In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

[EX Q]: EXHIBIT 10.21                              SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT, dated for reference purposes as of July 12, 1999 (the Agreement), is by and between FOOTBALL NORTHWEST LLC, a Washington limited liability company (FNW) and MERCATA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Sponsor).

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     A.  Pursuant to that certain Consent to Assignment and Amendment of Use Agreement dated January 7, 1997, as amended, between King County, Washington (King County) and FNW, FNW is granted the exclusive right to and revenue from all advertising both inside and outside the King County Domed Stadium (the Kingdome) and the Kingdome Pavilion, including on adjacent parking lots.

     B.  The Kingdome is located in Seattle, Washington and currently serves as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL) franchise for the Seattle Seahawks.

     C.  FNW owns and, during the term of this Agreement, FNW or its successor or assign will retain the exclusive signage and advertising rights for the Kingdome.

     D.  Sponsor desires to acquire from FNW certain sponsorship rights in the areas described below and FNW is vested with the authority to grant and desires to grant such rights to Sponsor in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.  Sponsorship Benefits.  Sponsor shall during the term of this Agreement     -------------------- receive the following sponsorship benefits:

          A. Television

             1. Three (3) :30 second Sponsor produced commercials (Concept                 Ads) to air within each of three (3) preseason telecasts.              2. Three (3) :30 second Seahawks produced commercials (Products                 Ads) to air within each of three (3) preseason telecasts.                 Content shall be reviewed and approved by Sponsor.  Shawn                 Springs will be featured in the commercial.              3. Opening/closing billboards in each of three (3) Seahawks                 preseason games including Sponsor logo.              4. Sponsorship of one (1) feature (Instant Replay) in three (3)                 preseason games including billboard and Sponsor logo visual.                 Total of three (3) features, billboards and logo                 identifications.              5. Three (3) Sponsor logo exposures in the Hawk Box Scoreboards per                 quarter during three (3) preseason games.              6. Sponsor a minimum of three (3) live power buy announcements                 (Live Ads) during the course of three (3) telecasts.                 Announcement format to be determined.              7. Production: Seahawks will cover all hard costs to create, direct                 and produce one (1) :30 second TV spot to be used in three (3)                 preseason telecasts.  Sponsor

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                will provide creative direction for the production and shall                 have the right to use such commercial where appropriate in its                 general advertising campaign or within certain promotional                 material during the 1999 season.              8. The sequence of TV appearance should always be:                 .  FIRST appearance: Concept Ad (before last commercial series                    prior to a break)                 .  SECOND appearance: Products Ad (last commercial series prior                    to a break)                 .  THIRD appearance:  Live Ad (during the break)                    One sequence per quarter from 1st to 3rd quarter.

          B. Kingdome Promotion/DiamondVision

             1. Two (2) DiamondVision announcements per game for three (3)                 games.  Total of six (6) DiamondVision announcements.  Content                 will have to be reviewed and approved by Sponsor.              2. Sponsor opportunity to run :30 second television spot on                 DiamondVision during pregame warm-ups for three (3) preseason                 games.  Total of three (3) spots              3. Sponsor (Promotional) road trip for two (2) including airfare,                 hotel and game tickets.  Must participate in Sponsor/Seahawks                 Sweepstakes to be eligible for road trip.  Designated road trip:                 Seattle @ Chicago on September 19, 1999.  The value of this                 package is less $5,000 and shall be provided by FNW.

          C  Seahawks.com

             1. One (1) rotating banner ad on Seahawks.com for sixty (60) days





                (August through September 1999) Extension beyond the sixty (60)                 days to offered to Sponsor at favorable cpm based rate.              2. Seahawks to promote Sponsor online store from Seahawks.com's                 front page by providing a graphic and a text link directing                 visitors to Mercata.com.  Text and graphics to be provided by                 Sponsor, and reviewed and approved by Seahawks.com.              3. Sponsor acknowledgement on Seahawks Television network web page                 on Seahawks.com              4. Sponsor will feature an online Seahawks-themed store selling                 Seahawks merchandising at Mercata.com.

          D. VIP Benefits

             1. Two (2) season tickets with option to purchase two (2) playoff                 tickets              2. Twenty (20) tickets to two (2) preseason home games, August 14                 and August 28, 1999.              3. One half-page color ad in Seahawks Insider for the 1999 season.                 Deadline for ad July 23, 1999.  If Sponsor cannot meet the                 deadline, Seahawks will provide similar opportunity to be                 determined (i.e.: letter to season ticket holders introducing                 Mercata).              4. One (1) trip for two (2) to Training Camp.  Includes                 transportation, hotel and entertainment              5. One Advertorial in first pre-season issue of NFL Insider to                 explain the Mercata 'story' and groundbreaking partnership with                 the Seahawks (Mercata to write and provide advertorial).              6. Mercata's use of Seahawks trademarks for promotional purposes                 extends throughout the 1999 season.

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2. Term.  The term of this Agreement shall commence on July 19, 1999 and shall    ----    thereafter continue until all above described Sponsor benefits are completed,    but in no event beyond the end of the 1999 season (the Term).  This    Agreement is noncancellable by either party except for termination in    accordance with Paragraph 7, below, and may be mutually extended by written    agreement of the parties.

3. Consideration.  In consideration of the sponsorship rights and other services    -------------    and products granted and provided to Sponsor by FNW hereunder, Sponsor hereby    agrees to pay FNW a sponsorship fee in the amount of Forty thousand Dollars    ($40,000 net) (the Sponsorship Fee).

   3.1. Invoices and Payment.  FNW will send Sponsor invoices Sponsorship Fee in         --------------------         two (2) monthly installments beginning September 1, 1999. Invoices are         payable thirty (30) days after receipt. A five percent (5%) late fee         will be added to all invoices which become past due and interest at a         rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum will be charged on all balances         not paid within thirty (30) days of the date they are due.

4. Sponsor's Content and Design.  The content and design of Sponsor's creative    ----------------------------    material shall be within the discretion of Sponsor.  However, if FNW objects    to any such material when it is provided or thereafter, it shall notify    Sponsor as soon as possible and Sponsor shall take prompt action to address    FNW's concerns.

5. Trademarks    ----------

   5.1. Use of Sponsor's Trademarks.  FNW shall not, by this Agreement, obtain         ---------------------------         any right, title or interest in the trademarks or other proprietary         property of Sponsor, nor shall this Agreement give FNW the right to use,         refer to, or incorporate in marketing or other materials the name,         logos, trademarks, designs, identifications, or copyrights of Sponsor in         any manner except as authorized by Sponsor. Sponsor acknowledges that         FNW and parties conducting events within the Kingdome may televise,         videotape, or take still photographs of events occurring in the         Kingdome. Sponsor hereby consents to the commercial exploitation of such         television broadcasts, video tapes and still photographs notwithstanding         the fact that the content and design of Sponsor's images may be visible         in such television broadcasts, video tapes and still photographs.

   5.2. Use of FNW and Seattle Seahawks Trademarks.  Sponsor shall not, by this         ------------------------------------------         Agreement, obtain any right, title or interest in the trade names or         trademarks of FNW, the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL, NFL Enterprises, L.P.,         NFL Properties, Inc. or any affiliate of such, nor shall any such         agreements give Sponsor the right to use, refer to, or incorporate in         marketing or other materials the names, logos, trademarks, designs,         identifications or copyrights of&bbsp;FNW, the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL, NFL         Enterprises, L.P., and NFL Properties, Inc. without the prior written         approval of FNW, which approval may be withheld in FNW's reasonable         discretion. Sponsor may use Seahawks trademarks for promotional purposes         as necessary to convey the Sponsor benefits described herein. However,         all such rights shall expire at the end of the 1999 regular season.

6. Indemnification.  FNW agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Sponsor harmless    ---------------    from and against all claims, suits, liabilities, costs and expenses,





   including reasonable attorney costs and fees, for injury to, including death    of, persons (whether they be third persons or employees of either of the    parties hereto) or any loss of or damage to property in any manner arising    from or relating to the rights

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   conveyed herein, with the understanding that this obligation shall not apply    to, and Sponsor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold FNW and its officers,    directors, employees and agents harmless from and against, all losses,    claims, suits, demands, actions, liabilities, costs and expenses, including    reasonable attorney costs and fees, for injury to, including death of,    persons (whether they be third persons or employees of either of the parties    hereto) or any loss of or damage to property in any manner arising from the    content of any advertising copy supplied by Sponsor or the negligence or    intentional misconduct of Sponsor or its officers, employees or agents.

7. Termination.  FNW and Sponsor shall each have the right but not the    ----------- obligation to terminate this Agreement upon forty-five (45) days prior written notice, without further liability except as otherwise provided by this Paragraph 7 if any of the following shall occur:

            (a) Damage to or destruction of the Kingdome to the extent that the                 Kingdome is closed for a period of greater than thirty (30)                 days, in which case the refund provisions of this Paragraph 7                 shall apply.

            (b) The cancellation or termination of FNW's NFL franchise or the                 relocation of FNW's NFL franchise to a location more than 50                 miles from Seattle, Washington.

            (c) The other party materially defaults in the performance of its                 material obligations under this Agreement and such other party                 fails to correct such breach within thirty (30) days of written                 notice.

       If this Agreement is so terminated by Sponsor, Sponsor shall be entitled to a pro rata refund of any payments under this Agreement.

8. Remedies    --------

     8.1  Generally.  In the event that either party fails to fully comply with           ---------      any of its obligations under this Agreement, the other party shall be      entitled to all remedies set forth in this Agreement and, except as      otherwise provided herein, all remedies otherwise available at law or in      equity.

     8.2  Limitation on Damages.  In no event shall either party be liable for           ---------------------      any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in      connection with this Agreement or the performance thereof.  FNW's liability      for any breach of this Agreement shall be strictly limited to refunding to      Sponsor that portion of any consideration paid by Sponsor for which Sponsor      has not received the rights granted to it herein.

9. Limitations.&sbsp; This Agreement is subject to the Constitution and Bylaws and    -----------     other rules and regulations of the NFL, the statutes and regulations of the     State of Washington, and the ordinances and rules of King County, Washington     and the City of Seattle, Washington as they presently exist or as they may     from time-to-time be amended, including without limitation, any rule or     regulation of the NFL or any agreement to which the NFL is a party which     restricts the visibility of signage within the Kingdome during NFL games     which are televised nationally.  The obligations of either party to perform     under this Agreement shall be excused if such failure to perform or any     delay is caused by matters such as acts of God, strikes, lockout, work     stoppage, picketing, damage or concerted action by any employee or labor     organization, civil commotion, riots, war, acts of government, or any other     cause whether similar or dissimilar to those enumerated which are reasonably     beyond the control of the party obligated to perform.  Upon the occurrence     of such

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    event, the duties and obligations of the party shall be suspended for the     duration of the event preventing performance.

10. Entire Agreement.  The entire agreement between the parties pertaining to     ----------------     the subject matter of this Agreement is incorporated into this document.     This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a writing duly     executed by the parties hereto.  This Agreement supersedes any and all prior     agreements and understandings between the parties.

11. Successor Interests.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or     -------------------     obligations of either FNW or Sponsor hereunder may be assigned, transferred     or conveyed by operation of law or otherwise by either party, nor shall such     agreements or rights inure to the benefit of any trustee in bankruptcy,     receiver, creditor, or trustee of either party's business or its properties     whether by operation of law or otherwise, except with the prior written





    consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably     withheld, and the delivery of a written document in which the assignee     assumes all of the obligations of the assigning party and the assigning     party acknowledges that it will continue to be bound to such obligations if     not performed by the assignee.  For purposes of this Paragraph 11, the     transfer of a fifty percent (50%) or greater ownership interest in a party     shall be deemed to be an assignment of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the     foregoing, no assignment or attempted assignment by Sponsor shall be valid     except to a party which intends to continue the business of Sponsor as     presently conducted.  Sponsor does hereby consent to any transfer or     assignment by FNW of its rights under this Agreement to an affiliate of FNW     without any additional prior consent of Sponsor.  Subject to the foregoing,     this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of all     successors and assigns of the parties.

12. Confidentiality.  Each of the parties deems the provisions of this Agreement     ---------------     to be confidential and proprietary in nature.  FNW and Sponsor each agree     that the terms of this Agreement will be kept confidential and will not be     disclosed in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, by either party     without the prior written consent of the other party except to the extent     necessary for such party to enforce its rights under this Agreement or as     either party may be advised by its legal counsel that it is obligated to     disclose the terms of such agreements.  Moreover, each party agrees to     disclose the terms of this Agreement only to its respective&sbsp;officers,     employees, agents and representatives who need to know of such terms and who     agree to be bound by the confidentiality terms of this Paragraph.  Each     party shall be responsible for any breach of this Paragraph by its     respective officers, employees, agents and representatives.  The terms of     this Paragraph shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement     for whatever reason for a period of three (3) years after such expiration or     termination.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, FNW may disclose the terms of     this Agreement to King County, Washington and to lenders, legal counsel, and     financial advisors.

13. Washington Law.  This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the     --------------     state of Washington and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of     the state of Washington.  The exclusive venue for any suits or actions     arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Superior Court for the State     of Washington for King County or in the United States District Court for the     Western District of Washington.

14. Notices.  All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be     -------     deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered, sent by telecopier,     sent by overnight courier service or sent by registered or certified mail,     postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given upon the earlier of actual

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    receipt or one day after it is sent, if sent by overnight courier, or three     days after it is sent by registered or certified mail.  All notices or other     communications shall be made as follows:

       To FNW:           11220 N.E. 53rd Street                          Kirkland, WA 98033                          Attn:  Scott Patrick                          V.P./Corporate Sales

       With a Copy to:   Richard E. Leigh, Jr.                          Vice President/General Counsel                          110 - 110th Ave. N.E., Suite 550                          Bellevue, WA 98004

       If to Sponsor.    Jerome Pache, Director Business Development                          Leslie Wallis, General Counsel                          MERCATA, Inc.                          110 110th Avenue NE                          Bellevue, WA 98004-5840

15. Arbitration.  Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this     -----------     Agreement, including, but not limited to a claim based on or arising from an     alleged tort will, at the request of any party be determined by arbitration     in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Section 1, et seq.)     under the auspices and rules of the American Arbitration Association     (AAA).  The AAA will be instructed by either or both parties to prepare a     list of judges who have retired from the Superior Court of the State of     Washington, a higher Washington court or any federal court.  'Within 10 days     of receipt of this list, each party may strike one name from the list.  The     AAA will then appoint an arbitrator from the name(s) remaining on the list.     The arbitration will be conducted from Seattle, Washington.  Any controversy     in interpretation or enforcement of this provision or whether a dispute is     arbitrable, will be determined by the arbitrators.  Judgment upon the award     rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having     jurisdiction.  The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial     relief or in pursuit of an ancillary remedy, does not constitute a waiver of     the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy     or claim to arbitration.

16. Attorneys' Fees.  In the event any suit or action is brought or an     ---------------     arbitration or bankruptcy proceeding is initiated (including, without





    limitation, appeals of the foregoing) to enforce or interpret any of the     provisions of this Agreement, or which is based thereon, the prevailing     party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees in connection therewith.     The determination of who is the prevailing party and the amount of     reasonable attorney fees to be paid to the prevailing party shall be decided     by the court or courts, including any appellate court, in which such matter     is tried, heard or decided, including the court which hears any exceptions     made to an arbitration award submitted to it for confirmation as a judgment     (with respect to attorneys' fees incurred in such confirmation proceedings),     or by the arbitrator(s) (with respect to attorneys' fees incurred prior to     and during the arbitration proceedings), as the case may be.

17. Relationship of Parties.  The parties are acting herein as independent     -----------------------     contractors and independent employers.  Nothing herein contained shall     create or be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture or agency     relationship between the parties and no party shall have the authority to     bind the other in any respect.

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18. Agreement Approval.  Each party hereby represents and warrants that all     ------------------     necessary approvals for this Agreement have been obtained, and the person     whose signature appears below has the authority necessary to execute this     Agreement on behalf of the parties indicated.

19. Captions.  Paragraph headings herein are for convenience only and shall not     --------     affect the construction or meaning of this Agreement.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written:

FOOTBALL NORTHWEST LLC                     MERCATA, INC.

By:  /s/ Scott S. Patrick                  By:  /s/ Tom Van Horn    ----------------------------               ----------------------------

Name:  Scott S. Patrick                    Name:  Tom Van Horn      --------------------------                 --------------------------         (printed or typed)                          (printed or typed)

Title:  VP/Corporate Sales                 Title:  President & CEO       -------------------------                  -------------------------

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.
[EX A]: In no event shall either party be liable for           ---------------------      any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in      connection with this Agreement or the performance thereof.  FNW's liability      for any breach of this Agreement shall be strictly limited to refunding to      Sponsor that portion of any consideration paid by Sponsor for which Sponsor      has not received the rights granted to it herein.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 10.1

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of June 11, 2015, by and between Marathon Petroleum Company LP (Shipper) and Marathon Pipe Line LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (MPL), both referred to jointly as the Parties and each individually as a Party.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, MPL owns and operates a common carrier pipeline system originating in Ohio, as further depicted on Exhibit A, that will provide both interstate and intrastate common carrier transportation services; and

WHEREAS, MPL also operates the assets of Ohio River Pipe Line LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (ORPL) and an affiliate of MPL. ORPL is the owner of a common carrier pipeline system originating in Ohio, as further depicted on Exhibit A, that provides common carrier transportation services; and

WHEREAS, MPL and ORPL desire to combine their systems (together referred to as the Pipeline) under a Joint Agreement (as defined below) in order to undertake certain improvements to provide expanded capacity on portions of the Pipeline and install additional infrastructure to other portions of the Pipeline pursuant to a multi-phase capital project (the Project); and

WHEREAS, MPL and ORPL conducted a joint binding open season with the understanding that MPL will file a joint tariff, commencing approximately 30 days prior to the in-service date of the Project, seeking binding commitments on the Pipeline; and

WHEREAS, Shipper responded to the binding open season and desires to commit to transport a specified volume of Product (as defined below) on the Pipeline over a multi-year period to destinations as provided in Exhibit C, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in exchange for the commitment by Shipper to transport a specific volume of Product on the Pipeline over a multi-year period, MPL will charge the rates as provided for in Exhibit B; and

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants set forth hereinafter, MPL and Shipper agree as follows:

1. Definitions

Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries' controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question.

Applicable Law means any applicable statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, determination, judgment, rule of law, order, decree, permit, approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, requirement, or any similar form of decision of, or any provision or condition of any permit, license or other operating authorization issued by any Governmental Authority having or asserting jurisdiction over the matter or matters in question, whether now or hereafter in effect. Barrel means forty-two (42) U.S. gallons measured at sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.

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Change in Law means the adoption, implementation or amendment of any Applicable Law by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date that causes MPL to incur additional expenses in order to operate the Pipeline in compliance with such Applicable Law.

Change in Law Event means the occurrence of a Change in Law that necessitates the expenditure of Compliance Costs.

Compliance Costs means the expenses in excess of $1,000,000 for a Change in Law Event, related specifically to the Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or Homeland Security, incurred by MPL to comply with a Change of Law, irrespective of whether such expenses are to be incurred as a onetime expenditure or periodically for an extended period. The definition for Compliance Costs shall in no way revise or modify the definitions of Change in Law or Change in Law Event.

Contract Year means the period beginning on the project in-service date in conjunction with the FERC tariff filing, and ending 365 days later (366 days later for any such period that includes a February 29.)

Confidential Information means any proprietary or confidential information that is competitively sensitive material or otherwise of value to a Party or its Affiliates and not generally known to the public, including trade secrets, scientific or technical information, design, invention, process, procedure, formula, improvements, product planning information, marketing strategies, financial information, information regarding operations, consumer and/or customer relationships, consumer and/or customer identities and profiles, sales estimates, business plans, and internal performance results relating to the past, present or future business activities of a Party or its Affiliates and the consumers, customers, clients and suppliers of any of the foregoing. Confidential Information includes such information as may be contained in or embodied by documents, substances, engineering and laboratory notebooks, reports, data, specifications, computer source code and object code, flow charts, databases, drawings, pilot plants or demonstration or operating facilities, diagrams, specifications, bills of material, equipment, prototypes and models, and any other tangible manifestation (including data in computer or other digital format) of the foregoing; provided, however, that Confidential Information does not include information that a receiving Party can show (a) has been published or has otherwise become available to the general public as part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement, (b) has been furnished or made known to the receiving Party without any obligation to keep it confidential by a third party under circumstances which are not known to the receiving Party to involve a breach of the third party's obligations to a Party or (c) was developed independently of information furnished or made available to the receiving Party as contemplated under this Agreement.

Construction Costs means all costs and expenses incurred by MPL in connection with the Project, including, without limitation, those costs relating to design, asset modification or enhancement and developmental costs, whether internal or external. Such costs include all expenditures that have been committed to by MPL via purchase order, contract or otherwise, even if MPL has not remitted funds for the goods or services that are the subjects thereof.

Construction Cost Reimbursement has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5.

Day means a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours commencing 12:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, or such other period upon which the Parties may agree.

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Deficiency Volume has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

Deliveries means the volume of Product delivered through the Pipeline.

Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Election Deadline has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Expansion Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Expansion Volume Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Extension Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

FERC means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Force Majeure means acts of God, fires, floods, storms; compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; explosions, wars, terrorist acts, riots, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; accidental disruption of service; breakdown of machinery, storage tanks or pipelines and inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; and similar events or circumstances, so long as such events or circumstances are beyond the affected Party's reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the affected Party's due diligence; provided, however, that a Party's failure to pay any amounts due hereunder shall not constitute an event of Force Majeure.

Force Majeure Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Force Majeure Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Governmental Authority means any federal, state, local or foreign government or any provincial, departmental or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other governmental functions or any court, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, instrumentality or administrative body of any of the foregoing.

Initial Term has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Joint Agreement means the agreement between ORPL and MPL to undertake certain improvements to provide expanded capacity on portions of the ORPL systems and install additional infrastructure to portions of the MPL systems pursuant to a multi-phase capital project. This agreement will also establish a joint tariff between ORPL and MPL, which derives both entities local movements and rates. MPL will ultimately file the joint tariff.

Monthly Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

Person means any individual, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or any department or agency thereof.

Pre-Service Increase Request has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

Prepaid Transportation Credits has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

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Product means the commodities commonly associated as specialty petroleum products, specifically condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent. Product may also include liquefied petroleum gas commodities such as butane. Product, as designed in this Agreement, does not refer to finished gasoline and diesel products.

Project Capacity means the aggregate of each system's total capacity that is made available for Product movements by means of the Project, by either expanding existing pipelines or building new pipelines.

Proportionate Share means, at any given time, the percentage equal to Shipper's volume commitment divided by the total volume commitments at such time.

Quarter means the three (3) calendar month periods, or portion thereof, commencing January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year during Term hereof.

Quarterly Volume Commitment means Shipper's commitment to ship, or otherwise pay for, each Contract Year of the fifteen (15) year term of this Agreement, at posted Pipeline Tariff Rates as set forth in Exhibit B, which equals a total annual Product volume as determined from Exhibit C. With respect to the required quarterly volume, the volume of Product is equal to: (a) volume per day multiplied by; (b) the number of Days in such Quarter. The Quarterly Volume Commitment will be reduced proportionately for any partial Quarter during the Term.

Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

Requested Expansion Volume Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Shipper Deliveries means the volume of Product that Shipper as the shipper of record delivered through the Pipeline.

Termination Notice has the meaning set forth in 5.1.

Tariff means the intrastate and/or interstate tariffs that set forth the rules, regulations and rates for services on the Pipeline, including supplements thereto and reissues thereof, under which Product is transported through the Pipeline.

Tariff Rates means the rates set forth in the Tariffs for transportation of Product on the Pipeline.

Term has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Unsubscribed Capacity has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

1.1 The following Exhibits are attached to and incorporated into this Agreement: Exhibit A - Common Carrier Pipeline, including Origins and Destinations Exhibit B - Rate and Volume Commitment Table Exhibit C - Shipper's Submitted Capacity Request Form

2. Effective Date and Term

2.1 This Agreement is effective June 11, 2015 (the Effective Date). The Agreement shall continue through the project's in-service date and for a period of fifteen (15) years after the project's in-service date (Initial Term). MPL shall provide written notice to Shipper

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confirming the project's in-service date. Shipper acknowledges that the overall Project will be completed in several phases. New infrastructure will be completed first, with additional build-out projects and expansions completed in succession. MPL will provide a thirty (30) day notice to Shipper, notifying it of the actual in-service date for the included projects.

2.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties under the same conditions and provisions for a time period commencing on the Effective Date and shall continue through the Initial Term. This Agreement will automatically renew for up to two (2) renewal terms of five (5) years each (each, an Extension Period) unless either Party provides the other Party with written notice of its intent to terminate this Agreement at least six (6) months prior to the end of the Initial Term or the then current Extension Period. The Initial Term and Extension Period, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the Term.

2.3 In the event Shipper does not wish to renew after the Initial Term or Extension Period or chooses to terminate the Agreement by written notice pursuant to Section 2.2, MPL reserves the option and right to hold a subsequent open season in which interested shippers can have opportunity to contract for resulting available volume, rate, and terms.

3. Volume Commitment and Quarterly Deficiency Charges

3.1 Shipper guarantees that during each Contract Year, Shipper will meet its Quarterly Volume Commitment or, in the event it fails to do so, shall remit to MPL the Quarterly Deficiency Payment pursuant to Section 3.5. All volumes moved by Shipper on the Pipeline will be subject to the applicable Tariff Rates and proration policies, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with FERC methodologies and as provided herein.

3.2 Shipper will have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service. These three Products are interchangeable from a volume commitment standpoint and shipping a total volume of any one or combination of these Products will be applied towards the Quarterly Volume Commitment. Should MPL proceed with butane service, Shipper will also have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for butane service, separate from condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service.

3.3 Shipper shall be deemed to have shipped its Quarterly Volume Commitment on the Pipeline if the quantity of Product that Shipper ships on the Pipeline in any Quarter equals at least the Quarterly Volume Commitment for such Quarter.

3.4 Shipper agrees to pay MPL monthly: (a) the Tariff Rates in effect for all Shipper Deliveries transported by MPL on the Pipeline during such month; and (b) any loading, handling, transfer and other charges incurred with respect to such Shipper Deliveries for such month in accordance with the provisions as set forth in the Tariffs (or any other tariffs that may be applicable to such Shipper Deliveries). If the amount owed by Shipper is the subject of a good faith dispute, Shipper shall be obligated to pay only the undisputed portion of such amount pending the resolution of such dispute in accordance with this Agreement. Late payments of undisputed amounts shall accrue interest at a rate equal to two percent (2%) per annum, until paid. Such payments will be paid by Shipper to MPL within fifteen (15) Days of the invoice date or resolution of any dispute, if applicable.

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3.5 Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, if the volume of each Product shipped by Shipper on the Pipeline during the Quarter is less than the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment for that Product then, in addition to paying any amounts incurred by Shipper pursuant to Section 3.4 with respect to Shipper Deliveries for such Quarter, Shipper shall also pay MPL a deficiency payment (the Quarterly Deficiency Payment); equal to the product of:

(a) the difference between the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment for that Product for such Quarter and the volume of Shipper Deliveries of that Product on the Pipeline for such Quarter (the Deficiency Volume); and

(b) the applicable Tariff Rate for that Product for such Quarter.

Each Product to which the Shipper is obligated to move as part of its committed volumes will be added together for one total Quarterly Deficiency Payment.

Shipper's transportation of commodities outside this Agreement's definition of Product will not satisfy the obligation to move committed Product volume. All Product barrels moved by Shipper in excess of its Quarterly Volume Commitment will be attributed to Shipper's movements on the Pipeline as a Regular Shipper, subject to the applicable Rules & Regulations of the Tariff.

3.6 The dollar amount of any Quarterly Deficiency Payment paid by Shipper shall constitute prepayment for transportation of Product by Shipper on the Pipeline and will posted as a credit (Prepaid Transportation Credits) to Shipper's account for that type of Product. If, during any Quarter of the Contract Year, Shipper deliveries on the Pipeline exceed the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment requirements, Shipper shall be permitted to apply Prepaid Transportation Credits against any amount due from Shipper and payable to MPL with respect to the transportation of volumes on the Pipeline for such Quarter. Any Prepaid Transportation Credits that are not used by Shipper during the four (4) Quarters immediately following the Quarter for which said Prepaid Transportation Credits were posted to Shipper's account (the Credit Period) will expire. Those Prepaid Transportation Credits that are in payment dispute in accordance with Section 3.4, shall be posted as a credit on the date the payment dispute is resolved. If during any such four (4) Quarter period the nominated volume on the Pipeline for any month equals or exceeds the applicable portion in the Quarterly Volume Commitment for the Pipeline for such month (the Monthly Commitment), but Shipper is prevented from shipping volumes in excess of the Monthly Commitment because of lack of available capacity, either because (a) the Pipeline is in allocation and Shipper is specifically subject to allocation per Exhibit C, (b) the Pipeline is undergoing testing, maintenance or repair, or (c) a Force Majeure has occurred that prevents MPL from transporting Shipper volumes on the Pipeline in excess of the Monthly Commitment, then the Credit Period shall be extended by an equivalent time period for which Shipper has been prevented from shipping volumes in excess of the Monthly Commitment. For the purposes of this Section 3.6, during the Term, if the Pipeline is in allocation for any portion of the month, the Pipeline will be considered to be in allocation for the entirety of such month.

3.7 Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.5 to the contrary, upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason to the extent that Shipper, at the time of such expiration or termination, holds any unused Prepaid Transportation Credits, Shipper shall be permitted to apply such Prepaid Transportation Credits against any amounts incurred by Shipper and

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payable to MPL with respect to any Shipper deliveries on the Pipeline until the expiration of the applicable Credit Period with respect to such Prepaid Transportation Credits. This Section 3.7 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

3.8 Shipper may not apply Prepaid Transportation Credits on differing types of Products; i.e, a Shipper may not use Prepaid Transportation Credits received for butane service on condensate, natural gasoline, or diluent service, or vice versa. Condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent are interchangeable from a volume commitment standpoint and shipping a total volume of any one or combination of these Products will be applied towards the Quarterly Volume Commitment. Should MPL proceed with butane service, Shipper will also have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for butane service, separate from condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service.

3.9 If, following the binding open season and prior to the in-service date of the Tariff, MPL determines that it has available capacity not subscribed to during the binding open season, not to exceed 90% of Project Capacity (Unsubscribed Capacity), to the extent permitted by Governmental Authority; MPL will provide Shipper the right to increase its Quarterly Volume Commitment as submitted on its Capacity Request Form on Exhibit C. MPL will provide at least sixty (60) days' advance written notice, simultaneously, to all shippers (including Shipper) who have executed a transportation service agreement during the binding open season of the availability and volume of Unsubscribed Capacity for additional volume commitments (the Additional Volume Commitments). No later than thirty (30) days following the date of MPL's written notice, Shipper must provide MPL with a written binding commitment identifying the additional volumes to be added to its Quarterly Volume Commitment (Pre-Service Increase Request). In the event MPL receives Pre-Service Increase Requests that are, in aggregate, less than or equal to the Unsubscribed Capacity, each shipper's volume commitment shall be increased by the volume of its Pre-Service Increase Request. In the event MPL receives Pre-Service Increase Requests that would, in aggregate, exceed the Unsubscribed Capacity, all Shippers will be allocated their Pre-Service Increases pro rata based on their then- current volume commitments. If Shipper makes a Pre-Service Increase Request, MPL shall notify Shipper of its new Quarterly Volume Commitment within thirty (30) days following receipt of Shipper's Pre-Service Increase Request, and Exhibit C shall be deemed revised to reflect Shipper's new volume commitment, which shall equal the sum of its original Capacity Request Form volume commitment and its Pre-Service Increase Request or its allocated portion thereof pursuant to this Section 3.9. If there is still Unsubscribed Capacity after shippers (including Shipper) exercise Additional Volume Commitments as set forth above, MPL may conduct a second open season to obtain additional volume commitments for any remaining Unsubscribed Capacity.

4. Transportation Charges

4.1 Shipper shall pay MPL a transportation charge for each Barrel of Product shipped under the terms of this Agreement and Exhibit C, at the rates provided for in Exhibit B, which shall be the Tariff Rates for the volume commitment on the Day of delivery of Product.

4.2 The rates in Exhibit B will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology in effect at the time of the escalation. There shall be no downward adjustment of the Rates in the event the annual FERC oil pipeline index rate is negative. Rates will typically be indexed during July of each year and would be first indexed in July of the year following project completion.

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4.3 If during the term of this Agreement, MPL becomes obligated as a result of a Change in Law Event to bear Compliance Costs, MPL shall have the right to increase the Tariff Rates on the Pipeline, including Shipper's committed rate as originally executed on Exhibit B in this Agreement or to impose a surcharge on its shippers (including Shipper) to recover such Compliance Costs. If MPL determines to recover any Compliance Costs from its shippers, it will do so in a manner that is reasonable and equitable to all shippers on the Pipeline.

