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    Exhibit
10.1

     

    
 

    United States Department Of The Treasury

    1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

    Washington,
D.C. 20220

     

    Dear
Ladies and Gentlemen:

     

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

     

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extent supplemented or superseded by the terms set forth herein or in the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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    
      
        	 
      	
                UNITED
      STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                 

              
	 
      	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Neel Kashkari

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Name:

              	
                Neel
      Kashkari

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Title:

                 

              	
                Interim
      Assistant Secretary For Financial Stability

                 

              
	 	 
	 
      	
                COMPANY:

                 

              
	 
      	
                FIRST
      BANCORP

                 

              
	 
      	
                By:

              	
                /s/
      Eric P. Credle

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Name:

              	
                Eric
      P. Credle

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Title:

                 

              	
                CFO

                 

              


      

    

    Date:  January 9,
2009

    


    



    
      
         


      

      
         


        
          

        

      

      
         


      

    


    EXHIBIT
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    SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT

     

     

     


    
      
         


      

      
         


        
          

        

      

      
         


      

    


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    SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT

    


    STANDARD
TERMS

    


     

     

     

     

    
      

      

    

     

    
 

    



    
      
         


      

      
         


        
          

        

      

      
         


      

    


    TABLE
OF CONTENTS

     

    
      
        	 
      	 
      	
                Page

              
	
                ARTICLE
      I

                 

              
	
                PURCHASE;
      CLOSING

                 

              
	
                1.1

              	
                Purchase

              	
                2

              
	
                1.2

              	
                Closing.

              	
                3

              
	
                1.3

              	
                Interpretation

              	
                5

              
	
                 

                ARTICLE
      II

                 

              
	
                REPRESENTATIONS
      AND WARRANTIES

                 

              
	
                2.1

              	
                Disclosure.

              	
                5

              
	
                2.2

              	
                Representations
      and Warranties of the Company

              	
                6

              
	
                 

                ARTICLE
      III

                 

              
	
                COVENANTS

                 

              
	
                3.1

              	
                Commercially
      Reasonable Efforts.

              	
                14

              
	
                3.2

              	
                Expenses

              	
                15

              
	
                3.3

              	
                Sufficiency
      of Authorized Common Stock; Exchange Listing.

              	
                15

              
	
                3.4

              	
                Certain
      Notifications Until Closing

              	
                16

              
	
                3.5

              	
                Access,
      Information and Confidentiality.

              	
                16

              
	
                 

                ARTICLE
      IV

                 

              
	
                ADDITIONAL
      AGREEMENTS

                 

              
	
                4.1

              	
                Purchase
      for Investment

              	
                17

              
	
                4.2

              	
                Legends.

              	
                17

              
	
                4.3

              	
                Certain
      Transactions

              	
                19

              
	
                4.4

              	
                Transfer
      of Purchased Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of
      the Warrant

              	
                19

              
	
                4.5

              	
                Registration
      Rights.

              	
                19

              
	
                4.6

              	
                Voting
      of Warrant Shares

              	
                31

              
	
                4.7

              	
                Depositary
      Shares

              	
                31

              
	
                4.8

              	
                Restriction
      on Dividends and Repurchases.

              	
                31

              
	
                4.9

              	
                Repurchase
      of Investor Securities.

              	
                32

              
	
                4.10

              	
                Executive
      Compensation

              	
                33

              


      

    

    


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              ARTICLE
      V

               

            
	
              MISCELLANEOUS

               

            
	
              5.1

            	
              Termination

            	
              34

            
	
              5.2

            	
              Survival
      of Representations and Warranties

            	
              34

            
	
              5.3

            	
              Amendment

            	
              35

            
	
              5.4

            	
              Waiver
      of Conditions

            	
              35

            
	
              5.5

            	
              Governing
      Law:  Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc.

            	
              35

            
	
              5.6

            	
              Notices

            	
              35

            
	
              5.7

            	
              Definitions

            	
              36

            
	
              5.8

            	
              Assignment

            	
              36

            
	
              5.9

            	
              Severability

            	
              36

            
	
              5.10

            	
              No
      Third Party Beneficiaries

            	
              37

            


    

     

     

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    LIST OF
ANNEXES

     

    
      	
              ANNEX
      A:

            	
              FORM
      OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS FOR PREFERRED
  STOCK

            


    

     

    
      	
              ANNEX
      B:

            	
              FORM
      OF WAIVER

            


    

     

    
      	
              ANNEX
      C:

            	
              FORM
      OF OPINION

            


    

     

    
      	
              ANNEX
      D:

            	
              FORM
      OF WARRANT

            


    

     

     

     

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    INDEX
OF DEFINED TERMS

     

    
      	
              
                Term

              

            	 	
              
                Location
      of

                Definition

              

            
	
              Affiliate

            	 	
              5.7(b)

            
	
              Agreement

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Appraisal
      Procedure

            	 	
              4.9(c)(i)

            
	
              Appropriate
      Federal Banking Agency

            	 	
              2.2(s)

            
	
              Bankruptcy
      Exceptions

            	 	
              2.2(d)

            
	
              Benefit
      Plans

            	 	
              1.2(d)(iv)

            
	
              Board
      of Directors

            	 	
              2.2(f)

            
	
              Business
      Combination

            	 	
              4.4

            
	
              Business
      Day

            	 	
              1.3

            
	
              Capitalization
      Date

            	 	
              2.2(b)

            
	
              Certificate
      of Designations

            	 	
              1.2(d)(iii)

            
	
              Charter

            	 	
              1.2(d)(iii)

            
	
              Closing

            	 	
              1.2(a)

            
	
              Closing
      Date

            	 	
              1.2(a)

            
	
              Code

            	 	
              2.2(n)

            
	
              Common
      Stock

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Company

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Company
      Financial Statements

            	 	
              2.2(h)

            
	
              Company
      Material Adverse Effect

            	 	
              2.1(a)

            
	
              Company
      Reports

            	 	
              2.2(i)(i)

            
	
              Company
      Subsidiary; Company Subsidiaries

            	 	
              2.2(i)(i)

            
	
              Control;
      controlled by; under common control with

            	 	
              5.7(b)

            
	
              Controlled
      Group

            	 	
              2.2(n)

            
	
              CPP

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              EESA

            	 	
              1.2(d)(iv)

            
	
              ERISA

            	 	
              2.2(n)

            
	
              Exchange
      Act

            	 	
              2.1(b)

            
	
              Fair
      Market Value

            	 	
              4.9(c)(ii)

            
	
              GAAP

            	 	
              2.1(a)

            
	
              Governmental
      Entities

            	 	
              1.2(c)

            
	
              Holder

            	 	
              4.5(k)(i)

            
	
              Holders’
      Counsel

            	 	
              4.5(k)(ii)

            
	
              Indemnitee

            	 	
              4.5(g)(i)

            
	
              Information

            	 	
              3.5(b)

            
	
              Initial
      Warrant Shares

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Investor

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Junior
      Stock

            	 	
              4.8(c)

            
	
              Knowledge
      of the Company; Company’s knowledge

            	 	
              5.7(c)

            
	
              Last
      Fiscal Year

            	 	
              2.1(b)

            
	
              Letter
      Agreement

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Officers

            	 	
              5.7(c)

            
	
              Parity
      Stock

            	 	
              4.8(c)

            


    

    


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                Term

              

            	 	
              
                Location
      of

                Definition

              

            
	
              Pending
      Underwritten Offering

            	 	
              4.5(l)

            
	
              Permitted
      Repurchases

            	 	
              4.8(a)(ii)

            
	
              Piggyback
      Registration

            	 	
              4.5(a)(iv)

            
	
              Plan

            	 	
              2.2(n)

            
	
              Preferred
      Shares

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Preferred
      Stock

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Previously
      Disclosed

            	 	
              2.1(b)

            
	
              Proprietary
      Rights

            	 	
              2.2(u)

            
	
              Purchase

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Purchase
      Price

            	 	
              1.1

            
	
              Purchased
      Securities

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Qualified
      Equity Offering

            	 	
              4.4

            
	
              Register;
      Registered; Registration

            	 	
              4.5(k)(iii)

            
	
