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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

 

RESTATED MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS RESTATED MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Restated Agreement”) is made as of September 30, 2009, by and between MONTICELLO RACEWAY MANAGEMENT,
INC., a New York corporation having its principal office and place of business located at 204 State Route 17B, Monticello, New York 12701 (“MRMI”); and SPORTSYSTEMS GAMING MANAGEMENT AT MONTICELLO, LLC, a New York limited liability company having its principal office and place of business located at 40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York 14202 (the “Advisor”).

RECITALS

A.           MRMI and the Advisor are parties to a certain Management Services Agreement dated as of June 10, 2009 (the “Original Agreement”).

B.           The parties have agreed to revise and restate the Original Agreement in the manner set forth in this Restated Agreement to reflect their understandings and agreements regarding the terms under which the Advisor will continue to provide consulting services to MRMI.

NOW, THEREFORE, in view of the Recitals and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties agree that the terms and conditions of the Original Agreement shall be replaced and superseded in their entirety by this Restated Agreement, and the full extent of
the understandings and agreements between MRMI and the Advisor shall henceforth be as follows:

1.             Assistance to be Provided by the Advisor.  From the date of this Restated Agreement through December 31, 2009, the
Advisor will advise and assist MRMI in its conduct of the day-to-day operations of MRMI’s video lottery gaming, food service and related hospitality businesses at Monticello Gaming and Raceway.  In this regard, the Advisor shall advise and assist MRMI with respect to its operations at Monticello Gaming and Raceway, only as requested.  Such advice and assistance shall be provided by the Advisor remotely from its place of business, and not at the business premises of MRMI.  The
performance of all activities by the Advisor pursuant to this Restated Agreement shall be on behalf of MRMI and for its exclusive account and benefit.

2.             Retained Rights and Responsibilities of MRMI.  All
legal and equitable interest in Monticello Gaming and Raceway and its video lottery gaming, pari-mutuel racing, food service and related hospitality facilities shall belong exclusively to MRMI.  MRMI retains the exclusive right to receive and retain all of revenues generated by its various business operations, and MRMI is solely responsible for the payment of all expenses associated with such businesses.

3.             Management Fee.  In consideration for the services previously performed by the Advisor pursuant to the Original Agreement,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Restated Agreement MRMI will pay to the Advisor the fixed sum of (i) Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00), plus (ii) the Base Management Fee payable by MRMI to the Advisor under Section 6.01.1 of the Original Agreement for the months of August and September 2009.  MRMI shall not be required to pay any additional consideration for the ongoing advice and assistance to be provided by the Advisor pursuant to Section 1 above.  The
foregoing management fee represents an unconditional amount due and owing to the Advisor, and the Advisor shall not be liable for the repayment of such management fee (or any portion thereof) under any circumstances.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that MRMI believes the Advisor to be in breach of its obligation to provide ongoing advice and assistance to MRMI in the manner described in Section 1, MRMI’s only remedy shall be to terminate the Advisor’s engagement
to provide such ongoing services prior to the December 31, 2009 expiration date of this Restated Agreement.

 

 

 

 

4.             Reimbursement of Expenses.  MRMI will reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Advisor at the
specific request of MRMI and authorized by its General Manager in providing the advice and assistance described herein.

5.             Confidential Information.  MRMI and the Advisor each agree that any information received concerning the other party
hereto, whether during the previous performance of the Original Agreement or hereafter obtained during the performance of this Restated Agreement, relating to such other party’s organization, financial matters, marketing plans or other information of a propriety nature, shall be treated by the parties in full confidence, will be used solely for the purpose of performing the parties’ continuing duties under this Restated Agreement, will not be used in any way detrimental to the party which has disclosed
or will disclose such proprietary information, and will be kept confidential by each of MRMI and the Advisor; provided, however, that such proprietary information may be disclosed to the employees and other representatives of MRMI and the Advisor who need to know such information for the purpose of performing this Restated Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, MRMI and the Advisor agree that such proprietary information shall not be disclosed to any third party other than (i)
the New York State Lottery, (ii) any other governmental agency having jurisdiction over the parties’ businesses or the properties, or (iii) as otherwise expressly required by legal requirements applicable to either party hereto.  MRMI acknowledges that certain gaming and pari-mutuel racing licenses are currently issued to and held by affiliates of the Advisor, and that the affiliates of the Advisor may, in the future, apply for additional gaming licenses.  Accordingly, certain legal
requirements may compel the affiliates of the Advisor to disclose private or otherwise confidential information about MRMI or the operations of its video lottery gaming business and pari-mutuel racing businesses.  MRMI hereby consents to such disclosure as long as the same, in each instance, is approved in advance and in writing by MRMI.  MRMI further agrees to refrain from any action that may affect the licenses issued to the affiliates of the Advisor, so long as the same will not unduly
interfere with MRMI’s operation of its various businesses at Monticello Gaming and Raceway.