4.4 A Committed Priority Shipper will receive transportation service exempt from prorationing provisions under normal operating conditions for its contractually committed volumes, in exchange for a commitment to transport (or pay for) those volumes, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement executed during the open season process. The rates vary depending upon project options, but in all instances will be $0.01 per barrel above the rates for uncommitted service for the same origin and destination points. A Committed Priority Shipper will have the same rates as the Committed Non-Priority Shipper (as defined below), unless the system in under prorationing. When under prorationing, the Committed Priority Shipper's rate will be charged the premium rate of $0.01 above the posted uncommitted rate. Shipper shall not be a Committed Priority Shipper solely through this Agreement. Shipper must submit a Capacity Request Form during MPL's binding open season (Exhibit C) which confirms the Shipper has elected Committed Priority Shipper Status.

4.5 A Committed Non-Priority Shipper will receive transportation service subject to prorationing provisions for its contractually committed volumes, in exchange for a commitment to transport (or pay for) those volumes, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement executed during the open season process. Those who elect to become a Committed Non-Priority Shipper will receive the benefit of discounted rates that will not be available to the Committed Priority Shippers or the uncommitted shippers. The rates will vary depending upon project options and commitment duration. MPL will not presume Shipper to be a Committed Non-Priority Shipper solely through this Agreement, unless the Capacity Request Form submitted by Shipper during MPL's binding open season (Exhibit C) shows the Shipper has elected Committed Non-Priority Shipper Status.

5. Force Majeure

5.1 As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure event, the affected Party shall provide the other Party written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure event (a Force Majeure Notice). A Party shall identify the full particulars and the approximate length of time that the Party reasonably believes in good faith such Force Majeure event shall continue (the Force Majeure Period). If a Party advises in any Force Majeure Notice that it reasonably believes in good faith that the Force Majeure Period shall continue for more than twelve (12) consecutive months, then, subject to Section 10 below, at any time after a Party delivers such Force Majeure Notice, either Party may terminate this Agreement, but only upon delivery to the other Party of a notice (a Termination Notice) at least twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the Force Majeure Period; provided, however, that such Termination Notice shall be deemed canceled and of no effect if the Force Majeure Period ends prior to the expiration of such twelve (12) months period. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party may exercise its right under this Section 5.1 to terminate this Agreement as a result of a Force Majeure event with respect to any machinery, storage, tanks, lines of pipe or other equipment that has been unaffected by, or has been restored to working order since, the applicable Force Majeure event.

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5.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Shipper delivers a Termination Notice to MPL and, within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice, MPL notifies Shipper that MPL reasonably believes in good faith that it shall be capable of fully performing under its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time, then the Shipper Termination Notice shall be deemed revoked and the applicable portion of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Shipper Termination Notice had never been given.

5.3 Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement, MPL's obligation to transport on the Pipeline may be temporarily suspended during occurrences of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event that prevents MPL from transporting on the Pipeline. If MPL is unable to transport due to a Force Majeure event or otherwise, then Shipper's obligation to ship the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment and pay the applicable Quarterly Deficiency Payment shall be reduced to the extent that MPL is prevented from shipping the full applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment. At such time as MPL is capable of transporting volumes equal to the full applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment on the Pipeline, Shipper's obligation to ship the full Quarterly Volume Commitment shall be restored.

6. Capabilities of the Pipeline System

6.1 MPL shall use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize the disruption of service on the Pipeline and any portion thereof. MPL shall promptly inform Shipper of any anticipated partial or complete disruption of service on the Pipeline, including relevant information about the nature, extent, cause and expected duration of the disruption and the actions MPL is taking to resume full operations, provided that MPL shall not have any liability for any failure to notify, or delay in notifying, Shipper of any such matters except to the extent Shipper has been materially prejudiced or damaged by such failure or delay.

6.2 Subject to Force Majeure, disruptions for routine repair and maintenance consistent with pipeline industry standards and any requirements of Applicable Law, MPL shall accept for shipment on the Pipeline in accordance with pipeline industry standard Product. Further, MPL shall maintain and repair all portions of the Pipeline in accordance with pipeline industry standards and in a manner which allows the Pipeline to be capable, subject to Force Majeure or temporary shutdown for pipeline testing and maintenance, of shipping, storing and delivering volumes of Product.

6.3 If the Shipper has agreed to pay, pursuant to Exhibit B and Exhibit C, a premium rate for transportation of Product on the Pipeline, the Shipper Deliveries shall not be reduced under normal operating conditions if the capacity for Product shipments is otherwise subject to prorationing in accordance with the prorationing provisions in MPL's Rules and Regulations Tariff.

6.4 If, for any reason, including without limitation a Force Majeure event, the capacity of the Pipeline is reduced, then (a) during such period of reduced capacity, Shipper's obligation shall be reduced as described above in this Section 6; and (b) within a reasonable period of time after commencement of such reduction, MPL shall make repairs to and/or replace the affected portion of the Pipeline to restore capacity. MPL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to provide transportation of Product tendered by Shipper under the Tariffs while restoration is being completed. Any work performed by MPL pursuant to this Section 6.4

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shall be performed and completed in a good and workmanlike manner consistent with applicable pipeline industry standards and in accordance with all applicable laws.

6.5 Expansion of Pipeline. MPL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to expand the capacity of the Pipeline at any time or from time to time.

6.6 Right of Shipper to Secure Expansion Capacity. In the event that MPL decides in its sole discretion to expand the capacity of the Pipeline, then:

(a) MPL will provide each Shipper with notice of such proposed expansion not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the expected in-service date of such proposed expansion (Expansion Notice) and such Expansion Notice shall include:

(i) the amount of the proposed expansion capacity;

(ii) the expected rates and rules and regulations that will apply to such expansion capacity;

(iii) the expected in-service date of such expansion/extension.

The costs of any expansion shall not be rolled into the rates associated with any Pipeline capacity existing prior to such expansion.

(b) To the extent permitted by Governmental Authorities, MPL will provide to each Shipper a first right, on terms and conditions specified by MPL that is consistent with this first right, to submit a binding nomination to ship, or otherwise pay for, a committed volume of Product on the expansion capacity (Requested Expansion Volume Commitment). The amount of expansion capacity available for volume commitments pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the total expansion capacity. No later than sixty (60) days following the date of MPL's Expansion Notice, Shipper must commit to, in a form acceptable to MPL in MPL's sole discretion, its Requested Expansion Volume Commitment (Election Deadline). In the event that, pursuant to this first right, MPL receives binding commitments for volumes that exceed the expansion capacity available for committed volumes, each Shipper that submitted a binding commitment pursuant to this first right procedure shall be allocated the lesser of: (i) its Requested Expansion Volume Commitment, or (ii) the Shipper's pro-rata share of the expansion capacity available for committed volumes, which shall be calculated by multiplying (1) the Shipper's Proportionate Share, times (2) the expansion capacity available for committed volumes (Expansion Volume Commitment). MPL shall notify Shipper of its Expansion Volume Commitment within thirty (30) days following the Election Deadline, and the Parties shall promptly execute a new and separate transportation service agreement reflecting Shipper's Expansion Volume Commitment. Any calculation of an Expansion Volume Commitment shall be without regard to and shall not affect any Volume Commitment on pre-existing capacity.

(c) In the event that any expansion capacity available for committed volumes remains after the procedure set forth in Section 6.6 is completed, MPL has the right, in its sole discretion, to offer such committed capacity pursuant to an open season in which all interested shippers will be given an opportunity to commit to transport a specified volume of Product on such remaining expansion capacity, subject to the terms and conditions specified by MPL pursuant to or in connection with such open season.

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7 Confidentiality

7.1 From and after the Effective Date, each Party shall hold, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, contractors, and other representatives (collectively, Representatives) to hold all Confidential Information of the other Party in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies to such Party's confidential and proprietary information and shall not use such Confidential Information except in connection with its performance or acceptance of services hereunder and shall not release or disclose such Confidential Information to any other Person, except its Representatives. Each Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 7 by any of its Representatives.

7.2 If a Party receives a subpoena or other demand for disclosure of Confidential Information received from any other Party or must disclose to a Governmental Authority any Confidential Information received from such other Party in order to obtain or maintain any required governmental approval, the receiving Party shall, to the extent legally permissible, provide notice to the providing Party before disclosing such Confidential Information. Upon receipt of such notice, the providing Party shall promptly either seek an appropriate protective order, waive the receiving Party's confidentiality obligations hereunder to the extent necessary to permit the receiving Party to respond to the demand, or otherwise fully satisfy the subpoena or demand or the requirements of the applicable Governmental Authority. If the receiving Party is legally compelled to disclose such Confidential Information or if the providing Party does not promptly respond as contemplated by this Section 7, the receiving Party may disclose that portion of Confidential Information covered by the notice or demand.

7.3 Each Party acknowledges that the disclosing Party would not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach by the receiving Party of any one or more of the covenants contained in this Section 7 and agrees that, in the event of such breach, the disclosing Party may, in addition to the other remedies that may be available to it, apply to a court for an injunction to prevent breaches of this Section 7 and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Section 7. Notwithstanding any other section hereof, the provisions of this Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

8. Assignment

8.1 Neither Party may assign its rights under this Agreement without prior written consent from the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that either Party may assign its rights under this Agreement to a successor in interest resulting from any merger, reorganization, consolidation or as part of a sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

9. Representations and Warranties

9.1 Each Party to this Agreement represents and warrants to the other that it is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the terms and provisions hereof.

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9.2 MPL shall take reasonable steps to obtain all necessary approvals, and authorizations of all Governmental Authorities to modify and operate the Pipeline, including approval by FERC of the rate structure and any premium service, and all other approvals and authorizations necessary, in MPL's sole opinion, desirable in connection with the provision of Product transportation, in each case, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion.

9.3 Shipper hereby agrees (a) to take all such actions and do all such things as MPL reasonably requests in connections with its application for, and the processing of necessary approvals and authorizations of the FERC and other governmental authorities, (b) at all times to support the rate and (c) to not, directly or indirectly, take any action that is designed to or may delay review or approval of the applications to FERC or any other Governmental Authority or indicate a lack of support for the modifications of the Pipeline or the rate.

10. Termination and Amendment

10.1 This Agreement may not be terminated, except as expressly provided herein, nor may any of its provisions be amended or waived without prior written consent of both Parties hereto.

10.2 Neither failure nor delay by MPL or Shipper to exercise any right or remedy provided herein shall operate as a waiver with respect to a future exercise thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

10.3 Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.5, in the event of any breach of a term or condition of this Agreement by either Party, the other Party's remedy shall be limited to the direct damages caused thereby and in no event shall a Party be liable to the other Party for any consequential, indirect, pecuniary, punitive, or economic damages, howsoever caused.

10.4 Upon termination of this Agreement for reasons other than a default by Shipper, pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any other termination of this Agreement initiated by Shipper pursuant to Section 5, Shipper shall have the right to require MPL to enter into a new transportation service agreement with Shipper that (a) is consistent with the terms and objectives set forth in this Agreement and (b) has commercial terms that are, in the aggregate, equal to or more favorable to Shipper than fair market value terms as would be agreed by similarly-situated parties negotiating at arm's length provided.

10.5 Shipper acknowledges that MPL will incur certain building, expansion and improvement costs associated with its performance under this Agreement prior to the commencement of transportation service on the Pipeline. Shipper also acknowledges that MPL relied on the volume commitments received from Shipper on its Capacity Request Form in Exhibit C as part of an aggregate volume commitment received from all committed shippers during the binding open season to finalize the Project's ultimate scope, including but not limited to, pipe size, routing and destinations. If MPL is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and Shipper decides to terminate this Agreement after the Effective Date but prior to the commencement of transportation service on the Pipeline, Shipper shall notify MPL of its decision to terminate within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project's in-service date to allow MPL the opportunity to provide Shipper's unwanted capacity to other interested shippers as Unsubscribed Capacity as set forth in Section 3.8. If Shipper fails to notify MPL within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project's in-service date or if MPL is unsuccessful in obtaining additional volume commitments as provided for in Section 3.8 to

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fully replace Shipper's original volume commitment as submitted in its Capacity Request Form in Exhibit C, Shipper will reimburse MPL for Shipper's pro rata portion of actual and committed Construction Costs, plus, an administrative fee of ten (10) percent of said costs (such reimbursement is hereinafter referred to as the Construction Cost Reimbursement). The Parties agree that the Construction Cost Reimbursement shall be deemed liquidated damages and that such amount shall not be deemed a penalty, but rather represents a reasonable amount of liquidated damages in light of the anticipated or actual harm caused by Shipper's termination of this Agreement as stated, the difficulties of proof of loss, and the inconvenience or non- feasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy, and that the payment of such amount shall be MPL's sole and exclusive remedy for such termination by Shipper.

10.6 The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement may be contingent on the Shipper executing a reasonably acceptable commodity supply agreement. Shipper must notify MPL if it is unable to execute a reasonably acceptable commodity supply agreement within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project in-service date. Furthermore, Shipper must make commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a commodity supply agreement within the one hundred and eighty (180) days. Provided, however, that Shipper acknowledges and agrees that Shipper remains responsible for the Construction Cost Reimbursement provided for in Section 10.5 of this Agreement if it is unable to reach and execute a commodity supply agreement within the required timeframe. 11. Conditions Precedent

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement is subject to the receipt by MPL of:

11.1 All certificates, approvals and authorizations of any Governmental Authority deemed necessary or desirable by MPL in connection with this Agreement and, in each case, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion.

11.2 Executed Transportation Service Agreements, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion, as MPL shall deem sufficient in its sole discretion to support the economic viability of the costs associated with the Project.

11.3 Executed Transportation Service Agreements, in form and substance acceptable to both MPL and Shipper.

If any terms of this Agreement are required to be modified in accordance with a decision, approval or authorization from FERC or any other governmental authority, the Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with one another in amending this Agreement to align with those decisions, approvals and authorizations from FERC or any other governmental agencies. If these conditions precedent are not satisfied for MPL after exercising commercially reasonable efforts to meet such condition precedent, MPL shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by written notice to Shipper. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 11, MPL and Shipper shall be released from any and all obligations under this Agreement.

12. Offer

12.1 The submission of an unexecuted copy of this Agreement by MPL to Shipper shall not constitute an offer.

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12.2 Shipper acknowledges that, upon closing of the open season described in the notice of open season, MPL will undertake significant alterations and improvements and will incur significant expense in connection with the Project. In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Shipper, Shipper agrees that the submission of an executed Agreement to MPL shall constitute an offer by Shipper. Shipper further agrees that its offer shall remain irrevocable; provided, however, that if Shipper has not received an executed copy of this Agreement from MPL within sixty (60) days after the close of the Binding Open Season, Shipper may revoke its offer thereafter by written notice to MPL, and upon such revocation, this Agreement will become null and void.

13. Notices

13.1 Any notice, statement, or invoice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered as having been given if hand carried, facsimiled, emailed, or if mailed by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the following address, respectively:

Shipper : Name: Marathon Petroleum Company LP Address: 539 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840 Attention: Optimization LP Manager Fax: (419) 421-4232

MPL : Name: Craig O. Pierson Address: 539 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840 Attention: President Fax: (419) 421-3125

or to such other address as such Party may indicate by a notice delivered in accordance with this Section 13.

14. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without recourse to any principles of law governing conflicts of law, which might otherwise be applicable.

15. Severability

In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by an empowered government agency, such findings shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which are not found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, unless such construction would be unreasonable.

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16. Default

16.1 Either Party hereunder shall be in default if such Party: (a) materially breaches any provision of this Agreement and such breach is not cured within fifteen (15) Days after notice thereof (which notice shall describe such breach in reasonable detail) is received by such Party; (b) becomes insolvent, enters voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (c) fails to pay any undisputed sums due hereunder; or (d) fails to provide satisfactory financial assurance as provided for in Section 17.

16.2 If either Party is in default as described above, then the non-defaulting Party may: (a) terminate this Agreement upon notice to the defaulting Party; (b) withhold any payments due to the defaulting Party under this Agreement; and/or (c) pursue any other remedy at law or in equity if such breach is not remedied as provided for in Section 14.1.

17. Credit Requirements and Financial Assurances

17.1 Financial Information. Shipper shall provide to MPL, at any time: (i) upon MPL's request, information (Financial Information) that will allow MPL to assess (or reassess) and establish creditworthiness and Shipper's capacity to perform any financial obligations that could arise from the transportation of Shipper's Crude Petroleum on the Pipeline; and (ii) upon MPL's good faith determination (which shall be no less than industry standards) of non-creditworthiness, MPL may request, financial assurance in respect of transportation or other services (Financial Assurances). Financial Assurances shall be limited to a guarantee from the parent company of Shipper in a form and substance acceptable to MPL and sufficient in amount to cover 6-months of Shipper's obligations to MPL so long as the guarantor has sufficient creditworthiness as set forth in this Section; and if not, MPL may then request an irrevocable standby letter of credit in a form and from an issuer acceptable to MPL, and in an amount no greater than 6-months of tolls based on the Quarterly Volume Commitment, plus all applicable taxes.