              Registrable
      Securities

            	 	
              4.5(k)(iv)

            
	
              Registration
      Expenses

            	 	
              4.5(k)(v)

            
	
              Regulatory
      Agreement

            	 	
              2.2(s)

            
	
              Rule
      144; Rule 144A; Rule 159A; Rule 405; Rule 415

            	 	
              4.5(k)(vi)

            
	
              Schedules

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              SEC

            	 	
              2.1(b)

            
	
              Securities
      Act

            	 	
              2.2(a)

            
	
              Selling
      Expenses

            	 	
              4.5(k)(vii)

            
	
              Senior
      Executive Officers

            	 	
              4.10

            
	
              Share
      Dilution Amount

            	 	
              4.8(a)(ii)

            
	
              Shelf
      Registration Statement

            	 	
              4.5(a)(ii)

            
	
              Signing
      Date

            	 	
              2.1(a)

            
	
              Special
      Registration

            	 	
              4.5(i)

            
	
              Stockholder
      Proposals

            	 	
              3.1(b)

            
	
              Subsidiary

            	 	
              5.8(a)

            
	
              Tax;
      Taxes

            	 	
              2.2(o)

            
	
              Transfer

            	 	
              4.4

            
	
              Warrant

            	 	
              Recitals

            
	
              Warrant
      Shares

            	 	
              2.2(d)

            


    

    


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    SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT – STANDARD TERMS

     

    Recitals:

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

     

    ARTICLE
I

     

    PURCHASE;
CLOSING

     

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

     

    1.2           Closing.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (i)           (A)
the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (x) Section
2.2(g) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects as though
made on and as of the Closing Date, (y) Sections 2.2(a) through (f) shall be
true and correct in all material respects as though made on and as of the
Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that by their terms
speak as of another date, which representations and warranties shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of such other date) and (z) Sections 2.2(h)
through (v) (disregarding all qualifications or limitations set forth in such
representations and warranties as to “materiality”, “Company Material Adverse
Effect” and words of similar import) shall be true and correct as though made on
and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that by
their terms speak as of another date, which representations and warranties shall
be true and correct as of such other date), except to the extent that the
failure of such representations and warranties referred to in this Section
1.2(d)(i)(A)(z) to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate,
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    expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (B) the Company shall have
performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by
it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (vii)           the
Company shall have delivered certificates in proper form or, with the prior
consent of the Investor, evidence of shares in book-entry form, evidencing the
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    (viii)             the
Company shall have duly executed the Warrant in substantially the form attached
hereto as Annex
D and delivered such executed Warrant to the Investor or its
designee(s).

     

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

     

     

    ARTICLE
II

     

    REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES

     

    2.1           Disclosure.

     

    (a)           “Company Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of
operation or financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that
Company Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the effects of
(A) changes after the date of the Letter Agreement (the “Signing Date”) in general
business, economic or market conditions (including changes generally in
prevailing interest rates, credit availability and liquidity, currency exchange
rates and price levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign
securities or credit markets), or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities,
declared or undeclared acts of war or terrorism, in each case generally
affecting the industries in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate, (B)
changes or proposed changes after the Signing Date in generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) or regulatory
accounting requirements, or authoritative interpretations thereof, (C) changes
or proposed changes after the Signing Date in securities, banking and other laws
of general applicability or related policies or interpretations of Governmental
Entities (in the case of each of these clauses (A), (B) and (C), other than
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    or
occurrences to the extent that such changes or occurrences have or would
reasonably be expected to have a materially disproportionate adverse effect on
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to
comparable U.S. banking or financial services organizations), or (D) changes in
the market price or trading volume of the Common Stock or any other equity,
equity-related or debt securities of the Company or its consolidated
subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that the exception set forth in
this clause (D) does not apply to the underlying reason giving rise to or
contributing to any such change); or (ii) the ability of the Company to
consummate the Purchase and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Warrant and perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder on
a timely basis.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (b)           Capitalization.  The
authorized capital stock of the Company, and the outstanding capital stock of
the Company (including securities convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company) as of the most recent fiscal
month-end preceding the Signing Date (the “Capitalization Date”) is set
forth on Schedule
B.  The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have
been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and were not issued in
violation of any preemptive rights).  Except as provided in the
Warrant, as of the Signing Date, the Company does not have outstanding any
securities or other obligations providing the holder the right to acquire Common
Stock that is not reserved for issuance as specified on Schedule B, and the
Company has not made any other commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Common
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    shares of
Common Stock, other than (i) shares issued upon the exercise of stock options or
delivered under other equity-based awards or other convertible securities or
warrants which were issued and outstanding on the Capitalization Date and
disclosed on Schedule
B and (ii) shares disclosed on Schedule
B.

     

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

     

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

     

    (e)           Authorization,
Enforceability.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (g)           No Company Material Adverse
Effect.  Since the last day of the last completed fiscal period
for which the Company has filed a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual
Report on Form 10-K with the SEC prior to the Signing Date, no fact,
circumstance, event, change, occurrence, condition or development has occurred
that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

     

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

     

    (i)           Reports.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (n)           Employee Benefit
Matters.  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A)
each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) providing benefits
to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any
member of its “Controlled
Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) that is sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by the Company or any member of its Controlled
Group and for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group would have
any liability, whether actual or contingent (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in
compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes,
rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (B)with respect to each
Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (including, for purposes of this clause (B),
any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that the Company or any member of its
Controlled Group previously maintained or contributed to in the six years prior
to the Signing Date), (1) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section
4043(c) of ERISA), other than a reportable event for which the notice period
referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, has occurred in the
three years prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur, (2) no
“accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred in the three years
prior to the Signing Date or is reasonably expected to occur, (3) the fair
market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all
benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on the assumptions used to
fund such Plan) and (4) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled
Group has incurred in the six years prior to the Signing Date, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than
contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC in the ordinary course and
without default) in respect of a Plan (including any Plan that is a
“multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and
(C) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
with respect to its qualified status that has not been revoked, or such a
determination letter has been timely applied for but not received by the Signing
Date, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which
could reasonably be expected to cause the loss, revocation or denial of such
qualified status or favorable determination letter.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (r)           Risk Management
Instruments.  Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all
derivative instruments, including, swaps, caps, floors and option agreements,
whether entered into for the Company’s own account, or for the account of one or
more of the Company Subsidiaries or its or their customers, were entered into
(i) only in the ordinary course of business, (ii) in accordance with prudent
practices and in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and regulatory policies and (iii) with counterparties believed to be
financially responsible at the time; and each of such instruments constitutes
the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or one of the Company
Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited
by the Bankruptcy Exceptions.  Neither the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is
in breach of any of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement
other than such breaches that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
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    (s)           Agreements with Regulatory
Agencies.  Except as set forth on Schedule F, neither
the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any material
cease-and-desist or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a
party to any material written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of
understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar
undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by, or since December 31,
2006, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental
Entity (other than the Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction
over the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in any
material respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner
relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies and
practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or
compliance policies or procedures, its internal controls, its management or its
operations or business (each item in this sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor
has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been advised since December 31, 2006
by any such Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating,
ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement.  The Company
and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with each
Regulatory Agreement to which it is party or subject, and neither the Company
nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice from any Governmental Entity
indicating that either the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in
compliance in all material respects with any such Regulatory
Agreement.  “Appropriate Federal Banking
Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to
the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, as defined in Section
3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section
1813(q)).

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

     

    ARTICLE
III

     

    COVENANTS

     

    3.1           Commercially Reasonable
Efforts.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    3.3           Sufficiency of Authorized
Common Stock; Exchange Listing.

     

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

     

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

     

    3.5           Access,
Information and Confidentiality.

     

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

     

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

     

    ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS

     

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

     

    4.2           Legends.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    “THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE NOT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR
OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
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    THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF
EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH
ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.  EACH PURCHASER OF THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE
RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE
144A THEREUNDER.  ANY TRANSFEREE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2)
AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
WHICH IS THEN EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO
RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS
OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO THE
ISSUER OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ARE TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.”