 

6.             Restriction on Employee Solicitation.  Each of the parties agrees to refrain from soliciting the employment of, or hiring or otherwise retaining the service of, the employees
of the other party hereto or such parties’ affiliates during the term of this Restated Agreement and for a period of twelve (12) months after the expiration or termination of this Restated Agreement, provided however that each of the parties shall not be prohibited from hiring an employee of the other party as a result of a response by such employee or his agent to a non-targeted general solicitation through a public medium such as media advertisements and the use of professional search firms.

 

 

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7.             Availability of Injunctive Relief.  The provisions of Sections 5 and 6 above shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Restated Agreement, and shall be
enforceable by an injunction or such other equitable relief may be granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

8.             Additional Affirmative Covenants of the Parties.  MRMI and the Advisor further covenant and agree as follows:

(a)           Each of MRMI and the Advisor agree to comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, orders and regulations, and to deliver to the other party hereto copies of any notices of violations of law, ordinances, orders and regulations, that are issued by any governmental authority
having jurisdiction over the ownership or operation of Monticello Gaming and Raceway and the improvements located thereon..  Each of MRMI and the Advisor shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain and maintain any necessary licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals required by it for the conduct of the video lottery gaming, food service, and related hospitality business conducted at Monticello Gaming and Raceway, and to assist the other party hereto when reasonably requested
in obtaining and maintaining any licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals required by such other party.

(b)           Each of MRMI and the Advisor shall promptly and timely file any and all filings, reports, certificates and applications with governmental agencies which are necessary or appropriate for the parties to perform their respective responsibilities set forth in this Restated Agreement.

9.             Required Approvals.  The terms and conditions of this
Restated Agreement and the legal obligations of the parties set forth herein are subject to the final approval of this Restated Agreement by the New York Lottery and the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.

10.           Advisor as Independent Contractor and Agent for MRMI.  The
Advisor shall act solely as the agent of MRMI.  Nothing in this Restated Agreement shall constitute or be construed to create a partnership, joint venture or joint employer relationship between the Advisor and MRMI, and the Advisor shall be an independent contractor of MRMI.

11.           Preparation of Restated Agreement.  Each of MRMI and the Advisor acknowledges that it received the advice of separate legal
counsel in the negotiation of this Restated Agreement, and that the terms of the transactions contemplated by this Restated Agreement are fair and reasonable.  Each of MRMI and the Advisor agrees that no conflict, omission or ambiguity in this Restated Agreement, nor the interpretation of this Restated Agreement, shall be construed against either party on the basis that such party was responsible for the drafting of this Restated Agreement.

12.           Entire Agreement; No Collateral Representations; Mutual Releases.  This Restated Agreement constitutes the final, complete
and exclusive statement of the parties’ agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Restated Agreement supersedes the Original Agreement and any prior or contemporaneous agreements, memoranda, proposals, commitments, assurances, communications, discussions, promises, representations, understandings, conduct, courses of dealing, or warranties of any kind, whether oral or written (collectively and severally, the “prior
agreements”).  Any such prior agreements are of no force or effect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except to the extent expressly provided in this Restated Agreement, each of MRMI and the Advisor, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby releases, waives, discharges and covenants not to sue the other party to this Restated Agreement for any reason or cause related to Original Agreement, the obligations of MRMI and the Advisor set forth in the Original Agreement,
or the performance or default in performance by MRMI or the Advisor of their respective responsibilities set forth in the Original Agreement.