17.2 As of the Project's in-service date, Shipper shall comply with the credit requirements and provide the financial assurances required in the Tariff so long as the Tariff is consistent with the terms of this Agreement. 17.3 Any failure of Shipper to comply with the provisions of this Section 17 will constitute an Event of Default under Section 16 of this Agreement.

18. Miscellaneous

18.1 Wherever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision or provisions shall be ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or provisions or any other provisions hereof, unless such a construction would be unreasonable.

18.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that the rights and obligations of any Party under this Agreement shall not be assignable by such Party without the prior written consent of the

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other Party pursuant to Section 8.1. A Party's successors and permitted assigns shall include any permitted assignee as well as the successors in interest to such permitted assignee whether by merger, liquidation (including successive mergers or liquidations) or otherwise.

18.3 No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any third party any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

18.4 Neither Party shall, without the approval of the other Party, make any press release or other public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as and to the extent that either Party shall be so obligated by Applicable Law or the rules of any regulatory body, stock exchange or quotation system.

18.5 EACH PARTY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PERFORMANCE OR FAILURE TO PERFORM OF ANY OBLIGATION HEREUNDER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MPL and Shipper have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date set forth above.

MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC By: /s/ Craig Pierson 6/11/15 Name: Craig Pierson Title: President

MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP By: MPC Investment LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ C. M. Palmer 4/13/15 Name: C. Michael Palmer Title: Sr. Vice President, Supply Distribution & Planning

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EXHIBIT A Common Carrier Pipeline, including Origins and Destinations

Pipeline System New/Existing Pipeline Pipeline Owner Cornerstone Pipeline New MPL East Sparta to Lima Pipeline New MPL East Sparta to Heath Existing (Expansion) ORPL Heath to Findlay Existing (Expansion) ORPL RIO Existing (Reversal & Expansion) MPC Two Rivers Existing MPL Wabash Existing MPL

The MPC RIO system is an existing private pipeline owned by Marathon Petroleum Company, LP (MPC). MPL may purchase the RIO system, with the intent to reverse and repurpose the system from common carrier movements.

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EXHIBIT B

Tariff Rates

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EXHIBIT C

Include copy of Shipper's submitted Capacity Request Form (CFR) indicating desired routes and destinations.

Capacity Request Forms follow this page

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Ratable Volume(1) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 15 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Condensate

Year Desired Volume Origination Location Delivery Location Rate 1 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 2 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 3 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 4 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 5 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 6 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 7 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 8 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 9 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 10 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 11 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 12 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 13 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 14 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 15 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 (1) - Assumes shipper transports the same volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Ratable Volume(1) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Natural Gasoline

Year Desired Volume Origination Location Delivery Location Rate 1 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 2 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 3 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 4 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 5 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 6 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 7 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 8 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 9 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 10 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 11 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 12 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 13 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 14 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 15 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 (1) - Assumes shipper transports the same volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year

Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Liquidated Damages that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract contain a clause that would award either party liquidated damages for breach or a fee upon the termination of a contract (termination fee)?
[EX A]: The Parties agree that the Construction Cost Reimbursement shall be deemed liquidated damages and that such amount shall not be deemed a penalty, but rather represents a reasonable amount of liquidated damages in light of the anticipated or actual harm caused by Shipper's termination of this Agreement as stated, the difficulties of proof of loss, and the inconvenience or non- feasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy, and that the payment of such amount shall be MPL's sole and exclusive remedy for such termination by Shipper.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 1.2

ATHENS BANCSHARES CORPORATION  up to    Shares  (subject to increase up to    shares)  COMMON SHARES  ($.01 Par Value)  Subscription Price $10.00 Per Share  AGENCY AGREEMENT   , 2009

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.  Investment Banking  10 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3400  Chicago, Illinois 60606

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Athens Bancshares Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the Company), and Athens Federal Community Bank, a federal savings bank located  in Athens, Tennessee (the Bank) (references to the Bank include the Bank in mutual or stock form as indicated by the context), the deposit  accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), hereby confirm their agreement with Keefe, Bruyette &  Woods, Inc. (the Agent) as follows:

Section 1. The Offering. The Bank, in accordance with its plan of conversion adopted by its Board of Directors (the Plan), intends to convert  from a federally-chartered mutual savings bank to a federal stock savings bank (the Conversion), and issue all of its issued and outstanding  capital stock to the Company. The Conversion will be accomplished pursuant to federal law and the rules and regulations of the Office of Thrift  Supervision (the OTS). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company will offer and sell up to shares (subject to increase up to shares) of its common stock,  $.01 par value per share (the Shares or Common Shares), in a subscription offering (the Subscription Offering) to (1) depositors of the Bank  with Qualifying Deposits (as defined in the Plan) as of March 31, 2008 (Eligible Account Holders), (2) the employee stock ownership plan  established by either the Bank or the Company (the ESOP), (3) depositors of the Bank with Qualifying Deposits as of September 30, 2009  (Supplemental Eligible Account Holders), and (4) other depositor and borrower members of the Bank as defined in the Plan. Subject to the prior  subscription rights of the above-listed parties, the Company may offer for sale in a community offering (the Community Offering and when  referred to together with or subsequent to the Subscription Offering, the Subscription and Community Offering) the Shares not subscribed for or  ordered in the Subscription Offering to members of the general public to whom a copy of the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) is delivered with a  preference given first to natural persons who are residents of Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meras, Monroe and Polk  Counties in Tennessee. It is anticipated that shares not subscribed for in the Subscription and Community Offering may be offered to certain  members of the general public on a best efforts basis through a selected dealers agreement (the Syndicated Community Offering) (the  Subscription Offering, Community Offering and Syndicated Community Offering are collectively referred to as the Offering). It is acknowledged  that the purchase of Shares in the Offering is subject to the maximum and minimum purchase limitations as described in the Plan and that the  Company may reject, in whole or in part, any orders received in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering.

In connection with the Conversion and pursuant to the terms of the Plan as described in the Prospectus, immediately following the consummation  of the Conversion, subject to the approval of the Bank's depositors and compliance with certain conditions as may be imposed by regulatory  authorities, the Company will contribute $100,000 and 100,000 shares of Common Stock to the Athens Federal Foundation (the Foundation) such  shares hereinafter being referred to as the (Foundation Shares).







The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-   )  (the Registration Statement), containing a prospectus relating to the Offering, for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933  (the 1933 Act), and has filed such amendments thereof and such amended prospectuses as may have been required to the date hereof. The term  Registration Statement shall include any documents incorporated by reference therein and all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, as  amended, including post-effective amendments. The prospectus, as amended, on file with the Commission at the time the Registration Statement  initially became effective is hereinafter called the Prospectus, except that if any Prospectus is filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c)  of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the 1933 Act Regulations) differing from the prospectus on file at the time  the Registration Statement initially became effective, the term Prospectus shall refer to the prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) from  and after the time said prospectus is filed with the Commission.

In accordance with Title 12, Part 563b of the Code of Federal Regulations (the Conversion Regulations), the Bank has filed with the OTS an  Application For Conversion on Form AC (the Form AC), including the Prospectus and the Conversion Valuation Appraisal Report prepared by  Keller & Company, Inc. (the Appraisal) and has filed such amendments thereto as may have been required by the OTS. The Form AC has been  approved by the OTS and the related Prospectus has been authorized for use by the OTS. In addition, the Company has filed with the OTS its  Application H-(e)l-S (the Holding Company Application) to become a savings and loan holding company under the Home Owners' Loan Act, as  amended (HOLA) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the Control Act Regulations).

Section 2. Retention and Compensation of Agent. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Bank hereby appoint  the Agent as their exclusive financial advisor and marketing agent (i) to utilize its best efforts to solicit subscriptions for Common Shares and to  advise and assist the Company and the Bank with respect to the Company's sale of the Shares in the Offering and (ii) to participate in the Offering  in the areas of market making and in syndicate formation (if necessary).

On the basis of the representations, warranties, and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the  Agent accepts such appointment and agrees to consult with and advise the Company and the Bank as to the matters set forth in the letter  agreement, dated June 9, 2009, between the Bank and the Agent (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A) (the Engagement Letter). It is  acknowledged by the Company and the Bank that the Agent shall not be required to purchase any Shares or be obligated to take any action which  is inconsistent with all applicable laws, regulations, decisions or orders.

The obligations of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon termination of the Offering, but in no event later than 45 days after  the completion of the Subscription Offering (the End Date). All fees or expenses due to the Agent but unpaid will be payable to the Agent in  next day funds at the earlier of the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) or the End Date. In the event the Offering is extended beyond the End  Date, the Company and the Agent may agree to renew this Agreement under mutually acceptable terms.

In the event the Company is unable to sell a minimum of    Shares within the period herein provided, this Agreement shall terminate and the  Company shall refund to any persons who have subscribed for any of the Shares the full amount which it may have received from them plus  accrued interest, as set forth in the Prospectus; and none of the parties to this Agreement shall have any obligation to the other parties hereunder,  except as set forth in this Section 2 and in Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof. In the event the Offering is terminated for any reason not attributable to the  action or inaction of the Agent, the Agent shall be paid the fees due to the date of such termination pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (d) below.

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The Agent shall receive the following compensation for its services hereunder:

(a) A management fee of $30,000 payable in four consecutive monthly installments of $7,500 each commencing with the execution of the  Engagement Letter. This fee shall be deemed to have been earned when due and shall be non-refundable.

(b) A success fee upon completion of the Offering of 1.125% of the aggregate purchase price of the Common Shares sold in the Subscription  Offering and Community Offering excluding shares purchased by the Bank's officers, directors, or employees (or members of their immediate  family), any ESOP, tax-qualified or stock-based compensation plans (except IRAs) or similar plan created by the Bank or the Company for some or  all of its directors or employees, or contributed to any charitable foundation established by the Bank in connection with the Conversion. In no  event shall the success fee paid for the sale of Common Stock in the Subscription and Community Offering be less than $200,000. The management  fee will be applied against the first success fee.

(c) If any of the Common Shares remain available after the Subscription Offering, at the request of the Company, the Agent will seek to form a  syndicate of registered broker-dealers (Selected Dealers) to assist in the sale of such Common Shares on a best efforts basis, subject to the  terms and conditions set forth in the selected dealers agreement. The Agent will endeavor to distribute the Common Shares among the Selected  Dealers in a fashion which best meets the distribution objectives of the Bank and the Plan. The Agent will be paid a fee not to exceed 5.5% of the  aggregate Purchase Price of the Shares sold in the Syndicated Community Offering. The Agent will pass onto the Selected Dealers who assist in  the Syndicated Community Offering an amount competitive with gross underwriting discounts charged at such time for comparable amounts of  stock sold at a comparable price per share in a similar market environment. Fees with respect to purchases effected with the assistance of Selected  Dealers other than the Agent shall be transmitted by the Agent to such Selected Dealers. The decision to utilize Selected Dealers will be made by  the Company upon consultation with the Agent.

(d) The Company and the Bank shall reimburse the Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including costs of travel, meals and lodging,  photocopying, telephone, facsimile and couriers. The Company and the Bank will reimburse the Agent for the fees and expenses of the Agent's  counsel which will not exceed $50,000. The Company will bear the expenses of the Offering customarily borne by issuers including, without  limitation, regulatory filing fees, SEC, Blue Sky, and FINRA filing and registration fees; the fees of the Company's accountants, attorneys,  appraiser, transfer agent and registrar, printing, mailing and marketing and syndicate expenses associated with the conversion; and the fees set  forth under this Section 2; and any fees for Blue Sky legal work.

Full payment of the Agent's actual and accountable expenses, advisory fees and compensation shall be made in next day funds on the earlier of  the Closing Date or a determination by the Bank to terminate or abandon the Offering. The payment of such expenses assume no unusual  circumstances or delays, or a re-solicitation in connection with the subscription and community offering. The Company and the Bank acknowledge  that such expense cap may be increased by mutual consent, including in the event of a material delay in the Offering which would require an  update of the financial information in tabular form to reflect a period later than that set forth in the original filing.

Section 3. Sale and Delivery of Shares. If all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Conversion, including without limitation, the sale of  all Shares required by the Plan to be sold, are satisfied, the Company agrees to issue, or have issued, the Shares sold in the Offering and to release  for delivery certificates for such Shares on the Closing Date against payment to the Company by any means authorized by the Plan; provided,  however, that no funds shall be released to the Company until the conditions specified in Section 8 hereof shall have been complied with to the  reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and its counsel. The release of Shares against payment therefor shall be made on a date and at a place  acceptable to the Company, the Bank and the Agent. Certificates for shares shall be delivered

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directly to the purchasers in accordance with their directions. The date upon which the Company shall release or deliver the shares sold in the  Offering, in accordance with the terms herein, is called the Closing Date.

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Bank. The Company and the Bank jointly and severally represent and warrant  to and agree with the Agent as follows:

(a) The Registration Statement which was prepared by the Company and the Bank and filed with the Commission has been declared effective by  the Commission, no stop order has been issued with respect thereto and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the  Company or the Bank, threatened by the Commission. At the time the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein  (including any amendment or supplement), became effective, at the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 4(c) hereof) and at the Closing Date, the  Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and  the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus contained therein (including any amendment or supplement thereto), and any information  regarding the Company contained in Sales Information (as such term is defined in Section 9(a) hereof) authorized by the Company for use in  connection with the Offering, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state 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, and at the time any Rule 424 (b) or (c) Prospectus is filed with the Commission and at the Closing Date referred to in Section 2 hereof, the Prospectus (including any amendment  or supplement thereto) and any information regarding the Company contained in Sales Information (as such term is defined in Section 9(a) hereof)  authorized by the Company for use in connection with the Offering will contain all statements that are required to be stated therein in accordance  with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary  in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the  representations and warranties in this Section 4(a) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written  information furnished to the Company by the Agent or its counsel expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus under the caption The  Conversion and Stock Offering — Marketing Arrangements or statements in or omissions from any Sales Information or information filed  pursuant to state securities or blue sky laws or regulations regarding the Agent.

(b) At the time of filing the Registration Statement relating to the offering of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not, and is not, an  ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations. At the time of the filing of the Registration Statement and at the time of the use  of any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433(h) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company met the conditions required by Rules 164  and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations for the use of a free writing prospectus. If required to be filed, the Company has filed any issuer free writing  prospectus related to the offered Shares at the time it is required to be filed under Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if not required to be  filed, will retain such free writing prospectus in the Company's records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the 1933 Act Regulations and if any issuer free  writing prospectus is used after the date hereof in connection with the offering of the Shares the Company will file or retain such free writing  prospectus as required by Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(c) As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and  the Statutory Prospectus, all considered together (collectively, the General Disclosure Package), nor (ii) any individual Issuer-Represented  Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material  fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were  made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Prospectus included in the Registration  Statement relating to the offered Securities or any Issuer-Represented Free

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Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use therein. As  used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:

1. Applicable Time means each and every date when a potential purchaser submitted a subscription or otherwise committed to purchase  Securities.

2. Statutory Prospectus, as of any time, means the Prospectus relating to the offered Shares that is included in the Registration Statement  relating to the offered Shares immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein.

3. Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433(h) of the 1933 Act  Regulations, relating to the offered Shares in the form filed or required or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company's records  pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the 1933 Act Regulations. The term does not include any writing exempted from the definition of prospectus  pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2(a)(10) of the 1933 Act, without regard to Rule 172 or Rule 173 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

4. Issuer-Represented General Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general  distribution to prospective investors.

5. Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer- Represented General Free Writing Prospectus. The term Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus also includes any bona fide  electronic road show, as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, that is made available without restriction pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(ii)  of the 1933 Act Regulations or otherwise, even though not required to be filed with the Commission.

6. Permitted Free Writing Prospectus means any free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations that is consented to  by the Company, the Bank and the Agent.

(d) Each Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, as of its date of first use and at all subsequent times through the completion of the Offering  and sale of the offered Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Agent (as described in the next sentence), did not,  does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement,  including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following the date of first use  of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented  Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the offered Shares or  included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the  statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has notified or will notify  promptly the Agent so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free-Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented and the  Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct  such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer-Represented  Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use  therein.

