Exhibit 10.1

  

  

  

  
    FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     

    This SUBORDINATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of May 27, 2020, and is made by and among Independent Bank Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”),
      and the  purchasers of the Subordinated Notes (as defined herein) identified on the signature pages hereto (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

     

    RECITALS

     

    WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Purchasers purchase from the Company up to $40,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Notes, which
      aggregate amount is intended to be eligible to qualify as Tier 2 Capital (as defined herein).

     

    WHEREAS, the Company has engaged Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as its exclusive placement agent (“Placement Agent”) for the offering of the
      Subordinated Notes.

     

    WHEREAS, each of the Purchasers is an institutional “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”)
      promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or a QIB (as defined below).

     

    WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes by the Company is being made in reliance upon the exemptions from registration available under Section
      4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D.

     

    WHEREAS, each Purchaser is willing to purchase from the Company a Subordinated Note in the principal amount set forth on such Purchaser’s respective signature
      page hereto (the “Subordinated Note Amount”) in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance on, the recitals, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, conditions and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
      sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     

    AGREEMENT

     

    
      	
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              DEFINITIONS.

            


    

     

    1.1          Defined Terms.  The following capitalized terms used in this Agreement and in the
      Subordinated Notes have the meanings defined or referenced below.  Certain other capitalized terms used only in specific sections of this Agreement may be defined in such sections.

     

    “Affiliate(s)” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s immediate family members, partners, members or parent and subsidiary corporations, and any other Person directly or indirectly
      controlling, controlled by, or under common control with said Person and their respective Affiliates.

     

    
      
        


    

    
    “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

     

    “Bank” means Independent Bank, a Michigan banking corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

     

    “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in the State of Michigan are
      permitted or required by any applicable law or executive order to close.

     

    “Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date.

     

    “Charter” means the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as restated and as in effect on the Closing Date.

     

    “Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

     

    “Closing Date” means May 27, 2020.

     

    “Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall include any successors to the Company.

     

    “Company Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.4.

     

    “Company’s Reports” means (i) Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020; (ii) Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
      period ended March 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on May 5, 2020; (iii) Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A related to its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020; (iv) the report on Form FRY-9LP
      filed by Company for the year ended December 31, 2019; and (v) the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) on Form FFIEC 041 filed by the Bank for the period ended March 31, 2020.

     

    “Disbursements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

     

    “Disqualification Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.4.

     

    “Equity Interest” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a
      corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person which is not a corporation, and any and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase any of the foregoing.

     

    “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in the Subordinated Notes.

     

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

     

    “FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

     

    
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    “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States of America.

     

    “Governmental Agency(ies)” means, individually or collectively, any federal, state, county or local governmental department, commission,
      board, regulatory authority or agency (including, without limitation, each applicable Regulatory Agency) with jurisdiction over the Company or a Subsidiary.

     

    “Governmental Licenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

     

    “Hazardous Materials” means flammable explosives, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive
      materials, hazardous wastes, toxic or contaminated substances or similar materials, including, without limitation, any substances which are “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials” or “toxic substances” under the Hazardous
      Materials Laws and/or other applicable environmental laws, ordinances or regulations.

     

    “Hazardous Materials Laws” mean any laws, regulations, permits, licenses or
      requirements pertaining to the protection, preservation, conservation or regulation of the environment which relates to real property, including:  the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
      as amended, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (including the
      Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. Section 651, the
      Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Section 11001 et seq.; the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.; and all
      comparable state and local laws and regulations.

     

    “Indebtedness” means:  (i) all items arising from the borrowing of money that, according to GAAP as in effect from time to time, would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on
      the consolidated balance sheet of the Company; and (ii) all obligations for indebtedness secured by any lien in property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary whether or not such obligations shall have been assumed; provided, however, Indebtedness shall not include deposits or other Indebtedness created, incurred or maintained in the ordinary course of the Company’s or the Bank’s business (including,
      without limitation, federal funds purchased, advances from any Federal Home Loan Bank, secured deposits of municipalities, letters of credit issued by the Company or the Bank or any other Subsidiary and repurchase arrangements) and consistent with
      customary banking practices and applicable laws and regulations.

     

    “Leases” means all leases, licenses or other documents providing for the use or occupancy of any portion of any Property, including all amendments, extensions, renewals, supplements,
      modifications, sublets and assignments thereof and all separate letters or separate agreements relating thereto.

     

    
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    “Material Adverse Effect” means any change or effect that (i) is or would be reasonably likely to be material and adverse to the financial condition, results of operations or business of the
      Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, or (ii) would materially impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, or otherwise materially impede the consummation of the transactions
      contemplated hereby; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed to include the impact of (1) changes in banking and similar laws, rules or
      regulations of general applicability or interpretations thereof by Governmental Agencies, (2) changes in GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements applicable to financial institutions and their holding companies generally, (3) general economic or
      capital market conditions affecting financial institutions or their market prices generally and not specifically related to the Company, the Bank or the Purchasers, (4) direct effects of compliance with this Agreement on the operating performance of
      the Company, the Bank or the Purchasers, including expenses incurred by the Company, the Bank or the Purchasers in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (5) the effects of any action or omission taken by the Company with
      the prior written consent of the Purchasers, and vice versa, or as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement and the Subordinated Notes.

     

    “Maturity Date” means May 31, 2030.

     

    “Person” means an individual, a corporation (whether or not for profit), a partnership, a limited liability company, a joint venture, an association, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a
      government or any department or agency thereof (including a Governmental Agency) or any other entity or organization.

     

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

     

    “Property” means any real property owned or leased by the Company or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company.

     

    “Purchaser” or “Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

     

    “QIB” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

     

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

     

    “Regulatory Agency” means any federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or holding companies of depository institutions, or engaged in the
      insurance of depository institution deposits, or any court, administrative agency or commission or other authority, body or agency having supervisory or regulatory authority with respect to the Company, the Bank or any of their Subsidiaries.

     

    “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     

    “Secondary Market Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.

     

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

     

    
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    “Subordinated Note” means the Subordinated Note (or collectively, the “Subordinated Notes”) in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or
      modified from time to time, and each Subordinated Note delivered in substitution or exchange for such Subordinated Note.

     

    “Subordinated Note Amount” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

     

    “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means with respect to any Person, any corporation or entity in which a majority of the outstanding Equity Interest is directly or indirectly owned by such
      Person.

     

    “Tier 2 Capital” has the meaning given to the term “Tier 2 capital” in 12 C.F.R. Part 217, as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time or any replacement thereof.

     

    “Transaction Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1.1.

     

    1.2          Interpretations.  The foregoing definitions are equally applicable to both the
      singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The
      word “including” when used in this Agreement without the phrase “without limitation,” shall mean “including, without limitation.” All references to time of day herein are references to Eastern Time unless otherwise specifically provided.  All
      references to this Agreement and Subordinated Notes shall be deemed to be to such documents as amended, modified or restated from time to time.  With respect to any reference in this Agreement to any defined term, (i) if such defined term refers to a
      Person, then it shall also mean all heirs, legal representatives and permitted successors and assigns of such Person, and (ii) if such defined term refers to a document, instrument or agreement, then it shall also include any amendment, replacement,
      extension or other modification thereof.

     

    1.3          Exhibits Incorporated.  All Exhibits attached are hereby incorporated into this
      Agreement.

     

    
      
        
          	
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                  SUBORDINATED DEBT.

                


        

      

    

     

    2.1         Certain Terms.  Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, the Company
      hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate of the Subordinated Note Amounts.  The Purchasers, severally and not jointly, each agree to
      purchase the Subordinated Notes from the Company on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the conditions and provisions set forth in, this Agreement and the Subordinated Notes.  The Subordinated Note Amounts shall be
      disbursed in accordance with Section 3.1.  The Subordinated Notes shall bear interest per annum as set forth in the Subordinated Notes.  The unpaid principal balance of the Subordinated Notes plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall
      be due and payable on the Maturity Date, or such earlier date on which such amount shall become due and payable on account of (i) acceleration by the Purchasers in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Notes and this Agreement or (ii) the
      Company’s delivery of a notice of redemption or repayment in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Notes.

     

    
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    2.2          Subordination.  The Subordinated Notes shall be subordinated in accordance with the subordination
      provisions set forth therein.

     

    2.3          Maturity Date.  On the Maturity Date, all sums due and owing under this Agreement
      and the Subordinated Notes shall be repaid in full.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers have not made any commitments, either express or implied, to extend the terms of the Subordinated Notes past their Maturity Date, and shall
      not extend such terms beyond the Maturity Date unless the Company and the Purchasers hereafter specifically otherwise agree in writing.

     

    2.4          Unsecured Obligations.  The obligations of the Company to the Purchasers under the
      Subordinated Notes shall be unsecured and not covered by a guarantee of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

     

    2.5         The Closing.  The closing of the sale and purchase of the Subordinated Notes (the “Closing”)



      shall occur remotely via the electronic or other exchange of documents and signature pages, on the Closing Date, or at such other place or time or on such other date as the parties hereto may agree.

     

    2.6          Payments.  The Company agrees that matters concerning payments and application of
      payments shall be as set forth in this Agreement and in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    2.7          Right of Offset.  Each Purchaser hereby expressly waives any right of offset it may
      have against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

     

    2.8          Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of
      Subordinated Notes for general corporate purposes.

     

    
      	
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              DISBURSEMENT.

            


    

     

    3.1         Disbursement.  On the Closing Date, assuming all of the terms and conditions set
      forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied by the Company and the Company has executed and delivered to each of the Purchasers this Agreement and such Purchaser’s Subordinated Note and any other related documents in form and substance
      reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, each Purchaser shall disburse in immediately available funds the Subordinated Note Amount set forth on each Purchaser’s respective signature page hereto to the Company in exchange for a Subordinated Note
      with a principal amount equal to such Subordinated Note Amount (the “Disbursement”).  The Company will deliver to the respective Purchaser one or more certificates representing the Subordinated Notes in definitive form (or provide evidence of
      the same with the original to be delivered by the Company by overnight delivery on the next calendar day in accordance with the delivery instructions of the Purchaser), registered in such names and denominations as such Purchasers may request.

     

    3.2          Conditions Precedent to Disbursement.

     

    3.2.1          Conditions to the Purchasers’ Obligation. The obligation of
      each Purchaser to consummate the purchase of the Subordinated Notes to be purchased by them at Closing and to effect the Disbursement is subject to delivery by or at the direction of the Company to such Purchaser each of the following (or written
      waiver by such Purchaser prior to the Closing of such delivery):

     

    
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    3.2.1.1       Transaction Documents.  This Agreement and the Subordinated Notes (collectively, the “Transaction
        Documents”), each duly authorized and executed by the Company.

     

    3.2.1.2       Authority Documents.

     

    (a)          A copy, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, of the Charter of the Company;

     

    (b)          A certificate of existence of the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan;

     

    (c)          A copy, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, of the Bylaws of the Company;

     

    (d)          A copy, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company, and any committee thereof,
      authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents;

     

    (e)          An incumbency certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying the names of the officer or officers of the Company authorized to sign the
      Transaction Documents and the other documents provided for in this Agreement; and

     

    (f)          The opinion of Varnum LLP, counsel to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form set forth at Exhibit B attached hereto addressed to
      the Purchasers and Placement Agent.

     

    3.2.1.3       Other Documents.  Such other certificates, schedules, resolutions, notes and/or
      other documents which are provided for hereunder or as a Purchaser may reasonably request.

     

    3.2.2          Conditions to the Company’s Obligation.

     

    3.2.2.1      With respect to a given Purchaser, the obligation of the Company to consummate the sale of the Subordinated Notes and to effect the Closing is
      subject to delivery by or at the direction of such Purchaser to the Company of this Agreement, duly authorized and executed by such Purchaser.

     

    
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              REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY.

            


    

     

    The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Purchaser as follows:

     

    4.1          Organization and Authority.

     

    4.1.1          Organization Matters of the Company and Its Subsidiaries.

     

    4.1.1.1       The Company is a duly organized corporation, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan
      and has all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business and activities as presently conducted, to own its properties, and to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.  The Company is duly qualified as a foreign
      corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify
      or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

     

    4.1.1.2       The entities set forth on Schedule A attached hereto are the only direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company.  Each
      Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Bank) has been duly organized and is validly existing either as a corporation, limited liability company or other organization, or, in the case of the Bank, has been duly chartered and is validly existing as
      a Michigan banking corporation, in each case in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, formation or organization, has corporate or organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
      conduct its business and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other business entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
      property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
      interests in each Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Subsidiary that is a trust) have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries of the Company,
      free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or
      similar rights of any security holder of such Subsidiary of the Company or any other entity.

     

    4.1.1.3       The Bank is Michigan banking corporation and a member of the Federal Reserve System.  The deposit accounts of the Bank are
      insured by the FDIC up to applicable limits.  The Bank has not received any notice or other information indicating that the Bank is not an “insured depository institution” as defined in 12 U.S.C. Section 1813, nor has any event occurred which could
      reasonably be expected to adversely affect the status of the Bank as an FDIC-insured institution.

     

    
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    4.1.2          Capital Stock and Related Matters.  The Charter of the Company authorizes the
      Company to issue 500,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value, and 200,000 shares of series preferred stock, no par value. As of the date of this Agreement, there are 21,890,953 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and no
      shares of the Company’s preferred stock issued and outstanding.  All of the outstanding capital stock of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.  There are, as of the date hereof, no outstanding
      options, rights, warrants or other agreements or instruments obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of the capital stock of the Company or obligating the Company to grant, extend
      or enter into any such agreement or commitment to any Person other than the Company except pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors or as otherwise disclosed in the Company’s Reports.

     

    4.2          No Impediment to Transactions.

     

    4.2.1          Transaction is Legal and Authorized.  The issuance of the Subordinated Notes, the
      borrowing of the aggregate of the Subordinated Note Amount, the execution of the Transaction Documents and compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Transaction Documents are within the corporate and other powers of the Company.

     

    4.2.2        Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
      Company, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement
      thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.

     

    4.2.3        Subordinated Notes.  The Subordinated
      Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and when executed by the Company and issued, delivered to and paid for by the Purchasers in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, will have been duly executed,


      authenticated, issued and delivered, and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
      moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.

     

    4.2.4         Exemption from Registration.  Neither the
      Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the
      Subordinated Notes.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in this Agreement, the Subordinated Notes will be issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
      No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Person described in Rule 506(d)(1) (each, a “Company


        Covered Person”).  To the Company’s knowledge, no Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.  The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e).

     

    
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    4.2.5          No Defaults or Restrictions.  Neither the execution and delivery of the
      Transaction Documents nor compliance with their respective terms and conditions will (whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under:  (1) the
      Charter or Bylaws of the Company; (2) any of the terms, obligations, covenants, conditions or provisions of any corporate restriction or of any contract, agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, bank loan or credit agreement, or any
      other agreement or instrument to which the Company or Bank, as applicable, is now a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or affected; (3) any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any court, arbitrator, grand
      jury, or Governmental Agency applicable to the Company or the Bank; or (4) any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, except, in the case of items (2), (3) or (4), for such violations and conflicts that would not reasonably be
      expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any property or asset of the Company.  Neither the Company
      nor the Bank is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the terms, obligations, covenants, conditions or provisions contained in any indenture or other agreement creating, evidencing or securing Indebtedness of any kind or
      pursuant to which any such Indebtedness is issued, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Bank, as applicable, is a party or by which the Company or the Bank, as applicable, or any of its properties may be bound or affected,
      except, in each case, for defaults that would not reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    4.2.6          Governmental Consent.  No governmental orders, permissions, consents, approvals
      or authorizations are required to be obtained by the Company that have not been obtained, and no registrations or declarations are required to be filed by the Company that have not been filed in connection with, or, in contemplation of, the execution
      and delivery of, and performance under, the Transaction Documents, except for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or state securities laws or “blue sky” laws of the various states and any applicable federal or
      state banking laws and regulations.

     

    4.3          Possession of Licenses and Permits.  The Company and its Subsidiaries possess such
      permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Agencies necessary to conduct the business as described in the Company’s Reports except where the
      failure to possess such Governmental Licenses would not reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
      such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except
      where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company
      has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses.

     

    
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    4.4          Financial Condition.

     

    4.4.1         Company Financial Statements.  The financial statements of the Company included
      in the Company’s Reports (including the related notes, where applicable), which have been made available to the Purchasers (i) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company; (ii) fairly present in all
      material respects the results of operations, cash flows, changes in shareholders’ equity and financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the respective fiscal periods or as of the respective dates therein set forth
      (subject in the case of unaudited statements to recurring year-end audit adjustments normal in nature and amount), as applicable; (iii) complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing, in all material respects with applicable accounting
      and banking requirements with respect thereto; and (iv) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except, in each case, (x) as indicated in such statements or in the notes thereto, (y) for any
      statement therein or omission therefrom that was corrected, amended, or supplemented or otherwise disclosed or updated in a subsequent Company’s Report, and (z) to the extent that any unaudited interim financial statements do not contain the
      footnotes required by GAAP and were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments, which were not or are not expected to be material in amount, either individually or in the aggregate. The books and records of the Company have been, and
      are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements. The Company does not have any material liability of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or
      otherwise and whether due or to become due), except for those liabilities that are reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company contained in the Company’s Reports for the Company’s most recently completed quarterly
      or annual fiscal period, as applicable, and for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

     

    4.4.2          Absence of Default.  Since the date of the last audited financial statements
      included in the Company’s Reports, no event has occurred which either of itself or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would give any creditor of the Company the right to accelerate the maturity of any material Indebtedness of the
      Company.  The Company is not in default under any other Lease, agreement or instrument, or any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, decree, determination or award, except for such defaults as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
      Material Adverse Effect.

     

    4.4.3          Solvency.  After giving effect to the consummation of the transactions
      contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has capital sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and is solvent and able to pay its debts as they mature.  No transfer of property is being made and no Indebtedness is being incurred in
      connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

     

    
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    4.4.4          Ownership of Property.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and
      marketable title as to all real property owned by it and good title to all assets and properties owned by the Company and such Subsidiary in the conduct of its businesses, whether such assets and properties are real or personal, tangible or
      intangible, including assets and property reflected in the most recent balance sheet contained in the Company’s Reports or acquired subsequent thereto (except to the extent that such assets and properties have been disposed of in the ordinary course
      of business, since the date of such balance sheet), subject to no encumbrances, liens, mortgages, security interests or pledges, except (i) those items which secure liabilities for public or statutory obligations or any discount with, borrowing from
      or other obligations to the Federal Home Loan Bank, inter-bank credit facilities, reverse repurchase agreements or any transaction by the Bank acting in a fiduciary capacity, (ii) statutory liens for amounts not yet delinquent or which are being
      contested in good faith and (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, as lessee, has the right under valid and existing Leases of
      real and personal properties that are material to the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in the conduct of its business to occupy or use all such properties as presently occupied and used by it.

     

    4.5          No Material Adverse Change.  Since the end of the latest audited financial
      statements included in the Company’s Reports, there has been no development or event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    4.6          Legal Matters.

     

    4.6.1          Compliance with Law.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has complied
      with and (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, is not under investigation with respect to, and, to the Company’s knowledge, has not been threatened to be charged with or given any notice of any material violation of, any applicable statutes, rules,
      regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government, or any instrumentality or agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties, except where any such failure to comply or
      violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with, and at all times prior to the date hereof has been in compliance with its own privacy policies and written
      commitments to customers, consumers and employees, concerning data protection, the privacy and security of personal data, and the nonpublic personal information of its customers, consumers and employees, in each case except where any such failure to
      comply would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    4.6.2          Regulatory Enforcement Actions.  The Company, the Bank and its other Subsidiaries
      are in compliance in all material respects with all laws administered by and regulations of any Governmental Agency applicable to it or to them, except for such violations as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  None
      of the Company, the Bank, the Company’s or the Bank’s Subsidiaries nor any of their officers or directors is now operating under any restrictions, agreements, memoranda, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar regulatory correspondence, or
      other commitments (other than restrictions of general application) imposed by any Governmental Agency, nor are, to the Company’s knowledge any such restrictions threatened, or any agreements, memoranda or commitments being sought by any Governmental
      Agency.  To the Company’s knowledge, no legal or regulatory violations previously identified by, or penalties or other remedial action previously imposed by, any Governmental Agency remains unresolved.

     

    
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    4.6.3          Pending Litigation.  There are no actions, suits, proceedings or written
      agreements pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or proposed, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Agency, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
      Effect or materially and adversely affect the issuance or payment of the Subordinated Notes; and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or named as subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, or decree of, or any
      written agreement with, any court, commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, that either separately or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    4.6.4          Environmental.  Except as would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably
      be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Property is or, to the Company’s knowledge, has been a site for the use, generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, transportation or
      presence of any Hazardous Materials and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in such activities, and (ii) there are no claims or actions pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its
      Subsidiaries by any Governmental Agency or by any other Person relating to any Hazardous Materials or pursuant to any Hazardous Materials Law.

     

    4.6.5        Brokerage Commissions.  Except for commissions paid to the Placement Agent,
      neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company is obligated to pay any brokerage commission or finder’s fee to any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     

    4.6.6          Investment Company Act.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is an
      “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     

    4.7          No Misstatement.  No information, exhibit, report, schedule or document, when
      viewed together as a whole, furnished or made available by Company to Purchasers in connection with the negotiation, execution or performance of the Transaction Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material
      fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except for any statement therein or omission therefrom which was corrected, amended or supplemented or otherwise
      disclosed or updated in a subsequent exhibit, report, schedule or document furnished or made available to Purchasers prior to the date hereof.

     

    4.8         Internal Accounting Controls.  The Company and the Bank have established and
      maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting that pertains to the maintenance of records that accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets (on a consolidated basis), provides reasonable
      assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that the Company’s and the Bank’s receipts and expenditures and receipts and expenditures of each of the Company’s other
      Subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company management and Board of Directors, and provides reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets
      of the Company on a consolidated basis that could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Such internal control over financial reporting is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the
      preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.  Since the conclusion of the Company’s last completed fiscal year there has not been and there currently is not (i) any significant deficiency or
      material weakness in the design or operation of its internal control over financial reporting which is reasonably likely to adversely affect its ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, or (ii) any fraud, whether or not
      material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s or the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.  The Company (A) has implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures reasonably designed and
      maintained to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company by others within the Company and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation
      prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
      which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.  Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective for the purposes for which they were established.

     

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

     

    4.10       Representations and Warranties Generally.  The representations and warranties of the
      Company set forth in this Agreement that do not contain a “Material Adverse Effect” qualification or other express materiality or similar qualification are true and correct in all material respects (i) as of the Closing Date and (ii) as otherwise
      specifically provided herein. The representations and warranties of Company set forth in this Agreement that contain a “Material Adverse Effect” qualification or any other express materiality or similar qualification are true and correct (a) as of
      the Closing Date and (b) as otherwise specifically provided herein.