 

 

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13.           No Oral Modification or Waiver.  This Restated Agreement may not be varied, supplemented or contradicted by evidence of prior
agreements, or by evidence of subsequent oral agreements.  Neither this Restated Agreement nor any of its terms or provisions may be amended, modified, supplemented, augmented, rescinded, discharged or terminated (other than by performance), except by a written instrument signed by all of the parties to this Restated Agreement.

14.           Severability.  If any term or provision of this Restated Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
shall, to any extent, be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under present or future laws, then (a) the performance of the offending term or provision (but only to the extent its application is invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be excused as if it had never been incorporated into this Restated Agreement, and, in lieu of such excused provision, there shall be added a provision as similar in terms and amount to such excused provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable;
and (b) the remainder of this Restated Agreement shall not be affected thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect to the fullest legal extent.

15.           No Third Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing contained in this Restated Agreement shall confer any rights or remedies on any person
or entity other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, if any; nor shall anything in this Restated Agreement relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third person to any party to this Restated Agreement; nor shall any provision of this Restated Agreement give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Restated Agreement.

16.           No Reliance on Prior Representations.  Each of MRMI and
the Advisor acknowledges and agrees that there are no oral representations or promises which has induced such party to change its position to its detriment, to partially perform, or to part with value in reliance upon such representation or promise.

17.           Headings.  The headings used in this Restated Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not be used in construing
or interpreting the scope or intent of this Restated Agreement or any provision hereof.

18.           Applicable Law.  This Restated Agreement and the rights and remedies of each party arising out of or relating to this Restated
Agreement (including, without limitation, equitable remedies) shall, with the exception of any applicable Federal laws, be solely governed by, interpreted under, and construed and enforced in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles.  This Restated Agreement was made, and its obligations are to be performed, wholly within the State of New York.

 

 

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19.           Assignment or Delegation.  MRMI shall be entitled to assign its rights and delegate the performance of its duties and obligations
under this Restated Agreement to any party.  The Advisor acknowledges that it has been selected to provide advice and assistance to MRMI on account of the Advisor’s personal experience and capability, and, accordingly, the Advisor shall not be entitled to delegate performance of its duties and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of MRMI, which consent may be withheld by MRMI in its sole and unfettered discretion.

20.           Counterparts.  This Restated Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, binding on all parties hereto.  Any signature page of this Restated Agreement may be detached from any counterpart of this Restated Agreement and reattached to any other counterpart of this Restated Agreement that is identical in all material respects.  Any counterpart that is signed by all parties may be introduced into evidence in any action or proceeding without having to produce or account for the other counterparts.  The
existence of this Restated Agreement may also be established by introducing into evidence a number of separately signed counterparts which collectively contain the signatures of all parties, and which are otherwise identical in all material respects.

21.           Electronically Transmitted Documents.  If a copy or counterpart of this Restated Agreement is originally executed and such
copy or counterpart is thereafter transmitted electronically by facsimile or similar device, such facsimile document shall for all purposes be treated as if manually signed by the party whose facsimile signature appears.

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

 

	  	
MONTICELLO RACEWAY MANAGEMENT, INC.

	  	  
	  	  
	  	
By:
	/s/ Charles A. Degliomini  
	  	
Name:
	Charles A. Degliomini
	  	
Title:
	Executive Vice President

	  	
SPORTSYSTEMS GAMING MANAGEMENT

AT MONTICELLO, LLC

	  	  
	  	  
	  	
By:
	/s/ Ronald A. Sultemeier  
	  	
Name:
	Ronald A. Sultemeier
	  	
Title:
	Vice President

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

DESIGNATING AND PRESCRIBING RIGHTS,

PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS

OF SERIES B CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE

PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK

OF

COMMUNITY CENTRAL BANK CORPORATION

 

The undersigned Company executes the following certificate pursuant to the provisions of Section 302, Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, as amended:

 

A.           The present name of the Company is Community Central Bank Corporation (the “Company”).

 

B.           The identification number assigned by the Bureau is: 389 838.

 

C.           The following is a true and correct copy of a resolution designating and prescribing the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Company’s Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, which was duly adopted by the Company’s
Board of Directors (“Board of Directors”) on July 21, 2009.