(e) The Form AC, which was prepared by the Company and the Bank and filed with the OTS, has been approved by the OTS and the related  Prospectus and proxy statement to be delivered to members of the Bank have been authorized for use by the OTS and the Form AC complied in all  material respects with the Conversion Regulations. No order has been issued by the OTS or the FDIC preventing or

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suspending the use of the Prospectus or the proxy statement, and no action by or before any such government entity to revoke any approval,  authorization or order of effectiveness related to the Offering is pending or threatened. At the time of the approval of the Form AC, including the  Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement thereto) by the OTS and at all times subsequent thereto until the Closing Date, the Form AC,  including the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement thereto), will comply in all material respects with the Conversion Regulations,  except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by the OTS. The Form AC, including the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement  thereto), does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state 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, however, that the representations and  warranties in this Section 4(e) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information  furnished to the Company by the Agent or its counsel expressly regarding the Agent for use in the Prospectus contained in the Form AC under  the caption The Conversion and Stock Offering — Marketing Arrangements.

(f) The Company has filed the Holding Company Application with the OTS and the Holding Company Application is accurate and truthful. The  Company has received written notice from the OTS of its approval of the acquisition of the Bank, such approval remains in full force and effect and  no order has been issued by the OTS suspending or revoking such approval and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the  OTS. At the date of such approval, the Holding Company Application complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of HOLA  and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(g) The Company and the Bank have filed the Prospectus and any supplemental sales literature with the Commission and the OTS. The Prospectus  and all supplemental sales literature, as of the date the Registration Statement became effective and on the Closing Date referred to in Section 2,  complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations and, at or prior to the time of their  first use, will have received all required authorizations of the OTS and Commission for use in final form. No approval of any other regulatory or  supervisory or other public authority is required in connection with the distribution of the Prospectus and any supplemental sales literature that  has not been obtained and a copy of which has been delivered to the Agent. The Company and the Bank have not distributed any offering  material in connection with the Offering except for the Prospectus and any supplemental sales material that has been filed with the Registration  Statement and the Form AC and authorized for use by the Commission and the OTS. The information contained in the supplemental sales material  filed as an exhibit to both the Registration Statement and the Form AC does not conflict with information contained in the Registration Statement  and the Prospectus.

(h) The Plan has been adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank and, at the Closing Date, will have been approved by the  members of the Bank, and the offer and sale of the Shares will have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with the Plan, the  Conversion Regulations except to the extent waived or otherwise approved by the OTS, and all other applicable laws, regulations, decisions and  orders, including all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions precedent to the Offering imposed upon the Company and the Bank by the  OTS, the Commission, or any other regulatory authority and in the manner described in the Prospectus. To the best knowledge of the Company  and the Bank, no person has sought to obtain review of the final action of the OTS in approving the Conversion pursuant to the HOLA or any  other statute or regulation.

(i) The Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as a federally-chartered savings bank in mutual form of organization and upon  completion of the Conversion will become a duly organized and validly existing federally-chartered savings bank in permanent capital stock form of organization, in both instances duly authorized to conduct its business and own its property as described in the Registration Statement and the  Prospectus; the Bank has obtained all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business,  except those that individually or in the

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aggregate would not materially adversely affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a  whole; all such licenses, permits and governmental authorizations are in full force and effect, and the Bank is in compliance with all material laws,  rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its business, except where failure to be in compliance would not materially adversely  affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; the Bank is duly qualified as a  foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or leasing of property or  the conduct of its business requires such qualification, unless the failure to be so qualified in one or more of such jurisdictions would not have a  material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Bank (Material Adverse Effect). The Bank does not  own equity securities or any equity interest in any other business enterprise except as described in the Prospectus or as would not be material to  the operations of the Bank. Upon completion of the sale by the Company of the Shares contemplated by the Prospectus, (i) all of the outstanding  capital stock of the Bank will be duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and owned directly by the Company free and  clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrances or legal or equitable claim and (ii) the Company will have no direct subsidiaries  other than the Bank and no indirect subsidiaries other than Southland Finance, Inc., Ti-Serv, Inc. and Valley Title Services, LLC (the  Subsidiaries). The Conversion will be effected in all material respects in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, decisions and  orders; and, except with respect to the filing of certain post-sale, post-Conversion reports, and documents in compliance with the 1933 Act  Regulations, the Conversion Regulations or letters of approval, at the Closing Date, all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect  to the Conversion imposed by the Commission, the OTS and the FDIC, if any, will have been complied with by the Company and the Bank in all  material respects or appropriate waivers will have been obtained and all applicable notice and waiting periods will have been satisfied, waived or  elapsed.

(j) The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Tennessee with full  corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and  the Prospectus, and, at the Closing Date, the Company will be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the  conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company. At the Closing Date, the Company will have obtained all licenses, permits and other  governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business except those that individually or in the aggregate would not  materially adversely affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; all such  licenses, permits and governmental authorizations will be in full force and effect, and the Company will be in all material respects complying with all  laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to the operation of its business. There are no outstanding warrants or options to purchase any  securities of the Company.

(k) The Subsidiaries are each duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Tennessee with  full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct their businesses as described in the Registration  Statement and the Prospectus, and are duly qualified to do business as foreign corporations and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which  the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the  financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole. The activities of the Subsidiaries are  permissible to subsidiaries of federal savings banks. The Subsidiaries have each obtained all licenses, permits and other governmental  authorizations currently required for the conduct of its business except those that individually or in the aggregate would not materially adversely  affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; all such licenses, permits and  governmental authorizations will be in full force and effect, and the Subsidiaries are in all material respects complying with all laws, rules,  regulations and orders applicable to the operation of their respective business. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiaries  have been duly

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authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and owned by the Bank directly, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,  pledge, lien, encumbrance or legal or equitable claim.

(l) The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLB-Cincinnati). The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the  FDIC up to the applicable limits, and no proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or, to the best knowledge of  the Company or the Bank, threatened. The Bank is a qualified thrift lender within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. §l467a(m).

(m) The Bank and the Company have good and marketable title to all real property and good title to all other assets material to the business of the  Company and the Bank, taken as a whole, and to those properties and assets described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus as owned by  them, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,  or are not material to the business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of  the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole, under which, the Company or the Bank hold properties, including those described in the Registration  Statement and Prospectus, are in full force and effect.

(n) The Company has received an opinion of its special counsel, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, with respect to the federal income tax consequences of  the Conversion and an opinion of its tax advisor, Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC, with respect to the Tennessee income tax consequences of the  Conversion; all material aspects of such opinions are accurately summarized in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company and  the Bank represent and warrant that the facts upon which such opinions are based are truthful, accurate and complete. Neither the Company nor  the Bank will take any action inconsistent therewith.

(o) Each of the Company and the Bank has all such power, authority, authorizations, approvals and orders as may be required to enter into this  Agreement, to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof and to issue and sell the Shares to be sold by the Company as provided herein and  as described in the Prospectus, subject to approval or confirmation by the OTS of the final appraisal of the Bank. The execution, delivery and  performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated have been duly and validly authorized by all  necessary corporate action on the part of the Bank and the Company. This Agreement has been validly executed and delivered by the Company  and the Bank and is the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company and the Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as the  enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement  of creditors' rights generally or the rights of creditors of savings and loan holding companies, the accounts of whose subsidiaries are insured by  the FDIC, or by general equity principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and except to  the extent, if any, that the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof may be unenforceable as against public policy).

(p) Neither the Company nor the Bank is in violation of any directive received from the OTS, the FDIC, or any other agency to make any material  change in the method of conducting its business so as to comply in all material respects with all applicable statutes and regulations (including,  without limitation, regulations, decisions, directives and orders of the OTS and the FDIC) and, except as may be set forth in the Registration  Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no suit or proceeding or charge or action before or by any court, regulatory authority or governmental agency or body, pending or threatened, which might materially and adversely affect the Offering, as described in the  Registration Statement and the Prospectus or which might result in any material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations or  business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole, or which would materially affect their properties and assets.

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(q) The consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes related thereto which are included in the General Disclosure Package and the  Prospectus fairly present the balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in equity capital and statement of cash flows of the Bank and  the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at the respective dates indicated and for the respective periods covered thereby and comply as to form in  all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations and Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Such  consolidated financial statements, schedules and notes related thereto have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles (GAAP) consistently applied through the periods involved, present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated  therein and are consistent with the most recent financial statements and other reports filed by the Bank with the OTS, except that accounting  principles employed in such regulatory filings conform to the requirements of the OTS and not necessarily to GAAP. The other financial, statistical  and pro forma information and related notes included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein on a basis consistent with the  audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Bank included in the Prospectus, and as to the pro forma adjustments, the  adjustments made therein have been properly applied on the basis described therein.

(r) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement including the Prospectus: (i) there has not been any  material adverse change, financial or otherwise, in the condition of the Company and the Bank and their subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise,  or in the earnings, capital, properties or business of the Company and the Bank and their subsidiaries, whether or not arising in the ordinary course  of business; (ii) there has not been any material increase in the long-term debt of the Bank or in the principal amount of the Bank's assets which  are classified by the Bank as impaired, substandard, doubtful or loss or in loans past due 90 days or more or real estate acquired by foreclosure, by  deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or deemed in-substance foreclosure or any material decrease in equity capital or total assets of the Bank; nor has the  Company or the Bank issued any securities (other than in connection with the incorporation of the Company) or incurred any liability or obligation  for borrowing other than in the ordinary course of business; (iii) there have not been any material transactions entered into by the Company or the  Bank; (iv) there has not been any material adverse change in the aggregate dollar amount (on a consolidated basis with the Bank) of the  Company's deposits or its net worth; (v) there has been no material adverse change in the Company's or the Bank's relationship with its insurance  carriers, including, without limitation, cancellation or other termination of the Company's or the Bank's fidelity bond or any other type of insurance  coverage; (vi) except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no material change in management of the  Company or the Bank; (vii) neither the Company nor the Bank has sustained any material loss or interference with its respective business or  properties from fire, flood, windstorm, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance; (viii) neither the Company nor  the Bank has defaulted in the payment of principal or interest on any outstanding debt obligations; (ix) the capitalization, liabilities, assets,  properties and business of the Company and the Bank conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the General  Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (x) neither the Company nor the Bank has any material contingent liabilities, except as set forth in the  Prospectus.

(s) Neither the Company nor the Bank is (i) in violation of their respective charters or bylaws (and the Bank will not be in violation of its charter or  bylaws in stock form upon completion of the Conversion), or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,  covenant, or condition contained in any material contract, lease, loan agreement, indenture or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it  or any of its property may be bound. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated  will not: (i) conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the  assets of the Company or the Bank pursuant to the respective charters or bylaws of the Company or the Bank or any contract, lease or other  instrument in which the Company or the Bank has a beneficial interest, or any applicable law, rule, regulation or order; (ii) violate any authorization,  approval, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the Bank, except for

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such violations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and the Bank  on a consolidated basis; or (iii) result in the creation of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property of the Company or the Bank.

(t) All documents made available to or delivered or to be made available to or delivered by the Company and the Bank or their representatives in  connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares, including records of account holders and depositors of the Bank, or in connection with the  Agent's exercise of due diligence, except for those documents which were prepared by parties other than the Company or the Bank or their  representatives, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Bank, were on the dates on which they were delivered, or will be on the dates on  which they are to be delivered, true, complete and correct in all material respects.

(u) No default exists, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default on the part of the Company  or the Bank in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, bank loan  or credit agreement or any other instrument or agreement to which the Company or the Bank is a party or by which any of them or any of their  property is bound or affected, except such defaults which would not have a material adverse affect on the financial condition or results of  operations of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole; such agreements are in full force and effect and are the legal, valid and binding  agreements of the applicable party and the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may  be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of  equity; and no other party to any such agreements has instituted or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened any action or  proceeding wherein the Company or the Bank would or might be alleged to be in default thereunder, where such action or proceeding, if  determined adversely to the Company or the Bank, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, results of operations, or  business of the Company or the Bank, taken as a whole. There are no contracts or documents that are required to be filed as exhibits to the  Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus which are not so filed  or described as required, and such contracts and documents as are summarized in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any Permitted  Free Writing Prospectus are fairly summarized therein in all material respects. No party has sent or received any notice indicating the termination of  or intention to terminate any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted  Free Writing Prospectus, or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Bank, no such  termination has been threatened by any party to any such contract or agreement.

(v) Upon consummation of the Conversion, the authorized, issued and outstanding equity capital of the Company will be within the range set forth  in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Capitalization, and no Shares have been or will be issued and  outstanding prior to the Closing Date; the Shares will have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and, when issued and delivered by the  Company pursuant to the Plan against payment of the consideration calculated as set forth in the Plan and in the Prospectus, will be duly and  validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, except for shares purchased by the ESOP with funds borrowed from the Company to the extent  payment therefor in cash has not been received by the Company; except to the extent that subscription rights and priorities pursuant thereto exist  pursuant to the Plan, no preemptive rights exist with respect to the Shares; and the terms and provisions of the Shares will conform in all material  respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Shares have been approved for listing on the  Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to issuance. Upon the issuance of the Shares, good title to the Shares will be transferred from the Company to the  purchasers thereof against payment therefor, subject to such claims as may be asserted against the purchasers thereof by third-party claimants.

(w) No approval of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this  Agreement or the issuance of the Shares, except for the

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approval of the Commission and the OTS, and any necessary qualification, notification, registration or exemption under the securities or blue sky  laws of the various states in which the Shares are to be offered, and except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the Financial  Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

(x) Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC, which has certified the audited financial statements and schedules of the Bank included in the Prospectus, has  advised the Company and the Bank in writing that they are, with respect to the Company and the Bank, independent registered public accountants  within the applicable rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

(y) Keller & Company, Inc., which has prepared the Valuation Appraisal Report (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or supplemented) of  the Bank, has advised the Bank in writing that it is independent of the Company and the Bank within the meaning of the Conversion Regulations.

(z) The Company and the Bank have timely filed or extended all required federal, state and local tax returns; the Company and the Bank have paid  all taxes that have become due and payable in respect of such returns, except where permitted to be extended, have made adequate reserves for  similar future tax liabilities and no deficiency has been asserted with respect thereto by any taxing authority. The Company and the Bank have no  knowledge of any tax deficiency which has been or might be assessed against either of them which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,  ruling or finding, could have, individually or in the aggregate with other tax deficiencies, a Material Adverse Effect. All material tax liabilities have  been adequately provided for in the financial statements of the Company and the Bank in accordance with GAAP. There are no transfer taxes or  other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with  the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or with the issuance or sale by the Company of the Shares.

(aa) The Company and the Bank are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements  of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the regulations and rules thereunder.

(bb) To the knowledge of the Company and the Bank, none of the Company, the Bank or the employees of the Company or the Bank has made any  payment of funds of the Company or the Bank as a loan for the purchase of the Shares or made any other payment of funds prohibited by law, and  no funds have been set aside to be used for any payment prohibited by law.

(cc) Neither the Company nor the Bank has: (i) issued any securities within the last 18 months (except for notes to evidence bank loans and reverse  repurchase agreements or other liabilities in the ordinary course of business or as described in the Prospectus); (ii) had any material dealings  within the 12 months prior to the date hereof with any member of the FINRA, or any person related to or associated with such member, other than  discussions and meetings relating to the proposed Offering and routine purchases and sales of United States government and agency and other  securities in the ordinary course of business; (iii) entered into a financial or management consulting agreement except as contemplated hereunder;  and (iv) engaged any intermediary between the Agent and the Company or the Bank in connection with the offering of the Shares, and no person  is being compensated in any manner for such service. Appropriate arrangements have been made for placing the funds received from  subscriptions for Shares in a special interest-bearing account with the Bank until all Shares are sold and paid for, with provision for refund to the  purchasers in the event that the Offering is not completed for whatever reason or for delivery to the Company if all Shares are sold.

(dd) The Company and the Bank have not relied upon the Agent or its legal counsel for any legal, tax or accounting advice in connection with the  Conversion.

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(ee) The records used by the Company and the Bank to determine the identities of Eligible Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account  Holders and Other Members are accurate and complete in all material respects.

(ff) The Company is not required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(gg) Neither the Company nor the Bank or any properties owned or operated by the Company or the Bank, is in violation of or liable under any  Environmental Law (as defined below), except for such violations or liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material  Adverse Effect on the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole. There are no actions,  suits or proceedings, or demands, claims, notices or investigations (including, without limitation, notices, demand letters or requests for  information from any environmental agency) instituted or pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened relating to the  liability of any property owned or operated by the Company or the Bank under any Environmental Law. For purposes of this subsection, the term  Environmental Law means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, license, permit, authorization,  approval, consent, order, judgment, decree, injunction or agreement with any regulatory authority relating to (i) the protection, preservation or  restoration of the environment (including, without limitation, air, water, vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface soil,  subsurface soil, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), and/or (ii) the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation,  processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of any substance presently listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous,  toxic, radioactive or dangerous, or otherwise regulated, whether by type or by quantity, including any material containing any such substance as a  component.

