders if none make an election).
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(F) Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments. All calculations under this 

Section 13 shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest onehundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. Any provision of this Section 13 to the 

contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into 

which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less 

than $0.01 or one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be 

carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together 

with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or 

amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/10th of a share of Common Stock, or 

more.

(G) Timing of Issuance of Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments. In 

any case in which the provisions of this Section 13 shall require that an adjustment shall become 

effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may defer until the 

occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of this Warrant exercised after such 

record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock 

issuable upon such exercise by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above 

the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment 

and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share of 

Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company upon request shall deliver to such 

Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right 

to receive such additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring such 

adjustment.

(H) [Reserved]

(I) Other Events. The Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant 

is exercisable shall not be adjusted in the event of a change in the par value of the Common 

Stock or a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

(J) Statement Regarding Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of 

Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 13, the 

Company shall forthwith file at the principal office of the Company a statement showing in 

reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect 

and the number of Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and 

the Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first class postage 

prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the Company’s records.

(K) Notice of Adjustment Event. In the event that the Company shall propose to take 

any action of the type described in this Section 13 (but only if the action of the type described in 

this Section 13 would result in an adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Shares into 

which this Warrant is exercisable or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered 

upon exercise of this Warrant), the Company shall give notice to the Warrantholder, in the 

manner set forth in Section 13(J), which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect 

to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place. Such notice 

shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the 

effect on the Exercise Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property 
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which shall be deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant. In the case of any action which would 

require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the date so 

fixed, and in case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least 15 days prior to the taking 

of such proposed action. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the 

legality or validity of any such action.

(L) Proceedings Prior to Any Action Requiring Adjustment. As a condition precedent 

to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section 13, the 

Company shall take any action which may be necessary, including obtaining regulatory, New 

York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market or other applicable national securities exchange 

or stockholder approvals or exemptions, in order that the Company may thereafter validly and 

legally issue as fully paid and nonassessable all shares of Common Stock that the Warrantholder 

is entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 13.

(M) Adjustment Rules. Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 13 shall be made 

successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur. If an adjustment in Exercise Price 

made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common 

Stock, then such adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to 

the par value of the Common Stock.

14. [Reserved]

15. No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter or through 

any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of 

securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of 

any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in 

good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in taking of all such 

action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder.

16. Governing Law. This Warrant 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. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of 

the Company and the Warrantholder hereby unconditionally waives trial by jury in any 

civil legal action or proceeding relating to the Warrant or the transactions contemplated 

hereby or thereby.

17. Binding Effect. This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of 

the Company.

18. Amendments. This Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of 

this Warrant may be waived only with the written consent of the Company and the 

Warrantholder.

19 . Prohibited Actions. The Company agrees that it will not take any action which 

would entitle the Warrantholder to an adjustment of the Exercise Price if the total number of 

shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant, together with 

all shares of Common Stock then outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable 
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upon the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants, conversion and other rights, would exceed 

the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by its Charter.

20. Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder 

by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the 

date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, or (b) on 

the second business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day 

courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in Item 8 of Schedule A

hereto, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to 

receive such notice.

21. Entire Agreement. This Warrant, the forms attached hereto and Schedule A hereto 

(the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein) contain the entire agreement between 

the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous 

arrangements or undertakings with respect thereto.

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Exhibit A - 12

[Form of Notice of Exercise]

Date: _________

TO: Yadkin Financial Corporation

RE: Election to Purchase Common Stock

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby 

agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of the Common Stock set forth below 

covered by such Warrant. The undersigned, in accordance with Section 3 of the Warrant, hereby 

agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock via the cashless 

exercise provision of Section 3 of the Warrant. A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares 

of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, 

should be issued in the name set forth below.

Number of Shares of Common Stock __________________

Aggregate Exercise Price: __________________

Holder: __________________

By: __________________

Name: __________________

Title: __________________
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by 

a duly authorized officer.

Dated: _______________

YADKIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By: __________________

Name:

Title:

Attest:

By: __________________

Name:

Title:

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Schedule A [for first Warrant]

Item 1

Name: Yadkin Financial Corporation

Corporate or other organizational form: Corporation

Jurisdiction of organization: North Carolina

Item 2

Exercise Price: $41.97

Item 3

Expiration Date: January 16, 2019

Item 4

Quarterly Dividend Threshold: $0.390

Item 5

[reserved]

Item 6

Number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”): 128,663.33

Item 7

Company’s address: 209 North Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina 28621

Item 8

Notice information: 

To Yadkin Financial Corporation:

Yadkin Financial Corporation 

Attn: Mr. Joseph H. Towell 

209 North Bridge Street 

Elkin, North Carolina 28621

Item 9

Name of Registered Warrantholder:
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Schedule A [for second Warrant]

Item 1

Name: Yadkin Financial Corporation

Corporate or other organizational form: Corporation

Jurisdiction of organization: North Carolina

Item 2

Exercise Price: $21.90

Item 3

Expiration Date: July 24, 2019

Item 4

Quarterly Dividend Threshold: None

Item 5

[reserved]

Item 6

Number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”): 91,178

Item 7

Company’s address: 209 North Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina 28621

Item 8

Notice information: 

To Yadkin Financial Corporation:

Yadkin Financial Corporation 

Attn: Mr. Joseph H. Towell 

209 North Bridge Street 

Elkin, North Carolina 28621

Item 9

Name of Registered Warrantholder: