exv10w1






Exhibit 10.1




United
States Department of the Treasury

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20220




Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:




     The company set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Company”) intends to issue in a
private placement the number of shares of a series of its preferred stock set forth on Schedule A
hereto (the “Preferred Shares”) and a warrant to purchase the number of shares of its common stock
set forth on Schedule A hereto (the “Warrant” and, together with the Preferred Shares, the
“Purchased Securities”) and the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Investor”) intends
to purchase from the Company the Purchased Securities.



     The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the
purchase by the Investor of the Purchased Securities. Except to the extent supplemented or
superseded by the terms set forth herein or in the Schedules hereto, the provisions contained in
the Securities Purchase Agreement — Standard Terms attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Securities
Purchase Agreement”) are incorporated by reference herein. Terms that are defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement are used in this letter agreement as so defined. In the event of any
inconsistency between this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of
this letter agreement shall govern.



     Each of the Company and the Investor hereby confirms its agreement with the other party
with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Purchased Securities and the purchase by the
Investor of the Purchased Securities pursuant to this letter agreement and the Securities Purchase
Agreement on the terms specified on Schedule A hereto.



     This letter agreement (including the Schedules hereto) and the Securities Purchase Agreement
(including the Annexes thereto) and the Warrant constitute the entire agreement, and
supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written
and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This letter agreement
constitutes the “Letter Agreement” referred to in the Securities Purchase Agreement.



     This letter agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such
counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together
constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this letter agreement may be
delivered by facsimile and such facsimiles will be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature
pages had been delivered.



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     In witness whereof, this letter agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
duly authorized representatives of the parties hereto as of the date written below.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE

TREASURY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Neel Kashkari
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Neel Kashkari 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial
Stability 	 
	 
	 	COMPANY: LSB CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Gerald T. Mulligan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Gerald T. Mulligan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 



Date: December 12, 2008




 









 








EXHIBIT A



  




SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT




STANDARD TERMS



  




 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	Article I	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Purchase; Closing	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.1
	 	Purchase	 	 	1	 
	1.2
	 	Closing	 	 	2	 
	1.3
	 	Interpretation	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article II	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Representations and Warranties	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.1
	 	Disclosure	 	 	4	 
	2.2
	 	Representations and Warranties of the Company	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article III	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Covenants	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.1
	 	Commercially Reasonable Efforts	 	 	13	 
	3.2
	 	Expenses	 	 	14	 
	3.3
	 	Sufficiency of Authorized Common Stock; Exchange Listing	 	 	14	 
	3.4
	 	Certain Notifications Until Closing	 	 	15	 
	3.5
	 	Access, Information and Confidentiality	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article IV	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Additional Agreements	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.1
	 	Purchase for Investment	 	 	16	 
	4.2
	 	Legends	 	 	16	 
	4.3
	 	Certain Transactions	 	 	18	 
	4.4
	 	Transfer of Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of the Warrant	 	 	18	 
	4.5
	 	Registration Rights	 	 	19	 
	4.6
	 	Voting of Warrant Shares	 	 	30	 
	4.7
	 	Depositary Shares	 	 	31	 
	4.8
	 	Restriction on Dividends and Repurchases	 	 	31	 
	4.9
	 	Repurchase of Investor Securities	 	 	32	 
	4.10
	 	Executive Compensation	 	 	33	 






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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article V	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Miscellaneous	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.1
	 	Termination	 	 	34	 
	5.2
	 	Survival of Representations and Warranties	 	 	34	 
	5.3
	 	Amendment	 	 	34	 
	5.4
	 	Waiver of Conditions	 	 	34	 
	5.5
	 	Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc.	 	 	35	 
	5.6
	 	Notices	 	 	35	 
	5.7
	 	Definitions	 	 	35	 
	5.8
	 	Assignment	 	 	36	 
	5.9
	 	Severability	 	 	36	 
	5.10
	 	No Third Party Beneficiaries	 	 	36	 






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LIST OF ANNEXES




ANNEX A: FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR PREFERRED STOCK




ANNEX B: FORM OF WAIVER




ANNEX C: FORM OF OPINION




ANNEX D: FORM OF WARRANT





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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS




	 	 	 
	Term	 	Location of Definition
	Affiliate

	 	5.7(b)	
	Agreement

	 	Recitals

	Appraisal Procedure

	 	4.9(c)(i)	
	Appropriate Federal Banking Agency

	 	2.2(s)
	Bankruptcy Exceptions

	 	2.2(d)
	Benefit Plans

	 	1.2(d)(iv)

	Board of Directors

	 	2.2(f)
	Business Combination

	 	4.4
	business day

	 	1.3
	Capitalization Date

	 	2.2(b)
	Certificate of Designations

	 	1.2(d)(iii)

	Charter

	 	1.2(d)(iii)

	Closing

	 	1.2(a)
	Closing Date

	 	1.2(a)
	Code

	 	2.2(n)
	Common Stock

	 	Recitals

	Company

	 	Recitals

	Company Financial Statements

	 	2.2(h)
	Company Material Adverse Effect

	 	2.1(a)
	Company Reports

	 	2.2(i)(i)
	Company Subsidiary; Company Subsidiaries

	 	2.2(i)(i)
	control; controlled by; under common control with

	 	5.7(b)
	Controlled Group

	 	2.2(n)
	CPP

	 	Recitals

	EESA

	 	1.2(d)(iv)

	ERISA

	 	2.2(n)
	Exchange Act

	 	2.1(b)
	Fair Market Value

	 	4.9(c)(ii)

	GAAP

	 	2.1(a)
	Governmental Entities

	 	1.2(c)
	Holder

	 	4.5(k)(i)
	Holders’ Counsel

	 	4.5(k)(ii)

	Indemnitee

	 	4.5(g)(i)
	Information

	 	3.5(b)
	Initial Warrant Shares

	 	Recitals

	Investor

	 	Recitals

	Junior Stock

	 	4.8(c)
	knowledge of the Company; Company’s knowledge

	 	5.7(c)
	Last Fiscal Year

	 	2.1(b)
	Letter Agreement

	 	Recitals

	officers 
	 	5.7(c) 






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	Term	 	Location of Definition
	Parity Stock

	 	4.8(c)
	Pending Underwritten Offering

	 	4.5(l)
	Permitted Repurchases

	 	4.8(a)(ii)

	Piggyback Registration

	 	4.5(a)(iv)

	Plan

	 	2.2(n)	
	Preferred Shares

	 	Recitals

	Preferred Stock

	 	Recitals

	Previously Disclosed

	 	2.1(b)
	Proprietary Rights

	 	2.2(u)
	Purchase

	 	Recitals

	Purchase Price

	 	1.1
	Purchased Securities

	 	Recitals

	Qualified Equity Offering

	 	4.4
	register; registered; registration

	 	4.5(k)(iii)

	Registrable Securities

	 	4.5(k)(iv)

	Registration Expenses

	 	4.5(k)(v)
	Regulatory Agreement

	 	2.2(s)
	Rule 144; Rule 144A; Rule 159A; Rule 405; Rule 415

	 	4.5(k)(vi)

	Schedules

	 	Recitals

	SEC

	 	2.1(b)
	Securities Act

	 	2.2(a)
	Selling Expenses

	 	4.5(k)(vii)

	Senior Executive Officers

	 	4.10
	Share Dilution Amount

	 	4.8(a)(ii)

	Shelf Registration Statement

	 	4.5(a)(ii)

	Signing Date

	 	2.1(a)
	Special Registration

	 	4.5(i)
	Stockholder Proposals

	 	3.1(b)
	subsidiary

	 	5.8(a)
	Tax; Taxes

	 	2.2(o)
	Transfer

	 	4.4
	Warrant

	 	Recitals

	Warrant Shares

	 	2.2(d)







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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT — STANDARD TERMS




Recitals:




     WHEREAS, the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Investor”) may from
time to time agree to purchase shares of preferred stock and warrants from eligible financial
institutions which elect to participate in the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase
Program (“CPP”);



     WHEREAS, an eligible financial institution electing to participate in the CPP and issue
securities to the Investor (referred to herein as the “Company”) shall enter into a letter
agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with the Investor which incorporates this Securities Purchase
Agreement — Standard Terms;



     WHEREAS, the Company agrees to expand the flow of credit to U.S. consumers and
businesses on competitive terms to promote the sustained growth and
vitality of the U.S.
economy;



     WHEREAS, the Company agrees to work diligently, under existing programs, to modify
the terms of residential mortgages as appropriate to strengthen the
health of the U.S. housing
market;



     WHEREAS, the Company intends to issue in a private placement the number of shares of
the series of its Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) set forth on Schedule A to the Letter
Agreement (the “Preferred Shares”) and a warrant to purchase the number of shares of its
Common Stock (“Common Stock”) set forth on Schedule A to the Letter Agreement (the “Initial
Warrant Shares”) (the “Warrant” and, together with the Preferred Shares, the “Purchased
Securities”) and the Investor intends to purchase (the “Purchase”) from the Company the
Purchased Securities; and



     WHEREAS, the Purchase will be governed by this Securities Purchase Agreement —
Standard Terms and the Letter Agreement, including the schedules thereto (the “Schedules”),
specifying additional terms of the Purchase. This Securities Purchase Agreement — Standard
Terms (including the Annexes hereto) and the Letter Agreement (including the Schedules
thereto) are together referred to as this “Agreement”. All references in this Securities Purchase
Agreement — Standard Terms to “Schedules” are to the Schedules attached to the Letter
Agreement.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:



Article I

Purchase; Closing




     1.1 Purchase. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company agrees to sell to the Investor, and the Investor agrees to purchase from the
Company, at the Closing (as hereinafter defined), the Purchased Securities for the price set forth
on Schedule A (the “Purchase Price”).