     

    
      	
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              GENERAL COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

            


    

     

    The Company hereby further covenants and agrees with each Purchaser as follows:

     

    5.1         Compliance with Transaction Documents.  The Company shall comply with, observe and
      timely perform each and every one of the covenants, agreements and obligations under the Transaction Documents.

     

    5.2         Affiliate Transactions.  The Company shall not itself, nor shall it cause, permit
      or allow any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any transaction, including, the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate of the Company except in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the
      reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such Affiliate’s business and upon terms consistent with applicable laws and regulations and reasonably found by the appropriate board(s) of directors to be fair and reasonable and no less favorable to the
      Company or such Affiliate than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

     

    
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    5.3          Compliance with Laws.

     

    5.3.1          Generally.  The Company shall comply and cause the Bank and each of its other
      Subsidiaries to comply in all material respects with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its properties, except, in each case, where such noncompliance
      would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    5.3.2          Regulated Activities.  The Company shall not itself, nor shall it cause, permit
      or allow the Bank or any other of its Subsidiaries to (i) engage in any business or activity not permitted by all applicable laws and regulations, except where such business or activity would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
      Effect or (ii) make any loan or advance secured by the capital stock of another bank or depository institution, or acquire the capital stock, assets or obligations of or any interest in another bank or depository institution, in each case other than
      in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and safe and sound banking practices.

     

    5.3.3         Taxes.  The Company shall and shall cause the Bank and any other of its
      Subsidiaries to promptly pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon the Company, the Bank or any other of its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits, or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and all
      claims for labor, material or supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon the property of the Company, the Bank or any other of its Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Company, the Bank or any other of
      its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or claim, so long as the validity thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and appropriate reserves therefor shall be maintained on the books of
      the Company, the Bank or such other Subsidiary, as the case may be.

     

    5.3.4          Corporate Existence.  The Company shall do or cause to be done all things
      reasonably necessary to maintain, preserve and renew its corporate existence and that of the Bank and the other Subsidiaries and its and their rights and franchises, and comply in all material respects with all related laws applicable to the Company,
      the Bank or the other Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company may consummate a merger in which (i) the Company is the surviving entity or (ii) if the Company is not the surviving entity, the surviving entity assumes, by operation of
      law or otherwise, all of the obligations of the Company under the Subordinated Notes.

     

    
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    5.3.5          Dividends, Payments, and Guarantees During Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined under the Subordinated Notes), until such Event of Default is cured by the Company or waived by the Noteholders (as defined under the Subordinated Notes)
      in accordance with Section 17 of the Subordinated Notes and except as required by any federal or state Governmental Agency, the Company shall not (a) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation
      payment with respect to, any of its capital stock; (b) make any payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any of the Company’s Indebtedness that ranks equal with or junior to the Subordinated Notes;
      or (c) make any payments under any guarantee that ranks equal with or junior to the Subordinated Notes, other than (i) any dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, any class of
      the Company’s common stock; (ii) any declaration of a non-cash dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such
      rights pursuant thereto; (iii) as a result of a reclassification of the Company’s capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company’s capital stock for another class or series of the Company’s capital stock; (iv) the
      purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged; or (v) purchases of any class of the Company’s common
      stock related to or from any benefit plans for the Company’s directors, officers or employees or any of the Company’s dividend reinvestment plans.

     

    5.3.6          Tier 2 Capital.  If all or any portion of
      the Subordinated Notes ceases to be eligible, or there is a material risk that all or any portion of the Subordinated Notes will cease to be eligible, to qualify as Tier 2 Capital, other than due to the limitation imposed on the capital treatment of
      subordinated debt during the five (5) years immediately preceding the Maturity Date of the Subordinated Notes, the Company will promptly notify the Noteholders (as defined in the Subordinated Notes), and thereafter the Company and the Noteholders (as
      defined in the Subordinated Notes) will work together in good faith to execute and deliver all agreements as reasonably necessary in order to restructure the applicable portions of the obligations evidenced by the Subordinated Notes to be eligible to
      qualify as Tier 2 Capital; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit the Company’s right to redeem the Subordinated Notes pursuant to the provisions of the Subordinated Notes, including (without limitation) upon the
      occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event as described in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    5.4         Absence of Control.  It is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that in no
      event shall the Purchasers, by reason of any of the Transaction Documents, be deemed to control, directly or indirectly, the Company, and the Purchasers shall not exercise, or be deemed to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence
      over the management or policies of the Company.

     

    5.5          Secondary Market Transactions.  To the extent and so long as not in violation of
      Section 6.4 hereof, each Purchaser shall have the right at any time and from time to time to securitize its Subordinated Notes or any portion thereof in a single asset securitization or a pooled loan securitization of rated single or multi-class
      securities secured by or evidencing ownership interests in the Subordinated Notes (each such securitization is referred to herein as a “Secondary Market Transaction”).  In connection with any such Secondary Market Transaction, the Company
      shall, at the Company’s expense, cooperate with the Purchasers and otherwise reasonably assist the Purchasers in satisfying the market standards to which the Purchasers customarily adhere or which may be reasonably required in the marketplace or by
      applicable rating agencies in connection with any such Secondary Market Transaction, but in no event shall the Company be required to incur any material costs or expenses in connection therewith.  Subject to any written confidentiality obligation,
      including the terms of any non-disclosure agreement between the Purchasers and the Company, all information regarding the Company may be furnished to any Person reasonably deemed necessary by the Purchaser in connection with participation in such
      Secondary Market Transaction.  All documents, financial statements, appraisals and other data relevant to the Company or the Subordinated Notes may be retained by any such Person, subject to the terms of any nondisclosure agreement between the
      Purchaser and the Company.

     

    
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    5.6          Bloomberg.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause within
      90 days after the Closing the Subordinated Notes to be (i) quoted on Bloomberg and (ii) assigned a CUSIP number.

     

    5.7         Rule 144A Information.  While any
      Subordinated Notes remain “restricted securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Company will make available, upon request, to any seller of such Subordinated Notes the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act,
      unless the Company is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

     

    5.8         DTC Eligibility.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide
      that the Subordinated Notes owned by Noteholders that are Qualified Institutional Buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“QIBs”) shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Subordinated Notes registered in the
      name of The Depository Trust Company or another organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and designated as depositary by the Company or any successor thereto or a nominee thereof and delivered to such depositary or a
      nominee thereof.

     

    5.9          Rating.  So long as any Subordinated Notes remain outstanding, the Company will use
      commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

     

    
      	
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              REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASERS.

            


    

     

    Each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company, and covenants with the Company, severally and not jointly, as follows:

     

    6.1         Legal Power and Authority.  It has all necessary power and authority to execute,
      deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.  It is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws its jurisdiction of organization.

     

    6.2        Authorization and Execution.  The execution, delivery and performance of this
      Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Purchaser, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser,
      enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by
      general equitable principles.

     

    
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    6.3          No Conflicts.  Neither the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction
      Documents nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby will conflict with, violate, constitute a breach of or a default (whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both) under (i) its organizational
      documents, (ii) any agreement to which it is party, (iii) any law applicable to it or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award binding upon or affecting it.

     

    6.4          Purchase for Investment.  It is purchasing the Subordinated Note for its own
      account and not with a view to distribution and with no present intention of reselling, distributing or otherwise disposing of the same.  It has no present or contemplated agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation, Indebtedness or commitment
      providing for, or which is likely to compel, a disposition of the Subordinated Notes in any manner.

     

    6.5          Institutional Accredited Investor.  It is and will be on the Closing Date (i) an
      institutional “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and as contemplated by subsections (1), (2), (3) and (7) of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and has no less than $5,000,000 in total assets, or (ii) a QIB.

     

    6.6          Financial and Business Sophistication.  It has such knowledge and experience in
      financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Subordinated Notes.  It has relied solely upon its own knowledge of, and/or the advice of its own legal, financial or other
      advisors with regard to, the legal, financial, tax and other considerations involved in deciding to invest in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    6.7          Ability to Bear Economic Risk of Investment.  It recognizes that an investment in
      the Subordinated Notes is a speculative investment that involves substantial risk, including risks related to the Company’s business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows, including without limitation those described in the Company’s
      Reports, which risks it has carefully considered in connection with making an investment in the Subordinated Notes.  It has the ability to bear the economic risk of the prospective investment in the Subordinated Notes, including the ability to hold
      the Subordinated Notes indefinitely, and further including the ability to bear a complete loss of all of its investment in the Company.

     

    6.8        Access to Information.  It acknowledges that  (i) it is not being provided with the
      disclosures that would be required if the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes were registered under the Securities Act, nor is it being provided with any offering circular, private placement memorandum or prospectus prepared in connection with
      the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes; (ii) it has conducted its own examination of the Company and the terms of the Subordinated Notes to the extent it deems necessary to make its decision to invest in the Subordinated Notes; (iii) it has
      availed itself of publicly available financial and other information concerning the Company to the extent it deems necessary to make its decision to purchase the Subordinated Notes (including meeting with representatives of the Company); (iv) it has
      not received nor relied on any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) from the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes; and (v) credit ratings may not reflect the
      potential risks related to the Subordinated Notes and credit ratings may be revised or withdrawn by the rating agency at any time.  It has reviewed the information set forth in the Company’s Reports, the exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and
      otherwise disclosed to it.

     

    
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    6.9         Investment Decision.  It has made its own investment decision based upon its own
      judgment, due diligence and advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by any other Person or entity, including the Placement Agent.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations
      conducted by it or its advisors or representatives, if any, shall modify, amend or affect its right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein.  It is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any advice, statement,
      representation or warranty made by any Person by or on behalf of the Company, including, without limitation, the Placement Agent, except for the express statements, representations and warranties of the Company made or contained in this Agreement. 
      Furthermore, it acknowledges that (i) the Placement Agent has not performed any due diligence review on behalf of it and (ii) nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented by or on behalf of the Company to it in connection with the
      purchase of the Subordinated Notes constitutes legal, tax or investment advice.

     

    6.10       Private Placement; No Registration; Restricted Legends.  It understands and
      acknowledges that the Subordinated Notes are being sold by the Company without registration under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption from federal and state registration set forth in, respectively, Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated
      under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Section 18 of the Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only if exemptions from the Securities Act and applicable state
      securities laws are available to it.  It is not subscribing for the Subordinated Notes as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over
      television or radio, or presented at any seminar or meeting. It further acknowledges and agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing the Subordinated Notes will bear the restrictive legend set forth in the form of Subordinated
      Note.  It further acknowledges its primary responsibilities under the Securities Act and, accordingly, will not sell or otherwise transfer the Subordinated Notes or any interest therein without complying with the requirements of the Securities Act
      and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the requirements set forth in this Agreement. Neither the Placement Agent nor the Company have or has made or are or is making any representation, warranty or covenant, express or implied, as
      to the availability of any exemption from registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws for the resale, pledge or other transfer of the Subordinated Notes, or that the Subordinated Notes purchased by it will ever be
      able to be lawfully resold, pledged or otherwise transferred.