     

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

     

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

     

    4.4           Transfer of Purchased
Securities and Warrant Shares; Restrictions on Exercise of the
Warrant.  Subject to compliance with applicable securities
laws, the Investor shall be permitted to transfer, sell, assign or otherwise
dispose of (“Transfer”)
all or a portion of the Purchased Securities or Warrant Shares at any time, and
the Company shall take all steps as may be reasonably requested by the Investor
to facilitate the Transfer of the Purchased Securities and the Warrant Shares;
provided that the
Investor shall not Transfer a portion or portions of the Warrant with respect
to, and/or exercise the Warrant for, more than one-half of the Initial Warrant
Shares (as such number may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 13
thereof) in the aggregate until the earlier of (a) the date on which the Company
(or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds
of not less than the Purchase Price (and the purchase price paid by the Investor
to any such successor for securities of such successor purchased under the CPP)
from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity
Offerings of such successor) and (b) December 31, 2009.  “Qualified Equity Offering”
means the sale and issuance for cash by the Company to persons other than the
Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries after the Closing Date of shares of
perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that,
in each case, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Company at
the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the
Company’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and
issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant
to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13,
2008).  “Business
Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
similar transaction that requires the approval of the Company’s
stockholders.

     

    4.5           Registration
Rights.

     

    (a)           Registration.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (i)           Prepare
and file with the SEC a prospectus supplement with respect to a proposed
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement, subject to Section 4.5(d), keep such registration statement effective
and keep such prospectus supplement current until the securities described
therein are no longer Registrable Securities.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (vi)           Give
written notice to the Holders:

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (g)           Indemnification.

     

    (i)           The
Company agrees to indemnify each Holder and, if a Holder is a person other than
an individual, such Holder’s officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives and Affiliates, and each Person, if any, that controls a Holder
within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, an “Indemnitee”), against any and
all losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses (including
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of attorneys and other professionals
incurred in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or
paying any such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs and
expenses), joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration
statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any documents incorporated
therein by reference or contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term
is defined in Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in writing
for use by such Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto); or any omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, that the Company
shall not be liable to such Indemnitee in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof)
or expense arises out of or is based upon (A) an untrue statement or omission
made in such registration statement, including any such preliminary prospectus
or final prospectus contained therein or any such amendments or supplements
thereto or contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined in
Rule 405) prepared by the Company or authorized by it in writing for use by such
Holder (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in
conformity with information regarding such Indemnitee or its plan of
distribution or ownership interests which was furnished in writing to the
Company by such Indemnitee for use in connection with such registration
statement, including any such preliminary prospectus or final prospectus
contained therein or any such amendments or supplements thereto, or (B) offers
or sales effected by or on behalf of such Indemnitee “by means of” (as defined
in Rule 159A) a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) that was not
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    (ii)           If
the indemnification provided for in Section 4.5(g)(i) is unavailable to an
Indemnitee with respect to any losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities,
costs or expenses referred to therein or is insufficient to hold the Indemnitee
harmless as contemplated therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as
a result of such losses, claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or
expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, actions, liabilities, costs or expenses as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company,
on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined
by reference to, among other factors, whether the untrue statement of a material
fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission;
the Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 4.5(g)(ii) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in Section 4.5(g)(i).  No Indemnitee guilty
of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the Company if the
Company was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (ii)           “Holders’ Counsel” means one counsel
for the selling Holders chosen by Holders holding a majority interest in the
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    (iii)           “Register,” “registered,” and “registration” shall refer to
a registration effected by preparing and (A) filing a registration statement in
compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations
thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such
registration statement or (B) filing a prospectus and/or prospectus supplement
in respect of an appropriate effective registration statement on Form
S-3.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    4.6           Voting of Warrant
Shares.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Investor shall not exercise any voting rights with respect to the
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    4.7           Depositary
Shares.  Upon request by the Investor at any time following the
Closing Date, the Company shall promptly enter into a depositary arrangement,
pursuant to customary agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Investor and
with a depositary reasonably acceptable to the Investor, pursuant to which the
Preferred Shares may be deposited and depositary shares, each representing a
fraction of a Preferred Share as specified by the Investor, may be
issued.  From and after the execution of any such depositary
arrangement, and the deposit of any Preferred Shares pursuant thereto, the
depositary shares issued pursuant thereto shall be deemed “Preferred Shares”
and, as applicable, “Registrable Securities” for purposes of this
Agreement.

     

    4.8           Restriction on Dividends and
Repurchases.

     

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

     

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

     

    (ii)           redeem,
purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock or other
equity securities of any kind of the Company, or any trust preferred securities
issued by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, other than (A)
redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of the Preferred Shares, (B)
redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other
Junior Stock, in each case in this clause (B) in connection with the
administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business
(including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below)
pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past
practice; provided that
any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the
Share Dilution Amount, (C) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer
subsidiary of the Company solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization
or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the
ordinary course of its business, (D) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of
the Company of capital stock of the Company for resale pursuant to an offering
by the Company of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer
subsidiary, (E) any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any
stockholders’ rights plan, (F) the acquisition by the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the
beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Company or any other
Company Subsidiary), including as trustees or custodians, and (G) the exchange
or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock
or trust preferred securities for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or
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    case set
forth in this clause (G), solely to the extent required pursuant to binding
contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent
agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for
Common Stock (clauses (C) and (F), collectively, the “Permitted
Repurchases”).  “Share Dilution Amount” means
the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in
accordance with GAAP, and as measured from the date of the Company’s most
recently filed Company Financial Statements prior to the Closing Date) resulting
from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees
and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split,
reclassification or similar transaction.

     

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

     

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

     

    4.9           Repurchase of Investor
Securities.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

     

    ARTICLE
V

     

    MISCELLANEOUS

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    5.4           Waiver of
Conditions.  The conditions to each party’s obligation to
consummate the Purchase are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived
by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable
law.  No waiver will be effective unless it is in a writing signed by
a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to
the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.

     

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

     

    5.6           Notices.  Any
notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any
party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given
(a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon
confirmation of receipt, or (b) on the second business day following the date of
dispatch if delivered by a recognized next day courier service.  All
notices to the Company shall be delivered as set forth in Schedule A, or
pursuant to such other instruction as may be designated in writing by the
Company to the Investor.  All notices to the Investor shall be
delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be
designated in writing by the Investor to the Company.

     

    If to the
Investor:

     

    United
States Department of the Treasury

    1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 2312

    Washington,
D.C.  20220

    Attention:  Assistant
General Counsel (Banking and Finance)

    Facsimile:  (202)
622-1974

     

    5.7           Definitions

     

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

     

    (b)           The
term “Affiliate” means,
with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with, such other person.  For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”)
when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management and/or policies of
such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or
otherwise.

     

    (c)           The
terms “knowledge of the
Company” or “Company’s
knowledge” mean the actual knowledge after reasonable and due inquiry of
the “officers” (as such
term is defined in Rule 3b-2 under the Exchange Act, but excluding any Vice
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    5.8           Assignment.  Neither
this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability arising hereunder
or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto without the prior
written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy,
obligation or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except (a)
an assignment, in the case of a Business Combination where such party is not the
surviving entity, or a sale of substantially all of its assets, to the entity
which is the survivor of such Business Combination or the purchaser in such sale
and (b) as provided in Section 4.5.

     

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

     

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

     

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A

     

    FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF
DESIGNATIONS

     

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      CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

       

      OF

       

      FIXED
RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A

       

      OF

       

      FIRST
BANCORP

       

      First Bancorp, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of North Carolina (the “Corporation”), in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 55-6-02 and 55-10-06 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina, does hereby certify:

       

      The board
of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”)
or an applicable committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the
articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law,
adopted the following resolution on January __, 2009 creating a series of 65,000
shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Fixed Rate Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A”.

       

      RESOLVED, that pursuant to the
provisions of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation
and applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock, no par value per share, of the
Corporation be and hereby is created, and that the designation and number of
shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as
follows:

       

      Part
1. Designation
and Number of Shares.  There is hereby created out of the
authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of
preferred stock designated as the “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred
Stock, Series A” (the “Designated Preferred
Stock”).  The authorized number of shares of Designated
Preferred Stock shall be 65,000.

       

      Part 2.
Standard
Provisions.  The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A
attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall
be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as
if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.

       

      Part 3.
Definitions.  The
following terms are used in this Certificate of Designations (including the
Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below:

       

      (a)           “Common Stock” means
the common stock, no par value per share, of the Corporation.

       

      (b)           “Dividend Payment
Date” means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each
year.

       

      (c)           “Junior Stock” means
the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation the
terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated
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      Stock as
to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation.

       

      (d)           “Liquidation Amount”
means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.

       

      (e)           “Minimum Amount” means
$16,250,000.

       

      (f)           “Parity Stock” means
any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred
Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series
will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights
and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation
(in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or
non-cumulatively).  Without limiting the foregoing, Parity Stock shall
include the Corporation’s

       

      (g)           “Signing Date” means
January 9, 2009.

       

      Part 4.
Certain Voting
Matters.  Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will
be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of
Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written
consent.

       

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      IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, First
Bancorp has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by
______________, its ________________, this ____ day of January,
2009.

       

      
        
          	
                  FIRST
      BANCORP

                   

                
	
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      STANDARD
PROVISIONS

       

      Section
1.  General
Matters.  Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be
identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred
Stock.  The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to
the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the
Certificate of Designations.  The Designated Preferred Stock shall
rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with
respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event
of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.

       

      Section
2.  Standard
Definitions.  As used herein with respect to Designated
Preferred Stock:

       

      (a)           “Applicable Dividend
Rate” means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but
excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the
fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and
after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the
fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9% per annum.

       

      (b)           “Appropriate Federal Banking
Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to
the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.

       

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

       

      (d)           “Business Day” means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
governmental actions to close.

       

      (e)           “Bylaws” means the
bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to
time.

       

      (f)           “Certificate of
Designations” means the Certificate of Designations or comparable
instrument relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard
Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.

       

      (g)           “Charter” means the
Corporation’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association,
or similar organizational document.

       

      (h)           “Dividend Period” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

       

      (i)           “Dividend Record Date”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

       

      (j)           “Liquidation
Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

       

      (k)           “Original Issue Date”
means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock are first
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      (l)           “Preferred Director”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

       

      (m)           “Preferred Stock”
means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the
Designated Preferred Stock.

       

      (n)           “Qualified Equity
Offering” means the sale and issuance for cash by the Corporation to
persons other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original
Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any
combination of such stock, that, in each case, qualify as and may be included in
Tier 1 capital of the Corporation at the time of issuance under the applicable
risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporation’s Appropriate Federal Banking
Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or
arrangements entered into, or pursuant to financing plans which were publicly
announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008).

       

      (o)           “Share Dilution
Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

       

      (p)           “Standard Provisions”
mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of
Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.

       

      (q)           “Successor Preferred
Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

       

      (r)           “Voting Parity Stock”
means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of Designated Preferred
Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Section 7(a) and 7(b) of these
Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and
all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and
are exercisable with respect to such matter.

       

      Section
3.  Dividends.

       

      (a)           Rate.  Holders
of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of
Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or
any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets
legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each
Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred
Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend
Period on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any.  Such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date,
shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date (i.e., no dividends shall
accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for
such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on
such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment
Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20
calendar days after the Original Issue Date.  In the event that any
Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day,
the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is
a Business Day and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that
postponement.  The period from and including any Dividend Payment Date
to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”,
provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including
the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment
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      Dividends
that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.  The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock
on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend
Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.

       

      Dividends
that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will
be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on
the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall
be the 15th calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or
such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized
committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10
days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record
Date”).  Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a
Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

       

      Holders
of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether
payable in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any)
declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section
3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of
Designations).

       

      (b)           Priority of
Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains
outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common
Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely
in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following
paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or
Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise
acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless
all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the
latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in
Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of
Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid
in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has
been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred
Stock on the applicable record date).  The foregoing limitation shall
not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of
Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any
employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to
offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly
announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases
to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution
Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of
the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or
customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the
ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary
of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an
offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such
broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or
Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the
acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in
Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons
(other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees
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      or
conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for
or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation
amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to
binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any
subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange
thereof for Common Stock.  “Share Dilution
Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding
(determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated
financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting
or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for
any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or
similar transaction.

       

      When
dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set
aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on
any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend
payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment
date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in
full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all
dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and
payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having
dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend
payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment
Date) shall be declared pro
rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear
the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on
the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided
in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on
such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend
payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment
date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date)
(subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds
and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all
accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other.  If the Board of
Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines
not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the
Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred
Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date.

       

      Subject
to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities
or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any
securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out
of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such
dividends.

       

      Section
4.  Liquidation
Rights.

       

      (a)           Voluntary or Involuntary
Liquidation.  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary,
holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each
share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or
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      available
for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of
any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or
proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other
stock of the Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such
distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid
dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends
on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts
collectively, the “Liquidation
Preference”).

       

      (b)           Partial
Payment.  If in any distribution described in Section 4(a)
above the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to
pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of
Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of
any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred
Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the
holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in
proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are
entitled.

       

      (c)           Residual
Distributions.  If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in
full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with
Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full, the
holders of other stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive all
remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their
respective rights and preferences.

       

      (d)           Merger, Consolidation and
Sale of Assets Not Liquidation.  For purposes of this Section
4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or
other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their
shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property)
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not
constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation.

       

      Section
5.  Redemption.

       

      (a)           Optional
Redemption.  Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred
Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or
after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date.  On or after
the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the
Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of
the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any
time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares
of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as
provided in Section 5( c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i)
the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below,
any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in
Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any
dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption.

       

      Notwithstanding
the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the
third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option,
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      approval
of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at
any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the
time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a
redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and
(ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends
(including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such
amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but
excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided that (x) the
Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate
gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the “Minimum Amount” as
defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding
series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the
United States Department of the Treasury (the “Successor Preferred
Stock”) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital
Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including
Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption
price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock)
redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash
proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination)
from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of
such successor).

       

      The
redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable
on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the
certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its
agent.  Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date
that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall
not be paid to the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the
redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder of record of the
redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment
Date as provided in Section 3 above.

       

      (b)           No Sinking
Fund.  The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to
any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar
provisions.  Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right
to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred
Stock.

       

      (c)           Notice of
Redemption.  Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated
Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last
addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation.  Such mailing
shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption.  Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder
receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any
defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of
Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated
Preferred Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of
Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository
Trust Corporation or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be
given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any
manner permitted by such facility.  Each notice of redemption given to
a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of shares of
Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held
by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be

       


      
        
           


        

        
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      redeemed
from such holder; (3) the redemption price; and (4) the place or places where
certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
price.

       

      (d)           Partial
Redemption.  In case of any redemption of part of the shares of
Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed
shall be selected either pro
rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and
equitable.  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors
or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to
prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred
Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.  If fewer than all the
shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be
issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder
thereof.

       

      (e)           Effectiveness of
Redemption.  If notice of redemption has been duly given and if
on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for
the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the
holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing
business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital
and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so
as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding
that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been
surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall
cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for
redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to
such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except
only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such
redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest.  Any
funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the
holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the
Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.

       

      (f)           Status of Redeemed
Shares.  Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are
redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to
authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such
cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of
any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred
Stock).

       

      Section
6.  Conversion.  Holders
of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert
such shares into any other securities.

       

      Section
7.  Voting
Rights.

       

      (a)           General.  The
holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as
set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.