 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Company in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, a series of preferred stock of the Company be and hereby is created and the designation, amount, qualifications, limitations and other rights and restrictions of
the shares of such series are as follows:

 

DESIGNATION OF SERIES B CUMULATIVE

CONVERTIBLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK

 

1.           Designation; Ranking.

 

(a)           The designation of the series of preferred stock shall be Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other
share of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(b)           The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company:

 

(i)           senior to the Common Stock and any other class or series of the Company’s capital stock that the Company may issue in the future the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with, or senior to, the Series B Preferred Stock
(“Junior Stock”);

 

(ii)           equally with (x) the Series A Preferred Stock, except for dividend rights as to which the Series B Preferred Stock shall rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock and (y) any class or series of the Company’s capital stock that the Company may
issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock (“Parity Stock”);

 

  

  

  

  

(iii)           junior to (x) the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights only, and (y) any class or series of the Company’s capital stock that the Company may issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series
shall rank senior to the Series B Preferred Stock (“Senior Stock”); and

 

(iv)           junior to all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, including, without limitation, all existing and future issuances of trust preferred securities.

 

In addition, the Series B Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company will be structurally subordinated to existing and future indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries.

 

2.           Number of Shares. The number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be 5,000. The Company shall have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

3.           Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock:

 

“Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

“Business Day” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed.

 

“Closing Price” of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, of the shares of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on such date. If the Common Stock is not traded
on the Nasdaq Global Market on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, or if
the Common Stock is not so listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, but is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereof), the last quoted bid price thereon at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, or if the Common Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor thereof), the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization at 4:00 p.m.,
New York City time, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock on that date as determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm (unaffiliated with the Company) retained by the Company for this purpose.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company or any other shares of the capital stock of the Company into which such shares of common stock shall be reclassified or changed.

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

  

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“Conversion Agent” means the Transfer Agent acting in its capacity as conversion agent for the Series B Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.

 

“Conversion at the Option of the Company Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).

 

“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(d).

 

“Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(d).

 

“Conversion Price” is Eight Dollars ($8.00) as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 10.

 

“Conversion Rate” means, for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the quotient of $1,000, divided by the Conversion Price in effect at the time of conversion.

 

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

 

“Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

“Dividend Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“Holder” means the Person in whose name the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Company, Transfer Agent, Registrar, paying agent and Conversion Agent as the absolute owner of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling
the related conversions and for all other purposes.

 

“Issuance Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

“Junior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(b)(i).

 

“Liquidation Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

“Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

“Mandatory Conversion Event” means, at any time on or after August 1, 2010, in the event that (i) the Closing Price equals or exceeds one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the then prevailing Conversion Price for at least twenty (20) Trading Days in a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days, and
(ii) the Company has paid in full all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 4(a) below, dividends on such amount), on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

  

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“Notice of Conversion at the Option of the Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(c).

 

“Original Issue Date” means the date on which shares of Series B Preferred Stock are first issued.

 

“Parity Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(b)(ii).

 

“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, Company, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.

 

“Registrar” means the Transfer Agent acting in its capacity as registrar for the Series B Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.

 

“Sale Transaction” means any consolidation or merger of the Company or similar transaction or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to any Person, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock
will be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, voting stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, voting stock representing a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of voting stock of the continuing or surviving Person immediately after the transaction.

 

“Senior Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(b)(iii).

 

“Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Company.

 

“Series B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.

 

“Trading Day” means, for purposes of determining the Closing Price, a Business Day on which the shares of Common Stock:

 

(i)           are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and

 

(ii)           have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

 

“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A. acting as Transfer Agent, Registrar, paying agent and Conversion Agent for the Series B Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.

 

4.           Dividends.

 

(a)           Rate. Holders shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Company’s Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, but only out of assets

 

  

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legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per annum equal to five percent (5.0%) on (i) the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share of Series B Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend
Period on such shares of Series B Preferred Stock, if any.   Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date (i.e., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date.  In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, unless that next succeeding day falls in the next calendar year, in which case payment of such dividend will occur on the immediately preceding Business
Day (in either case, without any additional dividends, interest or other payment accruing in respect of such delay). The period from and including the Original Issue Date or any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period.” The record date for payment of dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock will be the 28th day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month during which the Dividend Payment Date falls (each, a “Dividend Record Date”).  Any
such day that is a Dividend Record Date will be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. The amount of dividends payable will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends shall be payable in cash.