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     1.2 Closing.



     (a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing
of the Purchase (the “Closing”) will take place at the location specified in Schedule A, at the
time and on the date set forth in Schedule A or as soon as practicable thereafter, or at
such other place, time and date as shall be agreed between the Company and the Investor. The time and date
on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date”.



     (b) Subject to the fulfillment or waiver of the conditions to the Closing in this Section
1.2, at the Closing the Company will deliver the Preferred Shares and the Warrant, in each case
as evidenced by one or more certificates dated the Closing Date and bearing appropriate legends
as hereinafter provided for, in exchange for payment in full of the Purchase Price by wire
transfer of immediately available United States funds to a bank account designated by the
Company on Schedule A.



     (c) The respective obligations of each of the Investor and the Company to
consummate the Purchase are subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by the Investor and the
Company, as applicable) prior to the Closing of the conditions that (i) any approvals or
authorizations of all United States and other governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities
(collectively, “Governmental Entities”) required for the consummation of the Purchase shall
have been obtained or made in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each party and shall
be in full force and effect and all waiting periods required by United States and other applicable
law, if any, shall have expired and (ii) no provision of any applicable United States or other law
and no judgment, injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Entity shall prohibit the
purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.



     (d) The obligation of the Investor to consummate the Purchase is also subject to the
fulfillment (or waiver by the Investor) at or prior to the Closing of
each of the following
conditions:




     (i) (A) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (x)
Section 2.2(g) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as though made
on and as of the Closing Date, (y) Sections 2.2(a) through (f) shall be true and correct in
all material respects as though made on and as of the Closing Date (other than
representations and warranties that by their terms speak as of another date, which
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
other date) and (z) Sections 2.2(h) through (v) (disregarding all qualifications or
limitations set forth in such representations and warranties as to “materiality”, “Company
Material Adverse Effect” and words of similar import) shall be true and correct as though
made on and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that by
their terms speak as of another date, which representations and warranties shall be true
and correct as of such other date), except to the extent that the failure of such
representations and warranties referred to in this Section 1.2(d)(i)(A)(z) to be so true and
correct, individually or in the aggregate, does not have and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (B) the Company shall have



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performed
in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing;




     (ii) the Investor shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by a senior executive officer certifying to the effect that
the conditions set forth
in Section 1.2(d)(i) have been satisfied;




     (iii) the Company shall have duly adopted and filed with the Secretary of State
of its jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental Entity the amendment
to its certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar
organizational document (“Charter”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex
A (the “Certificate of Designations”) and such filing shall have been accepted;




     (iv) (A) the Company shall have effected such changes to its compensation,
bonus, incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements and agreements (including golden
parachute, severance and employment agreements) (collectively, “Benefit Plans”) with
respect to its Senior Executive Officers (and to the extent necessary for such changes to
be legally enforceable, each of its Senior Executive Officers shall have duly consented in
writing to such changes), as may be necessary, during the period that the Investor owns
any debt or equity securities of the Company acquired pursuant to this Agreement or the
Warrant, in order to comply with Section 111(b) of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”) as implemented by guidance or regulation thereunder
that has been issued and is in effect as of the Closing Date, and (B) the Investor shall
have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a senior executive officer
certifying to the effect that the condition set forth in Section 1.2(d)(iv)(A) has been
satisfied;




     (v) each of the Company’s Senior Executive Officers shall have delivered to
the Investor a written waiver in the form attached hereto as Annex B releasing the
Investor from any claims that such Senior Executive Officers may otherwise have as a
result of the issuance, on or prior to the Closing Date, of any regulations which require
the modification of, and the agreement of the Company hereunder to modify, the terms of
any Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior Executive Officers to eliminate any
provisions of such Benefit Plans that would not be in compliance with the requirements
of Section 111(b) of the EESA as implemented by guidance or regulation thereunder that
has been issued and is in effect as of the Closing Date;




     (vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Investor a written opinion from
counsel to the Company (which may be internal counsel), addressed to the Investor and
dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form attached
hereto as Annex C;




     (vii) the Company shall have delivered certificates in proper form or, with the
prior consent of the Investor, evidence of shares in book-entry form, evidencing the
Preferred Shares to Investor or its designee(s); and



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     (viii) the Company shall have duly executed the Warrant in substantially the
form attached hereto as Annex D and delivered such executed Warrant to the Investor
or its designee(s).



     1.3 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to “Recitals,”
“Articles,” “Sections,” or “Annexes” such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of,
or Annex to, this Securities Purchase Agreement — Standard Terms, and a reference to
“Schedules” shall be to a Schedule to the Letter Agreement, in each case, unless otherwise
indicated. The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural,
and vice versa. References to “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and the like refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless the context requires
otherwise. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and are not part of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without
limitation.” No rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in connection with
the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of
negotiation between sophisticated parties advised by counsel. All references to “$” or “dollars”
mean the lawful currency of the United States of America. Except as expressly stated in this
Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation
as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes,
include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any
statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the section. References to a “business day”
shall mean 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.



Article II

Representations and Warranties




     2.1 Disclosure.



     (a) “Company Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, results of operation or financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that Company Material Adverse Effect shall
not be deemed to include the effects of (A) changes after the date of the Letter Agreement (the
“Signing Date”) in general business, economic or market conditions (including changes
generally in prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange rates
and price levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign securities or credit markets),
or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in
each case generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate,
(B) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”) or regulatory accounting requirements, or authoritative
interpretations thereof, (C) changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in securities,
banking and other laws of general applicability or related policies or interpretations of
Governmental Entities (in the case of each of these clauses (A), (B) and (C), other than changes



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or occurrences to the extent that such changes or occurrences have or would reasonably be
expected to have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to comparable U.S. banking or financial
services organizations), or (D) changes in the market price or trading volume of the Common
Stock or any other equity, equity-related or debt securities of the Company or its consolidated
subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that the exception set forth in this clause (D) does
not apply to the underlying reason giving rise to or contributing to any such change); or (ii) the
ability of the Company to consummate the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on a timely
basis.



     (b) “Previously Disclosed” means information set forth or incorporated in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year of the
Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) prior to the Signing
Date (the “Last Fiscal Year”) or in its other reports and forms filed with or furnished to the SEC
under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”) on or after the last day of the Last Fiscal Year and prior to the Signing Date.



     2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as Previously Disclosed,
the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that as of the
Signing Date and as of the
Closing Date (or such other date specified herein):



     (a) Organization, Authority and Significant Subsidiaries. The Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of organization, with the necessary power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business in all material respects as currently conducted, and except as has not, individually or in
the aggregate, had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in
good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification; each subsidiary of the Company that is
a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Charter and bylaws of the
Company, copies of which have been provided to the Investor prior to the Signing Date, are true,
complete and correct copies of such documents as in full force and effect as of the Signing Date.



     (b) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company, and the outstanding
capital stock of the Company (including securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most recent fiscal month-end
preceding the Signing Date (the “Capitalization Date”) is set forth on Schedule B. The
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly
issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and
were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). Except as provided in the Warrant, as of
the Signing Date, the Company does not have outstanding any securities or other obligations
providing the holder the right to acquire Common Stock that is not reserved for issuance as



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specified on Schedule B, and the Company has not made any other commitment to authorize,
issue or sell any Common Stock. Since the Capitalization Date, the Company has not issued any
shares of Common Stock, other than (i) shares issued upon the exercise of stock options or
delivered under other equity-based awards or other convertible securities or warrants which were
issued and outstanding on the Capitalization Date and disclosed on Schedule B and (ii) shares
disclosed on Schedule B.