     

    6.11        Placement Agent.  It will purchase the Subordinated Note(s) directly from the
      Company and not from the Placement Agent and understands that neither the Placement Agent nor any other broker or dealer has any obligation to make a market in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    6.12        Tier 2 Capital.  If the Company provides notice as contemplated in Section
        5.3.6 of the occurrence of the event contemplated in such section, thereafter the Company and the Purchasers will work together in good faith to execute and deliver all agreements as reasonably necessary in order to restructure the applicable
      portions of the obligations evidenced by the Subordinated Notes to be eligible to qualify as Tier 2 Capital; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit the Company’s right to redeem the Subordinated Notes upon the
      occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event as described in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    
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    6.13        Not Debt of the Bank, Not Savings Accounts, etc.  It acknowledges that the Company
      is a holding company and the Company’s rights and the rights of the Company’s creditors, including the Noteholders (as defined in the Subordinated Note), to participate in the assets of any Subsidiary during its liquidation or reorganization are
      structurally subordinate to the prior claims of the Subsidiary’s creditors.  It acknowledges and agrees that the Subordinated Notes are not savings accounts or deposits of the Bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any Governmental
      Agency, and that no Governmental Agency has passed upon or will pass upon the offer or sale of the Subordinated Notes or has made or will make any finding or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

     

    6.14        Accuracy of Representations.  It understands that each of the Placement
      Agent and the Company are relying and will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and agrees that if any of the
      representations or acknowledgements made by it are no longer accurate as of the Closing Date, or if any of the agreements made by it are breached on or prior to the Closing Date, it shall promptly notify the Placement Agent and the Company.

     

    6.15       Representations and Warranties Generally.  The representations and warranties of
      such Purchaser set forth in this Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date and as otherwise specifically provided herein.  Any certificate signed by a duly authorized representative of
      such Purchaser and delivered to the Company or to counsel for the Company shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Purchaser to the Company as to the matters set forth therein.

     

    
      	
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    7.1         Prohibition on Assignment by the Company.  Except as described in Section 8(b)
      (Merger or Sale of Assets) of the Subordinated Notes, the Company may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the Subordinated Notes without the prior written consent of all the Noteholders (as
      defined in the Subordinated Note).

     

    7.2          Time of the Essence.  Time is of the essence for this Agreement.

     

    
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    7.3         Waiver or Amendment.  Except as may apply to any particular waiving or consenting
      Noteholder, no waiver or amendment of any term, provision, condition, covenant or agreement herein or in the Subordinated Notes shall be effective except with the consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate principal
      amount (excluding any Subordinated Notes held by the Company or any of its Affiliates) of the Subordinated Notes at the time outstanding; provided, however, that
      without the consent of each holder of an affected Subordinated Note, no such amendment or waiver may:  (i) reduce the principal amount of the Subordinated Note; (ii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Subordinated
      Note; (iii) extend the maturity of any Subordinated Note; (iv) change the currency in which payment of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Subordinated Notes are to be made; (v) lower the percentage of aggregate principal
      amount of outstanding Subordinated Notes required to approve any amendment of this Agreement or the Subordinated Notes; (vi) make any changes to Section 6 (Failure to Make Payments) of the Subordinated Notes that adversely affects the rights of any
      holder of a Subordinated Note; or (vii) disproportionately and adversely affect the rights of any of the holders of the then outstanding Subordinated Notes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may amend or supplement the Subordinated Notes
      without the consent of the holders of the Subordinated Notes to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to provide for uncertificated Subordinated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Subordinated Notes, or to make any change that
      does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of any of the Subordinated Notes.  No failure to exercise or delay in exercising, by a Purchaser or any holder of the Subordinated Notes, of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a
      waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right or remedy provided by law.  The rights and remedies provided in this
      Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided by law or equity.  No notice or demand on the Company in any case shall, in itself, entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
      circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Purchasers to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.  No consent or waiver, expressed or implied, by the Purchasers to or of any breach or default by the
      Company in the performance of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same or any other obligations of the Company hereunder.  Failure on the part
      of the Purchasers to complain of any acts or failure to act or to declare an Event of Default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by the Purchasers of their rights hereunder or impair any rights, powers or
      remedies on account of any breach or default by the Company.

     

    7.4          Required Waiver Disclosure.  Appendix A
      hereto sets forth certain disclosures relating to the Placement Agent that the Company is required to provide to the Purchasers.

     

    7.5         Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is unenforceable or invalid or
      contrary to law, or the inclusion of which would adversely affect the validity, legality or enforcement of this Agreement, shall be of no effect and, in such case, all the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall subsist and be fully
      effective according to the tenor of this Agreement the same as though any such invalid portion had never been included herein.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, if any provisions of this Agreement or the application thereof are
      held invalid or unenforceable only as to particular persons or situations, the remainder of this Agreement, and the application of such provision to persons or situations other than those to which it shall have been held invalid or unenforceable,
      shall not be affected thereby, but shall continue valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

     

    7.6          Notices.  Any notice which any party hereto may be required or may desire to give
      hereunder shall be deemed to have been given if in writing and if delivered personally, or if mailed, postage prepaid, by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or if delivered by a responsible overnight commercial
      courier promising next business day delivery, addressed:

     

    
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            if to the Company:

          	
            Independent Bank Corporation

              4200 E. Beltline Avenue NE

              Grand Rapids, MI 49525

              Tel: (616) 527-5820

            Attention: Steve Erickson, Chief Financial Officer

          
	 	 	 
	 	
            with a copy to:

          	
            Varnum LLP

            333 Bridge Street NW

            Grand Rapids, MI 49504

            Tel:  (616) 336-6000

            Attention:  Michael G. Wooldridge

          
	 	 	 
	 	
            if to the Purchasers:

          	
            To the address indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page.

          


    

    

    or to such other address or addresses as the party to be given notice may have furnished in writing to the party seeking or desiring to give notice, as a place for the giving of notice; provided that no change in
      address shall be effective until five (5) Business Days after being given to the other party in the manner provided for above.  Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed given when delivered personally or, if mailed, three (3)
      Business Days after it shall have been deposited in the United States mails as aforesaid or, if sent by overnight courier, the Business Day following the date of delivery to such courier (provided next business day delivery was requested).

     

    7.7         Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the parties
      and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns; except that (i) unless a Purchaser consents in writing, no assignment made by the Company in violation of this Agreement shall be effective or confer any rights on any
      purported assignee of the Company, and (ii) unless such assignment complies with the Assignment Form attached to the Subordinated Notes, no assignment made by a Purchaser shall be effective or confer any rights on any purported assignee of
      Purchaser.  The term “successors and assigns” will not include a purchaser of any of the Subordinated Notes from any Purchaser merely because of such purchase but shall include a purchaser of any of the Subordinated Notes pursuant to an assignment
      complying with the Assignment Form attached to the Subordinated Notes.

     

    7.8          No Joint Venture.  Nothing contained herein or in any document executed pursuant
      hereto and no action or inaction whatsoever on the part of a Purchaser, shall be deemed to make a Purchaser a partner or joint venturer with the Company.

     

    7.9          Documentation.  All documents and other matters required by any of the provisions
      of this Agreement to be submitted or furnished to a Purchaser shall be in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser.

     

    7.10       Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the Subordinated Notes, along with any
      exhibits hereto and thereto, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be modified or amended in any manner other than by supplemental written agreement executed by the parties
      hereto.  No party, in entering into this Agreement, has relied upon any representation, warranty, covenant, condition or other term that is not set forth in this Agreement or in the Subordinated Notes.

     

    
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    7.11        Choice of Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
      with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to its laws or principles of conflict of laws.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit any rights, powers or privileges which a Purchaser may have pursuant to any law of the United States
      of America or any rule, regulation or order of any department or agency thereof and nothing herein shall be deemed to make unlawful any transaction or conduct by a Purchaser which is lawful pursuant to, or which is permitted by, any of the foregoing.

     

    7.12        No Third Party Beneficiary.  This Agreement is made for the sole benefit of the
      Company and the Purchasers, and no other Person shall be deemed to have any privity of contract hereunder nor any right to rely hereon to any extent or for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall any other Person have any right of action of any kind hereon
      or be deemed to be a third party beneficiary hereunder; provided, that the Placement Agent may rely on the representations and warranties contained herein to the same extent as if it were a party to this
      Agreement.

     

    7.13        Legal Tender of United States.  All payments hereunder shall be made in coin or
      currency which at the time of payment is legal tender in the United States of America for public and private debts.

     

    7.14       Captions; Counterparts.  Captions contained in this Agreement in no way define,
      limit or extend the scope or intent of their respective provisions.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed
      to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall
      create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

     

    7.15       Knowledge; Discretion.  All references herein to a Purchaser’s or the Company’s
      knowledge shall be deemed to mean the knowledge of such party based on the actual knowledge of such party’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer or such other persons holding equivalent offices.  Unless specified to the contrary
      herein, all references herein to an exercise of discretion or judgment by a Purchaser, to the making of a determination or designation by a Purchaser, to the application of a Purchaser’s discretion or opinion, to the granting or withholding of a
      Purchaser’s consent or approval, to the consideration of whether a matter or thing is satisfactory or acceptable to a Purchaser, or otherwise involving the decision making of a Purchaser, shall be deemed to mean that such Purchaser shall decide using
      the reasonable discretion or judgment of a prudent lender.

     

    
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    7.16       Waiver Of Right To Jury Trial.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE
      PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF THE COMPANY
      OR THE PURCHASERS.  THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL.  THE PARTIES FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (I) THEY
      HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (II) THIS WAIVER HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL AND IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ENTRY INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND (III) THIS WAIVER SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS TO EACH
      OF SUCH TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AS IF FULLY INCORPORATED THEREIN.

     

    7.17        Expenses.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the parties will
      bear and pay all other costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement.

     

    7.18       Survival.  Each of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
      shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby for a period of one year after the date hereof.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all covenants and agreements contained herein shall survive until, by their respective terms,
      they are no longer operative.

     

    [Signature Pages Follow]

    

    

    
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first
      above written.

     

    	 	
            COMPANY:

          	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	
            INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION

          
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	
            /s/ Stephen A. Erickson

          	 
	 	 	
            Name: Stephen A. Erickson

          	 
	 	 	
            Title:   Executive VP & CFO

          	 


    

    

    
      [Company Signature Page to Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement]

    

    

    

    
      
        


    

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date
      first above written.

     

    	 	
            PURCHASER:

          
	 	 
	 	
            [INSERT PURCHASER’S NAME]

          
	 	 	 
	 	
            By:

            

          	 	 
	 	 	
            Name:    [●]

          	 
	 	 	
            Title:      [●]

          
	 	 	 
	 	
            Address of Purchaser:

          
	 	 
	 	
            [●]

          
	 	 
	 	
            Principal Amount of Purchased Subordinated Note:

          
	 	 
	 	
            $[●]

          


    

    

    
      [Purchaser Signature Page to Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement]

    

    

    

    
      
        


    

    
    EXHIBIT A

     

    FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE

     

    INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION

    5.95% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE MAY 31, 2030

     

    THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE IS SUBORDINATED AND JUNIOR IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE) OF INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION
      (THE “COMPANY”), INCLUDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY TO ITS GENERAL CREDITORS AND SECURED CREDITORS, AND IS UNSECURED.  IT IS INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR ANY EXTENSION OF CREDIT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES.  IN THE EVENT OF
      LIQUIDATION ALL HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE PAID IN FULL WITH SUCH INTEREST AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY LAW BEFORE ANY PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE ON ACCOUNT OF PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST ON THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE.  AFTER
      PAYMENT IN FULL OF ALL SUMS OWING TO SUCH HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS, THE HOLDER OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE, TOGETHER WITH THE HOLDERS OF ANY OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY RANKING ON A PARITY WITH THE SUBORDINATED NOTES, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO BE PAID
      FROM THE REMAINING ASSETS OF THE COMPANY THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE PLUS ACCRUED AND UNPAID INTEREST THEREON BEFORE ANY PAYMENT OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION, WHETHER IN CASH, PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE MADE (I) WITH RESPECT
      TO ANY OBLIGATION THAT BY ITS TERMS EXPRESSLY IS JUNIOR IN THE RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE SUBORDINATED NOTES, (II) WITH RESPECT TO ANY INDEBTEDNESS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES, OR (III) ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SHARES OF
      CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY.