       

      (b)           Preferred Stock
Directors.  Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable
on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate
of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the
authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be
increased by two and the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have
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      Voting
Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two
directors (hereinafter the “Preferred Directors”
and each a “Preferred
Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s
next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that
purpose prior to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting
of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend
Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if
applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all
outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in
full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated
Preferred Stock, except as herein or by law expressly provided, subject to
revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character
above mentioned; provided that it shall be a
qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such
Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate
governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on
which securities of the Corporation may then be listed or traded that listed or
traded companies must have a majority of independent directors.  Upon
any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred
Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided
above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the
term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate
immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the
number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto.  Any Preferred
Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy
created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a
majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding
voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting
Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above
are then exercisable.  If the office of any Preferred Director becomes
vacant for any reason other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining
Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the
unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

       

      (c)           Class Voting Rights as to
Particular Matters.  So long as any shares of Designated
Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of
stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the
holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the
time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy,
either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the
purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:

       

      (i)           Authorization of Senior
Stock.  Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of
Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or
create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of,
or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of,
any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation ranking senior to
Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of
dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation;

       

      (ii)           Amendment of Designated
Preferred Stock.  Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any
provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock
or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is
required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by
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      merger,
consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences,
privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or

       

      (iii)           Share Exchanges,
Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations.  Any
consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the
Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation
with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of
Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger
or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or
resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of
the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such shares
remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have
such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and
restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to
the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers,
and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock
immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;

       

      provided, however, that for
all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the authorized
Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated
Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the
Corporation to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and
issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to
preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred
Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to
Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether
such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be
deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers,
and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of
outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock.

       

      (d)           Changes after Provision for
Redemption.  No vote or consent of the holders of Designated
Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior
to the time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant
to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall
have been redeemed, or shall have been called for redemption upon proper notice
and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in
each case pursuant to Section 5 above.

       

      (e)           Procedures for Voting and
Consents.  The rules and procedures for calling and conducting
any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without
limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the
solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written
consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such
consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt
from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements
of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national
securities exchange or other trading facility on which Designated Preferred
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      Section
8.  Record
Holders.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem
and treat the record holder of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the
true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor
such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.

       

      Section
9.  Notices.  All
notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be
sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class
mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in
this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable
law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred
Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or
any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated
Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.

       

      Section
10.  No
Preemptive Rights.  No share of Designated Preferred Stock
shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the
Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect
thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options,
may be designated, issued or granted.

       

      Section
11.  Replacement
Certificates.  The Corporation shall replace any mutilated
certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the
Corporation.  The Corporation shall replace certificates that become
destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the
Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been
destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably
required by the Corporation.

       

      Section
12.  Other
Rights.  The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not
have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as
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    ANNEX
B

     

    FORM OF
WAIVER

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    (a)           The
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation.

     

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

     

    (c)           The
Warrant has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered as
contemplated by the Agreement, will constitute a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity.

     

    (d)           The
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant have been duly
authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Warrant and when so
issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrant will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable [insert, if
applicable: ,
subject to the approvals of the Company’s stockholders set forth on Schedule
C].

     

    (e)           The
Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Agreement and the Warrant and [insert, if
applicable: ,
subject to the approvals of the Company’s stockholders set forth on Schedule C,] to carry
out its obligations thereunder (which includes the issuance of the Preferred
Shares, Warrant and Warrant Shares).

     

    (f)           The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Agreement and the
Warrant and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and
its stockholders, and no further approval or authorization is required on the
part of the Company [insert, if
applicable: ,
subject, in each case, to the approvals of the Company’s stockholders set forth
on Schedule
C].

     

    (g)           The
Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable
principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity; provided, however, such
counsel need express no opinion with respect to Section 4.5(g) or the
severability provisions of the Agreement insofar as Section 4.5(g) is
concerned.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    ANNEX
D

     

    FORM OF
WARRANT

     

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    WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

     

    THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR
SUCH LAWS.  THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH
IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER.  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
SAID AGREEMENT.  ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE VOID.

     

    WARRANT

    to
purchase

    616,308

    Shares
of Common Stock

     

    of
First Bancorp

     

    Issue
Date:  January 9, 2008

     

    5.23           Definitions.  Unless
the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated.

     

    “Affiliate” has the meaning
ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Appraisal Procedure” means a
procedure whereby two independent appraisers, one chosen by the Company and one
by the Original Warrantholder, shall mutually agree upon the determinations then
the subject of appraisal.  Each party shall deliver a notice to the
other appointing its appraiser within 15 days after the Appraisal Procedure is
invoked.  If within 30 days after appointment of the two appraisers
they are unable to agree upon the amount in question, a third independent
appraiser shall be chosen within 10 days thereafter by the mutual consent of
such first two appraisers.  The decision of the third appraiser so
appointed and chosen shall be given within 30 days after the selection of such
third appraiser.  If three appraisers shall be appointed and the
determination of one appraiser is disparate from the middle determination by
more than twice the amount by which the other determination is disparate from
the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser shall be
excluded, the remaining two determinations shall be averaged and such average
shall be binding and conclusive upon the Company and the Original Warrantholder;
otherwise, the average of all three determinations shall be binding upon the
Company and the Original Warrantholder.  The costs of conducting any
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    “Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company, including any duly authorized committee
thereof.

     

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

     

    “business day” means any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State
of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental
actions to close.

     

    “Capital Stock” means (A)
with respect to any Person that is a corporation or company, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person that is not a
corporation or company, any and all partnership or other equity interests of
such Person.

     

    “Charter” means, with respect
to any Person, its certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of
association, or similar organizational document.

     

    “Common Stock” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Company” means the Person
whose name, corporate or other organizational form and jurisdiction of
organization is set forth in Item 1 of Schedule A hereto.

     

    “conversion” has the meaning
set forth in Section 13(B).

     

    “convertible securities” has
the meaning set forth in Section 13(B).

     

    “CPP” has the meaning
ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     

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

     

    “Expiration Time” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.

     

    “Fair Market Value” means,
with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such
security or other property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in
good faith or, with respect to Section 14, as determined by the Original
Warrantholder acting in good faith.  For so long as the Original
Warrantholder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, it may object in
writing to the Board of Director’s calculation of fair market value within 10
days of receipt of written notice thereof.  If the Original
Warrantholder and the Company are unable to agree on fair market value during
the 10-day period following the delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s
objection, the Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either party to determine
Fair Market Value by delivering written notification thereof not later than the
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    “Governmental Entities” has
the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Initial Number” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(B).

     

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

     

    “Market Price” means, with
respect to a particular security, on any given day, the last reported sale price
regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the
average of the last closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case on
the principal national securities exchange on which the applicable securities
are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on
any national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and ask prices
as furnished by two members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.  “Market
Price” shall be determined without reference to after hours or extended hours
trading.  If such security is not listed and traded in a manner that
the quotations referred to above are available for the period required
hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be (i)
in the event that any portion of the Warrant is held by the Original
Warrantholder, the fair market value per share of such security as determined in
good faith by the Original Warrantholder or (ii) in all other circumstances, the
fair market value per share of such security as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors in reliance on an opinion of a nationally recognized
independent investment banking corporation retained by the Company for this
purpose and certified in a resolution to the Warrantholder.  For the
purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the “trading
day” preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day
shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time
of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier
time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next regular
scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier
time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to
be determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event and the
closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event
occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be determined by
reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing price).

     

    “Ordinary Cash Dividends”
means a regular quarterly cash dividend on shares of Common Stock out of surplus
or net profits legally available therefor (determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time), provided that Ordinary Cash
Dividends shall not include any cash dividends paid subsequent to the Issue Date
to the extent the aggregate per share dividends paid on the outstanding Common
Stock in any quarter exceed the amount set forth in Item 4 of Schedule A hereto,
as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split,
reclassification or similar transaction.

     

    “Original Warrantholder”
means the United States Department of the Treasury.  Any actions
specified to be taken by the Original Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken
by such Person and not by any other Warrantholder.

     

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    “Person” has the meaning
given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections
13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

     

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

     

    “Preferred Shares” means the
perpetual preferred stock issued to the Original Warrantholder on the Issue Date
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Pro Rata Repurchases” means
any purchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company or any Affiliate thereof
pursuant to (A) any tender offer or exchange offer subject to Section 13(e) or
14(e) of the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder or (B) any
other offer available to substantially all holders of Common Stock, in the case
of both (A) or (B), whether for cash, shares of Capital Stock of the Company,
other securities of the Company, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any
other Person or any other property (including, without limitation, shares of
Capital Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary),
or any combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is
outstanding.  The “Effective Date” of a Pro
Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of acceptance of shares for purchase or
exchange by the Company under any tender or exchange offer which is a Pro Rata
Repurchase or the date of purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that
is not a tender or exchange offer.