     (c) Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized,
and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Preferred Shares will be duly
and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will not be issued in violation of any
preemptive rights, and will rank pari passu with or senior to all other series or classes of
Preferred Stock, whether or not issued or outstanding, with respect to the payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company.



     (d) The Warrant and Warrant Shares. The Warrant has been duly authorized and,
when executed and delivered as contemplated hereby, will constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except
as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable
principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity (“Bankruptcy Exceptions”). The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon
exercise of the Warrant and when so issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrant will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, subject, if applicable, to the approvals of its
stockholders set forth on Schedule C.



     (e) Authorization, Enforceability.




     (i) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Warrant and, subject, if applicable, to the approvals of its
stockholders set forth on Schedule C, to carry out its obligations hereunder and
thereunder (which includes the issuance of the Preferred Shares, Warrant and Warrant
Shares). The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and
the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company
and its stockholders, and no further approval or authorization is required on the part of
the Company, subject, in each case, if applicable, to the approvals of its stockholders set
forth on Schedule C. This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy
Exceptions.




     (ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated
hereby and thereby and compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof and



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thereof, will not (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the
creation
of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of (i) subject, if applicable, to the approvals of the Company’s stockholders set
forth on Schedule C, its organizational documents or (ii) any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to
which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any
Company Subsidiary may be bound, or to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary
may be subject, or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to
in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling,
order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary
or any of their respective properties or assets except, in the case of clauses (A)(ii) and
(B), for those occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.




     (iii) Other than the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary
of State of its jurisdiction of organization or other applicable Governmental Entity, any
current report on Form 8-K required to be filed with the SEC, such filings and approvals
as are required to be made or obtained under any state “blue sky” laws, the filing of any
proxy statement contemplated by Section 3.1 and such as have been made or obtained, no
notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of,
any Governmental Entity is required to be made or obtained by the Company in
connection with the consummation by the Company of the Purchase except for any such
notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents and approvals the failure of
which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.



     (f) Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights Plan. The Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Board of Directors”) has taken all necessary action to ensure that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with its
terms, will be exempt from any anti-takeover or similar provisions of the Company’s Charter and
bylaws, and any other provisions of any applicable “moratorium”, “control share”, “fair price”,
“interested stockholder” or other anti-takeover laws and regulations of any jurisdiction. The
Company has taken all actions necessary to render any stockholders’ rights plan of the Company
inapplicable to this Agreement and the Warrant and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the exercise of the Warrant by the Investor in
accordance with its terms.



     (g) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the last day of the last completed
fiscal period for which the Company has filed a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual



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Report on Form 10-K with the SEC prior to the Signing Date, no fact, circumstance, event,
change, occurrence, condition or development has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate,
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.



     (h) Company Financial Statements. Each of the consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively the “Company Financial
Statements”) included or incorporated by reference in the Company Reports filed with the SEC
since December 31, 2006, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated therein (or if
amended prior to the Signing Date, as of the date of such amendment) and the consolidated
results of their operations for the periods specified therein; and except as stated therein, such
financial statements (A) were prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
(except as may be noted therein), (B) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the
books and records of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and (C) complied as to form,
as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto.



     (i) Reports.




     (i) Since December 31, 2006, the Company and each subsidiary of the
Company (each a “Company Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Company Subsidiaries”)
has timely filed all reports, registrations, documents, filings, statements and submissions,
together with any amendments thereto, that it was required to file with any Governmental
Entity (the foregoing, collectively, the “Company Reports”) and has paid all fees and
assessments due and payable in connection therewith, except, in each case, as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. As of their respective dates of filing, the Company Reports complied in
all material respects with all statutes and applicable rules and regulations of the
applicable Governmental Entities. In the case of each such Company Report filed with or
furnished to the SEC, such Company Report (A) did not, as of its date or if amended
prior to the Signing Date, as of the date of such amendment, contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
and (B) complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. With respect to all other Company Reports, the
Company Reports were complete and accurate in all material respects as of their
respective dates. No executive officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has
failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302
or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.




     (ii) The records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company and
the Company Subsidiaries are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means
(including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether computerized or
not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of the Company or the



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Company Subsidiaries or their accountants (including all means of access thereto and
therefrom), except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the system of internal
accounting controls described below in this Section 2.2(i)(ii). The Company (A) has
implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including the consolidated Company Subsidiaries, is made known to the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company by others within those
entities, and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the Signing
Date, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Board of
Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the
Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.



     (j) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) which are not properly reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial
Statements to the extent required to be so reflected or reserved against in accordance with
GAAP, except for (A) liabilities that have arisen since the last fiscal year end in the ordinary
and usual course of business and consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities that, individually
or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.



     (k) Offering of Securities. Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf
has taken any action (including any offering of any securities of the Company under
circumstances which would require the integration of such offering with the offering of any of
the Purchased Securities under the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder), which might subject the offering, issuance or sale of any of the
Purchased Securities to Investor pursuant to this Agreement to the registration requirements of
the Securities Act.



     (l) Litigation and Other Proceedings. Except (i) as set forth on Schedule D or
(ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect, there is no (A) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim,
action, suit, investigation or proceeding, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to
which any of their assets are subject nor is the Company or any Company Subsidiary subject to
any order, judgment or decree or (B) unresolved violation, criticism or exception by any
Governmental Entity with respect to any report or relating to any examinations or inspections of
the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.



     (m) Compliance with Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the



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Company Subsidiaries have all permits, licenses, franchises, authorizations, orders and approvals
of, and have made all filings, applications and registrations with, Governmental Entities that are
required in order to permit them to own or lease their properties and assets and to carry on their
business as presently conducted and that are material to the business of the Company or such
Company Subsidiary. Except as set forth on Schedule E, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have complied in all respects and are not in default or violation of, and none of them
is, to the knowledge of the Company, under investigation with respect to or, to the knowledge of
the Company, have been threatened to be charged with or given notice of any violation of, any
applicable domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign law, statute, ordinance, license, rule,
regulation, policy or guideline, order, demand, writ, injunction, decree or judgment of any
Governmental Entity, other than such noncompliance, defaults or violations that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. Except for statutory or regulatory restrictions of general application or as set forth on
Schedule E, no Governmental Entity has placed any restriction on the business or properties
of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.



     (n) Employee Benefit Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) each “employee
benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) providing benefits to any current or former employee,
officer or director of the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any
organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) that is sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by the Company or any member of its Controlled Group and for
which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have any liability, whether
actual or contingent (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with
the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code;
(B) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (including, for purposes of this clause
(B), any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that the Company or any member of its Controlled
Group previously maintained or contributed to in the six years prior to the Signing Date), (1) no
“reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA), other than a reportable
event for which the notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, has
occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur, (2) no
“accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the Signing Date or
is reasonably expected to occur, (3) the fair market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds
the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on the assumptions
used to fund such Plan) and (4) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group
has incurred in the six years prior to the Signing Date, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC
in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including any Plan that is a
“multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (C) each Plan
that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable



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determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to its qualified status that
has not been revoked, or such a determination letter has been timely applied for but not received by
the Signing Date, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could
reasonably be expected to cause the loss, revocation or denial of such qualified status or
favorable determination letter.



     (o) Taxes. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise Tax returns
required to be filed through the Signing Date, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all
Taxes due thereon, and (ii) no Tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any Tax
deficiencies. “Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts,
property, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or
add on minimum, ad valorem, transfer or excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty,
governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest or penalty, imposed by any Governmental Entity.



     (p) Properties and Leases. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other
properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances, claims and
defects that would affect the value thereof or interfere with the use made or to be made thereof
by them. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold all leased
real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.



     (q) Environmental Liability. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:




     (i) there is no legal, administrative, or other proceeding, claim or action of
any nature seeking to impose, or that would reasonably be expected to result in the
imposition of, on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, any liability relating to the
release of hazardous substances as defined under any local, state or federal environmental
statute, regulation or ordinance, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary;




     (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for any such
proceeding, claim or action; and




     (iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any
agreement, order, judgment or decree by or with any court,
Governmental Entity or third
party imposing any such environmental liability.