(hh) The Company has filed a registration statement to register for the Common Shares under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the 1934 Act).

(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A)  transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit  preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C)  access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (D) the recorded accounts or assets is  compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect thereto. The books, records and accounts  and systems of internal accounting control of the Company and its subsidiaries comply in all material respects with the requirements of Section 13 (b)(2) of the 1934 Act. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the  1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that the information it will be required to disclose in the reports it files or submits under the 1934 Act is  accumulated and communicated to the Company's management (including the Company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer) in a  timely manner and recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. To the  knowledge of the Company and the Bank,    and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors have been advised of: (A) any significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which could adversely affect  Company's and the Bank's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves  management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's or the Bank's internal accounting controls.

(jj) All of the loans represented as assets of the Company or the Bank in the Prospectus meet or are exempt from all requirements of federal, state  and local law pertaining to lending, including, without limitation, truth in lending (including the requirements of Regulation Z and 12 C.F.R. Part  226), real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and all disclosure laws

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applicable to such loans, except for violations which, if asserted, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, results of  operations, or business of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole.

(kk) To the Company's and the Bank's knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any member of the FINRA and any of the  Company's or the Bank's officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(ll) The Company has taken all actions necessary to obtain at Closing a Blue Sky Memorandum from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP.

(mm) Any certificates signed by an officer of the Company or the Bank pursuant to the conditions of this Agreement and delivered to the Agent or  their counsel that refers to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or the Bank, as the case may be,  to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby with the same effect as if such representation and warranty were set forth herein.

(nn) The Company and the Bank carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks at they deem reasonably adequate  for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties.

(oo) Subsequent to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission and prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise  may be indicated or contemplated in the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor the Bank has or will have issued any securities or  incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except borrowings from the same or similar sources indicated in the  Prospectus in the ordinary course of its business.

(pp) All Sales Information (as defined in Section 9(a)) used by the Company in connection with the Conversion that is required by the OTS and the  Commission to be filed has been filed with and approved by the OTS and the Commission.

(qq) The statistical and market related data contained in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement are  based on or derived from sources which the Company and the Bank believe were reliable and accurate at the time they were filed with the  Commission. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act) contained in the  Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has  been disclosed other than in good faith.

(rr) Except for the Bank's profit sharing/401(k) plan, neither the Company nor the Bank maintains any other pension plan, as defined in the  Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). In addition, (A) the employee benefit plans, including employee welfare  benefit plans, of the Company or the Bank (the Employee Plans) have been operated in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), all regulations, rulings and announcements promulgated or issued thereunder and all  other applicable laws and governmental regulations, (B) no reportable event under Section 4043(c) of ERISA has occurred with respect to any  Employee Plan of the Company or the Bank for which the reporting requirements have not been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty  Corporation, (C) no prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, for which an exemption does not apply, has occurred with respect to any  Employee Plan of the Company or the Bank and (D) all Employee Plans that are group health plans have been operated in compliance with the  group health plan continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code, except to the extent such noncompliance, reportable event or  prohibited transaction would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of

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the Company and the Bank, threatened, claims by or on behalf of any Employee Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any such  Employee Plan or by any governmental authority, or otherwise involving such Employee Plans or any of their respective fiduciaries (other than for  routine claims for benefits).

Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Agent. The Agent represents and warrants to the Company and the Bank as follows:

(a) The Agent is a corporation and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of New York with full power and authority to  provide the services to be furnished to the Company and the Bank hereunder.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly  authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Agent, and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Agent  and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the legality, validity, binding nature  and enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership or other similar  laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (ii) general equity principles regardless of whether such  enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(c) Each of the Agent and its employees, agents and representatives who shall perform any of the services hereunder shall be duly authorized and  empowered, and shall have all licenses, approvals and permits necessary to perform such services; and the Agent is a registered selling agent in  each of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are to be offered by the Company in reliance upon the Agent as a registered selling agent as set forth  in the blue sky memorandum prepared with respect to the Offering.

(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Agent, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with  the terms and provisions hereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of, or constitute a default  (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Agent or  any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Agent is a party or by which it or its property is bound.

(e) No approval of any regulatory or supervisory or other public authority is required in connection with the Agent's execution and delivery of this  Agreement, except as may have been received.

(f) There is no suit or proceeding or charge or action before or by any court, regulatory authority or government agency or body or, to the  knowledge of the Agent, pending or threatened, which might materially adversely affect the Agent's performance under this Agreement.

Section 6. Covenants of the Company and the Bank. The Company and the Bank hereby jointly and severally covenant and agree with the Agent  as follows:

(a) The Company will not, at any time after the date the Registration Statement is declared effective, file any amendment or supplement to the  Registration Statement without providing the Agent and its counsel an opportunity to review such amendment or supplement or file any  amendment or supplement to which amendment or supplement the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object.

(b) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a  result of which such Issuer Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration  Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a

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material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the  Company has notified or will notify promptly the Agent so that any use of such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is  amended or supplemented and the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer-Represented Free Writing  Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission; provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply to any  statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Agent expressly for  use therein.

(c) The Company and the Bank represent and agree that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Agent, and the Agent represents and agrees  that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company or the Bank, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the offered Shares that  would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, or that would constitute a free writing  prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus  consented to by the Company, the Bank and the Agent is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company and the  Bank represent that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus, as  defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations  applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The  Company and the Bank need not treat any communication as a free writing prospectus if it is exempt from the definition of prospectus pursuant to  Clause (a) of Section 2(a)(10) of the 1933 Act without regard to Rule 172 or 173 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(d) The Bank will not, at any time after the Form AC is approved by the OTS, file any amendment or supplement to such Form AC without  providing the Agent and its counsel an opportunity to review such amendment or supplement or file any amendment or supplement to which  amendment or supplement the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object.

(e) The Company will not, at any time after the Holding Company Application is approved by the OTS, file any amendment or supplement to such  Holding Company Application without providing the Agent and its counsel an opportunity to review the non-confidential portions of such  amendment or supplement or file any amendment or supplement to which amendment or supplement the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably  object.

(f) The Company and the Bank will use their best efforts to cause any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared  effective by the Commission and any post-effective amendment to the Form AC or the Holding Company Application to be approved by the OTS  and will immediately upon receipt of any information concerning the events listed below notify the Agent: (i) when the Registration Statement, as  amended, has become effective; (ii) when the Form AC or the Holding Company Application, as amended, has been approved by the OTS; (iii) of  any comments from the Commission, the OTS or any other governmental entity with respect to the Conversion contemplated by this Agreement;  (iv) of the request by the Commission, the OTS or any other governmental entity for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement,  the Form AC, Holding Company Application or for additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission, the OTS or any other  governmental entity of any order or other action suspending the Conversion or the use of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any  other filing of the Company or the Bank under the Conversion Regulations, or other applicable law, or the threat of any such action; (vi) of the  issuance by the Commission, the OTS or any authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the  initiation or threat of initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose; or (vii) of the occurrence of any event mentioned in paragraph (h)  below. The Company and the Bank will make every reasonable effort (i) to prevent the issuance by the Commission, the OTS or any other state

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authority of any such order and, (ii) if any such order shall at any time be issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.

(g) The Company and the Bank will deliver to the Agent and to its counsel two conformed copies of the Registration Statement, the Form AC or  the Holding Company Application, as originally filed and of each amendment or supplement thereto, including all exhibits. Further, the Company  and the Bank will deliver such additional copies of the foregoing documents to counsel to the Agent as may be required for any FINRA filings.

(h) The Company and the Bank will furnish to the Agent, from time to time during the period when the Prospectus (or any later prospectus related  to this offering) is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of such Prospectus (as amended or  supplemented) as the Agent may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or  the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act (the 1934 Act Regulations). The Company authorizes the Agent to use the Prospectus  (as amended or supplemented, if amended or supplemented) in any lawful manner contemplated by the Plan in connection with the sale of the  Shares by the Agent.

(i) The Company and the Bank will comply with any and all material terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to the Offering  imposed by the Commission, the OTS or the Conversion Regulations, and by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934  Act Regulations to be complied with prior to or subsequent to the Closing Date and when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, and during  such time period the Company and the Bank will comply, at their own expense, with all material requirements imposed upon them by the  Commission, the OTS or the Conversion Regulations, and by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations,  including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 under the 1934 Act, in each case as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the  continuance of sales or dealing in the Common Shares during such period in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. The  Company will comply with all undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.

(j) If, at any time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered, any event relating to or affecting the Company or the Bank  shall occur, as a result of which it is necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the  Agent's counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the Registration Statement or Prospectus not  misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, the Company will immediately so inform the  Agent and prepare and file, at its own expense, with the Commission and the OTS, and furnish to the Agent a reasonable number of copies, of an  amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Registration Statement or Prospectus (in form and substance reasonably  satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel after a reasonable time for review) which will amend or supplement the Registration Statement or  Prospectus so that as amended or supplemented it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary  in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading.  For the purpose of this Agreement, the Company will timely furnish to the Agent such information with respect to itself and the Bank as the Agent  may from time to time reasonably request.

(k) The Company and the Bank will take all necessary actions in cooperating with the Agent and furnish to whomever the Agent may direct such  information as may be required to qualify or register the Shares for offering and sale by it or to exempt such Shares from registration, or to exempt  the Company as a broker-dealer and its officers, directors and employees as broker-dealers or agents under the applicable securities or blue sky  laws of such jurisdictions in which the Shares are required under the Conversion Regulations to be sold or as the Agent and the Company may  reasonably agree upon; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of

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process, to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified, or to register its directors or officers as brokers, dealers,  salesmen or agents in any jurisdiction. In each jurisdiction where any of the Shares shall have been qualified or registered as above provided, the  Company will make and file such statements and reports in each fiscal period as are or may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.

(l) The liquidation account for the benefit of Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible Account Holders will be duly established and  maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Conversion Regulations, and such Eligible Account Holders and Supplemental Eligible  Account Holders who continue to maintain their savings accounts in the Bank will have an inchoate interest in their pro rata portion of the  liquidation account, which shall have a priority superior to that of the holders of the Common Stock in the event of a complete liquidation of the  Bank.

(m) The Company and the Bank will not sell or issue, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, for a period of 90 days after the Closing Date, without  the Agent's prior written consent, any of their shares of their common stock, other than the Common Shares or other than in connection with any  plan or arrangement described in the Prospectus.

(n) The Company will register its common stock under Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of such  registration for not less than three years from the time of effectiveness or such shorter period as may be required by the OTS.

(o) During the period during which the Common Shares are registered under the 1934 Act or for three years from the date hereof, whichever period  is greater, the Company will furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report of the Company  (including a consolidated balance sheet and statements of consolidated income, shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its  subsidiaries as at the end of and for such year, certified by independent public accountants in accordance with Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act  and the 1934 Act) and make available as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the  first fiscal quarter ending after the effective time of the Registration Statement) financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such  quarter in reasonable detail.

(p) During the period of three years from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Agent: (i) as soon as practicable after such information is  publicly available, a copy of each report of the Company furnished to or filed with the Commission under the 1934 Act or any national securities  exchange or system on which any class of securities of the Company is listed or quoted (including, but not limited to, reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q  and 8-K and all proxy statements and annual reports to stockholders), (ii) a copy of each other non-confidential report of the Company mailed to its  shareholders or filed with the Commission, the OTS or any other supervisory or regulatory authority or any national securities exchange or system  on which any class of securities of the Company is listed or quoted, each press release and material news items and additional documents and  information with respect to the Company or the Bank as the Agent may reasonably request; and (iii) from time to time, such other nonconfidential  information concerning the Company or the Bank as the Agent may reasonably request.

(q) The Company and the Bank will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under the caption  Use of Proceeds.

(r) Other than as permitted by the Conversion Regulations, the HOLA, the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the rules and regulations and  the laws of any state in which the Shares are registered or qualified for sale or exempt from registration, the Company will not distribute any  prospectus, offering circular or other offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

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(s) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period  covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve-month  period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the effective date (as defined in such Rule 158) of the  Registration Statement.

(t) The Company will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain a listing of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market on or prior to the  Closing Date.

(u) The Bank will maintain appropriate arrangements for depositing all funds received from persons mailing or delivering subscriptions for or  orders to purchase Shares in the Offering with the Bank or another financial institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, on an interest- bearing basis at the rate described in the Prospectus until the Closing Date and satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the release of the  Company's or the Bank's obligation to refund payments received from persons subscribing for or ordering Shares in the Offering in accordance  with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus or until refunds of such funds have been made to the persons entitled thereto or withdrawal  authorizations canceled in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus. The Bank will maintain such records of all funds received  to permit the funds of each subscriber to be separately insured by the FDIC (to the maximum extent allowable) and to enable the Bank to make the  appropriate refunds of such funds in the event that such refunds are required to be made in accordance with the Plan and as described in the  Prospectus.

(v) The Company will report the use of proceeds of the Offering in accordance with Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.

(w) The Company will promptly take all necessary action to register as savings and loan holding company under the HOLA.

(x) The Company and the Bank will take such actions and furnish such information as are reasonably requested by the Agent in order for the  Agent to ensure compliance with the FINRA Rule 2790.

(y) Neither the Company nor the Bank, will amend the Plan without notifying the Agent and the Agent's counsel prior thereto.

(z) The Company shall assist the Agent, if necessary, in connection with the allocation of the Shares in the event of an oversubscription and shall  provide the Agent with any information necessary to assist the Company in allocating the Shares in such event and such information shall be  accurate and reliable in all material respects.

(aa) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will inform the Agent of any event or circumstances of which it is aware as a result of which the  Registration Statement and/or Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state  a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

(bb) The Company will not deliver the Shares until the Company and the Bank have satisfied or caused to be satisfied each condition set forth in  Section 8 hereof, unless such condition is waived in writing by the Agent.

(cc) Subsequent to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission and prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise  may be indicated or contemplated therein or set forth in an amendment or supplement thereto, neither the Company nor the Bank will have: (i)  issued any securities or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except

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borrowings from the same or similar sources indicated in the Prospectus in the ordinary course of its business, or (ii) entered into any transaction  which is material in light of the business and properties of the Company and the Bank, taken as a whole.

(dd) The Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Foundation submits, within the time frames required by applicable law, a request to  the Internal Revenue Service to be recognized as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The  Company will not take any action which will result in the possible loss of the Foundation's tax exempt status.

(ee) Until the Closing Date, the Company and the Bank will conduct their businesses in compliance in all material respects with all applicable  federal and state laws, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and orders, including all decisions, directives and orders of the Commission, the  FDIC and the OTS.

(ff) The Company and the Bank shall comply in all material respects with any and all terms, conditions, requirements and provisions with respect to  the Offering imposed by the OTS, the Conversion Regulations, the Commission, the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the  1934 Act Regulations to be complied with subsequent to the Closing Date. The Company will comply with all provisions of all undertakings  contained in the Registration Statement.

(gg) The facts and representations provided to Kilpatrick Stockton LLP by the Bank and the Company and upon which Kilpatrick Stockton LLP  will base its opinion under Section 8(c)(1) are and will be truthful, accurate and complete.

(hh) The Company and the Bank will not distribute any offering material in connection with the Offering except for the Prospectus and any  supplemental sales material that has been filed with the Registration Statement and the Form AC and authorized for use by the Commission and the  OTS. The information contained in any supplemental sales material (in addition to the supplemental sales material filed as an exhibit to the  Registration Statement and the Form AC) shall not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(ii) The Company will comply with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all applicable rules, regulations, guidelines and  interpretations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.

Section 7. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the Conversion is completed or the sale of the Shares by the Company is consummated, the  Company and the Bank jointly and severally agree to pay or reimburse the Agent for: (a) all filing fees in connection with all filings related to the  Conversion with the FINRA; (b) any stock issue or transfer taxes which may be payable with respect to the sale of the Shares; (c) subject to  Section 2(d), all expenses of the Conversion, including but not limited to the Agent's attorneys' fees and expenses, blue sky fees, transfer agent,  registrar and other agent charges, fees relating to auditing and accounting or other advisors and costs of printing all documents necessary in  connection with the Offering. In the event the Company is unable to sell the minimum number of shares necessary to complete the Conversion or  the Conversion is terminated or otherwise abandoned, the Company and the Bank shall promptly reimburse the Agent in accordance with Section  2(d) hereof.