 

References herein to the “accrual” of dividends refer only to the determination of the amount of such dividend and do not imply that any right to a dividend arises prior to the date on which a dividend is declared.

 

(b)           Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest
completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 4(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock on the applicable record date), the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding
Dividend Period that commences on such Dividend Payment Date, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than:

 

(i)           purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(ii)           purchases of shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; or

 

  

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(iii)           as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock or Parity Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, respectively.

 

The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to any Junior Stock or Parity Stock dividends paid by the Company where the dividend stock is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid.

 

When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the
Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Series B Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Series B Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date)
shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 4(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment
Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other.

 

Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends payable in cash, stock or otherwise, as may be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, may be declared and paid on any Common Stock or other Junior Stock, from
time to time out of any assets legally available for such payment, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in those dividends.

 

(c)           Conversion Following A Record Date. If a Conversion Date for any shares of Series B Preferred Stock is prior to the close of business on a Dividend Record Date for any declared dividend
for the then-current Dividend Period, the Holder of such shares will not be entitled to any such dividend. If the Conversion Date for any shares of Series B Preferred Stock is after the close of business on a Dividend Record Date for any declared dividend for the then-current Dividend Period, but prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, the Holder of such shares shall be entitled to receive such dividend, notwithstanding the conversion of such shares prior to the Dividend Payment Date. However, such
shares, upon surrender for conversion, must be accompanied by funds equal to the dividend on such shares; provided that no such payment need be made (i) if the Company has issued a notice of a Sale Transaction during the then-current Dividend Period, or (ii) if the Company has issued a Notice of Conversion at the Option of the Company of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

  

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5.           Liquidation Rights.

 

(a)           Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (a “Liquidation Event”), Holders shall be entitled,
out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Company may be made to or set aside with respect to any Junior Stock and subject to the rights of the Company’s creditors and holders of Senior Stock and Parity Stock, to receive payment in full in an amount equal to (i) the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 4(a) above, dividends on such
amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the Liquidation Preference”). Holders shall not be entitled to any further payments in the event of any such Liquidation Event other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5.

 

(b)           Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 5(a) above the assets of the Company are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Preference to all Holders and holders
of Parity Stock, the amounts paid to the Holders and holders of Parity Stock shall be pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be entitled.

 

(c)           Residual Distributions. If the respective aggregate Liquidation Preference to which all Holders and holders of Parity Stock are entitled has been paid in full, the holders of Junior Stock
shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Company according to their respective rights and preferences.

 

6.           Sale Transaction.

 

(a)           Liquidation Event. A Sale Transaction shall not be deemed to be a Liquidation Event for purposes of these Designations.

 

(b)           Notices. In case at any time or from time to time:

 

(i)           the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its shares of Common Stock; or

 

(ii)           the Company shall enter into a binding, definitive agreement with respect to a Sale Transaction;

 

then the Company shall mail to each Holder at such Holder’s address as it appears on the transfer books of the Company, as promptly as possible but in any event at least 30 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record will be entitled to such dividend or distribution or (B) the date on which such Sale Transaction is expected to become effective.

 

(c)           Opportunity to Convert Series B Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all
or any portion of such Holder’s Series B Preferred Stock at any time prior to the

 

  

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consummation of a Sale Transaction into shares of Common Stock as set forth in (and limited by) Section 7 and subject to the conversion procedures of Section 8.

 

7.           Right of the Holders to Convert.

 

(a)           General. Each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion of such Holder’s Series B Preferred Stock at any time into shares of Common
Stock at the Conversion Rate per share of Series B Preferred Stock (subject to the conversion procedures of Section 8 and the other provisions hereof), plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.