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     (r) Risk Management Instruments. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all derivative
instruments, including, swaps, caps, floors and option agreements, whether entered into for the
Company’s own account, or for the account of one or more of the Company Subsidiaries or its or
their customers, were entered into (i) only in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in accordance
with prudent practices and in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and regulatory policies and (iii) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible at the
time; and each of such instruments constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company
or one of the Company Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be
limited by the Bankruptcy Exceptions. Neither the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, nor,
to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of any of its obligations
under any such agreement or arrangement other than such breaches that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.



     (s) Agreements with Regulatory Agencies. Except as set forth on Schedule F,
neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist or other
similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any material written agreement,
consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter
or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by, or since December 31, 2006,
has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Entity (other than the
Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction over the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of its business or that
in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies and
practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies or
procedures, its internal controls, its management or its operations or business (each item in this
sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been
advised since December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing,
initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each
Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with each Regulatory Agreement
to which it is party or subject, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
received any notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that either the Company or any
Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all material respects with any such Regulatory
Agreement. “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking
agency” with respect to the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, as defined in
Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)).



     (t) Insurance. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are insured with
reputable insurers against such risks and in such amounts as the management of the Company
reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with industry practice. The Company
and the Company Subsidiaries are in material compliance with their insurance policies and are
not in default under any of the material terms thereof, each such policy is outstanding and in full
force and effect, all premiums and other payments due under any material policy have been paid,
and all claims thereunder have been filed in due and timely fashion, except, in each case, as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.



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     (u) Intellectual Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each
Company Subsidiary owns or otherwise has the right to use, all intellectual property rights,
including all trademarks, trade dress, trade names, service marks, domain names, patents,
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, works of authorship and copyrights therein, that are used in
the conduct of their existing businesses and all rights relating to the plans, design and
specifications of any of its branch facilities (“Proprietary Rights”) free and clear of all liens
and any claims of ownership by current or former employees, contractors, designers or others and (ii)
neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is materially infringing, diluting,
misappropriating or violating, nor has the Company or any or the Company Subsidiaries received
any written (or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral) communications alleging that any of
them has materially infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights
owned by any other person. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Company’s knowledge, no other
person is infringing, diluting, misappropriating or violating, nor has the Company or any or the
Company Subsidiaries sent any written communications since January 1, 2006 alleging that any
person has infringed, diluted, misappropriated or violated, any of the Proprietary Rights owned
by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.



     (v) Brokers and Finders. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
financial advisory, brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with this
Agreement or the Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for which the
Investor could have any liability.



Article III

Covenants




     3.1 Commercially Reasonable Efforts.



     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties will use
its commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and
to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable
laws, so as to permit consummation of the Purchase as promptly as practicable and otherwise to
enable consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other party to that end.



     (b) If the Company is required to obtain any stockholder approvals set forth on
Schedule C, then the Company shall comply with this Section 3.1(b) and Section 3.1(c). The
Company shall call a special meeting of its stockholders, as promptly as practicable following
the Closing, to vote on proposals (collectively, the “Stockholder Proposals”) to (i) approve the
exercise of the Warrant for Common Stock for purposes of the rules of the national security
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and/or (ii) amend the Company’s Charter to
increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such number as shall be
sufficient to permit the full exercise of the Warrant for Common Stock and comply with the



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other provisions of this Section 3.1(b) and Section 3.1(c). The Board of Directors shall
recommend to the Company’s stockholders that such stockholders vote in favor of the
Stockholder Proposals. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall prepare (and the
Investor will reasonably cooperate with the Company to prepare) and file with the SEC as
promptly as practicable (but in no event more than ten business days after the Closing) a
preliminary proxy statement, shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of
the SEC or its staff thereon and to cause a definitive proxy statement related to such
stockholders’ meeting to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders not more than five business
days after clearance thereof by the SEC, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit
proxies for such stockholder approval of the Stockholder Proposals. The Company shall notify the
Investor promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff with respect to the
proxy statement and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to
such proxy statement or for additional information and will supply the Investor with copies of all
correspondence between the Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the
SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to such proxy statement. If at any time prior to
such stockholders’ meeting there shall occur any event that is required to be set forth in an
amendment or supplement to the proxy statement, the Company shall as promptly as practicable
prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or supplement. Each of the Investor and
the Company agrees promptly to correct any information provided by it or on its behalf for use in
the proxy statement if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or
misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare
and mail to its stockholders an amendment or supplement to correct such information to the
extent required by applicable laws and regulations. The Company shall consult with the Investor
prior to filing any proxy statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and provide the
Investor with a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. In the event that the approval of any
of the Stockholder Proposals is not obtained at such special stockholders meeting, the Company
shall include a proposal to approve (and the Board of Directors shall recommend approval of)
each such proposal at a meeting of its stockholders no less than once in each subsequent sixmonth
period beginning on January 1, 2009 until all such approvals are obtained or made.



     (c) None of the information supplied by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries for inclusion in any proxy statement in connection with any such stockholders
meeting of the Company will, at the date it is filed with the SEC, when first mailed to the
Company’s stockholders and at the time of any stockholders meeting, and at the time of any
amendment or supplement thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.



     3.2 Expenses. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Warrant, each of
the parties hereto will bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in
connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Warrant, including
fees and expenses of its own financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and
counsel.



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     (a) During the period from the Closing Date (or, if the approval of the Stockholder
Proposals is required, the date of such approval) until the date on which the Warrant has been
fully exercised, the Company shall at all times have reserved for issuance, free of preemptive or
similar rights, a sufficient number of authorized and unissued Warrant Shares to effectuate such
exercise. Nothing in this Section 3.3 shall preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations
in respect of the exercise of the Warrant by delivery of shares of Common Stock which are held
in the treasury of the Company. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing, the
Company shall, at its expense, cause the Warrant Shares to be listed on the same national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, subject to official notice of issuance,
and shall maintain such listing for so long as any Common Stock is listed on such exchange.



     (b) If requested by the Investor, the Company shall promptly use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Preferred Shares to be approved for listing on a national securities exchange
as promptly as practicable following such request.



     3.4 Certain Notifications Until Closing. From the Signing Date until the Closing, the
Company shall promptly notify the Investor of (i) any fact, event or circumstance of which it is
aware and which would reasonably be expected to cause any representation or warranty of the
Company contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or to
cause any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement not to be
complied with or satisfied in any material respect and (ii) except as Previously Disclosed, any
fact, circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development of which the Company
is aware and which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that delivery of any notice
pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall not limit or affect any rights of or remedies available to the
Investor; provided, further, that a failure to comply with this Section 3.4 shall not constitute a
breach of this Agreement or the failure of any condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied
unless the underlying Company Material Adverse Effect or material breach would independently
result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section 1.2 to be satisfied.



     3.5 Access, Information and Confidentiality.



     (a) From the Signing Date until the date when the Investor holds an amount of
Preferred Shares having an aggregate liquidation value of less than 10% of the Purchase Price,
the Company will permit the Investor and its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors (x)
acting through the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, to examine the corporate books and
make copies thereof and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries with the principal officers of the Company, all upon reasonable notice and
at such reasonable times and as often as the Investor may reasonably request and (y) to review
any information material to the Investor’s investment in the Company provided by the Company
to its Appropriate Federal Banking Agency. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall
be conducted during normal business hours and in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably
with the conduct of the business of the Company, and nothing herein shall require the Company
or any Company Subsidiary to disclose any information to the Investor to the extent (i)
prohibited by applicable law or regulation, or (ii) that such disclosure would reasonably be






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expected to cause a violation of any agreement to which the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is a party or would cause a risk of a loss of privilege to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary (provided that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make
appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances where the restrictions in this
clause (ii) apply).




     (b) The Investor will use reasonable best efforts to hold, and will use reasonable best
efforts to cause its agents, consultants, contractors and advisors to hold, in confidence all
nonpublic
records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information
(collectively, “Information”) concerning the Company furnished or made available to it by the
Company or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such
information can be shown to have been (i) previously known by such party on a non-confidential
basis, (ii) in the public domain through no fault of such party or (iii) later lawfully acquired
from
other sources by the party to which it was furnished (and without violation of any other
confidentiality obligation)); provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Investor from
disclosing any Information to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process.



Article IV

Additional Agreements




     4.1 Purchase for Investment. The Investor acknowledges that the Purchased Securities
and the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state
securities laws. The Investor (a) is acquiring the Purchased Securities pursuant to an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to
distribute them to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable U.S. state
securities laws, (b) will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Securities or the
Warrant Shares, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions
of the Securities Act and any applicable U.S. state securities laws, and (c) has such knowledge
and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable
of evaluating the merits and risks of the Purchase and of making an informed investment
decision.