     

    “Purchase Agreement” means
the Securities Purchase Agreement - Standard Terms incorporated into the Letter
Agreement, dated as of the date set forth in Item 5 of Schedule A hereto, as
amended from time to time, between the Company and the United States Department
of the Treasury (the “Letter
Agreement”), including all annexes and schedules thereto.

     

    “Qualified Equity Offering”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase Agreement.

     

    “Regulatory Approvals” with
respect to the Warrantholder, means, to the extent applicable and required to
permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of Common Stock and
to own such Common Stock without the Warrantholder being in violation of
applicable law, rule or regulation, the receipt of any necessary approvals and
authorizations of, filings and registrations with, notifications to, or
expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under, the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder.

     

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

     

    “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     

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

     

    “trading day” means (A) if
the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day or (B) if the
shares of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day on which such
relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business and
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    (i) are
not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods aggregating one
half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least once on the national or
regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is
the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common Stock.

     

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

     

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

     

    “Warrant” means this Warrant,
issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

     

    5.24           Number of Shares; Exercise
Price.  This certifies that, for value received, the United
States Department of the Treasury or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire
from the Company, in whole or in part, after the receipt of all applicable
Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to an aggregate of the number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock set forth in Item 6 of Schedule A hereto,
at a purchase price per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise
Price.  The number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) and the Exercise
Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to
“Common Stock,” “Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include
any such adjustment or series of adjustments.

     

    5.25           Exercise of Warrant;
Term.  Subject to Section 2, to the extent permitted by
applicable laws and regulations, the right to purchase the Shares represented by
this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any
time or from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Warrant by
the Company on the date hereof, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m., New York
City time on the tenth anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Expiration Time”), by (A)
the surrender of this Warrant and Notice of Exercise annexed hereto, duly
completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the principal
executive office of the Company located at the address set forth in Item 7 of
Schedule A hereto (or such other office or agency of the Company in the United
States as it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the
address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company), and (B)
payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby purchased:

     

    (a)           by
having the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise be delivered to the Warrantholder upon such exercise, shares of Common
stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant equal in value to the aggregate
Exercise Price as to which this Warrant is so exercised based on the Market
Price of the Common Stock on the trading day on which this Warrant is exercised
and the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section
3, or

     

    (b)           with
the consent of both the Company and the Warrantholder, by tendering in cash, by
certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company, or by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the
Company.

     

    If the
Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder
will be entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and in
any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in substantially
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    purchase
of that number of Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares
subject to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is so
exercised.  Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary,
the Warrantholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this
Warrant for Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have
first received any applicable Regulatory Approvals.

     

    5.26           Issuance of Shares;
Authorization; Listing.  Certificates for Shares issued upon
exercise of this Warrant will be issued in such name or names as the
Warrantholder may designate and will be delivered to such named Person or
Persons within a reasonable time, not to exceed three business days after the
date on which this Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with the terms
of this Warrant.  The Company hereby represents and warrants that any
Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3 will be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges (other than
liens or charges created by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes
incurred in connection with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect of
any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith).  The Company
agrees that the Shares so issued will be deemed to have been issued to the
Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant and
payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the Company in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the
Company may then be closed or certificates representing such Shares may not be
actually delivered on such date.  The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of this Warrant, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant at any time.  The Company will (A) procure, at its sole
expense, the listing of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any
time, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock
exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain
such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance.  The Company
will use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares may be issued without
violation of any applicable law or regulation or of any requirement of any
securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or traded.

     

    5.27           No Fractional Shares or
Scrip.  No fractional Shares or scrip representing fractional
Shares shall be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant.  In lieu of
any fractional Share to which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the
Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Market
Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise
less the pro-rated Exercise Price for such fractional share.

     

    5.28           No Rights as Stockholders;
Transfer Books.  This Warrant does not entitle the
Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the
Company prior to the date of exercise hereof.  The Company will at no
time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner
which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

     

    5.29           Charges, Taxes and
Expenses.  Issuance of certificates for Shares to the
Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to
the Warrantholder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses
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    5.30           Transfer/Assignment.

     

    (i)           Subject
to compliance with clause (B) of this Section 8, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Company
by the registered holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, and a
new warrant shall be made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and
date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon
surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Company
described in Section 3.  All expenses (other than stock transfer
taxes) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution
and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid by the
Company.

     

    (ii)           The
transfer of the Warrant and the Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrant are
subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 4.4 of the Purchase
Agreement.  If and for so long as required by the Purchase Agreement,
this Warrant shall contain the legends as set forth in Sections 4.2(a) and
4.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement.

     

    5.31           Exchange and Registry of
Warrant.  This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender
hereof by the Warrantholder to the Company, for a new warrant or warrants of
like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of
Shares.  The Company shall maintain a registry showing the name and
address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this
Warrant.  This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise in
accordance with its terms, at the office of the Company, and the Company shall
be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary,
upon such registry.

     

    5.32           Loss, Theft, Destruction or
Mutilation of Warrant.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon
receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this
Warrant, the Company shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the
right to purchase the same aggregate number of Shares as provided for in such
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

     

    5.33           Saturdays, Sundays,
Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day for the taking of
any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not
be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised
on the next succeeding day that is a business day.

     

    5.34           Rule 144
Information.  The Company covenants that it will use its
reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other documents required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not
required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Warrantholder,
make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant
to Rule 144 under the Securities Act), and it will use reasonable best efforts
to take such further action as any Warrantholder may reasonably request, in each
case to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to, if
permitted by the terms of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement, sell this
Warrant without registration under the Securities Act within the
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    of the
exemptions provided by (A) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may
be amended from time to time, or (B) any successor rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.  Upon the written request of any Warrantholder,
the Company will deliver to such Warrantholder a written statement that it has
complied with such requirements.

     

    5.35           Adjustments and Other
Rights.  The Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
as follows; provided,
that if more than one subsection of this Section 13 is applicable to a single
event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and
no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this
Section 13 so as to result in duplication:

     

    (i)           Stock Splits, Subdivisions,
Reclassifications or Combinations.  If the Company shall (i)
declare and pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares
of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares, or (iii) combine or reclassify the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number
of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date
for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision,
combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the
Warrantholder after such date shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares
of Common Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive
in respect of the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date
had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such date.  In
such event, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such
dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision, combination
or reclassification shall be adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the
product of (1) the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
before such adjustment and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
the record or effective date, as the case may be, for the dividend,
distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification giving rise to this
adjustment by (y) the new number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

     

    (ii)           Certain Issuances of Common
Shares or Convertible Securities.  Until the earlier of (i) the
date on which the Original Warrantholder no longer holds this Warrant or any
portion thereof and (ii) the third anniversary of the Issue Date, if the Company
shall issue shares of Common Stock (or rights or warrants or other securities
exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable (collectively, a “conversion”) for shares of
Common Stock) (collectively, “convertible securities”)
(other than in Permitted Transactions (as defined below) or a transaction to
which subsection (A) of this Section 13 is applicable) without consideration or
at a consideration per share (or having a conversion price per share) that is
less than 90% of the Market Price on the last trading day preceding the date of
the agreement on pricing such shares (or such convertible securities) then, in
such event:

     

    (A) the
number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to
the date of the agreement on pricing of such shares (or of such convertible
securities) (the “Initial
Number”) shall be increased to the number obtained by multiplying the
Initial Number by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x)
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    outstanding
on such date and (y) the number of additional shares of Common Stock issued (or
into which convertible securities may be exercised or convert) and (B) the
denominator of which shall be the sum of (I) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on such date and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock
which the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company for the total number
of shares of Common Stock so issued (or into which convertible securities may be
exercised or convert) would purchase at the Market Price on the last trading day
preceding the date of the agreement on pricing such shares (or such convertible
securities); and

     

    (B) the
Exercise Price payable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the date of the
agreement on pricing of such shares (or of such convertible securities) by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to such date and the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant immediately after the adjustment described in clause (A)
above.