     

    THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR FUND.

     

    THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $250,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF.  ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE IN A DENOMINATION OF
      LESS THAN $1,000 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.  ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS ON
      THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE.

     

    
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    THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE MAY BE SOLD ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
        ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.  NEITHER THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
      DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

     

    UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
      EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
      REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

     

    CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS:

     

    THE HOLDER OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE, OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF OR THEREOF AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR
      ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE
      UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE
      FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE, OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN,
      ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
      THEREOF THAT EITHER: (I) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN TO WHICH TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLANS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON
      OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLANS TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE OR (II) SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL
      EXEMPTIVE RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

     

    ANY FIDUCIARY OF ANY PLAN WHO IS CONSIDERING THE ACQUISITION OF THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER LEGAL COUNSEL PRIOR TO ACQUIRING THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE OR
      ANY INTEREST HEREIN.

     

    
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      	No. [●]	CUSIP [(QIB) 453838AE4]

            
	
               

            	
              [453838AF1]

            
	
               

            	
              ISIN [(QIB) US453838AE45]

            
	
               

            	
              [US453838AF10]

            


    

     

    

    INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION

     

    5.95% FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE MAY 31, 2030

     

    1.           Subordinated Notes.  This Subordinated Note is one of an issue of notes of Independent Bank Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”)



      designated as the “5.95% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due May 31, 2030” (the “Subordinated Notes”) issued pursuant to that Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2020, by
      and among the Company and the several purchasers of the Subordinated Notes identified on the signature pages thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”).

     

    2.           Payment.  The Company, for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [●] Dollars
      (U.S.) ($[●]), plus accrued but unpaid interest on May 31, 2030 (“Stated Maturity”) and to pay interest thereon (i) from and including May 27, 2020 (the “Issue Date”) to but excluding May 31, 2025 or the earlier redemption date
      contemplated by Section 4 of this Subordinated Note, at the rate of 5.95% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and payable semi-annually (each semi-annual period, a “Fixed Rate Period”)
      in arrears on May 31 and November 30 of each year (each payment date, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”), and (ii) from and including May 31, 2025 to but excluding the Stated Maturity or the earlier redemption date contemplated by Section


        4 of this Subordinated Note, at the rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to the Floating Interest Rate (as defined below) determined on the Floating Interest Determination Date (as defined below) of the applicable interest period plus 582.5
      basis points, computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and payable quarterly in arrears (each quarterly period, a “Floating Rate Period”) on February 28, May 31, August 31 and November 30 of each year (each
      payment date, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”).  Dollar amounts resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded up. The term “Floating Interest Determination Date” means the
      date upon which the Floating Interest Rate is determined by the Calculation Agent (as defined below) pursuant to the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions (as defined below).  Any payment of principal of or interest on this Subordinated Note that would
      otherwise become due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day shall become due and payable on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for payment of such principal or interest, and no interest
      will accrue in respect of such payment for the period after such day; provided, that in the event that any scheduled Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next
      succeeding calendar month, such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date will be accelerated to the immediately preceding Business Day, and, in each such case, the amounts payable on such Business Day will include interest accrued to, but excluding, such
      Business Day.  Dollar amounts resulting from interest calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one half cent being rounded upward.

     

    
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    (a)          The Company shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that from the commencement of the Floating Rate Period for so long as any of the
      Subordinated Notes remain outstanding there will at all times be a Calculation Agent appointed to calculate Three-Month Term SOFR in respect of each Floating Rate Period. The calculation of Three-Month Term SOFR for each applicable Floating Rate
      Period by the Calculation Agent will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. The Calculation Agent’s determination of any interest rate and its calculation of interest payments for any period will be maintained on file at the
      Calculation Agent’s principal offices, will be made available to any Noteholder (as defined below) upon request. The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Company at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as Calculation
      Agent or is removed by the Company, the Company will promptly appoint a replacement Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been duly appointed; provided, that if a successor Calculation Agent has
      not been appointed by the Company and such successor accepted such position within thirty (30) days after the giving of notice of resignation by the Calculation Agent, then the resigning Calculation Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company,
      any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Calculation Agent with respect to such series. For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time there is no Calculation Agent appointed by the Company, then the Company shall be the
      Calculation Agent.

     

    (b)          An “Interest Payment Date” is either a Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date or a Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, as applicable.

     

    (c)          The “Floating Interest Rate” means:

     

    (i)          initially Three-Month Term SOFR (as defined below).

     

    (ii)         Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (i) of this Section 2(c):

     

    (1)          If the Calculation Agent determines prior to the relevant Floating Interest Determination Date that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related
      Benchmark Replacement Date (each of such terms as defined below) have occurred with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR, then the Company shall promptly provide notice of such determination to the Noteholders and Section 2(d) will thereafter
      apply to all determinations, calculations and quotations made or obtained for the purposes of calculating the Floating Interest Rate payable on the Subordinated Notes during a relevant Floating Rate Period.

     

    (2)          However, if the Calculation Agent determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect
      to Three-Month Term SOFR, but for any reason the Benchmark Replacement has not been determined as of the relevant Floating Interest Determination Date, the Floating Interest Rate for the applicable Floating Rate Period will be equal to the Floating
      Interest Rate on the last Floating Interest Determination Date for the Subordinated Notes, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

     

    (d)          Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.

     

    (i)          If the Calculation Agent determines that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference
      Time (as defined below) in respect of any determination of the Benchmark (as defined below) on any date, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes relating to the Subordinated Notes during the relevant
      Floating Rate Period in respect of such determination on such date and all determinations on all subsequent dates.

     

    
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    (ii)       In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Calculation Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming
      Changes from time to time, and such changes shall become effective without consent from the Noteholders or any other party.

     

    (iii)       The Calculation Agent is expressly authorized to make certain determinations, decisions and elections under the Subordinated Notes, including with
      respect to the use of Three-Month Term SOFR as the Benchmark under this Section 2(d).  Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Calculation Agent under the terms of the Subordinated Notes, including any determination
      with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date, and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection:

     

    (1)            will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error;

     

    (2)            if made by the Company as the Calculation Agent, will be made in the Company’s sole discretion;

     

    (3)           if made by the Calculation Agent other than the Company, will be made after consultation with the Company, and the Calculation Agent will not make
      any such determination, decision or election to which the Company reasonably objects; and

     

    (4)           notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subordinated Note or the Purchase Agreement, shall become effective without consent from the
      Noteholders or any other party.

     

    (iv)        If the Calculation Agent fails to make any determination, decision or election that it is required to make under the
        terms of the Subordinated Notes, then the Company will make such determination, decision or election on the same basis as described above.

     

    (v)        For the avoidance of doubt, after a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred, interest payable on this
      Subordinated Note for the Floating Rate Period will be an annual rate equal to the sum of the applicable Benchmark Replacement plus 582.5 basis points.

     

    (vi)        If the then-current Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, the Calculation Agent will have the right to establish the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions,
      and if any of the foregoing provisions concerning the calculation of the interest rate and the payment of interest during the Floating Rate Period are inconsistent with any of the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions determined by the Calculation Agent,
      then the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions as determined by the Calculation Agent will apply.

     

    (vii)       As used in this Subordinated Note:

     

    
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    (1)         “Benchmark” means, initially, Three-Month Term SOFR; provided that if the Calculation Agent determines on or prior to the Reference Time that
      a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.

     

    (2)        “Benchmark Replacement” means the Interpolated Benchmark with respect to the then-current Benchmark; provided that if (a) the Calculation Agent
      cannot determine the Interpolated Benchmark as of the Benchmark Replacement Date or (b) the then-current Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR and a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to
      Three-Month Term SOFR (in which event no Interpolated Benchmark with respect to Three-Month Term SOFR shall be determined), then “Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the
      Calculation Agent as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

     

    a.        the sum of: (i) Compounded SOFR and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

     

    b.       the sum of: (i) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the
      then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

     

    c.        the sum of: (i) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

     

    d.       the sum of: (i) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Calculation Agent as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the
      applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar denominated floating rate securities at such time and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement
      Adjustment.

     

    (3)          “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Calculation Agent
      as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

     

    a.       the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has
      been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;

     

    b.        if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment;

     

    c.        the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Calculation Agent giving due consideration to
      any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar denominated floating rate
      securities at such time.

     

    
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    (4)       “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational
      changes (including changes to the definition of  “Floating Rate Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates with respect to each Floating Rate Period and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative
      matters) that the Calculation Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Calculation Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such
      market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Calculation Agent determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Calculation Agent determines is reasonably necessary).

     

    (5)          “Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current
      Benchmark:

     

    a.        in the case of clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the relevant Reference Time in respect of any determination; or

     

    b.      in the case of clause (b) or (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or
      publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or

     

    c.        in the case of clause (d) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public
      statement or publication of information referenced therein. and

     

    For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of the definitions of Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Event, references to the Benchmark also include any reference rate
      underlying the Benchmark (for example, if the Benchmark becomes Compounded SOFR, references to the Benchmark would include SOFR).

     

    For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark
      Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.

     

    (6)         “Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

     

    a.        if the Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, (i) the Relevant Governmental Body has not selected or recommended a forward-looking term rate for a tenor
      of three months based on SOFR, (ii) the development of a forward-looking term rate for a tenor of three months based on SOFR that has been recommended or selected by the Relevant Governmental Body is not complete or (iii) the Company determines that
      use of a forward-looking rate for a tenor of three months based on SOFR is not administratively feasible;

     

    
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    b.        a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or
      will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark;

     

    c.       a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark, the central bank for the currency
      of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution
      authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there
      is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or

     

    d.        a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is
      no longer representative.

     

    (7)         “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banks in the State of
      Michigan are generally authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.

     

    (8)         “Calculation Agent” means the agent (which may be the Company or an affiliate of the Company) as may be appointed by the Company to act as
      Calculation Agent for the Subordinated Notes prior to the commencement of the Floating Rate Period to act in accordance with Section 2.

     

    (9)         “Compounded SOFR” means the compounded average of SOFRs for the applicable Corresponding Tenor, with the rate, or methodology for this rate,
      and conventions for this rate being established by the Calculation Agent in accordance with:

     

    a.        the rate, or methodology for this rate and conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining
      compounded SOFR; provided that:

     

    b.        if, and to the extent that, the Calculation Agent determines that Compounded SOFR cannot be determined in accordance with clause (a) above,
      then the rate, or methodology for this rate, and conventions for this rate that have been selected by the Calculation Agent giving due consideration to any industry-accepted market practice for U.S. dollar denominated floating rate securities at such
      time.

     

    For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Compounded SOFR will exclude the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment plus 582.5 basis points.

     

    
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    (10)        “Corresponding Tenor” with respect to a Benchmark Replacement means a tenor (including overnight) having approximately the same length
      (disregarding Business Day adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the then-current Benchmark.

     

    (11)        “FRBNY” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

     

    (12)        “FRBNY’s Website” means the website of the FRBNY at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.

     

    (13)        “Interpolated Benchmark” with respect to the Benchmark means the rate determined for the Corresponding Tenor by interpolating on a linear
      basis between: (1) the Benchmark for the longest period (for which the Benchmark is available) that is shorter than the Corresponding Tenor and (2) the Benchmark for the shortest period (for which the Benchmark is available) that is longer than the
      Corresponding Tenor.

     

    (14)        “ISDA” means the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto.

     

    (15)        “ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the ISDA or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to
      time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.

     

    (16)       “ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives
      transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor.