     4.2 Legends.



     (a) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the
Warrant and the Warrant Shares will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:




“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”






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     (b) The Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the
Warrant will also bear a legend substantially to the following effect:




“THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE
INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE
ISSUER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT
BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE VOID.”



     (c) In addition, the Investor agrees that all certificates or other instruments
representing the Preferred Shares will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:




“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE NOT SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT
INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.




THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER
SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.
EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
144A THEREUNDER. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS INSTRUMENT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT
IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH IS THEN EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG
AS THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO THE ISSUER OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY
OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION




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REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL
GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT ARE TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.”



     (d) In the event that any Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares (i) become registered
under the Securities Act or (ii) are eligible to be transferred without restriction in accordance
with Rule 144 or another exemption from registration under the Securities Act (other than Rule
144A), the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments representing such
Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares, which shall not contain the applicable legends in
Sections 4.2(a) and (c) above; provided that the Investor surrenders to the Company the
previously issued certificates or other instruments. Upon Transfer of all or a portion of the
Warrant in compliance with Section 4.4, the Company shall issue new certificates or other
instruments representing the Warrant, which shall not contain the applicable legend in Section
4.2(b) above; provided that the Investor surrenders to the Company the previously issued
certificates or other instruments.



     4.3 Certain Transactions. The Company will not merge or consolidate with, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property or assets to, any other party unless the
successor, transferee or lessee party (or its ultimate parent entity), as the case may be (if not
the
Company), expressly assumes the due and punctual performance and observance of each and
every covenant, agreement and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the
Company.



     4.4 Transfer of Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of
the Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Investor shall be
permitted to transfer, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of (“Transfer”) all or a portion of the
Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares at any time, and the Company shall take all steps as may
be reasonably requested by the Investor to facilitate the Transfer of the Purchased Securities and
the Warrant Shares; provided that the Investor shall not Transfer a portion or portions of the
Warrant with respect to, and/or exercise the Warrant for, more than one-half of the Initial
Warrant Shares (as such number may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 13
thereof) in the aggregate until the earlier of (a) the date on which the Company (or any successor
by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Purchase
Price (and the purchase price paid by the Investor to any such successor for securities of such
successor purchased under the CPP) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including
Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor) and (b) December 31, 2009. “Qualified Equity
Offering” means the sale and issuance for cash by the Company to persons other than the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries after the Closing Date of shares of perpetual
Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as
and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Company at the time of issuance under the
applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Company’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency
(other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered
into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13,






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2008). “Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
similar transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders.




     4.5 Registration Rights.



     (a) Registration.




     (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company
covenants and agrees that as promptly as practicable after the Closing Date (and in any
event no later than 30 days after the Closing Date), the Company shall prepare and file
with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities (or
otherwise designate an existing Shelf Registration Statement filed with the SEC to cover
the Registrable Securities), and, to the extent the Shelf Registration Statement has not
theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically effective upon such filing, the
Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to
be declared or become effective and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of
such Registrable Securities for a period from the date of its initial effectiveness until
such
time as there are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Shelf
Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration Statement) if the initial Shelf
Registration Statement expires). So long as the Company is a well-known seasoned
issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) at the time of filing of the Shelf
Registration Statement with the SEC, such Shelf Registration Statement shall be
designated by the Company as an automatic Shelf Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Signing Date the Company is not eligible to file
a registration statement on Form S-3, then the Company shall not be obligated to file a
Shelf Registration Statement unless and until requested to do so in writing by the
Investor.




     (ii) Any registration pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(i) shall be effected by means of
a shelf registration on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a
“Shelf Registration Statement”). If the Investor or any other Holder intends to distribute
any Registrable Securities by means of an underwritten offering it shall promptly so
advise the Company and the Company shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate such
distribution, including the actions required pursuant to Section 4.5(c); provided that the
Company shall not be required to facilitate an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities unless the expected gross proceeds from such offering exceed (i) 2% of the
initial aggregate liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares if such initial aggregate
liquidation preference is less than $2 billion and (ii) $200 million if the initial
aggregate
liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion. The
lead underwriters in any such distribution shall be selected by the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities to be distributed; provided that to the extent appropriate and
permitted under applicable law, such Holders shall consider the qualifications of any
broker-dealer Affiliate of the Company in selecting the lead underwriters in any such
distribution.






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     (iii) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration (including a
resale of Registrable Securities from an effective Shelf Registration Statement) or an
underwritten offering pursuant to Section 4.5(a): (A) with respect to securities that are
not Registrable Securities; or (B) if the Company has notified the Investor and all other
Holders that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be materially
detrimental to the Company or its securityholders for such registration or underwritten
offering to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to
defer such registration for a period of not more than 45 days after receipt of the request
of
the Investor or any other Holder; provided that such right to delay a registration or
underwritten offering shall be exercised by the Company (1) only if the Company has
generally exercised (or is concurrently exercising) similar black-out rights against holders
of similar securities that have registration rights and (2) not more than three times in any
12-month period and not more than 90 days in the aggregate in any 12-month period.




     (iv) If during any period when an effective Shelf Registration Statement is not
available, the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities, other than a
registration pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(i) or a Special Registration, and the registration
form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of
Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice to the Investor and
all other Holders of its intention to effect such a registration (but in no event less than
ten
days prior to the anticipated filing date) and will include in such registration all
Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests
for inclusion therein within ten business days after the date of the Company’s notice (a
“Piggyback Registration”). Any such person that has made such a written request may
withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written
notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the fifth
business day prior to the planned effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The
Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 4.5(a)(iv) prior
to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not Investor or any other Holders
have elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration.




     (v) If the registration referred to in Section 4.5(a)(iv) is proposed to be
underwritten, the Company will so advise Investor and all other Holders as a part of the
written notice given pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(iv). In such event, the right of Investor
and all other Holders to registration pursuant to Section 4.5(a) will be conditioned upon
such persons’ participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such person’s
Registrable Securities in the underwriting if such securities are of the same class of
securities as the securities to be offered in the underwritten offering, and each such
person will (together with the Company and the other persons distributing their securities
through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with
the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company; provided
that the Investor (as opposed to other Holders) shall not be required to indemnify any
person in connection with any registration. If any participating person disapproves of the
terms of the underwriting, such person may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice






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to the Company, the managing underwriters and the Investor (if the Investor is
participating in the underwriting).




     (vi) If either (x) the Company grants “piggyback” registration rights to one or
more third parties to include their securities in an underwritten offering under the Shelf
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii) or (y) a Piggyback Registration
under Section 4.5(a)(iv) relates to an underwritten offering on behalf of the Company,
and in either case the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable
opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the
number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering
(including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in
such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such
managing underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the
offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities
will be so included in the following order of priority: (A) first, in the case of a
Piggyback
Registration under Section 4.5(a)(iv), the securities the Company proposes to sell, (B)
then the Registrable Securities of the Investor and all other Holders who have requested
inclusion of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii) or Section 4.5(a)(iv), as
applicable, pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares
owned by each such person and (C) lastly, any other securities of the Company that have
been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided,
however, that if the Company has, prior to the Signing Date, entered into an agreement
with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated
hereby then it shall apply the order of priority in such conflicting agreement to the extent
that it would otherwise result in a breach under such agreement.



     (b) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
any registration, qualification or compliance hereunder shall be borne by the Company. All
Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder shall be borne by the
holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the aggregate offering or sale
price
of the securities so registered.



     (c) Obligations of the Company. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts,
for so long as there are Registrable Securities outstanding, to take such actions as are under its
control to not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and
to remain a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) if it
has such status on the Signing Date or becomes eligible for such status in the future. In addition,
whenever required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities or facilitate the
distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement, the
Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:




(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a prospectus supplement with respect to a
proposed offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement, subject to Section 4.5(d), keep such registration statement effective and keep





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such prospectus supplement current until the securities described therein are no longer
Registrable Securities.




     (ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the
applicable registration statement and the prospectus or prospectus supplement used in
connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered
by
such registration statement.




     (iii) Furnish to the Holders and any underwriters such number of copies of the
applicable registration statement and each such amendment and supplement thereto
(including in each case all exhibits) and of a prospectus, including a preliminary
prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
Registrable Securities owned or to be distributed by them.




     (iv) Use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered
by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing
underwriter(s), to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such
registration statement remains in effect, and to take any other action which may be
reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the securities owned by such Holder; provided that the Company shall not
be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or
to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.




     (v) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities at any time when a
prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the
happening of any event as a result of which the applicable prospectus, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of
the circumstances then existing.