In the event that the Agent incurs any expenses on behalf of the Company or the Bank that are customarily borne by the issuer, the Company and  the Bank will pay or reimburse the Agent for such expenses regardless of whether the Offering is successfully completed, and such  reimbursements will not be included in the expense limitations set forth in Section 2(d) hereof. The Company and the Bank acknowledge, however,  that such limitations may be increased by the mutual consent of the Bank and Agent in the event of delay in the Offering requiring the Agent to  utilize a Syndicated Community Offering, a delay as a result of circumstances requiring material additional work by Agent or its counsel

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or an update of the financial information in tabular form contained in the Prospectus for a period later than [December 31, 2009] . Not later than  two days prior to the Closing Date, the Agent will provide the Company with an accounting of all reimbursable expenses to be paid at the Closing  in next day funds. In the event the Bank determines to abandon or terminate the Conversion prior to Closing, payment of such expenses shall be  made in next day funds on the date such determination is made.

Section 8. Conditions to the Agent's Obligations. The obligations of the Agent hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Closing Date, are  subject, to the extent not waived in writing by the Agent, to the condition that all representations and warranties of the Company and the Bank,  herein are, at and as of the commencement of the Offering and at and as of the Closing Date, true and correct in all material respects, the condition  that the Company and the Bank shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder to be performed on or before such dates, and to the following  further conditions:

(a) At the Closing Date, the Company and the Bank shall have conducted the Conversion in all material respects in accordance with the Plan, the  Conversion Regulations, the applicable laws of Tennessee, and all other applicable laws, regulations, decisions and orders, including all terms,  conditions, requirements and provisions precedent to the Conversion imposed upon them by the OTS.

(b) The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission and the Form AC and Holding Company Application shall  have been approved by the OTS not later than 5:30 p.m. on the date of this Agreement, or with the Agent's consent at a later time and date; and at  the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or  proceedings therefore initiated or threatened by the Commission or any state authority, and no order or other action suspending the authorization  of the Prospectus or the consummation of the Conversion shall have been issued or proceedings therefore initiated or, to the Company's or the  Bank's knowledge, threatened by the Commission, the OTS, the FDIC or any other state authority.

(c) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall have received:

(1) The favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Agent and for its benefit, of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP special counsel  for the Company and the Bank in form and substance to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Tennessee.

(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Form  AC, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.

(iii) The Bank is a validly existing federally-chartered savings bank in mutual form and immediately following the completion of the Conversion will  be a validly-existing federally-chartered savings bank in stock form and, in both instances duly authorized to conduct its business and own its  property as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All of the outstanding capital stock of the Bank, upon completion of the  Conversion, will be duly authorized and, upon payment therefor, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable and will be owned by the Company,  free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, claims or other restrictions.

(iv) The Bank is a member of the FHLB-Cincinnati. The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to the maximum amount allowed  under law and no proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance are pending or threatened. The description of the liquidation  account as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption The Conversion and Stock Offering — Effects of

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Conversion to Stock Form — Liquidation Account, to the extent that such information constitutes matters of law and legal conclusions, has been  reviewed by such counsel and is accurately described in all material respects.

(v) The only subsidiaries of the Bank are Southland Finance, Inc., Ti-Serv, Inc. and Valley Title Services, LLC. The operations of the Subsidiaries  are not material to financial condition, results of operations, capital, properties or business prospects of the Company and the Bank, taken as a  whole. The Subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing as corporations in good standing under the laws of Tennessee, have full  corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate their properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the  Registration Statement and Prospectus, and are duly qualified as foreign corporations to transact business and are in good standing in each  jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except  where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary has obtained all licenses, permits and other  governmental authorizations required for the conduct of their businesses and all such licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations are  in full force and effect and the Subsidiaries are in all material respects complying therewith; the activities of the Subsidiaries are permitted to  subsidiaries of a federally chartered savings bank by the rules, regulations and practices of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)  and the OTS in the case of the Bank; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly  issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Bank, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or  legal or equitable claim; and there are no warrants, options or rights of any kind to acquire shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary.

(vi) The Foundation has been duly organized and is validly existing as a non-stock corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of  Delaware with corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; to the knowledge of Company and the  Agent, all approvals required to establish the Foundation and to contribute the Foundation Shares thereto have been obtained as described in the  Prospectus; except as specifically disclosed in the Prospectus and the Proxy Statement, there are no agreements and/or understandings, written or  oral or otherwise, between any of the Company, the Agent and the Foundation with respect to the control, directly or indirectly, over the voting  and the acquisition or disposition of the shares of Common Stock to be contributed by the Company to the Foundation; the Foundation Shares to  be issued to the Foundation in accordance with the Plan and as described in the Prospectus will have been duly and validly authorized for  issuance and, when issued and contributed by the Company pursuant to the Plan, will be duly authorized and validly issued and fully paid and  non-assessable. Upon issuance of the Foundation Shares, good title to the Foundation Shares will be transferred from the Company to the  Foundation, subject to such claims as may be asserted against the Foundation by third-party claimants.

(vii) The authorized equity capital of the Company consists of shares of common stock and shares of preferred stock. Immediately following the  consummation of the Offering and the issuance of the Foundation Shares to the Foundation, the authorized, issued and outstanding Common  Shares of the Company will be within the range set forth in the Prospectus under the caption Capitalization, and no shares of capital stock of the  Company have been issued prior to the Closing Date; at the time of the Offering, the Common Shares subscribed for pursuant to the Conversion  will have been duly and validly authorized for issuance, and when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Plan against payment of  the consideration calculated as set forth in the Plan and Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, except for  shares purchased by the ESOP with funds borrowed from the Company and shares issued and contributed to the Foundation by the Company to  the extent payment therefor in cash has not been received by the Company; except to the extent that subscription rights and priorities pursuant  thereto exist pursuant to the Plan, the issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive rights (other than subscription rights as provided in the  Plan) and the terms and provisions of the Shares conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the

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Prospectus. The Shares will not, when issued, be subject to any liens, charges, encumbrances or other claims created by the Company.

(viii) The Company and the Bank have full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions  contemplated thereby and by the Plan. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Offering, including the  establishment of the Foundation and the issuance of shares to the Foundation, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on  the part of the Company and the Bank; and this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Bank, enforceable against the  Company and the Bank, in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,  reorganization, moratorium, conservatorship, receivership or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of  creditors' rights generally or the rights of creditors of federally chartered savings institutions or holding companies as applicable, (ii) general  equitable principles, (iii) laws relating to the safety and soundness of insured depository institutions, and (iv) applicable law or public policy with  respect to the indemnification and/or contribution provisions contained herein and except that no opinion need be expressed as to the effect or  availability of equitable remedies or injunctive relief (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(ix) The Form AC and the Holding Company Application have been approved by the OTS, the Prospectus has been authorized for use by the OTS,  and the acquisition by the Company of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Bank has been approved by the OTS and no action  has been taken, and none is pending or threatened, to revoke any such authorization or approval.

(x) To such counsel's knowledge, the OTS's approval or non-objection of the Plan remains in full force and effect; each of the Form AC, the  Holding Company Application, and Plan comply in all material respects with the regulations of the OTS (other than the financial statements, notes  to financial statements, stock valuation information and other financial, tabular and statistical data included therein, as to which no opinion need  be rendered). Such counsel has been advised by the OTS staff and Commission staff that no order has been issued by any other state authority, to prevent the Conversion or the offer, sale or issuance of the Shares, or to suspend the Offering or the use of the Prospectus, and no action for such  purposes has been instituted or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the OTS, the Commission or any other state authority; and, to  the knowledge of such counsel, no person has sought to obtain regulatory or judicial review of the final action of the OTS approving the Plan, the  Form AC, the Holding Company Application or the Prospectus or to otherwise prevent the Conversion or the offer, sale or issuance of the Shares.

(xi) The Plan has been duly adopted by the required vote of the directors of the Company and the Bank and by the required vote of the Bank's  members.

(xii) Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to the OTS's approval of the Conversion and the Holding Company Application, no further  approval, registration, authorization, consent or other order of any federal regulatory agency is required in connection with the execution and  delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the Conversion and the issuance of the Shares, including the issuance of shares to the  Foundation, except as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of various jurisdictions (as to which no opinion need be rendered) and  except as may be required under the rules and regulations of the FINRA (as to which no opinion need be rendered).

(xiii) The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act; and any required filing of the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing  Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 has been made within the time period required by Rule 424(b) or Rule 433; and no stop order  suspending the effectiveness has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or, to such counsel's Actual Knowledge,  threatened by the Commission.

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(xiv) At the time the Form AC, including the Prospectus contained therein, was approved by the OTS, the Form AC, including the Prospectus  contained therein, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Conversion Regulations except as waived or otherwise  approved by the OTS (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included  therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered).

(xv) At the time the Holding Company Application was approved by the OTS, the Holding Company Application complied as to from in all material  respects with the requirements and the rules and regulations of the OTS (except as waived or otherwise approved by the OTS, and other than the  financial statement, the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included therein, as to which no opinion need be  rendered).

(xvi) At the time that the Registration Statement became effective, (i) the Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented, if so amended or  supplemented) (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included therein, as  to which no opinion need be rendered), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act  Regulations, and (ii) the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal  data included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act  and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(xvii) The terms and provisions of the shares of common stock of the Company conform, in all material respects, to the description thereof  contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, and the form of certificate used to evidence the Shares  complies with applicable laws.

(xviii) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent  the Conversion or the offer, sale or issuance of the Shares, including the establishment of the Foundation and the issuance of shares thereto, or  (iii) which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, other than those disclosed therein.

(xix) Neither the Company nor the Bank are required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(xx) Neither the Company nor the Bank is in violation of any directive from the OTS or the FDIC to make any material change in the method of  conducting its respective business.

(xxi) There are no material contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or  referred to in the Form AC, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or required to be filed as exhibits thereto  other than those described or referred to therein or filed as exhibits thereto in the Form AC, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure  Package or the Prospectus. The description in the Form AC, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of  such documents and exhibits is accurate in all material respects and fairly presents the information required to be shown.

(xxii) Except as waived or otherwise approved by the OTS, the Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable federal law, rules,  regulations, decisions and orders including, but not limited to, the Conversion Regulations; the Conversion, including the establishment of the  Foundation and the issuance of shares thereto, has been effected by the Company's and the Bank in all material respects in accordance with the  Conversion Regulations and the OTS approvals issued thereunder; no order has been issued by the OTS, the Commission, the FDIC, or any state  authority to suspend the Offering or the use of the Prospectus, and no action for such purposes has been instituted or threatened by the OTS, the  Commission, the FDIC, or any other state authority and, to such counsel's Actual

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Knowledge, no person has sought to obtain regulatory or judicial review of the final action of the OTS approving the Plan, the Form AC, the  Holding Company Application or the Prospectus.

(xxiii) The Company, and the Bank have obtained all licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations currently required for the conduct of  their businesses as described in the Registration Statement, and all such licenses, permits and other governmental authorizations are in full force  and effect, and the Company and the Bank are in all material respects complying therewith.

(xxiv) Neither the Company nor the Bank is in violation of its Charter and Bylaws or in default or violation of any obligation, agreement, covenant  or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or  its property may be bound, except for such defaults or violations which would not have a material adverse impact on the financial condition or  results of operations of the Company and the Bank on a consolidated basis; the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the  obligations herein set forth and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not, in any material respect, conflict with or  constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of  the Company or the Bank pursuant to any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the  Company or the Bank is a party or by which any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or the Bank are  subject; and such action will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company or the Bank, or result, in any  material respect, in any violation of any applicable federal or state law, act, regulation (except that no opinion with respect to the securities and  blue sky laws of various jurisdictions or the rules or regulations of the FINRA need be rendered) or order or court order, writ, injunction or decree.

(xxv) The Company's Charter and Bylaws comply in all material respects with the laws of the State of Tennessee. The Bank's Charter and Bylaws  each comply in all material respects with the laws of the United States of America.

(xxvi) The information in the Prospectus under the captions Regulation and Supervision, Federal and State Taxation, The Conversion and  Stock Offering, Restrictions on the Acquisition of Athens Bancshares Corporation and Athens Federal Community Bank, Description of  Athens Bancshares Corporation Capital Stock and Athens Federal Foundation, to the extent that such information constitutes matters of law,  summaries of legal matters, documents or proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and is accurate in all material  respects. The description of the Offering process in the Prospectus under the caption The Conversion and Stock Offering to the extent that such  information constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents or proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by such  counsel and fairly describes such process in all material respects. The descriptions in the Prospectus of statutes or regulations are accurate  summaries and fairly present, in all material respects, the information required to be shown. The information under the caption The Conversion  and Stock Offering — Material Income Tax Consequences has been reviewed by such counsel and fairly describes the federal and state tax  opinions rendered by them and Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC, respectively, to the Company and the Bank with respect to such matters.

In addition, such counsel shall state that during the preparation of the Form AC, the Holding Company Application, the Registration Statement,  the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, they participated in conferences with certain officers of, the independent public and internal  accountants for, and other representatives of, the Company and the Bank, at which conferences the contents of the Form AC, the Holding  Company Application, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package and related matters were discussed and,  while such counsel have not confirmed the accuracy or completeness of or otherwise verified the information contained in the Form AC, the  Holding Company Application, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package and do not assume any  responsibility for such information, based upon such conferences and a review of

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documents deemed relevant for the purpose of rendering their opinion (relying as to materiality as to factual matters on certificates of officers and  other factual representations by the Company), nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Form AC, the Holding  Company Application, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any amendment or supplement thereto as of  the Applicable Time (other than the financial statements, the notes thereto, and other tabular, financial, statistical and appraisal data included  therein as to which no view need be rendered) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state 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.

In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely as to all matters of fact on certificates of officers or directors of the Company and the Bank and  certificates of public officials. Such counsel's opinion shall be limited to matters governed by federal laws and by the laws of Tennessee and with  respect to enforceablity, New York law, and may add other qualifications and explanations on the basis of this opinion as may be reasonably  acceptable to the Agent.

(d) A Blue Sky Memorandum from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP relating to the Offering, including Agent's participation therein, and should be  furnished to the Agent with a copy thereof addressed to Agent or upon which Kilpatrick Stockton LLP shall state the Agent may rely. The Blue  Sky Memorandum will relate to the necessity of obtaining or confirming exemptions, qualifications or the registration of the Shares under  applicable state securities law.

(e) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in form  and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent's Counsel, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) they have carefully examined  the Prospectus and, in their opinion, at the time the Prospectus became authorized for final use, the Prospectus did not contain any untrue  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under  which they were made, not misleading; (ii) since the date the Prospectus became authorized for final use, no event has occurred which should have  been set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus which has not been so set forth, including specifically, but without limitation, any  material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, capital, properties or business of the Company or the Bank and  the conditions set forth in this Section 8 have been satisfied; (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration  Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,  or in the earnings, capital, properties or business of the Company or the Bank independently, or of the Company and the Bank considered as one  enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; (iv) the representations and warranties in Section 4 are true and correct with  the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date; (v) the Company has complied in all material respects with all  agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date and will comply in all material  respects with all obligations to be satisfied by them after the Closing Date; (vi) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration  Statement has been initiated or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened by the Commission or any state authority; (vii) no  order suspending the Conversion, the Offering or the effectiveness of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are  pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened by the OTS, the Commission, the FDIC, or any state authority; and  (viii) to the best knowledge of the Company or the Bank, no person has sought to obtain review of the final action of the OTS approving the  Conversion.

(f) Neither the Company or the Bank shall have sustained, since the date of the latest financial statements included in the Registration Statement,  the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,  whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,

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otherwise than as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and since the respective dates as of which information is given in the  Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, results of operations,  or business of the Company or the Bank that is in the Agent's reasonable judgment sufficiently material and adverse as to make it impracticable or  inadvisable to proceed with the Offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(g) Prior to and at the Closing Date: (i) in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, there shall have been no material adverse change in the financial  condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank considered as one enterprise, from that as of the latest dates as of which  such condition is set forth in the Prospectus, other than transactions referred to or contemplated therein; (ii) neither the Company nor the Bank  shall have received from the OTS or the FDIC any direction (oral or written) to make any material change in the method of conducting their  business with which it has not complied (which direction, if any, shall have been disclosed to the Agent) or which materially and adversely would  affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the Bank taken as a whole; (iii) neither the Company or the  Bank shall have been in default (nor shall an event have occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under any  provision of any agreement or instrument relating to any outstanding indebtedness; (iv) no action, suit or proceeding, at law or in equity or before  or by any federal or state commission, board or other administrative agency, not disclosed in the Prospectus, shall be pending or, to the  knowledge of the Company or the Bank, threatened against the Company or the Bank or affecting any of their properties wherein an unfavorable  decision, ruling or finding would materially and adversely affect the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Company and the  Bank taken as a whole; and (v) the Shares shall have been qualified or registered for offering and sale or exempted therefrom under the securities or  blue sky laws of the jurisdictions as the Agent shall have reasonably requested and as agreed to by the Company and the Bank.