     

    (17)       “ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the
      occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.

     

    (18)       “Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means (a) if the Benchmark is Three-Month Term SOFR, the time determined by
      the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions, and (b) if the Benchmark is not Three-Month Term SOFR, the time determined by the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Benchmark Replacement Conforming
      Changes.

     

    (19)      “Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) and/or the FRBNY, or a
      committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve and/or the FRBNY or any successor thereto.

     

    (20)       “SOFR” means the daily secured overnight financing rate published by the FRBNY, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor
      administrator) on the FRBNY’s Website (or such successor’s website).

     

    
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    (21)        “Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate for the applicable Corresponding Tenor based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by
      the Relevant Governmental Body.

     

    (22)       “Term SOFR Administrator” means any entity designated by the Relevant Governmental Body as the administrator of Term SOFR (or successor
      administrator).

     

    (23)        “Three-Month Term SOFR” means the rate for Term SOFR for a tenor of three months that is published by the Term SOFR Administrator at the
      Reference Time for any Floating Rate Period, as determined by the Calculation Agent after giving effect to the Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions. All percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of Three-Month Term SOFR shall be rounded, if
      necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with 0.000005% rounded up to 0.00001%.

     

    (24)       “Three-Month Term SOFR Conventions” means any determination, decision or election with respect to any technical, administrative or operational
      matter (including with respect to the manner and timing of the publication of Three-Month Term SOFR, or changes to the definition of “Floating Rate Period”, timing and frequency of determining Three-Month Term SOFR with respect to each Floating Rate
      Period and making payments of interest, rounding of amounts or tenors, and other administrative matters) that the Calculation Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the use of Three-Month Term SOFR as the Benchmark in a manner substantially
      consistent with market practice (or, if the Calculation Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Calculation Agent determines that no market practice for the use of Three-Month Term
      SOFR exists, in such other manner as the Calculation Agent determines is reasonably necessary).

     

    (25)       “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

     

    
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    3.           Subordination.

     

    (a)        The indebtedness of the Company evidenced by this Subordinated Note, including the principal and interest on this Subordinated Note, shall be
      subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all existing claims of creditors of the Company whether now outstanding or subsequently created, assumed, guaranteed or incurred (collectively, “Senior Indebtedness”),
      which shall consist of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on: (i) all indebtedness and obligations of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company for money borrowed, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, securities, notes
      or other similar instruments, and including, but not limited to, all obligations to the Company’s general creditors and secured creditors; (ii) any deferred obligations of the Company for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets
      acquired other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company in respect of any letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, security purchase facilities and similar direct credit substitutes; (iv)
      any capital lease obligations of the Company; (v) all obligations of the Company in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts,
      commodity contracts and other similar arrangements or derivative products; (vi) any obligation of the Company to its general creditors, as defined for purposes of the capital adequacy regulations of the Federal Reserve applicable to the Company, as
      the same may be amended or modified from time to time; (vii) all obligations that are similar to those in clauses (i) through (vi) of other persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise
      arising from an off-balance sheet guarantee; (viii) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of other persons secured by a lien on any property or asset of the Company; and (ix) in the case of (i) through (viii) above,
      all amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of such indebtedness and obligations; except “Senior Indebtedness” does not include (A) the Subordinated Notes, (B) any obligation that by
      its terms expressly is junior to, or ranks equally in right of payment with, the Subordinated Notes, or (C) any indebtedness between the Company and any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates.  This Subordinated Note is not secured by any assets of the
      Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company.  The term “Affiliate(s)” means, with respect to any Person (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), such Person’s immediate family members, partners, members or parent and
      subsidiary corporations, and any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with said Person and their respective Affiliates.

     

    (b)         In the event of any liquidation of the Company, holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to be paid in full with such interest
      as may be provided by law before any payment shall be made on account of principal of or interest on this Subordinated Note.  Additionally, in the event of any insolvency, dissolution, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any liquidation or
      winding up of or relating to the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to be paid in full before any payment shall be made on account of the principal of or interest on the Subordinated Notes,
      including this Subordinated Note.  In the event of any such proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to the Senior Indebtedness, the registered holders of the Subordinated Notes from time to time (each a “Noteholder”
      and, collectively, the “Noteholders”), together with the holders of any obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the Subordinated Notes, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the Company the unpaid principal
      thereof, and the unpaid interest thereon before any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made (i) with respect to any obligation that by its terms expressly is junior to in the right of payment to the
      Subordinated Notes, (ii) with respect to any indebtedness between the Company and any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or (iii) on account of any capital stock.

     

    
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    (c)         If there shall have occurred and be continuing (i) a default in any payment with respect to any Senior Indebtedness or (ii) an event of default with
      respect to any Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity thereof is accelerated, unless and until such payment default or event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payments shall be made by the
      Company with respect to the Subordinated Notes, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18 hereof.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 3(b) above would be applicable.

     

    (d)         Nothing herein shall act to prohibit, limit or impede the Company from issuing additional debt of the Company having the same rank as the Subordinated
      Notes or which may be junior or senior in rank to the Subordinated Notes.  Each Noteholder, by its acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.  Each Noteholder, by its acceptance hereof, further
      acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration for each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after
      the issuance of the Subordinated Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness, and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in
      acquiring and continuing to hold or in continuing to hold such Senior Indebtedness.

     

    4.           Redemption.

     

    (a)          Redemption Prior to Fifth Anniversary.  This Subordinated Note shall not be redeemable by the Company in whole or in part prior to the fifth
      anniversary of the Issue Date, except in the event of: (i) a Tier 2 Capital Event (as defined below); (ii) a Tax Event (as defined below); or (iii) an Investment Company Event (as defined below).  Upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event, a Tax
      Event or an Investment Company Event, subject to Section 4(f) below, the Company may redeem this Subordinated Note in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon giving not less than 10 calendar days’ notice to the Noteholders at an amount
      equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, to but excluding the redemption date.  “Tier 2 Capital Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel to the Company to the
      effect that there is a material risk that the Subordinated Note no longer qualifies to be eligible for treatment as “Tier 2” Capital (as defined by the Federal Reserve) (or its then equivalent) as a result of a change in law or regulation, or
      interpretation or application of law or regulation by any judicial, legislative or regulatory authority that becomes effective after the Issue Date.  “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel to the Company that as
      a result of any amendment to, or change (including any final and adopted (or enacted) prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a
      result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, there is a material risk that interest payable by the Company on the Subordinated Notes is not, or within 120 days after the
      receipt of such opinion will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.  “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel to the Company to the
      effect that there is a material risk that the Company is or, within 120 days after the receipt of such opinion will be, required to register as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     

    
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    (b)         Redemption on or after Fifth Anniversary.  On or after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, subject to Section 4(f) below, this
      Subordinated Note shall be redeemable at the option of and by the Company, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time upon any Interest Payment Date, at an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount being redeemed plus
      accrued but unpaid interest, to but excluding the redemption date, but in all cases in a principal amount with integral multiples of $1,000.  In addition, on or after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, subject to Section 4(f), the
      Company may redeem all or a portion of the Subordinated Notes, at any time upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Event, Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.

     

    (c)          Partial Redemption.   If less than the then outstanding principal amount of this Subordinated Note is redeemed, (i) a new Subordinated Note
      shall be issued representing the unredeemed portion without charge to the holder thereof and (ii) such redemption shall be effected on a pro rata basis as to the Noteholders.  For purposes of clarity, upon a partial redemption, a like percentage of
      the principal amount of every Subordinated Note held by every Noteholder shall be redeemed.

     

    (d)          No Redemption at Option of Noteholder.  This Subordinated Note is not subject to redemption at the option of the holder of this Subordinated
      Note.

     

    (e)          Effectiveness of Redemption.  If notice of redemption has been duly given and notwithstanding that this Subordinated Note has been called for
      redemption but has not yet been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the date fixed for redemption interest shall cease to accrue on the portion of this Subordinated Note called for redemption, this Subordinated Note shall no longer be deemed
      outstanding with respect to the portion called for redemption and all rights with respect to the portion of this Subordinated Note called for redemption shall forthwith on such date fixed for redemption cease and terminate unless the Company shall
      default in the payment of the redemption price, except only the right of the Noteholder to receive the amount payable on such redemption, without interest.

     

    (f)          Regulatory Approvals. Any such redemption shall be subject to receipt of any and all required federal and state regulatory approvals,
      including, but not limited to, the consent of the Federal Reserve.  In the case of any redemption of this Subordinated Note pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 4, the Company will give the Noteholder notice of redemption, which notice
      shall indicate the aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Notes to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 45 calendar days prior to the proposed redemption date.

     

    (g)         Purchase and Resale of the Subordinated Notes. Subject to any required federal and state regulatory approvals and the provisions of this
      Subordinated Note, the Company shall have the right to purchase any of the Subordinated Notes at any time in the open market, private transactions or otherwise.  If the Company purchases any Subordinated Notes, it may, in its discretion, hold, resell
      or cancel any of the purchased Subordinated Notes.

     

    
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    5.           Events of Default; Acceleration.

     

    (a)          Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

     

    (i)          the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
      applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization law, now or hereafter in effect of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and such decree or order will have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

     

    (ii)          the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization law, now or hereafter in effect of the United States or
      any political subdivision thereof, or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any such law;

     

    (iii)        the Company (A) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts as they mature, (B) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (C) admits in writing its inability
      to pay its debts as they mature, or (D) ceases to be a bank holding company or financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended;

     

    (iv)         the failure of the Company to pay any installment of interest on any of the Subordinated Notes as and when the same will become due and payable, and the continuation of
      such failure for a period of 30 days;

     

    (v)          the failure of the Company to pay all or any part of the principal of any of the Subordinated Notes as and when the same will become due and payable;

     

    (vi)        the liquidation of the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, “liquidation” does not include any merger, consolidation, sale of equity or assets or reorganization (exclusive
      of a reorganization in bankruptcy) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries);

     

    (vii)       the failure of the Company to perform any other covenant or agreement on the part of the Company contained in the Subordinated Notes, and the continuation of such failure
      for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice specifying such failure, stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder and demanding that the Company remedy the same, will have been given, in the manner set forth in Section
        22, to the Company by a Noteholder; or

     

    (viii)      the default by the Company under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company having an aggregate principal amount
      outstanding of at least $25,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or is created or incurred in the future, which default (A) constitutes a failure to pay any portion of the principal of such indebtedness when due and payable after the
      expiration of any applicable grace period or (B) results in such indebtedness becoming due or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it otherwise would have become due and payable without, in the case of clause (A), such
      indebtedness having been discharged or, in the case of clause (B), without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled.

     

    
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    (b)          Unless the principal of this Subordinated Note already shall have become due and payable, if an Event of Default described in Section 5(a)(i)
      or Section 5(a)(ii) shall have occurred and be continuing, Noteholders holding not less than twenty percent (20%) in aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Notes at the time outstanding, by notice in writing to Company, may declare
      the principal amount of all outstanding Subordinated Notes to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable.  The Company waives demand, presentment for payment, notice
      of nonpayment, notice of protest, and all other notices.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, because the Company will treat the Subordinated Notes as Tier 2 Capital, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default described in Section 5(a)(i)
      or Section 5(a)(ii), the Noteholders may not accelerate the Stated Maturity of the Subordinated Notes and make the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Notes, immediately due and payable.  The Company, within 45 calendar days after the receipt of written notice from any Noteholder of the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Subordinated Note, shall notify all Noteholders, at
      their addresses shown on the Security Register (as defined in Section 14 below), of such written notice of Event of Default, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice as certified by the
      Company in writing to the Noteholder or Noteholders who provided written notice of such Event of Default.