     (vi) Give written notice to the Holders:




     (A) when any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 4.5(a) or
any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC (except for any amendment
effected by the filing of a document with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act)
and when such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
become effective;




     (B) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any
registration statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;






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     (C) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for
that purpose;




     (D) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Common
Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding
for such purpose;




     (E) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make
changes in any effective registration statement or the prospectus related to the
registration statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading
(which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes have been made); and




     (F) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any underwriting agreement contemplated by Section 4.5(c)(x) cease
to be true and correct.




     (vii) Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement
referred to in Section 4.5(c)(vi)(C) at the earliest practicable time.




     (viii) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 4.5(c)(v) or
4.5(c)(vi)(E), promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to such registration statement
or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to the Holders and any underwriters, the prospectus will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with Section 4.5(c)(vi)(E)
to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have
been made, then the Holders and any underwriters shall suspend use of such prospectus
and use their reasonable best efforts to return to the Company all copies of such
prospectus (at the Company’s expense) other than permanent file copies then in such
Holders’ or underwriters’ possession. The total number of days that any such suspension
may be in effect in any 12-month period shall not exceed 90 days.




     (ix) Use reasonable best efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s
transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with
respect to the transfer of physical stock certificates into book-entry form in accordance
with any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing
underwriter(s).




     (x) If an underwritten offering is requested pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii), enter
into an underwriting agreement in customary form, scope and substance and take all such






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other actions reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities being sold in connection therewith or by the managing underwriter(s), if any,
to expedite or facilitate the underwritten disposition of such Registrable Securities, and
in
connection therewith in any underwritten offering (including making members of
management and executives of the Company available to participate in “road shows”,
similar sales events and other marketing activities), (A) make such representations and
warranties to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the managing underwriter(s), if
any, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Shelf
Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary form, substance and scope,
and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to
furnish the underwriters with opinions of counsel to the Company, addressed to the
managing underwriter(s), if any, covering the matters customarily covered in such
opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
“cold comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company
(and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any business
acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are included
in the Shelf Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included
in such Shelf Registration Statement, addressed to each of the managing underwriter(s), if
any, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily
covered in “cold comfort” letters, (D) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the
same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures customary in underwritten
offerings (provided that the Investor shall not be obligated to provide any indemnity), and
(E) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith,
their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity
of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence
compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or
other agreement entered into by the Company.




     (xi) Make available for inspection by a representative of Holders that are
selling stockholders, the managing underwriter(s), if any, and any attorneys or
accountants retained by such Holders or managing underwriter(s), at the offices where
normally kept, during reasonable business hours, financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the officers, directors and
employees of the Company to supply all information in each case reasonably requested
(and of the type customarily provided in connection with due diligence conducted in
connection with a registered public offering of securities) by any such representative,
managing underwriter(s), attorney or accountant in connection with such Shelf
Registration Statement.




     (xii) Use reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be
listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the
Company are then listed or, if no similar securities issued by the Company are then listed
on any national securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such






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Registrable Securities to be listed on such securities exchange as the Investor may
designate.




     (xiii) If requested by Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being
registered and/or sold in connection therewith, or the managing underwriter(s), if any,
promptly include in a prospectus supplement or amendment such information as the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered and/or sold in
connection therewith or managing underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in order
to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required
filings of such prospectus supplement or such amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company has received such request.




     (xiv) Timely provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.



     (d) Suspension of Sales. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a
registration statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement contains or may contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits or may omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that circumstances exist
that make inadvisable use of such registration statement, prospectus or prospectus supplement,
the Investor and each Holder of Registrable Securities shall forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities until the Investor and/or Holder has received copies of a supplemented or
amended prospectus or prospectus supplement, or until the Investor and/or such Holder is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the prospectus and, if applicable, prospectus
supplement may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Company, the Investor and/or such
Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in the Investor and/or such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus
and, if applicable, prospectus supplement covering such Registrable Securities current at the time
of receipt of such notice. The total number of days that any such suspension may be in effect in
any 12-month period shall not exceed 90 days.



     (e) Termination of Registration Rights. A Holder’s registration rights as to any
securities held by such Holder (and its Affiliates, partners, members and former members) shall
not be available unless such securities are Registrable Securities.



     (f) Furnishing Information.




     (i) Neither the Investor nor any Holder shall use any free writing prospectus
(as defined in Rule 405) in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities without the
prior written consent of the Company.




     (ii) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take
any action pursuant to Section 4.5(c) that Investor and/or the selling Holders and the
underwriters, if any, shall furnish to the Company such information regarding
themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of






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disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registered offering of
their
Registrable Securities.



     (g) Indemnification.




     (i) The Company agrees to indemnify each Holder and, if a Holder is a
person other than an individual, such Holder’s officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives and Affiliates, and each Person, if any, that controls a Holder within the
meaning of the Securities Act (each, an “Indemnitee”), against any and all losses, claims,
damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of attorneys and other professionals incurred in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such losses, claims,
damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses), joint or several, arising out of or
based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any
registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any documents incorporated therein
by reference or contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined in Rule
405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in writing for use by such Holder (or
any amendment or supplement thereto); or any omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the Company
shall not be liable to such Indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out
of or is based upon (A) an untrue statement or omission made in such registration
statement, including any such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein or any such amendments or supplements thereto or contained in any free writing
prospectus (as such term is defined in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized
by it in writing for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in
reliance upon and in conformity with information regarding such Indemnitee or its plan
of distribution or ownership interests which was furnished in writing to the Company by
such Indemnitee for use in connection with such registration statement, including any
such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any such
amendments or supplements thereto, or (B) offers or sales effected by or on behalf of
such Indemnitee “by means of” (as defined in Rule 159A) a “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405) that was not authorized in writing by the Company.




     (ii) If the indemnification provided for in Section 4.5(g)(i) is unavailable to an
Indemnitee with respect to any losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or
expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold the Indemnitee harmless as
contemplated therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate
to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the
other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
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equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the
Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors,
whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission; the Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.5(g)(ii) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in Section 4.5(g)(i). No Indemnitee guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from the Company if the Company was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.



     (h) Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights of the Investor to registration of
Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.5(a) may be assigned by the Investor to a transferee
or assignee of Registrable Securities with a liquidation preference or, in the case of Registrable
Securities other than Preferred Shares, a market value, no less than an amount equal to (i) 2% of
the initial aggregate liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares if such initial aggregate
liquidation preference is less than $2 billion and (ii) $200 million if the initial aggregate
liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares is equal to or greater than $2 billion; provided,
however, the transferor shall, within ten days after such transfer, furnish to the Company written
notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the number and type of
Registrable Securities that are being assigned. For purposes of this Section 4.5(h), “market
value” per share of Common Stock shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on
the national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on
the last trading day prior to the proposed transfer, and the “market value” for the Warrant (or any
portion thereof) shall be the market value per share of Common Stock into which the Warrant (or
such portion) is exercisable less the exercise price per share.



     (i) Clear Market. With respect to any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities
by the Investor or other Holders pursuant to this Section 4.5, the Company agrees not to effect
(other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or
distribution, or to file any Shelf Registration Statement (other than such registration or a
Special
Registration) covering, in the case of an underwritten offering of Common Stock or Warrants,
any of its equity securities or, in the case of an underwritten offering of Preferred Shares, any
Preferred Stock of the Company, or, in each case, any securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for such securities, during the period not to exceed ten days prior and 60 days
following the effective date of such offering or such longer period up to 90 days as may be
requested by the managing underwriter for such underwritten offering. The Company also
agrees to cause such of its directors and senior executive officers to execute and deliver
customary lock-up agreements in such form and for such time period up to 90 days as may be
requested by the managing underwriter. “Special Registration” means the registration of (A)
equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4
or
Form S-8 (or successor form) or (B) shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in
respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management, employees, consultants,





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customers, lenders or vendors of the Company or Company Subsidiaries or in connection with
dividend reinvestment plans.




     (j) Rule 144; Rule 144A. With a view to making available to the Investor and
Holders the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the
Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its
reasonable best efforts to:




     (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood
and defined in Rule 144(c)(1) or any similar or analogous rule promulgated under the
Securities Act, at all times after the Signing Date;




     (ii) (A) file with the SEC, in a timely manner, all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the Exchange Act, and (B) if at any time the Company is
not required to file such reports, make available, upon the request of any Holder, such
information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A (including the information
required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act);




     (iii) so long as the Investor or a Holder owns any Registrable Securities,
furnish to the Investor or such Holder forthwith upon request: a written statement by the
Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, and of the Exchange Act; a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly
report of the Company; and such other reports and documents as the Investor or Holder
may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing it
to sell any such securities to the public without registration; and




     (iv) take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act.