 

(b)           Beneficial Ownership Limitation (Federal Reserve). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Designations, no Holder will be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock
upon conversion pursuant to these Designations to the extent (but only to the extent) that such receipt would cause such converting holder to become, directly or indirectly, a “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 9.9% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time. Any purported delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shall be void and have no effect
to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would result in the converting Holder becoming the beneficial owner of more than 9.9% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time. The limitations contained in this Section 7(b) shall apply to any successor Holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(c)           Beneficial Ownership Limitation (NASDAQ). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Designations, no Holder will be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon conversion
pursuant to these Designations to the extent (but only to the extent) that such receipt would cause such converting holder to become, directly or indirectly, a “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of more than 19.9% of the voting power of the Company, following such conversion, unless the Company obtains the requisite shareholder approval under NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(i)(1)(B) (the “Issuance Limitation”),
in which case the Issuance Limitation under this Section 7(c) shall no longer apply to such Holder. The Company shall have no obligation to obtain (or attempt to obtain) such requisite shareholder approval. For purposes of this Section 7(c), the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder shall include the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of its Series B Preferred Stock, subject in all cases to the Issuance Limitation. Upon the written request of the Holder,
the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days following the receipt of such notice, confirm in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and the Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as described in these Designations.

 

8.           Conversion Procedures.

 

(a)           Conversion Date. Effective immediately prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, dividends shall no longer be declared on any such converted shares of Series B Preferred
Stock, and such shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall represent only the right to receive shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares, as set forth in Section 7, in each case, subject to the right of Holders to receive any accrued and unpaid

 

  

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dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 4(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) on such shares and any other payments to which they are otherwise entitled pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(b)           Rights Prior to Conversion. No allowance or adjustment, except pursuant to Section 10, shall be made in respect of dividends payable to holders of the Common Stock of record as of any date
prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date. Prior to the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date, shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of, or other securities issuable upon conversion of, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock
or other securities issuable upon conversion or rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion) by virtue of holding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(c)           Record Holder as of Conversion Date. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as
the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on any applicable Conversion Date. In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the Company shall be entitled to
register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Company.

 

(d)           Conversion Procedure. On the date of any conversion, if a Holder’s interest is in certificated form, a Holder must do each of the following in order to convert:

 

(i)           complete and manually sign an irrevocable conversion notice in the form provided by the Conversion Agent (a “Conversion Notice”), or a facsimile of such Conversion Notice, and deliver such Conversion Notice to the Conversion Agent;

 

(ii)           surrender the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to the Conversion Agent;

 

(iii)           if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;

 

(iv)           if required, pay any stock transfer, documentary, stamp or similar taxes not payable by the Company pursuant to Section 19(a); and

 

(v)           if required, pay funds equal to any declared and unpaid dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date to which such Holder is entitled.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Conversion Notice given by any Holder in contemplation of a Sale Transaction may be revocable and conditional upon the consummation of such Sale Transaction, as applicable.

 

The term “Conversion Date” means the earlier of (x) the Conversion at the Option of the Company Date (as defined in Section 9(c)), or (y) the date on which a Holder satisfies all of the

 

  

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requirements of this Section 8(d). The Conversion Agent shall, on a Holder’s behalf, convert the Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by such Holder described in clause (i) of this Section 8(d) above.

 

9.           Conversion at the Option of the Company.

 

(a)           Company Conversion Right. The Company shall have the right, at its option, to cause some or all of the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted into shares of Common Stock at the then-applicable
Conversion Rate at any time after a Mandatory Conversion Event.

 

(b)           Partial Conversion. If the Company elects to cause less than all the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted under clause (a) above, the Conversion Agent shall select the
Series B Preferred Stock to be converted on a pro rata basis.

 

(c)           Conversion Procedure. In order to exercise the conversion right described in this Section 9, the Company shall provide notice of such conversion to each Holder (such notice, a “Notice
of Conversion at the Option of the Company”). The Conversion Date shall be a date selected by the Company (the “Conversion at the Option of the Company Date”) and shall be no more than 20 days after the date on which the Company provides such Notice of Conversion at the Option of the Company. In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Conversion at the Option of the Company shall state, as appropriate:

 

(i)           the Conversion at the Option of the Company Date;

 

(ii)           the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted; and

 

(iii)           the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series B Preferred Stock and, if fewer than all the shares of Series B Preferred Stock of a Holder are to be converted, the number of such shares to be converted.

 

10.           Anti-Dilution Adjustments.

 

(a)           General. If the Company at any time after the effective date hereof subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the Series B Preferred Stock will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after the effective date hereof combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination will be proportionately increased and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the Series B Preferred Stock will be proportionately decreased.