     

    6.           Failure to Make Payments.  In the event of any failure by the Company to make any required payment of principal or interest on this
      Subordinated Note (and in the case of payment of interest, such failure to pay shall have continued for 30 calendar days), the Company will, upon demand of the Noteholders, pay to the Noteholders the amount then due and payable on this Subordinated
      Note for principal and interest (without acceleration of this Subordinated Note in any manner), with interest on the overdue principal and interest at the rate borne by this Subordinated Note, to the extent permitted by applicable law.  If the
      Company fails to pay such amount upon such demand, the Noteholders may, among other things, institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce
      the same against the Company and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company.

     

    Upon the occurrence of a failure by the Company to make any required payment of principal or interest on this Subordinated Note, or an Event of Default until such Event of Default is cured by the
      Company or waived pursuant to Section 17 of this Subordinated Note, the Company shall not, except as required by any federal or state governmental agency: (a) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or
      make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock; (b) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any indebtedness of the Company that ranks equal with or junior to
      the Subordinated Notes; or (c) make any payments under any guarantee that ranks equal with or junior to the Subordinated Notes, other than (i) any dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase
      shares of, any class of the Company’s common stock; (ii) any declaration of a non-cash dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
      repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto; (iii) as a result of a reclassification of the Company’s capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company’s capital stock for another class or series of the Company’s
      capital stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged; or (v) purchases of any class of
      the Company’s common stock related to or from any benefit plans for the Company’s directors, officers or employees or any of the Company’s dividend reinvestment plans (the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) are collectively referred to as the “Permitted


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    7.           Affirmative Covenants of the Company.

     

    (a)          Notice of Certain Events.  To the extent permitted by applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Company shall provide written notice to the
      Noteholder of the occurrence of any of the following events as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days following the Company becoming aware of the occurrence of such event:

     

    (i)          The Bank (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is no longer “adequately capitalized” as contemplated by applicable federal banking laws and regulations; or

     

    (ii)         The Company, or any officer of the Company (in such capacity), becomes subject to any formal, written regulatory enforcement action (as defined by the applicable regulatory agency).

     

    (b)          Payment of Principal and Interest.  The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Noteholders that it
      will duly and punctually pay the principal of, and interest on, this Subordinated Note, in accordance with the terms hereof.

     

    (c)        Maintenance of Office. The Company will maintain an office or agency in the State of Michigan, where Subordinated
      Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Subordinated Notes may be served.  The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
      or agencies where the Subordinated Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its
      obligation to maintain an office or agency in the State of Michigan.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Noteholders of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

     

    (d)         Corporate Existence. The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
      force and effect: (i) the corporate existence of the Company; (ii) the existence (corporate or other) of each subsidiary; and (iii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and each of its subsidiaries; provided,
      however, that the Company will not be required to preserve the existence (corporate or other) of any of its subsidiaries or any such right, license or franchise of the Company or any of its subsidiaries if the Board of Directors of the Company
      determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof will not be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Noteholders;
      provided, further, that the Company may consummate a merger in which (i) the Company is the surviving entity or (ii) if the Company is not the surviving entity, the surviving entity assumes, by operation of law or otherwise, all of the obligations of
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    (e)          Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each subsidiary to, cause all its properties used or
      useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
      improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section will
      prevent the Company or any subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of their respective properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or of any subsidiary, as the case may be,
      desirable in the conduct of its business.

     

    (f)          Compliance Certificate.  The Company will deliver to the Noteholders, within 120 days after the end of each
      fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate covering the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not, to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this
      Subordinated Note (without regard to notice requirements or periods of grace) and if the Company will be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which he or she may have knowledge.

     

    (g)         Compliance with Laws.  The Company shall comply with the requirements of all laws, regulations, orders and decrees applicable to it or its
      properties, except for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

     

    (h)        Taxes and Assessments.  The Company shall punctually pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments, and other governmental charges or
      levies imposed upon it or upon its income or upon any of its properties; provided, that no such taxes, assessments or other governmental charges need be paid if they are being contested in good faith by the Company.

     

    8.           Negative Covenants of the Company.

     

    (a)          Limitation on Dividends.  The Company shall not declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on capital stock or other equity
      securities of any kind of the Company if the Company is not “well capitalized” for regulatory capital purposes immediately prior to the declaration of such dividend or distribution, except for Permitted Dividends.

     

    (b)          Merger or Sale of Assets.  The Company shall not merge into another entity, effect a Change in Bank Control (as defined below), or convey,
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    (i)          the continuing entity into which the Company is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or which leases all or substantially
      all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a corporation, association or other legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes the
      due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Subordinated Notes according to their terms, and the due and punctual performance of all covenants and conditions hereof on the part of the Company to be performed or
      observed; and

     

    (ii)         immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
      Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing.

     

    “Change in Bank Control” means the sale, transfer, lease or conveyance by the Company, or an issuance of stock by the Bank, in either case resulting in ownership by the Company of less than 80% of the Bank.

     

    9.           Global Subordinated Notes.

     

    (a)         The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide that the Subordinated Notes owned by Noteholders that are Qualified Institutional Buyers shall be issued in the form
      of one or more Global Subordinated Notes (each a “Global Subordinated Note”) registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or another organization registered as a clearing agency under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
      (the “Exchange Act”), and designated as Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto (the “Depositary”) or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof.

     

    (b)         Notwithstanding any other provision herein, no Global Subordinated Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Subordinated Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Subordinated
      Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the Depositary for such Global Subordinated Note or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary advises the Company in writing that such Depositary is no longer willing
      or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Subordinated Note, and no qualified successor is appointed by the Company within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notice, (ii) such Depositary
      ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by the Company within 90 days after obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the Company elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary
      or (iv) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 9(b), the Company or its agent shall notify the Depositary and instruct the
      Depositary to notify all owners of beneficial interests in such Global Subordinated Note of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of Subordinated Notes to such owners of beneficial interests requesting the same.

     

    
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    (c)          If any Global Subordinated Note is to be exchanged for other Subordinated Notes or canceled in part, or if another Subordinated Note is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a
      beneficial interest in any Global Subordinated Note, then either (i) such Global Subordinated Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Section 9 or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or
      increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Subordinated Note to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate
      adjustment made on the records of the Company or, if applicable, the Company’s registrar and transfer agent (“Registrar”), whereupon the Company or, if applicable, the Registrar, in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the
      Depositary (“Applicable Depositary Procedures”), shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.  Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Subordinated Note by the
      Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute and deliver any Subordinated Notes issuable in exchange for such Global Subordinated Note (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary.

     

    (d)         Every Subordinated Note executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Subordinated Note or any portion thereof shall be executed and
      delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Subordinated Note, unless such Subordinated Note is registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary for such Global Subordinated Note or a nominee thereof.

     

    (e)         The Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Subordinated Note, shall be the holder of such Global Subordinated Note for all purposes under this Subordinated Note,
      and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Subordinated Note shall hold such interests pursuant to Applicable Depositary Procedures.  Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Subordinated Note shall be shown only on, and the
      transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary participants.  If applicable, the Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes relating to a
      Global Subordinated Note (including the payment of principal and interest thereon and the giving of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial interests therein and the giving of notices) as the sole holder of the Subordinated Note and shall
      have no obligations to the owners of beneficial interests therein.  The Registrar shall have no liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.

     

    (f)          The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Subordinated Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
      between such owners and the Depositary and/or its participants.

     

    (g)          No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Subordinated Note held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights with respect to such Global Subordinated Note, and such
      Depositary may be treated by the Company and any agent of the Company as the owner of such Global Subordinated Note for all purposes whatsoever.  Neither the Company nor any agent of the Company will have any responsibility or liability for any
      aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Subordinated Note or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.  Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or any agent of the Company from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and such holders of beneficial
      interests, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of any Subordinated Note.

     

    
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    (h)         The Company, within 45 calendar days after the receipt of written notice from the Noteholder or any other holder of the Subordinated Notes of the occurrence of an Event of Default with
      respect to this Subordinated Note, shall notify all the Noteholders, at their addresses shown on the Security Register (as defined in Section 14 below), such written notice of Event of Default, unless such Event of Default shall have been
      cured or waived before the giving of such notice as certified by the Company in writing.

     

    10.         Denominations.  The Subordinated Notes are issuable only in registered form without interest coupons in minimum denominations of $250,000 and
      integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     

    11.         Charges and Transfer Taxes.  No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Subordinated Note, or any
      redemption or repayment of this Subordinated Note, or any conversion or exchange of this Subordinated Note for other types of securities or property, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other
      governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange of this Subordinated Note from the Noteholder requesting such transfer or exchange.

     

    12.         Payment Procedures.  Payment of the principal and interest payable on the Stated Maturity will be made by check, by wire transfer or by
      Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account in the United States designated by the Noteholder if such Noteholder shall have previously provided wire instructions to the Company, upon presentation and
      surrender of this Subordinated Note at the Payment Office (as defined in Section 22 below) or at such other place or places as the Company shall designate by notice to the Noteholders as the Payment Office, provided that this Subordinated
      Note is presented to the Company in time for the Company to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures.  Payments of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity) shall be made by wire transfer in
      immediately available funds or check mailed to the registered Noteholder, as such person’s address appears on the Security Register (as defined below).  Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable to the Noteholder in whose name
      this Subordinated Note is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, without regard to whether such date is a Business Day, except that interest not paid on the Interest Payment
      Date, if any, will be paid to the Noteholder in whose name this Subordinated Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date fixed by the Company (a “Special Record Date”), notice of which shall be given to the Noteholder
      not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest shall accrue, at the rate at which interest accrues on the principal of this Subordinated Note, on any amount of principal or
      interest on this Subordinated Note not paid when due.  All payments on this Subordinated Note shall be applied first against interest due hereunder; and then against principal due hereunder.  The Noteholder acknowledges and agrees that the payment of
      all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Subordinated Note and all interest hereon shall be pari passu in right of payment and in all other respects to the other Subordinated Notes.  In
      the event that the Noteholder receives payments in excess of its pro rata share of the Company’s payments to the Noteholders of all of the Subordinated Notes, then the Noteholder shall hold in trust all such excess payments for the benefit of the
      holders of the other Subordinated Notes and shall pay such amounts held in trust to such other Noteholders upon demand by such Noteholders.

     

    
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    13.         Form of Payment.  Payments of principal and interest on this Subordinated Note shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of
      America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

     

    14.        Registration of Transfer, Security Register.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subordinated Note is transferable in whole or in part,
      and may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Notes of other authorized denominations, by the Noteholder in person, or by its attorney duly authorized in writing, at the Payment Office or the office of the Registrar.  The
      Company or its agent (the “Registrar”) shall maintain a register providing for the registration of the Subordinated Notes and any exchange or transfer thereof (the “Security Register”).  Upon surrender or presentation of this
      Subordinated Note for exchange or registration of transfer, the Company or the Registrar shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor a Subordinated Note or Subordinated Notes of like aggregate principal amount, each in a minimum denomination of
      $250,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000 (and, in the absence of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company to the contrary, bearing the restrictive legend(s) set forth hereinabove) and that is or are
      registered in such name or names requested by the Noteholder.  Any Subordinated Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall be duly endorsed and accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in such form as is
      attached hereto and incorporated herein, duly executed by the Noteholder or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with such tax identification number or other information for each person in whose name a Subordinated Note is to be issued, and
      accompanied by evidence of compliance with any restrictive legend(s) appearing on such Subordinated Note or Subordinated Notes as the Company may reasonably request to comply with applicable law.  No exchange or registration of transfer of this
      Subordinated Note shall be made on or after (i) the fifteenth (15th) day immediately preceding the Stated Maturity or (ii) the due delivery of notice of redemption.