     (k) As used in this Section 4.5, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:




     (i) “Holder” means the Investor and any other holder of Registrable
Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been
transferred in compliance with Section 4.5(h) hereof.




     (ii) “Holders’ Counsel” means one counsel for the selling Holders chosen by
Holders holding a majority interest in the Registrable Securities being registered.




     (iii) “Register,” “registered,” and “registration” shall refer to a registration
effected by preparing and (A) filing a registration statement in compliance with the
Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or
ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or (B) filing a prospectus and/or






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prospectus supplement in respect of an appropriate effective registration statement on
Form S-3.




     (iv) “Registrable Securities” means (A) all Preferred Shares, (B) the Warrant
(subject to Section 4.5(p)) and (C) any equity securities issued or issuable directly or
indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clauses (A) or (B) by
way of conversion, exercise or exchange thereof, including the Warrant Shares, or share
dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other
reorganization, provided that, once issued, such securities will not be Registrable
Securities when (1) they are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, (2) except as provided below in Section 4.5(o), they may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale, (3) they shall
have ceased to be outstanding or (4) they have been sold in a private transaction in which
the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the
securities. No Registrable Securities may be registered under more than one registration
statement at any one time.




     (v) “Registration Expenses” mean all expenses incurred by the Company in
effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement (whether or not any registration or
prospectus becomes effective or final) or otherwise complying with its obligations under
this Section 4.5, including all registration, filing and listing fees, printing expenses,
fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, expenses
incurred in connection with any “road show”, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
Holders’ Counsel, and expenses of the Company’s independent accountants in
connection with any regular or special reviews or audits incident to or required by any
such registration, but shall not include Selling Expenses.




     (vi) “Rule 144”, “Rule 144A”, “Rule 159A”, “Rule 405” and “Rule 415” mean,
in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision),
as the same shall be amended from time to time.




     (vii) “Selling Expenses” mean all discounts, selling commissions and stock
transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements
of counsel for any Holder (other than the fees and disbursements of Holders’ Counsel
included in Registration Expenses).



     (l) At any time, any holder of Securities (including any Holder) may elect to forfeit
its rights set forth in this Section 4.5 from that date forward; provided, that a Holder forfeiting
such rights shall nonetheless be entitled to participate under Section 4.5(a)(iv) — (vi) in any
Pending Underwritten Offering to the same extent that such Holder would have been entitled to
if the holder had not withdrawn; and provided, further, that no such forfeiture shall terminate a
Holder’s rights or obligations under Section 4.5(f) with respect to any prior registration or
Pending Underwritten Offering. “Pending Underwritten Offering” means, with respect to any
Holder forfeiting its rights pursuant to this Section 4.5(l), any underwritten offering of






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Registrable Securities in which such Holder has advised the Company of its intent to register its
Registrable Securities either pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(ii) or 4.5(a)(iv) prior to the date of
such
Holder’s forfeiture.




     (m) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no
adequate remedy at law if the Company fails to perform any of its obligations under this Section
4.5 and that the Investor and the Holders from time to time may be irreparably harmed by any
such failure, and accordingly agree that the Investor and such Holders, in addition to any other
remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, to the fullest extent permitted and
enforceable under applicable law shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the
obligations of the Company under this Section 4.5 in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Section 4.5.



     (n) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not, on or after the Signing
Date, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that may impair the rights granted to
the Investor and the Holders under this Section 4.5 or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions
hereof in any manner that may impair the rights granted to the Investor and the Holders under
this Section 4.5. In the event the Company has, prior to the Signing Date, entered into any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the
Investor
and the Holders under this Section 4.5 (including agreements that are inconsistent with the order
of priority contemplated by Section 4.5(a)(vi)) or that may otherwise conflict with the provisions
hereof, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to amend such agreements to ensure
they are consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.5.



     (o) Certain Offerings by the Investor. In the case of any securities held by the
Investor that cease to be Registrable Securities solely by reason of clause (2) in the definition
of
“Registrable Securities,” the provisions of Sections 4.5(a)(ii), clauses (iv), (ix) and (x)-(xii)
of
Section 4.5(c), Section 4.5(g) and Section 4.5(i) shall continue to apply until such securities
otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities. In any such case, an “underwritten” offering or
other disposition shall include any distribution of such securities on behalf of the Investor by
one
or more broker-dealers, an “underwriting agreement” shall include any purchase agreement
entered into by such broker-dealers, and any “registration statement” or “prospectus” shall
include any offering document approved by the Company and used in connection with such
distribution.



     (p) Registered Sales of the Warrant. The Holders agree to sell the Warrant or any
portion thereof under the Shelf Registration Statement only beginning 30 days after notifying the
Company of any such sale, during which 30-day period the Investor and all Holders of the
Warrant shall take reasonable steps to agree to revisions to the Warrant to permit a public
distribution of the Warrant, including entering into a warrant agreement and appointing a warrant
agent.



     4.6 Voting of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Investor shall not exercise any voting rights with respect to the Warrant Shares.






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     4.7 Depositary Shares. Upon request by the Investor at any time following the
Closing Date, the Company shall promptly enter into a depositary arrangement, pursuant to
customary agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Investor and with a depositary reasonably
acceptable to the Investor, pursuant to which the Preferred Shares may be deposited and
depositary shares, each representing a fraction of a Preferred Share as specified by the Investor,
may be issued. From and after the execution of any such depositary arrangement, and the deposit
of any Preferred Shares pursuant thereto, the depositary shares issued pursuant thereto shall be
deemed “Preferred Shares” and, as applicable, “Registrable Securities” for purposes of this
Agreement.



     4.8 Restriction on Dividends and Repurchases.



     (a) Prior to the earlier of (x) the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) the date
on which the Preferred Shares have been redeemed in whole or the Investor has transferred all of
the Preferred Shares to third parties which are not Affiliates of the Investor, neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary shall, without the consent of the Investor:




     (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on the Common
Stock (other than (A) regular quarterly cash dividends of not more than the amount of the
last quarterly cash dividend per share declared or, if lower, publicly announced an
intention to declare, on the Common Stock prior to October 14, 2008, as adjusted for any
stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction,
(B)
dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock and (C) dividends or distributions
of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan); or




     (ii) redeem, purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock or other capital
stock or other equity securities of any kind of the Company, or any trust preferred
securities issued by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, other than (A)
redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of the Preferred Shares, (B) redemptions,
purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock, in each
case in this clause (B) in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan
in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution
Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and
consistent with past practice; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution
Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (C) purchases or other
acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Company solely for the purpose of
market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or
Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business, (D) purchases by a broker-dealer
subsidiary of the Company of capital stock of the Company for resale pursuant to an
offering by the Company of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer
subsidiary, (E) any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’
rights plan, (F) the acquisition by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of
record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any
other persons (other than the Company or any other Company Subsidiary), including as
trustees or custodians, and (G) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into




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other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock or trust preferred securities for or into other Parity
Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each
case set forth in this clause (G), solely to the extent required pursuant to binding
contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent
agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common
Stock (clauses (C) and (F), collectively, the “Permitted Repurchases”). “Share Dilution
Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in
accordance with GAAP, and as measured from the date of the Company’s most recently
filed Company Financial Statements prior to the Closing Date) resulting from the grant,
vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for
any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar
transaction.



     (b) Until such time as the Investor ceases to own any Preferred Shares, the Company
shall not repurchase any Preferred Shares from any holder thereof, whether by means of open
market purchase, negotiated transaction, or otherwise, other than Permitted Repurchases, unless
it offers to repurchase a ratable portion of the Preferred Shares then held by the Investor on the
same terms and conditions.



     (c) “Junior Stock” means Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the
Company the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to the Preferred Shares as to
dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
“Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Company the terms of which do not
expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to the Preferred Shares as
to
dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (in
each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).



     4.9 Repurchase of Investor Securities.



     (a) Following the redemption in whole of the Preferred Shares held by the Investor or
the Transfer by the Investor of all of the Preferred Shares to one or more third parties not
affiliated with the Investor, the Company may repurchase, in whole or in part, at any time any
other equity securities of the Company purchased by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or
the Warrant and then held by the Investor, upon notice given as provided in clause (b) below, at
the Fair Market Value of the equity security.