     

    For
purposes of the foregoing, the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company
in connection with the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or convertible
securities shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the net offering price
(including the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration and after
deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties) of all such
securities plus the minimum aggregate amount, if any, payable upon exercise or
conversion of any such convertible securities into shares of Common Stock; and
“Permitted
Transactions” shall mean issuances (i) as consideration for or to fund
the acquisition of businesses and/or related assets, (ii) in connection with
employee benefit plans and compensation related arrangements in the ordinary
course and consistent with past practice approved by the Board of Directors,
(iii) in connection with a public or broadly marketed offering and sale of
Common Stock or convertible securities for cash conducted by the Company or its
affiliates pursuant to registration under the Securities Act or Rule 144A
thereunder on a basis consistent with capital raising transactions by comparable
financial institutions and (iv) in connection with the exercise of preemptive
rights on terms existing as of the Issue Date.  Any adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 13(B) shall become effective immediately upon the date
of such issuance.

     

    (iii)           Other
Distributions.  In case the Company shall fix a record date for
the making of a distribution to all holders of shares of its Common Stock of
securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, cash, rights or warrants
(excluding Ordinary Cash Dividends, dividends of its Common Stock and other
dividends or distributions referred to in Section 13(A)), in each such case, the
Exercise Price in effect prior to such record date shall be reduced immediately
thereafter to the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to the reduction by the quotient of (x) the Market Price of
the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the first date on which the
Common Stock trades regular way on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading without the right to
receive such distribution, minus the amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value
of the securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants to be
so distributed in respect of one share of Common Stock (such amount and/or Fair
Market Value, the “Per Share
Fair Market Value”) divided by (y) such Market Price on such date
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    adjustment
shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed.  In
such event, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the
number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such
adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
distribution giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price
determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.  In
the case of adjustment for a cash dividend that is, or is coincident with, a
regular quarterly cash dividend, the Per Share Fair Market Value would be
reduced by the per share amount of the portion of the cash dividend that would
constitute an Ordinary Cash Dividend.  In the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted,
effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to
distribute such shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights, cash or
warrants, as the case may be, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect
and the number of Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant if such record date had not been fixed.

     

    (iv)           Certain Repurchases of
Common Stock.  In case the Company effects a Pro Rata
Repurchase of Common Stock, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the
price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Date of such Pro Rata Repurchase by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be (i) the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately before such Pro Rata Repurchase and (y) the Market Price
of a share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the first
public announcement by the Company or any of its Affiliates of the intent to
effect such Pro Rata Repurchase, minus (ii) the aggregate purchase price of the
Pro Rata Repurchase, and of which the denominator shall be the product of (i)
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Pro
Rata Repurchase minus the number of shares of Common Stock so repurchased and
(ii) the Market Price per share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately
preceding the first public announcement by the Company or any of its Affiliates
of the intent to effect such Pro Rata Repurchase.  In such event, the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
shall be increased to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the
number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant before such
adjustment, and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Pro
Rata Repurchase giving rise to this adjustment by (y) the new Exercise Price
determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.  For
the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the
number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant
to this Section 13(D).

     

    (v)           Business
Combinations.  In case of any Business Combination or
reclassification of Common Stock (other than a reclassification of Common Stock
referred to in Section 13(A)), the Warrantholder’s right to receive Shares upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be converted into the right to exercise this
Warrant to acquire the number of shares of stock or other securities or property
(including cash) which the Common Stock issuable (at the time of such Business
Combination or reclassification) upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior
to such Business Combination or reclassification would have been entitled to
receive upon consummation of such Business Combination or reclassification; and
in any such case, if necessary, the provisions set forth herein with respect to
the rights and interests thereafter of the Warrantholder shall be appropriately
adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, to the
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    other
securities or property pursuant to this paragraph.  In determining the
kind and amount of stock, securities or the property receivable upon exercise of
this Warrant following the consummation of such Business Combination, if the
holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of
consideration receivable upon consummation of such Business Combination, then
the consideration that the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive upon
exercise shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received
by the majority of all holders of the shares of common stock that affirmatively
make an election (or of all such holders if none make an election).

     

    (vi)           Rounding of Calculations;
Minimum Adjustments.  All calculations under this Section 13
shall be made to the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of a cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be.  Any provision
of this Section 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the
Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable
shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or
one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be
carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time
of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount
and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or
1/10th of a share of Common Stock, or more.

     

    (vii)           Timing of Issuance of
Additional Common Stock Upon Certain Adjustments.  In any case
in which the provisions of this Section 13 shall require that an adjustment
shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company
may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Warrantholder of
this Warrant exercised after such record date and before the occurrence of such
event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise by
reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise before giving effect to such adjustment
and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional
share of Common Stock; provided, however, that the
Company upon request shall deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other
appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such
additional shares, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the event requiring
such adjustment.

     

    (viii)          Completion of Qualified
Equity Offering.  In the event the Company (or any successor by
Business Combination) completes one or more Qualified Equity Offerings on or
prior to December 31, 2009 that result in the Company (or any such successor)
receiving aggregate gross proceeds of not less than 100% of the aggregate
liquidation preference of the Preferred Shares (and any preferred stock issued
by any such successor to the Original Warrantholder under the CPP), the number
of shares of Common Stock underlying the portion of this Warrant then held by
the Original Warrantholder shall be thereafter reduced by a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the product of (i) 0.5 and (ii) the number of shares
underlying the Warrant on the Issue Date (adjusted to take into account all
other theretofore made adjustments pursuant to this Section 13).

     

    (ix)           Other
Events.  For so long as the Original Warrantholder holds this
Warrant or any portion thereof, if any event occurs as to which the provisions
of this Section 13 are not strictly applicable or, if strictly applicable, would
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    Directors
of the Company, fairly and adequately protect the purchase rights of the
Warrants in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such
provisions, then the Board of Directors shall make such adjustments in the
application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and
principles, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the good faith opinion of the
Board of Directors, to protect such purchase rights as aforesaid.  The
Exercise Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable
shall not be adjusted in the event of a change in the par value of the Common
Stock or a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the
Company.

     

    (x)           Statement Regarding
Adjustments.  Whenever the Exercise Price or the number of
Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in
Section 13, the Company shall forthwith file at the principal office of the
Company a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such
adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the number of
Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and
the Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be sent by mail, first
class postage prepaid, to each Warrantholder at the address appearing in the
Company’s records.

     

    (xi)           Notice of Adjustment
Event.  In the event that the Company shall propose to take any
action of the type described in this Section 13 (but only if the action of the
type described in this Section 13 would result in an adjustment in the Exercise
Price or the number of Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable or a change
in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon exercise of this
Warrant), the Company shall give notice to the Warrantholder, in the manner set
forth in Section 13(J), which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with
respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to
take place.  Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect
thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Exercise
Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property
which shall be deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.  In the case
of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall
be given at least 10 days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other
action, such notice shall be given at least 15 days prior to the taking of such
proposed action.  Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not affect the legality or validity of any such action.

     

    (xii)           Proceedings Prior to Any
Action Requiring Adjustment.  As a condition precedent to the
taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section
13, the Company shall take any action which may be necessary, including
obtaining regulatory, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market or other
applicable national securities exchange or stockholder approvals or exemptions,
in order that the Company may thereafter validly and legally issue as fully paid
and nonassessable all shares of Common Stock that the Warrantholder is entitled
to receive upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section
13.

     

    (xiii)          Adjustment
Rules.  Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 13 shall be
made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall
occur.  If an adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce
the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Stock, then such
adjustment in Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to
the par value of the Common Stock.

     


    
      
         


      

      
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    5.36           Exchange.  At
any time following the date on which the shares of Common Stock of the Company
are no longer listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange
(other than in connection with any Business Combination), the Original
Warrantholder may cause the Company to exchange all or a portion of this Warrant
for an economic interest (to be determined by the Original Warrantholder after
consultation with the Company) of the Company classified as permanent equity
under U.S. GAAP having a value equal to the Fair Market Value of the portion of
the Warrant so exchanged.  The Original Warrantholder shall calculate
any Fair Market Value required to be calculated pursuant to this Section 14,
which shall not be subject to the Appraisal Procedure.