     

    15.        Priority.  The Subordinated Notes rank pari passu among themselves and pari passu, in the event of any insolvency proceeding, dissolution, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, restructuring of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceeding or any liquidation or
      winding up of the Company with all other present or future unsecured subordinated debt obligations of the Company, except any unsecured subordinated debt that, pursuant to its express terms, is senior or subordinate in right of payment to the
      Subordinated Notes and all Senior Indebtedness.

     

    16.         Ownership.  Prior to due presentment of this Subordinated Note for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Noteholder in whose
      name this Subordinated Note is registered in the Security Register as the absolute owner of this Subordinated Note for receiving payments of principal and interest on this Subordinated Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this
      Subordinated Note be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

     

    17.         Waiver and Consent.

     

    
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    (a)         Any consent or waiver given by the holder of this Subordinated Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Noteholder and upon all future holders
      of this Subordinated Note and of any Subordinated Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Subordinated Note.  This
      Subordinated Note may also be amended or waived pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of Section 7.3 of the Purchase Agreement.  No delay or omission of the holder of this Subordinated Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon
      any Event of Default shall impair such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Any insured depository institution which shall be a holder of this Subordinated Note or which otherwise shall have
      any beneficial ownership interest in this Subordinated Note shall, by its acceptance of such Subordinated Note (or beneficial interest therein), be deemed to have waived any right of offset with respect to the repayment of the indebtedness evidenced
      thereby.

     

    (b)         No waiver or amendment of any term, provision, condition, covenant or agreement in the Subordinated Notes shall be effective except with the consent
      of the Noteholders holding at least fifty percent (50%) in aggregate principal amount (excluding any Subordinated Notes held by the Company or any of its Affiliates) of the Subordinated Notes at the time outstanding; provided, however, that without the consent of each Noteholder of an affected Subordinated Note, no such amendment or waiver may:  (i) reduce the principal amount of any Subordinated Note;
      (ii) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Subordinated Note; (iii) extend the maturity of any Subordinated Note; (iv) change the currency in which payment of the obligations of the Company under the Subordinated Notes
      are to be made; (v) lower the percentage of aggregate principal amount of outstanding Subordinated Notes required to approve any amendment of the Subordinated Notes; (vi) make any changes to Section 6 (Failure to Make Payments) of the
      Subordinated Notes that adversely affects the rights of any Noteholder; or (vii) disproportionately affect any of the Noteholders of the then outstanding Subordinated Notes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may amend or supplement the
      Subordinated Notes without the consent of the Noteholders to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to provide for uncertificated Subordinated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Subordinated Notes, or to make any change that
      does not adversely affect the rights of any Noteholder of any of the Subordinated Notes.  No failure to exercise or delay in exercising, by any Noteholder of the Subordinated Notes, of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
      thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right or remedy provided by law, except as restricted hereby.  The rights and remedies
      provided in this Subordinated Note are cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided by law or equity.  No notice or demand on the Company in any case shall, in itself, entitle the Company to any other or further notice or demand in
      similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Noteholders to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.  No consent or waiver, expressed or implied, by the Noteholders to or of any breach
      or default by the Company in the performance of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same or any other obligations of the Company hereunder. 
      Failure on the part of the Noteholders to complain of any acts or failure to act or to declare an Event of Default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by the Noteholders of their rights hereunder or impair
      any rights, powers or remedies on account of any breach or default by the Company.

     

    
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    18.         Absolute and Unconditional Obligation of the Company.  No provisions of this Subordinated Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the
      Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal and interest on this Subordinated Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     

    19.         Successors and Assigns.  This Subordinated Note shall be binding upon the Company and inure to the benefit of the Noteholder and its
      respective successors and permitted assigns.  The Noteholder may assign all, or any part of, or any interest in, the Noteholder’s rights and benefits hereunder.  To the extent of any such assignment, such assignee shall have the same rights and
      benefits against the Company and shall agree to be bound by and to comply with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement as it would have had if it were the Noteholder hereunder.

     

    20.          No Sinking Fund; Convertibility.  This Subordinated Note is not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.  This Subordinated Note is not
      convertible into or exchangeable for any of the equity securities, other securities or assets of the Company or any subsidiary.

     

    21.         No Recourse Against Others.  No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Subordinated Note, or for any
      claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, will be had against any past, present or future shareholder, employee, officer, or director, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor, either directly or through the Company or
      any predecessor or successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
      acceptance of this Subordinated Note by the holder of this Subordinated Note and as part of the consideration for the issuance of this Subordinated Note.

     

    22.        Notices.  All notices to the Company under this Subordinated Note shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at 4200 E. Beltline Avenue
      NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525, Attention: Steve Erickson, Chief Financial Officer, or to such other address as the Company may provide to the Noteholders (the “Payment Office”).  All notices to the Noteholders shall be deemed to have been
      given if in writing and if delivered personally, or if mailed, postage prepaid, by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or if delivered by a responsible overnight commercial courier promising next business day
      delivery. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed given when delivered personally or, if mailed, three (3) Business Days after it shall have been deposited in the United States mails as
      aforesaid or, if sent by overnight courier, the Business Day following the date of delivery to such courier (provided next business day delivery was requested).

     

    23.        Further Issues.  The Company may, without the consent of the Noteholders, create and issue additional notes having the same terms and
      conditions of the Subordinated Notes (except for the Issue Date) so that such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Subordinated Notes.

     

    24.         Governing Law; Interpretation.  THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
      CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.  THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE IS INTENDED TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AS TIER 2 CAPITAL UNDER THE
      REGULATORY GUIDELINES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, AND THE TERMS HEREOF SHALL BE INTERPRETED IN A MANNER TO SATISFY SUCH INTENT.

     

    
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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Subordinated Note to be duly executed and attested.

     

    	 	
            INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION

          
	 	 
	 	
            By:

          	 
	 	 	
            Name:

          	
            William B. Kessel

          
	 	 	
            Title:

          	
            President & CEO

          


    

    

    	
            ATTEST:

          	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
            Name: Stephen A. Erickson

          	 
	
            Title:  Executive VP & CFO

          	 


    

    

    
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    ASSIGNMENT FORM

     

    To assign this Subordinated Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Subordinated Note to:

     

    
      
 

    (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

    

    

    
      


    (Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

    

    

    and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Subordinated Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

    

    

    

    

    
      	Date:	
               

            	
               

            	Your signature:	
               

            


      	
               

            	
               

            	
               

            	
              
                (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Subordinated Note)

              

            
	
               

            	
               

            	
               

            	
               

            
	
               

            	
               

            	
               

            	Tax Identification No:	
               

            


    

    

    

    Signature Guarantee:_________________________________________________________________________________________ (Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
      stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).

    

    

    The undersigned certifies that it [is / is not] an Affiliate of the Company and that, to its knowledge, the proposed transferee [is / is not] an Affiliate of the Company.

     

    In connection with any transfer or exchange of this Subordinated Note occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issuance of this Subordinated Note and the
      last date, if any, on which this Subordinated Note was owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that this Subordinated Note is being:

     

    CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

     

    
      	☐	
              (1)

            	
              acquired for the undersigned’s own account, without transfer;

            
	 	 	

            
	☐	
              (2)

            	
              transferred to the Company;

            
	 	 	

            
	
              ☐

            	
              (3)

            	
              transferred in accordance and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

            
	 	 	

            
	☐	
              (4)

            	
              transferred under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

            


      

      

      
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      	☐	
              (5)

            	
              transferred in accordance with and in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act;

            
	 	 	

            
	☐	
              (6)

            	
              transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act);

            
	 	 	

            
	☐	
              (7)

            	
              transferred to an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(4) under the Securities Act), not referred to in item (6) that has been provided with the information designated under Section 4(d) of the
                Securities Act of 1933; or

            
	 	 	

            
	☐	
              (7)

            	
              transferred in accordance with another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

            


    

     

    

    Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Company will refuse to register this Subordinated Note in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6), (7) or (8) is
      checked, the Company may require, prior to registering any such transfer of this Subordinated Note, in its sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company may reasonably request to confirm that such transfer
      is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.

     

    
      	
               

            	
              Signature:

              

            	
               

            


    

     

    

    Signature Guarantee:______________________________________________________________________(Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
      associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-l5).

     

    TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (1) OR (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

    

    

    The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Subordinated Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
      any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding
      the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption
      from registration provided by Rule 144A.

     

    
      	
              Date: 

              

            	
               

            	
               

            	Signature: 	
               

            


    

    

    

    
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    EXHIBIT B

     

    OPINION OF COUNSEL

     

    1.          Each of the Company and the Bank (i) is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or similar power and
      authority to carry on its business as currently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other entity as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which such
      qualification or licensing is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of  property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
      expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    2.           The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the
      transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

     

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

     

    4.           The Bank is a Michigan banking corporation validly existing under the laws of Michigan and is in good standing under such laws and holds the requisite authority from the Michigan
      Department of Insurance and Financial Services to do business as a Michigan banking corporation.

     

    5.           The Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.  The Agreement constitutes a legal valid and binding obligation of Company, enforceable against
      Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in
      effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

     

    6.          The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company on the date hereof of its agreements and obligations under, the Transaction Documents do not (i) to such
      counsel’s knowledge, violate any applicable provisions of the Michigan Business Corporation Act, (ii) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any court order or judgment of any agency or court of the State of Michigan having jurisdiction over the
      Company and known to such counsel or (iii) violate the Charter or Bylaws, each as currently in effect.

     

    
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    7.          The Subordinated Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and when duly executed, authenticated,  issued and delivered to and paid for by the Purchasers in accordance
      with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy,
      insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a
      court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

     

    8.           Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Purchasers and the Company set forth in the Agreement, the offer and sale of the Subordinated Notes in
      accordance with the Agreement will be issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

     

    
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    SCHEDULE A

     

    DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES

     

    	1.	
            Independent Bank

          


    	2.	
            IB Wealth Management, Inc.

          


    	3.	
            IB Insurance Services, Inc.

          


    	4.	
            Independent Title Services, Inc.

          


    	5.	
            IBC Capital Finance III

          


    	6.	
            IBC Capital Finance IV

          


    	7.	
            Midwest Guaranty Trust I

          


    	8.	
            TCSB Statutory Trust I

          


    	9.	
            Independent Life Insurance Trust

          


    	10.	
            Land Holdings, LLC

          


    	11.	
            Jarco investments, LLC

          


     

    
      
        


    

    APPENDIX A

     

    Required Waiver Disclosure

     

    Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) is a broker dealer affiliate of KBW. On December 6, 2016, a final judgment (the “Judgment”) was entered against Stifel by the United States District
      Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-00755) resolving a civil lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in 2011 involving violations of several antifraud provisions of the
      federal securities laws in connection with the sale of synthetic collateralized debt obligations to five Wisconsin school districts in 2006.  As a result of the Judgment: (i) Stifel is required to cease and desist from committing or causing any
      violations and any future violations of Section 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act; and (ii) Stifel and a former employee were jointly liable to pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest of $2.5 million. Stifel was also required to pay a
      civil penalty of $22.0 million, of which disgorgement and civil penalty Stifel was required to pay $12.5 million to the school districts involved in this matter.

    

    

    Simultaneously with the entry of the Judgment, the SEC issued an Order granting Stifel a waiver from, among other things, the application of the disqualification provisions of Rule 506(d)(1)(ii) of Regulation D under
      the Securities Act.

    

    

    A copy of the Judgment is available on the SEC’s website at:

    https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2016/lr23700-final-judgment.pdf.