     (b) Notice of every repurchase of equity securities of the Company held by the
Investor shall be given at the address and in the manner set forth for such party in Section 5.6.
Each notice of repurchase given to the Investor shall state: (i) the number and type of securities
to be repurchased, (ii) the Board of Director’s determination of Fair Market Value of such
securities and (iii) the place or places where certificates representing such securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the repurchase price. The repurchase of the securities specified in
the notice shall occur as soon as practicable following the determination of the Fair Market
Value of the securities.






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     (c) As used in this Section 4.9, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:




     (i) “Appraisal Procedure” means a procedure whereby two independent
appraisers, one chosen by the Company and one by the Investor, shall mutually agree
upon the Fair Market Value. Each party shall deliver a notice to the other appointing its
appraiser within 10 days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked. If within 30 days after
appointment of the two appraisers they are unable to agree upon the Fair Market Value, a
third independent appraiser shall be chosen within 10 days thereafter by the mutual
consent of such first two appraisers. The decision of the third appraiser so appointed and
chosen shall be given within 30 days after the selection of such third appraiser. If three
appraisers shall be appointed and the determination of one appraiser is disparate from the
middle determination by more than twice the amount by which the other determination is
disparate from the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser shall
be excluded, the remaining two determinations shall be averaged and such average shall
be binding and conclusive upon the Company and the Investor; otherwise, the average of
all three determinations shall be binding upon the Company and the Investor. The costs
of conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne by the Company.




     (ii) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security, the fair market
value of such security as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good faith in
reliance on an opinion of a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm
retained by the Company for this purpose and certified in a resolution to the Investor. If
the Investor does not agree with the Board of Director’s determination, it may object in
writing within 10 days of receipt of the Board of Director’s determination. In the event of
such an objection, an authorized representative of the Investor and the chief executive
officer of the Company shall promptly meet to resolve the objection and to agree upon
the Fair Market Value. If the chief executive officer and the authorized representative are
unable to agree on the Fair Market Value during the 10-day period following the delivery
of the Investor’s objection, the Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either party to
determine the Fair Market Value by delivery of a written notification thereof not later
than the 30th day after delivery of the Investor’s objection.



     4.10 Executive Compensation. Until such time as the Investor ceases to own any debt
or equity securities of the Company acquired pursuant to this Agreement or the Warrant, the
Company shall take all necessary action to ensure that its Benefit Plans with respect to its Senior
Executive Officers comply in all respects with Section 111(b) of the EESA as implemented by
any guidance or regulation thereunder that has been issued and is in effect as of the Closing Date,
and shall not adopt any new Benefit Plan with respect to its Senior Executive Officers that does
not comply therewith. “Senior Executive Officers” means the Company’s “senior executive
officers” as defined in subsection 111(b)(3) of the EESA and regulations issued thereunder,
including the rules set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 30.






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Article V

Miscellaneous




     5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:



     (a) by either the Investor or the Company if the Closing shall not have occurred by
the 30th calendar day following the Signing Date; provided, however, that in the event the
Closing has not occurred by such 30th calendar day, the parties will consult in good faith to
determine whether to extend the term of this Agreement, it being understood that the parties shall
be required to consult only until the fifth day after such 30th calendar day and not be under any
obligation to extend the term of this Agreement thereafter; provided, further, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 5.1(a) shall not be available to any party whose
breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any obligation under this
Agreement shall have caused or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to such
date; or



     (b) by either the Investor or the Company in the event that any Governmental Entity
shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree,
ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable; or



     (c) by the mutual written consent of the Investor and the Company.


In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 5.1, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of either party hereto
except that nothing herein shall relieve either party from liability for any breach of this
Agreement.




     5.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All covenants and agreements, other
than those which by their terms apply in whole or in part after the Closing, shall terminate as of
the Closing. The representations and warranties of the Company made herein or in any
certificates delivered in connection with the Closing shall survive the Closing without limitation.



     5.3 Amendment. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be effective
unless made in writing and signed by an officer or a duly authorized representative of each party;
provided that the Investor may unilaterally amend any provision of this Agreement to the extent
required to comply with any changes after the Signing Date in applicable federal statutes. No
failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative of any rights or remedies provided by law.



     5.4 Waiver of Conditions. The conditions to each party’s obligation to consummate
the Purchase are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or
in part to the extent permitted by applicable law. No waiver will be effective unless it is in a






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writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to
the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.




     5.5 Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc. This Agreement will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the federal law of the United States if and to
the extent such law is applicable, and otherwise in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
Each of the parties hereto agrees (a) to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of
Federal Claims for any and all civil actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or the Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and
(b) that notice may be served upon (i) the Company at the address and in the manner set
forth for notices to the Company in Section 5.6 and (ii) the Investor in accordance with
federal law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby
unconditionally waives trial by jury in any civil legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.



     5.6 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 to the Company shall be delivered as set forth in Schedule A, or
pursuant to such other instruction as may be designated in writing by the Company to the
Investor. All notices to the Investor shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such
other instructions as may be designated in writing by the Investor to the Company.


If to the Investor:



United States Department of the Treasury

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 2312

Washington, D.C. 20220

Attention: Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance)

Facsimile: (202) 622-1974




     5.7 Definitions



     (a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a subsidiary of a person, the term
“subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
entity (x) of which such person or a subsidiary of such person is a general partner or (y) of which
a majority of the voting securities or other voting interests, or a majority of the securities or
other
interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or persons performing similar functions with respect to such entity, is directly or
indirectly owned by such person and/or one or more subsidiaries thereof.






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     (b) The term “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.



     (c) The terms “knowledge of the Company” or “Company’s knowledge” mean the
actual knowledge after reasonable and due inquiry of the “officers” (as such term is defined in
Rule 3b-2 under the Exchange Act, but excluding any Vice President or Secretary) of the
Company.



     5.8 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor
liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto without the
prior written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation
or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except (a) an assignment, in the case of
a Business Combination where such party is not the surviving entity, or a sale of substantially all
of its assets, to the entity which is the survivor of such Business Combination or the purchaser in
such sale and (b) as provided in Section 4.5.



     5.9 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the Warrant, or the
application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or
unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination,
the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable
substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.



     5.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the Company and the Investor
any benefit, right or remedies, except that the provisions of Section 4.5 shall inure to the
benefit
of the persons referred to in that Section.



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ANNEX A




FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS




[Form of Certificate of Designations Intentionally Omitted]




[Executed Certificate of Designations filed as

Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed as of December 17, 2008]




 









 








ANNEX B




FORM OF WAIVER



In consideration for the benefits I will receive as a result of my employer’s participation in the
United States Department of the Treasury’s TARP Capital Purchase Program, I hereby
voluntarily waive any claim against the United States or my employer for any changes to my
compensation or benefits that are required to comply with the regulation issued by the
Department of the Treasury as published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2008.



I acknowledge that this regulation may require modification of the compensation, bonus,
incentive and other benefit plans, arrangements, policies and agreements (including so-called
“golden parachute” agreements) that I have with my employer or in which I participate as they
relate to the period the United States holds any equity or debt securities of my employer acquired
through the TARP Capital Purchase Program.



This waiver includes all claims I may have under the laws of the United States or any state
related to the requirements imposed by the aforementioned regulation, including without
limitation a claim for any compensation or other payments I would otherwise receive, any
challenge to the process by which this regulation was adopted and any tort or constitutional
claim about the effect of these regulations on my employment relationship.




 









 








ANNEX C




FORM OF OPINION




[Form of Opinion Intentionally Omitted]




 









 








ANNEX D




FORM OF WARRANT




[Form of Warrant Intentionally Omitted]




[Executed Warrant filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed as of December 17, 2008]




 









 








SCHEDULE A

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS




Company Information:




Name of the Company:  LSB Corporation




Corporate or other organizational form:  Corporation




Jurisdiction of Organization:  Massachusetts




Appropriate Federal Banking Agency:  Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation




	 	 	 
	Notice Information:

	 	LSB Corporation

Attention: Gerald T. Mulligan

30 Massachusetts Avenue

North Andover, MA 01845






Terms of the Purchase:




Series of Preferred Stock Purchased:  Series B




Per Share Liquidation Preference of Preferred Stock:  $1,000.00




Number of Shares of Preferred Stock Purchased:  15,000




Dividend Payment Dates on the Preferred Stock:  February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15




Number of Initial Warrant Shares:  209,497




Exercise Price of the Warrant:  $10.74




Purchase Price:  $15,000,000




Closing:




Location of Closing: As agreed upon by the participants




Time of Closing: 9:00 a.m. EST




Date of Closing: December 12, 2008




Wire Information for Closing:          [Information Intentionally Omitted]



 









 





[Schedules B, C, D, E and F Intentionally Omitted]