 

(b)           No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued to holders of the Series B Preferred Stock upon conversion. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable, holders
will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the fraction of a share of Common Stock, calculated on an aggregate basis in respect of the shares of Series B Preferred

 

  

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Stock being converted, multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date.

 

11.           Voting Rights. The Holders shall not be entitled to vote on any matter except as set forth below in Section 12, or as otherwise required by Michigan law.

 

12.           Consents. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the consent of the Holders of a majority of the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, given in person or
by proxy, either in writing or by vote, at a special or annual meeting, voting or consenting as a separate class, shall be necessary to: (i) enter any agreement, contract or understanding or otherwise incur any obligation which by its terms would violate or be in conflict in any material respect with the rights or preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock designated hereunder; (ii) amend the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, if such amendment would alter or change the powers, preferences or
special rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely; or (iii) amend or waive any provision of these Designations. Notwithstanding anything in these Designations to the contrary, the consent of the Holders shall not be necessary to authorize or issue, or obligate the Company to issue, any Senior Stock, Parity Stock or additional Series B Preferred Stock, or right convertible or exchangeable for Senior Stock, Parity Stock or additional Series B Preferred Stock.

 

13.           No Redemption. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at the option of either the Company or any Holder. The Series B Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to conversion
in accordance with the terms set forth herein.

 

14.           Unissued or Reacquired Shares. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have been issued and converted, redeemed or otherwise purchased or acquired by the Company shall be retired upon their acquisition,
shall not be reissued as shares of Series B Preferred Stock and, upon the taking of any action required by law, shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock without designation as to series.

 

15.           No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock are not subject to the operation of a sinking fund.

 

16.           Reservation of Common Stock.

 

(a)           Sufficient Shares. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock or shares acquired by the Company, solely for issuance upon
the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock as provided in these Designations, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding (without giving effect to Section 7(b)). For purposes of this Section 16(a), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall
be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder (without giving effect to Section 7(b)).

 

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shares of Common Stock acquired by the Company and held as treasury shares (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such acquired shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and
other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

(c)           Free and Clear Delivery. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

(d)           Compliance with Law. Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to comply with any federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

 

17.           Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and paying agent for the Series B Preferred Stock shall be Computershare
Trust Company, N.A.. The Company may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Company and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Company shall appoint a successor transfer agent that shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Company shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders.

 

18.           Replacement Certificates.

 

(a)           Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen and Lost Certificates. If physical certificates are issued, the Company shall replace any mutilated certificate at the Holder’s expense upon surrender
of that certificate to the Transfer Agent. The Company shall replace any certificate that becomes destroyed, stolen or lost at the Holder’s expense upon delivery to the Company and the Transfer Agent of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity and bond that may be required by the Transfer Agent and the Company.

 

(b)           Certificates Following Conversion. If physical certificates are issued, the Company shall not be required to issue any certificates representing the Series B Preferred Stock on or after
the applicable Conversion Date. In place of the delivery of a replacement certificate following the applicable Conversion Date, the Transfer Agent, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described in clause (a) above, shall deliver the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock formerly evidenced by the certificate.

 

19.           Taxes.

 

(a)           Transfer Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer, documentary, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred
Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities;

 

  

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provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock
with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any Person other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

(b)           Withholding. All payments and distributions (or deemed distributions) on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock (and on the shares of Common Stock received upon their conversion) shall
be subject to withholding and backup withholding of tax to the extent required by law, subject to applicable exemptions, and amounts withheld, if any, shall be treated as received by the Holders.

 

20.           Notices. All notices referred to in these Designations shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given (i) upon receipt, when
delivered personally; (ii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service; or (iii) three Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail (unless first class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under the terms of these Designations) with postage prepaid, in each case addressed: (x) if to the Company, to its office at 120 North Main Street, Mt. Clemens, Michigan 48043 (Attention: Chief Financial Officer) or to the Transfer Agent at its office at
P.O. Box 43010, Providence, Rhode Island 02940 (Attention: Corporate Trust Office), or other agent of the Company designated as permitted by these Designations, or (y) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the stock record books of the Company (which may include the records of the Transfer Agent), or (z) to such other address as the Company or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Community Central Bank Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the 30th day of September, 2009.

 

	  	  	
/s/ David A. Widlak

	  	  	
David A. Widlak

President

 

  

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