     

    5.37           No
Impairment.  The Company will not, by amendment of its Charter
or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or
seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed
or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in taking
of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the
rights of the Warrantholder.

     

    5.38           Governing
Law.  This
Warrant will be governed by and construed in accordance with the federal law of
the United States if and to the extent such law is applicable, and otherwise in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made
and to be performed entirely within such State.  Each of the Company
and the Warrantholder agrees (a) to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and
venue of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for any
civil action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant or
the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) that notice may be served upon the
Company at the address in Section 20 below and upon the Warrantholder at the
address for the Warrantholder set forth in the registry maintained by the
Company pursuant to Section 9 hereof.  To the extent permitted by
applicable law, each of the Company and the Warrantholder hereby unconditionally
waives trial by jury in any civil legal action or proceeding relating to the
Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     

    5.39           Binding
Effect.  This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or
assigns of the Company.

     

    5.40           Amendments.  This
Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be
waived only with the written consent of the Company and the
Warrantholder.

     

    5.41           Prohibited
Actions.  The Company agrees that it will not take any action
which would entitle the Warrantholder to an adjustment of the Exercise Price if
the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon
exercise of this Warrant, together with all shares of Common Stock then
outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the exercise of
all outstanding options, warrants, conversion and other rights, would exceed the
total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by its
Charter.

     

    5.42           Notices.  Any
notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any
party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given
(a) on the

     


    
      
         


      

      
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    date of
delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt,
or (b) on the second business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by
a recognized next day courier service.  All notices hereunder shall be
delivered as set forth in Item 8 of Schedule A hereto, or pursuant to such other
instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such
notice.

     

    5.43           Entire
Agreement.  This Warrant, the forms attached hereto and
Schedule A hereto (the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein), and
the Letter Agreement (including all documents incorporated therein), contain the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior and contemporaneous arrangements or undertakings with
respect thereto.

     

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    [Form
of Notice of Exercise]

    Date:  __________

     

    
      	
              TO:

            	
              First
      Bancorp

            


    

     

    
      	
              RE:

            	
              Election
      to Purchase Common Stock

            


    

     

    The
undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant,
hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of the Common
Stock set forth below covered by such Warrant.  The undersigned, in
accordance with Section 3 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate
Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock in the manner set forth
below.  A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares of Common Stock
covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any,
should be issued in the name set forth below.

     

    Number of
Shares of Common
Stock     ______________________

     

    Method of
Payment of Exercise Price (note if cashless exercise pursuant to Section 3(i) of
the Warrant or cash exercise pursuant to Section 3(ii) of the Warrant, with
consent of the Company and the
Warrantholder)     ______________________

     

    Aggregate
Exercise Price:     ______________________

     

    
      	 
      	
              Holder:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              By:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Name:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Title:

            	 
      


    

     

     

    
 

    
      
         


      

      
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    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by a
duly authorized officer.

     

    Dated:  January 9,
2009

     

    
      
        
          
            	 
      	
                    COMPANY:
      FIRST BANCORP

                     

                  
	 
      	
                    By:

                  	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                    Name:

                  	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                    Title:

                  	 
      
	 	 
	 	 
	 
      	
                    Attest:

                     

                  
	 
      	 
      	
                    By:

                  	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                    Name:

                  	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
                    Title:

                  	 
      


          

        

      

    

    


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Page to Warrant]

    


    



    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
A

    Item 1

    Name:
First
Bancorp

    Corporate
or other organizational form: corporation

    Jurisdiction
of organization: North
Carolina

     

    Item 2

    Exercise
Price:  $15.82

     

    Item 3

    Issue
Date:   January
9, 2009

     

    Item 4

    Amount of
last dividend declared prior to the Issue Date:  $0.19 per share of common
stock

     

    Item 5

    Date of
Letter Agreement between the Company and the United States Department of the
Treasury:   January 9, 2009

     

    Item 6

    Number of
shares of Common Stock: 616,308

     

    Item 7

    Company’s
address: First Bancorp, 341
North Main Street, Troy, NC 27371-0508

     

    Item 8

    Notice
information: First Bancorp, 341
North Main Street, Troy, NC 27371-0508, Attention:  Jerry L.
Ocheltree; Facsimile: 910-576-0662

    



    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
A

     

    ADDITIONAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS

     

    Company
Information:

     

    Name of
the Company:   First Bancorp

     

    Corporate
or other organizational form: corporation

     

    Jurisdiction
of Organization: North
Carolina

     

    Appropriate
Federal Banking Agency: Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System

     

    Notice
Information:                                                First Bancorp, 341 North Main Street,
Troy, North Carolina, 27371-0508.  Facsimile:
910-576-0662  Attention: Jerry L.
Ocheltree

    


    


    Terms of the
Purchase:

     

    Series of
Preferred Stock Purchased: Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series A

     

    Per Share
Liquidation Preference of Preferred Stock: $1,000

     

    Number of
Shares of Preferred Stock Purchased: 65,000

     

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

     

    Number of
Initial Warrant Shares:
616,308

     

    Exercise
Price of the Warrant: $15.82

     

    Purchase
Price:  $65,000,000

     

    Closing:

     

    Location
of Closing:   By
facsimile and overnight mail

     

    Time of
Closing:  9
AM  EST

     

    Date of
Closing:  January 9,
2009

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Wire
      Information for Closing:

            	
              ABA Number:
      053104568

            


    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Bank:
      First Bank

            


    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Account
      Name: First Bancorp

            


    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Account
      Number: 001020110

            


    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Beneficiary:
      First Bancorp

            


    


    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
B

     

    CAPITALIZATION

     

    Capitalization
Date: December 31,
2008

     

    Common
Stock

     

    Par
value:  no par
value

     

    Total
Authorized:   20,000,000

     

    Outstanding:   16,573,826

     

    Subject
to warrants, options, convertible

    securities,
etc.:  619,228
(includes options related to 4 stock option plans)

     

    Reserved
for benefit plans and other

    Issuances:  1,894,834 (includes shares reserved
for issuance under stock option plans (detailed above), dividend reinvestment
plan and 2007 Equity Incentive Plan)

     

    Remaining
authorized but unissued:  1,531,340

     

    Shares
issued after Capitalization Date

    (other
than pursuant to warrants, options,

    convertible
securities, etc. as set forth

    above):  none other than those subject to
options as of the Capitalization Date, which options were exercised following
the Capitalization Date

     

    Preferred
Stock

     

    Par
value:  no par
value

     

    Total
Authorized:  5,000,000

     

    Outstanding
(by series):  0

     

    Reserved
for issuance:  0

     

    Remaining
authorized but unissued: 5,000,000

     

    



    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
C

     

    REQUIRED STOCKHOLDER
APPROVALS

     

    Required                                      % Vote
Required

     

    Warrants -- Common Stock
Issuance

     

    Charter
Amendment

     

    Stock
Exchange Rules

     

    If no
stockholder approvals are required, please so indicate by checking the box:
ý.

     

         

    



    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
D

     

    LITIGATION

     

    List any
exceptions to the representation and warranty in Section 2.2(l) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement − Standard Terms.

     

         

     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    If none,
please so indicate by checking the box: ý.

     

         

    



    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
E

     

    COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS

     

    List any
exceptions to the representation and warranty in the second sentence of Section
2.2(m) of the Securities Purchase Agreement − Standard Terms.

     

         

     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    If none,
please so indicate by checking the box: ý.

     

         

     

    List any
exceptions to the representation and warranty in the last sentence of Section
2.2(m) of the Securities Purchase Agreement − Standard Terms.

     

         

     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    If none,
please so indicate by checking the box: ý.

     

         


    
      
         


      

      
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    SCHEDULE
F

     

    REGULATORY
AGREEMENTS

     

    List any
exceptions to the representation and warranty in Section 2.2(s) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement − Standard Terms.

     

         

     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    


     

    


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please so indicate by checking the box: ý.

     

         

     

    


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