(h) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Agent shall receive a letter from Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC, dated as of the date  hereof and addressed to the Agent: (i) confirming that Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC is a firm of independent registered public accountants within  the applicable rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and stating in effect that in its opinion the consolidated  financial statements and related notes of the Company as of December 31, 2008, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December  31, 2008, and covered by their opinion included therein, and any other more recent unaudited financial statements included in the Prospectus  comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and related published rules and regulations of the OTS and  the 1933 Act; (ii) stating in effect that, on the basis of certain agreed upon procedures (but not an audit in accordance with standards of the Public  Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)) consisting of a reading of the latest available consolidated financial statements of the  Company prepared by the Company, a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Audit Committee  of the Company and the Bank and consultations with officers of the Company and the Bank responsible for financial and accounting matters,  nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that:

(A) audited consolidated financial statements and any unaudited interim financial statements included in the Prospectus are not in conformity with  the 1933 Act, applicable accounting requirements of the OTS and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applied  on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus; or

(B) during the period from the date of the latest financial statements included in the Prospectus to a specified date not more than three business  days prior to the date of the Prospectus, except as has been described in the Prospectus, there was any increase in borrowings of the Company,  other than normal deposit fluctuations for the Bank; or (C) there was any decrease in the net assets of the Company

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at the date of such letter as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus; and (iii) stating that, in addition  to the audit referred to in their opinion included in the Prospectus and the performance of the procedures referred to in clause (ii) of this  subsection (h), they have compared with the general accounting records of the Company, which are subject to the internal controls of the  Company, the accounting system and other data prepared by the Company, directly from such accounting records, to the extent specified in such  letter, such amounts and/or percentages set forth in the Prospectus as the Agent may reasonably request; and they have found such amounts and  percentages to be in agreement therewith (subject to rounding).

(i) At the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive a letter dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Agent, confirming the statements made by Hazlett,  Lewis & Bieter, PLLC in the letter delivered by it pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section 8, the specified date referred to in clause (i) of  subsection (h) to be a date specified in the letter required by this subsection (h) which for purposes of such letter shall not be more than three  business days prior to the Closing Date.

(j) At the Closing Date, the Company shall receive a letter from Keller & Company, Inc., dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that said firm is  independent of the Company and the Bank and is experienced and expert in the area of corporate appraisals within the meaning of Title 12 of the  Code of Federal Regulations, Section 563b.200(b), (ii) stating in effect that the Appraisal prepared by such firm complies in all material respects  with the applicable requirements of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and (iii) further stating that its opinion of the aggregate pro forma  market value of the Company including the Bank, as most recently updated, remains in effect.

(k) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Agent shall receive: (i) a copy of the letters from the OTS approving the Form AC, the Holding Company  Application and authorizing the use of the Prospectus and the establishment of the Foundation, including the issuance of shares thereto; (ii) a  copy of the orders from the Commission declaring the Registration Statement and the Exchange Act Registration Statement effective; (iii) a  certificate from the OTS evidencing the valid existence of the Company and the Bank; (iv) a certificate from the FDIC evidencing the Bank's  insurance of accounts; (v) a certificate from the FHLB-Cincinnati evidencing the Bank's membership therein; and (vi) a certified copy of the Bank's  Charter and Bylaws.

(l) Subsequent to the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the following; (i) a suspension or limitation in trading in securities generally  on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) or in the over-the-counter market, or quotations halted generally on The Nasdaq Stock Market, or  minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required by either of such  exchanges or the Nasdaq Stock Market or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority; (ii) a general moratorium on the  operations of commercial banks, or federal savings and loan associations or a general moratorium on the withdrawal of deposits from commercial  banks or federal savings and loan associations declared by federal or state authorities; (iii) the engagement by the United States in hostilities  which have resulted in the declaration, on or after the date hereof, of a national emergency or war; or (iv) a material decline in the price of equity or  debt securities if the effect of such a declaration or decline, in the Agent's reasonable judgment, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed  with the Offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(m) At or prior to the Closing Date, counsel to the Agent shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably  require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and related proceedings or in order to  evidence the occurrence or completeness of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained;  and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Bank in connection with the sale of the Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in  form and substance to the Agent and its counsel.

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(n) All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory  in form and substance to the Agent and to counsel for the Agent. Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or the Bank and delivered  to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Bank, as the case may be, to the  Agent as to the statements made therein.

Section 9. Indemnification.

(a) The Company and the Bank jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, its officers and directors, employees and  agents, and each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against  any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, settlement expenses), joint or several, that the Agent  or any of them may suffer or to which the Agent and any such persons may become subject under all applicable federal or state laws or otherwise,  and to promptly reimburse the Agent and any such persons upon written demand for any expense (including all fees and disbursements of  counsel) incurred by the Agent or any of them in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any actions, proceedings or claims  (whether commenced or threatened) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions: (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue  statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the  General Disclosure Package, any Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or  supplement thereto), the Form AC (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application (or any amendment or  supplement thereto) or any instrument or document executed by the Company or the Bank or based upon written information supplied by the  Company filed in any state or jurisdiction to register or qualify any or all of the Shares or to claim an exemption therefrom or provided to any state  or jurisdiction to exempt the Company or the Bank as a broker-dealer or its officers, directors and employees as broker-dealers or agents, under the  securities laws thereof (collectively, the Blue Sky Application), or any document, advertisement, oral statement or communication (Sales  Information) prepared, made or executed by or on behalf of the Company or the Bank with its consent and based upon written or oral information  furnished by or on behalf of the Company or the Bank, whether or not filed in any jurisdiction, in order to qualify or register the Shares or to claim  an exemption therefrom under the securities laws thereof; (ii) arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the  foregoing documents or information 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; or (iii) arise from any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising from or based  upon the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement  thereto), the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer-Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, the Form AC (or any amendment or  supplement thereto) the Holding Company Application (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information  or other documentation distributed in connection with the Conversion; provided, however, that no indemnification is required under this  paragraph (a) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue material statement or  alleged untrue material statement in, or material omission or alleged material omission from, the Registration Statement (or any amendment or  supplement thereto), preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer- Represented Limited-Use Free Writing Prospectus, the Form AC, the Holding Company Application, any Blue Sky Application or Sales  Information made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company, by the Agent or its counsel regarding  the Agent, and provided, that it is agreed and understood that the only information furnished in writing to the Company, by the Agent regarding  the Agent is set forth in the Prospectus under the caption The Conversion and Stock Offering — Marketing Arrangements; and, provided  further, that such indemnification shall be limited to the extent prohibited by the Commission, the OTS, the FDIC and the Board of Governors of the  Federal Reserve System.

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(b) The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Bank, their directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls  the Company or the Bank within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim,  damage or expense whatsoever (including but not limited to settlement expenses), joint or several, which they, or any of them, may suffer or to  which they, or any of them may become subject under all applicable federal and state laws or otherwise, and to promptly reimburse the Company,  the Bank, and any such persons upon written demand for any expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by  them, or any of them, in connection with investigating, preparing or defending any actions, proceedings or claims (whether commenced or  threatened) to the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions: (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged  untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Form AC (or any  amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, the preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement  thereto), any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information, (ii) are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing  documents a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which  they were made, not misleading, or (iii) arise from any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising from or based upon the Registration  Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Form AC (or  any amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, or any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information or other  documentation distributed in connection with the Offering; provided, however, that the Agent's obligations under this Section 9(b) shall exist only if and only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement was made in, or such material fact or alleged material fact was  omitted from, the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or  supplement thereto), the Form AC (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Holding Company Application, any Blue Sky Application or  Sales Information in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company or the Bank, by the Agent or its counsel  regarding the Agent, and provided, that it is agreed and understood that the only information furnished in writing to the Company or the Bank, by  the Agent regarding the Agent is set forth in the Prospectus under the caption The Conversion and Stock Offering — Marketing Arrangements.

(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt written notice to each indemnifying party of any action, proceeding, claim (whether commenced or  threatened), or suit instituted against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall  not relieve it from any liability which it may have on account of this Section 9 or otherwise. An indemnifying party may participate at its own  expense in the defense of such action. In addition, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party, jointly  with any other indemnifying parties receiving such notice, may assume defense of such action with counsel chosen by it and approved by the  indemnified parties that are defendants in such action, unless such indemnified parties reasonably object to such assumption on the ground that  there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to such indemnifying party. If an indemnifying  party assumes the defense of such action, the indemnifying parties shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified  parties incurred thereafter in connection with such action, proceeding or claim, other than reasonable costs of investigation. In no event shall the  indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any special counsel that said firm may  retain) for each indemnified party in connection with any one action, proceeding or claim or separate but similar or related actions, proceedings or  claims in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

Section 10. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in  Section 9 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by a court to be unavailable from the Company, the Bank or the Agent, the  Company, the Bank and the Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities

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(including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or  proceeding, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company, the Bank or the Agent from persons other than the other parties  thereto, who may also be liable for contribution) in such proportion so that the Agent is responsible for that portion represented by the percentage  that the fees paid to the Agent pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement (not including expenses) bears to the gross proceeds received by the  Company from the sale of the Shares in the Offering, and the Company and the Bank shall be responsible for the balance. If, however, the  allocation provided above is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by  such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative fault of the Company and the Bank on the one hand  and the Agent on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions,  proceedings or claims in respect thereto), but also the relative benefits received by the Company and the Bank on the one hand and the Agent on  the other from the Offering (before deducting expenses). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the  untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by  the Company and the Bank on the one hand or the Agent on the other and the parties' relative intent, good faith, knowledge, access to information  and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Bank and the Agent agree that it would not be just and  equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10 were determined by pro-rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not  take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 10. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result  of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions, proceedings or claims in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 10 shall be  deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any  such action, proceeding or claim. It is expressly agreed that the Agent shall not be liable for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense or be  required to contribute any amount pursuant to Section 9(b) or this Section 10 which in the aggregate exceeds the amount paid (excluding  reimbursable expenses) to the Agent under this Agreement. It is understood that the above stated limitation on the Agent's liability is essential to  the Agent and that the Agent would not have entered into this Agreement if such limitation had not been agreed to by the parties to this  Agreement. No person found guilty of any fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to  contribution from any person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Company, the Bank and the  Agent under this Section 10 and under Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Agent may otherwise have. For  purposes of this Section 10, each of the Agent's, the Company's or the Bank's officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the  Agent or the Company or the Bank within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Agent on  the one hand, or, the Company or the Bank on the other hand. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of  commencement of any action, suit, claim or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against  another party under this Section 10, will notify such party from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party shall  not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section  10.

Section 11. Survival of Agreements, Representations and Indemnities. The respective indemnities of the Company, the Bank and the Agent, the  representations and warranties and other statements of the Company, the Bank and the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement and  the provisions relating to contribution shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any  investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent, the Company, the Bank or any controlling person referred to in Section 9 hereof, and shall  survive the termination of this Agreement and the issuance of the Shares, and any successor or assign of the Agent, the Company and the Bank,  and any such controlling person shall be entitled to the benefit of the respective agreements, indemnities, warranties and representations.

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Section 12. Termination. The Agent may terminate this Agreement by giving the notice indicated below in this Section 12 at any time after this  Agreement becomes effective as follows:

(a) If any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted the United States securities markets such as to make it, in  the Agent's reasonable opinion, impracticable to proceed with the offering of the Shares; or if trading on the NYSE shall have suspended (except  that this shall not apply to the imposition of NYSE trading collars imposed on program trading); or if the United States shall have become involved  in a war or major hostilities; or if a general banking moratorium has been declared by a state or federal authority which has a material effect on the  Company on a consolidated basis; or if a moratorium in foreign exchange trading by major international banks or persons has been declared; or if  there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations or business of the Bank, or if the Bank shall have  sustained a material or substantial loss by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other calamity or malicious act, whether or  not said loss shall have been insured; or if there shall have been a material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations or  business of the Bank.

(b) In the event the Company fails to sell the required minimum number of the Shares by the date when such sales must be completed, in  accordance with the provisions of the Plan or as required by the Conversion Regulations, and applicable law, this Agreement shall terminate upon  refund by the Company to each person who has subscribed for or ordered any of the Shares the full amount which it may have received from such  person, together with interest as provided in the Prospectus, and no party to this Agreement shall have any obligation to the other hereunder,  except as set forth in Sections 2(a) and (d), 7, 9 and 10 hereof.

(c) If any of the conditions specified in Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, unless waived in writing, or  by the Closing Date, this Agreement and all of the Agent's obligations hereunder may be cancelled by the Agent by notifying the Company of  such cancellation in writing or by telegram at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and any such cancellation shall be without liability of any  party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(a), 2(d), 7, 9 and 10 hereof.

(d) If the Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company and the Bank shall be notified promptly by telephone  or telegram, confirmed by letter.

The Company or the Bank may terminate this Agreement in the event the Agent is in material breach of the representations and warranties or  covenants contained in Section 5 and such breach has not been cured after the Company or the Bank has provided the Agent with notice of such  breach.

This Agreement may also be terminated by mutual written consent of the parties hereto.

Section 13. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be mailed in writing and if sent to the  Agent shall be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Investment Banking, 10 South Wacker Drive,  Suite 3400, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Harold T. Hanley, III, Managing Director (with a copy to Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P, 3299 K  Street, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, D.C. 20007, Attn: Martin L. Meyrowitz, P.C.) and, if sent to the Company or the Bank, shall be mailed,  delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Company at 106 Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 869, Athens, Tennessee, 37371-0869, Attn: Jeff  Cunningham, President and Chief Executive Officer (with a copy to Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, 607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C.,  2005, Attn: Victor L. Cangelosi, Esq.).

Section 14. Parties. The Company and the Bank shall be entitled to act and rely on any request, notice, consent, waiver or agreement purportedly  given on behalf of the Agent when the same shall have been given by the undersigned. The Agent shall be entitled to act and rely on any request,  notice, consent,

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waiver or agreement purportedly given on behalf of the Company or the Bank, when the same shall have been given by the undersigned or any  other officer of the Company or the Bank. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Agent, the Company,  the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy  or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. It is understood and agreed that this Agreement is  the exclusive agreement among the parties hereto, and supersedes any prior agreement among the parties and may not be varied except in writing  signed by all the parties.

Section 15. Closing. The closing for the sale of the Shares shall take place on the Closing Date at such location as mutually agreed upon by the  Agent and the Company and the Bank. At the closing, the Company and the Bank shall deliver to the Agent in next day funds the commissions,  fees and expenses due and owing to the Agent as set forth in Sections 2 and 7 hereof and the opinions and certificates required hereby and other  documents deemed reasonably necessary by the Agent shall be executed and delivered to effect the sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby  and pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus.

Section 16. Partial Invalidity. In the event that any term, provision or covenant herein or the application thereof to any circumstance or situation  shall be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remainder hereof and the application of said term, provision or covenant to any other  circumstances or situation shall not be affected thereby, and each term, provision or covenant herein shall be valid and enforceable to the full  extent permitted by law.

Section 17. Construction. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of  conflicts of law.

Section 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which so executed and delivered shall be an original,  but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 19. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto, which are integral parts hereof and incorporated as  though set forth in full, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof superseding any and all prior  or contemporaneous oral or prior written agreements, proposals, letters of intent and understandings, and cannot be modified, changed, waived or  terminated except by a writing which expressly states that it is an amendment, modification or waiver, refers to this Agreement and is signed by the  party to be charged. No course of conduct or dealing shall be construed to modify, amend or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.

Section 20. Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each of the Agent and the Company and the Bank waive all rights to trial by jury in any action, proceeding,  claim or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) related to or arising out of this Agreement.

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the arrangement among the Company, the Bank and the Agent, please indicate acceptance thereof in the space  provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter and the Agent's acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement.

Accepted as of the date first above written

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          Very truly yours,                   ATHENS FEDERAL COMMUNITY BANK        ATHENS BANCSHARES CORPORATION           By Its Authorized Representative        By Its Authorized Representative:

Jeff Cunningham        Jeff Cunningham President and Chief Executive Officer        President and Chief Executive Officer

          KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.    By its Authorized Representative

    Harold T. Hanley, III, Managing Director     Managing Director 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.
[EX A]:
It is expressly agreed that the Agent shall not be liable for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense or be  required to contribute any amount pursuant to Section 9(b) or this Section 10 which in the aggregate exceeds the amount paid (excluding  reimbursable expenses) to the Agent under this Agreement.